Boy could Chris and his Uncle John have used that beast on the 10 acre pond job the did earlier this year the had to clean out a swampy mess at one end and fix the damn and logged area at the other end. I don't know why but Chis's pond job series are my favorites. It's absolutely fascinating how he can take an utter disaster and transform it into a thing of beauty.
I like the sand dredging job he keeps going back to. Last time he was there he only had some maintenance dredging but before that he had dredged out a mountain of sand and had two big dump trucks ( Uncle John and another the same size) and one “cute” little single axle dump truck that held only 1-2 buckets worth.
Actually the 10 acre pond was Chris only with all his new equipment. 1st job with Barney and Todd's first time driving an off-road truck. I believe the 2 took place during the same time span
I overheard a couple gals in the golf course bar yesterday complaining about some guy's 6 iron and out of nowhere one of them said "Yeah well....did you see how far John's excavator reaches?" ....... Shout Out to John for puttin' that real work in while Chris was on vacation. The ladies still dig older excavators.
You know when an individual has reached operator extraordinaire status when he can look down at his phone while swinging a long reach boom pickup a yard of mud and swing back. Talent!
Waiting for the day he doesn’t quite get it juusstt right,,,,,, and dumps a bucket on the roof of the haul truck!! 😂😂. I don’t wish that on anyone, but it would be some gooodd content!! Haha.
I can’t imagine what the Maintenance Spreadsheet looks like to keep track of the various pieces of Equipment you Own and the Associated Maintenance necessary.👍
Back in the early nineties while vacationing in Santa Cruz CA., I watched a long reached excavator in operations doing stream dredging maintenance. When I returned back from my vacation, I went to see my local CAT salesperson on Oahu, Hi. Over the course of several years till present, we were able to purchase 4-long reach excavators and 1-amphibious long reach excavator, we eventually phased out our fleet of dragline crawler cranes.
Saw your video of you cleaning a canal with a long reach 11 years ago. Got me hooked watching Let’s Dig. Looking forward to more videos of you operating it. Happy Thanksgiving!
27:40 Liebherr and Sennebogen offer long reach excavators with auxiliary hydraulics for grapples with rotator, for use on scrap yards and sorting materials as well as for concrete pulverizer shears for building demolitions and clamshell for deep hole excavating
Nice addition to the fleet! That should help minimize the need for mats on a lot of dredging jobs, and less transfering mud. It will pay for itself in short order.
Used to work for a golf course for about ten years off and on, never really saw any sediment on the ponds wonder why? Congrats, John and Chris, on your new equipment!!
Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh! We likes new toys. Congrats to John 🎉 Glad yall finally have a long-reach, there have been several times where you have said "this job would be some much easier with a LR excavator" We appreciate your sacrifice for the good shot man. 💪😆
long reach don't usually come plumbed for accessories Chris, due to lifting capacity loss vs weight limits vs stability while extended. Pretty cool reaching out 60' for a scoop while your truck idling in another time zone. Suppose pond and dredging jobs just got a whole lot more profitable. 👍
The logic behind adding the long reach machine makes total sense. And with the dredging work you guys do, it will likely pay for itself that way alone. Not to mention the benefit of (at least on this job) not having to deal with being down in the pond and dealing with navigating thru the muck and mud on mats.
Congrats to Uncle John on the Long Reach Excavator addition to his fIeet. I think we can all think back to previous projects it would have been handy dandy, namely the 10 acre restoration job this year. Take care & cheers🐨🦘🥰
That machine made quick work of that job. I have to believe that the long reach is cheaper in the long run than buying and moving mats around. Definitely a wise business decision. Congrats.
That Long Reach Excavator will come in handy on many jobs and you will use less boards with it. That excavator is sure nice on cleaning that pond mud out.
Wow, what a great purchase. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've seen you use one and it makes a difference (loved the boom comparison). I bet you will find more applications for it in the future. Congrats to Guins Excavation on the new kid.
A nice machine to have with all the pond work you and John do. May not use it all the time, but definitely will be glad to have it when it's needed. Perhaps you could get a video of it being transported. I think it'd be interesting to see how it's handled.
