@@jamiemorton113 that's an amazing series. There's a couple others also from the same detective. Pretty crazy. People just went missing. Experienced hunters and woodsman just gone.. well worth a watch!
You know that's crazy that you would never think that someone would want to watch someone excavate. But watching Chris is like so calming. And he's so good with that excavator he understands common sense and I'm so happy to know that there's someone out there that still has common sense that operates large equipment I drive truck for a living and I see a lot of people without common sense. I guess that's one of the reasons why I'm subscribed to his channel is because he has a gift I've been watching Chris now for 5 years 6 years and one of the First videos that I ever was blown away with was when he went out to Vegas and he walked that excavator down a beam and he did it without even warming up or even practicing. I would say I have just about as many hours watching Chris as I do watching movies in the last 5-6 years and how I found Chris was watching him bust beaver dams I had a fascination with watching large bodies of water disappear. Now I have a fascination with watching Chris play in sinkholes and dig out ponds. Huge fan as long as he's making the videos I will continue watching them. I've never operated excavator I've operated front end loaders Bobcat tractors backhoes never an excavator I think it seems like it would be fun it would be like being a big kid in a much bigger sand box with the risk of sinking LOL
I'm retired now from construction I used to be a utility inspector with the Big Gas Company up here in Ontario and I really enjoyed watching operations of the machines digging around gas mains and making sure they never hit him and I can sit here for hours watching you operate you're quite the operator smooth.😀👍👍🍁
Chris just wanted to thank you for the 40 minutes of video. I’m so addicted that I find I need at least 40 minutes a night or I go through withdrawals. What you feel is boring is mesmerizing to us. Keep up the great work!
Skilled tradesman are a dying breed sir. Drivers, welders, constructors of all kinds. It's amazing to these artists show the mastery of their crafts. I'm part of the millennial generation but I've been raised with the value of hard work and a wide range of skill sets. I've worked asphalt, turned wrenches and now I'm a driver and while in high school I built houses expecting that to be my trade until the market crashed in 08/09 and I had no work when I got out of school. It has saved me so much money being able to do just about anything myself and the satisfaction that comes with a job well done. Love watching your stuff sir. I haven't witnessed such finesse of an operator in one of these in a long while and getting the shots you do, really nails the fact home that you truly are as skilled as it looks to be from the outside. The tools are an extension of your body and it really shows. Also definitely love the smoothness in that Volvo's hydraulic system. I've used a lot of different brands here and there when I was doing asphalt and crisp, smooth hydraulic systems and controls are critical if you desire perfection and not visit the chiropractor on a weekly basis.
I wonder if at the dinner table he swings at the waist and uses his spoon in mechanical motions. And obviously during thanksgiving puts mats under his chair.
You are one with the bucket.. Please keep these videos coming. I dont know how this wound up on my recommend list but im glad it did but now im hooked..I cant stop watching. Thanks for the great footage.
I watched this on fast speed, simply because I enjoyed the poetry of watching the handling of this machine. The Volvo was an extension of the operator, so graceful.
WOW, you're really gonna need a bath for the Volvo when you get finished with this project. What a mess you got into with that sinkhole. Good thinking to move the rock into it for a better base to work around. As always, Chris, you have good plans in your head and you execute them perfectly.
I had to hold my breath there a few time it looked like you were going swimming in mud... Amazing how your mind remembered after so many years and ponds that there was a sink hole off to the right! Your an amazing young man! Thank you for your time and talent🙃
@@cody_janssen831 not very often at all in my experience and I have worked with excavations near large cities with obvious crime . This guy looks like he is in a pretty rural area that has affluence, so there isnt going to be that sort of thing.
I don’t give out to many complements!!! But I’ll say you are one hell of an operator. Probably one of the best I’ve ever seen . Read the land and know how things are going to react . Water , mud etc . Thanks for the great videos. P.S don’t get stuck 😂 CHIPSTER
The sink hole is one of two things either a man made silt trap or more likely an erosion feature caused by the culvert when spatting during or after very heavy rain.
Using the big board to pull the mud back, that ain't cheating lol, thats bloody smart! :) You sir are so smooth what that excavator, I haven't seen work like that since my dad. :) Very nice :)
Just in case anyone was wondering. they've been located , and they are large and brass!! well done taking a machine that heavy into that situation. always love your videos thank you for sharing
Chris you are a master at what you do so keep up the good work. You should do a video on all the machines you have in the business. Thanks for the amazing footage.
