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The cows are sure liking that job, kind of a moo-ving experience. Your cows were also watching you when you were playing with Strawberry Cheesecake at home. Nice to have an audience that doesn't criticize your work. As for the turtle, he's just hoping you make it snappy!
Awesome video Chris, cool to see you an big John back in a pond working, you guys know you're stuff when it comes to ponds that's for sure, you do dang good work, proof is in the pudding, thanks for sharing an look forward to seeing the next video 💪🇺🇸
Looking up to the right from the soft spot at the fence, you can see it's actually at the bottom of a pretty wide natural swale, hence the soggy ground.
After rough start to my project due to wet clay I had here in Montana today, unfortunately this video brings me comfort knowing even the best get sidelined from time to time due to extenuating circumstances. Thanks!
Looks like it's time to get one of those LD18 AMI rotating bucket setups for the 250 like you have on your personal machine. Would have been perfect for the front face of the dam.
If I had the money I would go get my own excavation machines like these and start a business a lot of money can be made in this kind of work. This guy is so skilled at his machine. Really inspiring!
That is when you need a whole lot of mats and build a wooden highway. Find an old pipeline that is complete and they often give them away for anyone who will haul them.
Cows are curious. I’ve had more than a few bovine supervisors over the years, especially when fixing fences and working pastures. I’ve found them to be pretty friendly too. I enjoy watching your work. You are very creative.
Pond dam dam and what you have dug looks awesome as always Chris! I always like watching the 250 and haul truck work, that huge bucket does some digging! Thanks for sharing, another good video brother! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
What a beautiful day you had. That pond might be classified as a bio hazard because cows do not have good manners. :) Love your open line "my favourite audience".😄
How IT Feels to be THE Best Operater ON YOUTube. IT IS Amazing. I wish I could Afford ONE OF your Cap, I wear it Proudly. I don't Miss A SINGLE ONE OF your Videos. Keep Doing what you Doing.
The sounds of the 250 crushing stumps in the morning, music to my ears. Big John want's to use his body to take care of problems then Chris use's the excavator to take car of the issue.
Chris, good video! the last wet pond clean out I did was kinda like that. I have an old tandum dump truck that I use off road and the guy driving it got stuck so many times and even backed into the front of my service truck. Hell of a mess! 😀
The enormous satisfaction one gets when watching workers who know exactly what it is they are doing. I enjoy immensely your videos keep making them although it is I know the time it takes to edit and upload them that adds to your day but all the same just bloody brilliant.
You are a great operator for sure. that place reminds me of a farm we worked on between Wilson and Clayton years ago nice place, its a lot different than here along the cost,
Good to see Uncle John. Hopefully he's fully recovered from the operation by now. Might be a good idea for the owner of the pond to get a solar power water pump and aerator... could help keep the water clearer and get rid of that nasty algae. HAB's, cyanobacteria, can kill cattle.
I would say look into getting a Volvo long boom arm for when you need it. They aren't too difficult to change out. I'd also recommend a forestry cage on your Volvo.
Grace and peace to you and your family. You make operating an excavator look..”easy “; So when you say it’s “hard to do”… I completely believe it’s borderline impossible for us to imagine. I have total respect for your skill. ✝️
Don't let cows in the pond... Pump water to water troughs at least 50 ft from the pond. Cattle especially will destroy a pond. Cheap 12 v pump and solar system can keep a lot of cattle supplied with water.
When you said "...Off To A Rough Start" I thought 'Oh no!..What broke down now? Or did something slide off the damn and go swimming?' Nope.... 3/4 of the way through the video,...the truck decided to go slipping and a sliding like a kid with a snowboard at a ski slope! I bet the cows enjoyed the show.
Fun job…pond reminds me of Mississippi ponds….green with turtles. I thought you were going to take camera out grading with dozer but it made it. Nice work.
I follow a couple who built a house out of shipping containers. It is in TX and has a nice (now) pond on it but it was so green you could've about walked across it on the algae. They installed an aerator on it and hooked it up to a solar panel and after a couple days, it was clear as can be. If your cows will be drinking this maybe you should do that too? But then I fell way behind on your videos so who knows, by now you may have figured it out yourself. lol Back to my binge watching. I only have 167 more to get to where you are now.
@@deconteesawyer5758 I am from Louisiana, we eat just about anything that will not eat us first. Turtle is very good eating, providing it is cooked correctly.
