Always fun to watch when you and Justin work together. Was just thinking that it's funny now that I can tell which clay soils will make a great pond dam from watching your videos over the years. Noticed the clay when you were digging the burn pit the other day, and now here you are using it to fill the trench, lol.
Looking good , I passed by the animal hospital job this afternoon and there was a guy there with a hardhat and a safety vest on up there where the little pond is , He was making notes in his clipboard .
Not a good day for digging, it's raining cats and dogs! 🌧️🐱🐶 But that can't keep you from work, eh Chris? Even if everything is muddy after the rain. 😉 Good night. 😴 #takecare 💙
You ever tried fire man's boots for rubber boots? We use them. They clean up just as good but have a steel plate in the sole so you don't get stabbed and they hardly wear out and finding the right ones are really comfy to work in.
@@bicimotoworld4115 If you leave it full depth and a person is in there working and the sides collapses it will slowly compress their chest so they cant breath ( soil is very heavy) . Here is the OSHA rules Trenching and Excavation Safety Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous construction operations. OSHA defines an excavation as any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in the earth’s surface formed by earth removal. A trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is deeper than it is wide, and is no wider than 15 feet (4.5 meters). Dangers of Trenching and Excavation Cave-ins pose the greatest risk and are much more likely than other excavationrelated accidents to result in worker fatalities. Other potential hazards include falls, falling loads, hazardous atmospheres, and incidents involving mobile equipment. Trench collapses cause dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries each year. Protect Yourself Do not enter an unprotected trench! Trenches 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep or greater require a protective system unless the excavation is made entirely in stable rock. Trenches 20 feet (6.1 meters) deep or greater require that the protective system be de-signed by a registered professional engineer or be based on tabulated data prepared and/ or approved by a registered professional engineer. Protective Systems There are different types of protective systems. Sloping involves cutting back the trench wall at an angle inclined away from the excavation. Shoring requires installing aluminum hydraulic or other types of supports to prevent soil movement and caveins. Shielding protects workers by using trench boxes or other types of supports to prevent soil cave-ins. Designing a protective system can be complex because you must consider many factors: soil classification, depth of cut, water content of soil, changes due to weather or climate, surcharge loads (eg., spoil, other materials to be used in the trench) and other operations in the vicinity. Competent Person OSHA standards require that trenches be inspected daily and as conditions change by a competent person prior to worker entry to ensure elimination of excavation hazards. A competent person is an individual who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards or working conditions that are hazardous, unsanitary, or dangerous to employees and who is authorized to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate or control these hazards and conditions. Access and Egress OSHA requires safe access and egress to all excavations, including ladders, steps, ramps, or other safe means of exit for employees working in trench excavations 4 feet (1.22 meters) or deeper. These devices must be located within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of all workers. General Trenching and Excavation Rules Keep heavy equipment away from trench edges. Keep surcharge loads at least 2 feet (0.6 meters) from trench edges. Know where underground utilities are located. Test for low oxygen, hazardous fumes and toxic gases. Inspect trenches at the start of each shift. Inspect trenches following a rainstorm. Do not work under raised loads.
Hi! Are you going to put some kind of "filter" on the top of that pipe in the pond? If not, won't the pipe get full? I don't know about this, so that may be a super basic question, or I may have missed you saying what you'd do to stop it clogging...thx!
Letsdig18 2020 year in review, Chris has brought us projects on: landing clearing, tree felling and removal, pond and dam repair, new ponds, driveways, drainage repair, drainage install, tree burning, demolition of buildings, his farm improvements, parking and driveway install at commercial site, new equipment acquisitions, site foundation prep for building construction, fire control at landfill. Anything I missed? All in all, it’s been a busy year. And, loads of fun for us to watch all the different projects. Thanks, Chris. Wishing you a happy holiday season and a great 2021! P.S. Oops, almost forgot, Winston is now part of the gang!!!!
Starting to shape up pretty nice now !! I'm like you Chris , I can't believe how well all those wet ass trees burnt up !! Man they was soaking wet and muddy as all hell !! lololol... But, it burned down really nice and fast...I get to laughing at you and Justin, you guys always have a good time while getting the job done !! Looking Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening Man, On too the Next....
Another great video Chris I think Justin liked your sheep foot packer that goes on your Mini, lol. That thing does a damn good job because if you didn’t have it you and him would’ve been down and out with that whacker packer juggling your brains out. Lmaoooo but you and John and Justin and yawls family y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming man
Great video Chris, it looks like u get along with ur new worker and friend. U make me want to build me a pond. If I had my own property. I can tell there lots of up keep.
