I'm not an equipment operator but I've been around enough of it to know this guy is an artist on a piece of equipment.
@ninataylor61804 жыл бұрын
That pad came up incredible. Chris seems to me everything you touch turns to gold WOOHOO!
@stevennanz3584 жыл бұрын
been watching every day for a year , retired old guy, that hole when completed would grow several rows of walnut or i guess in your area pecans , for the future iwould fence it from the deer and plant it get the trees from dnr thanks for all your hard video work especially after working all day
@glennsparks89123 жыл бұрын
9 qsq1 2tgl
@Cicnaz4 жыл бұрын
Stumbled on your channel with my sons. Takes me back to when I would sit in the cab with my dad. If he was still around he’d love this and your channel. Keep it up.
@robertrockwell75814 жыл бұрын
nice work. filling the hole is easier than i thought it was going too be.
@vinmartinez36594 жыл бұрын
Always impressed with your work and videos 18.
@63256325N4 жыл бұрын
Well done! Thanks for the video.
@juniorraines10424 жыл бұрын
Chris you awesome work enjoying your video very much thank you for sharing
@SLCFarms4 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather used to run maypop tires on his cars. Always kept a couple spares. Pad looked good all done.
@jodimiller79314 жыл бұрын
holy cow that Pad came out beautiful! You guys do some great work.
@mischef184 жыл бұрын
The pad look real good bro, the pond clearing is turning out to be fun when dumping in the borrow pit. Great video.
@eliteearthworksllc4 жыл бұрын
Awesome shot under the haul truck very cool! That was quite the hole. Great job! 👍🏻
@MRKUE4 жыл бұрын
That close up of the bucket swinging is cool, mad me back up a little!
@cathiwim4 жыл бұрын
You can hear the “smik, smik,smik” of the mud on the dozer tracks. Kudos to the driver!
@davidjohnston3304 жыл бұрын
You have made me a much better operator by just watching you. Sometimes I say, “oh that’s how you do that” LOL👌👌👌
@stefanaxelsson5134 жыл бұрын
Awsome work guys
@mojo67064 жыл бұрын
That is some good video work. Cam on the dump, driving the dump over the cams, dozer in the the hole. Nice bro!
@judethwright1824 жыл бұрын
:yeah this is one of letsdig 18's best.
@phillipjones33424 жыл бұрын
That was cool good filming technique thanks for sharing
@jimbeck60934 жыл бұрын
Great video. Look forward to the next episode!
@shitloveaduck4 жыл бұрын
I worked with industrial tires for several years when I was younger. You might be able to section that damage to that tire, but it is in too rough of shape in general that is really it just a “May Pop!”. The section repair would cost more than what the tire is worth, plus downtime! You are right. 100%. I felt that was how you were treating that in the first place when I first noticed it. Keep on doin what you’re doin Chris! You know your stuff!!! Stay safe, Eh!
@tomhanks86624 жыл бұрын
Make a super nice dirt track with that clay that leaves rubber marks with tracks...Any track would love to have a dirt call them with that on hand
@briangolden55624 жыл бұрын
I got hooked on watching your vids , can't stop watching. I don't even call your channel letsdigit, I call you the dirt whisperer cause of how effortless you make running all that equipment. I've learned alot watching your vids. Keep up the excellent work bud
@nerdgarage4 жыл бұрын
Is that blue clay coming out of the pond area ? [shudders] That stuff redefines "nasty" in all conditions and situations. When dry it makes concrete seem soft. When wet it makes quicksand seem friendly.
@lesr57374 жыл бұрын
Awesome video today Tim love every minute of it
@jeffmosher4334 жыл бұрын
Some fun camera angles! Great video!
@bluetopazzz3 жыл бұрын
I enjoy watching you tremendously. You don't waste time. You always develop a plan. You clearly explain what you are going to do. You carry out that plan professionally and completely. Your projects always look exceptional. You enjoy what you do and you are so much fun..............and funny.