I'd been wondering when a long-reach would join the LD18 Fleet, given how much pond, lake & drainage work you do Chris! That has to make life a bit easier & quicker, not shifting mats around so much! (And keeps the machine out of the gloop). 👍
Hi Chris. It still amazes me, how simple and yet so effective is the system that opens the gate on the off road truck. I mean, 2 cables. So simple it's funny. Y the way, Very nice long reach also. Ed from Chicago 🙂
Nice long reach what’s so awesome about these units are you can start digging on a five acre pond and load the truck on opposite side of the five acre pond. It’s a great fuel saver. So really what’s going on with y’all two and all the new and used equipment. Y’all hoard’s are is it you about to embark on a new adventure that’s gonna demand your full and undivided attention????? Best of luck to the both of you.
Thank you, Chris, for the video on the long reach excavator. Congratulations to Jonh on the purchase of this machine. So, you hide the dredging's in plain sight nice.
As others said Time and money, plus with Chris only working a few days and the "normal" process of Chris taking a machine out on mats and casting dirt back for John to load, this might take a bit longer but it means John can work alone on jobs like this easier.
I heard Chris mention in a vid a while ago that a long reach would have been slow as the bucket has to be smaller to avoid tipping over. The time "matting" with a bigger excavator, I suppose outweighs the load time.
Congratulations on another long arm..been a lot of years but looks like the same principle as riding a bike. Love those frames from riding on the boom! And Chris you know we appreciate you taking a mud bullet for us! You and Jon have wonderful Thanksgiving celebrations with your families!
Makes transport more difficult and unless you get wider tracks it sinks more and tears up the ground more due to the added weight. Plus swing time and added fuel burn. I'm sure it's an option but the machine seems to work as configured.
@@xenadu02 I've seen a couple of excavators with water tanks as extra counterweights.- drain them for transport, fill them once it gets to the next job site. Doesn't help with the other problems though. From memory, I think one was 2000 litres, and was sticking out further than the main counterweight.
I expect now that you have one, you may be willing to take on some jobs that you have shied away from before. I have seen one of these dudes in operation all the way back into the late 90's and still am impressed with their efficiency on almost impossible jobs to make money on without one of these long reach machines.
Going to have to get the window tinted so the sun don’t kill you and us. That’s definitely going to make y’all’s life a lot easier and should make it a lot faster to 👍👍👍👍👍 and a big congratulations to John for getting the new machine seems to be a nice on
Damn, John have had the moleskin out of the depths of his pockets! 😁💸 But really nice addition to the fleet, it'll come in handy on many of the pond dredging jobs. 👍
At 38:19, when Chris reaches all the way out and brings back in a full bucket, you can see the rear tracks lifting off a couple inches or so... neat video.
Ol' Daddy Long Legs Now !! lololol.... Like you said, Chris, It won't get used that much but, on some of those Big dredging jobs you guys get once or twice a year , it will really be a big help, will keep the sinking factor down some, when you have to get out on the mats, now you won't have to get out there as far as you normally would with the regular excavators, plus being able to pile it up a lot further away from ya now. Yeah, that was a good buy there i do believe !! Man, if only there was a way to get all those damn golf balls!! There's a small fortune there in balls !! lolol... My Uncle lives there in NC in your neck of the woods, close to you really, and he is a retired yuppie, and that's how he spends his time now, drinking , and playing on all those golf courses around there now !! LMAO !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Thanksgiving Man !!, And, On too the Next....
That's a long stick Volvo. Going to be fun watching you slide around ponds with that boom reach. Reminded me of an early video I saw of you removing weed off a pond with a long reach boom and the pond dredge with the hired long reach and that white picket fence.
Another Excavator joins the Fleet - well she's a Beast all Right - never seen a Long Reach one before - wow ! Another Pond Project You Love soooooooooo very much - Sun in Your Eyes or not ! Fantastic close-up Shots of the Bucket Scooping ! Yes - we can see that she is getting a Bid "Tippy" indeed ! Coming back to tidy up ! Great Video - great Project and many Cheers from us in Australia !!!!
I would say Chris has been celebrating Christmas early.. His company gets the new Volvo 220 with a bunch of attachments (and new features) and Betty all fixed and his uncles company gets a Long Reach 250... I can think of a few pond cleanups this would have helped with over the last few years. I do agree with someone below.. your pond cleanups have been some of the best... (well, second to that video getting someone else excavator out of the one that needed to be dredged... buried to the seat).. Love it as always.
