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Death in the family. I asked my father in law to move move in with us so we could care for him as he was not doing well. While living here he started watching this UA-cam channel with me. I would sit down and he would say, "hey let's watch that pond guy". He really enjoyed watching you Chris. He loved the pond videos as much as I do. Sadly this past Friday he passed away. Gotta say thanks to you Chris for providing something we could share in together. It will be something I remember, him calling you "The Pond Guy". It kinda reminded me of that old show I watched as a kid, The Fall Guy. LOL..... Anyway, thanks buddy for giving him something to enjoy before the Lord called him home. Take care and keep on keeping on. Your a great example to the upcoming generation. Good old fashioned work ethics. 💪 Shane from Elberta, AL.
Our condolences to you and your family. I’m glad he enjoyed the videos. I know my late Aunt loved UA-cam. It let her see into so many people’s lives as her’s was ending. She found it quite entertaining as her mobility was severely limited.
My condolences to you and your family. Hugs to you! Glad you guys were able to enjoy the vids together! Ill be watching til i go home to the Lord, whenever that might be!
I'm a Forestry graduate from the University of Georgia, and I learned more about water diversion in a 70 minute video than I did in a whole semester of Harvesting and Roads. Well done, sir.
Theory and Practice work together, can not do without each other. But both are as important! And skills you learn by practicing, never from a book or a professor's teachings.
That's why I like watching videos from Post10. Never thought watching some guy unclogging storm drains and culverts would be entertaining but it's satisfying to see the water start moving again.
@@Phordless_Cone Probably the same first one I watched lol. I know I was watching beaver dam busting videos when I found this channel several years ago.
You know it’s a wet,sloppy mess when you are swinging right and left and the whole machine is sliding right to left. Can’t wait to see the finished product after you work your “magic “
A teacher, a doer, skilled as an expert but kind and funny. Love you Chris you are a pal in the cab you come across like we are sitting right behind you in the cab in a jump seat! Thanks for every journey you are a treasure to YT and all of us your devoted fans!
I watched one of his videos from 2 years ago when they were clearing brush from just as wet an area. Just catching up on what I missed. He dropped a stump 1/2 the size of a VW beetle and there were globs of mud running down the windshield!! He was glad it was down that day!! He laughed at himself as well. Good sport. I think it was called “The Camera Caught it!” Or something like that. I was thinking about that video from the time he opens the window in this video until the end of the video,,,,,,, hahaha.
I appreciate how you explain everything that you’re doing, I can imagine that little ditch that goes around the property in pretty full by now with what you’ve done so far! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You Chris are the smoothest operator I have ever seen, when you sit in that seat you become part of your machine I can tell you really like your work the damns you have built are amazing. I really like your pictures, I feel like I M sitting with you
When I was a kid, and still do to this day, dig little ditches with a hand hoe, to run water off. Even if I am out walking on someone else’s property or public property, I use the toe of my boot to drain water off! I just love doing it. Is the there a support group for people like me? Maybe I am in the wrong line of work helping out folks with disabilities. Maybe I am meant to do site work!
Support group? Why yes there is. It is right here. I remember us kids just loved to clean gutters after a summer rain. UNTIL a bus driver said that he was going to call Boys Town. We scampered out of there like scalded rabbits.
@@wfemp_4730 Well business sure is booming for the cartel drug and human traffickers. National guard troops up to their ears defending America at the borders don't think your joke is the least bit funny.
That's skeeter breeding ground! Only need about 72 more hours of these temperatures to bring them to life! Gotta drain it alright. Nice to see LD18 eagle back in the air!
That's an artist at work. Fascinating to watch. Funny isn't it, how all us kids of all ages love playing with mud and water or at least watching someone else do it?
It's really not been too dry here in NC. We had three days with no rain then it rained again for two days. It's clear today and supposed to be for two or three days into the coming week then rain some more toward the end of the week and next weekend. Haven't had enough time for anything to dry out any between rainy days. Wettest winter as far as rain I've seen in quite a few years.