@@bobbywelch6035 25% of the entire USA production of corn could be put on our empty grocery shelves if the eco-terrorists in the White House allowed us to be energy independent like we were a year ago, and quit mandating corn be burned in our cars and instead made bio-fuel out of them.
In my neck of the woods we call that a dugout for the cows to drink from. I need to do two of our dugouts and clean them out. Supposedly the bottom of the dugout there is a black layer of organic material that is some of the best fertilizer you can get. So i'm going to be saving it. Why did you use a digging bucket instead of a clean up bucket on this project?
Something gives me a sneaking suspicion that soft spot used to be part of the pond. You did say it was 60-70 years old. That's a lot of years of silting.
One would swear you were using augmented sound effects when ripping out those stumps. Kinda sounded like me getting out of bed in the morning. 😆 New microphone?
Was a little rough going there wasn't it !! lolol... But, nothing ever really goes as planned anyway, ya know it ?? lolol... Great as always Chris, Have a Great Evening , and, On too the Next !!
"AND, my kinda spectators.".......as the camera pans to the cow pen........what a Director! 👍😎
It's always good when the Moo Crew takes an interest :D
Great mooovie.
Moooovvellous video .
The cows are sure liking that job, kind of a moo-ving experience. Your cows were also watching you when you were playing with Strawberry Cheesecake at home. Nice to have an audience that doesn't criticize your work. As for the turtle, he's just hoping you make it snappy!
I had similar spectators on a recent project - a small herd of elk took a particular interest in what I was doing.
Awesome video Chris, cool to see you an big John back in a pond working, you guys know you're stuff when it comes to ponds that's for sure, you do dang good work, proof is in the pudding, thanks for sharing an look forward to seeing the next video 💪🇺🇸
How are you @derrickMegan Pettit
Cattle will always ensure one has work to do especially when is comes to water storage. Rough job for sure. Yes, pretty and well maintained country.
This looks like a good job. No trees to remove first (except dead ones on dam). Cant wait to see finished.
The pond master strikes again, looking good Chris. More mud pies!! Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
Good morning @Graham Allen
I always enjoy seeing big John out there getting done 👍
I could not believe the ruts from the haul truck Thanks for sharing Chris 👍
Looking up to the right from the soft spot at the fence, you can see it's actually at the bottom of a pretty wide natural swale, hence the soggy ground.
As you are saying to 250 has the power, You can hear it crunching the stump. Love it!!
After rough start to my project due to wet clay I had here in Montana today, unfortunately this video brings me comfort knowing even the best get sidelined from time to time due to extenuating circumstances. Thanks!
My guess is that the rain runs down into the pond creating some soggy nasty soil plus the cow crap adds to the softness
Looks like it's time to get one of those LD18 AMI rotating bucket setups for the 250 like you have on your personal machine. Would have been perfect for the front face of the dam.
Good morning@beardyeighty
Day off watching on the big screen love the videos and the amount you work keep it up 👍 thanks from mike in Truro Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦
You know your in there when you drag the diffs on the haul truck in the mud.
If I had the money I would go get my own excavation machines like these and start a business a lot of money can be made in this kind of work. This guy is so skilled at his machine. Really inspiring!
I'm right there with u buddy j would love to have my own business
Damn that pond is so full of algea I bet someone to swing in that
I am thoroughly impressed the dozer made it thru the face of the dam w/o slipping into the pond.
Them ol snappers going to be happy as a clam you are digging out their pond...
It’s fun to watch a professional work.
Every job is a new adventure
"Hey moos" love it. The cows did not care about that big excavator running about.
Great job. Looking forward to Part 2
Such a beautiful sound when those stumps come out of the ground.
That is when you need a whole lot of mats and build a wooden highway. Find an old pipeline that is complete and they often give them away for anyone who will haul them.
Cows are curious. I’ve had more than a few bovine supervisors over the years, especially when fixing fences and working pastures. I’ve found them to be pretty friendly too.
I enjoy watching your work. You are very creative.
Always curious. We had hand reared heifers that would walk up behind you and stick their heads under your arm to see what you were doing.
Pond is looking great Chris. You had a good plan with the dam. Looks super.
Pond dam dam and what you have dug looks awesome as always Chris! I always like watching the 250 and haul truck work, that huge bucket does some digging! Thanks for sharing, another good video brother! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
What a beautiful day you had. That pond might be classified as a bio hazard because cows do not have good manners. :) Love your open line "my favourite audience".😄
I wouldn’t swim in that pond either, looks like coolant!
