Been watching your videos since I was 16. I’m now almost 23 and have been operating for 3 years. Your videos definitely helped and really concreted my passion for machines Love from Australia 🤙
Hi Chris . As you well know . it's never as easy as they think and watching you there's never a problem just solutions. Always enjoy watching you operate. Have a good one! 🇨🇦 Craig.
Watching you slide down that slope all I could think is , if that was me in that machine I would probably have to change my clothes. Lol. As usual great job and thanks for sharing with us.
I think people hear concrete refered to as "mud" and think that the mud is the consistancy of mud. When in fact concrete they pump is different then regular concrete. Then there is the dredge pump. You have to pump the stuff somewhere and let the solids settle out. What amazes me though is how much the timber mats spread the weight of the excavator out.
In case anyone was wondering that is what a good operator looks like! Being able to take any situation figure it out and get it done productively without destroying the equipment. Good job Chris 👍🏻
I do enjoy watching these dredging videos! I also get slightly anxious when the machine slides or leans forward - I feel myself tensing up haha Great job!
Lmao. You razzin on those pump people!! 😁 You shoulda used a drag line!! Lol!! Done bumped yalls head!! The yellow bar made the perfect foot brake huh!?? Thanks for sharing!! 🙏✌🏻from Va. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜.
Loved your references to the concrete pump bro you seamed to be having as much fun with that as sliding the digger down the slope. Enjoyed each video of this job
Can we get to see how that fab workshop is coming on? I'm in the UK and very jealous of how great it's going to be. The manliest of all barns, new modern workshop and a row of beautiful trucks just through the door!! Great vids!!
People have no clue about this type of work Chris, don't sweat it. Most would probably faint the first time they opened a septic tank outlet to install a Y valve for a new bed because the old one stopped up and 500 used rubbers come running out of it around their boots because they don't teach everyday useful information like "don't flush rubbers down the toilet" in schools anymore. Love the pump comments.
I love your videos. You are always so calm cool and Collective you don't show a lot of drama but you do show your screw-ups and I think that's awesome that a TH-camr will show when he really messes up. Hope you have a happy and prosperous New Year from Angier North Carolina. PS I'll order some hoodies and t-shirts from you as soon as I can
As well as what might of came along in a flood. In 2010 the dam broke here on lake Delhi and the farmers south of the dam said it was more boats and stuff per acre than there crops lol. So I toldly understand where your coming from. Keep up the great videos
The suggestion with the pump is not that bad. That already exists. An amphibious vehicle with a suction head sucks in the mud. Not the bikes, concrete pieces of wood and bones. The sludge is filtered and soil is separated from water. The water flows back into the pond and the earth is removed. However, this requires at least one special vehicle and also special filter bags.
I'd think a 1 inch screen grizzly could handle the big stuff and a pump that handles 1 to 1 1/2 inch aggregate could handle the rest. Between concrete pumps and harbor dredge pumps, maybe it is an idea that some company can perfect. American ingenuity solves lots of challenges. Sorry if I upset you with my ideas.
I think if Eddy Pump really wants to make a commercial they should have you do some recording and testing of it. And then give your final thoughts on it.
Screens and beater head. But got to have a flat area to pump to. Be a problem where you live. I think dredging from a pump would make a bigger mess. All I know is out west and Florida that's how they do lakes and power plant ponds. They have no way to lower the water levels on the ones they use a dredge boat on.
And Chris takes home gold in the 30ft. Down hill for the United states of America. In his interview Chris wanted to thank his sponsor Volvo for making this possible. Lol God bless
Anybody that has shot gunnite knows , when a rock is coming down that hose it ain't gonna be fun when it hits that nozzle Trying to pump that slop would be impossible,trying to hold a 4" hose under pressure would kill someone.
If you don't think a concrete pump will work, how about using the drone to lift the mud to dump truck. LOL The slip and slide in the excavator was totally cool
The peanut gallery is at it again. They are not worried about cost effectiveness for your company and having to pass that cost on to the customer to satisfy their viewing pleasure.