A trick that was done in my back property was to take a log - a good sized one - sawed on both ends and grip it in bucket and thumb and sweep the back yard from limbs and stirred up dirt. Made it nice and smooth.
What I find amazing about the folks who operate these machines is how they can move the buckets with kid gloves & surgical precision. In November I had to hire a backhoe operator to sadly bury one of our ponies. First his respect & sensitivity of our feelings at having to put down a pony we had had for 20 years. He asked if we (my husband & I) wanted to be there or come back when he was finished. We chose to stay with our pony to the end. Secondly how quickly he was able dig the hole, it turned out it was sand, not even a stone, down around 6-7 feet. Third how gently he placed & positioned the pony in the freshly dug hole and then finish the fill-in. He was amazing, we really appreciated how he handled the whole process. The time from start to finish was maybe 20 minutes. From the time we called him to him arriving was no more than 30 minutes. This was not scheduled ahead of time, he responded immediately, on a Friday afternoon. He only charged us $100.00! He made the whole process so much easier, in a situation that was so hard, but necessary, to go through. (The pony was 27, had had a back injury 3 years ago, with spinal bruising & was starting to show neurological deficits. We did all we could, he was losing weight & in pain, it was time, but the final decision was not made until the vet came & evaluated the new changes we were seeing & with those changes he never would have survived the winter here in western NY.) So a special thank you to Jason & all those who operate this equipment and help those of us in need of your service at a very difficult time. Thank you & God bless!
Mr. Donnie and his million mile Kenworth still haulin the mail... You have become one of his best customers with all the equipment your having to move around now.
He works wonders...parting the waters, stopping leaks here, draining swamps there, building fences to keep the rifraf out, imagine what the kid could do in Washington!
@@Hankie56 🤣 do you get the American joke? We say that DC is a swamp infested with people who want to destroy our country. That's what he was referencing 🤣
47:50 that's actually on one side a good thing to see that there is sufficient rain and no drought. In Europe we have, "The series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more than 2,000 years, research suggests. The study analyzed tree rings dating as far back as the Roman empire to create the longest such record to date."
That was some exceptional trenching work Chris!!!! You did a beautiful job digging that trench and smoothing around them! The dozing footage at the end was super satisfying! Great job!! This is one of the greatest YT channels!
You are a master of your craft if I have ever seen one. Most people would look at land like that and think it’s a lost cause. But you know exactly what you need to do to drain it and make it usable. I can’t wait to see the finished product because like every other project you do it’s going to be great. Also this job will give your dozer and root rake a workout! Can’t wait to see it in action.
Got recommended your videos recently and it's so fascinating to watch you take on these projects in a calm, focused and casual way. I keep thinking how even minor parts of your work would easily take 8 men a whole day of hard labor with shovels, AND they'd be absolutely spent from the work. Meanwhile you can do many times that amount of work effortlessly, as one man with the digger. The power of technology
He's gotten so good with the excavator that he doesn't have to actually think about what he's doing with his hands. He thinks it, the machine does it. Like it's an extension of his mind. God level unlocked, achievement obtained.
Post10 really managed to make something out of seemingly nothing......but it is always interesting watching water drain off to wherever and he is right on a lot of common sense things that could be done to stop flooding of the areas he goes to
@@jimybobjim he has no point. one of those people with no real friends who ur forced to work with on some jobs because he hasnt been fired for his pisspoor attitude yet.
Dr. Dirt Digger has performed another successful operation. The patient is recuperating. Prognosis is positive. Just a pick-and-shovel guy, starting about 1970, I appreciate how you skillfully, precisely excavate each site, creating the underpinnings for a variety of high-quality projects with nary a wasted move! Thanks for the videos.
