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@yorwerthedwards10452 жыл бұрын
The pond master is off again great video Chris 🏴👍
@lanecazes2 жыл бұрын
“A lot of scoopy scoops”, i surely hope you bid that job by the hour!!! I’m glad you found bottom without sinking to China!! It just shows the skills of a good operator, keep digging (not too deep) my friend!
@nickwiseman77702 жыл бұрын
Wow! That last shot of you showing your progress really puts it in perspective of how much material actually out there!
@timmyfrierson26842 жыл бұрын
Chris that is going to be a lot of mud to move but I know you can handle it so anyway my friend another great video so you and John stay safe and keep the videos coming and the tailgate looks good on the back of the haul truck.
@mdigs77732 жыл бұрын
Love how you're fine grading with the swamp mats. Sometimes, you have to use what you got. Looks good bro
@johnmacdonough97542 жыл бұрын
You guys should invest in a GPS system like Trimble. We have one and once you get the model built it would make a job like this much easier and faster. I didn’t think it would pay for itself anywhere near as fast as it has for us. A base and rover would get you started don’t even need machine control to start. Eliminate grade stakes, laser, plans all of that. Very simple to understand once you get started.
@almostanengineer2 жыл бұрын
His mate has one, I seem to remember him saying it wouldn’t make sense for the work he does, his mate does more fine grading work.
@simonplanting59482 жыл бұрын
Love the super oversized squeegee! That made quick work of the skim job… perfect !
@senecapirate12542 жыл бұрын
Nice work my man, southern craftsmanship at its best.
@BeytekinConstructionMachinery2 жыл бұрын
Clever handling the swamp.
@keithdunlap27012 жыл бұрын
Looking like you got a Good start on it Chris. Just hope that hill holds out , once you start hauling the mud out ?? We will see when you guys get going good on it..... Other than the hill holding out, looks like it's going to go pretty smooth.... Mud, mud, and more mud !! lololol.... Have a Great Evening Chris !! And, On too the Next !!
@Scot_WestTexas8 күн бұрын
Using the mats as skid steer blades is brilliant!
@Blazer02LS2 жыл бұрын
For these jobs you need a mud sled. Think a large toboggan with sides on it. Dump the dirt onto that and tow it over to the load out site. If you had a winch on a big dozer you could drag it the way they used the old cable plows.
@chosen1one9302 жыл бұрын
That does sound like a good idea, we used something like that for mulching on the golf course, dragging the mulch than stopping at every tree to add fresh mulch in the spring and end of summer. How would you make it work on a job like this? Clear a path for the dozer or on the sides? This job site seems incredibly tricky due to the water, even if you get it down to bare ground that becomes deep mud again with the water table setup
@Blazer02LS2 жыл бұрын
@@chosen1one930 The first couple pulls would be the hardest, after that the muddy grass would act like grease. Pulling would depend on what the bottom was. A crawler dump would be handy as well, but when you only need it for say 3 jobs a year it might not pay for itself very quick.
@chrisestill88252 жыл бұрын
I was thinking a conveyor might at least cut down on how many times he has to move the mud. A smaller scale one like Parker uses on the show Goldrush would be pretty cool. He used an excavator chassis with an enormous boom.
@chosen1one9302 жыл бұрын
It's much easier to build fish habits and have them tied down with blocks etc and as you said no more worries about clogging the overflow. Tires, pipes, trees etc are all great.
@craigwavra34952 жыл бұрын
Really think one of the coolest ideas you had is that large screed board. Makes pulling back mud so quick. Enjoyed this first video of the dredging.
@xoxo2008oxox2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing the tailgate setup. That is a really simple and yet well designed way to have the gate open and close.
@tomswindler642 жыл бұрын
You’ve had a good start on the pond clean out,sure everything will fall in place once you start the dredging.keep doing your thing and enjoy the weather 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
@fredygump55782 жыл бұрын
I have no idea why watching a guy dig up some mud is fun to watch. But for some these are the best ones! (There's a guy in Latvia who mostly digs ditches for swampy roads, and that's fun too.)
@donnaflanagan66122 жыл бұрын
Man oh man, have you got some goopy mud to haul out? Big job Chris. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
@tedc.49562 жыл бұрын
The image of Chris flying a helicopter with an excavator arm and bucket with a letsdig18 thumb on it is forever stuck in my memory.
@derrickpettit34892 жыл бұрын
Excellent work Chris, mud master, pond master, goop master Chris is at it again, making ponds great again, alot of mud, tailgate was a must have, that's a nice incline the truck has to climb, thanks for sharing the best content on YT Chris, look forward to seeing the next video 🇺🇸
@BillW-NJ2 жыл бұрын
Oh that’s a lot of mud to move! How much deeper is it after you reach the level you want? If the ground was solid at the bottom, could you use a dozer to bring the mud closer to the haul truck? You really do have a good variety of jobs! Never a dull moment.
