I would say that the effort you and John put in to minimize the damage and ease the final repairs is a big part of why the golf courses like having you guys do the jobs.
@@everestyeti track lines and wheel ruts and you do not have the equipment to repair? At least the golf courses have the equipment and staff for it but it's still better to have minimal cleanup for them.
At first I thought, dam gophers. Old rock dams gonna hold up for a few more years. Watching you operate that equipment is an absolute pleasure and the results are always beyond satisfactory. Merry Christmas.
Bentonite clay expands and holds together when wet and plugs holes in basement walls and pond dams when used correctly. Great idea to layer that in the dam.
@@jonathanjudd3168 more watertight, bentonite expands when it absorbs moisture. when mixed with other natural clays, it is more long lasting as it doesn't leach out as much over time.
Chris I hope and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. I love these videos all year long, that is the Christmas present you gave us thank you very much and we'll take the same one this year lol. Be safe out there and God bless you and John
I know nothing about digging or excavating but I have to say: You, sir, are one of the very few people left on the planet who think ahead - e.g. flattening the surface so that it's easier for the other work team. Didn't take you very long at all, thanks to perfect machine control, but definitely makes a huge difference to those who do the next step - probably by hand. Merry christmas to you and yours and best regards from Germany. 🎄✨🙏💪💯
I've never used the roller compactor before. I've always used the vibrating tamper. I can see the benefit of using the rolling compactor because it will also mix the two substrates as it compacts everything. I think you're turning a lot of grown men into little boys wanting to be heavy equipment operators when they grow up..😂 now that I'm 54, I want to buy a mini-ex and do what you do.... thank you for the videos.
Chris does final grade and clean up like a Master Chef ising a wedding cake. Definitely a nice episode to catch the day before Christmas Eve. Kinda like a Christmas stocking present Y'all. Merry Christmas and a prosperous Happy New Year to my fellow subscribers and the Letsdig18 crew and Families.
Chris, thank you for all the enjoyable hours you’ve given to us, operating the machines that most of us would love to be playing with. I feel like I have been part of your projects, even though I’m a at least full day’s drive north! Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We’ll all be there in the cab with you. (Might get a bit crowded though)! And most important of all, good health! Without that, we have nothing! 😊
Chris, Thanks for a most entertaining year. I look forward to your regular posts, particularly where you are working in the cold. We don't have anything like that here on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Merry Christmas and a healthy new year to you and John.
I just want to say Chris you're very talented with the equipment you work with that's a lot of years of trial and error in my book you're the best operator I've seen Keep up the good work
-16 here and this is the first day in a while with no snow. However with all the wind blowing all the snow around, I’ll be cleaning up snow again tomorrow. Merry Christmas all!
Well Chris, I hope they shouted you a very nice Christmas lunch at the 19th hole !!! You deserve it after doing such a great job. You are a truly professional !!! Greetings from Australia
Hey just a little trick that we use on the jumping jack. Take a old strap and tie around the top bar on the jack so this way you can lift it with the bucket and not get too close to it
Very nice job. Merry Christmas to you and your family and I definitely look forward to watching your videos in the new year coming. Stay warm as it's very cold over here in Rochester Indiana.
Hey Chris, Merry Christmas To You And John, And Both Of Your Family's!!! You Said It Was Cold There This Morning, It Was -15f In Chicago This Morning!! BRRRRRRRR!! Later Guys!!
Merry Christmas to you over the pond, as well. Keep that “Nectar of the Gods” flowing! And send more! From Canada (Scotland’s second home)! Campbell Clan here!
Great work on the mill pond it's been a tough job, Have you seen the diesel compactor that dirt boss uses this could have been the perfect job for that for that. Have a great Christmas.
Hi Chris love the work you do just wanted to say Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends by the way how's your eyes doing it's been a month or more God bless you I'll always be praying for you and watch you work hard the weather here is -2 but like -25
There ain't to many out there that can take a cow paddy and make a work of art of it with a bucket. Great Job Chris. Merry Christmas to you and all your family.
Great that you show your mistakes Chris ,you are human lol.joking. I love that John isn't bothered either way by the camera. Ide love to see him on DPs podcast.
Another good fix that was a hole too remember glad they caught it cause it was about to eat that little dam up then it would have been a little bigger mess nice save 👍 8:06pm from North Country NY 😎🇺🇸
Makes you wonder how long that hole was there, before it started washing big chunks of soil out of the dam. I have a question for anyone who can answer, the stuff that was added to the soul does it just make the soil more clay like of does is do something else? Haven't come across is before. Nice job and nicely cleared up, but there again we wouldn't expect anything else from the dynamic duo.
