"This is all done by eye; there is no plan..." Chris, your 'by eye' is better than most people's plans. I know you've been doing this for decades, but it still amazes me how well you do it, how easy you make it appear, and how robust it is. That is going to be a great road for the farmer. I'm sorry about Fred. Here's hoping this fix will get him up & at it. Thanks for sharing with us all.
I seem to remember Barney had some serious repairs when you first got it. Get this new one squared away and let him earn you some money. Just takes longer to get in the black but that is how it rolls sometimes. Good luck on it. Hopefully he will earn for a long time to come once you chase down the bugs.
These are my favorite shots - underneath the grader, looking back at the blade with the dirt or gravel rolling off of it like waves on a beach. It’s very calming. 18:33
I am blown away by how many times you climb in and out of different machines, all day long. Love your videos. Thank you for making them for us to enjoy.
Just watched Brush Commando's pond update videos that you did Chris, absolute beautiful job, the finishing touches he's doing in and around the pond is awesome!
Happy New Year LetsDig18. Loved the intro walk along the LetsDig18 Fleet avenue. Project coming along great really - Fred letting you down a bit though. Thankyou for filming some of your work and spending the time editing so we can learn and enjoy this side of the construction industry - down-to-earth reality..
Grader looks like it does an excellent job for you. You’re making good progress, be nice to see Fred in action again, hopefully sooner than later. Thanks for the update, enjoy watching.
Of all your equipment that is operated I think I enjoy watching your camera shots while grading, the most. What good looking roads here! Thanks again, Chris and a salute to Robert too for all his work in making these interesting videos for us.
Well I’d say another part of this project looking great man them roads are some nicely shaped and well built i think they will hold up well for years to come 👍😎🇺🇸 NY
Happy new year. A bummer with the dump truck, but when you tried to drain the oil (there wasn't there) from the drop box, it clearly showed it hadn't been maintained properly for a very long time, and I must say I'm quite surprised it held on so long as it did. Just hoping the rest of the truck has been better maintained than the drop box.
Always great videos. I know with the sand and crushed concrete and good conditions this one (except for dropbox) is a fun one to make. Keep up the good work.
When I was a kid in Vermont, we called the motor grader a ‘road scraper’ because our house was on a dirt road and… yup! You guessed it 😂 After watching the 750 Volvo work on Gold Rush last night, that 350 just doesn’t look so big 😆
Did a driveway once with what we call 'Crush and Run'. We then covered it with 'Crush and Dust'. When it rained, it was like Concrete. And years later, it still looks good.
Always fun watching your videos! Spent the first ten summers of my life in gravel pits with my grandparents.. My grandfather’s company helped build the Alaskan Highway.. I have his photo album from it..He would love watching these videos! Thanks for sharing!
All that painful time sorting the concrete, removing all the rebarb, crushing it. Now using it 😅. Your what legends are made of, with your eye for perfection 😊.
IMHO: Smart to pull the drop box. Imagine if it was low (or no) oil there would be some damage in there. Bummer that the owner dumped it. The rest of truck, engine seems good, steering seems good, frame seems good. Rest of it is kinda 'normal' maintenance. (Brakes, axle oil seals... etc.) Truck should give good service for many years.
Great job 👍🏻 love the dump truck in the thumbnail never noticed it until now 15:18 love the box on the dash of the grader 16:00 love how you stopped it would have been cool to see you clean the truck bed out but no worries 25:33 love the hole in the dump truck bed on the top
Beautiful job as usual Chris. Uncle John taught you well. No plan just eye and topnotch knowhow. Mercy how many acres are in this tract of land it just keeps growing. Take care Chris and have a great evening.
Sure turned out to be a smart decision to crush all of those hog pen pads to have the quantity of stone for road work. Sad to hear Fred A30 has a bad drop box but at least the engine is good and you don`t have brake problems. Good job on the pipe install and getting good cover before haul weight on it.
Happy Bew Year to you as well Chris. I hope Fred is up and on the job soon. Of course like any used piece of equipment bought used ran when parked you never know what level of regular maintenance it received. Seems like Fred's drop box didn't get a lick of regular maintenance.
That has been a big job. It will be interesting at the end when you fly by to see what you did, right now it is a bit confusing. :) Thank you and have a great week.