You are very brave with your equipment. NIce to see a professional at work. It is so easy to sink before you even know your in trouble (from personal experience). Once you cover the exhaust, uh oh.
As a fellow excavator operator in New Zealand I never stop learning and have stumbled across your videos, always good to pick up tips n tricks from someone like your self. Cheers
Amazing what those machines can do! Great to see the decision making process and logistics of moving around in that stuff! I bet most ppl think you just dig out the mud. What happens if you get stuck!?!
We're going to need a bigger Bovine! You thought i was going to Type "Boat", as opposed, to "Bovine", unless, you did not, then, you are no fun and i will throw a Cowpie, in your general direction.
You sir, have some mad skills for operating that machinery! After watching this and several other videos of it, I'm hooked... for some reason have always been interested in watching machinery like this do their thing, since i was s kid, and you have given me something more to armchair enjoy 😉... thank you! PS - nice bucket view!
Where's Timmy??? I never see him on as many videos as I use to. I'm thinking he's with your Uncle on different projects. Keep up the great work!!! It's always great watching you operate.
@@Blazer02LS I don't have Instagram but thx so much for the update. I'll check that site out. I figured he was doing something else since they have so many projects going on at once. Have a Great Night and thx again.
Always been interested in equipment, and the capabilities & limitations too! He far exceeded what I thought, was safe to put that machine into. Well done; especially getting it out of the soup. My neighbor rented a smaller version, to work on his own property, on a slightly smaller area. Wound up calling the rental company. They brought out a second unit, to retrieve the first unit. Then busted a hydraulic line, requiring replacement, plus replacing the fluid too. Then the cleanup of both units, round trip hauling fees; not sure how much his final bill came too? He made the mistake of not making any mats before getting wet and muddy. Thank you for the video. Great tutorial! .
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I thought you lost it, there! The first video of yours I watched was you digging out that rental unit that was up to its armpits. I guess staying out of trouble is better than getting out of trouble.
You do some amazing work and really good at running that excavator. More i watch you makes me want to go buy one and start my own business... I have run equipment my entire life but something about watching you just amazes me lol
Just a thought. If you could rig up some kind of slurry pump and 3 sided hopper which you submerge, you can just scrape the mud towards it using the mats gripped in the bucket. Concrete pumps can pump quite a distance, which means loading the spoil mud into trucks can be done without you having to move the excavator
That bucket view cam is pretty slick. Cool watching liquefaction in action. How some earthquakes are made worse because ground water rises and does that
I actually love this emptying out the hole, feels so satisfying. I'm not a rushy type I wouldn't force forward and I really don't like mud so I'd be taking it out from the beginning, wonder if that's more efficient or not tho, efficiency might screw me there, but oh well.
What has my life come to. One day watching true crime stories, now hooked on this dude digging holes. Love it. Lol
🤣😂🤣😂 he's living every boys dream!
And he's a really good operator!
you're not alone ..
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@@jamiemorton113 that's an amazing series. There's a couple others also from the same detective. Pretty crazy. People just went missing. Experienced hunters and woodsman just gone.. well worth a watch!
im 63 yrs old and been in const my whole life mostly a driver ,,,you are one of the best operators i have seen in a long time
I still amazes me each time you get out of a swamphole like that. You're a master on that excavator Chris.
Agreed. Chris makes it look to easy. Many hours of stick time. 👍
yea i was thinking the same
Was making me nervous...
The way this dude whips these machines around is amazing lol Skill level 9999
It's over NINE-THOUSAND!!!!!!
That’s what she said.!!!