Nice addition to the fleet. I can see you using it more often than you think. Now all you need is one of those impact hammers for rocks and you be set. Standing near the haul truck dumping a load of mud is kind of what I imagined it was like working along side Paul Bunyan's giant blue ox "Babe"
My dad had a Link Belt lattice boom dragline years ago for that type of work. If I recall it had a Cat D8 motor in it. It was originally a military crane before he purchased it. Used to be so cool watching his skill running it. Steve…
I think if you enter the splatter zone to get good content, you should get combat pay.😊 the long reach definitely looks good and seems to work well, congratulations gentlemen, nice find. The haul trucks are turning out to be workhorses for both of you. Thanks for the ride along sir.
One of my favorite videos of yours was when you were scooping them thick weeds out of the pond with that long reach link belt. Looking forward for some more long reach live action ye ye ye ye 😉👍
Nice addition to the fleet there John & Chris!! I bet it was nice taking that mud out of the middle of that pond and not being on mats and wondering if you are sinking too far, too fast!! 😂😂. May have even felt too easy!!! If it hadn’t been for the weight and physics wanting to tip you into the pond anyways,,,,,. Haha. Should be a pretty good time saver as well!! One more opportunity to bid on some more unique projects! Projects like that big drain pipe project you guys had started and finished a portion of, but that was so deep you were going down in levels with your excavators to get deep enough. It’s a big thing to remain competitive or maybe even one step ahead of the others!! I suspect it can help you too Chris when you are bidding on certain pond projects. A fun new addition. Now when you gonna get that dragline??? 😂😂😂 Take care John & Chris!!
Surprised the pond was not drained down. We had a similar style pond on the course and it was drained down with the creek that fills it up running through to the breach they made to drain it...
Chris , how about a update on that eye..I couldn’t imagine running a long stick like that with no depth perception! I have to say I’m glad for a muck bailing job …seems like all you’ve done for the last 6 months is tree clearing jobs and the big pond build.
Wow! Chris you mastered the long reach bucket on the first scoop. Cool machine. Liked seeing your vacation video at of all places a Volvo Dealership with your best buds. I know you had fun. Wishing you and your family a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
I assume by the way you judge that long reach dump, your eye is better. Good to know as your excellent eye for topography likely requires two good eyes. Best wishes.
Theres an awful lot of spring in those booms. I threw a bucket load of muck into the cab once. I was lucky the front window was up, so I only had to clean the cab out and of course myself.
Hey Chris & John !! Great buy you guys made !! 🤔🤔 Can you use this on the ""MONEY PIT" where you have to use the ""Skid Steer "" to get the sand back to the trucks ?? 🤔🤔🤠😎👍👍👍👍👍
I’d like to have that long reach excavator on my farm for a week or so to clean out my 4 ponds. We had the 3 acre pond dredged over a decade ago but it wasn’t dredged with a long reach. The other three ponds have never been touched. I actually have 5 ponds counting the minnow pond. I could easily keep an excavator busy for a couple of weeks dredging, clearing trees and brush from around the ponds and repairing a muskrat damaged dam between two ponds. I’d really like to take the damaged dam out and make it one big pond.
One thing I have always been curious about is what is the actual reach of a long boom like this. I know it you said 60ft boom but what is the actual reach. Is it shorter or could it be longer then advertised. Every time I have operated one I space measuring it.
I can't speak to the Volvo 's setup but the Linkbelt 3400 Quantum 60' i ran when measured was over 59' of reach on the ground with a tape, that's with the 3/4 yard bucket it had on when bought.
The only thing better than having your own long reach....is knowing the guy who has a new long reach! I expect we'll see more of this one.
Say hi to Forrest for me if you will...😁
Boy could Chris and his Uncle John have used that beast on the 10 acre pond job the did earlier this year the had to clean out a swampy mess at one end and fix the damn and logged area at the other end.
I don't know why but Chis's pond job series are my favorites.
It's absolutely fascinating how he can take an utter disaster and transform it into a thing of beauty.
I like the sand dredging job he keeps going back to. Last time he was there he only had some maintenance dredging but before that he had dredged out a mountain of sand and had two big dump trucks ( Uncle John and another the same size) and one “cute” little single axle dump truck that held only 1-2 buckets worth.
I was thinking of that same job as well
Actually the 10 acre pond was Chris only with all his new equipment. 1st job with Barney and Todd's first time driving an off-road truck.
