My 1 acre pond is solid blue clay...we hauled 350 trucks of peat out and that's what was under it all. Sold the peat and the pond was free.

Boy sounds like the pond doctor owes Charlie big time!😁

I thank you Chris, for the explanation and the work you do to edit these video's. I forget it takes you a couple of hours each time you put one out.

I see you have a draft trough or what I call an animal trough coming out of the burn pit. I dug a burn pit a few years ago and came back the next morning and there was someone's dog trying to climb out of my hole. So from then on I dig an animal trough before I leave the day of digging the hole. The dog was fine he just couldn't climb up the dirt wall. He was glad to see me and I gave him water and a sausage and biscuit as soon as he came up the trough. Good video Chris. Thanks

So impressive how you work the excavator- you don’t seem to think about each movement beforehand- just about what you want to accomplish and you make it happen seemingly automatically!! Great job!!

There is always another task waiting. Even if a burn isn't possible. So you pulled stumps, cleared the brush up and made ready for the next step. You are working every day. It amazes me.

I always feel like I'm in the cab with an old friend. I appreciate all the explanation. Great video

Chris! Nice Camera work. ...I like that special " Fall " effects ya threw in there,... you know,... the leaves falling off the trees on cue!

It's really nice to hear all the do and do not with any of the equipment I'm sure there's a lot of operators that take that advice into consideration whether they say it or not I sure do appreciate the tips every little bit helps

The red clay is high in Iron, the Iron has been leached out of the white/blue. It's also a sign of being wet frequently. At least that what I remember from soil science class.

That's an interesting tool for that job - never seen in real. Have a nice weekend!

Thanks for a great video! Listening to you explain the rationale for what you do was very interesting. Also fun to hear how excited you are to get Betty on the job site. (Me too.)

That stumper does a WAY better job of pulling stumps & getting the dirt off them than a bucket - must be worth every penny.

You need a big blower to help burn. I worked for a place and we had a tandem axle trailer with a 6-71 Detroit engine powering a blower. I could barely breath when I got close in the D7 pushing brush up to the excavator feeding the pit. The blower duct was about 30' long and had nozzles pointing into the pit.

Chris the more I watch these videos the more I learn. Really like your explanation of when to let go of the stump if you decide to chuck it

Omg !!! Love that "casual " toss of those stumps !!!

There are some pretty healthy roots on those trees

Yes Sir, when tossing a stump or whatever, the pucker factor goes WAAAAY UP, when something hangs on the thumb & tries to take you for a ride that you don't want. Lol

Seemed like a relaxing day to stump. Enjoyed the comment - just a small pile, we know there is no such thing as a small burn pile.

The Stumper Tosses the Root Wads around like a Rag Doll. Amazing how much Debris is removed.

Dear Letsdig18. I'm fairly new to your channel since you have been doing KZfaq for 14 years now. Just wanted to say thanks for the content. I love running equipment myself so I enjoy watching how you tackle different situations. Also its been enjoyable to se how you and dirt perfect do things differently to accomplish the same thing. My issue is you have no playlists. A video pops up and I watch it but can't find the other parts of the job since its from 4 or 5 years ago. Don't know if you would do it but. Breaking up every year into playlists would make it way easier for your viewers to find the videos. Thanks.

Here in N.E. OK we have yellow clay about 2' down or less. I'm in the Verdigris River bottom that can stay fairly wet (until it isn't and it's concrete). I'm often reminded about the color of the clay when the crawdads build their chimneys in my front yard. I've got one chimney I've saved that is a little over a foot tall. Quite the work of pottery art.

The blue is what potters want it makes great ceramic

They have blue clay pits where I grew up. They use it to line ponds that are built in areas that don't hold water. That stuff is worse then grease when it gets wet!!

Hay Chris, we have not had an update on your livestock lately. Bring us up to date on Elvis.

The first time I saw that stumper, I blew it off. Now, I realize what an attachment it really is.

Glad you said something about flinging stumps because I do it all the time with big pine stumps and I've never thought about that. I'll probably stop doing it now!