I see old job sites while riding down the road, I'm that guy that points them out to my son. Good to see you're on one of them from back in the day. My career now is quite different but I remember those days. Merry Christmas bucko!
A thousand years or so from now someone is going to wonder what all these white balls are in the dirt that they are digging up. LOL. Thanks for all the videos this year. Merry Christmas and a very prosperous new Year. Blessings to and your family.
I'm laughing at the guy who has to chip from that trap. Chris, your "sand" traps are awesome! I can tell it's cold because John's wearing pants. P.S. 2 bags of bentonite, you go John!
I watched them sod an apartment project in San Jose California. They put about 3 inches of saw dust on top of clay and then sod. They watered it all summer and it seemed to be good.. I haven't seen that since. .
MERRY CHRISTMAS ! Don't go out sat or sunday your going freeze your nutz off ! Its -3 wind chill -26 tonight top indiana ! you should give the farm animals some extra bedding shielded from the winds too !
Oh the big black stripes across the fairway 😮 ! Gotta do what ya gotta do. Be interesting to see that hill next summer once the golf course gets it massaged ….
That’s one project that I would like to see you revisit once they have completed all the “dressing up”!
I would say that the effort you and John put in to minimize the damage and ease the final repairs is a big part of why the golf courses like having you guys do the jobs.
Totally agree, nothing worse than a contractor leaving huge track lines everywhere.
@@everestyeti track lines and wheel ruts and you do not have the equipment to repair? At least the golf courses have the equipment and staff for it but it's still better to have minimal cleanup for them.
At first I thought, dam gophers. Old rock dams gonna hold up for a few more years. Watching you operate that equipment is an absolute pleasure and the results are always beyond satisfactory. Merry Christmas.
Don’t worry about the Gophers. Bill Murray looked after them in Caddyshack! (I spent 30 years in the Golf Course industry. That film was our Mantra!)
@@tomrogers9467 As a kid we used to shoot at gophers in our backyard with our slingshots. Big rodents.
@@JD-zm4eh My property gets overrun with red squirrels if I don’t practice “retroactive” birth control on them. 22 Long Rifle.
Bentonite clay expands and holds together when wet and plugs holes in basement walls and pond dams when used correctly. Great idea to layer that in the dam.
Does that bentonite / clay combo become like a porous concrete? Or more watertight?
@@jonathanjudd3168 more watertight, bentonite expands when it absorbs moisture. when mixed with other natural clays, it is more long lasting as it doesn't leach out as much over time.
@@markrichter8362 thank you, that makes sense.
Chris I hope and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. I love these videos all year long, that is the Christmas present you gave us thank you very much and we'll take the same one this year lol. Be safe out there and God bless you and John
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas 🎅 and hope you have a great Christmas
Back atcha
Chris have a Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🏻🎁
I know nothing about digging or excavating but I have to say: You, sir, are one of the very few people left on the planet who think ahead - e.g. flattening the surface so that it's easier for the other work team. Didn't take you very long at all, thanks to perfect machine control, but definitely makes a huge difference to those who do the next step - probably by hand.
Merry christmas to you and yours and best regards from Germany. 🎄✨🙏💪💯
I've never used the roller compactor before. I've always used the vibrating tamper. I can see the benefit of using the rolling compactor because it will also mix the two substrates as it compacts everything. I think you're turning a lot of grown men into little boys wanting to be heavy equipment operators when they grow up..😂 now that I'm 54, I want to buy a mini-ex and do what you do.... thank you for the videos.
Merry Christmas to you and your family hopefully everything is going well try to stay safe and warm. You are doing a great job take care.
Chris does final grade and clean up like a Master Chef ising a wedding cake.
Definitely a nice episode to catch the day before Christmas Eve.
Kinda like a Christmas stocking present Y'all.
Merry Christmas and a prosperous Happy New Year to my fellow subscribers and the Letsdig18 crew and Families.
YEah he's slinging mud instead of sugar!🤣
Merry Christmas Chris, hope you enjoy some time off with family n friends.
Chris, thank you for all the enjoyable hours you’ve given to us, operating the machines that most of us would love to be playing with. I feel like I have been part of your projects, even though I’m a at least full day’s drive north!
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We’ll all be there in the cab with you. (Might get a bit crowded though)! And most important of all, good health! Without that, we have nothing! 😊
Chris,
Thanks for a most entertaining year. I look forward to your regular posts, particularly where you are working in the cold. We don't have anything like that here on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
Merry Christmas and a healthy new year to you and John.
Great solo effort Chris. Its coimng along now and no turning back.
Professional work as usual! So cool to be able to switch buckets while sitting in warm cab! Way to go! God's blessings and stay warm.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Chris. And thank you for your videos - we appreciate them!!!