I believe the 2 took place during the same time span
I overheard a couple gals in the golf course bar yesterday complaining about some guy's 6 iron and out of nowhere one of them said "Yeah well....did you see how far John's excavator reaches?" ....... Shout Out to John for puttin' that real work in while Chris was on vacation. The ladies still dig older excavators.
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Very cool video. Loved the boom camera too.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻
@@grumpyg9350 he should put the camera on the bucket and raise it as high as he can I bet that would be a Kool view
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Congratulations to Uncle John, and you on the long reach, some great videos will be in the future..
You know when an individual has reached operator extraordinaire status when he can look down at his phone while swinging a long reach boom pickup a yard of mud and swing back. Talent!
Waiting for the day he doesn’t quite get it juusstt right,,,,,, and dumps a bucket on the roof of the haul truck!! 😂😂. I don’t wish that on anyone, but it would be some gooodd content!! Haha.
Wow! That is a great addition to the dirt moving family! Been fun to see the growth of you all's equipment. A heck of a big boom there....
Nice machine! Congrats to Uncle John for adding a long reach to the fleet.
Nice to see a bit of pond clearing , it’s been a little while .
I can’t imagine what the Maintenance Spreadsheet looks like to keep track of the various pieces of Equipment you Own and the Associated Maintenance necessary.👍
Luckily it's all programmed into the new machines computers so it keeps tracks and tells you when it's due
@@letsdig18 That takes all of the fun out of it. Oh well you didn’t want that much fun did you
Back in the early nineties while vacationing in Santa Cruz CA., I watched a long reached excavator in operations doing stream dredging maintenance. When I returned back from my vacation, I went to see my local CAT salesperson on Oahu, Hi. Over the course of several years till present, we were able to purchase 4-long reach excavators and 1-amphibious long reach excavator, we eventually phased out our fleet of dragline crawler cranes.
Saw your video of you cleaning a canal with a long reach 11 years ago. Got me hooked watching Let’s Dig. Looking forward to more videos of you operating it. Happy Thanksgiving!
Was that one where they would pull great big bunches of moss and grass off and dump it onshore?
@@jmwarden1 That is the one!! It was a series of about 5 videos.
I was gonna say, not the first long boom from this guy.
@@jmwarden1 yes it was that was a few years back
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The long reach is going to cut a lot of preparation, mats, and even bogging out of your work. A great addition to your fleet of machines.
27:40 Liebherr and Sennebogen offer long reach excavators with auxiliary hydraulics for grapples with rotator, for use on scrap yards and sorting materials as well as for concrete pulverizer shears for building demolitions and clamshell for deep hole excavating
Nice tutorial for me Chris! I always overwork the mud and turn it into a flow able material. Your coffer dam technique is gold. Thanks!
Nice addition to the fleet! That should help minimize the need for mats on a lot of dredging jobs, and less transfering mud. It will pay for itself in short order.
Used to work for a golf course for about ten years off and on, never really saw any sediment on the ponds wonder why? Congrats, John and Chris, on your new equipment!!
Awesome love the long reach can't wait to see it in action on more jobs
Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh! We likes new toys. Congrats to John 🎉 Glad yall finally have a long-reach, there have been several times where you have said "this job would be some much easier with a LR excavator"
We appreciate your sacrifice for the good shot man. 💪😆
long reach don't usually come plumbed for accessories Chris, due to lifting capacity loss vs weight limits vs stability while extended. Pretty cool reaching out 60' for a scoop while your truck idling in another time zone. Suppose pond and dredging jobs just got a whole lot more profitable. 👍
Happy Thanksgiving, Chris, everybody. Congrats to John for the long reach.
The logic behind adding the long reach machine makes total sense. And with the dredging work you guys do, it will likely pay for itself that way alone. Not to mention the benefit of (at least on this job) not having to deal with being down in the pond and dealing with navigating thru the muck and mud on mats.
Volvo gotta be loving your company and the family company!!!
That's a fact!
@@TerrellSpivey terrel what are you doing there? 😂😂😂 You're looking for a long reach escavator for dig out beaver dams?
@@RickyCervo lollol! Sshh🤫!!! I may need to cheat a lil! 🤣🤣
Congrats to Uncle John on the Long Reach Excavator addition to his fIeet. I think we can all think back to previous projects it would have been handy dandy, namely the 10 acre restoration job this year. Take care & cheers🐨🦘🥰
That machine made quick work of that job. I have to believe that the long reach is cheaper in the long run than buying and moving mats around. Definitely a wise business decision. Congrats.
