Love to watch you work. Really enjoy the running commentary. Very helpful to me. The right touch is an art. A little experience doesn't go amiss, either. If you ever "give a day of fun away" to learn a little, put my name in the hat. Lol.
Chris if you took and drilled and taped the operator side of the cleanup bucket and took a piece of flat bar you could set the receiver on the bucket and not worry about the arm angle.I did that on my mini ex works great
The mag mount should go right on the side of the bucket without doing any modifications. Like you say would have been ideal with the laser set low just to final grade the topsoil with the arm at any angle .
@@williamdyer8839 some people do weld poles on the bucket for that but for what Chris is doing here having it mounted on the side of the bucket would have worked well without modifying anything 👍🏻
Chris, as soon as you roto till that ground it's going to fluff all up and you will end up with another 6-12 inches of ground. The excavator pressed that stuff in pretty hard. Don't think there will be any issuse especially once you get the "tent" over it. Damn, sure am envious. I'm using a mantis tiller for my garden plot. Those who say your equipment is overkill haven't stood behind a mantis to till that size plot. Lookin good! (as always).
When grading like that (not taking full scoops out and such), was wondering if it would work well to put your grade sensor on the side of the bucket, as high as you can, then as long as the bottom of the bucket is flat, you would get an accurate reading, it wouldn't matter if the stick is at 90 deg. or way out. Wouldn't work if you were taking big scoops or digging down in a hole but for this type of pad work... Could even stay on if your digging out of piles of dirt, as long as you keep that side of the bucket out of the pile
Glad it dried out for you and had a better day to work on 'your stuff'. I had wondered if you were staging machines for the snow and ice that is forecast Thurs night / Friday for your area . Stay safe [and warm].
Chris, I didn't say it was too big, I just said your neighbors are used to you using 45,000lb machines to weed your flower bed!!!! Hey, if ya got it, flaunt it, right?
Would love to have one of those pipe laying Cats to pull some fence posts... Is the owner of that property charging for them to park all that stuff there? Had a neighbor who had 5 chicken houses so he started a compost thing on the side and he probably made more money from the manure, compost and mulch than he did the chickens. That 220 beats the heck out of a shovel and wheel barrow. Now your neighbors are all going to want one...
You come up with so many attachments I never saw before, I'm waiting now for the "mix-master" attachment, suitable for mixing topsoil, and as an extra, handy for making really large cakes. (and yes, trolls, I know about rotary tillers, I'm trying to make a joke.)
@@tomredmond Hi Tom I am good thank you. not been shooting for some time hence no new videos! Im into different stuff now like what letsdig18 Chris does ;-)
Once they start working the planting the dirt will never be as level again. Chris, are you going to put small ditch between the boundary trees and greenhouse to carry away excess water. Or will you harvest the rain off it to use inside?
Your videos of the retention pond dredging are mesmerizing. I never knew that those ponds had pudding for bottoms! You seem to get a lot of them to muck out. How do you get your business? Thanks for sharing!!
You could pull the good dirt from where your entrance's are going to be and put it where you are growing and use lesser quality dirt because you want be growing at your doors.
Hey Chris, Can you control the aux hydraulic settings on that machine? On my mini i can slow them down for my clean up bucket and run the fast for the thumb. It just makes the fine adjustment on the clean up bucket a little nicer to run. Love that machine with those AMI buckets!
Hey Chris,. Ur Mud Pies set up real nice!! 🤣 If I remember my Soils class correctly, your mix should be 2 top soil to 1 sand. But what the hell do I know, ur the Star... 🤗👍
Leave it in a pile to rot, along with whatever garden waste you don't feel like burning. And if you do, toss the ashes on there as well. Turn it after a couple of months, leave a while longer, and you'll have perfectly good compost.
Found Topcon Bluetooth remote mounts in cab while 360 Blue tooth Topcon receiver mounts on blade (tractor) or bucket (excavator). Edit: What gets expansive is the hydraulic valves that is controlled by the Topcon 360 blue tooth Receiver $5k each. I don't own any hydraulic valves, my setup around $4k. With 10' blade (tractor), full auto setup around $16k.
With Spectra setups, if laser is "red", yes. If you use "green", no. I upgraded last year to a green setup, with a mag receiver, and machine receiver only worked with red lasers. So, returned green and went to red laser (HV302) and love the setup. I built up a pad, almost 3' for my own greenhouse/Ret walls and got to within 1" w/o having to get on/off to continually check grade with stick. I am learning how to let machine do all the work instead of with hand tools.
At least it stayed dry, nothing worse then wet topsoil. Those grade recievers are well over priced for what they are, rip off, they should get cheaper soon.
