We Are Going To Need The Mud Mats!

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  • @1013redoak
    @1013redoak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Finally back to the pond and digging mud! One of my favorite videos! Thanks, Chris!

  • @eddiemortontapman7252
    @eddiemortontapman7252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great ! we have been waiting to see Mr Volve showing us how he takes a big excavator and almost walks on water . That why I started watching this Channel. Your the Best .Y’all really found your niche . Working thur the challenges and being efficient in what you do .

  • @Rickimusic
    @Rickimusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Almost as much time and labor to set up and clean up for, if I heard right, 25 truck loads of sand. Chris can make it rain, just schedule a holding pond cleanup and whoosh, here comes the rain.

  • @ScottyStock
    @ScottyStock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love it when the mud mats come out.

  • @dougs75dsps4
    @dougs75dsps4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris' reasoning skills on display. Executing the plan on the fly.

  • @benmudn
    @benmudn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You know it's going to be good when the mud mats come out!!

  • @ninataylor6180
    @ninataylor6180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I saw mud mats in the description and knew this was gonna be awesome!

  • @georgeledford5556
    @georgeledford5556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    love the pond and lake videos , especially the dams and overflows repairs...always wanted my own lake...dredging is cool too...would love all that sand piled up for projects...good video Chris we are kindred spirits...you have learned your craft well...goes with the term "practice,practice,practice"...at 56 I am too old for toys unless it weighs several tons

  • @oldbakedpotato
    @oldbakedpotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The places you get into and out of are an amazement to me.

  • @davidknows3320
    @davidknows3320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm here for the mud mats! Lol. This is your specialty!👍

  • @yanceylindley5172
    @yanceylindley5172 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those pads are heavy, after a company run a pipeline through my county they sold all the pads to the public! they had about 4 football fields full of 4x16 and 8x20s, 400 and 600$.. I guess it made better cense to sell'em than clean and transport them!!

  • @tiredoldmechanic1791
    @tiredoldmechanic1791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's insane that they know the ponds will need to be dredged when they design them but they don't provide a better access to do it.

  • @michaelmullins1290
    @michaelmullins1290 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You push the bucket in the muck a couple feet, not to deep you say. That's the difference in your abilities and most. I was telling a guy about you the other day. Pretty sure he subscribed. He operates excavator, and other dozer, loader equipment. Great job.

  • @5914DL
    @5914DL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I don't know, I've watched so many of these Chris vs. Mud videos I kinda feel like I've got enough credit hours for an Associates degree in Civil Engineering. Will be updating the resume' in the morning.

  • @davidglaum2538
    @davidglaum2538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow that looks like beach sand very fine.

  • @chrisskelhorn5727
    @chrisskelhorn5727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looking much better already! :-)

  • @63256325N
    @63256325N 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nicely done!
    Thanks for the video.

  • @robfraley4210
    @robfraley4210 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    249,000 now, less than a thousand to hit a Quarter MILLION...!! 😱😳🤭😎

  • @dennisward1361
    @dennisward1361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hope your boss appreciates you and pays you accordingly , if I had your energy level when I was in my prime ,I'd be a billionaire . Enjoy your energy and work ethic ,you are one in at least 100,000 . God bless .

  • @RKHarm24
    @RKHarm24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You asked on the give away video if we were machine operators. Yes I was. From as early as I can remember, my grandfather had me a sand box 8x8 and a pea gravel box next to it also 8x8. I used my TONKA and NYLINT equipment until they rusted out by age 9 or 10. I retired after that. Parents showed me what a sharpshooter was when we moved to Texas and did landscaping. Yes I remember those years vividly.

  • @ScottyStock
    @ScottyStock 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    how often do you work this sort of job? if it is a regular thing, may get a lot of mats and make a temp access road to back the dump truck down. Rinse, repeat for the next job.

  • @danielcj5
    @danielcj5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m from South Louisiana, we don’t have ponds… so I apologize for my ignorance, but what is the reasoning that someone would dredge a pond like this? To make it deeper? Or are there other reasons?

  • @justinmills8084
    @justinmills8084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A big kid playing in the sandbox.

  • @darylkysar2478
    @darylkysar2478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    A mid sized front end loader would be nice for making the trips back n forth in stead of a skidsteer

    • @The_blindpizzaguy1300
      @The_blindpizzaguy1300 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daryl Kysar would there be enough space for that though? Because it sounded like he barely had enough space to put those mats in. And he couldn’t even put them in longways like he wanted, and I just don’t know how big the access space would be for a big wheel loader to fit in there.

