Excellent work Chris, mud master, pond master, goop master Chris is at it again, making ponds great again, alot of mud, tailgate was a must have, that's a nice incline the truck has to climb, thanks for sharing the best content on YT Chris, look forward to seeing the next video 🇺🇸
After watching just a few of your videos, I've watched them all, I'd like to think your viewers would figure out that you know what you're doing. I'm convinced. I've got my ideas, but I'm quite positive in knowing that you know what you're doing. This series of videos is going to be some of your best yet. That beautiful tailgate!! So excellent. A video about that would be incredible to watch.
You don’t want the Volvo stuck like that excavator you rescued on that one job back when! That sucker was buried brother but you got it out, that was a good video Chris! Thanks for sharing my friend and we’ll see you tomorrow hopefully if the rain holds off! Stay safe and healthy brother! 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸
You guys should invest in a GPS system like Trimble. We have one and once you get the model built it would make a job like this much easier and faster. I didn’t think it would pay for itself anywhere near as fast as it has for us. A base and rover would get you started don’t even need machine control to start. Eliminate grade stakes, laser, plans all of that. Very simple to understand once you get started.
Looking like you got a Good start on it Chris. Just hope that hill holds out , once you start hauling the mud out ?? We will see when you guys get going good on it..... Other than the hill holding out, looks like it's going to go pretty smooth.... Mud, mud, and more mud !! lololol.... Have a Great Evening Chris !! And, On too the Next !!
Chris, how do you deal with a client who is looking for a way to not pay full or the bidded price? For example, let's take this pond and the engineer being very specific. Does 'to grade' mean spot on everywhere or in general? And if in general does the engineer have the ability to make you keep working on it until he is satisfied? Perhaps a video on problem customers might be of interest to more folks than just me... best.
you bid the job according to the stamped approved prints, and you cut and grade to the elevations, if you do that and you know your spot on, then anything after that is an add on or as built and cost more, with that pond work just say the cut is gradually getting deeper and your pulling too much your just costing yourself money because your going to exceed your yardage and not be finished with the cut so you’ll be eating it .
A lot depends on how the contract is written, the exact wording. If it says that the grade will be cut to 343.20 foot elevation in a 100 foot by 500 foot area designated by survey flags, it will generally have a Tolerance or Varience factor given, so maybe +- .2 tenths of a foot. Then as long as everything is minimum 343.00 and maximum 343.40, it passes, and anything outside that needs to be corrected. It could also be specified to cut down to 343.20 maximum surface height, in which case you can go deeper and remove more material, but you are only getting paid to go to that level, so places can be deeper, but nothing can be above that. For a pond they generally don't care about going deeper, except if getting rid of the dirt is a problem lol But generally if you don't complete the project according to the specifications, and according to the contract wording, you will need to correct the issues, or you are likely to have problems! In this case if you have actual blueprints, they should have all the specs you have to follow, and the contract will basically be to create the end result as shown on the blueprints. And how picky the engineer or project head is all depends on the job. If the goal is to have the water 5 feet deep under the dock, and one spot of gushy mud is 6 inches high, it may not matter, especially if they are going to working out there further to build the dock, or the engineer may be very picky and write them up if he can find a single mud bomb that measures above the spec, even if all it needs is to be stepped on... Lol
@@njonebale7889 in the video Chris read the elevation on one of the grade stakes and I couldn't remember the exact elevation but I tried to get close lol I used to be the grade setter on pond projects that would give Chris vertigo from the tall pond dams and I still remember a little of it!
Chris, how deep is the mud once you cut that 4 feet out? Is it down to solid ground where maybe the haul truck could drive on it? I’m sure you guys have thought about it, but I’m curious
Chris that is going to be a lot of mud to move but I know you can handle it so anyway my friend another great video so you and John stay safe and keep the videos coming and the tailgate looks good on the back of the haul truck.
It's much easier to build fish habits and have them tied down with blocks etc and as you said no more worries about clogging the overflow. Tires, pipes, trees etc are all great.
For these jobs you need a mud sled. Think a large toboggan with sides on it. Dump the dirt onto that and tow it over to the load out site. If you had a winch on a big dozer you could drag it the way they used the old cable plows.
