Cutting Down A House Lot To Be More Level

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  • @crypticchris8812
    @crypticchris8812 3 дні тому +51

    When u have a lot of work from previous clients/ reoccurring clients it speaks volumes on how good ur work is 💯

    • @ryanhoward1013
      @ryanhoward1013 3 дні тому +3

      Chris has repeat customers because of his inpicable work. Always listening to what the customer wants but isn't shy in telling the customer the dos and don't s and explaining and suggesting to them his point of view but the customer is always right even if there not. Great job, Chris.

  • @craigwavra3495
    @craigwavra3495 3 дні тому +34

    Always a good sign when former customers call you back for additional work!! On to the next project!!

  • @jasontilton2025
    @jasontilton2025 3 дні тому +11

    For y'all that hasn't work with red clay its concrete when it's hot and slick and tacky when wet Chris is the man

    • @Stratos53100
      @Stratos53100 3 дні тому

      Yes, Its nasty stuff, Especially in North Texas.

  • @bdriver69
    @bdriver69 3 дні тому +23

    Thanks for posting you videos , I am new operator at 58 lol and I learn so much your videos. Yes I have gone through training before and are always learning new things from other operators your experience helps many people . Thanks

    • @brianmcgill7314
      @brianmcgill7314 3 дні тому +2

      People are always learning, Anyone who says otherwise is up themselves 😮

  • @heatherlane9270
    @heatherlane9270 3 дні тому +7

    Grass does look good. Good to have some help even if it is a small job. Can see the difference in elevation at the end when not so evident at the beginning. Neat work.

  • @Vickie-Bligh
    @Vickie-Bligh 3 дні тому +17

    Chris, this video speaks volumes to your character and ethics. I bet dollars to donuts that you'd've brought Betty to move that dirt for him if the Komat'su wasn't available. Thanks for being here, Chris. Thanks for sharing with us all. Thank you.

  • @maxmacdonald7174
    @maxmacdonald7174 3 дні тому +15

    That Komatsu has been a work horse for you. Good video Chris.

  • @michaelmulvaney5004
    @michaelmulvaney5004 3 дні тому +13

    Just a thought... change your notification sound to an old cash register. That is what I hear every time it goes off. That would be halerious.

  • @r1mein54
    @r1mein54 3 дні тому +8

    You sure keep Mr. Donnie busy hauling equipment back and forth to jobs - even those for Geoff Enterprises. Where I grew up, people took places that were old dairies during my childhood and made them into 1980s housing subdivisions.

  • @terryrogers1025
    @terryrogers1025 3 дні тому +7

    Thanks for the update, always enjoy watching, you make things sound and look easy. I would bet your clients appreciate your care and finish work on their property, they call it repeat work.

  • @jz1340
    @jz1340 3 дні тому +5

    2D Grade Control...One pass...On Grade.
    Locate the benchmark...Set the right tip, center or left tip of the blade on the benchmark....Press enter.
    Engage 2D Auto...the dozer blade will automatically adjust to the benchmark grade.
    If the dozer has cut a large amount of dirt to move...disengage 2D Grade Control.
    Assume manual control...cut to approximate grade.
    Engage 2D Grade Control and continue.
    2D Grade Control can also be used for Percent of Slope and Percent of Grade (Increase or Decrease).

  • @The1stKukuDrifter
    @The1stKukuDrifter 3 дні тому +8

    Seems like the root rake would make the perfect mini rippers to open the top layer of clay. I could be wrong because I’ve never driven a dozer.

  • @dennis2376
    @dennis2376 3 дні тому +5

    Thank you and have a great and awesome week.

  • @ranger2316
    @ranger2316 2 дні тому

    I can only imagine how much the contractor appreciates a level clean work site to lay out foundations, etc. Makes their job a lot easier I'm imagining.

  • @ronaldharmon9891
    @ronaldharmon9891 3 дні тому +8

    Push'n DIRT🙌

  • @Jeffrey-ed8sz
    @Jeffrey-ed8sz 3 дні тому +8

    Komatsu is working boy. Nice work as always Chris.😊

  • @audiebodine519
    @audiebodine519 3 дні тому +4

    Big fan of rippers on dozers . They make life so much easier.

  • @wallbawden5511
    @wallbawden5511 3 дні тому +3

    Nice job as always think you may need a set of rippers for the dozer that clay looked hard but as is you got it done really nice pad when you finished for sure till next one Cheers

  • @user-dn6ij6lm2g
    @user-dn6ij6lm2g 3 дні тому +6

    Like the video Chris on this lot , shapen it for the house lots .

  • @pauldillinger2286
    @pauldillinger2286 3 дні тому +3

    Very nice job again letsdig18

  • @georgewest2096
    @georgewest2096 3 дні тому +4

    A nice place to be building a house. You can access all four sides.