@kjwoodlief2 жыл бұрын
A huge job! Lots of prep work. 💪
@timziegler93582 жыл бұрын
I hope with the first full cut, drainage will occur and allow you an easier solution/path to load out the dirt. Good job and best wishes.
@apollorobb2 жыл бұрын
Always nice to have a digging video to watch while i dig. You say Lets Dig i say how deep .
@csnelling42 жыл бұрын
Good one Chris , you have great skill with that mat to scrape the mud . 👏👏👏👍🥰🍺🇬🇧
@jcadult1012 жыл бұрын
First time I saw him clear a lot with a felled tree I knew he was a genius.
@RickyCervo2 жыл бұрын
Pond dredging with moving big amount of mud are spectacular
@kevinkenyon70452 жыл бұрын
Chris another great video! A full day of work! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
@jamesconner82752 жыл бұрын
I've seen several of Chris's projects where he has had to move the same material multiple times. He is so patiently philosophical about it. I wish I was a genius and could develop an inexpensive and practicable system of move-it-once. I'd be a rich man!
@danl.9092 жыл бұрын
Chris never uses one of those sludge pumping rigs. I’ve often wondered why, but I figure if he doesn’t like them there must be a good reason.
@theyetirulrs2 жыл бұрын
Takes a special kind of person to keep operating at full steam through monotonous work. Though as the business owner I’d suspect the payday at the end is rather inspiring!
@kenore40032 жыл бұрын
Maybe too many sticks, log and just plain stuff.
@jeffwisemiller35902 жыл бұрын
@@danl.909 Some dumbass kept dumping mixed crap at the landfill so they quit accepting it because they can't see what's in the tank.
@robertvannicolo44352 жыл бұрын
@@danl.909 Those rigs have to have super clean materials or clog’s equipment and pipes quickly our local water co dredging reservoir had floating dredge even silt from bottom has debris had to move processing plant closer to water because of clogging debris in pipe
@deernutOO2 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Just believe Chris is all-the-time thinking about how he can do this better and quicker.. then realize what he is doing is the best and the quickest to get the job done.
@davidepool58842 жыл бұрын
Chris definitely does a great job on every project. He’s one of the best operators on KZfaq. Dirt Perfect does great work too. Those two are basically the only two heavy equipment operators I watch on a regular basis.
@Dan-ud8ob2 жыл бұрын
@@davidepool5884 same here
@daddio72492 жыл бұрын
After you spend thousands of hours on a machine you get very good at doing that task and then you can let your mind wander and try to figure ways to make that task easier and/or faster. As a farmer in Florida I spent hundreds of hours each year cleaning drainage ditches. I bought a deep, 5 ft wide cleaning bucket for my JD 510 backhoe. Looks like a bucket that size or larger would make this job go much faster. Time is money.
@plowboybill82832 жыл бұрын
Screed, A layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface. I have seen lots of cement finishers work, but never used a screed (mat) like this! Love and enjoy your videos!
@davidepool58842 жыл бұрын
That’s a lot of mud. Dredging it out will ad a lot of water to the pond. You always do such a good job on every project you take on. I can’t wait to see the next video.
@zoelangfield60572 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see it all finished. I love this project. Bet it is going to look gorgeous when it's all done. It is a massive project with plently of problems with mud and hills But I have FAITH you will make it look stunning. 😎
@dwaynekoblitz60322 жыл бұрын
After watching just a few of your videos, I've watched them all, I'd like to think your viewers would figure out that you know what you're doing. I'm convinced. I've got my ideas, but I'm quite positive in knowing that you know what you're doing. This series of videos is going to be some of your best yet. That beautiful tailgate!! So excellent. A video about that would be incredible to watch.
@The-Deadbolt-Deputy2 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen a tailgate like this on one of these haul trucks. I love the simple design even tho it’s a pain in the ass to install. Pretty cool
@scotabot78262 жыл бұрын
Most common design thats been around for years and years!!
@steveh92462 жыл бұрын
I’m impressed. You did an admirable job. Thanks for sharing.
@charlesswhitlock2 жыл бұрын
I think if you shorten the side cables, the tail gate will be ok for hauling trees and brush, it lifts too late to clear them right now. Super long logs of course that are longer than the truck won't fit in the haul truck.