That does sound like a good idea, we used something like that for mulching on the golf course, dragging the mulch than stopping at every tree to add fresh mulch in the spring and end of summer. How would you make it work on a job like this? Clear a path for the dozer or on the sides? This job site seems incredibly tricky due to the water, even if you get it down to bare ground that becomes deep mud again with the water table setup
@@chosen1one930 The first couple pulls would be the hardest, after that the muddy grass would act like grease. Pulling would depend on what the bottom was. A crawler dump would be handy as well, but when you only need it for say 3 jobs a year it might not pay for itself very quick.
I was thinking a conveyor might at least cut down on how many times he has to move the mud. A smaller scale one like Parker uses on the show Goldrush would be pretty cool. He used an excavator chassis with an enormous boom.
“A lot of scoopy scoops”, i surely hope you bid that job by the hour!!! I’m glad you found bottom without sinking to China!! It just shows the skills of a good operator, keep digging (not too deep) my friend!
Just a hiring tip it looks bad to a employer when parents look for jobs for there kids. It makes the kids look like they have no ambition. I'm sure that's not the case but that's how employers can see it.
You’ve had a good start on the pond clean out,sure everything will fall in place once you start the dredging.keep doing your thing and enjoy the weather 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
I was thinking about those little track dump trucks on a roll out stabilization road. I know they only haul like 6 yards but three of them hauling all the way out to the fill site. Just wondered
my late dad used to say "if i could buy all these suggestions for what they're worth and sell them for what some think they're worth" i would retire early LOL
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Sorry for being so selfish, but 28:50 just wasn't enough. I know after a hard day's work, the last thing you want to do is sit and edit, but watching you sculpt and make pretty(as you say 😉) never gets old. GREAT AND SATISFYING VIDEO.
Chris, did you get the 2nd circuit aux. on your 55, on the left stick? Was that a one foot bucket you did your water line with? What make?? Thanks! Nice progress on the BIG mud project.👍🏻
Awesome. Just believe Chris is all-the-time thinking about how he can do this better and quicker.. then realize what he is doing is the best and the quickest to get the job done.
Chris definitely does a great job on every project. He’s one of the best operators on UA-cam. Dirt Perfect does great work too. Those two are basically the only two heavy equipment operators I watch on a regular basis.
After you spend thousands of hours on a machine you get very good at doing that task and then you can let your mind wander and try to figure ways to make that task easier and/or faster. As a farmer in Florida I spent hundreds of hours each year cleaning drainage ditches. I bought a deep, 5 ft wide cleaning bucket for my JD 510 backhoe. Looks like a bucket that size or larger would make this job go much faster. Time is money.
I've seen several of Chris's projects where he has had to move the same material multiple times. He is so patiently philosophical about it. I wish I was a genius and could develop an inexpensive and practicable system of move-it-once. I'd be a rich man!
Takes a special kind of person to keep operating at full steam through monotonous work. Though as the business owner I’d suspect the payday at the end is rather inspiring!
@@danl.909 Those rigs have to have super clean materials or clog’s equipment and pipes quickly our local water co dredging reservoir had floating dredge even silt from bottom has debris had to move processing plant closer to water because of clogging debris in pipe
Maybe weld on some heavy duty pegs _behind_ the pivot point of the dump gate so when it is closed it's just touching them. That way if/when you DO have to take the gate off, it will be a lot easier to get back on.
Right several places along the arms, just set the gate on those and bolt it back up. Could even space it for shims you keep on the truck. Or if there's clearance, flip the gate all the way forward after disconnecting the cables and strap it down.
Screed, A layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface. I have seen lots of cement finishers work, but never used a screed (mat) like this! Love and enjoy your videos!
Can't wait to see it all finished. I love this project. Bet it is going to look gorgeous when it's all done. It is a massive project with plently of problems with mud and hills But I have FAITH you will make it look stunning. 😎
Imagine a rake attachment for the brush work , similar principles to what you just did with the timber pads ? Haul truck on tracks or are they called Dumpy's or something,and yes they are less capacity but would get back to the digger ,Maybe ? But your working with what you have ,the second digger to throw the mud Back in unison with you ?just to get that mud to the loading site . Great camera position,it's showing the digger sinking ,almost can feel it ,not a nice feeling from the operators position ,I know you are secretly yelling "stop stop stop 😊😊
I think if you shorten the side cables, the tail gate will be ok for hauling trees and brush, it lifts too late to clear them right now. Super long logs of course that are longer than the truck won't fit in the haul truck.
