man, using the bucket to square the blade was the most badass thing I have seen. I so admire your work. Cheers from Louisiana

I really loved how Chris used the bucket at the end of the blade to track the dirt into the trench. Maybe common practice. Don't know. I just loved seeing it!

Fingers crossed. I’ve NEVER had good luck with direct buried cable. Everything goes in a conduit now. With warning tape 6-12” above it.

Electrical cables in Australia have to be buried a minimum of 600mm (2ft). They have to have a 6” tape on top of them saying Electric cable buried below

All the things Chris has to go through for Geoff. He just keeps saying, theres new equipment on the horizon of that 90 acre job down the road!

Glad you have the patience for ever changing house plans, then there us making a mess on a nice clean dirt floor! 😉

Just a question: Should Chris have put warning tape above the cable , he has explained the need in previous similar jobs?

The two loads of compost covering the whole backside of the dam should quiet the naysayers who were saying Geoff didn't get enough compost to get the job done that he wants to get done. Also, that was pretty slick how you used the bucket to help direct the dirt back onto the trench. I don't think I would have thought to do that.

His basement did have a fair amount of water in it, surprised to see it dry up so well.

Hi Chris what I have done in the past when spreading compost is get a old rubber track put a chain on each end and pull it with a tractor I worked like a dream. Hope it helps 👍

LOVE,LOVE,LOVE the time laspe. Wish you'd do more on your projects. Great job as usual.

Good work as usual. I love how you trench and then make it disappear. It's so satisfying. Oh and loved the Volvo competition with you & DP on their video. You & Mike were fun as usual. Thanks for being such good sports.

Just watching the backfill sequence, you know Chris knows his machines and all the 'tricks'. Experience along with skill shows!

That ditch looks so perfect, I am utterly amazed. You make it look so easy.

This channel has come along ways been watching for almost 9 years. Chris you have such an incredible personality, you have an amazing drive to work hard and not give up. You’ve helped myself and many others throughout hard times in our lives. Thank you for your continuous efforts to make videos for us to watch. Have a great weekend Chris.

The mighty mini, so versatile. Together with Chris as an operator of course😊

Watching you spread the compost I wonder at the skill level required to do such an excellent job. Yanmar certainly appear across several of the KZfaq channels and all are stayers. sensible choice. Basement change will mean a great deal more reinforcement than first thought. Nice wotk LetsDig18.

Your local code......Underground service conductors that are not encased in concrete and that are buried 450 mm (18 in.) or more below grade shall have their location identified by a warning ribbon that is placed in the trench at least 300 mm (12 in.) above the underground installation.

Even the spoil is neat and tidy, you sir are a magician.😀

I've said before but it is worth repeating. With a bit more practice you will become fairly handy with your machines. Job well done Chris

Interesting tasks today!

I like watching Chris working the mini almost as much as watching him working the Motorgrader. The way he filled that trench back in was pure excavation genius. The backside of that damn is sure going to look beautiful once the grass grows in. Gotta love it when engineers decide to make changes to a buildings footprint. More work for Chris who is allready worked hard on so many different projects.

I like how Chris makes it really simple: compost; pond dam.

nice work, just a thought, would the clamshell bucket on the skid steer work better spreading the compost? get a bucket full and just hold it up and crack the clamshell open a little while traveling forward, just an idea watching. same thing with the track loader loading the offroad truck, instead of flicking the bucket to get the dirt out, get closer to the truck and open the clamshell. just a couple thoughts from my days in the seat. very nice work.. thanks for the video.

Just love watching you work, you're so efficient !

Hey Chris, I left some materials in your way. You might have to move some stuff. Thanks!

LetsDig18! Superior knowledge, superior work!

Too bad you had to go back into the basement. It was so clean cut. But you did a great job with all the things you did today. Well done sir.

These projects are awesome. This Bealy guy knows how to spend money.

That ruckus take sure put a nice finish on the back of the fam nice work 👍👋🇨🇦

You just jinxed that poor Yanmar declaring it’s never broken down lol😅 Reminds me of walking into the ER and saying it’s sure is quiet today. 😮😁

Very good job Chris love the video Keep on trucking .