You know that's crazy that you would never think that someone would want to watch someone excavate. But watching Chris is like so calming. And he's so good with that excavator he understands common sense and I'm so happy to know that there's someone out there that still has common sense that operates large equipment I drive truck for a living and I see a lot of people without common sense. I guess that's one of the reasons why I'm subscribed to his channel is because he has a gift I've been watching Chris now for 5 years 6 years and one of the First videos that I ever was blown away with was when he went out to Vegas and he walked that excavator down a beam and he did it without even warming up or even practicing. I would say I have just about as many hours watching Chris as I do watching movies in the last 5-6 years and how I found Chris was watching him bust beaver dams I had a fascination with watching large bodies of water disappear. Now I have a fascination with watching Chris play in sinkholes and dig out ponds. Huge fan as long as he's making the videos I will continue watching them. I've never operated excavator I've operated front end loaders Bobcat tractors backhoes never an excavator I think it seems like it would be fun it would be like being a big kid in a much bigger sand box with the risk of sinking LOL
I'm retired now from construction I used to be a utility inspector with the Big Gas Company up here in Ontario and I really enjoyed watching operations of the machines digging around gas mains and making sure they never hit him and I can sit here for hours watching you operate you're quite the operator smooth.😀👍👍🍁
I've been in excavation/hvy equipment 22 years and have never seen that mat technique used to corral muck. That's cool. Great job.
This is swamp and mud country, they couldn't live without them :)
Chris just wanted to thank you for the 40 minutes of video. I’m so addicted that I find I need at least 40 minutes a night or I go through withdrawals. What you feel is boring is mesmerizing to us. Keep up the great work!
Man, I don't think I've ever seen such a smooth operator. I'm 3 vids deep and can't stop watching, I enjoy watching you run that machine.
Skilled tradesman are a dying breed sir. Drivers, welders, constructors of all kinds. It's amazing to these artists show the mastery of their crafts. I'm part of the millennial generation but I've been raised with the value of hard work and a wide range of skill sets. I've worked asphalt, turned wrenches and now I'm a driver and while in high school I built houses expecting that to be my trade until the market crashed in 08/09 and I had no work when I got out of school. It has saved me so much money being able to do just about anything myself and the satisfaction that comes with a job well done.
Love watching your stuff sir. I haven't witnessed such finesse of an operator in one of these in a long while and getting the shots you do, really nails the fact home that you truly are as skilled as it looks to be from the outside. The tools are an extension of your body and it really shows.
Also definitely love the smoothness in that Volvo's hydraulic system. I've used a lot of different brands here and there when I was doing asphalt and crisp, smooth hydraulic systems and controls are critical if you desire perfection and not visit the chiropractor on a weekly basis.
I wonder if at the dinner table he swings at the waist and uses his spoon in mechanical motions. And obviously during thanksgiving puts mats under his chair.
You are one with the bucket.. Please keep these videos coming. I dont know how this wound up on my recommend list but im glad it did but now im hooked..I cant stop watching. Thanks for the great footage.
Always fun, Chris taking us down in the sinkhole... I was holding my breath a few times but loved every moment.. Thanks it was awesome
What a lovely video at 35-36 mins. Like a GoPro on the underside of a Cow's tail as it is dropping a fresh pie on the prairie.
Me: "He's stuck now. Nope. Okay, now he's really stuck. Nope. Seriously, there's no way he can get out now. Yep, he can."
I watched this on fast speed, simply because I enjoyed the poetry of watching the handling of this machine. The Volvo was an extension of the operator, so graceful.
WOW, you're really gonna need a bath for the Volvo when you get finished with this project. What a mess you got into with that sinkhole. Good thinking to move the rock into it for a better base to work around. As always, Chris, you have good plans in your head and you execute them perfectly.
I had to hold my breath there a few time it looked like you were going swimming in mud... Amazing how your mind remembered after so many years and ponds that there was a sink hole off to the right! Your an amazing young man! Thank you for your time and talent🙃
With a hundred plus thousand dollars on the line your memory becomes crystal clear in situations like this
I love that you explain everything like a doctor would explain a procedure.
Kudos to your expertise!
Decent people live in that neighborhood: only two bicycles and one tire came out of this pond. 👍
Thanks for the upload.
The so called decent people might not be as decent as they appear
I wonder how often he finds guns and stuff dredging ponds
@@cody_janssen831 or missing persons.
@@cody_janssen831 not very often at all in my experience and I have worked with excavations near large cities with obvious crime .
This guy looks like he is in a pretty rural area that has affluence, so there isnt going to be that sort of thing.
@@carmichaelmoritz8662 It isn't for you to judge.
36:33 Now there's a good idea. The many times I watched you use the mats it never crossed my mind to use them like that. Nice!
Chris I think you're happiest when your slopping mud or stacking a fire. :) Love the videos.
That Volvo effortlessly moves about digging and and dumping! The power plant runs so sweet!