That Long Reach Excavator will come in handy on many jobs and you will use less boards with it.
That excavator is sure nice on cleaning that pond mud out.
Wow, what a great purchase. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've seen you use one and it makes a difference (loved the boom comparison). I bet you will find more applications for it in the future. Congrats to Guins Excavation on the new kid.
That boom POV was awesome!
Could feel the bearings on the slewing ring too.
Must be my new sound bar 😉
You could reach into the next parish with that machine! Beautiful, well you may wear!
Sure does beat a wheelbarrow and a shovel.
A nice machine to have with all the pond work you and John do. May not use it all the time, but definitely will be glad to have it when it's needed. Perhaps you could get a video of it being transported. I think it'd be interesting to see how it's handled.
I'd been wondering when a long-reach would join the LD18 Fleet, given how much pond, lake & drainage work you do Chris! That has to make life a bit easier & quicker, not shifting mats around so much! (And keeps the machine out of the gloop). 👍
Hi Chris.
It still amazes me, how simple and yet so effective is the system that opens the gate on the off road truck. I mean, 2 cables. So simple it's funny.
Y the way, Very nice long reach also.
Ed from Chicago 🙂
A long reach will come in handier than you think. It's better than dragging mats everywhere. As many ponds as y'all do this should be the ticket.
Oh he knows this.
paint always welcomes a good polishing job even twith screatches.
Nice long reach what’s so awesome about these units are you can start digging on a five acre pond and load the truck on opposite side of the five acre pond. It’s a great fuel saver. So really what’s going on with y’all two and all the new and used equipment. Y’all hoard’s are is it you about to embark on a new adventure that’s gonna demand your full and undivided attention????? Best of luck to the both of you.
Thank you, Chris, for the video on the long reach excavator. Congratulations to Jonh on the purchase of this machine. So, you hide the dredging's in plain sight nice.
Been a long time since we’ve seen you in a long reach. Goes back to the water plant dredging days and the snakes!!
You had to mention the snakes. :)
@@dennis2376 I still think there needs to be more snakes on this channel! 😄
Chris just looooves snakes :•)
@@mattcartwright8272 Yikes :)
@@mattcartwright8272 what this channel needs is more Cowbell!
As many ponds as you guys do, I've wondered why this wasn't in the arsenal
Takes time and money. So they both matched up this time.
@@cathiwim 65 here and know all about that ty
As others said Time and money, plus with Chris only working a few days and the "normal" process of Chris taking a machine out on mats and casting dirt back for John to load, this might take a bit longer but it means John can work alone on jobs like this easier.
@@Blazer02LS I don’t know why he don’t hire another hand
I heard Chris mention in a vid a while ago that a long reach would have been slow as the bucket has to be smaller to avoid tipping over. The time "matting" with a bigger excavator, I suppose outweighs the load time.
Congratulations on another long arm..been a lot of years but looks like the same principle as riding a bike. Love those frames from riding on the boom! And Chris you know we appreciate you taking a mud bullet for us! You and Jon have wonderful Thanksgiving celebrations with your families!
I was really surprised they didnt add a little more counter weight to it with that long reach boom on there
Makes transport more difficult and unless you get wider tracks it sinks more and tears up the ground more due to the added weight. Plus swing time and added fuel burn.
I'm sure it's an option but the machine seems to work as configured.
@@xenadu02 I've seen a couple of excavators with water tanks as extra counterweights.- drain them for transport, fill them once it gets to the next job site. Doesn't help with the other problems though. From memory, I think one was 2000 litres, and was sticking out further than the main counterweight.
Long Reach Excavator in action ,interesting and so useful for the right job
I expect now that you have one, you may be willing to take on some jobs that you have shied away from before. I have seen one of these dudes in operation all the way back into the late 90's and still am impressed with their efficiency on almost impossible jobs to make money on without one of these long reach machines.
Going to have to get the window tinted so the sun don’t kill you and us. That’s definitely going to make y’all’s life a lot easier and should make it a lot faster to 👍👍👍👍👍 and a big congratulations to John for getting the new machine seems to be a nice on
All I can say is “camera magnet don’t fail me now”. That was awesome view…👍👍♥️
Happy Thanksgiving Day to you and your family!!♥️🦃♥️
@17:00 That's a pretty long "selfie stick" for the camera!