Yup, straight up antifreeze !
I love that you are talking more and we can hear you!!! Good direction on the mike!
you need wider tires for your dump truck , you should look at a tracked dumper with low ground pressure mud tracks if you ever get one for your self
How IT Feels to be THE Best Operater ON YOUTube. IT IS Amazing. I wish I could Afford ONE OF your Cap, I wear it Proudly. I don't Miss A SINGLE ONE OF your Videos. Keep Doing what you Doing.
Ol mr turtle 🐢 is gonna love you when you are done with his home. Bigger is better
you make this look so effortless and what a great job you do!
Chris great video! Thanks for sharing. Kevin
The 220 is nice and all, but I really enjoy watching you work that 2Fiddy!
Should put a field tile line through the wet area, will get the water to the pond and dry up that area of the pasture.
The sounds of the 250 crushing stumps in the morning, music to my ears. Big John want's to use his body to take care of problems then Chris use's the excavator to take car of the issue.
Hello Chris, We are Volvo FAMILY ;)
Good to see another great operator :)
Yeah those spectators probably thought you were there with feed! lol 😂
@Kirk good afternoon
Nice work today Chris. Sweet Smooth and Classy.
Chris, good video! the last wet pond clean out I did was kinda like that. I have an old tandum dump truck that I use off road and the guy driving it got stuck so many times and even backed into the front of my service truck. Hell of a mess! 😀
Good morning another job well done as usual Have a great day God bless
You know fall is here, when the guys in NC are wearing sweat shirts in the am...
Cows and snappers for an audience, such a pity they can not give a thumbs up bro. Safe travels up your way
Awesome job I can hardly wait to see part 2
Wow.. that equipment weighs quite a bit so to see it pitch you down when you grab a stump shows just how well rooted trees are. Great operator btw
You really know your trees my friend.
Everytime you do a job bro it's always an amazing job you do when you complete it
The enormous satisfaction one gets when watching workers who know exactly what it is they are doing. I enjoy immensely your videos keep making them although it is I know the time it takes to edit and upload them that adds to your day but all the same just bloody brilliant.
They've got penty of water - it's just not in the pond!
Well that is right up the Pond Doctor alley, looks awesome Chris
Que the music- “ Never fear, Pondmaster is here”
Great video!!! You need to convince John to purchase one of the AMI tilt buckets for his machine.
Alot of work done in one day nice job men 😎👍👍
Chris, thats a mighty set of "Cow bells" you have taking that dozer over that dam at that angle lol
You are a great operator for sure. that place reminds me of a farm we worked on between Wilson and Clayton years ago nice place, its a lot different than here along the cost,
Great video. As with most pond jobs the situation is often very fluid 😬!! So decisions must be made as conditions dictate
Good to see Uncle John. Hopefully he's fully recovered from the operation by now.
Might be a good idea for the owner of the pond to get a solar power water pump and aerator... could help keep the water clearer and get rid of that nasty algae. HAB's, cyanobacteria, can kill cattle.
Yeah, that pond has some green, doesn't it ? Lol.
You need to get a set of tracks for the rears on the haul truck like they use in the woods.
My little girl and I love watching you work! Keep up the good work
You are the man , with a plan , for the dam , good work again buddy 👍
It's a pleasure to watch a skilled operator. Love your vids.
I would say look into getting a Volvo long boom arm for when you need it. They aren't too difficult to change out.
I'd also recommend a forestry cage on your Volvo.
Turtles probably had a roll in that pond dam deteriorating also
the cows are waiting for you to finish Chris so they can trample everything back down lol
They aren't being allowed to drink directly from the pond anymore. piping etc will be installed to fill troughs.. As stated in this video
Thanks Chris, good job. I remember the other job where haul truck kept getting stuck. Ugh,
Grace and peace to you and your family.
You make operating an excavator look..”easy “; So when you say it’s “hard to do”… I completely believe it’s borderline impossible for us to imagine. I have total respect for your skill. ✝️
Don't let cows in the pond...
Pump water to water troughs at least 50 ft from the pond.
Cattle especially will destroy a pond.
Cheap 12 v pump and solar system can keep a lot of cattle supplied with water.
That is what letsdig18 said. :)
Chris operates his excavator so smoothly that I would have zero hesitation to let him scratch my back with that big ass bucket!!