While you have the tail gate on the truck, bolt on a frame mount that holds the tail gate in the proper place, then hopefully it will just be a matter of bolting on the frame, drop the tailgate into place, bolt it up, remove the frame and away you go.
Some tabs welded to the bed side plate of the pivot plate, and a few across the bottom of the tailgate, then simply unbolt the pivot plate and then left/set the gate back on the tabs.
I have no idea why watching a guy dig up some mud is fun to watch. But for some these are the best ones! (There's a guy in Latvia who mostly digs ditches for swampy roads, and that's fun too.)
I thought this was going to be a much deeper pond for once. It looks like it could be deeper if they wanted it to be. Maybe it's a matter of how much they can waste on other areas of their property. I'm really looking forward to the next part Chris!
Oh, it's going to be fairly deep. This is the head section after all. The closer to the dam you get the deeper. Down by the dock, the cut is over 4'. That's a gigantic amount of material to pull out. You don't want more than 12 or 15 feet of depth anyway. Deeper ponds will turn over. If that happens, it'll kill all the fish.
Nice tailgate - but why not just bolt on the plates and not mess with the bushings. Good job of scraping mud flat and clean. Four foot of mud should be no problem for you unless its only three foot to the floor of the cab. Looking forward to seeing more here.
Chris, I am looking at that tailgate and thinking that if you had four lengths of 2" round bar that were drilled to take decent sized bolts, you could place them in the top corners of the web that holds the pivot. I don't know if the bed is double skinned there. If not, drill through and have a nut on the inside. If yes, then you might have enough meat to tap a thread in the bed, or weld a 1/2" thick reinforcing plate to make the threaded hole strong enough. Then take them off and and keep them hand for the next time you need to refit the tailgate. If I was doing it I would drill the 2" bar a little off centre, and drill holes into the circumference so you could turn the bar like a cam to fine tune the bushing location. It might sound like a bit of work, but it would take me one to two hours depending (mostly on if the bed is double skinned there, and how thick it is at that location. Another method would be to drill holes in the web big enough to put a tapered pry bar through, and smaller holes in the bed that aligned with the holes in the webs. Then use one or two pry bars to lever the bushing into position - sort of like the trick of fitting truck wheels with a pair of three foot pry bars that lift and rotate the wheel to align the lug nut holes. That would be easier and faster, if you had the means of drilling the webs - you'd need something like a 3/4" hole to give the pry bar room to be angled so they could pick up the holes in the bed.
Hey Chris !! SEE< if you were to go to Wade's & Get a FULL LOAD of MATTS , then you could build a matt hwy for the haul trucks & save all that restacking !! HA HA Just teasing you !!! HAHA
Something to file in your memory bank..., it might not happen but it works. ,,,,, we always kept several Big hollow logs for water ways. They are biodegradable.. Drop in and pile dirt over them.... For temporary skidder paths... Across water ways.... Easy to remove or leave. .. Don't have to take with you...
Have y’all ever used the big 8’x16’. 3 ply construction mats? Be great for building a road so the haul truck can drive to the load vs all that moving back and forth shit. They can be rented or bought. I swear 1 job would pay for them selfs not having to track a load back and forth mulitiple times.. John, if you would spend a little bit of moldy money, you’ll make it right back and somemore for the next year or longer. All about efficiency and safety……
Chris I get vibes your friend Mike doesn't care for his Volvo 140, maybe it's to classy rig for him possibly. Different stroke for different folks. Myself I believe that Lectronic have seen to over do on equipment these days.
Chris do you buy your Matt's or do make them up yourself. Back I n the middle 60 I worked with draglines, who used Matt's, those days we use some time push the Matt's for the operator with a dozer, we digging and old area that was used as Solt flats, redevelopment for future home suites in California.
That’s a lot of mud. Dredging it out will ad a lot of water to the pond. You always do such a good job on every project you take on. I can’t wait to see the next video.
27:13 four feet? Hell I don't even need four inches. My grandpa always said I could get stuck in mud on the moon, and after 32 years I think he may be right.
