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.
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!!
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 👍🏻
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.
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!
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
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 !!
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. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜.
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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
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
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 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.
Bicycle won't go through the pump? Get a bigger pump! So, for our reference, if I had a pond of roughly that sort of size needing 250-300yd3 hauling out, what sort of cost would we be looking at?
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.
@@letsdig18 I don't understand the satisfaction in doing this as all the ones I've dealt with have a huge lump of concrete on them so getting them in the water is a huge effort, let alone me getting them back to shore.
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.
I definitely don’t want to sound like the “pump”suggesters and tell you how to do your job...but I wonder if an old cable dragline would do the job all from the banks? I know they are old and cumbersome, but y’all do a lot of pond dredging jobs. Would be entertaining to watch you run an old dragline! Pulling on a bunch of levers. 😜 Kinda like that old backhoe video.
Hi Chris, I do not know reason why you showed us rubbish inside of sludge. We know that ponds usually should consist it. And often even guns and human remains. But that sludge still remain most mineral reach stuff. I hope you have customers who buys it per cubic meter. If not that means you are living in very rich soil area and no one needs to have any addition to soil. Happy New Year!
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.
Now a True Dredge pump would do some damage to the slop and wood.. saw some crazy stuff pumped out of the long island sound.. they even sucked an old anchor into the head and pulled it on the boat.... NO not saying get a dredge boat lol
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.
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.
A concrete pump would do it but it would not be economically feasible due to the expense of replacing all the wear items on a pump kit. Pump kits are used in wastewater treatment aka pumping sewage and shitwater is more abrasive than concrete from what I was told. The material handling parts wear out faster pumping poop that concrete
Pump truck kits don't like anything larger than about 2 1/2 " in diameter even then the temper menatal bitch wouldn't like it that's before the equipment starts bitching plus you only need one primadonna on your staff lol
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
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.
looks like quite the treasure hunt there nice work as always!!
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!
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!!
Thank you for saving the jet/vac truck. That first bend would have blown out. You are a true jet/vac hero
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 👍🏻
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.
Dang crazy.. I bursted out when you said scooters!! Lol.. you'll get it 💪
Back again for another fabulous video, thank you
I love your sarcasm!
I love when you splain to the "Expert's" haha good stuff!!
10.0 on that slide! Yup! Throw it in the pond...out of site...out of mind 🤪!
Guess Tim is getting a skateboard as a late Christmas gift.
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.
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!
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.
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
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 !!
You’re a great operator , it’s great fun watching you make it look so easy . 🇬🇧
Bikes, shopping carts, logs.... body's? 😁 Like a box of chocolates.
Job well done as always.
Thanks for the video.
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
Nice job getting it levelled out.
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..
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 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
Nice working 👷🏻♂️👍💪
🤣🤣 love the beginning of the video so your saying a concrete pump wouldn’t work. Pretty slick slide the machine down the hill 😉🤣
Great job, ok I am finished with the pump idea Chris, Happy new year. Steve in Thailand.
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 :)
I have to say loved the commentary today, nice job on the pond
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?
Great to see how you easily and quickly pump a whole pond with all sorts of toys ;) Happy New Year I wish you Chris
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.
Hey Chris, I thought you might be going for a swim when you slid down that hill!
Wow that camara on the skid steer bucket is point of view if I've ever seen it. LoL 🤭🤭😋
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.
11:24 Chris with his skill...
New Olympic competition
I give him a 9.9
Well !!! I got a question I had asked about a mud pump answered! The answer made sense too!
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
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
Thanks for the video Chris I bet at 11:28 you went wee sitting in the cab lol nice work 👍👍👍
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
Happy New Year and I look forward to seeing more videos :) Petr Šmotek
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
You could be santa with all your new toys you've found
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
" a little tricky for you" is impossible for most "operators" Chris. lol
How many years did it take for the pond to accumulate this muck? Where did it come from, the side of the hill? Is this a detention or retention pond?
Damn! I thought their for a while you were going to dig up Jimmy Hoffa. LOL!
How many firearms have you found digging ponds out like this?
Lol, calling out all the utube genieses. Love it. Keep up the good work
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
Chris, how about a little story time? Craziest thing you've found excavating?
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.
Your a champ put the 160 in the downhill mud ski.😁
It’s about time for a winter, mat-making video!
Bicycle won't go through the pump? Get a bigger pump!