Oh Yeah, Was diggin the bucket on the end of the blade, to force the dirt back into the ditch !! Nice little trick !! Yeah, I bet it is starting to get on Geoff's nerves, making changes always sucks !! lolol... Man, I was looking behind ya, when you was getting that little bit of dirt out of the basement. I really like how that little forebay pond turned out off the main lake there, really looks good !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And On too the next !! Also seen where You, and DP, had the "Volvo Contest" and answered a few questions, was pretty cool man !!

Another great video...doing various jobs....love watching your videos...Stay safe

Nice job Chris.

Trench went fast Compose went fast. Architects mess up went fast. What else could you ask for

Nice efficient work compost spreading. A pile at each end,load and shake out as you go, reload and return to first pile end. Rinse and repeat. Blend everything with the Ruckus rake for a nice finish and all the compost is where it needs to be. I love watching for your technique even when you don't say much about it. Good job as always

My Yanmar ViO 40 is 18....... yes EIGHTEEN..... yrs old. Hydraulic pump is within 5% of original pressure. Never has it left me stranded on jobsites. Same for my Takeuchi 140 track loader. Bought a Yanmar 35 2 yrs ago with no issues so far and dont expect any. If only the truck manufacturers can do the same.

Thanks Chris 👍🍺

Damn, Chris, I learned a new trick today... putting the bucket against the end of the blade to prevent the dirt from sluffing off the wrong side.

That Rukus Rake is a great machine 👍

Good work Chris, Love seeing the Mini in action. Andrew Camarata said the samething about his used Yanmar escavator and skid steer. Best machine he ever bought and never let him down, worse machine was the BobCat machines for reliablity and maintenance/repairs.

Justin needs to make a cameo appearance 🤷‍♂️ Like the bucket on the end of the blade trick. Don’t know why I’ve never thought of that…..🤦‍♂️

Always such neat work. ❤❤❤❤

Ruckus rake was a good investment. Pond dam looks really good. Have a great week.

I wish there was a Yanmar dealer near me. I'm stuck with an always broken bobcat. Granted, its an 2009, paid for and pre-emissions, to me, thats gold... BUT!, its always f*****g broke. Also, so am I. Well done, as always. thank you for taking us along.

thank you

Looking good

Well if that wasn’t the coolest trick I’ve seen with the bucket and the blade!!!

The compost on the dam sure made things look nice Chris and I can't ever remember a job that did change some how some way. 👌

Nice one, Chris

Time is Money and you have that Part, Mastered. 🤔👍🙏

nice use of the bucket , learn something new every day

Oh it's so nice to see Strawberry Shortcake doing what she does best ... such a nifty piece of kit 😊😊

Regarding Yanmar reliability, I read about a sailor whose boat was capsized by a rogue wave off South Africa. After cutting away the damaged rigging he was able to start the Yanmar diesel auxiliary motor make it Cape Town in 2 weeks. It was discovered when inspecting the motor it was full of salt water. Upon pull down it was found to have no excessive wear and was just reassembled. Yanmar quality!!

Nice video, going look nice when all said and done.💯💯

Justin??? I miss Justin!! We need the occasional Justin cameo. 😁

Job well done 👍🏻

Saw the competition with you and DP on Volvo’s channel as well as the interview with the gal from Volvo. Fun experience

What happened to the caution tape on the buried power line

Dozing the trench with the angle blade was slicker than eel poop. Very cool!👍

What a clever idea to put your bucket at the end of your blade to contain the direction of the dirt. Nice

If Chris can do anything he can run a skid steer and an excavator. I'm getting to where I'd rather see him operate a skid steer more than any other... its smooth as silk.

Thats what i love about my little John Deere 3005 Tractor its 100% Yanmar and it just runs ive owned it since 2008 and it has had tires batteries and 2 hoses replaced but never fails to start and get the job done .

Chris is hard to believe your so good in what you do God speed in all you do

We run Takeuchi 240s for our service crew. Iv ran the exact same machine as your. Tracking it drives me crazy. It always jerks back and forth when loading it. The 240 is our favorite though. It has way more power, and it has a way nicer cab. Price isn’t much different either. That blade angle though is a game changer.