When we build ponds its usual to have a larger hole near the in flow as a silt trap , works well if maintained regular and mostly empty
In Frisian language we call that thick, wet soil: Blubber. It isn't hard to see why at 33 minutes in! Awesome footage, hooked!
The view from the bucket into the dump truck bed...disgusting, but totally cool! Love these videos.
We absolutely love watching you work those machines like it's a part of you.
Beautiful work!
I don’t give out to many complements!!! But I’ll say you are one hell of an operator. Probably one of the best I’ve ever seen . Read the land and know how things are going to react . Water , mud etc . Thanks for the great videos.
P.S don’t get stuck 😂
CHIPSTER
Bless you heart! You have to clean up other people's mess. Great job! I love your show! 😊❤
The sink hole is one of two things either a man made silt trap or more likely an erosion feature caused by the culvert when spatting during or after very heavy rain.
Something satisfying about watching the mud self level in the truck..I'm glad I don't gotta deal with liquid dirt
And again you are an amazing operator. Man great job
Using the big board to pull the mud back, that ain't cheating lol, thats bloody smart! :)
You sir are so smooth what that excavator, I haven't seen work like that since my dad. :)
Very nice :)
Great job swampy!👍💛😉
I like watching these videos... You can learn new tricks from people. I like the mat idea pulling the mud back.. quick and easy.
Just in case anyone was wondering. they've been located , and they are large and brass!! well done taking a machine that heavy into that situation. always love your videos thank you for sharing
I have gone down a rabbit hole that I can not get out of, why cant I stop watching this!!! Ahhhhh :)
One of the best channels on you tube!
Chris you are one hell of an operator. A little bit crazy... I spent all my life avoiding sink-mud holes. You have mad skills man.
Chris you are a master at what you do so keep up the good work. You should do a video on all the machines you have in the business. Thanks for the amazing footage.
That cheat with the mat seems pretty smart! If I were the ref in this digging game, I would say it is allowed. :)
You are very brave with your equipment. NIce to see a professional at work. It is so easy to sink before you even know your in trouble (from personal experience). Once you cover the exhaust, uh oh.
Always keep the Fuel Tank Full. Rest is all up to the machine. Fail to plan, is a plan to fail. Great operation.
These videos are purely therapeutical. Thank you for your top notch entertainment, sir !
As a fellow excavator operator in New Zealand I never stop learning and have stumbled across your videos, always good to pick up tips n tricks from someone like your self. Cheers
Amazing what those machines can do! Great to see the decision making process and logistics of moving around in that stuff! I bet most ppl think you just dig out the mud. What happens if you get stuck!?!
Now that's one awesome job ! Can't wait to see the progress !!!
Brilliant videos, I get home from working on my machine and watch your videos! 😂😂👍🏻👍🏻
That’s like trying to move a cow pie with a stick
Imagine the size of that cow.
We're going to need a bigger Bovine! You thought i was going to Type "Boat", as opposed, to "Bovine", unless, you did not, then, you are no fun and i will throw a Cowpie, in your general direction.
Probably the same "aroma" too. Or worse !
@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 I am just glad that cows can't fly ; )
Michelle Obama was unharmed in this video.
I always love the mechanical whirl when I spin the cab around quick. Very machine like lol.
You sir, have some mad skills for operating that machinery! After watching this and several other videos of it, I'm hooked... for some reason have always been interested in watching machinery like this do their thing, since i was s kid, and you have given me something more to armchair enjoy 😉... thank you!
PS - nice bucket view!
Thanks for taking us along Chris! This one looks like it’s not for beginners eh
Where's Timmy??? I never see him on as many videos as I use to.
I'm thinking he's with your Uncle on different projects.
Keep up the great work!!! It's always great watching you operate.
Follow him on instagram and you can see him working on other projects when not on the ones Chris is on.
Yes, where is the Tim Man !
@@Blazer02LS I don't have Instagram but thx so much for the update.
I'll check that site out. I figured he was doing something else since they have so many projects going on at once.
Have a Great Night and thx again.
What’s his handle?