I have to say, I'm really impressed by your dexterity & eye - hand coordination. You are born to do the work you do. It's good that you like it so much. I was amazed by your skills on all your construction equipment but now I see you even have skills flying drones. Well done. Thank you for all your videos, I enjoy them emencely.
Physics, Math, Science, Geography, Earth Gravity Science and Nature all wrapped up in one project. When you opened up the channel for the pond in the road to drain, I thought, that is how the Grand Canyon was cut millions of years ago from mile deep glaciers over the plains states with the heat from our Sun melting the ice.
@@johnmoura8952 brother I support this message!!! remember we want them alive for public hanging 😁😆👌🤟🇱🇷🇱🇷we need to get back to work and End the Lockdowns💪💪💪💪🇱🇷
Its obvious, from the mere 20hrs of video of your work I've watched, that this is your specialty. Very interesting video, now I have a more context on SO many more of your videos.. this is your thing.
I think this was 1 of the 1st video that I watched of yours Now you’ve done 2-3 big dams got a new 220, a haul truck, a 330, a 6 & a 7 you did the vet office with all of the rocks. It’s been an interesting trip. Thank you Sir for bringing me along I’ve enjoyed the journey.
That was a goopy mess when you got a bucket full of dirt & mud & then dropped it, it sounded like a cow after she’s been on wheat pasture for 6-8 weeks plop, plop !!!
Every guy in the rural areas of the northern midwest knows how this job goes, but it usually involves a good shovel, gravel driveway and spring runoff.
Third time through the video. It is cool watching you drain the swamp. I know, no removing a forest or moving a mountain but your understanding of fall and mud management is awesome.
Reminds me of when I was very young playing in the creek trying to dam it up and plugging the holes with rocks. Amazing skill with the excavator...looks like an extension of your hands...really nice touch, a pleasure to watch. Thanks.
You know a little wider and deeper and you could have a cool lazy river around the property or even a nice canal for the boats! Keep up the good work. 54:13 I never realized how much the 220 floats in the muck when your swinging back and forth.
In another month the bugs would be eating you alive. Drone sure helps getting the lay of the land. They better consider some serious drainage when they build this development.
its amazing how slippery that crap is when its wet. Watching the machine slide around as you slew shows just how much mass it has and how mucky that dirt is. It was very satisfying to watch all of that water drain away.
That is so neat watching a plan come together. Operating heavy equipment was something I considered after my 'dream job', but life got in the way. That and, if you don't 'have' experience, it's difficult to 'get' experience. Great video, thanks for posting it!
What a great job. I am fascinated by the machines in use now. I am old enough to remember when the work was done ✔ by hand ✋ 🙃 men with picks and shovel and wheelbarrow..good job. I like your videos 👍 📹.
You understand that shortly you will be contacted by representatives from the Worldwide Union of Mosquitoes (WWUM) with a formal complaint. As usual a great video.
Me half way through the episode: "It's crazy how much can get done in just a single day of work." Chris: "Lunch time!" Amazing how much a powerful machine can do with paired with a capable operator. Awesome vid Chris.
@@wendymorrison5803 Yes, maybe for bodies! ;D Otherwise it's working fine in our extrem rocky forest here in Sweden, using sturdy ones with 3 teeth or of course tiltrotators and ordinary buckets for bigger ditches.
Death in the family.
I asked my father in law to move move in with us so we could care for him as he was not doing well. While living here he started watching this UA-cam channel with me. I would sit down and he would say, "hey let's watch that pond guy". He really enjoyed watching you Chris. He loved the pond videos as much as I do. Sadly this past Friday he passed away. Gotta say thanks to you Chris for providing something we could share in together. It will be something I remember, him calling you "The Pond Guy". It kinda reminded me of that old show I watched as a kid, The Fall Guy. LOL.....
Anyway, thanks buddy for giving him something to enjoy before the Lord called him home.
Take care and keep on keeping on. Your a great example to the upcoming generation. Good old fashioned work ethics. 💪
Shane from Elberta, AL.