@jbritt25494 жыл бұрын
Wake county clay gets hard when dry sticky when wet! Good looking pad!
@leol16824 жыл бұрын
Like the angel of videos on truck ,dozer too .
@briangardiner10154 жыл бұрын
You have the perfect attitude for excavation, don't get too stressed out.
@lilianamovileanu21224 жыл бұрын
Hotel bună bună dimineața 5473 de pe site la un preț de la cabană până acum nu 🥰
@thomask.88344 жыл бұрын
Fantastic...!
@CaptainKleeman4 жыл бұрын
"when it gets to the size of a watermelon then we'll worry about it" hahaha perfect
@furface97794 жыл бұрын
at 18:58 there is a happy face just before the rear differential, nice shot
@johnstoffel58854 жыл бұрын
As always, nice job young man
@johndehoog55674 жыл бұрын
That building pad sure looks purrdy! Would love to be the contractor setting the building on it . Would running the compactor in the borrow pit reduce future sinking? Or would the compactor just disappear into the muck. Greeting from Canada where it is currently 19 F with 2" of snow.
@jasonking29434 жыл бұрын
Would have been some funny shit had you called the inspector and said I'm ready for the septic system to be inspected and showed him that hole!
@chetthejet38964 жыл бұрын
That would have been funny BUT best treat an inspector nice.
@willcassius59173 жыл бұрын
instablaster
@nerdgarage4 жыл бұрын
"... if he can make it to me ... ... so far so good ... " [one side sinks to the axel] "... thats it"
@oldenslo41414 жыл бұрын
I would like to see the dirt (soil) that was put in the pit about 10 years from now. I wonder what it will look like? Will it change because of the dirt around the pit?
@7723011844 жыл бұрын
Coming out of that trench reminds me of the parting of the Red Sea.
@BeytekinConstructionMachinery4 жыл бұрын
Your cowboy slang is awesome! :-)) Nice video like anytime before.
@originaldaveholmes65604 жыл бұрын
Being a former operator, I, but a lot of people don’t realize how time consuming this work is. That’s why I’m developing a dozer with a 35 mph reverse.
@DIRT-BOSS4 жыл бұрын
That came out real nice 👌
@1013redoak4 жыл бұрын
I love watching you dredge that lake and fill up that hole! I guess it doesn't take much to entertain me!
@lilianamovileanu21224 жыл бұрын
H6 bună ziua dmn bună bună dimineața 5473 și nu am primit un mail la adresa mea
@lilianamovileanu21224 жыл бұрын
💞💞💞💞💞💞💞⚄💞
@williammatthews29484 жыл бұрын
Looks good. Someone seems determined to turn the haul truck over on it's side. Lol.
@davidbrickey59254 жыл бұрын
Beautiful job. 👍
@sterny47204 жыл бұрын
From personal experience, laying over a haul truck bed is a bit nerve wracking when you're in the cab and the bed disappears from your mirrors. No big thing though, set it upright with the excavator and keep rolling
@Todd.Roberts4 жыл бұрын
It’s not real dredging until you have to break out the mats
@csnelling44 жыл бұрын
Love the Dozer action in the hole Chris .
@trbowlin4 жыл бұрын
Yep, it's a big ass hole, no pun intended... There's a billion clay pots
@TheVideoSteve4 жыл бұрын
Love to watch every video..
@rogert.winemiller404 жыл бұрын
Love the videos. I live on a 5000 acre corn and soybean farm in sothern ohio. Bet that ground has some good yields next yr
@barryhansen68544 жыл бұрын
I had a feeling you were going to have some issues with putting the pond diggings into that long and deep trench concerning the weight of the truck and load weight. Thankfully no truck over-turn.
@makingithappen97224 жыл бұрын
About the tire. You have to agree that we keep track of your machines for you.
