The beauty of Chris's channel, not a bunch of 10 seconds clips slammed together, so we get a nice long video an explanation, an actually get to watch the skill of his expertise put to use, awesome video Chris, gonna be a sweet project, you got some awesome pond rebahs goin, thanks for sharing 🌲💪🇺🇸
Being born and raised for most of my 76 years on a limestone coral- based Island, BERMUDA 32N64W, with very few ponds, in the valleys at the base of natural watersheds, I find this moving of 1000s of yards of mud fascinating ! Our red soil originated from the Sahara, and we are currently receiving a fresh dusting on our surrounding ocean at the moment. We have no rivers or streams, and catch rainwater on limestone shingle roofs, and store it in underhouse cisterns. Appreciate your thorough explanations and videos of how you deal with TOO much water !! LOL. Thanks for your time !
Wow, Chris revealed another trick he employs to improve his process. Today he was getting a bucket of mud and a mat and placing the mat and then dumping out the mud! Neat trick.
Now the two for one takes years of practice. Like clearing a stream with mud in bucket and grabbing a mat all at the same time. Then dropping the mat and then the mud. Now that's talent.
You beat me to it ! " with mud in bucket and grabbing a mat all at the same time. For all the years I've been watching this young man go, I thought I'd seen it all. Nope, he's showing us a new trick. Damn ! 🤣
After watching Chris for so many years and see how effortlessly he runs an excavator is inspiring. He has reached that Zen level where he doesn’t even have to think about it on a conscience level. He thinks it and the machine does his bidding. I rented one last year to redo my septic field and it was comical. That experience made me even more impressed with Chris and all operators who can achieve that level of productivity
One more thing you could do while editing these videos, is open google maps, zoom in to an are, and point a pointer where you are working, then take a screenshot and put that picture up at the end of your videos.
This is a big job Chris. I always say you can never have too many mats😊 Maybe you should have also brought the trees you were using for mats from the last job. 🤣 Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
I have used the same technique to dewater ponds except my dewatering trench is in the center of the pond and deeper. What happens is the weight of the silt will force the water to take the path of least resistance and weep into the trench and flow to the lowest point. Once dry, I'll use an elevated scraper "paddle wheel" to load and transport the silt to the field where it will be unloaded and leveled using the scraper. The material is very rich organically and is an excellent organic fertilizer. I'll also use the scraper to move any more material shaping the sides and building the dam. Thanks for sharing.
I was thinking that would be a good idea myself. Run a trench down the center at the finished dept of the pond and you have a reference and drain in one item.
Beavers bring in a lot of wildlife! I love your videos. Been watching for about a year now. Happy your restoring the older rigs. Helps to keep some of the best built from the scrap pile. And gets away from computer controlled rigs with faulty environmental controls.
One of the things that makes your videos so entertaining, is trying to figure out the thought processes going on behind what you and the viewers are seeing through the camera lens, you are so in tune with whatever machine you’re operating that like a good pilot you aren’t thinking about how to operate the machine so much as what needs to be accomplished. 👍🏻
Evening Chris, Besides moving plant around the UK on a Low Boy, I know nothing about your machines, can you get wider tracks for your machine, as you seem to be doing more and more swampy ponds, and boy don't you make it look easy 😁. Regards Richard 🇬🇧
Hi from uk chris and all👋👍 nice to see we getting back to the dredging jobs where your in your element👌 220 + muddy mess = 1 happy chris😂 hope the roadway holds up cos not much room for you both and being a inclune run to wont work in push mode your tracks will just spin off and and no room to pass neither🙈 hope everything goes well tho for you and uncle john good luck 👍🙏 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
Loved the video! Thank u for explaining all the ins and outs of this project. A lot of planning and excavation time required. Will be amazing when finished, so enjoying the progress to that point. God's blessings and stay safe 🙏.
Yaaayyyyy Chris, another multi-phase pond rehabilitation & beautification project..I LOVE these!! And yes I was the little girl who got muddier than her brother trying to make perfect mud pies and race car tracks. Cannot wait for your next video❣️ 👍👏👍👏👍
The place looks beautiful. Does it have a nice feel to it? I bet it makes a change for you when you have an engineer make it out. And a Project Manager on tap. I bet it's a mix bag of good and bad. It depends how good they are and what people skills they have. I used to be married to a Civel Engineer, I think that's where my interest started on projects.