Our condolences to you and your family. I’m glad he enjoyed the videos. I know my late Aunt loved UA-cam. It let her see into so many people’s lives as her’s was ending. She found it quite entertaining as her mobility was severely limited.
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Hugs and prayers to you and your family❤
My condolences to you and your family. Hugs to you! Glad you guys were able to enjoy the vids together! Ill be watching til i go home to the Lord, whenever that might be!
God bless and take care!!!
I'm a Forestry graduate from the University of Georgia, and I learned more about water diversion in a 70 minute video than I did in a whole semester of Harvesting and Roads. Well done, sir.
Theory and Practice work together, can not do without each other. But both are as important! And skills you learn by practicing, never from a book or a professor's teachings.
Letsdig18 for President 2024!!!!! He knows how to drain swamps!
39:39
HE SAID: "This is exciting. I love doing stuff like this."
WE SAY: Yes this is exciting and we love watching stuff like this.
No rocks, no concrete makes Chris a happy man. Good ole fashion goupy mud! Great video. 👍
I was thinking the same thing.
Anyone else feel such joy when he breaks through the last area and it runs like a small stream?
Yes
Literally the first letsdig video I watched ages ago was the one where he busts up that beaver dam. Same feeling.
That's why I like watching videos from Post10. Never thought watching some guy unclogging storm drains and culverts would be entertaining but it's satisfying to see the water start moving again.
@@Phordless_Cone Probably the same first one I watched lol. I know I was watching beaver dam busting videos when I found this channel several years ago.
Leave it to Chris to turn a swamp into a desert in one day.
You know it’s a wet,sloppy mess when you are swinging right and left and the whole machine is sliding right to left. Can’t wait to see the finished product after you work your “magic “
A teacher, a doer, skilled as an expert but kind and funny. Love you Chris you are a pal in the cab you come across like we are sitting right behind you in the cab in a jump seat! Thanks for every journey you are a treasure to YT and all of us your devoted fans!
Real courage is doing that with the front glass open!
I watched one of his videos from 2 years ago when they were clearing brush from just as wet an area. Just catching up on what I missed. He dropped a stump 1/2 the size of a VW beetle and there were globs of mud running down the windshield!! He was glad it was down that day!! He laughed at himself as well. Good sport.
I think it was called “The Camera Caught it!” Or something like that. I was thinking about that video from the time he opens the window in this video until the end of the video,,,,,,, hahaha.
I am surprised he does not sink out of sight
76 minutes of Chris! It's like a Saturday movie for people that Get The Job Done!
I agree 👍
Watching these videos is making me a better person.
Better than what's on TV, except for soccer though.
I appreciate how you explain everything that you’re doing, I can imagine that little ditch that goes around the property in pretty full by now with what you’ve done so far! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
You Chris are the smoothest operator I have ever seen, when you sit in that seat you become part of your machine I can tell you really like your work the damns you have built are amazing. I really like your pictures, I feel like I M sitting with you
👍🏻🚧🚧
When I was a kid, and still do to this day, dig little ditches with a hand hoe, to run water off. Even if I am out walking on someone else’s property or public property, I use the toe of my boot to drain water off! I just love doing it. Is the there a support group for people like me? Maybe I am in the wrong line of work helping out folks with disabilities. Maybe I am meant to do site work!
Support group? Why yes there is. It is right here.
I remember us kids just loved to clean gutters after a summer rain. UNTIL a bus driver said that he was going to call Boys Town. We scampered out of there like scalded rabbits.
YOU are not the only one my good sir!
I set over sidewalk cracks. If you find a good support group let me know. Haha
The final drone shots bring it into perspective. Amazing what a few hours of ditching does
Seems he could've dug the Panama canal in a year or so.
Man I was all excited until I realized you weren't talking about the big swamp in Washington DC! Now I need to go back to my shrink 😁
MAGA!!