    • @darylkysar2478
      @darylkysar2478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The_blindpizzaguy1300 that's why I said a mid size they're about at wide or a little bit wider than the volvo 160

    • @AlphaSaber
      @AlphaSaber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The_blindpizzaguy1300 I think a crawler loader would be a better fit for the work he does since it's tracked and can do a 360 in its own footprint.

    • @papaw5405
      @papaw5405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But that little skid steer aka track loader will run circles around a front loader. It'll make two cycles while a loader is turning around. Also wheel loaders tend to bounce if you try to get any speed out of them.By the time you get where you are going, you've sloshed out all your sand. With the skid steer you travel with the bucket skimming the ground so it can't bounce as much.

    • @DeanofMachines
      @DeanofMachines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You also have a lot of weight in front loader and need more space to turn it around. That would cause a lot more damage to the yard as well.

  • @barryhansen6854
    @barryhansen6854 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At least the bucket is going to be nice and shiny by the time you finish the job.

  • @BOB-gd1qc
    @BOB-gd1qc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With soft sand/mud, why not use a wider bucket? Fewer strokes.

    • @ScottyStock
      @ScottyStock 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's a weight issue, to much bucket and the machine tips at full extension with a full bucket.

  • @johnderekmitchell1510
    @johnderekmitchell1510 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣those mats make the Mini look tiny. Just used to seeing them being slung around with the 160.

  • @cjeeper86
    @cjeeper86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Set the parking brakes when loading. One gear tooth is all that’s holding it in park

    • @jeff7764
      @jeff7764 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s a fucking hack.. what do you expect. I wouldn’t hire these guys for anything

  • @rickhay9782
    @rickhay9782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Enough sand to make Paul Bunyans cat a litter box...

  • @dhewitt2514
    @dhewitt2514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi, how do you fix the beams on each matt- rebar?

  • @davidharris6581
    @davidharris6581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another good job for that long stick y'all are eventually going to buy.

  • @anthonybanks2979
    @anthonybanks2979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    always entertaining ! Thanks for posting

  • @MikeyDunn
    @MikeyDunn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I see you've got some fencing to stop anything rolling UP the hill, lol!
    I think you must've killed your microphone because the sound was 90% engine noise while the machine was running.

  • @juniorraines1042
    @juniorraines1042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Chris

  • @jakemallory4239
    @jakemallory4239 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    shit, down here even that dirty sand sells for $400-500 a truck.

  • @markenda1
    @markenda1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Chris, you have mentioned about needing the undercarriage on the 160 rebuilt. How long will the 160 be down for?

  • @benharleman587
    @benharleman587 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys could use two skid steers for sure, why not get a Deere 330 series with tracks to help out?

  • @kainenmattison3665
    @kainenmattison3665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You had me at "tims going to pull his hair out."

  • @javaquickscope7300
    @javaquickscope7300 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Ireland we call those bog mats

  • @thomasdesmond2248
    @thomasdesmond2248 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Chris you are so Southern. We had your DNA checked and your closest know relative is a Penguin. Lol God bless

  • @northmanlogging2769
    @northmanlogging2769 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    hog fuel, big chunky wood chips... about a foot deep, makes a great temporary road, easy to clean up when your done too

  • @sassafrasvalley1939
    @sassafrasvalley1939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those mud mats are like little ‘Glop-he-goes’ islands!

  • @Moose_338
    @Moose_338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys need a small front end loader

  • @jbritt2549
    @jbritt2549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    good sand to put in a wet place for fill

  • @clydecoffeycc
    @clydecoffeycc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We are logging our farm and sell 30 and 40 ft logs to a amish sawmill that makes mats. Not sure what your 18 ft mats cost but i know the 40 footers are high.

  • @kWT49
    @kWT49 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reckon that buddy of yours that owns the Saw Mill would loan you his front end loader to make it go a little faster

  • @keng7703
    @keng7703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jenga, excavator edition

  • @jaywest4102
    @jaywest4102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    37 minutes and the thumbnail has mud mats....get the popcorn before hitting play.

  • @kengriffin5001
    @kengriffin5001 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would this machine be able to handle a larger bucket?