Interesting collection of challenges here. That's just the little I noticed. I bet there are plenty I have yet to notice.😉 Thanks for showing us Chris. 🙂Be well.😊
This job looks like a real challenge Chris….That being said…Your’e thinking a piece of cake….lol…..It definitely looks like a snaky area when the temperature comes up. NC and SC are notorious for poison snakes showing themselves early….Snake boots and a side arm was a must while I lived in SC. …lol.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Great Video.
Chris I can’t wait to see the videos on this project because it’s gonna make for some good videos so anyway brother you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming
That high pitched squeal, I think that might be a hydraulic bypass valve on your hydraulic pump. Don't know for sure but that's where I would start. Enjoy the videos.
Hey Chris !! B/4 you get into the ""SPRING/SUMMER "" Excavations ,, Need a Business Vacation trip out to see Wade with the ""KW"" & trailer & bring back a load of MATS from the ""MAT"" mill that Wade goes to & checkout their layout !! HAHA Looks like a nice long months work ahead of you there !! Have a good week !!
Chris, I admire your ability to collect and stage mounds of materials from pond center the edges where it can be trucked out. Wishing you and your team a great week. Thanks for sharing this insightful video. Cheers
Hmm, suggest to the developer about a "picnic" area at the top of the hill coming down to the pond. Clear a little area there and back the on-road truck into that. Then you only have to track up and down the hill with each grapple load of brush and mud. You could also (possibly) use that picnic area as a turn around point for the haul truck.
This is gonna take more than a day or two to do this work. Lots of to be done here. Hopefully the offroad truck will be able to drive in the bottom of the pond. If it's too soft for that to happen then it's really gonna take some time to dig this large pond out.
Another thought, if there is a creek or other dedicated drainage flowing into this pond area, would it make sense to cut a channel from head to dam area for the creek BEFORE you start dredging the entire area? And maybe add some minor channels from either side joining into the main channel. Speaking as someone who has never dredged a pond, it seems this would help keep the rest of it (relatively) dry, and easier to track over.
@@sharonmiller6436 So he could start the channel a short distance (one boom length) inside the pond area. That would still keep much of the water away from where he needs to dredge.
@@michiganengineer8621 I expect that what he's done to clear the blockage on the stream and then dig the trench back to the starting point will do the same thing. If they are not back there for a week or several days it should dry out well.
My kind of video, I know this pond is going to look awesome when you’re finished with it! Lot of work from what you’re saying though and a lot of material coming out, good luck my friend and good digging! Just stay safe brother! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Hello, enjoy your channel and your skills are amazing. I have noticed that a lot of your pond jobs that I have watched have overflows that drain from the top. Where I am from, there used to be a old mill pond, mill and water wheel long gone, that had an top style overflow spillway, 8 feet across, but the water, at normal stream flow, went through the bottom of the spillway thru a 4 foot pipe that had a adjustable gate, to maintain pond level and to raise it for milling. The outflow from the spillway had two 5 foot pipes. This, I was told, helped to keep the pond from silting up. This particular pond also had a set of two steel vertical rising flood gates, would open to a full open of 4 feet tall by 8 feet long that was used to power the mill wheel and to handle floodwaters. Do you or have you ever done a video that shows this type of pond dam construction?? Long question, I know. Thank you kind sir.
I don't think any surface protection is going to do much good. The mats see a rough life against the tracks, let alone bucket & thumb and scraping against other mats, the trailer, rocks, stumps and whatnot.
That'll work if you're not running across them with steel tracks constantly. The weight of the machine only will tear them up, but add in the tracks with having to pull them out of the mud with the bucket, they don't last long. It's just how it is. Not much you can do about it. Once the edges break off it just continues to chip off, then they get loose, and it gets even worse.
Great start to a new project ,with all that you have to do would you consider this a real big job or just a challenging job,beautiful area,just do your thing.👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
Looks like they might need to use an air boat to set those grade stakes in that swampy mess. Safest way to do it anyways. Otherwise they might have a surveyor end up like that lost mat on the last job. Sink out of sight to never be found!!!
Chris this looks like the last job, little creek and all, only a lot more of it. Steep incline for the dump truck? Sure hope it stays dry for you. I think you are going to need a few nice tree logs to go with your mats. Already looking better.