@@solartherm Starting in January, it's gotten better
@@solartherm a joke Biden and comical Harris it’s like I’m watching a Jeff Dunham video
MAGA!!?🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
@@wfemp_4730 Well business sure is booming for the cartel drug and human traffickers. National guard troops up to their ears defending America at the borders don't think your joke is the least bit funny.
The only “drain the swamp” promise kept! Nicely done.
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lol so true
He didn't have ten other dozers pushing the dirt back in as he was working to drain the swamp!
@@bruceburgess1150 8oo8IE5
It's amazing how clean he kept his excavator hardly any dirt on it.
This was one of the best videos I've seen, and I watch it about 3 years ago
Now I could see just how big that bucket is after you loaded it on the low-boy !!
I had the same exact thought. “Damn, that is a big bucket.”
@@Bill_N_ATX me too!
That's skeeter breeding ground! Only need about 72 more hours of these temperatures to bring them to life! Gotta drain it alright. Nice to see LD18 eagle back in the air!
That's an artist at work. Fascinating to watch. Funny isn't it, how all us kids of all ages love playing with mud and water or at least watching someone else do it?
Chris " I'm tired of mud!!" goes and finds the wettest mud hole around!! LOL
Chris, that was a nice, fun stress reliever after the Animal Hospital nightmare!....Love the longer video.
You just can't keep him out of the mud? Dry weather and he finds a mudhole to play in.
Lol
He can't help it; the mud is his birthright. If you took him to the beach, he'd grade it before sunbathing, and then spend the day creating ponds.
It's really not been too dry here in NC. We had three days with no rain then it rained again for two days. It's clear today and supposed to be for two or three days into the coming week then rain some more toward the end of the week and next weekend. Haven't had enough time for anything to dry out any between rainy days. Wettest winter as far as rain I've seen in quite a few years.
Of course not, he's living proof of something I've been saying for years:
Growing OLD is Mandatory...
Growing UP is Optional!!!
That is how he makes his living
A trick that was done in my back property was to take a log - a good sized one - sawed on both ends and grip it in bucket and thumb and sweep the back yard from limbs and stirred up dirt. Made it nice and smooth.
What I find amazing about the folks who operate these machines is how they can move the buckets with kid gloves & surgical precision. In November I had to hire a backhoe operator to sadly bury one of our ponies. First his respect & sensitivity of our feelings at having to put down a pony we had had for 20 years. He asked if we (my husband & I) wanted to be there or come back when he was finished. We chose to stay with our pony to the end. Secondly how quickly he was able dig the hole, it turned out it was sand, not even a stone, down around 6-7 feet. Third how gently he placed & positioned the pony in the freshly dug hole and then finish the fill-in. He was amazing, we really appreciated how he handled the whole process. The time from start to finish was maybe 20 minutes. From the time we called him to him arriving was no more than 30 minutes. This was not scheduled ahead of time, he responded immediately, on a Friday afternoon. He only charged us $100.00! He made the whole process so much easier, in a situation that was so hard, but necessary, to go through. (The pony was 27, had had a back injury 3 years ago, with spinal bruising & was starting to show neurological deficits. We did all we could, he was losing weight & in pain, it was time, but the final decision was not made until the vet came & evaluated the new changes we were seeing & with those changes he never would have survived the winter here in western NY.) So a special thank you to Jason & all those who operate this equipment and help those of us in need of your service at a very difficult time. Thank you & God bless!
Bless you for taking good care of him to the very end.
Mr. Donnie and his million mile Kenworth still haulin the mail... You have become one of his best customers with all the equipment your having to move around now.
This is going to be one of my all time favorite videos and series. I found this channel MANY years ago from a beaver dam video. Been here ever since!
Me too!
Same here. I watched the beaver dam video and I was hooked.
Me to was hoping ther was a beaver dam holiday sum of that water lol
Us too... Blowing up a darn beaver dam was awesome!!! Why can't you do more of those Chris?