To bad he didn’t take some “drone” shots with it 😅
To bad he didn’t take some “drone” shots with it
Damn, John have had the moleskin out of the depths of his pockets! 😁💸
But really nice addition to the fleet, it'll come in handy on many of the pond dredging jobs. 👍
At 38:19, when Chris reaches all the way out and brings back in a full bucket, you can see the rear tracks lifting off a couple inches or so... neat video.
I think that long reach will be a good asset to the fleet .
Thanks for showing us the new machine. I have never seen a long reach in action. Definitely takes a different skill level to keep that thing upright.
What a great addition for John. Sure will make those jobs easier. Stay safe
Great machine Chris. Takes a lot of skill to operate. I'll take those golf balls. That's where a lot of mine ene up.
Ol' Daddy Long Legs Now !! lololol.... Like you said, Chris, It won't get used that much but, on some of those Big dredging jobs you guys get once or twice a year , it will really be a big help, will keep the sinking factor down some, when you have to get out on the mats, now you won't have to get out there as far as you normally would with the regular excavators, plus being able to pile it up a lot further away from ya now. Yeah, that was a good buy there i do believe !! Man, if only there was a way to get all those damn golf balls!! There's a small fortune there in balls !! lolol... My Uncle lives there in NC in your neck of the woods, close to you really, and he is a retired yuppie, and that's how he spends his time now, drinking , and playing on all those golf courses around there now !! LMAO !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Thanksgiving Man !!, And, On too the Next....
As many sediment clean out jobs as y'all get, that long reach is something you needed a long time ago.
Looking forward to long reach dredging vids
That's a long stick Volvo. Going to be fun watching you slide around ponds with that boom reach. Reminded me of an early video I saw of you removing weed off a pond with a long reach boom and the pond dredge with the hired long reach and that white picket fence.
Another Excavator joins the Fleet - well she's a Beast all Right - never seen a Long Reach one before - wow ! Another Pond Project You Love soooooooooo very much - Sun in Your Eyes or not ! Fantastic close-up Shots of the Bucket Scooping ! Yes - we can see that she is getting a Bid "Tippy" indeed ! Coming back to tidy up ! Great Video - great Project and many Cheers from us in Australia !!!!
What a great addition to the fleet. That boom camera is awesome.
I would say Chris has been celebrating Christmas early.. His company gets the new Volvo 220 with a bunch of attachments (and new features) and Betty all fixed and his uncles company gets a Long Reach 250... I can think of a few pond cleanups this would have helped with over the last few years. I do agree with someone below.. your pond cleanups have been some of the best... (well, second to that video getting someone else excavator out of the one that needed to be dredged... buried to the seat).. Love it as always.
Nice addition to the fleet. I can see you using it more often than you think. Now all you need is one of those impact hammers for rocks and you be set.
Standing near the haul truck dumping a load of mud is kind of what I imagined it was like working along side Paul Bunyan's giant blue ox "Babe"
Great addition to your fleet Chris. God bless you
not his, it's John's
Love operating a long reach and it takes some getting use to.
Great video Chris, the camera view from the boom was cool. Almost like drone footage.
That long reach probably helps a lot with your love for snakes😅
Happy Thanksgiving John and Chris!! 🦃
The camera shots from the arm are fantastic.
congats to John on getting a long reach nice addition. nice work on the pond so much easyer. cheers.
Love the Boom Cam looks great . nice longreach
My dad had a Link Belt lattice boom dragline years ago for that type of work. If I recall it had a Cat D8 motor in it. It was originally a military crane before he purchased it. Used to be so cool watching his skill running it. Steve…
Is that similar to what Diesel Creek just rescued not too long ago?
I think if you enter the splatter zone to get good content, you should get combat pay.😊 the long reach definitely looks good and seems to work well, congratulations gentlemen, nice find. The haul trucks are turning out to be workhorses for both of you. Thanks for the ride along sir.
those long arm excavators are a wild ride.
The new to y'all long reach is a good addition to John's fleet, as many ponds as they clean out I wondered why y'all didn't have one.
we have plumbed up two long reach rigs for tilts , it's pricey and we had to put hydraulic assist pumps on them too. but they work great.