  • @rccalhoun
    @rccalhoun 3 дні тому +6

    builder can put his footing/spoils dirt in the low spot!

  • @melissareynolds8691
    @melissareynolds8691 3 дні тому +8

    ❤❤❤ piece of cake…for letsdig18!

  • @mattwisniewski4896
    @mattwisniewski4896 3 дні тому +4

    You always do a great job chris

  • @glennspreeman1634
    @glennspreeman1634 3 дні тому +5

    Won't even need to concrete the basement!!

  • @michael_3985
    @michael_3985 3 дні тому +1

    Turned out spot on. Amazing how it looks when take out 2 ft on the high side. Builder should love that.👍👍👍

  • @nandi123
    @nandi123 3 дні тому +5

    Looks great as always. I guess it would have been to much of a muchness to get your D7 out there but it would have made quick work of that job.

  • @axcs0119
    @axcs0119 3 дні тому +3

    Looks like the clay was giving the dozer a run for its money.

  • @mischef18
    @mischef18 3 дні тому +1

    Sure looks a nice spot for a house bro. That bit of land worked out well for Jeff. Safe travels. Ken.

  • @markpashia7067
    @markpashia7067 3 дні тому +6

    Around five minutes in you said "some beautiful red clay" just as I was thinking you need that clay on a dam job instead of this. But it will compact good on the fill areas.

  • @haroldhawkins9370
    @haroldhawkins9370 3 дні тому +4

    Nice video Chris.

  • @johnm4908
    @johnm4908 3 дні тому +4

    What a beautiful lot.

  • @johnroberts8475
    @johnroberts8475 2 дні тому

    You sure have leveled the entire area and it looks fantastic Chris.

  • @dirtfarmer7472
    @dirtfarmer7472 3 дні тому +5

    Having your own trailer makes moving from 1 place to another easier & both machines have AC & that is nice.
    My soapbox, a nice JD 670 would have been handy for this leveling, oh well if wishes were horses beggars would ride. You’ll get 1 someday.
    Do get tired of me nagging about a grader ???

    • @kenore4003
      @kenore4003 2 дні тому +1

      He's been looking but it seems that
      auction prices for something that doesn't have three wheels in the scrapyard is going for new prices. As long as he can rent John's grader it's not so critical.

    • @dirtfarmer7472
      @dirtfarmer7472 2 дні тому +1

      @@kenore4003
      I have to agree with you, but I hope that you have to agree with me that a grader would have been nice to use on this project.

    • @kenore4003
      @kenore4003 2 дні тому +1

      @@dirtfarmer7472 Absolutely!

  • @charlesdavis189
    @charlesdavis189 3 дні тому +2

    I know that the ground is very hard but I've used a Tractor with a Box blade and let the Teeth down in the Box blade to be able to break up the Hard Red packed Dirt !

  • @doritleis2773
    @doritleis2773 3 дні тому +3

    Perfekt to Prepare the Areal from a House lot, and building the Road to this Building Place. Good Video however 💪👍🤗

  • @keithdunlap2701
    @keithdunlap2701 3 дні тому +3

    Dammit Man !! That clay was pretty freaking hard, it was turning the finish dozer sideways when you was trying to get it cut down !! But, you got it like you always do, had to get a little tough with the clay but, looking good Man !! Yeah Man, it always pays off, if you can do something little like that to help somebody out, when they are in a pinch like that to get started !! Great Work as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And On too the Next !! Hope you had a Great 4th. Holiday !!

  • @user-rt8ik1ow4i
    @user-rt8ik1ow4i 3 дні тому +2

    Great work sir

  • @kayenicholls5473
    @kayenicholls5473 3 дні тому +2

    We have a very heavy frost so it is snow white here 😂😂😂😂😂😊

  • @farmerbill6855
    @farmerbill6855 3 дні тому +3

    Steps are expensive, better do 10 grand worth of dirt work to alleviate them.

  • @danielcohn-bendit701
    @danielcohn-bendit701 3 дні тому +5

    This is one of Bealy Good’s lots, right?

    • @BealyGood
      @BealyGood 3 дні тому +5

      Yes

    • @dennis2376
      @dennis2376 3 дні тому +3

      @@BealyGood You are being sneaky again. How are you doing? Thank you.

    • @BealyGood
      @BealyGood 3 дні тому +5

      @@dennis2376 finally took a day off. I’m tired 🤣

    • @ryanhoward1013
      @ryanhoward1013 3 дні тому +1

      ​@@BealyGood I bet you are after all of that pouring of concrete on the house. What a beautiful job you did before the pour because no mistake and it looks beautiful. I can't wait for the next floor after you rest up lol 😂

  • @nigelhales874
    @nigelhales874 3 дні тому +2

    Is this projects with Geoff and your self certainly looking level good job it's dry eles would be sloppy mess ole happy American independence day 🎉🎉

  • @kennethjones3337
    @kennethjones3337 3 дні тому +2

    Chris great video again.