  • @roygrillo2984
    @roygrillo2984 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why not add a cable or chain to one mat then drag it to even out the slopes, I have done that before for a company I worked with.

  • @stevenrichey5068
    @stevenrichey5068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your company needs a loader...it would pay for it's self ....

  • @paulthesoundguy1
    @paulthesoundguy1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Arm chair operator here..........NEED CHOCKS OR PARKING BREAK ON THE TRUCK....
    ALL THAT MOVEMENT IF FOCUSED DIRECTLY ON THE TRANSMISSION

  • @1013redoak
    @1013redoak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's amazing how the surface area of those mats can float the weight of that huge machine on the surface! Physics I guess!

  • @whatsup1407
    @whatsup1407 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why hasn't David been uploading to your other channel? I want to see big August got and all the turkeys getting processed for Thanksgiving.

  • @j.b.maxwell8300
    @j.b.maxwell8300 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris is that a road ahead of you up the creek on your left, is there any way you can get through there with a tipper

  • @tjparker9537
    @tjparker9537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    White sand pond dredging job 👌🏽

  • @carolpreston2353
    @carolpreston2353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi Chris, love to watch your videos.
    Just curious as of late I hear much more hydraulic pump noise then I hear you. I have to turn up the volume so much to hear your comments that the hydraulic noise is terrible. Maybe a new mic or something just wanted you to know.. I still watch just don't get to hear you. Thanks
    Carol from Florida

    • @Blazer02LS
      @Blazer02LS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if it's just the sound transferring into the camera through the mount?

    • @Rickimusic
      @Rickimusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Blazer02LS No idea but every time the 160, I can't hear him. Add open two windows makes it that much worse, I hear a drone of sorts of speech. CC is no help at all. Yes well, fun to watch the sand fly.

  • @DIRT-BOSS
    @DIRT-BOSS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would love a bunch of those mats! Real expensive! I have just those Alturna Mats..

  • @robfraley4210
    @robfraley4210 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s Not a Horrible job, just a challenging one, Hahaha 😂 5:30
    I hated them/these kid...!! I had to dig a new section to the pond at
    The Fairgrounds by Carter Finally stadium with a little Kohring Dragline in
    The woodsy section, all wet muddy mess 🤬😤🤷🏻‍♂️ went back to a night freight run
    From RDU to ATL back to RDU by about nine am... 🌘🛫

  • @factfinder4839
    @factfinder4839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The MUDmats! Rail ties and Rebar? what are they and how did you make them...I need a dozen

  • @matthewmeuleman9872
    @matthewmeuleman9872 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris have you ever sean plastic mud mats

  • @LiLGooZ21
    @LiLGooZ21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mud Mat Diving Boards!

  • @MrFboyle
    @MrFboyle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You always have spectators

    • @jonschneck4559
      @jonschneck4559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I need to set up bleachers and sell hot dogs

  • @-mike--m-9629
    @-mike--m-9629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mud Mats
    Oh hell yes
    I love it when Chris gets on his mats and plays in the mud
    Roll on Mfer 👍

  • @frankoch1
    @frankoch1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    and now for the transmission repairs on the truck

  • @A35pickuptruck
    @A35pickuptruck 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Mike and Melissa love the cabin and I may do the same next spring in our woods. I do have a question about the siding. Why did you start it above the banding board and not below to cover it up. Maybe you will do that later not sure. I have the same board on our three season porch and it looks like a cabin from up north and not a porch. I to bought it from the Amish in Charm, Oh. We live in rural southern Ohio bout forty miles southeast of Cols. Years ago the firewood business was good as everyone burned. Today its hard to give it away. I had a cord of oak on a trailer in my front yard last year all winter for $100.00 and no one was interested. All they had to do was hock on the trailer and go or I would have delivered. Its a hard sale. I have 16 acres and would like to just keep the dead stuff cleaned up. We are starting to get a lot of weekend cabin rental in our area so I'm thinking about cratering to that markit. Dave

  • @cq608
    @cq608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yeah, a new video!

  • @davidharris6581
    @davidharris6581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Excuse me mam, could you hold this camera and point it this way for awhile?"

  • @mwconleyclan
    @mwconleyclan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    did you adjust your bid to reflect current conditions?

  • @darinhassett4708
    @darinhassett4708 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    what do you use for the mats? and how do you make them?

  • @tylerg57
    @tylerg57 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did you make your mud mats??

