Stock if with bass and form up a nice sandy beach and bam! Bob's ur uncle! Great place to hang out on a hot summer day with a rod and a cooler full of beer. Fantastic job! Thanks for the video.
I can’t wait for the drone view. I hope you’ll have time to come back one day to do an Ariel view when all is said and done. I’m sure I’m not alone in wanting to see the pond full and the bridge in. Bridge makes more sense than a huge pipe to row row ya boat through. Have a great vacation. God bless and peace from Virginia. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
Hi Chris in the eighties and nineties on a large cut fill building sites we would use a 633 self loading scraper and a 815 compactor or 2 /627 pushpull scrapers with a 815 or 2/ 637 pushpulls with 825 compactor we found these combinations work well to achieve good compaction in clays like what you are doing here 0n my last project we used a 44 tonne excavator loading 10 trucks and dogs on a 1hr turn around 10 hours a day for 8 weeks the bucket had 6 inch teeth but work to tolerance of 3/4 of an inch using satellite technology things are changing all the time from the old bugger in Australia
Looking good bro. Slowly getting through your videos from day one but crikey I will be old and wrinkley by the time I catch up, lol. Great video by the way.
What's happened to the rain you haven't had any for a while, you are making a lot of progress there Chris. I assume you now move to the other side to shape it out or the middle to lift the road up and put the pipe in.
I wish you would show some before and after videos, like a year after you come in and fixed these messed up ponds! After a few days of y’all working on it, I can’t tell which pond it was! lol y’all always do an amazing job! Like this one, is it the one that you cut through the pond dam that was narrow and someone else screwed it up? Because this one looks damn good!
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Hey Chris! Great videos! Question how do you get the key way put in where the creek is at the end of the damn? Also how tall is the damn and what slope? Thanks!
21:00 is the back left tire getting ready to blow out the sidewall or is that just sticky clay on it? Looks like a gash. Side sloping seems like things can get a bit loose and hairy riding along on it.
Any idea as the degree of angle...on the inside bank...?? My uncle ran a dozer for a company that made drainage ditches. ..nice job...I would get a sore neck. ..
Just wondering why you don't build the dam wide at the bottom and slope it while your raising the dam? I slope mine while coming up to grade with the dam.
Hey Chris just a quick question why do y'all not own your own small roller like a smooth drum with the sheet foot outer bolt on part y'all have the truck and trailer to haul it and it seems like you do enough work to make it worth owein your own
If its hard ground they'll go. Seen a guy roll a 450 deere over. But yes 95 % will slide. When we use to loam our ponds we would go straight up and down with small dozer. Then seed them. And not rake them. Half worn dozer pads. Best water break around for erosion
Hi Chris, Quick question...You mentioned in a video the other day that the small dozer needed a new undercarriage and I have heard that about other tracked vehicles. Exactly what does that entail and is it worth doing on older equipment? I have zero knowledge of heavy equipment.
@letsdig18....will u please get a video of it with it filled when it's completely finished and full of water...btw love the video's bro....just as good on a dozer as you are the excavator.
When he started on the water side of the dam I wish the camera was in the cab with him. Couple of times I thought "oh crap" for him. Looked like it slid down a touch
Chris, I love these videos and have followed you for years......Big fan...... Just an objective question; what is your liability if this new dam fails when spring run offs and rains challenge the basin...?
Thanks! Enjoy ending my day watching your vids. Though I'm not in the construction business anymore I always enjoy learning more about it. Learning a lot watching your vids.
As usual, Chris / Timmy, it's a real pleasure watching the pond and pond damn take shape. You're guys are great. Thanks.
I so appreciate you taking us along on your day. I really like the different camera perspectives you shoot from. Thanks from Vancouver, Canada
Chris, I can understand why you Like running the Dozer watching your Sculpting technique of forming this Dam. " Bloody Well Done "
By the way Chris I love your professionalism and attention to detail. I can tell you take pride in your work. God bless
Nice job! You and Tim have moved a lot of dirt between the two of you! It's starting to come together.
You make it look so easy looking good Tom Thompson
Stock if with bass and form up a nice sandy beach and bam! Bob's ur uncle!
Great place to hang out on a hot summer day with a rod and a cooler full of beer.
Fantastic job!
Thanks for the video.
Hot dam Chris! That is looking big. Hope you can show us what the pond looks like in a year or so.
I can’t wait for the drone view. I hope you’ll have time to come back one day to do an Ariel view when all is said and done. I’m sure I’m not alone in wanting to see the pond full and the bridge in. Bridge makes more sense than a huge pipe to row row ya boat through. Have a great vacation. God bless and peace from Virginia. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
It’s looking pretty dam good
Yup!
"Where can I buy the dam bait?"
@Mrs. Elite Earthworks so are...so are you!
What a talent you are with that machinery.!!!!!
Great video. Weld 2 lengths of chain along the dump body. Stops carry back. Works in the minesites here in OZ.