Looks like that pond was almost a Headache !! Hell, you was sitting in a hole as it was, Oh, and we can't leave out the Excavator Skiing !! lololol....Turned out Great as always Chris !! Another Great Job..... Have a Great Evening !!
folks always recommend a dragline, but when was the last time any one used a dragline? also assuming you had one, whats the setup cost vs an excavator? not to mention operating costs etc, I've only seen one that may have been used sometime in the last 20 years, last I knew it was for sale with no takers... Granted that sandy pond expansion a dragline would have been the better option, except setup and overhead would kill a guy
They use mud mats (board road) to get around some swampy oilfield access areas here in S. La. Wouldn't those work for getting the truck closer to your machine and almost eliminate the need for the skid steer and double loading on site?
First thing is where are you going to set up the pump. You can not get it with a pump truck. Grout pump would be the only thing you could get close in enough. You would also need a diesel compressor to blow out the hose between truck loads. Why do people think a pump would be the way to go.
I watched every video of dredging this pond because my mother in law went missing in this area. Im glad he missed this time some spots. I was affraid i did not use enough concrete.
You do make mission impossible pond maintenance look whole lot easier than it is but you have been there before and know how to get it out with a Volvo and some good mats
Hey Chris! I was thinking a dragline could lift the first distance out of the pond directly, then a long reach could move it the next stage to the ever waiting concrete pump. You can pump that into the truck from there! $750,000 - 950,000 for the equipment, a lifetime of mud, just to pay for it. You clean up and resell the bikes and scooters to pay Tim’s wages, John goes bankrupt, and you go back to doing it just the way you are doing it!! Heh heh. I may be a bit triggered by the people that know more than you do. It’s a wild guess at the cost of equipment, of course. But if the Volvo dump truck is $400,000 new, the rest is probably similar to a little more. Yikes! As I have said before, you keep on doing what you do, and I will keep on learning. Looking forward to what you and the team have in store for 2020!
Been watching your videos since I was 16. I’m now almost 23 and have been operating for 3 years. Your videos definitely helped and really concreted my passion for machines
Love from Australia 🤙
I love it when you troll the trolls with your commentary, that's just classic!
Hi Chris . As you well know . it's never as easy as they think and watching you there's never a problem just solutions. Always enjoy watching you operate. Have a good one! 🇨🇦 Craig.
you truly are a top operator Chris. It really is a pleasure to watch your jobs progress, and see the end results. Thanks you man!
looks like quite the treasure hunt there nice work as always!!
Dang crazy.. I bursted out when you said scooters!! Lol.. you'll get it 💪
Guess Tim is getting a skateboard as a late Christmas gift.
I love your sarcasm!
Riding on the bucket makes me back away from my monitor so that I don't get any of that guck on me. LOL.
It is a cool shot . first person digger
I love when you splain to the "Expert's" haha good stuff!!
Watching you slide down that slope all I could think is , if that was me in that machine I would probably have to change my clothes. Lol. As usual great job and thanks for sharing with us.
I think people hear concrete refered to as "mud" and think that the mud is the consistancy of mud. When in fact concrete they pump is different then regular concrete. Then there is the dredge pump. You have to pump the stuff somewhere and let the solids settle out. What amazes me though is how much the timber mats spread the weight of the excavator out.
10.0 on that slide! Yup! Throw it in the pond...out of site...out of mind 🤪!
Back again for another fabulous video, thank you
In case anyone was wondering that is what a good operator looks like! Being able to take any situation figure it out and get it done productively without destroying the equipment. Good job Chris 👍🏻
Thank you for saving the jet/vac truck. That first bend would have blown out. You are a true jet/vac hero
I do enjoy watching these dredging videos! I also get slightly anxious when the machine slides or leans forward - I feel myself tensing up haha
Great job!
You’re a great operator , it’s great fun watching you make it look so easy . 🇬🇧
Lmao. You razzin on those pump people!! 😁 You shoulda used a drag line!! Lol!! Done bumped yalls head!! The yellow bar made the perfect foot brake huh!?? Thanks for sharing!! 🙏✌🏻from Va. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜.
Just run it through a snowblower, duh..
Hey Chris, I thought you might be going for a swim when you slid down that hill!
Loved your references to the concrete pump bro you seamed to be having as much fun with that as sliding the digger down the slope. Enjoyed each video of this job
Can we get to see how that fab workshop is coming on? I'm in the UK and very jealous of how great it's going to be. The manliest of all barns, new modern workshop and a row of beautiful trucks just through the door!! Great vids!!