Chris recently I saw your video of you at Florida Equipment sales and seem interested in another Haul truck, ? Did you end up buying that truck or did dirt prefect end up that particular truck,
Can't quite see what kind of a system would work? But to have a pushing arm being able to grab with the ???? thumb and contact the back of the bucket then onto the ?pushplate? at the back? Hope I have described it? Yes but, look at how easy it levels?
Sure looks like this pond project is much easier on you and equipment (pins, bushings, roller, etc...) than the animal hospital with all the bed rock, last year. The old/new haul truck looks like a great add to the fleet.
This haul truck is John's truck. Chris recently bought his haul truck for his company. Chris works with and for his uncle John 3 days a week, running John's company's equipment and the other 3 or 4 days a week Chris works for himself and uses his own equipment.
Chris, I don't see how you could go wrong, with all of the experts giving advice. I do like that 12 foot finishing blade and it's fun to see a tailgate on the off road truck.
Oh that’s a lot of mud to move! How much deeper is it after you reach the level you want? If the ground was solid at the bottom, could you use a dozer to bring the mud closer to the haul truck? You really do have a good variety of jobs! Never a dull moment.
Really think one of the coolest ideas you had is that large screed board. Makes pulling back mud so quick. Enjoyed this first video of the dredging.
Excellent work Chris, mud master, pond master, goop master Chris is at it again, making ponds great again, alot of mud, tailgate was a must have, that's a nice incline the truck has to climb, thanks for sharing the best content on YT Chris, look forward to seeing the next video 🇺🇸
After watching just a few of your videos, I've watched them all, I'd like to think your viewers would figure out that you know what you're doing. I'm convinced. I've got my ideas, but I'm quite positive in knowing that you know what you're doing. This series of videos is going to be some of your best yet. That beautiful tailgate!! So excellent. A video about that would be incredible to watch.
You don’t want the Volvo stuck like that excavator you rescued on that one job back when! That sucker was buried brother but you got it out, that was a good video Chris! Thanks for sharing my friend and we’ll see you tomorrow hopefully if the rain holds off! Stay safe and healthy brother! 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸
You guys should invest in a GPS system like Trimble. We have one and once you get the model built it would make a job like this much easier and faster. I didn’t think it would pay for itself anywhere near as fast as it has for us. A base and rover would get you started don’t even need machine control to start. Eliminate grade stakes, laser, plans all of that. Very simple to understand once you get started.
His mate has one, I seem to remember him saying it wouldn’t make sense for the work he does, his mate does more fine grading work.
Isn't there an easier way to dredge? Like a continuous conveyor system?
For fish habitat, all anyone needs to do is just drop 2-3 trees from the pond edge into the water. If they wanted to ?
The pond master is off again great video Chris 🏴👍
Clever handling the swamp.
Looking like you got a Good start on it Chris. Just hope that hill holds out , once you start hauling the mud out ?? We will see when you guys get going good on it..... Other than the hill holding out, looks like it's going to go pretty smooth.... Mud, mud, and more mud !! lololol.... Have a Great Evening Chris !! And, On too the Next !!
Chris, how do you deal with a client who is looking for a way to not pay full or the bidded price? For example, let's take this pond and the engineer being very specific. Does 'to grade' mean spot on everywhere or in general? And if in general does the engineer have the ability to make you keep working on it until he is satisfied? Perhaps a video on problem customers might be of interest to more folks than just me... best.
you bid the job according to the stamped approved prints, and you cut and grade to the elevations, if you do that and you know your spot on, then anything after that is an add on or as built and cost more, with that pond work just say the cut is gradually getting deeper and your pulling too much your just costing yourself money because your going to exceed your yardage and not be finished with the cut so you’ll be eating it .
A lot depends on how the contract is written, the exact wording.
If it says that the grade will be cut to 343.20 foot elevation in a 100 foot by 500 foot area designated by survey flags, it will generally have a Tolerance or Varience factor given, so maybe +- .2 tenths of a foot.
Then as long as everything is minimum 343.00 and maximum 343.40, it passes, and anything outside that needs to be corrected.
It could also be specified to cut down to 343.20 maximum surface height, in which case you can go deeper and remove more material, but you are only getting paid to go to that level, so places can be deeper, but nothing can be above that.
For a pond they generally don't care about going deeper, except if getting rid of the dirt is a problem lol
But generally if you don't complete the project according to the specifications, and according to the contract wording, you will need to correct the issues, or you are likely to have problems!