I sure hope it rained on your program so you could burn all that brush, have a great weekend Chris and can't wait to see bad Betty in action. Make her earn her keep 😂😂😂

Yep I had a little grass fire 🔥 last spring about 10 acres while burning brush pile luckily we got a good fire department

Out where I grew up in SC were little pockets of that blue clay along the river banks we'd fish. It's some of the slickest, nastiest mess you'll ever try to climb or walk on when it's wet. We'd make "pottery" plates and cups out of it as kids.

That stumper does a great job, much quicker. The poplar stump gave you a little bit of trouble though. Bring on Betty. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰

You should try your hand digging up Bentonite. 👍🙂

Chris tames the stump with his "Saber tooth" Volvo!

I wish it would hurry up and rain so we can see a good fire .

Awesome video Thanks brother 👍🙏

Coming along well bro, am sure looking forward to see betty on the move to there and earning her keep. Safe travels up your way

Those stumps did not have very deep roots at all., the dry soil makes it really easy to knock the dirt out of the roots too.

Nice watching you. Good day.

My motto has always been to learn from the person doing the work.. Especially with the experience

Hi Chris Just wanted to drop you a note letting you know that we have and always have enjoyed your videos. Thank you for being an honest and common sense person.

Have you ever thought about getting AMI to make a Root/forestry rake that fit your thumb perfectly? or do you not have use for it?

been waiting on this one and Betty making an appearance. Really dig the burn pits. Cheers from Louisiana.

Howdy !🤠 yea Chris you on it. Small fires in a drizzle better safe than sorry.

I was on a land clearing job where the contractor had dug a burn pit with a 8"-10" steel pipe air feed laid in the bottom. He force fed the pipe with a PTO driven old school silo filler blower. The blower and tractor were remote from the pit by +-100'. Sounded like a jet engine was running in the hole. Hot..Hot!

Very good info on this video Christ . have good day man .

Here in coastal Southern Maine blue clay ( aka marine clay ) we call it Blue Goo, it's the nastiest,, sticky crap known to man

Chris... you and Dirt Perfect should have a PUMPKIN CHUNK'N contest! 🎃 💡 ACCURACY counts! 🎯 😇

Thanks for taking the extra time to make the video's. Time consuming, but enjoyable for us to watch you work.

That unfertal dirt you speak of 25:01 is just what the Loplolly Pines🌲 like to grow in. ✅

Thanks for sharing Chris , enjoyed watching!

Therapeutic for me on a Saturday evening. Nothing like the old stumper.

I like to drop stumps on another rooted stump to knock the dirt off, maybe peck at em a bit to loosen it up, then drop em 2-3 times... kind off a let down when you get to the last stump though... no one to smack it against.

Charlie is a good friend to have. Did you ever think of fitting a hydraulic powered vibrator motor to shake dirt out of stumps?

You didn't get too deep before hitting the blue clay that "won't grow anything" or perc water,maybe that's another reason for shallow roots there,there's no plant food and not much water down deeper! Nothing to eat or drink,I don't think I'd go there either. :)

Yea, Chris, but it's SO Satisfying when you feel that one final tap-root snap and you lift "The impossible" stump out of the hole! Great job..........

Great video as always,thanks for the update on Betty,can’t wait to see in action,gonna be making DP jealous again.carry on,and keep on doing what your doing.😎😎😎👍👍👍

Getting that poplar stump pulled out was like removing a wisdom tooth.

The 220 looked almost like it was in a feeding frenzy when it was working on that pine stump in the middle of the video. Loved the image of forgetting to let go of the stump when you're flinging it. I couldn't get my hand to let go of a little lady finger one time when I was throwing firecrackers.

when I saw those roots hit the wind shield I thought of your cracked screen from a previous upload

About throwing stumps, I think you should set up a contest at one of your construction conventions to see who can throw a pumpkin the farthest. That stumper looks vicious in the close up view. Great video.

I kind of wondered about tossing the stumps like you do and what would happen if the timing was off or didn’t get it to release, and now I know. It’s about like dumping a load of heavy material from a dump truck and all of the sudden one side gives way on a soft spot with the box about 3/4 of the way up, chances are you going to go for a pucker ride, one sage piece of advice I got when dumping was to keep the windows closed so you wouldn’t be hanging an arm or yourself getting tossed out the window and get injured when it went over. All equipment has its tip point, as humans we will manage to find them at some point.😏😉🙄😁

That dirt just doesn't want to turn loose! It must not be PerfectDirt! 😀😃

Hope you make a good video of you & Charlie bringing big Berta (Betty) back Up to North Carolina, like all the messing around the the trucking part... 😎👍😎

Those are some nice looking equipment

I find it amazing that you can tell what kind of tree it was just by the stump.