Great to see how you easily and quickly pump a whole pond with all sorts of toys ;) Happy New Year I wish you Chris
Just watched you save a pond from seven months ago. You guys take pride in your work and it shows. Good job fellas. New subscriber.
"I told you kids once before, If you ride your bikes without a helmet, I'm gonna throw 'em in the damn pond!"
People have no clue about this type of work Chris, don't sweat it. Most would probably faint the first time they opened a septic tank outlet to install a Y valve for a new bed because the old one stopped up and 500 used rubbers come running out of it around their boots because they don't teach everyday useful information like "don't flush rubbers down the toilet" in schools anymore. Love the pump comments.
🤣🤣 love the beginning of the video so your saying a concrete pump wouldn’t work. Pretty slick slide the machine down the hill 😉🤣
Don't forget dead bodies! They clog up a concrete pump in a heartbeat (or lack thereof)!
" a little tricky for you" is impossible for most "operators" Chris. lol
Nice working 👷🏻♂️👍💪
Great job, ok I am finished with the pump idea Chris, Happy new year. Steve in Thailand.
Nice job getting it levelled out.
You could be santa with all your new toys you've found
I have to say loved the commentary today, nice job on the pond
I reckon you don’t think a concrete pump will work then Chris 😂😂😂😂😂👍🇬🇧
He did say we could try but it might not work so well :)
Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing more videos :) Petr Šmotek
I love your videos. You are always so calm cool and Collective you don't show a lot of drama but you do show your screw-ups and I think that's awesome that a TH-camr will show when he really messes up. Hope you have a happy and prosperous New Year from Angier North Carolina. PS I'll order some hoodies and t-shirts from you as soon as I can
As well as what might of came along in a flood. In 2010 the dam broke here on lake Delhi and the farmers south of the dam said it was more boats and stuff per acre than there crops lol. So I toldly understand where your coming from. Keep up the great videos
The suggestion with the pump is not that bad.
That already exists. An amphibious vehicle with a suction head sucks in the mud. Not the bikes, concrete pieces of wood and bones.
The sludge is filtered and soil is separated from water. The water flows back into the pond and the earth is removed.
However, this requires at least one special vehicle and also special filter bags.
Another great video Chris! You know I love the Pond dredging and tree clearing the best! Where do you haul all that sloppy mud to dump it?
Michael Wilder - the landfill. He answered that about 10 times in the last video. Then he gave up, haha.
I'd think a 1 inch screen grizzly could handle the big stuff and a pump that handles 1 to 1 1/2 inch aggregate could handle the rest. Between concrete pumps and harbor dredge pumps, maybe it is an idea that some company can perfect. American ingenuity solves lots of challenges. Sorry if I upset you with my ideas.
I think if Eddy Pump really wants to make a commercial they should have you do some recording and testing of it. And then give your final thoughts on it.
Well !!! I got a question I had asked about a mud pump answered! The answer made sense too!
Thanks for the video Chris I bet at 11:28 you went wee sitting in the cab lol nice work 👍👍👍
Love the feedback for the armchair operators 🤫
Bikes, shopping carts, logs.... body's? 😁 Like a box of chocolates.
Job well done as always.
Thanks for the video.
Screens and beater head. But got to have a flat area to pump to. Be a problem where you live. I think dredging from a pump would make a bigger mess. All I know is out west and Florida that's how they do lakes and power plant ponds. They have no way to lower the water levels on the ones they use a dredge boat on.
It’s about time for a winter, mat-making video!
Great video Chris you do great work wish we live closer so I could get you to do some work for me . Enjoyed watching thank you for sharing
And Chris takes home gold in the 30ft. Down hill for the United states of America. In his interview Chris wanted to thank his sponsor Volvo for making this possible. Lol God bless
I can tell that’s Chris in the skid steer, making every move count.
Great job as always chris. Yes theirs always one arm chair know it all that knows the job better than the guy who's been doing it for years
Damn! I thought their for a while you were going to dig up Jimmy Hoffa. LOL!
Anybody that has shot gunnite knows , when a rock is coming down that hose it ain't gonna be fun when it hits that nozzle
Trying to pump that slop would be impossible,trying to hold a 4" hose under pressure would kill someone.
👍👍👍
Alot of stories hiding in that mud.