OK, Chris, admit it! You have actually had a brin implant that connected the excavator controls to your arms & hands, right? Was there a reason to put the laser so close to that garage? If it was nearer to the other bucket it might have been hitting the receiver longer. Can that receiver be mounted on the side of a bucket? You really kept the bucket parallel with the ground almost 95% of the time. Oh well, Monday morning quarter-backing. YOU DA MAN!!
That nutcull head saying the excavator is too big . Is the same person that cleans the whole car with a toothbrush. Are you putting in irrigation lines in? Clever man saving that good soil.
On the back of the grading bucket above the hydraulic cylinders their are 2 taps that stick out, what are they for and why are they all shined up. (all paint removed)? 19:48
Yeah, I'm sure your going to round up a load of dirt to finish it off, your OCD won't let ya not finish it !! lololol... Yeah,that bucket is awesome !! Have a Great Evening....On to the Next !!
I'm not quite certain what the point was. The pad looked smooth and to grade when he started and then he made a special effort to raise the pad another foot or so with top soil and screened sand. Maybe I need one more episode to get the picture.
30 seconds into the video and I'm thinking I've never seen Chris do so much work outside of the machine before!
I know right. I think I’ve seen feed himself with it.
He fixed his Backhoe in a video. Bad cylinder.
LOVED your comment “you must have fell & bumped your head”!!!....adds a different dimension to your (already) vastly increasing fan base!!!😎👍🏾🤩
This seems to be a case of, "If you are really good at what you are doing, you can make it look easy!" Thanks for sharing.
It's nice to see some blue skies and dry dirt on your projects! It seems like it's been awhile.
That looks like a huge pad, can't wait to see the greenhouse!
Probably been mentioned many times, but I'll say it again, awesome house you have, love the porch.
That is nice soil, very sneaky of you left us with a cliffhanger that we did not know about. :)
You run what you brung! Looks like just the right sized machine for the job.
What beautiful dirt for a garden!
Great job looking great. Looks like it will be a nice green house.
That is going to be great garden soil. God bless
Nice weather, no mud. Coming along nice there. Happy farming!
reminds me of my old drinking days, where I'd mixed the dark beer with the light beer, poring back & forth.
That is some of the best soil I’ve ever seen!! Nice and rich!!! Good idea putting the leveler on the excavator boom!!
You are the envy of all us big kids getting to play in your big sandbox!!!
Love to watch you work. Really enjoy the running commentary. Very helpful to me.
The right touch is an art. A little experience doesn't go amiss, either.
If you ever "give a day of fun away" to learn a little, put my name in the hat. Lol.
Chris if you took and drilled and taped the operator side of the cleanup bucket and took a piece of flat bar you could set the receiver on the bucket and not worry about the arm angle.I did that on my mini ex works great
The mag mount should go right on the side of the bucket without doing any modifications. Like you say would have been ideal with the laser set low just to final grade the topsoil with the arm at any angle .
@@neilcotten2816 the only reason to raise it up on a bracket is to clear the dirt if it should overflow the bucket from my experience
@@williamdyer8839 some people do weld poles on the bucket for that but for what Chris is doing here having it mounted on the side of the bucket would have worked well without modifying anything 👍🏻
That machine looked like the right size to me. Grading bucket earned its keep on that job.
All that equipment and soil around and no thieving bastards: as it should be.
Chris, as soon as you roto till that ground it's going to fluff all up and you will end up with another 6-12 inches of ground. The excavator pressed that stuff in pretty hard. Don't think there will be any issuse especially once you get the "tent" over it. Damn, sure am envious. I'm using a mantis tiller for my garden plot. Those who say your equipment is overkill haven't stood behind a mantis to till that size plot. Lookin good! (as always).
Got to love a mantis tiller!! 😂😂
Damn thing may shake the fillings out of your teeth sometimes but it does get the job done.
Finally....ole Chris can grow a flavor saver. It's always good to scrub your plate before you eat
Making David one hell of a greenhouse! Surprised he isn't out there supervising!😂😂😂
Who’s David?
@@garymical4379 the guy he lives with. Ncfarmlife on TH-cam.
He was, he was on his channel talking about it.
@@garymical4379 FarmLifeNC
@@garymical4379 his life partner.
Love the attachment for swiveling the bucket!
Good job Chris, 👍👍, you are indeed a pleasure to watch!
Yeah Chris I hear that also. Neighbors say I can't do yard work without my bobcats or excavators or Gradall or dump trucks.
Black gold to keep you fed with nice fruit and veg 👍
What are you planting and share with everyone 🙏🇺🇸 Keep America Great
Nice! Can sure tell that finishing bucket is a n excellent investment 👍
LOAM...is a mixture of silt.clay...topsoil. EXCELLENT for growing.