Chris, I enjoy the way you narrate and tell us what you’re going to do as you’re doing it. Your knowledge is so helpful and let me know what order to do things and how to do it. Keep up the good work. I hope your year is going great. Looks like the road is almost finished, what is the owner going to have you do next I wonder
Chris would you ever do what your ponds look like now show? You did a pond about a year ago that was a perfect circle and the deepest pond you ever did, behind a shop. I like see that pond today.
And you have to realize they are all on private property. Would you be too keen on having a few hundred thousand people view your completed property? 👀
To bad about the drop box, but it would have eventually tore up on some other job. I still think you to get a small electric bicycle or scooter to get back to your equipment. Stay warm!
I was going to ask also. When he goes to pick up a load I don't see any uncrushed concrete in the background. Maybe the owner just hauled it out for landfill.
Starting the year off with a big repair tax right off. Owning equipment is like doing snow plowing in the north. All of the money you make goes into repairs.
At least with the new haul truck you found out the problems on a site where you weren't stuck with nothing else to use to haul with. That aside it does bite about the coast of fixing it. On the bright side at least you'll know what you have once it is fixed. Getting all the bugs worked out can be a bitch though. All and all you've got a good fleet.
Too bad the previous owner didn't take better care of Fred. The cost of new equipment is out-of-sight, someome is making a bunch of money along the line.
I know it was expensive to rent the rock cruiser and equipment to run it but it would be nice to see what the estimate to have that hauled off and purchase all the tons of gravel you need for the road I am curious to know how much it saved
My father, rest his soul, used to say two things about buying used. one, your buying someone else's problems. Two. if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. It's cheap for a reason.
"This is all done by eye; there is no plan..." Chris, your 'by eye' is better than most people's plans. I know you've been doing this for decades, but it still amazes me how well you do it, how easy you make it appear, and how robust it is. That is going to be a great road for the farmer. I'm sorry about Fred. Here's hoping this fix will get him up & at it. Thanks for sharing with us all.
I seem to remember Barney had some serious repairs when you first got it. Get this new one squared away and let him earn you some money. Just takes longer to get in the black but that is how it rolls sometimes. Good luck on it. Hopefully he will earn for a long time to come once you chase down the bugs.
@@markpashia7067 Barney just needed wheel seals
@@JohnyLatelyComeAnd a new radiator as I recall!
These are my favorite shots - underneath the grader, looking back at the blade with the dirt or gravel rolling off of it like waves on a beach. It’s very calming. 18:33
I agree love the material rolling off the blade
I am blown away by how many times you climb in and out of different machines, all day long.
Love your videos. Thank you for making them for us to enjoy.
That’s what tires you out the most…I hate when I’m the only operator and have to do that…he won’t be doing that in ten more years!
Gotta love a project where you have the rock on site!! This has been a cool one to watch come together!!
Sorry about your bad luck with the truck happy New Year have a great evening 👍🏻🇺🇸
Just watched Brush Commando's pond update videos that you did Chris, absolute beautiful job, the finishing touches he's doing in and around the pond is awesome!
Happy New Year LetsDig18. Loved the intro walk along the LetsDig18 Fleet avenue. Project coming along great really - Fred letting you down a bit though. Thankyou for filming some of your work and spending the time editing so we can learn and enjoy this side of the construction industry - down-to-earth reality..
So cool to see all that crushed concrete fulfilling its planned use. Great project start to almost finish!!
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Grader looks like it does an excellent job for you. You’re making good progress, be nice to see Fred in action again, hopefully sooner than later. Thanks for the update, enjoy watching.
Sorry to hear about Fred, but once repaired you will have a good addition. Roads look amazing. 😊😊😊😊
Hopefully Fred gets well soon, the road is looking great Chris.
Happy NY to you, Geoff's fireworks was pretty spectacular, nice work on the road, it is looking fantastic..
Of all your equipment that is operated I think I enjoy watching your camera shots while grading, the most. What good looking roads here!
Thanks again, Chris and a salute to Robert too for all his work in making these interesting videos for us.
Happy new year to you all. 👍👍
Well I’d say another part of this project looking great man them roads are some nicely shaped and well built i think they will hold up well for years to come 👍😎🇺🇸 NY
Happy new year. A bummer with the dump truck, but when you tried to drain the oil (there wasn't there) from the drop box, it clearly showed it hadn't been maintained properly for a very long time, and I must say I'm quite surprised it held on so long as it did. Just hoping the rest of the truck has been better maintained than the drop box.