Chris is this one of the largest pond dredge that you have done. If the weather holds out for you how long would it take for you to dredge this pond to finish What the average price for what you are doing if you don't have to answer just wondering
Trying to imagine cleaning that out using two sidewinders and a dredge pan ... and a lot of cable. Like they may have done it 50-60 years ago. Or even further back, with a pair of mules.
What happened with the big pond where you had to replace the overflow pipe and repair the washout and emergency overflow on the dam. Did that get finished or do you still have more to get done because the off-road truck still isn't available.
That job is still going, you will likely see that job in another 2 to 3 videos or so. Chris is working with his uncle John, for his uncle , using his uncle's company's equipment 3 days a week, and the other 3 to 4 days a week Chris works for himself, on his company's jobs, running his own equipment.
Don't sorry Chris, after you dig a pond or two you'll start to get the hang of it! Awesome doubling the scope & mat move. It's like you have a portable island especially on this and the 10 acre mud hole
Probably private but an owner who is used to spending big money by having engineers, managers, subcontractors and all the rest because "That's just how it's done"
Buddy of mine built me some mats from recycled rail road ties. Suckers are heavy but the 10 i bought from him 8 years ago are still holding up. I store them on an an asphalt millings pad with with 4x4 between each mat. Only use them for the stupid soft projects, otherwise i’ve had good results from yak mats. On year 4 with those mats.
I'm curious about the contracts for bigger projects like this, are you covered for delays due to mechanical breakdown What if it rains hard for six weeks and you can do no work ?
My guess is that weather delay are no cost but mechanical problems will cost a penalty + the repairs. Your equipment need’s to be in good condition to run the entire job, or you pay for it.
Also I live right near st louis missouri and we have lots of pipeline activity going on and when they are done they just leave piles of mats free for the taking. So if you want to drive up here I'll let you know when they are done so you can scoop up some free mats. Well I guess it would be cheaper to buy them new as high as fuel is lol
Question I do not understand the creek issue could you explain it more? If the pond is going up to the creek will not part of it be in the pond? Thank you and have a great day, minus the mud that got you. :)
What is the replacement cost for new mats? Since you just lost 1 at the 10 acre pond rebuild. Did you mention how long they last with the 2 different woods?
This one reminds me of the Big Dredging job you guys did a couple years ago, Timmy was still with ya too !! I believe it was all sand though . Can't remember the name of the video?? will have to go back and look !! But, Man it' looks like this one is going to me a messy one at the least !!! lololol... Hope ya don't have someone hovering over ya all day everyday on this on Chris, Project Manager".... Ya know...lolol... That shit gets on a mans nerves...loll...But, it's a Big job though, hopefully the spring rains hold off this year , and lets you guys get in there and knock it out !! Great as always Chris !! looking forward to seeing you get into this one... Have a Great Evening Man !! And, On too the Next... Went back and looked , it was the video you was calling the "Lake Dreging Job" it was 3 years ago, damn don't seem that long ago....lolol...
One of the multiple videos on that project ( on more than 2 dredging ocurrances several years apart for the same pond) was called "loading a slew of trucks"
Was thinking of your rock truck on that little hill beside the pond while eating my pudding dessert after supper. If the stain on the front of my shirt is an indicator you might have to reduce the size of the loads.
Most likely Atlantis water gardens or the community of those guys, they travel a lot doing this, including the big ass pond waterfall stream for Shaquille O'Neal. I'm surprised you haven't gotten into doing waterfalls with ponds, you already make the ponds without a liner and the waterfalls are amazing adds to any pond or stream leading in into the pond like the 10 acre pond your working on, cleaning the creek up adding some rocks, they're also worth A SHIT TON
Hey Chris, I know where you can get another mat but you gotta find it in this pond some guy was working on the other day.
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ninja mats playing hide n seek
I've heard about that legend right yesterday 😂😂😂
Just wait till he wins the dredging job for that pond and pulls it out !
😂😂😂👍
The beauty of Chris's channel, not a bunch of 10 seconds clips slammed together, so we get a nice long video an explanation, an actually get to watch the skill of his expertise put to use, awesome video Chris, gonna be a sweet project, you got some awesome pond rebahs goin, thanks for sharing 🌲💪🇺🇸
And he even includes his mistake of getting mud all over inside the cab, repeatedly so since he keeps opening the front window while slinging mud.