@regsparkes65074 жыл бұрын
Man,.I sucked in air through clenched teeth, when the Hauler started to tip there, in the trench. Great looking pad, you've got built. Will we get video of when the building starts Chris?
@alfadoofus4 жыл бұрын
great camera angles :)
@nerdgarage4 жыл бұрын
Might want to remind the driver of that dump that you're supposed to dump the load off the back not the side. ;)
@numptyjames14 жыл бұрын
years of practice makes your skill look so easy
@marksullivan23334 жыл бұрын
Nice camera angle I thought I was gonna get buried.
@bobbaer8694 жыл бұрын
I liked you driving over the camera it was cool. I thought he was going to upset the truck
@kbschoonerbrady68964 жыл бұрын
Great camera work Chris, hope it’s not affecting productivity setting up all the angles!
@Mephiston4 жыл бұрын
Feels like that bit at 25:56 was meant to go before the previous sequence, but it was an interesting cut in a pulp fiction sort of way.
@sighpocket54 жыл бұрын
Nice!!!!
@CaptKirk17014 жыл бұрын
Logger Wade should have some good used tires that will fit that lol
@DC-14 жыл бұрын
Man With A Plan exactly what I was thinking
@CaptKirk17014 жыл бұрын
D C good minds think alike lol
@DC-14 жыл бұрын
Man With A Plan 👍
@raeanker30784 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video mate ,do you ever get a chance to sleep ,five days at work ,Saturday side cash job ,Sunday work on your farm ,and you still get time to edit everything from ten different camera positions ,into a thirty one minute video that is enjoyable and makes sense .Cheers from down under.
@jdanderson3514 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, I just got rund over by a dump truck!!! COOL!!
@marek79543 жыл бұрын
🖐 good job 👏👌👍🍻
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
Looking sweet !
@walkthedogs2403 жыл бұрын
I'm curious about what turns that pond soil grey. Love your channel and I know bupkis about heavy machinery.
@xoxo2008oxox4 жыл бұрын
Great camera views changes, as always! I wonder, did you have to change yer drawers when the dump looked like she was gonna tip? :) You handled it like a pro!
@TrailTrackers4 жыл бұрын
What kind of building is going there? A damn hanger for a C5 Galixy? Shit that's gonna be a big building.
@rakeempeace29914 жыл бұрын
That's a lot of dirt going in that hole
@kelleycarter56484 жыл бұрын
remember those stumps and trees you found buried on that housing lot sapose you will be back here in 25 years?
@lw72124 жыл бұрын
At 2:24 it seems that the back tire of the haul truck has a bit less air than the others
@b.m.27384 жыл бұрын
Just a little pucker factor there... Just about thought it was nap time!
@keithdunlap36664 жыл бұрын
That was a Killer Shot , when ya put the camera on the ramp and backed in , and came out Chris !! lolol.... Getting pretty tricky with the camera .....lololol...Yeah, that 2nd. or 3rd. time there i thought he was gonna turn the Dump over in that Big Ass Hole...lololol....Got everything looking Good as Always !! Have a Great Evening !!! Til the Next....
@johnscott28494 жыл бұрын
Just asking . Have you tried a different air chuck on that tire? I know I have maybe 5 different air chucks and have found that on some valve stems that a particular chuck won't work but another one will.
@letsdig184 жыл бұрын
yeah I have
@TheSoloAsylum4 жыл бұрын
I've seen a rock truck tip over twice. Other than paint there was no damage but it looked like the drivers needed some new underwear.
@rangepro4 жыл бұрын
must have been a good paying job!
@rongreene17884 жыл бұрын
Would have been a good hole to build a survival shelter.
@bluemtnsman4 жыл бұрын
Around here that soil coming from the pond is called blue marl,,, it's just plain NASTY to work with. Keep things in balance and no dumping over the sideboards please.
@AquaPeet3 жыл бұрын
16:55 you forgot to beep at yourself, you're not supposed to drive off yet!