In this case if you have actual blueprints, they should have all the specs you have to follow, and the contract will basically be to create the end result as shown on the blueprints.
And how picky the engineer or project head is all depends on the job.
If the goal is to have the water 5 feet deep under the dock, and one spot of gushy mud is 6 inches high, it may not matter, especially if they are going to working out there further to build the dock, or the engineer may be very picky and write them up if he can find a single mud bomb that measures above the spec, even if all it needs is to be stepped on... Lol
@@ke6gwf that’s a very good explanation and should cover it, those seem like charlotte elevations too
@@njonebale7889 in the video Chris read the elevation on one of the grade stakes and I couldn't remember the exact elevation but I tried to get close lol
I used to be the grade setter on pond projects that would give Chris vertigo from the tall pond dams and I still remember a little of it!
Chris, how deep is the mud once you cut that 4 feet out? Is it down to solid ground where maybe the haul truck could drive on it? I’m sure you guys have thought about it, but I’m curious
Chris that is going to be a lot of mud to move but I know you can handle it so anyway my friend another great video so you and John stay safe and keep the videos coming and the tailgate looks good on the back of the haul truck.
The image of Chris flying a helicopter with an excavator arm and bucket with a letsdig18 thumb on it is forever stuck in my memory.
It's much easier to build fish habits and have them tied down with blocks etc and as you said no more worries about clogging the overflow. Tires, pipes, trees etc are all great.
For these jobs you need a mud sled. Think a large toboggan with sides on it. Dump the dirt onto that and tow it over to the load out site. If you had a winch on a big dozer you could drag it the way they used the old cable plows.
That does sound like a good idea, we used something like that for mulching on the golf course, dragging the mulch than stopping at every tree to add fresh mulch in the spring and end of summer. How would you make it work on a job like this? Clear a path for the dozer or on the sides? This job site seems incredibly tricky due to the water, even if you get it down to bare ground that becomes deep mud again with the water table setup
@@chosen1one930 The first couple pulls would be the hardest, after that the muddy grass would act like grease. Pulling would depend on what the bottom was. A crawler dump would be handy as well, but when you only need it for say 3 jobs a year it might not pay for itself very quick.
I was thinking a conveyor might at least cut down on how many times he has to move the mud. A smaller scale one like Parker uses on the show Goldrush would be pretty cool. He used an excavator chassis with an enormous boom.
Love how you're fine grading with the swamp mats. Sometimes, you have to use what you got. Looks good bro
Wow! That last shot of you showing your progress really puts it in perspective of how much material actually out there!
I hope with the first full cut, drainage will occur and allow you an easier solution/path to load out the dirt. Good job and best wishes.
Love the super oversized squeegee! That made quick work of the skim job… perfect !
“A lot of scoopy scoops”, i surely hope you bid that job by the hour!!! I’m glad you found bottom without sinking to China!! It just shows the skills of a good operator, keep digging (not too deep) my friend!
Hello Chris do you need any help? My son is looking a job and he lives in Benson
i work with a company out of wendell that might be hiring
What kind of work
Just a hiring tip it looks bad to a employer when parents look for jobs for there kids. It makes the kids look like they have no ambition. I'm sure that's not the case but that's how employers can see it.
@@williamgames9125 we do utility work laying water sewer and storm
@@jjjustin17favs well he doesn't watch Chris videos he happened to c it as I was watching it
You’ve had a good start on the pond clean out,sure everything will fall in place once you start the dredging.keep doing your thing and enjoy the weather 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
I was thinking about those little track dump trucks on a roll out stabilization road. I know they only haul like 6 yards but three of them hauling all the way out to the fill site. Just wondered
That’s a good idea. Save a bunch of scoopy scoops
Pretty ingenious dump mechanism…, just too simple.
my late dad used to say "if i could buy all these suggestions for what they're worth and sell them for what some think they're worth" i would retire early LOL
Is that type of job not better suited to a dragline, for the reach and throw?
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the older cat dozers and such looking like a good idea now. But then there's the fuel price there too
Why do the Beavers chew all the trees down? Because they can/t drive an excavator. .🦫
I’ve watched you for a few years now…your voice tells me everything’s gonna be ok.