Always great videos. I know with the sand and crushed concrete and good conditions this one (except for dropbox) is a fun one to make. Keep up the good work.
That rock will shine up a truck bed in no time
I hope you weld rails on that truck bed too increase it's capacity. It's be awesome too see it hold a bunch.
When I was a kid in Vermont, we called the motor grader a ‘road scraper’ because our house was on a dirt road and… yup! You guessed it 😂
After watching the 750 Volvo work on Gold Rush last night, that 350 just doesn’t look so big 😆
Very enjoyable video Chris this farm road is going to be better than some of the remaining gravel roads in North Carolina.
Great job buddy. Looks like you might be working yourself out of work on that job. Thanks for the ride.
Did a driveway once with what we call 'Crush and Run'. We then covered it with 'Crush and Dust'. When it rained, it was like Concrete. And years later, it still looks good.
You should get a ditch bucket, very handy!
Always fun watching your videos! Spent the first ten summers of my life in gravel pits with my grandparents.. My grandfather’s company helped build the Alaskan Highway.. I have his photo album from it..He would love watching these videos! Thanks for sharing!
Give us a cost breakdown on the cost of the truck and repairs if you don’t mind
Only if you donate half lol,imagine all subscribers donating a $ ?
How is that any of your business?
Costs less than the price of a brand new truck and more than he wants to spend to fix an old truck but it's got to be done.
@@farmerbill6855 I’m sure it’s no secret. Just curious about the cost of a used but fully functional truck.
@JohnyLatelyCome Try Google. Machinery dealers and auctions everywhere. Parts departments are also readily available.
Skill or Luck or both when it comes to sticking together that black corrugated pipe. I am just a little envious it.
All that painful time sorting the concrete, removing all the rebarb, crushing it. Now using it 😅.
Your what legends are made of, with your eye for perfection 😊.
That is some good clay you got on the road, would have made a perfect pond bottom.
Another great video on this project bro, the crushed concrete is slowly being eaten away but working out good for your needs. Safe travels. Ken.
Outstanding job 😊 and so beautiful 😊 hello from Hamburg NY Happy New Year 🎊
Happy New Year, may digging always be fruitful.
Need to check-in with uncle Jon!
I need a rock pile like that nearby to put on my road 👍🏻
happy new year Chris
The roads and the building pads ate the piles of crushed concrete
Thanks for sharing mate love watching your videos
IMHO: Smart to pull the drop box. Imagine if it was low (or no) oil there would be some damage in there. Bummer that the owner dumped it. The rest of truck, engine seems good, steering seems good, frame seems good. Rest of it is kinda 'normal' maintenance. (Brakes, axle oil seals... etc.) Truck should give good service for many years.
Nice work 👍🏻👍🏻
Great job 👍🏻 love the dump truck in the thumbnail never noticed it until now 15:18 love the box on the dash of the grader 16:00 love how you stopped it would have been cool to see you clean the truck bed out but no worries 25:33 love the hole in the dump truck bed on the top
Looking good.
Happy New Year to you Chris from Australia. Love your video's. With all the new equipment, maybe you need to put Robert on the payroll.
That truck will pay for it itself over time. The Dropbox will make it take a little longer
Nice looking job Chris . Happy New Year
Beautiful job as usual Chris. Uncle John taught you well. No plan just eye and topnotch knowhow. Mercy how many acres are in this tract of land it just keeps growing. Take care Chris and have a great evening.
Whole lot of road being built. Very nice project!
Looks like you have work and machines enough to get Robert on full time as operater/bushmechanic.
You are definitely putting a hurt on this project’ and that motor grader is a formidable piece of an equipment to finalize it.😊
Nice work, Chris
This is a hell of an infrastructure project for a farm
Happy New Year Chris
Good Work 👍...
Thanks for sharing...
P.S.... Long john weather next week lol...
Sure turned out to be a smart decision to crush all of those hog pen pads to have the quantity of stone for road work. Sad to hear Fred A30 has a bad drop box but at least the engine is good and you don`t have brake problems. Good job on the pipe install and getting good cover before haul weight on it.
The grader shot is incredible!