@AusJackal4 жыл бұрын
So was gonna ask.. why dig up the dirt then fill it with the pond dirt?
@leooshaben42544 жыл бұрын
table top
@shanesnouffer19774 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris, I watched this video before but it popped up so I figured what the heck. Anyhow I'm wondering as your digging the mud out of the pond to fill in the ginormous hole the mud is white. What is the white stuff or I guess what causes the mud/dirt to turn white? Just a quick question hope ya have a wonderful day and keep the awesome content coming thanks boss.
@TheHOOfan14 жыл бұрын
Is the saw tooth on that hole left as some sort of stabilization method?
@ken.outside4 жыл бұрын
Dozer work....is it not beneficial to back-drag when trying to level off a slope?
@letsdig184 жыл бұрын
Dozers are made to grade going forwards, back dragging should really only be used to lightly pull some material back and smooth out track marks
@ROTTK94 жыл бұрын
looking at the end results, it might for that part of the job, be faster to push than pull, but there is always more than one way to de-fur a feline so if back-dragging was done it just did not make it in the video.
@robfraley42104 жыл бұрын
That coal strip mine in Indiana I ran a Bucyrus Erie Dragline at was just like that 1:05 It was red clay, when it was Dry it was hard as Concrete... BUT if it rained on it, you would Sink into it above your ankles... Then your boots 👢 would stick in the clay n only your foot 🦶 Would come out of the ground... Hatted that crap 💩😤🤬. Great camera angles 👍✅. 18:00 🕕 ++
@janvandenbos70854 жыл бұрын
That must be a lot of dirt, to fill that hole 🤔⚠️
@RetnuhWehttam97534 жыл бұрын
Chris I have just one ☝️ question for you and that is how did you get Timy to lay still while you drove the haul truck over him for that footage of you going in and out of the pit.
@williamatkinson43244 жыл бұрын
Is there a reason for the bump-outs on the right side in the barrow pit?
@rharris58114 жыл бұрын
There isn't room to get the machine sideways to cut the sides. He had to cut at a angle and that's what made the bumps.
@hendersonlandworks61584 жыл бұрын
Got any advice on grading with the dozer? I do okay but every now and again I’ll get whoops and half to start over
@letsdig184 жыл бұрын
Haha it happens to me, try to keep a half of a blade and it won't be so bouncy when finish grading. You can also angle the blade it makes the footprint longer and the machine more stable
@johnscott28494 жыл бұрын
What brand are those tires? (I built those things for 30 years, started as General Tire, bought out by Continental then Titan.)
@letsdig184 жыл бұрын
id have to look it has 2 different brands on it
@dustinkeith76414 жыл бұрын
what makes you decide to use this over the 260 for this job?
@ArizVern4 жыл бұрын
It's going to be a deep pond, EDIT: to make a bump in that HOLE.
@jimmystrain8833 жыл бұрын
What size tires is that on the truck
@barrysteenerson48904 жыл бұрын
# 12 ;/ I forgot ? your the pond master ,! i figured that pond would be 4 feet or more of pure muck ? & wow if dem tires are 4 k / each ,run it till it pops ? i just don't want to be close when that happens ? yha the pond master ,you are ! i love that dozer with the 4 way blade not like the D-6 il learnt on ,no power any thing , not anywhere as ajustable ,thank you for this video ,
@tigernationusa51354 жыл бұрын
Gumbo Have not heard that in a while
@williegardner92904 жыл бұрын
Sending crowbar to remove seat from truck drivers rear end, after the haul truck started to roll over there.
@alwayshungry244 жыл бұрын
nice response to my comment on the tire lol $4000 talk about wow i would run it till ya can see the rim at that price lol . great vid
@c.eric.holcomb36524 жыл бұрын
That type of dirt is excellent for dirt track racing
@gmoney16803 жыл бұрын
Watching these videos makes me realize I've made poor career choices