@@jaquigreenlees it happens, open, equals good video for us
@@derrickpettit3489 yup :)
@ Derrick And No Music blasting....
@@jaquigreenlees Shows it as it is mistakes & all.. keeping it real as he has said, no BS......
Being born and raised for most of my 76 years on a limestone coral- based Island, BERMUDA 32N64W, with very few ponds, in the valleys at the base of natural watersheds, I find this moving of 1000s of yards of mud fascinating ! Our red soil originated from the Sahara, and we are currently receiving a fresh dusting on our surrounding ocean at the moment. We have no rivers or streams, and catch rainwater on limestone shingle roofs, and store it in underhouse cisterns. Appreciate your thorough explanations and videos of how you deal with TOO much water !! LOL. Thanks for your time !
Wow, Chris revealed another trick he employs to improve his process. Today he was getting a bucket of mud and a mat and placing the mat and then dumping out the mud! Neat trick.
That was some of that "Work smart, not hard" strategy. Really enjoy his videos, they make me want to play in the dirt again.
With the price of fuel, you have to do twice the amount of work in the same amount of time.
Now the two for one takes years of practice. Like clearing a stream with mud in bucket and grabbing a mat all at the same time. Then dropping the mat and then the mud. Now that's talent.
You beat me to it ! " with mud in bucket and grabbing a mat all at the same time.
For all the years I've been watching this young man go, I thought I'd seen it all.
Nope, he's showing us a new trick. Damn ! 🤣
After watching Chris for so many years and see how effortlessly he runs an excavator is inspiring. He has reached that Zen level where he doesn’t even have to think about it on a conscience level. He thinks it and the machine does his bidding. I rented one last year to redo my septic field and it was comical. That experience made me even more impressed with Chris and all operators who can achieve that level of productivity
Another video thanks Chris 👍👍👍👍🇬🇧
The ole two for shuffle dance with Volvo, one bucket of mud, one mat, one swing, two transfers, done. Sweet. Like the way you work young man.
Another dredge job , one of my favorites from you! So interesting how you plan and get it done!
This looks like a great and very enjoyable project. I can hardly wait to see it done. Meanwhile, I am really looking forward to watching you do it.
Absolute genius ,the way you were digging that ditch and picking up the mats at the same time MASSIVE SKILL !
Notice a scoop of mud and a mat in the same move, ......... way to go Chris 😊😊
Another fantastic video! Excited to see the next phase of this job and the continuation of the 10 acre pond! Thanks for taking me along.
One more thing you could do while editing these videos, is open google maps, zoom in to an are, and point a pointer where you are working, then take a screenshot and put that picture up at the end of your videos.
That's a mind boggling amount of dirt to come out. Where is is all going to go? I am looking forward to the transformation!
He said they were taking it to a field to spread out, that's why he was taking out the brush etc.
This is a big job Chris. I always say you can never have too many mats😊 Maybe you should have also brought the trees you were using for mats from the last job. 🤣 Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
Always enjoy hearing your planning ideas. Then get to see them
I have used the same technique to dewater ponds except my dewatering trench is in the center of the pond and deeper. What happens is the weight of the silt will force the water to take the path of least resistance and weep into the trench and flow to the lowest point. Once dry, I'll use an elevated scraper "paddle wheel" to load and transport the silt to the field where it will be unloaded and leveled using the scraper. The material is very rich organically and is an excellent organic fertilizer. I'll also use the scraper to move any more material shaping the sides and building the dam. Thanks for sharing.
I was thinking that would be a good idea myself. Run a trench down the center at the finished dept of the pond and you have a reference and drain in one item.
Beavers bring in a lot of wildlife! I love your videos. Been watching for about a year now. Happy your restoring the older rigs. Helps to keep some of the best built from the scrap pile. And gets away from computer controlled rigs with faulty environmental controls.
One of the things that makes your videos so entertaining, is trying to figure out the thought processes going on behind what you and the viewers are seeing through the camera lens, you are so in tune with whatever machine you’re operating that like a good pilot you aren’t thinking about how to operate the machine so much as what needs to be accomplished. 👍🏻
Chris can take anything and make it picture perfect it don't matter how bad it looks. He's the man!!!!