I just want to say Chris you're very talented with the equipment you work with that's a lot of years of trial and error in my book you're the best operator I've seen Keep up the good work
Absolutely amazing how you can take any peace of equipment an make anything look amazing. Hope yall have a great and safe Christmas an new year
Merry Christmas Chris & family...and a very Happy New Year!!
I'm sure the grounds crew appreciated you repairing your divots, Chris. The long reach is a heck of a golf cart.😉
Thanks for the ride along sir, great looking job.
Another year of great projects!!!! Merry Christmas to you,John and your families!!! Oh and Winston!!!
Lovely finish to a great job. Thanks for sharing with us and I hope your whole family has a wonderful Christmas & a happy New Year.
Steady hands makes light work - well done. Grading with the long arm is amazing - just great.
Enjoyable project to see here. Pretty cool to think that you may have been the last person to see behind that dam!! Merry Christmas!!
I’d be interested in a video of the grounds crew coming in and repair and everything
That’s some pretty good slicking up with the long reach 😮
Another great job love the golf course work Wishing you and Uncle John and your families a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year
Da man don do dust! He be do MUD! 😂
Glad it turned out you were on solid ground. I was afraid we might see you disappear in a cloud of dust! Merry Christmas!
All done & dusted. The Long Reach worked a charm😊 Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
Merry Christmas Chris and John. Happy New Year, all the best for 2023.
Merry Chris mas everyone! We all got an early present! All love to you & yours 😍
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. Enjoy your TH-cam Channel.
Merry Christmas, Chris, everyone. Have a great weekend.
All repaired and ready to be beautified. Good video. Thanks Chris. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We were -11° this morning with a windchill of -39° way up here in Wisconsin. I’d take a 20° day myself.
I'm with you there.
I would play in the snow more above 25 degrees. It is way to cold to play.
-16 here and this is the first day in a while with no snow. However with all the wind blowing all the snow around, I’ll be cleaning up snow again tomorrow. Merry Christmas all!
@@slkwonk Middle of a blizzard in Central Ontario. It’s winter. Sh#t happens.
Wisconsin here also.
Brrrrrrrr
Atleast u were already there and had the equipment there. Need to get a compactor like dirt boss has its badass.
Hello there Chris 🚧🔥🚧.
That's not cold! We have -11℉
and about 2 feet of snow.
Well Chris, I hope they shouted you a very nice Christmas lunch at the 19th hole !!! You deserve it after doing such a great job. You are a truly professional !!! Greetings from Australia
Apart from the mess left behind this golf course project made for great viewing bro. Safe travels over the festive season from NZ
Merry Christmas to you and all of your Family Friends and Crew
Hey just a little trick that we use on the jumping jack. Take a old strap and tie around the top bar on the jack so this way you can lift it with the bucket and not get too close to it
Very nice job. Merry Christmas to you and your family and I definitely look forward to watching your videos in the new year coming. Stay warm as it's very cold over here in Rochester Indiana.
Merry Christmas to you and John
Chris, hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for the ALWAYS great content
Hey Chris, Merry Christmas To You And John, And Both Of Your Family's!!! You Said It Was Cold There This Morning, It Was -15f In Chicago This Morning!! BRRRRRRRR!! Later Guys!!
John is a beast. Two bags of bentonite at a time, a heck of a man.
Best regards from Indiana.
That's a little worker from the golf course lol
@@letsdig18 I didn't think that was John! Thanks for clearing that up.
I couldn't tell with the hood or hat. I reiterate, golf course guy is a beast!
Nice work as normal. It'll look great when they finish it. Them golf course people are magicians.
Some topsoil, a drag mat, a seeder, a few weeks and Voila! Fixed! (40 years in the trade)!
"Don't get too close." Immediately moves closer 😆
Thanks Chris for all your video's and a Merry Christmas from the UK. Looking forward to next year.
Merry Christmas, Chris, to you, John, & the rest of the family!
I'd say you brought out the big tool belt on this one! 🙂 Very interesting to watch. Thanks for the videos!
Hallo Cris. I wish you and family a merry Christmas and happy new year. I always watch your before I go to work.
Love from Denmark 🇩🇰
Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year to you and your family
Merry Christmas to you and the family Chris and Uncle John. All the best for 2023 from Scotland. 👍💚🥃🥃
Merry Christmas to you over the pond, as well. Keep that “Nectar of the Gods” flowing! And send more! From Canada (Scotland’s second home)! Campbell Clan here!
Great work on the mill pond it's been a tough job, Have you seen the diesel compactor that dirt boss uses this could have been the perfect job for that for that. Have a great Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you and all your family. The reason for the season.