Sorry for being so selfish, but 28:50 just wasn't enough. I know after a hard day's work, the last thing you want to do is sit and edit, but watching you sculpt and make pretty(as you say 😉) never gets old. GREAT AND SATISFYING VIDEO.
Chris, did you get the 2nd circuit aux. on your 55, on the left stick? Was that a one foot bucket you did your water line with? What make?? Thanks! Nice progress on the BIG mud project.👍🏻
Awesome. Just believe Chris is all-the-time thinking about how he can do this better and quicker.. then realize what he is doing is the best and the quickest to get the job done.
Chris definitely does a great job on every project. He’s one of the best operators on UA-cam. Dirt Perfect does great work too. Those two are basically the only two heavy equipment operators I watch on a regular basis.
@@davidepool5884 same here
After you spend thousands of hours on a machine you get very good at doing that task and then you can let your mind wander and try to figure ways to make that task easier and/or faster. As a farmer in Florida I spent hundreds of hours each year cleaning drainage ditches. I bought a deep, 5 ft wide cleaning bucket for my JD 510 backhoe. Looks like a bucket that size or larger would make this job go much faster. Time is money.
Chris, saying to himself, uncle where is my grading bucket?
I've seen several of Chris's projects where he has had to move the same material multiple times. He is so patiently philosophical about it.
I wish I was a genius and could develop an inexpensive and practicable system of move-it-once. I'd be a rich man!
Chris never uses one of those sludge pumping rigs. I’ve often wondered why, but I figure if he doesn’t like them there must be a good reason.
Takes a special kind of person to keep operating at full steam through monotonous work. Though as the business owner I’d suspect the payday at the end is rather inspiring!
Maybe too many sticks, log and just plain stuff.
@@danl.909 Some dumbass kept dumping mixed crap at the landfill so they quit accepting it because they can't see what's in the tank.
@@danl.909 Those rigs have to have super clean materials or clog’s equipment and pipes quickly our local water co dredging reservoir had floating dredge even silt from bottom has debris had to move processing plant closer to water because of clogging debris in pipe
We had off-road haul truck on a job once, that they unhooked the cable and flipped the tailgate over onto the head board.
YES! Wasn't sure if it would clear the lift cylinder mount points on the bed in this case?
@@jcadult101 you could put stops on the tipper body to stop the tailgate arms interfering with the lift rams.
Maybe weld on some heavy duty pegs _behind_ the pivot point of the dump gate so when it is closed it's just touching them. That way if/when you DO have to take the gate off, it will be a lot easier to get back on.
Right several places along the arms, just set the gate on those and bolt it back up. Could even space it for shims you keep on the truck. Or if there's clearance, flip the gate all the way forward after disconnecting the cables and strap it down.
Screed, A layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface. I have seen lots of cement finishers work, but never used a screed (mat) like this! Love and enjoy your videos!
Can't wait to see it all finished. I love this project. Bet it is going to look gorgeous when it's all done. It is a massive project with plently of problems with mud and hills But I have FAITH you will make it look stunning. 😎
Imagine a rake attachment for the brush work , similar principles to what you just did with the timber pads ?
Haul truck on tracks or are they called Dumpy's or something,and yes they are less capacity but would get back to the digger ,Maybe ?
But your working with what you have ,the second digger to throw the mud Back in unison with you ?just to get that mud to the loading site .
Great camera position,it's showing the digger sinking ,almost can feel it ,not a nice feeling from the operators position ,I know you are secretly yelling "stop stop stop 😊😊
That’s gonna wind up being a mountain of mud by the time you get to the other end. 😄
Man with a plan, I was wandering how you was going to do that,....very good 👍
Grace and Peace: The tailgate is Brilliant.. Whoda thunk dat was gonna work anyhow …
I think if you shorten the side cables, the tail gate will be ok for hauling trees and brush, it lifts too late to clear them right now. Super long logs of course that are longer than the truck won't fit in the haul truck.
Chris: My mats are all wore out! Also Chris: uses mats as a squeegee in the swamp. LOL. (I'd probably do the same, but I can't help but notice!)
I suspect you've done this before haven't you?😉 Fine work there Chris.🤨 Be well.😊
I suspect Chris' brain is like a labrador puppy seeing a stick when Chris sees a pond.