@clivebrinkman23792 жыл бұрын
Evening all from the uk 👍👍🇬🇧
@thepostagestampranch92272 жыл бұрын
Good on ya! After a couple hours of this, my A.D.D. would kick in and I would be figuring out anything I could to get out of that cab! You, Sir are a great operator!
@MyTractorGuy2 жыл бұрын
Cool!!! Love the gate. Nice setup.
@chriswilliams3342 жыл бұрын
Dredging mud is so satisfying to me.
@tonythompson90492 жыл бұрын
Just amazing what we see you do I have never seen anybody use a matt for scraping an leveling just genius
@jcadult1012 жыл бұрын
Towards the end of one lot clearing job he grabbed a felled tree trunk and did the same. Simply genius.
@mrmr94882 жыл бұрын
Chris, I don't see how you could go wrong, with all of the experts giving advice. I do like that 12 foot finishing blade and it's fun to see a tailgate on the off road truck.
@nollapoika2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful work! 🤘
@Bass20102 жыл бұрын
Ok that tailgate is pretty slick and I think I see new mats in the real near future and I love Bojangles bo rounds and a sausage biscuit 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@berndtlindstrom8302 жыл бұрын
Always just as interesting to see you work. You are not just a professional at driving the machine, it is just as much about planning how and what to do. Greetings from Gothenburg.
@EdD-ym6le2 жыл бұрын
Skimming / moving mud with the mats is a great tool . Spending the money on a thumb gives a great return .
@marksaunders25002 жыл бұрын
Hi from uk chris👍👋 cant wait to see how clean this pond will look once completed as it wasnt much of pond more a dene with a stream😂 but house will have a lovely view once chris has come through👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
@davecoombs60602 жыл бұрын
There it is, the Haul Truck made it too work! Awesome! Congrsts Chris, hope she treats you well!👊💪
@tomredmond2 жыл бұрын
That is not Chris's truck, it is John's.
@davecoombs60602 жыл бұрын
It will still treat Chris well i'm sure
@mikewatts36152 жыл бұрын
Man with a plan, I was wandering how you was going to do that,....very good 👍
@ipaddlemyowncanoe.74412 жыл бұрын
Yes looking good. The dump truck's nice with a tailgate on it. It'll make it a lot easier. Good stuff. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
@Frank-db6oj2 жыл бұрын
Great job Chris 👏 Thanks for sharing 👍
@jamesbreault57622 жыл бұрын
Looking good so far Chris 👍👍👍👍👍
@stevenphare54552 жыл бұрын
That skimming technic with the mat is amazing. I've only seen it in a couple of your videos before, but it works great!
@rppvt2 жыл бұрын
Something SO satisfying about the sound of mud splatting.
@Monkeysic2 жыл бұрын
Put alot if those gates and side boards on 773 775 and 777 hual trucks. Landscaping the woods lol have to love the irony of moving to the country but "cleaning" up the woods. Another awesome project!!!
@nitetrane982 жыл бұрын
I think if I was the one writing the checks I'd be very satisfied with the progress you can actually see day to day.
@malcolmbooth72412 жыл бұрын
fantastic work as always chris&John
@MichaelBrown-qn9hi2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for being so selfish, but 28:50 just wasn't enough. I know after a hard day's work, the last thing you want to do is sit and edit, but watching you sculpt and make pretty(as you say 😉) never gets old. GREAT AND SATISFYING VIDEO.
@wb8ujb2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris for another job. You sure help understand what you're doing when you explain each step. Thank You Sir.
@decorateyouryard17732 жыл бұрын
Love the tail gate. Real nice!
@workwithkevin2 жыл бұрын
I like the foolproof tailgate design. They should have designed a pin like the bucket for ease of install. I think the mat screed is ingenious and fast.
@wayupnort62712 жыл бұрын
“Lotta a scoopie scoops”…..Understatement of the year! 😁👍🏻
@TrevorDennis1002 жыл бұрын
Chris, I am looking at that tailgate and thinking that if you had four lengths of 2" round bar that were drilled to take decent sized bolts, you could place them in the top corners of the web that holds the pivot. I don't know if the bed is double skinned there. If not, drill through and have a nut on the inside. If yes, then you might have enough meat to tap a thread in the bed, or weld a 1/2" thick reinforcing plate to make the threaded hole strong enough. Then take them off and and keep them hand for the next time you need to refit the tailgate. If I was doing it I would drill the 2" bar a little off centre, and drill holes into the circumference so you could turn the bar like a cam to fine tune the bushing location. It might sound like a bit of work, but it would take me one to two hours depending (mostly on if the bed is double skinned there, and how thick it is at that location. Another method would be to drill holes in the web big enough to put a tapered pry bar through, and smaller holes in the bed that aligned with the holes in the webs. Then use one or two pry bars to lever the bushing into position - sort of like the trick of fitting truck wheels with a pair of three foot pry bars that lift and rotate the wheel to align the lug nut holes. That would be easier and faster, if you had the means of drilling the webs - you'd need something like a 3/4" hole to give the pry bar room to be angled so they could pick up the holes in the bed.