So, for our reference, if I had a pond of roughly that sort of size needing 250-300yd3 hauling out, what sort of cost would we be looking at?
No pumps, but what about a moveable conveyor belt to send the muck toward the load out area?
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 ?
Don't forget dead bodies! They clog up a concrete pump in a heartbeat (or lack thereof)!
What kind of fish did you almost squish at 24:15? Carp?? Maybe a Catfish? He didn't like getting a back rub from your bucket lol
Love the feedback for the armchair operators 🤫
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.
Did you find any sigh post or street sigh post like I do in our local harbour while canoeing?
yeah ive yanked out several street signs
@@letsdig18 I don't understand the satisfaction in doing this as all the ones I've dealt with have a huge lump of concrete on them so getting them in the water is a huge effort, let alone me getting them back to shore.
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.
With those shots with the camera on the bucket - you gave a whole new meaning to "In Your Face" with them.
"I told you kids once before, If you ride your bikes without a helmet, I'm gonna throw 'em in the damn pond!"
11:27 - More "Wheee!"
11:25 "weeeeeee!"
gotta love an operator that can play some sliding down into the pond had to be some fun, LOL
I definitely don’t want to sound like the “pump”suggesters and tell you how to do your job...but I wonder if an old cable dragline would do the job all from the banks? I know they are old and cumbersome, but y’all do a lot of pond dredging jobs. Would be entertaining to watch you run an old dragline! Pulling on a bunch of levers. 😜 Kinda like that old backhoe video.
Hi Chris, I do not know reason why you showed us rubbish inside of sludge.
We know that ponds usually should consist it. And often even guns and human remains.
But that sludge still remain most mineral reach stuff. I hope you have customers who buys it per cubic meter.
If not that means you are living in very rich soil area and no one needs to have any addition to soil.
Happy New Year!
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
Have you done a video on the hand and foot controls function?
Like I told you last weekend I’m glad it’s you out on those mats instead of me lol
I can tell that’s Chris in the skid steer, making every move count.
Liked the Volvo toboggan ride Chris
Bet that slop smelled glorious!
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.
U guys do anything extra with the excavators after useing them in the mud ?
I love scooting down a bank as long as it's not backwards. Nice work
That sure is some slimey goop ! how many times did you have to pick it up untill it was in the truck?
Autographed letsdig18 bicycles and skateboard and baseball bat.. get your today 😂😂
Chris, the more the idiots make suggestions, the greater the level of humorous content and the funnier Chris becomes.😎😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍👍💰💰💰💰💰
Have any oil pressure problems with the extended time on an incline ?
Alot of stories hiding in that mud.
I’m guessing someone said why don’t you use a concrete pump. 😝
guilty
but that was admittedly a wild suggestion based on a huge run with some real soupy stuff... and no apparent frisbees!
Now a True Dredge pump would do some damage to the slop and wood.. saw some crazy stuff pumped out of the long island sound.. they even sucked an old anchor into the head and pulled it on the boat.... NO not saying get a dredge boat lol
Close to wrapping up these little dredging Chris, Happy new year 👌👍⚠️
Sincerely glad if that suggestion tickled somebody... got a lot of mileage out of it.
Hi Chris, how long ago was this pond last dredged? was it there when the houses were built???
Bicycles? I thought they were fish habitat.. Lol. 🐟 🇬🇧
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.
Another excellent video love the ongoing commentary! Do you build your own mats for working on wet ground what with easy access to Timber?
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.
A concrete pump would do it but it would not be economically feasible due to the expense of replacing all the wear items on a pump kit. Pump kits are used in wastewater treatment aka pumping sewage and shitwater is more abrasive than concrete from what I was told. The material handling parts wear out faster pumping poop that concrete
Pump truck kits don't like anything larger than about 2 1/2 " in diameter even then the temper menatal bitch wouldn't like it that's before the equipment starts bitching plus you only need one primadonna on your staff lol
Oh call my dad it'll cost ya tho schwing ,putz, Reich ,elba and a few lesser brands plus the Chinese knock off versions
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
Chris, have you ever found any guns in ponds?
LMAO at 11:15 wee looks like a better ride then they have at the fair.
That's some funny shit there Chris!! Instead of you not being lucky enough to dig for gold, yer diggin up garbage..lmao 😂 but inerways good work.👍
31:40 Have you never heard of a 'bicycle pump'? :-)