It's plugged on the bottom. The tee works well with flex pipe because you have a flat bottom to set in the dirt. PVC is rigid and you can just use an elbow
Do you give the new hires a Bojangles biscuit on the way to the job site? Man I miss those things. No Bojangles in Elberta, Alabama. Your making these videos is like having an audience inside the machine with ya to talk. Never get lonely. Lol....
I miss ours down here too. They pulled out after Andrew and never came back. And no Hardee's either. Closest Bojangles is now in Saint Augustine. About 8 hours drive away.
Hey buddy.😊 here in Norway we use much more often rotortilt or powertilt and gradebucket, but we almost never have the «thumb» or the claw that i’ve see is very useful. In norway a rotortilt Will coust about 35K to your Volvo. Why dont you use it? Regads Tomas
Chris, I have a model of the Volvo wheeled loader with attachments and an older Volvo truck. I recall that you have a collection of models and would like to give these to you. If you would like them,let me know how to get them to you. I live near Greensboro NC.
Could you do some time lapse footage? We don't need to see you travel back and forth for every bucket load of fill. Also, could you film from outside, directed at the excavator while you're working. We could get a another perspective of elevations, depressions, etc.
it amazes me how when one digs a ditch or hole that when you fill it back with plants, piping, clay, or whatever, the dirt dug out is just able to cover the area.
I suppose that at some time in the future, the property owner _could_ put an extension on the upright of the "tee" if they wanted to increase the pond depth?
I would love to have a crappie pond, then I don’t have to search the entire lake for them, get really nice fillets off the 10” plus and they are really good eating. I would much rather have a crappie pond than a bass pond, bass are not the greatest for eating
Bass are hard to clean / filet because their bones are so thick and hard. A crappie is one of the "finer" eating fish in the midwest. If you can find them ( fry) add some tilapia. The will eat the small blue gill and bass, and "beef" up for some really good eatin'. The tilapia will only live till the water temp drops below 50°. Enjoy!
@@sharonchristensen5038 don’t really have too much tilapia here in Ontario Canada but the crappie have started taking off in the last 10 years. Love ice fishing for them, as soon as the lake freezes enough for me to walk on, I’m targeting crappie
Here in Iowa, we have DNR ( DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES) and they will stock your pond for you, if you alow public fishing 🎣. Of course you can pick and choose which "public" you want there.
@@sharonchristensen5038 here in Ontario you can legally go out to any lake and catch a fish and keep it (as long as it’s the right size) put it your home aquarium or private pond, as long as it doesn’t go to another lake.
Here'ist. I'm an old southern boy, but that's a new one. And I'm stilling it!!! Thanks Chris.
It's all coming together now I think it's going to look beautiful when finished and full 👍
You're the kind of dude I would enjoy working for.
Can’t wait to see it finished,another nice job,always detailed!
Always fun to watch when you and Justin work together. Was just thinking that it's funny now that I can tell which clay soils will make a great pond dam from watching your videos over the years. Noticed the clay when you were digging the burn pit the other day, and now here you are using it to fill the trench, lol.
simple enjoyment watching ya. thanks
Looking good , I passed by the animal hospital job this afternoon and there was a guy there with a hardhat and a safety vest on up there where the little pond is , He was making notes in his clipboard .
Enjoyed the video bro and good to see Justin helping. Safe travels
good work!
Not a good day for digging, it's raining cats and dogs! 🌧️🐱🐶 But that can't keep you from work, eh Chris? Even if everything is muddy after the rain. 😉
Good night. 😴 #takecare 💙
You ever tried fire man's boots for rubber boots? We use them. They clean up just as good but have a steel plate in the sole so you don't get stabbed and they hardly wear out and finding the right ones are really comfy to work in.
greetings all from North Wales in the UK
Same.
Me too 🏴
Greetings mate.
Hi, from East TN!
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...LOOKIN' GOOD. STAY SAFE..
NICE VIDEOS + GOOD CAMERA PLACEMENT
That pond looks better without that island already
I don't know, a gazebo would have been pretty, do they get snow where this is? Winter would be pretty with a gazebo there
Nothing like a good fire on a gloomy day! :-)
Nice job on benching the trench a lot of people seem to bypass that safety process.
Amen , Ditch safety is a must . When I was still working there was a ditch collapse on a job that took a fellow life.
Hey i dont know construction business, can you tell me why benching is so important for safety?
@@bicimotoworld4115 to minimize the chance of the trench collapsing....especially when a man has to get in it.
@@bicimotoworld4115 If you leave it full depth and a person is in there working and the sides collapses it will slowly compress their chest so they cant breath ( soil is very heavy) . Here is the OSHA rules Trenching and Excavation Safety
Excavation and trenching are among the most hazardous construction operations. OSHA defines an excavation as any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in the earth’s surface formed by earth removal. A trench is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is deeper than it is wide, and is no wider than 15 feet (4.5 meters).