@michiganengineer86212 жыл бұрын
Maybe weld on some heavy duty pegs _behind_ the pivot point of the dump gate so when it is closed it's just touching them. That way if/when you DO have to take the gate off, it will be a lot easier to get back on.
@jcadult1012 жыл бұрын
Right several places along the arms, just set the gate on those and bolt it back up. Could even space it for shims you keep on the truck. Or if there's clearance, flip the gate all the way forward after disconnecting the cables and strap it down.
@christopherforster65552 жыл бұрын
Nice to watch a genius at work you are the business.
@catgynt91482 жыл бұрын
Love your use of the pads as a spatula to pull up large swaths of mud and muck. Wish there was an easier way to transport the muck from middle to the extraction point. Could it be pumped out with something similar to a concrete pump system.? Wishing you and your family a blessed week. Happy spring Chris.
@rondastump89302 жыл бұрын
Loved this video and your narration! This is a huge project. You do amazing work. Looking forward to following along. Thank you!!! God's blessings and stay safe.
@latisimusd2 жыл бұрын
Sure looks like this pond project is much easier on you and equipment (pins, bushings, roller, etc...) than the animal hospital with all the bed rock, last year. The old/new haul truck looks like a great add to the fleet.
@dewalddejager54932 жыл бұрын
This haul truck is John's truck. Chris recently bought his haul truck for his company. Chris works with and for his uncle John 3 days a week, running John's company's equipment and the other 3 or 4 days a week Chris works for himself and uses his own equipment.
@scottburk40832 жыл бұрын
Love the channel! I look forward everyday to see the new videos. I also have gone back and viewed alot of the older posts. If I had my youth to do over again I would be doing what you do for a living. Thank you for sharing. God Bless you and yours! Keep on keeping on!
@danielashford24302 жыл бұрын
Always makes me smile when you have all the high dollar equipment but you can pick up a log or pad and beautify a pond bank or bottom like An artist
@Dan-ud8ob2 жыл бұрын
Its pretty cool when you scrape the bottom with that matt. what a great time saver ..really like watch your pond jobs.. your good at it..
@johnpyle80272 жыл бұрын
I've seen you use one of those mats several times to scrape with. It moves an incredible amount of material fast and gives a nice finish! You should build one out of steel and name it "The Bisquit" like for cleaning the gravy off your plate!
@augustreil2 жыл бұрын
I think he has used logs in the past hasn't he ?
@matthewstencel82982 жыл бұрын
Chris, how deep is the mud once you cut that 4 feet out? Is it down to solid ground where maybe the haul truck could drive on it? I’m sure you guys have thought about it, but I’m curious
@scottfortune90162 жыл бұрын
I thought this was going to be a much deeper pond for once. It looks like it could be deeper if they wanted it to be. Maybe it's a matter of how much they can waste on other areas of their property. I'm really looking forward to the next part Chris!
@nashneubauer90162 жыл бұрын
It is at what cost… money is normally the controlling issue.
@pamike48732 жыл бұрын
Oh, it's going to be fairly deep. This is the head section after all. The closer to the dam you get the deeper. Down by the dock, the cut is over 4'. That's a gigantic amount of material to pull out. You don't want more than 12 or 15 feet of depth anyway. Deeper ponds will turn over. If that happens, it'll kill all the fish.
@michaelerkel95302 жыл бұрын
Chris, how do you deal with a client who is looking for a way to not pay full or the bidded price? For example, let's take this pond and the engineer being very specific. Does 'to grade' mean spot on everywhere or in general? And if in general does the engineer have the ability to make you keep working on it until he is satisfied? Perhaps a video on problem customers might be of interest to more folks than just me... best.
@njonebale78892 жыл бұрын
you bid the job according to the stamped approved prints, and you cut and grade to the elevations, if you do that and you know your spot on, then anything after that is an add on or as built and cost more, with that pond work just say the cut is gradually getting deeper and your pulling too much your just costing yourself money because your going to exceed your yardage and not be finished with the cut so you’ll be eating it .