Especially ponds.
if you do something enough you usually get good at it, it’s not rocket science just water management.
Evening Chris, Besides moving plant around the UK on a Low Boy, I know nothing about your machines, can you get wider tracks for your machine, as you seem to be doing more and more swampy ponds, and boy don't you make it look easy 😁.
Regards Richard 🇬🇧
This looks like a Huge Job and will definitely back up a number of other jobs in the process. Thanks! 👍
Hi from uk chris and all👋👍 nice to see we getting back to the dredging jobs where your in your element👌 220 + muddy mess = 1 happy chris😂 hope the roadway holds up cos not much room for you both and being a inclune run to wont work in push mode your tracks will just spin off and and no room to pass neither🙈 hope everything goes well tho for you and uncle john good luck 👍🙏 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
Whoa it sure looks like snake territory….good thing a little too cold yet stay safe Chris and John
I keep watching you work till I fall asleep at night.you are the best worker I see for a long time
Awesome Project!!
Most experienced and the coolest operator
Another good project….and the 220 is a nice machine, it has good lively swing 👍
Loved the video! Thank u for explaining all the ins and outs of this project. A lot of planning and excavation time required. Will be amazing when finished, so enjoying the progress to that point. God's blessings and stay safe 🙏.
Really looking forward to watching this one - looks like a huge project that will be a big transformation.
Nice video Chris, looking forward to more on this job and when it's done, good work.
another great video, love seeing the way you traverse the mud with the mats.👍
Yaaayyyyy Chris, another multi-phase pond rehabilitation & beautification project..I LOVE these!! And yes I was the little girl who got muddier than her brother trying to make perfect mud pies and race car tracks. Cannot wait for your next video❣️
👍👏👍👏👍
The place looks beautiful. Does it have a nice feel to it? I bet it makes a change for you when you have an engineer make it out. And a Project Manager on tap. I bet it's a mix bag of good and bad. It depends how good they are and what people skills they have. I used to be married to a Civel Engineer, I think that's where my interest started on projects.
Chris, it's always been that 'last' bucket, chuckles..... Do love the approach too this one.... Most won't recognise the difference, I do....
Can’t wait to see this project. No time like the present. I guess you just jump off into the deep end and get after it. Cool video!
Interesting collection of challenges here. That's just the little I noticed. I bet there are plenty I have yet to notice.😉 Thanks for showing us Chris. 🙂Be well.😊
This job looks like a real challenge Chris….That being said…Your’e thinking a piece of cake….lol…..It definitely looks like a snaky area when the temperature comes up. NC and SC are notorious for poison snakes showing themselves early….Snake boots and a side arm was a must while I lived in SC. …lol.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Great Video.
Chris I can’t wait to see the videos on this project because it’s gonna make for some good videos so anyway brother you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming
That high pitched squeal, I think that might be a hydraulic bypass valve on your hydraulic pump.
Don't know for sure but that's where I would start.
Enjoy the videos.
Nice one Chris 👍🏻
Enjoyed the video Chris.
Hey Chris !! B/4 you get into the ""SPRING/SUMMER "" Excavations ,, Need a Business Vacation trip out to see Wade with the ""KW"" & trailer & bring back a load of MATS from the ""MAT"" mill that Wade goes to & checkout their layout !! HAHA Looks like a nice long months work ahead of you there !! Have a good week !!
Chris, I admire your ability to collect and stage mounds of materials from pond center the edges where it can be trucked out. Wishing you and your team a great week. Thanks for sharing this insightful video. Cheers
Put all those sticks and mud in boxes, and sell them as Ikea log houses!
Hmm, suggest to the developer about a "picnic" area at the top of the hill coming down to the pond. Clear a little area there and back the on-road truck into that. Then you only have to track up and down the hill with each grapple load of brush and mud. You could also (possibly) use that picnic area as a turn around point for the haul truck.
This is gonna take more than a day or two to do this work. Lots of to be done here. Hopefully the offroad truck will be able to drive in the bottom of the pond. If it's too soft for that to happen then it's really gonna take some time to dig this large pond out.