Coming along very nice. Hope you revisit when it's done and it fills.
Hi Chris in the eighties and nineties on a large cut fill building sites we would use a 633 self loading scraper and a 815 compactor or 2 /627 pushpull scrapers with a 815 or 2/ 637 pushpulls with 825 compactor we found these combinations work well to achieve good compaction in clays like what you are doing here 0n my last project we used a 44 tonne excavator loading 10 trucks and dogs on a 1hr turn around 10 hours a day for 8 weeks the bucket had 6 inch teeth but work to tolerance of 3/4 of an inch using satellite technology things are changing all the time from the old bugger in Australia
That angle of the dozer coming at you is badass! Grading those steep slopes wears on you by the end of the day, having to sit sideways all day
yes it hurts the side
Next big innovation on dozers... Auto leveling seats.
Although that would mess with the butt bubble level
Sit on the arm rest
Good work Chris!! Looks awesome. And good experience in the dozer on steep slopes.👍
Looks very good again Chris, sloping expert......
That's going to make a really nice lake. You guys are doing a great job.
Looking good! You really moved a lot of dirty while fighting the mud.
I like how quiet your Dozer is, really a nice machine there
Fascinating to watch you work---you sure do have a good eye for how to move dirt.
👍👍🇵🇪🐕 great job Chris and team.
Going to look great when you finish CHRIS!
Coming along very nicely!!
Taking shape!!!!!!!
Great video. A fan from Montana.
Nice job Chris on the pond dam🚜
Awesome dozer skills
Thanks for the video Chris love the video on the slop and man the rock truck or mud truck have back tire almost flat.
Hi Chris would love to hear/read the figures on how long will it take to fill and what volume of water there might be thanks.
Teamwork you just got to love it good job guys
You shaped that up nice I used to put used motor oil in the bed to keep that clay from sticking... LOL
Same here and it works very well.
You give good Dozer lol. Looking good buddy!
You are brave, my brain would be screamin' 'It's gonna tip!' workin' the dozer at those angles.
i think the 250 would pick it back up LOL
Looking good bro. Slowly getting through your videos from day one but crikey I will be old and wrinkley by the time I catch up, lol. Great video by the way.
You almost...almost got the gopro!
Excellent video as always - love your work ;)
Enjoyed the video now you enjoy the weekend!
Highlight of the day right here.... 👍
An auto leveling dozer seat would be awesome! I had no idea you would be able to side slope as steep as you were.
Another Great Video !!!!
Thanks for the video Chris 👍
Wow what a feeling of grading at such an angle wondering exactly what your "tip over' angle is ......
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
I HOPE that you can come back and get a couple short videos as it fills up.
That dozer is sweet and she pushes. I gotta look at one bout that size. Gotta upgrade in that department
Looking good fella
This is the best Dam video.
What's happened to the rain you haven't had any for a while, you are making a lot of progress there Chris. I assume you now move to the other side to shape it out or the middle to lift the road up and put the pipe in.
@Azhaar Laghari I follow from NZ so this is summer for us here thanks for the reply.
@Azhaar Laghari I do know the differents from C to F we never get 70c in NZ or Australia.
Will you do about 3 lifts then put in the overflow?
great videos keep em coming
You have to balance right hand hill side grading with left hand? You know, so your buns don't get lop-sided from the tilt.
Darned Good Dozer Work man 👨👷♂️
Have often wondered when a dozier is on a side slope does the oil pan have baffles to keep the oil in place so cavitation doesn't occur.
im not sure but ive never had a problem running on 45% slopes
Most dozers have two oil pumps.
Alt least they have special designet oil system just for the same :-)
Chris did you forget your camera was there at 6:50 you almost ran it over, lol, unless you did it on purpose.
Chris likes to do some " Scary movies"
Nearly gave me a heart attack! LOL You should put a warning for folk of a sensitive disposition. ;-)
It kind of looks like half a dam with a creek running i the bottom. DAM IT LOOKS GOOD.!
I wish you would show some before and after videos, like a year after you come in and fixed these messed up ponds! After a few days of y’all working on it, I can’t tell which pond it was! lol y’all always do an amazing job! Like this one, is it the one that you cut through the pond dam that was narrow and someone else screwed it up? Because this one looks damn good!
Would be nice to see the dam built from the bottom toe to the top better compaction that way.
Another nice video !
Good morning Chris. Why does the not have a tread to help keep you up on the slope. I see you slowly slide down
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TOP 🖐🏼5ive VIDEOZ 📹 TO WATCH.
I WAZ ENTERTAINED,
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GREAT VIDEO, WELL DONE CHRIS ✌🏼.....
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You aren't just an expert on the excavator...you are great on the dozer too.
I like to get on everything from time to time to keep my skills up
You can probably rest for a while and not have anything to worry about.