Exactly how I got here . I think he had 30-40k subs,,,,, even fun !
He works wonders...parting the waters, stopping leaks here, draining swamps there, building fences to keep the rifraf out, imagine what the kid could do in Washington!
Yep, clearing the air and the swamp from corrupted trumpist Republibans. 😂😂
@@marcryvon and the socialist satanic democrats 😂
Imagine what he could do in the Netherlands, which is 35% below sealevel. 😁
@@Hankie56 🤣 do you get the American joke? We say that DC is a swamp infested with people who want to destroy our country. That's what he was referencing 🤣
@@lancecrane740 I obviously didn’t but thanks for explaining. Nevertheless the Netherlands stay below sealevel 😉
You should do a video on the weirdest stuff you've ever dug up. That be interesting video.
so folks, here you can see the rare Letsdig18 in his natural environment, playing in the mud.
And making something great out of it !
While some scientists are unsure, many agree that when the Letsdig18 makes a trench, it's the beginning of its mating season.
-David Attenborough
He just needed a muddy job to break in those new Ariat work boots and the new dozer!
Give him mud and he's a happy happy HAPPY BOY😀😀😜
He's always in his natural environment that's what he does best
Hey Chris - Professional graphic designer here - Your new logo and type treatment is first rate! Kudos to your designer.
47:50 that's actually on one side a good thing to see that there is sufficient rain and no drought. In Europe we have, "The series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more than 2,000 years, research suggests. The study analyzed tree rings dating as far back as the Roman empire to create the longest such record to date."
This so enjoyable all the water draining away
see the hunting hide out must be a few deer etc pass thru here looks a good spot
That was some exceptional trenching work Chris!!!! You did a beautiful job digging that trench and smoothing around them! The dozing footage at the end was super satisfying! Great job!! This is one of the greatest YT channels!
Keep on keeping on, Chris!
You are a master of your craft if I have ever seen one. Most people would look at land like that and think it’s a lost cause. But you know exactly what you need to do to drain it and make it usable. I can’t wait to see the finished product because like every other project you do it’s going to be great. Also this job will give your dozer and root rake a workout! Can’t wait to see it in action.
Got recommended your videos recently and it's so fascinating to watch you take on these projects in a calm, focused and casual way. I keep thinking how even minor parts of your work would easily take 8 men a whole day of hard labor with shovels, AND they'd be absolutely spent from the work. Meanwhile you can do many times that amount of work effortlessly, as one man with the digger. The power of technology
I thought we were going to get splattered when you threw that windshield open!
Chris you’ve gone from a rock quarry to a swamp in 2 video’s, l admire your work. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
He's gotten so good with the excavator that he doesn't have to actually think about what he's doing with his hands. He thinks it, the machine does it. Like it's an extension of his mind. God level unlocked, achievement obtained.
It's like getting used to typing on the keyboard. :)
As man becomes machine
So thorough. Landowner will be thankful.
It's so therapeutic watching a genius at work, pure magic.
Borderline Post10 content with all this water draining going on!
Haha, I thought the same thing.
No lectures though.
Lol 😂
Post10 really managed to make something out of seemingly nothing......but it is always interesting watching water drain off to wherever and he is right on a lot of common sense things that could be done to stop flooding of the areas he goes to
No big trees means lots of water.. it’s amazing how much trees drink water
I found that amazing for a few minutes... In 3rd grade. After that, it was obvious.
@@xz3693 ur point being?
@@xz3693....there are records of a 24” tree drinking up over a hundred gallons of water in a single day; extremely interesting any day of the week.
@@jimybobjim he has no point. one of those people with no real friends who ur forced to work with on some jobs because he hasnt been fired for his pisspoor attitude yet.
My sons love to watch your videos. I enjoy them as well as it is very satisfying when jobs are completed.