Happy New year to you and the family Chris.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all. May you and family have a safe and healthy 2025.
Happy new year to you as well, always love to watch your work. greetings from France
I miss seeing the one odd "giant garden tractor tire" that was on the old motor grader!
Good morning everyone
It's hard to believe that you've went through all of the concrete. When you crushed it I was wondering where it was all going to go. Well now we know.
Happy Bew Year to you as well Chris.
I hope Fred is up and on the job soon.
Of course like any used piece of equipment bought used ran when parked you never know what level of regular maintenance it received.
Seems like Fred's drop box didn't get a lick of regular maintenance.
Is your grader not big enough to do more of the undercutting and ditching? I would think it would be the more economical choice.
That has been a big job. It will be interesting at the end when you fly by to see what you did, right now it is a bit confusing. :) Thank you and have a great week.
Good morning my friend 😊❤
Chris has a really nice assortment of eqpt.
Happy new year to you Chris love the content watching from Ireland
Chris, I enjoy the way you narrate and tell us what you’re going to do as you’re doing it. Your knowledge is so helpful and let me know what order to do things and how to do it. Keep up the good work. I hope your year is going great. Looks like the road is almost finished, what is the owner going to have you do next I wonder
Nasty weather rolling in
Looking good Chris!
Chris would you ever do what your ponds look like now show? You did a pond about a year ago that was a perfect circle and the deepest pond you ever did, behind a shop. I like see that pond today.
I would enjoy seeing them also but he would need to get permission to overfly them and they are not always very close to home.
And you have to realize they are all on private property. Would you be too keen on having a few hundred thousand people view your completed property? 👀
Your getting really good at spreading with old Barnny.
To bad about the drop box, but it would have eventually tore up on some other job. I still think you to get a small electric bicycle or scooter to get back to your equipment. Stay warm!
Did the owner of the property ever find someone to finish crushing the concrete?
I was going to ask also. When he goes to pick up a load I don't see any uncrushed concrete in the background. Maybe the owner just hauled it out for landfill.
I'm pretty sure somewhere along the way Chris mentioned the original crew eventually came back and finished it
Like the video Chris and your a hard worker .
Thx for the extra effort into camera locations and some X4 motion? I don't like the boom camera makes me giddy lol.
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Happy New Year Chris!!! Still watching after all this time,looking forward to seeing you having a great year.
I wonder what the financial savings is for using the repurposed concrete? The entire property remake must be a large number.
Did the owner every find someone to crush the rest of the concrete?
Starting the year off with a big repair tax right off. Owning equipment is like doing snow plowing in the north. All of the money you make goes into repairs.
At least with the new haul truck you found out the problems on a site where you weren't stuck with nothing else to use to haul with. That aside it does bite about the coast of fixing it. On the bright side at least you'll know what you have once it is fixed. Getting all the bugs worked out can be a bitch though. All and all you've got a good fleet.
😏...OMG... is that a SHOVEL I see sticking out of that pile of dirt next to the culvert?
A replacement transfer case for the old truck is still cheaper than 3 DEF sensors on a brand new truck.
Thanks for recording during the 2024 year. Hope you continue to record for 2025. 🙂
Too bad the previous owner didn't take better care of Fred. The cost of new equipment is out-of-sight, someome is making a bunch of money along the line.
Hopefully Fred can get to work and pay for his repairs.
Happy New Year Chris. Sux about the haul truck
I know it was expensive to rent the rock cruiser and equipment to run it but it would be nice to see what the estimate to have that hauled off and purchase all the tons of gravel you need for the road I am curious to know how much it saved
Hi Chris, thanks for all your hard work and dedication. You do excellent work! Best regards, Scott
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Yes sir, from pig barns to one of the best private roads in the state. Looking good Chris.
That's more like a runway the length of that lol
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Are you going to buy anymore equipment from the place you got that truck?
My father, rest his soul, used to say two things about buying used. one, your buying someone else's problems. Two. if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. It's cheap for a reason.
Your father rest his soul was a very wise man
LetsDig18!😊
Ain't no compactor like a Volvo 25 ton compactor, cause a Barney compactor don't stop. Now Barney just needs to school Fred on how to behave.
Lot of cost but still cheaper than new truck that don't sound bad from a guy that can not even buy the fuel for it. Talking about myself