Good afternoon Lets Dig 18ers from cool Mn ! -2f here.
About the same temps here in Chicago, wind chills are at -30 below zero
Gee that makes the 28/17F we have here in Central Texas almost bearable...🤪
@@ricanderson5717 Thats "throw on a light vest" weather!😀
Hi Chris love the work you do just wanted to say Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends by the way how's your eyes doing it's been a month or more God bless you I'll always be praying for you and watch you work hard the weather here is -2 but like -25
It's all good back to normal like 2 days after
Have a wonderful Christmas Chris.
That mud will be dried out in about 3 years . Lol poor John looked like he was cold
There ain't to many out there that can take a cow paddy and make a work of art of it with a bucket. Great Job Chris. Merry Christmas to you and all your family.
Great that you show your mistakes Chris ,you are human lol.joking.
I love that John isn't bothered either way by the camera.
Ide love to see him on DPs podcast.
Another great job in the books for Mr John and 18!
Another good fix that was a hole too remember glad they caught it cause it was about to eat that little dam up then it would have been a little bigger mess nice save 👍 8:06pm from North Country NY 😎🇺🇸
Makes you wonder how long that hole was there, before it started washing big chunks of soil out of the dam. I have a question for anyone who can answer, the stuff that was added to the soul does it just make the soil more clay like of does is do something else? Haven't come across is before. Nice job and nicely cleared up, but there again we wouldn't expect anything else from the dynamic duo.
Good evening Chris it's 6 degrees here in Saint Thomas, PA at 5:05pm . Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Was the sink hole was next to the pipe? If so, a concrete seep collar is needed. Would be a relatively easy fix and prevent future sink holes.
I see old job sites while riding down the road, I'm that guy that points them out to my son. Good to see you're on one of them from back in the day. My career now is quite different but I remember those days. Merry Christmas bucko!
A thousand years or so from now someone is going to wonder what all these white balls are in the dirt that they are digging up. LOL. Thanks for all the videos this year. Merry Christmas and a very prosperous new Year. Blessings to and your family.
I knew some one was going to bring that up. 🙂
For some reason that hole digging was intense, weird. Thank you and have a great day.
Hey, NC got some power outages acrossed the state time to put in wholehouse backup generator.
Great job as usual Chris. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. God Bless!
Looks so good, great job Brother, hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year👍👍
Thanks for the videos I enjoy watching you work your talents. Merry Christmas to you and the family be safe
Great work on the course, please take some photos or a video of the area would be outstanding.
Hope you and your family have a merry christmas
"Follow the path of disturbance" You could put that on a T-shirt.
Merry Christmas to you and family 👍👍👍👍👍👍
It's 9° below zero here today in Chicago land is right now it's two above but it's going to be 45 on this week Wednesday
I'm laughing at the guy who has to chip from that trap. Chris, your "sand" traps are awesome! I can tell it's cold because John's wearing pants. P.S. 2 bags of bentonite, you go John!
Look closely, that’s not uncle John 2 bagging
A merry Christmas to you Chris, Kev 🇬🇧
Chris Merry Christmas to you and your family and all those who work with you and follow you on you tube. 👍👍👍👍👍😁👏👏👏
Good work Chris! Have a Merry Christmas! Look forward to another season of excavations with you... Ron...
Like the video Chris and Have Merry Christmas to John and all your familys and Frends .
Ooo and tell John and Charlie Merry Christmas and happy New Year’s
The operator with the surgeon touch great video thank you Chris
Awesome work Chris. Merry Christmas
It turned out so nice! As all your work does. Merry Christmas to you and your family. 🌲♥️🌲👍👍✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸
Merry Christmas and happy New year. Would have been nice to see where the water was coming from.
I watched them sod an apartment project in San Jose California. They put about 3 inches of saw dust on top of clay and then sod.
They watered it all summer and it seemed to be good..
I haven't seen that since. .
yes vary gentile , don't want to knock the bosman in the drink, nice job as usual
This golf course seems to be one of John's best customers, he gets frequent repeat jobs here.
MERRY CHRISTMAS ! Don't go out sat or sunday your going freeze your nutz off ! Its -3 wind chill -26 tonight top indiana ! you should give the farm animals some extra bedding shielded from the winds too !
Chris you're a very smooth operator....Merry Christmas 🎄
Looking good out there, Cris and merry Christmas to you and your family Ray from Oregon
Oh the big black stripes across the fairway 😮 ! Gotta do what ya gotta do. Be interesting to see that hill next summer once the golf course gets it massaged ….
Have a Blessed Merry Christmas & New Year😊
Merry Christmas Chris,there is A lot of snow here in Finland Skandinavia.
Merry Christmas to the let's dig 18 crew and family