When grading like that (not taking full scoops out and such), was wondering if it would work well to put your grade sensor on the side of the bucket, as high as you can, then as long as the bottom of the bucket is flat, you would get an accurate reading, it wouldn't matter if the stick is at 90 deg. or way out. Wouldn't work if you were taking big scoops or digging down in a hole but for this type of pad work... Could even stay on if your digging out of piles of dirt, as long as you keep that side of the bucket out of the pile
Excellent video of a bit of farm work bro. Safe travels
Chris could you show the construction and later on the progress on the green house and the plants
Go to FarmLifeNC and you can see that and more.
Beat me too it @blazer02ls.
Glad it dried out for you and had a better day to work on 'your stuff'. I had wondered if you were staging machines for the snow and ice that is forecast Thurs night / Friday for your area . Stay safe [and warm].
🔥🔥🔥 THAT’S SOME OF THE RICHEST SOIL I’VE SEEN YOU WORK IN A WHILE 👍
Omg that's some beautiful dirt! WOW
Edit: Also, this bucket is so nice. I want one!
Chris, I didn't say it was too big, I just said your neighbors are used to you using 45,000lb machines to weed your flower bed!!!! Hey, if ya got it, flaunt it, right?
some nice looking soil lol i notice your childhood tree in the background looks like its doing well
Great lesson in hydraulic gardening
I like that kind of leveler no in and out of the machine 👍
All that equipment around and your soil is still there......bonus😂
Nobody dares touch the soil.
Nice find of your own work to create that last year! Didn’t if you had sold it all. Sure you could have but...
Would love to have one of those pipe laying Cats to pull some fence posts... Is the owner of that property charging for them to park all that stuff there? Had a neighbor who had 5 chicken houses so he started a compost thing on the side and he probably made more money from the manure, compost and mulch than he did the chickens. That 220 beats the heck out of a shovel and wheel barrow. Now your neighbors are all going to want one...
You come up with so many attachments I never saw before, I'm waiting now for the "mix-master" attachment, suitable for mixing topsoil, and as an extra, handy for making really large cakes.
(and yes, trolls, I know about rotary tillers, I'm trying to make a joke.)
That's some rich looking soil you got there!
Thanks for the info with the laser to grade tool....always wondered how that was done!
Oh wow I love the level indicator on the digger arm thing 😃. its a lot nicer watching this video Chris that last one was so muddy!
Wow! Haven't seen that name in a few years. How you doing Lady.
@@tomredmond Hi Tom I am good thank you. not been shooting for some time hence no new videos! Im into different stuff now like what letsdig18 Chris does ;-)
First dry topsoil I have seen in eastern nc in a while
A nice flower bed, now only white gardenias and a Super Stock Dodge are missing.
A shiny red Dodge at that !
@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 A brand new shiny red Super Stock Dodge . U got that right.
Once they start working the planting the dirt will never be as level again.
Chris, are you going to put small ditch between the boundary trees and greenhouse to carry away excess water. Or will you harvest the rain off it to use inside?
Nice looking top soil
Your videos of the retention pond dredging are mesmerizing. I never knew that those ponds had pudding for bottoms! You seem to get a lot of them to muck out. How do you get your business? Thanks for sharing!!
You could pull the good dirt from where your entrance's are going to be and put it where you are growing and use lesser quality dirt because you want be growing at your doors.
You do good work brother! I’d like to know about half of what you know about running those machines. I really enjoy the videos a lot! Blessings!
Hey Chris, Can you control the aux hydraulic settings on that machine? On my mini i can slow them down for my clean up bucket and run the fast for the thumb. It just makes the fine adjustment on the clean up bucket a little nicer to run. Love that machine with those AMI buckets!
Just need to mix in some cow manure
Hey Chris,. Ur Mud Pies set up real nice!! 🤣
If I remember my Soils class correctly, your mix should be 2 top soil to 1 sand. But what the hell do I know, ur the Star... 🤗👍
that level Indicator is so neat
Chris said yeah I could've used a smaller machine and took a week to do it. Instead I used a big machine and did it in a few hours. Lol God bless
Ya we heard him.
If you want to drive a nail quickly use a big hammer! Chris is using his big hammer Well done as always!
out of the all the current project you're working on, this is the one I really cant wait to see when its done
👍 from the Netherlands
Anybody who has watched Chris's videos should know he could take one of those monster mining excavators and dig post holes with it
You need the animals to increase their "output" and mix that in there with a tiller. Make some dirt that seeds will fight to grow in.
Leave it in a pile to rot, along with whatever garden waste you don't feel like burning. And if you do, toss the ashes on there as well. Turn it after a couple of months, leave a while longer, and you'll have perfectly good compost.
Go for it, show how it's done!