Hey Chris.. good video as always! Nice to watch you work while I'm staying home sick..🥺 so I'm always thinking.. isn't there some kind of dirt shaker (vibratory) or something? That would get better shaking off dirt off those roots, which is better burning, and will save you lots of time on lifting/ dropping, plus you won't be getting as much beating up...

Chris thanks for sharing! Kevin

That is a lot of stumps and brush to burn. It would be great to use for hugelkultur mounds or beds.

Must be a dream to be able to use heavy machinery for stumping. I had to haul out a chestnut stump with a diameter of about 30 inches just using a shovel, a spade and a wood saw.......I think I'll call you next time Chris ;-)

I think that's what kind of clay I have here in KC KS. It's that sticky, solid light gray/blue clay in my back yard. It was used for fill for the back yard, inside of a retaining wall. Grass won't grow, unless I top dress it with good soil and lome.

Nice work Chris

That squeak would drive me nuts lol, can wait to see “betty” in action an showing the newer equipment what old tired iron can do

So the blue would be great for the core and "liner" ?

I seen Betty is all loaded and heading home. Put her to work!

Looking forward to Big Bad Betty!

Looking pretty good Chris👍👍👍👍👍

this blue clay you are digging here looks similar to the dirt you were digging in your neighbors pond

Somebody needs to make a gigantic Christmas tree shaker to get the dirt off of the stumps.

that stump rake or what every you call it is defiantly a game changer when it comes to stumps i am also amazed at the amount of dirt you can shift with it as well one of the better pieces of equipment you have purchased for sure as before just like the way you go about your chosen profession for sure a professional operator for sure Cheers

If your blue clay is anything like what we get here, that burn pit will have a nice thick waterproof fired ceramic shell after you finish burning.

Chris we have had rain and snow depends on what map you use it's only a inch away ,, you could burn at my place .. western NY ,, what would be nice if they made one big enough is a dryer drum to shake the tree stumps .. only problem is too be big enough the machine would be over width and over weight to haul on the road ,, would need 4 trailers too haul it ,, keep up the great videos ..

Can’t wait to see Betty on the job

My name is Bill, I'm using my wife's phone. I really like watching you work. You make that machine look like just an extension of your hand. I love your comments while you work. I love when you work with Mike of Dirt Perfect. You guys are great together.

One small bottle of Clear-Eyes works every time!! Later

I speak for the majority when I say "we want to see the new 977"!!

The Autumn is to come and with the that the Raintime. The last Root to dig out and all to burn in the Night. And then can you to start the Pond building. The terrain is flat so is not a great Dam to building. But this all is determine to the next video to see. Then you the Pond construction Master. 👍

Great job Chris

Got my beer on ice waiting on a 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

F=mw^2 r. The force of a 3500lb stum turning at 5m/s roughly would be around 40,000 lbs centrifugal force. These are made up numbers but your theory of tipping over the machine is accurate. Lol

I think you had all 100,000 viewers during that outside camera view, clenching grunting flexing & tensing, right along with the 220 as you were wrestling out that one particular tough stump! It's great entertainment, I'll say that!!

I guess the age old adage of “A man’s got to know his limitations “ is appropriate when flinging stumps. If Chris warns about the technique, then I’d take the warning seriously. Never had a chance to run and excavator. Lots of other equipment. It’s on my bucket list.

I wonder if he ever thinks about investing in some sort of grapple attachment for his 220. Some reason it just seems logical for all the brush he handles. But theres always a method to his madness.

Ash dust is hard on engines, lungs, bearings and paint.

Great video 👍👍

Is the excavator more stable face on or on the side? That last stump was a problem child. Thank you have a good weekend.

If Betty is your new (to you) Cat bucket loader, what are the name of the rest of your fleet??

good idea...Chris bobble-head figurine

..good one, stay safe and have a happy big a** fire day..lol..

Chris, I am pretty sure what you call blue clay we refer to as "gumbo" in my neck of the woods !

Gray Dirt, sure glad there’s not going to be a house, the sewer leach lines would be a mile long 🤣🤣