  • @iamslbc
    @iamslbc 3 дні тому +3

    Tearing out that red clay looks like you’re trying to knock down a dam.

  • @dansbrown1313
    @dansbrown1313 3 дні тому +3

    Hello Chris, Don't you have rippers for the Komatsu? I thought rippers would cut the hard clay faster.

  • @Travis-kw3mo
    @Travis-kw3mo 3 дні тому +3

    Sounds like that seat suspension needs some oil that would drive me crazy

  • @jesstrueblood2317
    @jesstrueblood2317 3 дні тому +1

    Just a thought, maybe scratching that crust up with your root rake might help cutting that downl

  • @Machines.In.Action
    @Machines.In.Action 2 дні тому

    Great work on leveling the lot! 💪

  • @malcolmyarnold6172
    @malcolmyarnold6172 3 дні тому +1

    Hi mate another job well done keep up the good work looking forward to seeing your next job

  • @charlesdavis189
    @charlesdavis189 3 дні тому +2

    Hello My friend Chris and I'm wondering if you could level out the ground with your Road Grader and it seems like you would have a wider Grading and much easier to be able to level out the ground and for the House pad!

  • @mathewsmith2650
    @mathewsmith2650 3 дні тому +2

    would the root rake act as a ripper for the dozer instead of using the hard edge of the blade on the hard clay

  • @ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441
    @ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441 2 дні тому

    Hey Sarah, a lot. It's going to be nice for a house. Great work. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

  • @arkansas1336
    @arkansas1336 2 дні тому

    Nice.
    A 3 shank parallel ripper would have been a great help. But you achieved the desired results.

  • @randall39
    @randall39 3 дні тому +2

    I think your Komatzu is wondering where the D6 is😂

  • @k4x4map46
    @k4x4map46 3 дні тому +3

    cut n fill noice!!

  • @jackman6256
    @jackman6256 3 дні тому +3

    Youre dozer have some issues it is packed down very hard
    Make great pond area wouldn't it

  • @bryanlloyd1099
    @bryanlloyd1099 3 дні тому

    Very nice job!

  • @ronaldheit196
    @ronaldheit196 3 дні тому +1

    Nice short Letsdig18 friday episode is better than none.
    Chris definitely did a good job of getting that house pad ready for the builder.
    Makes his job way more easier.

  • @thatdave86
    @thatdave86 3 дні тому +1

    Nice seeing pegs in the ground ,it's a pity the builder couldn't have laid out the house location for you,but you'll be back ,must be a game changer with being able to move the Komatsu on your trailer .
    Hey Chris ,are you planning to have the EGR and intake manifolds cleaned on the Ford ,as they tend to build up the carbon and create issues?

  • @charlesdavis189
    @charlesdavis189 3 дні тому +1

    Chris your doing A Great 👍😃 Job and you have All of the nessairy Equipment anyone needs to be able to do every type of major Jobs that a person needs to be able to do anything that needs to be done 👍✅ 😅 !

  • @roudyrusty610
    @roudyrusty610 3 дні тому +7

    GOOD MORN SATURDAY FROM AUSTRALIA

  • @davidnelson6893
    @davidnelson6893 3 дні тому +3

    That is cool Peace out

  • @tonyaustin4472
    @tonyaustin4472 3 дні тому +2

    Amazes me that with all this good clay you have; you don’t build in brick…or maybe you do and I haven’t seen it? :-)
    So many of the houses and bungalows you have look so flimsily constructed with the kind of timber better suited for a bookcase. Is it because you anticipate replacing them far sooner than a brick built house maybe?

  • @ramtuff2007
    @ramtuff2007 3 дні тому +2

    good video

  • @henrydisbrowe6704
    @henrydisbrowe6704 3 дні тому +2

    I bet Betty would make short work of that

  • @robertdonaldson6584
    @robertdonaldson6584 3 дні тому +2

    nice driveway

  • @lamontmajors5390
    @lamontmajors5390 3 дні тому +1

    Very good video content Thax 👍😃👍

  • @Todd.Roberts
    @Todd.Roberts 3 дні тому +1

    It’s hard to keep up with the projects. So much going on at one time

  • @ookalleoo
    @ookalleoo 3 дні тому +2

    👍👍

  • @user-jx5eq8nv9g
    @user-jx5eq8nv9g 2 дні тому

    One of the few places you have worked, where a ripper on the Dozer would have been handy. That clay was hard.