Wow that camara on the skid steer bucket is point of view if I've ever seen it. LoL 🤭🤭😋
11:24 Chris with his skill...
New Olympic competition
I give him a 9.9
Lol, calling out all the utube genieses. Love it. Keep up the good work
gotta love an operator that can play some sliding down into the pond had to be some fun, LOL
11:25 "weeeeeee!"
I see ya got the whoa to work just in time! :)
Like I told you last weekend I’m glad it’s you out on those mats instead of me lol
If you don't think a concrete pump will work, how about using the drone to lift the mud to dump truck. LOL The slip and slide in the excavator was totally cool
11:27 - More "Wheee!"
👍looks like fun
The peanut gallery is at it again. They are not worried about cost effectiveness for your company and having to pass that cost on to the customer to satisfy their viewing pleasure.
Liked the Volvo toboggan ride Chris
Chris, how about a little story time? Craziest thing you've found excavating?
I love scooting down a bank as long as it's not backwards. Nice work
Yep you found all kinds of presents 😎👍👍
Looks like that pond was almost a Headache !! Hell, you was sitting in a hole as it was, Oh, and we can't leave out the Excavator Skiing !! lololol....Turned out Great as always Chris !! Another Great Job..... Have a Great Evening !!
Autographed letsdig18 bicycles and skateboard and baseball bat.. get your today 😂😂
Another excellent video love the ongoing commentary! Do you build your own mats for working on wet ground what with easy access to Timber?
Nice camera shots and nice slide
Awesome.
How many firearms have you found digging ponds out like this?
Nice job
folks always recommend a dragline, but when was the last time any one used a dragline? also assuming you had one, whats the setup cost vs an excavator? not to mention operating costs etc, I've only seen one that may have been used sometime in the last 20 years, last I knew it was for sale with no takers... Granted that sandy pond expansion a dragline would have been the better option, except setup and overhead would kill a guy
Your a champ put the 160 in the downhill mud ski.😁
They use mud mats (board road) to get around some swampy oilfield access areas here in S. La. Wouldn't those work for getting the truck closer to your machine and almost eliminate the need for the skid steer and double loading on site?
Have any oil pressure problems with the extended time on an incline ?
Weeeeeeee, that almost looks like fun.
A Mud pump won't work , to much scrap in those pond ., like the video Chris .
Wouldn't the suction end have a screen of some sort ?
First thing is where are you going to set up the pump. You can not get it with a pump truck. Grout pump would be the only thing you could get close in enough. You would also need a diesel compressor to blow out the hose between truck loads. Why do people think a pump would be the way to go.
Have you done a video on the hand and foot controls function?
I watched every video of dredging this pond because my mother in law went missing in this area. Im glad he missed this time some spots. I was affraid i did not use enough concrete.
Mud mud mud damn thats alot mud.
No pumps, but what about a moveable conveyor belt to send the muck toward the load out area?
You do make mission impossible pond maintenance look whole lot easier than it is but you have been there before and know how to get it out with a Volvo and some good mats
Let me know if you find gold in that concrete
Hey Chris! I was thinking a dragline could lift the first distance out of the pond directly, then a long reach could move it the next stage to the ever waiting concrete pump. You can pump that into the truck from there! $750,000 - 950,000 for the equipment, a lifetime of mud, just to pay for it.
You clean up and resell the bikes and scooters to pay Tim’s wages, John goes bankrupt, and you go back to doing it just the way you are doing it!! Heh heh. I may be a bit triggered by the people that know more than you do. It’s a wild guess at the cost of equipment, of course. But if the Volvo dump truck is $400,000 new, the rest is probably similar to a little more. Yikes!
As I have said before, you keep on doing what you do, and I will keep on learning.
Looking forward to what you and the team have in store for 2020!
What a mess, but the jobs will never end lol.
In the Dictionary under sarcasm..it says..see letsdig18 lol
You're having way to much fun
Bet that slop smelled glorious!
Chris, You are like the Forest Gump of dredging.... You just never know what you will find in a pond.... Like a box of Chocolates
ROTFL! Excavator toboggan at 11:30. You don't see that every day. :-)
I'm sure he's experienced that a time or two before
New sport! Excavator downhill skiing
Doing the otter slide down the slope lol