You have to have great skills to do that 👏 😉 👍

13:32 that was pretty slick. Gonna have to remember that one.

You know you have doomed the machine. Thanks for the video as always excellent.

The Rucus Rake certainly finish s the job off nicely :)

I follow several other excavator channels, Andrew Caramata being one, and I think he would agree with you about the Yanmar machines. I don't want to put words in his mouth but I have heard him say that they're his most reliable and toughest machines in his fleet. Simple to repair when they get damaged and parts are available, both OEM and aftermarket. Can't say that about many machines today

Chris is a part of his machines and they are apart of him - smooth. Learned something new to keep the dirt from spilling off the blade end.

I had a 2004 yanmar vio 35 never broke down on me until 4900 hrs very good machines

The job that never ends !!!!

I would give almost anything to spend a couple days with this guy

Yanmar diesel engines are legendary for their reliability. Used in marine applications in boats around the world. At sea, reliability is “rather important” if you want to see your family again! 🌊🌊🌊

Chris, you should have put red tape a foot above the cable

I was surprised to watch the angle blade just roll the earth into the trench. I didn't know that feature was available as most ot the minis I've seen simply have a fixed blade that moves up or down. Wish I could own of these. Maybe I'll have one under the Xmas tree this year.

Yanmar makes excellent equipment. Lots of mobile refrigeration equipment uses Yanmar engines. They are dependable

Now that you mentioned how reliable the Yanmar is, I realized I have never heard about or seen you break down with it. I’ve seen them up close and they seem to be a pretty solid machine. Thanks for the update sir, looking good, as usual.

A snowblower works great to spread that kind of good topsoil. I've tried.

Nice job 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

Keep up the good work and videos

Well Looks like you got good job security with Geoff .

Bit of a hot take with the direct burial, Chris. Slap some 2" condi in the trench and call it a day. Make the electricians pull that shit in by hand.

Good morning my friend ❤😊

Could you imagine digging that by shovel...I love my yammer too

14:20 watermelon moonshine. Love the videos and as always keep up great work!

You have a bolt missing on the back cover of the hydrolics on the skidstear. You can see it when spreading the compost o the back of the dam.

Even Takeuchi has waned in quality. They used to come equipped with 85 horsepower, Yanmar 4TNV98 engines, but have switched to Kubota. A good example is Dirt Perfects older TL240, it’s Yanmar powered.

Chris, watching you spread the compost I remembered something (CHEAP) that would help you out in large spreading jobs like this. Back when we raised hogs and cattle, we would scoop the manure into a manure spreader, then you drive back and forth with the tractor and it will give you a consistent spread, just get to the other end turn around and come back, when its empty go refill. 40 years ago, our manure spreader held probably 2 to 2.5 yds of material and if you don't try to go fast you can get by with a smaller tractor. We had 2, the very old one we pulled with an old AC 45 (about 40 hp), the larger one we sometimes used a JD 2010 which isn't much bigger. I know the older ones can be bough pretty cheap, most places that use them want the huge ones.

Hello Chris, I was wondering why there was no red powerline tape put into the new trench, voltage too low?

Old school manure spreader would be handy here. Best regards from Indiana.

I would use a manure spreader the put out the compost probably would work extremely well

I’m sure glad there isn’t compost smell vision on KZfaq

Change orders such a PITA but Chris isnt paid to figure out the why. just frustrating to go back and do stuff over again only to go back yet again. the trench came out sweet Chris. work smarter not harder. wouldve taken forever with the skid steer to get trench filled back in. have fun with DP while you away Chris

Should do a soil test to know what’s needed to grow grass. And the dam would be perfect for hydro seeding

Great video,finished up some more small projects and fixed the basement..as always could not ask for any more.kudos.👍👍👍😎😎😎

That's going to be one heck of a lot of grass for Mr Bealy to maintain. Never mind a ride on mower. He's going to need one of those three gang mowers they use to mow parks and golf clubs.

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