While you have the tail gate on the truck, bolt on a frame mount that holds the tail gate in the proper place, then hopefully it will just be a matter of bolting on the frame, drop the tailgate into place, bolt it up, remove the frame and away you go.
Some tabs welded to the bed side plate of the pivot plate, and a few across the bottom of the tailgate, then simply unbolt the pivot plate and then left/set the gate back on the tabs.
I have no idea why watching a guy dig up some mud is fun to watch. But for some these are the best ones! (There's a guy in Latvia who mostly digs ditches for swampy roads, and that's fun too.)
I’ve never seen a tailgate like this on one of these haul trucks. I love the simple design even tho it’s a pain in the ass to install. Pretty cool
Most common design thats been around for years and years!!
Thanks for showing the tailgate setup. That is a really simple and yet well designed way to have the gate open and close.
Evening all from the uk 👍👍🇬🇧
Hey Chris great video 🇺🇲 looks like a big job I can't wait to see what's next always learn something new watching your videos 🇺🇲
You'll have to get a video after the wafterwall is finished up, if possible of course
I thought this was going to be a much deeper pond for once. It looks like it could be deeper if they wanted it to be. Maybe it's a matter of how much they can waste on other areas of their property.
I'm really looking forward to the next part Chris!
It is at what cost… money is normally the controlling issue.
Oh, it's going to be fairly deep. This is the head section after all. The closer to the dam you get the deeper. Down by the dock, the cut is over 4'. That's a gigantic amount of material to pull out. You don't want more than 12 or 15 feet of depth anyway. Deeper ponds will turn over. If that happens, it'll kill all the fish.
Nice tailgate - but why not just bolt on the plates and not mess with the bushings. Good job of scraping mud flat and clean. Four foot of mud should be no problem for you unless its only three foot to the floor of the cab. Looking forward to seeing more here.
I think if I was the one writing the checks I'd be very satisfied with the progress you can actually see day to day.
Chris, I am looking at that tailgate and thinking that if you had four lengths of 2" round bar that were drilled to take decent sized bolts, you could place them in the top corners of the web that holds the pivot. I don't know if the bed is double skinned there. If not, drill through and have a nut on the inside. If yes, then you might have enough meat to tap a thread in the bed, or weld a 1/2" thick reinforcing plate to make the threaded hole strong enough. Then take them off and and keep them hand for the next time you need to refit the tailgate. If I was doing it I would drill the 2" bar a little off centre, and drill holes into the circumference so you could turn the bar like a cam to fine tune the bushing location. It might sound like a bit of work, but it would take me one to two hours depending (mostly on if the bed is double skinned there, and how thick it is at that location. Another method would be to drill holes in the web big enough to put a tapered pry bar through, and smaller holes in the bed that aligned with the holes in the webs. Then use one or two pry bars to lever the bushing into position - sort of like the trick of fitting truck wheels with a pair of three foot pry bars that lift and rotate the wheel to align the lug nut holes. That would be easier and faster, if you had the means of drilling the webs - you'd need something like a 3/4" hole to give the pry bar room to be angled so they could pick up the holes in the bed.
Good one Chris , you have great skill with that mat to scrape the mud . 👏👏👏👍🥰🍺🇬🇧
First time I saw him clear a lot with a felled tree I knew he was a genius.
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He has experience with heavy equipment
Hey Chris !! SEE< if you were to go to Wade's & Get a FULL LOAD of MATTS , then you could build a matt hwy for the haul trucks & save all that restacking !! HA HA Just teasing you !!! HAHA
Is that your new used truck?
This is Johns.
All the small stuff's not much use for fish anyway, unlike what you do with the tree stumps which is great.
"What the Engineer wants me to do, is…"
Change order! The magic sauce that makes a mean job taste good. 😎
I always wondered, would a bigger bucket speed things up? I suppose you're up against the machine limits, mud is slightly heavy..........
Chris another great video! A full day of work! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
Something to file in your memory bank..., it might not happen but it works. ,,,,, we always kept several Big hollow logs for water ways. They are biodegradable.. Drop in and pile dirt over them.... For temporary skidder paths... Across water ways.... Easy to remove or leave. .. Don't have to take with you...
You need to put a mic at the end of the boom to catch all the mud sounds.
Up next, ASMR with Let's Dig!