  • @kayenicholls5473
    @kayenicholls5473 3 дні тому +4

    I am in Tasmania in the north of the state we have mountains around us which make it colder we are in for rain 🌧 in a few days again 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dennis2376
      @dennis2376 3 дні тому +1

      Sun shine for the next couple of days in BC Canada then maybe rain again. :(

  • @tommartin9936
    @tommartin9936 3 дні тому +1

    Looks like a good spot for a pond out back??

  • @bosshogg3548
    @bosshogg3548 3 дні тому +4

    Great job 👍🏻

  • @exotictones1054
    @exotictones1054 2 дні тому

    We use to help out our builders like that until they didn't want to pay us until the house was sold.sometimes 3 yrs.later.couldn't do it at our cost for that long.

  • @keepingdistance4404
    @keepingdistance4404 3 дні тому +1

    Too bad the D7 doesn't have a/c. Hard soil wouldn't stand a chance.

  • @madelinelambert605
    @madelinelambert605 3 дні тому

    Nice

  • @MySORRELL
    @MySORRELL 3 дні тому +4

    THANKS!

  • @rossnolan2883
    @rossnolan2883 3 дні тому +4

    Brilliant 🤩

  • @jefferyyoung6836
    @jefferyyoung6836 2 дні тому

    A ripper might’ve helped, but if you don’t have one then you make do with whatever you do have.

  • @robertwinton2649
    @robertwinton2649 3 дні тому +3

    🤗❤️👍

  • @kookiedabear
    @kookiedabear 3 дні тому +3

    Hope this helps you: Video title suggestion - Leveling a House Lot OR Cutting a House Lot. "More level" isn't possible, as it's level or unlevel.

  • @jmit5650
    @jmit5650 3 дні тому +1

    Chris, is the house going to set on four feet of fill? Or is it going to set on what was the hill? Just wondering.

  • @thomasleonard1846
    @thomasleonard1846 3 дні тому

    LetsDig18!

  • @wileycoyotesr8623
    @wileycoyotesr8623 2 дні тому

    👍👍👍

  • @JPGuay
    @JPGuay 3 дні тому +1

    How much would you charge for that day's work ?

  • @camerondaniels5324
    @camerondaniels5324 3 дні тому +1

    What happened to the videos with big Hyundai haul truck? On the big pond job?........🤔🤔🤔.....I know!!!

  • @michaelmullins1290
    @michaelmullins1290 3 дні тому +1

    Fine dozer work. Steps ate overrated the older we get.

  • @robertruppert3436
    @robertruppert3436 3 дні тому +1

    Are you in Georgia Chris? The clay looks like Georgia red clay.

  • @davidudden406
    @davidudden406 3 дні тому

    Chris, just curious, it seems you omly use the Cat dozers fro pushing debree into a burn pile. All the grading jobs you choose the Kamatsu?

    • @letsdig18
      @letsdig18  3 дні тому

      Komatsu is the best grading dozer

  • @davidbrooks5441
    @davidbrooks5441 3 дні тому +1

    how you pri ce the dirt

  • @kayenicholls5473
    @kayenicholls5473 3 дні тому +5

    Good Saturday morning everyone I hope you all enjoy your day we have a-2 degrees ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @markpashia7067
      @markpashia7067 3 дні тому +4

      Cold, and a day ahead of the USA must mean you are south of us by a lot. Guessing those degrees are Celcius not F.

    • @dennis2376
      @dennis2376 3 дні тому +3

      30 degrees Celsius in the lower main land of BC, Canada. :)

    • @ryanhoward1013
      @ryanhoward1013 3 дні тому +2

      ​@markpashia7067 Yeah, I'm guessing he's down under in beautiful Australia. I would love to go there for a vacation maybe for a month or two. I bet it's beautiful.

  • @roseannvolrath2271
    @roseannvolrath2271 3 дні тому +6

    Good morning my friend 😊❤🤗✨👍💐

  • @johncates5081
    @johncates5081 3 дні тому +3

    Here we go.....

  • @roseannvolrath2271
    @roseannvolrath2271 3 дні тому +3

    🎉

  • @davidudden406
    @davidudden406 3 дні тому

    Why not use your Cat D7 for this job?

  • @morgansidhe3543
    @morgansidhe3543 2 дні тому

    Is this a repost from yesterday.

  • @vicentesanchez5141
    @vicentesanchez5141 3 дні тому +1

    Hey Chris,I remember last year in a vídeo You said You'll expecting work until summer of 2024 but it's look's like You find work for a couple years more!😂😂😂😂

  • @kayenicholls5473
    @kayenicholls5473 3 дні тому +1

    I am on the island below the big one so far colder than the mainland 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @sylviaprudhomme5417
    @sylviaprudhomme5417 3 дні тому

    Never fail to make that some dressed up dirt❤❤❤❤❤

  • @blondelizard5453
    @blondelizard5453 3 дні тому +3

    Ld18