  • @thomasdesmond2248
    @thomasdesmond2248 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris is finally happy. He gets to play in his sand box again. Lol God bless

  • @CycloneDev
    @CycloneDev 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should hire a wheel loader to help cart the sand

  • @martinspijker9661
    @martinspijker9661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how many toothpicks do youeat evry year??..:D

  • @rharris5811
    @rharris5811 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That grey mud that mixes in with the sand smells like shit when you take the top off of it. A lot drier in the pile than I expected it to be.

  • @julianljackson
    @julianljackson 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't think even a dragline would work!!!!

  • @ntomnia585
    @ntomnia585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir, have you properly cleaned that foreign mud from those mats before transporting them to our special lake?

  • @keithdunlap3666
    @keithdunlap3666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yeah, better be cool there Chris !! Ya know , I those neighborhoods if ya even Fart to loud they will have ya himed up at the next HOA meeting !!!!! lmao ... Man, you guys are gonna run the skid steer to death with all that loading, like ya said, got to be done ! And that was a nice long video too, keep umm coming !! lolol... Til the Next !! Have a Great Evening....

  • @Roadhammer33
    @Roadhammer33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The last time you used the mats was back in January on that quicksand job.

  • @joshcongioloso9104
    @joshcongioloso9104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So how many excavators do you have? And are u from the Carolinas or tn.im from tn

  • @jrand2631
    @jrand2631 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn, that's a lot of sand!

  • @makingithappen9722
    @makingithappen9722 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    32:30.
    Wait a minute now.
    I did this when I was a kid,
    But the excavator was made of wood.

  • @davidhunt5631
    @davidhunt5631 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i would like to get some of your t-shirts but you don't go to my size as there are some big people out there would like to get some but carnt as the size doesn't go large enough

  • @porkchop5389
    @porkchop5389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    time to go to the mud mat store for some new ones maybe you can get a good deal on them on Black Friday

  • @Todd.Roberts
    @Todd.Roberts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just make eye contact with the spectator lol

  • @taxiforcraig
    @taxiforcraig 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    U would be better with a bigger bucket than that so it's done a bit faster

  • @nolanmitchell7319
    @nolanmitchell7319 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    has anyone out there ever broke the parking brake pawl when loading / unloading a trailer. like at 1:40, you see the truck move back and forth. I can see it happening and always a little worried but have never actually seen it happen.

  • @sandspar
    @sandspar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Keep hearing this voice from the past yelling " Christopher, you better not be in yore good clothes in that mud hole !!! "

  • @craigpridemore7566
    @craigpridemore7566 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol 800 trips? He'll be creating swear words on the spot after about 200!

  • @timcavazos4199
    @timcavazos4199 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss your jibber jabber DaVinci 🙉🙉🙉

  • @Murphyslawfarm
    @Murphyslawfarm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The old Yanmar still go's

  • @scottlundy257
    @scottlundy257 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cant you rent enough mad mats to build a road for the dump trucks back to where you need them ?

  • @sn99cobra
    @sn99cobra 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please set those parking brakes.

  • @robertrockwell7581
    @robertrockwell7581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i do not know where people down below say no ads. on my laptop there were about 4 or 5. nice job so far.

    • @keng7703
      @keng7703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      adblocker plus no youtube ads

  • @stephendunham9597
    @stephendunham9597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😂😂😂

  • @MrAJWorks
    @MrAJWorks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    👌👌👌👍

  • @Todd.Roberts
    @Todd.Roberts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s what I call some real dredging when you break out the mats !!!!

  • @casycasy5199
    @casycasy5199 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    was it the state that did not want to to dig the trees up or the people that own the pond

  • @DonnaMSchmid
    @DonnaMSchmid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How are the logs held together on the mud mats?

    • @letsdig18
      @letsdig18  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4' long bolts

    • @DonnaMSchmid
      @DonnaMSchmid 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@letsdig18 Whoa... So the one that was curling indicates at least some of the bolts have snapped?

    • @Rickimusic
      @Rickimusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Somewhere in here is a making mud mats video. Long ass rods they used.

    • @ScottyStock
      @ScottyStock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RickimusicI think Dirtperfect has that video

    • @Rickimusic
      @Rickimusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ScottyStock Could be. I guess the way my post sounded, folks may have thought I meant Chris. "In here" meant on you tube but it has been a while. Rather hard work making them.

  • @leol1682
    @leol1682 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like the video ,With the mats .