Hey Chris! Great videos! Question how do you get the key way put in where the creek is at the end of the damn? Also how tall is the damn and what slope? Thanks!
I can't wait to see what cool structures you guys put in the bottom of that for the fish
As a fisherman myself, that's all I can think about when he works on ponds
Oh look there a ledge, another one there. How that tree get in here? No need to heal those rocks off
21:00 is the back left tire getting ready to blow out the sidewall or is that just sticky clay on it? Looks like a gash.
Side sloping seems like things can get a bit loose and hairy riding along on it.
Don't you get a lot of trouble with stuff in the tracks when you back up in such an steep slope? Ore are dozers better than excavators on that?
Dame good job so far can’t wait until it’s done. Bet your ready to stop playing in all of that mud to.
Do you have to compact the dam?
Any idea as the degree of angle...on the inside bank...?? My uncle ran a dozer for a company that made drainage ditches. ..nice job...I would get a sore neck. ..
2:1 on the front, 3:1 on the back
Steven Richey I used to bush hog the county landfill in Holly Springs on slopes like that. Kinda exciting! Stiff neck at the end of the day
Chris, is this one of the larger pond or lake builds you have worked on? What would be your largest by acreage?
9 acres
How do you keep from spilling your dam Mountain Dew? Got one of them fancy gimbal cup holders for just such an occasion, I guess. #cupholdersquad
Ok serious question what does something like that cost!
Working on that steep grade I would be hanging on by shear pucker factor. Ron
Just wondering why you don't build the dam wide at the bottom and slope it while your raising the dam? I slope mine while coming up to grade with the dam.
my dozer man has never done one before so I just took a hour to make it like it needs to be
@@letsdig18 got ya. Just was wondering. Thanks for answering me.
Hey Chris just a quick question why do y'all not own your own small roller like a smooth drum with the sheet foot outer bolt on part y'all have the truck and trailer to haul it and it seems like you do enough work to make it worth owein your own
we have a roller
@@letsdig18 o sorry I thought u had said y'all rented in other video
Best video yet! Where did all the dirt go?
Very nice!
Thanks for the outside view of the dozer ...
Will the dam be hydro seeded? Excellent video.
yes
How much does a project like this cost? Is it for a homeowner, or a type of business or farm?
Love the vids...keep 'em up!
Chris with these ponds everybody have down there, are they used for fishing and recreation or just for looks?
It's an erigation pond
What kind of grade can your dozer handle before it rolls over for a belly rub?
atleast this steep LOL
@@letsdig18 Sooo 100% slope (45 degree) ?
I've seen them on a 1to1 slope and not flip. But will slide to the bottom.
Usually they slide before rolling
If its hard ground they'll go. Seen a guy roll a 450 deere over. But yes 95 % will slide. When we use to loam our ponds we would go straight up and down with small dozer. Then seed them. And not rake them. Half worn dozer pads. Best water break around for erosion
Dang! Looks more like a lake than a pond! LOL
Hi Chris,
Quick question...You mentioned in a video the other day that the small dozer needed a new undercarriage and I have heard that about other tracked vehicles. Exactly what does that entail and is it worth doing on older equipment? I have zero knowledge of heavy equipment.
usually new pins and bushings along with sprockets.
And lots of $$$$$
We almost died at 6:45
I think the Vale SC mining company down in Brumadinho is looking for some good help building dams if your not busy.
Who gets to get the dirt off the haul truck?
The excavator bucket
They dump the bed and reach up with the excavator to clean out the bed.
Will that dozer roll over of the angle gets too steep or will the soft dirt cause it to slide down?
it will side sideways before it gets tippy
Damn you got close with that track
@letsdig18....will u please get a video of it with it filled when it's completely finished and full of water...btw love the video's bro....just as good on a dozer as you are the excavator.
How do you know how wide compared to how high the dam has to be to hold all that back?
years of experience
When he started on the water side of the dam I wish the camera was in the cab with him. Couple of times I thought "oh crap" for him. Looked like it slid down a touch
Hey Chris what is the % of that grade looks steep 👍
2:1 on the front 3:1 on the back
@@letsdig18 thanks for the answer my friend have good evening 😀👍
Like a boss!!!
im kinda off or this is the first pond build in a looooong time?
Chris, I love these videos and have followed you for years......Big fan...... Just an objective question; what is your liability if this new dam fails when spring run offs and rains challenge the basin...?
i cant prevent a act of god, we build them with the best of our knowledge and install the adequate overflow and spillway for each situation
Hey Chris will your merchandise be coming in small an XS
Try in little oil on floor of dumpers truck....?
are you looking for a 30 degree slope on the dam?
How steep can the slope be before you have a risk of tipping over sideways? Anyone? Always wondered about that.
just gotta feel it youll know when you need to stop
Thanks! Enjoy ending my day watching your vids. Though I'm not in the construction business anymore I always enjoy learning more about it. Learning a lot watching your vids.