Hypnotic. Watching this lowers my blood pressure.
Last time I was this Early, the Imperial Japanese Navy still had Aircraft Carriers operating in the Pacific.
That would be the Amagi, sunk in July 1945
Yeah right
Last time I was this early Roosevelt was still president.
@@jamesbraun9842 I’d take FDR back over Biden 🤡
Not for long!
That only took 10 minutes to get the machine’s moved.Still lots of Friday night left LOL😂😂
This has to be one of my favorites. . . Looks amazing already. . .
Great drone footage , to show us your drainage work 👏 👍 😀
That rake really works good.
From solid rock to playing in a swamp with a root rake, Chris only bids on the fun jobs. LOL
Watching all that stagnant water flow is...euphoric.
I could do stuff like that all day every day. Seeing the before and after must be very rewarding for skilled people like you Chris.
Dr. Dirt Digger has performed another successful operation.
The patient is recuperating.
Prognosis is positive.
Just a pick-and-shovel guy, starting about 1970, I appreciate how you skillfully, precisely excavate each site, creating the underpinnings for a variety of high-quality projects with nary a wasted move!
Thanks for the videos.
Loved every minute of that, thank you. Appreciate the long videos every now and then Chris. Cheers.
I have to say, I'm really impressed by your dexterity & eye - hand coordination. You are born to do the work you do. It's good that you like it so much. I was amazed by your skills on all your construction equipment but now I see you even have skills flying drones. Well done. Thank you for all your videos, I enjoy them emencely.
No wonder sea levels are rising with Chris and Mr AJ draining the planet.
Physics, Math, Science, Geography, Earth Gravity Science and Nature all wrapped up in one project. When you opened up the channel for the pond in the road to drain, I thought, that is how the Grand Canyon was cut millions of years ago from mile deep glaciers over the plains states with the heat from our Sun melting the ice.
i was almost confused with a video of Mr. AJ works :)
Looked like the same kind of mud and yellow subsoil at one point.
My first thought too, where's the "V" bucket?
@@billh1471 :D
I love watching the totally natural extension of man and machine.. like a surgeon! Respect.
Thanks man. You just turned a swamp in to valuable property.
We needed you in D.C a few month ago for that swamp 🤣😂 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
More like 2016 through to current day. (And arguably a couple decades before then too, just notably less blatantly.)
@@johnmoura8952 brother I support this message!!! remember we want them alive for public hanging 😁😆👌🤟🇱🇷🇱🇷we need to get back to work and End the Lockdowns💪💪💪💪🇱🇷
Appears Chris is draining a swamp. Too bad he can't take it to DC and drain 'The Swamp.'
@@IstasPumaNevada The only greatest presidents we've ever had are Republicans and Donald J. Trump is at the top of the list
@@ryanh5972 If you consider lies and conspiracies, he's definitely at the top.
Chris you are like Four Roses Whiskey.....so smooth with all the equipment. peace
Its obvious, from the mere 20hrs of video of your work I've watched, that this is your specialty. Very interesting video, now I have a more context on SO many more of your videos.. this is your thing.
Hey you did a good job digging drench through the woods 👍👍👍👍👍
I’m looking forward to seeing this one to completion.....I was a little tired of the rock quarry, I’m sure you were too.
I love it when Chris sets up the camera outside of the cab to watch.
I like how ya said you love doing drainage work. It was my favorite too back when I operated heavy equipment.
I think this was 1 of the 1st video that I watched of yours
Now you’ve done 2-3 big dams got a new 220, a haul truck, a 330, a 6 & a 7 you did the vet office with all of the rocks. It’s been an interesting trip.
Thank you Sir for bringing me along I’ve enjoyed the journey.
That was a goopy mess when you got a bucket full of dirt & mud & then dropped it, it sounded like a cow after she’s been on wheat pasture for 6-8 weeks plop, plop !!!
I’m amazed at how you can visualize the grade.