"That's a real pretty pond..." . Yeah, if you ignore the prehistoric occupant with the 4-inch neck!
When you said "...Off To A Rough Start" I thought 'Oh no!..What broke down now? Or did something slide off the damn and go swimming?' Nope.... 3/4 of the way through the video,...the truck decided to go slipping and a sliding like a kid with a snowboard at a ski slope! I bet the cows enjoyed the show.
Fun job…pond reminds me of Mississippi ponds….green with turtles. I thought you were going to take camera out grading with dozer but it made it. Nice work.
Uncle Jon really does love to work that chainsaw. Big old cedar stumps look very rotten and now the Pond Master is doing much needed refurbishment.
The Cows need the Water and GOD knows they drink a Lot of Water daily. Nice Updates to Pond.👍
I follow a couple who built a house out of shipping containers. It is in TX and has a nice (now) pond on it but it was so green you could've about walked across it on the algae. They installed an aerator on it and hooked it up to a solar panel and after a couple days, it was clear as can be. If your cows will be drinking this maybe you should do that too? But then I fell way behind on your videos so who knows, by now you may have figured it out yourself. lol Back to my binge watching. I only have 167 more to get to where you are now.
"There's the ruts." lol! And yeah, I think if you tried to step out in that pond for a swim, you'd probably bounce.
Jesus Chris.....that's one sensitive mic you got...man the crackle is AWESOME SOUNDING!!!
The pond man. They always my fav.
That snapping turtle would make a big pot of stew!
Don't even think about it if you got store bought teeth.
@@deconteesawyer5758 I am from Louisiana, we eat just about anything that will not eat us first. Turtle is very good eating, providing it is cooked correctly.
@@bobbywelch6035 Folks at the top end of the river would sure appreciate it if ya could be convinced to eat up all the Asian carp swimming upriver.
@@deconteesawyer5758 now that I won't eat, knowing. That said, them fish could be used as bait.
@@bobbywelch6035 25% of the entire USA production of corn could be put on our empty grocery shelves if the eco-terrorists in the White House allowed us to be energy independent like we were a year ago, and quit mandating corn be burned in our cars and instead made bio-fuel out of them.
In my neck of the woods we call that a dugout for the cows to drink from. I need to do two of our dugouts and clean them out. Supposedly the bottom of the dugout there is a black layer of organic material that is some of the best fertilizer you can get. So i'm going to be saving it. Why did you use a digging bucket instead of a clean up bucket on this project?
Just be prepared as that layer of black muck is going to STINK like you wouldn't believe for a while once exposed to the air.
Something gives me a sneaking suspicion that soft spot used to be part of the pond. You did say it was 60-70 years old. That's a lot of years of silting.
Keep it coming Chris
Man that’s a nice looking Heard of Herefords. 🇺🇸🤜🏽🤛🏻🇺🇸
fun to watch the old gal' yank those cedar stumps up. Just like flipping an egg over in a frying pan.
Cheers from Louisiana.
Looking at that pond reminds of ghost busters it even has creatures lurking in the green plasma
My guess is the cows were watching to see you slide into the pond 😂 nice job hanging that edge on the dozer.
Your in a rut Chris 😂 great content really enjoy watching you build these days.
Nice job Chris, love it. Bob NZ.
Gotta love “spectators” !!!
Chris
U r a very experienced operator
Hats off to u
I salute
One would swear you were using augmented sound effects when ripping out those stumps. Kinda sounded like me getting out of bed in the morning. 😆
New microphone?
I was thinking the same thing - I’ve watched hundreds of your videos and the sound was “extra vibrant” tonight. Something new?
same old camera, maybe I blew the dust out of the microphone
Stuck trucks are commonplace. I wanted to see a dozer slide into the pond. LOL. Glad it worked out.
Patience pays off. Watch your videos to remember. Thanks.
I thoroughly enjoyed the video.😀👍
Was a little rough going there wasn't it !! lolol... But, nothing ever really goes as planned anyway, ya know it ?? lolol... Great as always Chris, Have a Great Evening , and, On too the Next !!
I'm surprised you can't see trees sprout up and grow on front of you!
Because of the size of those snapping turtles & hearing Chuck Berry's song, " My Dinga Ling " as a kid, I don't swim in ponds either. Lol
Second/third passes with the dozer... yikes! That was steep!
I felt my behind slowly sliding of the chair.... 😂😂😂