Another thought, if there is a creek or other dedicated drainage flowing into this pond area, would it make sense to cut a channel from head to dam area for the creek BEFORE you start dredging the entire area? And maybe add some minor channels from either side joining into the main channel. Speaking as someone who has never dredged a pond, it seems this would help keep the rest of it (relatively) dry, and easier to track over.
Sounds good except he was told he can't touch the stream bed up at the head end.
@@sharonmiller6436 So he could start the channel a short distance (one boom length) inside the pond area. That would still keep much of the water away from where he needs to dredge.
@@michiganengineer8621 I expect that what he's done to clear the blockage on the stream and then dig the trench back to the starting point will do the same thing. If they are not back there for a week or several days it should dry out well.
My kind of video, I know this pond is going to look awesome when you’re finished with it! Lot of work from what you’re saying though and a lot of material coming out, good luck my friend and good digging! Just stay safe brother! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Hello, enjoy your channel and your skills are amazing. I have noticed that a lot of your pond jobs that I have watched have overflows that drain from the top. Where I am from, there used to be a old mill pond, mill and water wheel long gone, that had an top style overflow spillway, 8 feet across, but the water, at normal stream flow, went through the bottom of the spillway thru a 4 foot pipe that had a adjustable gate, to maintain pond level and to raise it for milling. The outflow from the spillway had two 5 foot pipes. This, I was told, helped to keep the pond from silting up. This particular pond also had a set of two steel vertical rising flood gates, would open to a full open of 4 feet tall by 8 feet long that was used to power the mill wheel and to handle floodwaters. Do you or have you ever done a video that shows this type of pond dam construction?? Long question, I know. Thank you kind sir.
Love 18'pond dredging.After all this is the First and longest running DIRT Channel on Utube!!
Next set of new mats cover them in thin style foundation coating. Did that to planks and set them on ground to store things. Never did rot.
I don't think any surface protection is going to do much good. The mats see a rough life against the tracks, let alone bucket & thumb and scraping against other mats, the trailer, rocks, stumps and whatnot.
That'll work if you're not running across them with steel tracks constantly. The weight of the machine only will tear them up, but add in the tracks with having to pull them out of the mud with the bucket, they don't last long. It's just how it is. Not much you can do about it. Once the edges break off it just continues to chip off, then they get loose, and it gets even worse.
Great start to a new project ,with all that you have to do would you consider this a real big job or just a challenging job,beautiful area,just do your thing.👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
Looks like they might need to use an air boat to set those grade stakes in that swampy mess. Safest way to do it anyways. Otherwise they might have a surveyor end up like that lost mat on the last job. Sink out of sight to never be found!!!
Chris this looks like the last job, little creek and all, only a lot more of it. Steep incline for the dump truck? Sure hope it stays dry for you. I think you are going to need a few nice tree logs to go with your mats. Already looking better.
Looks like it’s gonna be a beauty Chris. Great project to be following along with.
Oh that’s a big job can’t wait to watch and see it finished
big big job can't wait.. nice, mo mud!!
Big job Chris 👍
Chris another big challenge that you will take care of! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
That's going to be a sweet little pond. Especially with an expert dredging and shaping it.
Chris is this one of the largest pond dredge that you have done. If the weather holds out for you how long would it take for you to dredge this pond to finish What the average price for what you are doing if you don't have to answer just wondering
Trying to imagine cleaning that out using two sidewinders and a dredge pan ... and a lot of cable. Like they may have done it 50-60 years ago. Or even further back, with a pair of mules.
What happened with the big pond where you had to replace the overflow pipe and repair the washout and emergency overflow on the dam. Did that get finished or do you still have more to get done because the off-road truck still isn't available.
That job is still going, you will likely see that job in another 2 to 3 videos or so.
Chris is working with his uncle John, for his uncle , using his uncle's company's equipment 3 days a week, and the other 3 to 4 days a week Chris works for himself, on his company's jobs, running his own equipment.
Amazing amount of work
The right crew is on the job
Hello from Alabama my friend I haped my dad back in the early eighties do a job like this we had a 65' drag line old D6 Kat
Don't sorry Chris, after you dig a pond or two you'll start to get the hang of it! Awesome doubling the scope & mat move. It's like you have a portable island especially on this and the 10 acre mud hole
Pink ribbons are used by and for plot boundries / surveyers??
Is this a privately owned pond or part of a to be built subdivision? Seems to many regulations to be private.