Have y’all ever used the big 8’x16’. 3 ply construction mats? Be great for building a road so the haul truck can drive to the load vs all that moving back and forth shit. They can be rented or bought. I swear 1 job would pay for them selfs not having to track a load back and forth mulitiple times.. John, if you would spend a little bit of moldy money, you’ll make it right back and somemore for the next year or longer. All about efficiency and safety……
Chris I get vibes your friend Mike doesn't care for his Volvo 140, maybe it's to classy rig for him possibly. Different stroke for different folks. Myself I believe that Lectronic have seen to over do on equipment these days.
Pond dredging with moving big amount of mud are spectacular
Chris could you make access roads around that pond so you could get the truck from all different spots on the pond
It might me hard as hell to put on but I think all dumptruck tail gates should be that way it lifts up on top the bed so it all comes out good design
Chris do you buy your Matt's or do make them up yourself. Back I n the middle 60 I worked with draglines, who used Matt's, those days we use some time push the Matt's for the operator with a dozer, we digging and old area that was used as Solt flats, redevelopment for future home suites in California.
Seeing How This Is Mostly Goop Wouldn't The Grading Bucket Work Better And Faster
That’s a lot of mud. Dredging it out will ad a lot of water to the pond. You always do such a good job on every project you take on. I can’t wait to see the next video.
Nice looking tailgate, I see a 850J pushing mud in the future.
Using the mat as a giant dozer blade is genius.
Ok that tailgate is pretty slick and I think I see new mats in the real near future and I love Bojangles bo rounds and a sausage biscuit 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Spring is off to a good start? Looks like Chris is going from one mudhole job to another one.
27:13 four feet? Hell I don't even need four inches. My grandpa always said I could get stuck in mud on the moon, and after 32 years I think he may be right.
Chris You need special on mud pies. Buy 1 get a dump truck load for free. 🤔😉😄😄😁😁😆😅🤣
Wouldn't it be easier with that big grading bucket of yours? It would be half of "scoopy-scoops" 😉
Chris recently I saw your video of you at Florida Equipment sales and seem interested in another Haul truck, ? Did you end up buying that truck or did dirt prefect end up that particular truck,
I’m impressed. You did an admirable job. Thanks for sharing.
I think you should design an attachment. A excavator, dozer blade thingamabob. I bet Chris could icing a cake with it.
You should get yourself an old pickup truck snowplow blade and mount it to your gimbal landscape type attachment. Skimming would be a sinch.
Love the fact that UA-cam sticks Ram truck commercials on your videos and you don't drive Dodge! 😉
Can't quite see what kind of a system would work? But to have a pushing arm being able to grab with the ???? thumb and contact the back of the bucket then onto the ?pushplate? at the back? Hope I have described it?
Yes but, look at how easy it levels?
Sure looks like this pond project is much easier on you and equipment (pins, bushings, roller, etc...) than the animal hospital with all the bed rock, last year. The old/new haul truck looks like a great add to the fleet.
This haul truck is John's truck. Chris recently bought his haul truck for his company.
Chris works with and for his uncle John 3 days a week, running John's company's equipment and the other 3 or 4 days a week Chris works for himself and uses his own equipment.
Is there enough side motion that you could put a short piece metal stud to help guide the bracket into position?
Chris I am going to start a GoFundMe for headache medication and heart burn tablets for you as I predict (with that muddy slope) its gonna be a Doozy!
Chris, I don't see how you could go wrong, with all of the experts giving advice.
I do like that 12 foot finishing blade and it's fun to see a tailgate on the off road truck.
Always nice to have a digging video to watch while i dig. You say Lets Dig i say how deep .
You can tell the truth you just want your equipment to be complete🍀☘🍀☘🍀☘ happy Saint Patty's Day all
It's almost like. Damnit man, how many scoops are in this bull of cereal.😁👍👍✌️
CAPT'N!!!
MUDBERG DEAD AHEAD!!!
*The band plays quietly in the background
Oh that’s a lot of mud to move! How much deeper is it after you reach the level you want? If the ground was solid at the bottom, could you use a dozer to bring the mud closer to the haul truck?
You really do have a good variety of jobs! Never a dull moment.
Beautiful work! 🤘
Future PROVES PAST!!! Great Job AGAIN my Friend,,,!