Nice addition guys!! Congrats!!
GREAT camera angles to get the best video footage of mud removal EVER posted on YT! Thanks, Chris! 👏👍✨
That seems like a big bucket for a long reach
Back in my neck of the woods in PA again. Hope it went well for ya.
One of my favorite videos of yours was when you were scooping them thick weeds out of the pond with that long reach link belt. Looking forward for some more long reach live action ye ye ye ye 😉👍
Happy Thanksgiving to All Great Video 👍👍
Happy Thanksgiving Chris to you and your family
Nice addition to the fleet there John & Chris!!
I bet it was nice taking that mud out of the middle of that pond and not being on mats and wondering if you are sinking too far, too fast!! 😂😂. May have even felt too easy!!! If it hadn’t been for the weight and physics wanting to tip you into the pond anyways,,,,,. Haha. Should be a pretty good time saver as well!! One more opportunity to bid on some more unique projects! Projects like that big drain pipe project you guys had started and finished a portion of, but that was so deep you were going down in levels with your excavators to get deep enough. It’s a big thing to remain competitive or maybe even one step ahead of the others!! I suspect it can help you too Chris when you are bidding on certain pond projects.
A fun new addition. Now when you gonna get that dragline??? 😂😂😂
Take care John & Chris!!
Nice machine, although it appears that you need some windex. Good luck with it.
nice tool for the job had one for 6 weeks on a pond cleaning out
Surprised the pond was not drained down. We had a similar style pond on the course and it was drained down with the creek that fills it up running through to the breach they made to drain it...
Chris , how about a update on that eye..I couldn’t imagine running a long stick like that with no depth perception! I have to say I’m glad for a muck bailing job …seems like all you’ve done for the last 6 months is tree clearing jobs and the big pond build.
You have the best job and a great looking long boom right there great job to the both of you keep the excellent videos coming
Wow! Chris you mastered the long reach bucket on the first scoop. Cool machine.
Liked seeing your vacation video at of all places a Volvo Dealership with your best buds.
I know you had fun. Wishing you and your family a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
I saw one of those long reach machines near me recently. It really looked out of proportion.
What a time saver that long reach is going to be on jobs like this. No hauling mats, no moving mats, great investment.
I assume by the way you judge that long reach dump, your eye is better. Good to know as your excellent eye for topography likely requires two good eyes. Best wishes.
The amount of dredging you do that machine will earn its keep. 👍
At 28:53 I heard the other excavator tracking and I thought it was something wrong when you were digging lol 😂
Chris I bet you would like having that long reach on that dredging job you did earlier in the year
Theres an awful lot of spring in those booms. I threw a bucket load of muck into the cab once. I was lucky the front window was up, so I only had to clean the cab out and of course myself.
happy thanksgiving to you and all your family
Specialized unit for sure set up nice
That was amazing Chris all that pond dredging on a golf course and we didn't see one golf ball.
Hey Chris & John !! Great buy you guys made !! 🤔🤔 Can you use this on the ""MONEY PIT" where you have to use the ""Skid Steer "" to get the sand back to the trucks ?? 🤔🤔🤠😎👍👍👍👍👍
Hey Chris,...I lost 5 golf ball's in that pond so if you find the ball's that are white,...their mine. ;) Lol. Good job on the long reach!
Great camera shot from the boom.
I’d like to have that long reach excavator on my farm for a week or so to clean out my 4 ponds. We had the 3 acre pond dredged over a decade ago but it wasn’t dredged with a long reach. The other three ponds have never been touched. I actually have 5 ponds counting the minnow pond. I could easily keep an excavator busy for a couple of weeks dredging, clearing trees and brush from around the ponds and repairing a muskrat damaged dam between two ponds. I’d really like to take the damaged dam out and make it one big pond.
You need to get on their waiting list I’m sure they can help you, for a price.
One thing I have always been curious about is what is the actual reach of a long boom like this. I know it you said 60ft boom but what is the actual reach. Is it shorter or could it be longer then advertised. Every time I have operated one I space measuring it.
I can't speak to the Volvo 's setup but the Linkbelt 3400 Quantum 60' i ran when measured was over 59' of reach on the ground with a tape, that's with the 3/4 yard bucket it had on when bought.
The boom is 60FT, you loose some distance from the pivot to the edge of the track, but you gain some from the bucket.