Every guy in the rural areas of the northern midwest knows how this job goes, but it usually involves a good shovel, gravel driveway and spring runoff.
Thank you for filming this. It was very interesting to watch.
Lot less shiny in the closing drone shot👍
Amazing how much water you moved out in a single day of work 👍👍
I don't know if Chris knows he had a song written about him in the 90ts, written by Sade. " He's a smooth operater "
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I just played a little Salt 'n Peppa when he got on the dozer!
That was some prime Mosquito habitat mister...
Great work Chris, smooth and skilled.
Thanks for sharing.
Third time through the video. It is cool watching you drain the swamp. I know, no removing a forest or moving a mountain but your understanding of fall and mud management is awesome.
That open windscreen is taking one for the team!
Reminds me of when I was very young playing in the creek trying to dam it up and plugging the holes with rocks. Amazing skill with the excavator...looks like an extension of your hands...really nice touch, a pleasure to watch. Thanks.
Just love the craftsmanship. Outstanding.
You know a little wider and deeper and you could have a cool lazy river around the property or even a nice canal for the boats! Keep up the good work. 54:13 I never realized how much the 220 floats in the muck when your swinging back and forth.
I hope to see several videos of this project to completion
In another month the bugs would be eating you alive. Drone sure helps getting the lay of the land. They better consider some serious drainage when they build this development.
Probably contributed to the going broke part
Washington hasn't looked this clean is quite some decades.
its amazing how slippery that crap is when its wet. Watching the machine slide around as you slew shows just how much mass it has and how mucky that dirt is. It was very satisfying to watch all of that water drain away.
Can’t think of many things that could make Saturday Night Better but this is definitely one of them.
Every time he says "Random Pile," take a drink!
That is so neat watching a plan come together. Operating heavy equipment was something I considered after my 'dream job', but life got in the way. That and, if you don't 'have' experience, it's difficult to 'get' experience. Great video, thanks for posting it!
What a great job. I am fascinated by the machines in use now. I am old enough to remember when the work was done ✔ by hand ✋ 🙃 men with picks and shovel and wheelbarrow..good job. I like your videos 👍 📹.
I do believe that you would be as happy as a clam riding one of those magnificent Bucyrus shovels down in Panama about 115 years ago.
I dunno ,,,, no a/c in those steam shovels.
And the mosquitos were not only large and numerous but they carried all manner of deadly diseases.
You understand that shortly you will be contacted by representatives from the Worldwide Union of Mosquitoes (WWUM) with a formal complaint. As usual a great video.
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You are very correct you are draining the swamp this one can hardly wait until yountil you finish your full project
Great video shows you how easy it is to drain something off Well Done Chris
Me half way through the episode: "It's crazy how much can get done in just a single day of work."
Chris: "Lunch time!"
Amazing how much a powerful machine can do with paired with a capable operator.
Awesome vid Chris.
Sounds like you need a Mr Ajworks style V ditching bucket
That bucket is only goid when you know the soil is clear. Stumps, rocks, bodies, will all stop it doing the job.
@@wendymorrison5803 Yes, maybe for bodies! ;D Otherwise it's working fine in our extrem rocky forest here in Sweden, using sturdy ones with 3 teeth or of course tiltrotators and ordinary buckets for bigger ditches.
Best vid in a while! Love watching you play in the mud and making the water drain off.
Lots of different materials moved around today. Like that.
I'll take the topsoil. It is pretty acidic, but thats fixable. The clay in my yard grows moss real well. Topsoil i can garden with.
Yep pop always said shit flows down hill. 😂😂😂
Chris back in his natural environment playing in the mud instead of rocks.
Like the jockeys, you need 3 layers of front clear glass so you can flip them overhead as they get mud splattered!
One hell of an operator! Awesome to watch at 2x speed. Glad he's southern and talks slow lol. Still understood the voicing at 2x speed 👍 subscribed !