@ke6gwf2 жыл бұрын
A lot depends on how the contract is written, the exact wording. If it says that the grade will be cut to 343.20 foot elevation in a 100 foot by 500 foot area designated by survey flags, it will generally have a Tolerance or Varience factor given, so maybe +- .2 tenths of a foot. Then as long as everything is minimum 343.00 and maximum 343.40, it passes, and anything outside that needs to be corrected. It could also be specified to cut down to 343.20 maximum surface height, in which case you can go deeper and remove more material, but you are only getting paid to go to that level, so places can be deeper, but nothing can be above that. For a pond they generally don't care about going deeper, except if getting rid of the dirt is a problem lol But generally if you don't complete the project according to the specifications, and according to the contract wording, you will need to correct the issues, or you are likely to have problems! In this case if you have actual blueprints, they should have all the specs you have to follow, and the contract will basically be to create the end result as shown on the blueprints. And how picky the engineer or project head is all depends on the job. If the goal is to have the water 5 feet deep under the dock, and one spot of gushy mud is 6 inches high, it may not matter, especially if they are going to working out there further to build the dock, or the engineer may be very picky and write them up if he can find a single mud bomb that measures above the spec, even if all it needs is to be stepped on... Lol
@njonebale78892 жыл бұрын
@@ke6gwf that’s a very good explanation and should cover it, those seem like charlotte elevations too
@ke6gwf2 жыл бұрын
@@njonebale7889 in the video Chris read the elevation on one of the grade stakes and I couldn't remember the exact elevation but I tried to get close lol I used to be the grade setter on pond projects that would give Chris vertigo from the tall pond dams and I still remember a little of it!
@beardy48312 жыл бұрын
That soft mud digging you could be using the big grading bucket. . . . or bring in the drag line ;-)
@paullewis66122 жыл бұрын
Chris, What you need for that skimming is a Steel H Beam !!
@heatherlane92702 жыл бұрын
Tail gate working good. Mats working good. Mud doing what it does best - getting wetter every scoop. Excavator dredging going good. Weather beautiful. Letsdig18 in his element. Love it.
@troyledbetter65972 жыл бұрын
These large projects are great!
@lisadorroh19732 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched you for a few years now…your voice tells me everything’s gonna be ok.
@thomasyerbey3372 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris great video 🇺🇲 looks like a big job I can't wait to see what's next always learn something new watching your videos 🇺🇲
@jackdawg45792 жыл бұрын
While you have the tail gate on the truck, bolt on a frame mount that holds the tail gate in the proper place, then hopefully it will just be a matter of bolting on the frame, drop the tailgate into place, bolt it up, remove the frame and away you go.
@jcadult1012 жыл бұрын
Some tabs welded to the bed side plate of the pivot plate, and a few across the bottom of the tailgate, then simply unbolt the pivot plate and then left/set the gate back on the tabs.
@pinwizz692 жыл бұрын
Incredible job you're doing cleaning out that mess Chris. Absolutely no doubt that the owners will be bragging to their family and friends about your ability to take a seriously nasty eyesore and turn their pond and property into a thing of beauty. You definitely earn every penny they pay you on jobs like this one.
@jamesbreault57622 жыл бұрын
Works really good,the tail gate
@nickkirdan89222 жыл бұрын
Awesome work brother
@heithdotysadventures78242 жыл бұрын
Coming along nicely 👌
@rayclark89202 жыл бұрын
That is a sweet tailgate never seen nothing like that before it worked wonderfully.
@gayle48042 жыл бұрын
Good day today, Achieved a lot congratulations, can hardly wait to see the last part
@RonSales2 жыл бұрын
Nice looking tailgate, I see a 850J pushing mud in the future.
@btorkos58962 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s a lot of mud. Can’t wait to watch the transformation
@kirk4672 жыл бұрын
You don’t want the Volvo stuck like that excavator you rescued on that one job back when! That sucker was buried brother but you got it out, that was a good video Chris! Thanks for sharing my friend and we’ll see you tomorrow hopefully if the rain holds off! Stay safe and healthy brother! 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸
@frankpristov97452 жыл бұрын
Great work Chris
@jeffd65402 жыл бұрын
Hi there, Nice job on that tailgate. That seems to work pretty well.
@D989501L2 жыл бұрын
Morning Chris, looks like you may have to make an attachment the same size as a mud Matt to go on your machine. It makes a nice job of scraping the sludge off the base. I take it that your fitter chap fixed the "No high speed" issue with the air line blocked up. Machine looks good. Nice video as normal. Regards Richard 🇬🇧
@Kurtdog632 жыл бұрын
Using the mat as a giant dozer blade is genius.
@bobengelhardt8562 жыл бұрын
Oh, if ONLY the truck could drive on the dredged pond bottom. What a lot of work that would save!
@edadan2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the haul truck in action!
@leslieb.19072 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE this part of the project! Mud! Mud! Mud!