NICE JOB CHRIS, WELL DONE LIKE ALWAYS. SALUDOS.
I'm new to your channel and that laser level is awesome, especially when you put it on the excavator too check your leveling of your work. Awesome!
And here I thought you did everything by eye. ;-)
Found Topcon Bluetooth remote mounts in cab while 360 Blue tooth Topcon receiver mounts on blade (tractor) or bucket (excavator). Edit: What gets expansive is the hydraulic valves that is controlled by the Topcon 360 blue tooth Receiver $5k each. I don't own any hydraulic valves, my setup around $4k. With 10' blade (tractor), full auto setup around $16k.
Need to add some nitrogen & lime to the soil to bring into balance. Nitrogen for sawdust. Lime for soil to hold water & PH.
A stash of top soil only a digger would appreciate. LOL
Tks for video...did yall know
Justin had a youtube(@catskinner)? Chris u need give him a shoutout!
I would like to see you clear a lot with one of those big dozers 👍.
sand should help it drain, guess it's a work in progress. Stash, greenhouse, where have I heard that before.
Work yourself silly trying to do that with a mini, it can be done but I'm with you get it the hell over with...✌
A Volvo EC950F, would have been too big and heavy.
The 220 you work with is just right.
Needs that 950 for the vet clinic
@@keepingdistance4404 Jeupp.
What! That Machine is the perfect size 🤘
Hey Chris, where can I get one of those magnetic receiver. Do you know if it will work with different laser brands?
It will work with any laser
With Spectra setups, if laser is "red", yes. If you use "green", no. I upgraded last year to a green setup, with a mag receiver, and machine receiver only worked with red lasers. So, returned green and went to red laser (HV302) and love the setup. I built up a pad, almost 3' for my own greenhouse/Ret walls and got to within 1" w/o having to get on/off to continually check grade with stick. I am learning how to let machine do all the work instead of with hand tools.
At least it stayed dry, nothing worse then wet topsoil.
Those grade recievers are well over priced for what they are, rip off, they should get cheaper soon.
I hope the price comes down: I want one. $600-$1000 is too much for what you get.
i think thats the perfect size for that job, now a Liebherr R 980 SME Litronic .... that may be a little big ... though, it would be bloody quick :P
OK, Chris, admit it! You have actually had a brin implant that connected the excavator controls to your arms & hands, right? Was there a reason to put the laser so close to that garage? If it was nearer to the other bucket it might have been hitting the receiver longer. Can that receiver be mounted on the side of a bucket? You really kept the bucket parallel with the ground almost 95% of the time. Oh well, Monday morning quarter-backing. YOU DA MAN!!
What are you intending to grow in the greenhouse?
Looks like it'll be a tad larger than my 8'x6'...😉
A “grow op” maybe??? 🤔😂😂 idk if it’s legal in NC, it is for medicinal purposes here in OK
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Hey Chris what are you gonna use that Pad for ? :) Or is it just for leveling up your lawn ? :)
I think it's always better to be too big than not big enough unless you are working in a small tight place where too big won't fit.
Hey peeps Chris knows what he is doing he's the pro so leave him alone.
That nutcull head saying the excavator is too big . Is the same person that cleans the whole car with a toothbrush.
Are you putting in irrigation lines in?
Clever man saving that good soil.
All hail the grading bucket!
Wow, that pad is real jiggly, like firm jello......
Another nice job 👍
Sweet job
Add some horse mess in it the horse dung is really good at keeping the soil rich.
Hey it’s your equipment,use as you please I say!
Don't you have 2-3 loads of pond dredgings around the farm somewhere? Or would that not be good for this project?
2 days without rain...must be a record drought!
On the back of the grading bucket above the hydraulic cylinders their are 2 taps that stick out, what are they for and why are they all shined up. (all paint removed)? 19:48
Think they’re valves used for switching hydraulic oil supply/return between the thumb and bucket tilt cylinders.
That black looking dirt is what is normal in northern Illinois
It's not just Indiana but Southern Michigan, Ohio and Illinois cause it used to be real swampy.
Yeah, I'm sure your going to round up a load of dirt to finish it off, your OCD won't let ya not finish it !! lololol... Yeah,that bucket is awesome !! Have a Great Evening....On to the Next !!
Are those the same pipelayers you were talking about just before covid hit this year?
I'm not quite certain what the point was. The pad looked smooth and to grade when he started and then he made a special effort to raise the pad another foot or so with top soil and screened sand. Maybe I need one more episode to get the picture.
The point is Letsdig18
The first pad was the base, the dirt he just added will be what they grow some stuff in. You want good dirt for the roots.
You know it still wet when you pat one side and the other side moves! o^O
Overkill is under rated.