Probably private but an owner who is used to spending big money by having engineers, managers, subcontractors and all the rest because "That's just how it's done"
A big job Chris , 👏👏👏👏👍🥰🍺🇬🇧
let see how long the haul road lasts. looks like the truck will be leaning into the silt fence. truck will be most likely end up there as well.
Buddy of mine built me some mats from recycled rail road ties. Suckers are heavy but the 10 i bought from him 8 years ago are still holding up. I store them on an an asphalt millings pad with with 4x4 between each mat. Only use them for the stupid soft projects, otherwise i’ve had good results from yak mats. On year 4 with those mats.
This is going to be a fun project to watch, will not miss a day.
Nothing calms me like these videos.
Thanks for sharing Chris! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸
Oh Yeah let's dig it up 👍
I'm curious about the contracts for bigger projects like this, are you covered for delays due to mechanical breakdown What if it rains hard for six weeks and you can do no work ?
My guess is that weather delay are no cost but mechanical problems will cost a penalty + the repairs. Your equipment need’s to be in good condition to run the entire job, or you pay for it.
That job looks like it will be fun 😎👍
When did you get the tailgate for the haul truck? Did I miss that?
To see you run that machine amazes me everytime.
Great video Chris 🇺🇲 another job well done 🇺🇲
Have you ever considered putting snatch cables in your mats to keep from using teeth on them , swamp logers do this all the time.
You've got the best job ever!
"Its gonna rain the rest of the week so we'll let this sit here and dry out", LOVE IT. LOL.....
what is your estimate time for the whole job
Also I live right near st louis missouri and we have lots of pipeline activity going on and when they are done they just leave piles of mats free for the taking. So if you want to drive up here I'll let you know when they are done so you can scoop up some free mats. Well I guess it would be cheaper to buy them new as high as fuel is lol
Question I do not understand the creek issue could you explain it more? If the pond is going up to the creek will not part of it be in the pond? Thank you and have a great day, minus the mud that got you. :)
That is gonna look radically different/Better.
What is the replacement cost for new mats? Since you just lost 1 at the 10 acre pond rebuild. Did you mention how long they last with the 2 different woods?
Should be a nice looking pond when it gets done
This one reminds me of the Big Dredging job you guys did a couple years ago, Timmy was still with ya too !! I believe it was all sand though . Can't remember the name of the video?? will have to go back and look !! But, Man it' looks like this one is going to me a messy one at the least !!! lololol... Hope ya don't have someone hovering over ya all day everyday on this on Chris, Project Manager".... Ya know...lolol... That shit gets on a mans nerves...loll...But, it's a Big job though, hopefully the spring rains hold off this year , and lets you guys get in there and knock it out !! Great as always Chris !! looking forward to seeing you get into this one... Have a Great Evening Man !! And, On too the Next... Went back and looked , it was the video you was calling the "Lake Dreging Job" it was 3 years ago, damn don't seem that long ago....lolol...
One of the multiple videos on that project ( on more than 2 dredging ocurrances several years apart for the same pond) was called "loading a slew of trucks"
Chris never fail to amuze me with how smooth he handle the excavator . Keep on digging brother!!!
Chris, great line about the beavers and that pile of sticks and mud! Question is, is the pond now beaver free?
Just curious on roughly how much a job like this would coast to do if someone is thinking of doing something similar. Thank you sir.
Two questions... 1: is there a silt basin in the plan?
2: How valuable would GPS on the stick be on this job, from a time-saving standpoint?
Probably none, they work off cubic yardage/loads removed I believe
GPS? think he's going to get lost ?
@@richardschipper5989 no, DA, for keeping track of his grade.
Was thinking of your rock truck on that little hill beside the pond while eating my pudding dessert after supper. If the stain on the front of my shirt is an indicator you might have to reduce the size of the loads.
It's a nice project !
Most likely Atlantis water gardens or the community of those guys, they travel a lot doing this, including the big ass pond waterfall stream for Shaquille O'Neal. I'm surprised you haven't gotten into doing waterfalls with ponds, you already make the ponds without a liner and the waterfalls are amazing adds to any pond or stream leading in into the pond like the 10 acre pond your working on, cleaning the creek up adding some rocks, they're also worth A SHIT TON
This is gonna be a real interesting job with all the twists an turns ,fun fun fun