Bravo à vous pour votre déshéritée avec la machine et la qualité de votre travail 👌🙏
Always been interested in equipment, and the capabilities & limitations too! He far exceeded what I thought, was safe to put that machine into. Well done; especially getting it out of the soup. My neighbor rented a smaller version, to work on his own property, on a slightly smaller area. Wound up calling the rental company. They brought out a second unit, to retrieve the first unit. Then busted a hydraulic line, requiring replacement, plus replacing the fluid too. Then the cleanup of both units, round trip hauling fees; not sure how much his final bill came too? He made the mistake of not making any mats before getting wet and muddy. Thank you for the video. Great tutorial! .
Love the look of those older homes. More comfortable looking than the homes 🏡 being built in 2000's.
I really like you being able to get road trucks back to pond. Your a doctor working on a live patient.
Looks like good soil once spread and dried out. Have the perfect field for it
Love the 'Bucket cam' bit of porridge shovelling, what a sloppy muck shift that is
Been watching for years now and I think that was deeper than you've ever gone.
Was a member of 50th Armor at one time. Vt ANG 1973-1974 then change to the regular army. Glad to see the 2nd.
You will like my 1 military video at Arlington ua-cam.com/video/S0UPZ-aE4KQ/v-deo.html
@K.D. Pearce .. That's what SHE said!
No mat left behind ! i liked when you put that cam on the bucket so we could see how the mud goes wiggle wiggle wiggle. Great job
I like to see Quality work sir thank you for that in your videos.
what a machine 1 of the best ive seen so far man fantastic job .....again
Damn that was getting deal ..great vid and operating the escavater very well done have a great evening godbless .
Awesome real world footage. Good work sir.
Great video Chris. Thanks
your skills in that machine are amazing!!! keep up the good fight. great channel!!
Again love the videos. I still believe you could put a puzzle together with that Machine. Keep up the good work brother. God Bless
Awesome job . It’s nice to see a professional work.
Mud you were Loading in Dump Truck is the type of Mud we weren’t allowed to Play in Growing up.
Nice tractor work, enjoyed the bucket view as well.
Nice job . Getting a bit close to that sink hole .😦😦👍👍
I thought you lost it, there! The first video of yours I watched was you digging out that rental unit that was up to its armpits. I guess staying out of trouble is better than getting out of trouble.
Great video. Loved every minute of it!!!!!
He has got to be a ten year old at heart! Gets to play in the dirt everyday!
You do some amazing work and really good at running that excavator. More i watch you makes me want to go buy one and start my own business... I have run equipment my entire life but something about watching you just amazes me lol
you amaze me sir. thanks for the great content. love your channel.
So satisfying to watch.
It doesn’t matter what job you do you always do an awesome job.👏🏼👏🏼👍🇨🇦🇺🇸
That was pretty deep. Good stuff man
It’s fun to watch a true artist at work.
Thanks for the great Video.
You're a damn genius! Well done.
I love in Alaska, and operated for a few years, its like zen time. Great videos.
Thanks for the ride on the bucket! That was fun
A long reach would definitely come in handy here. I was biting my fingernails every time you entered that sinkhole.
Yeah I would have used a long stick.
Just a thought. If you could rig up some kind of slurry pump and 3 sided hopper which you submerge, you can just scrape the mud towards it using the mats gripped in the bucket. Concrete pumps can pump quite a distance, which means loading the spoil mud into trucks can be done without you having to move the excavator
We could watch him for hours. He’s the Mike Holmes of excavator operators. Does it right.
Well Holmes used to be good 15 yrs ago. This was before he started wearing his 5 carat diamond stud earrings.
The video strikes me as if he's the John Holmes of excavator operators. Getting dirty and wet on a daily basis but loving what he does for a living. 😂
That bucket view cam is pretty slick. Cool watching liquefaction in action. How some earthquakes are made worse because ground water rises and does that
Awesome!
I actually love this emptying out the hole, feels so satisfying. I'm not a rushy type I wouldn't force forward and I really don't like mud so I'd be taking it out from the beginning, wonder if that's more efficient or not tho, efficiency might screw me there, but oh well.
Bucket cam is awesome!
I love the bucket cam!!
Outstanding...as usual.
Excellent job I just finished watched like eight videos, you sir have a great talent keep up the great content
Love the thumb shot!!
Nice squeegee work. That probably saved an hours worth of work moving that slop-slop-slop--oh and a tire! Nice job!
Using the mat was brilliant. Also, loved the bucket cam
Swamp Master. Just love watching you work in the swamps.
Wild watching the 250 bob and weave like it's on a barge as you crawl over the mats.