Dangers of Trenching and Excavation
Cave-ins pose the greatest risk and are much more likely than other excavationrelated accidents to result in worker fatalities. Other potential hazards include falls, falling loads, hazardous atmospheres, and incidents involving mobile equipment. Trench collapses cause dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries each year.
Protect Yourself
Do not enter an unprotected trench! Trenches 5 feet (1.5 meters) deep or greater require a protective system unless the excavation is made entirely in stable rock. Trenches 20 feet (6.1 meters) deep or greater require that the protective system be de-signed by a registered professional engineer or be based on tabulated data prepared and/ or approved by a registered professional engineer.
Protective Systems
There are different types of protective systems. Sloping involves cutting back the trench wall at an angle inclined away from the excavation. Shoring requires installing aluminum hydraulic or other types of supports to prevent soil movement and caveins. Shielding protects workers by using trench boxes or other types of supports to prevent soil cave-ins. Designing a protective system can be complex because you must consider many factors: soil classification, depth of cut, water content of soil, changes due to weather or climate, surcharge loads (eg., spoil, other materials to be used in the trench) and other operations in the vicinity.
Competent Person
OSHA standards require that trenches be inspected daily and as conditions change by a competent person prior to worker entry to ensure elimination of excavation hazards. A competent person is an individual who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards or working conditions that are hazardous, unsanitary, or dangerous to employees and who is authorized to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate or control these hazards and conditions.
Access and Egress
OSHA requires safe access and egress to all excavations, including ladders, steps, ramps, or other safe means of exit for employees working in trench excavations 4 feet (1.22 meters) or deeper. These devices must be located within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of all workers.
General Trenching and Excavation Rules
Keep heavy equipment away from trench edges.
Keep surcharge loads at least 2 feet (0.6 meters) from trench edges.
Know where underground utilities are located.
Test for low oxygen, hazardous fumes and toxic gases.
Inspect trenches at the start of each shift.
Inspect trenches following a rainstorm.
Do not work under raised loads.
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Today on Sesame Street,
we learn about NAPALM! We’re gonna make some and then use it!!!!
Can TH-cam make an exception so that any letsdig18 video with Justin can get a triple thumbs up?
AmraphelofShinar I 2nd THAT EMOTION!!
Hi! Are you going to put some kind of "filter" on the top of that pipe in the pond? If not, won't the pipe get full?
I don't know about this, so that may be a super basic question, or I may have missed you saying what you'd do to stop it clogging...thx!
wouldn't pulling the mud further out of the pond help it dry out more before you shift it to the fire pit and dam area?
Hey. Did anyone else notice the hidden pine cone on the Mini? haha
How will t be finished now. Will you rock the shoreline or put in ground cover?
When you cap the existing old over flow will it still be acceptable in case the water level ever needs to be dropped again?
No it will be filled with concrete and abandoned
Do you have an auxiliary button on the control stick which you can program the wiper to? I know the new EC950 has it
Yeah I have it set to turn the radio off or on
What's Tim's site again, anyone? And, Justin's, too?
*Not a heavy-duty camera operator 🤔. Is definitely a multi-tasked heavy-duty equipment operator 🚜 . Might be a part-time comedian.🤣*
2 people didnt like the cups in the fire
👍
Muddy and wet
Some days, seems like more water outside the ponds than in.
How is it that you added a pipe, added additional dirt, and still did not have extra dirt to put in your borrow hole?
Lol 😆
justin, do you have a youtube channel...?
Yes he does .. The name is Catskinner
First 😎
Your Karen says you aren't supposed to dispose of plastic or styrofoam cups in a fire
👎👎😀☔🌂🌧️🇨🇦
Letsdig18 2020 year in review, Chris has brought us projects on: landing clearing, tree felling and removal, pond and dam repair, new ponds, driveways, drainage repair, drainage install, tree burning, demolition of buildings, his farm improvements, parking and driveway install at commercial site, new equipment acquisitions, site foundation prep for building construction, fire control at landfill. Anything I missed? All in all, it’s been a busy year. And, loads of fun for us to watch all the different projects. Thanks, Chris. Wishing you a happy holiday season and a great 2021! P.S. Oops, almost forgot, Winston is now part of the gang!!!!
Demo mobile homes! Lol
New dog?
Yeah that “toy” at the mobile home demo video was hilarious 😂
Would have been a cool video to time lapse the fire over night
Hey Chris that pond looks so much better now with it cleaned up and the island gone
Good
LOL'd @ "...bow down sir!" when he was checking grade
Starting to shape up pretty nice now !! I'm like you Chris , I can't believe how well all those wet ass trees burnt up !! Man they was soaking wet and muddy as all hell !! lololol... But, it burned down really nice and fast...I get to laughing at you and Justin, you guys always have a good time while getting the job done !! Looking Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening Man, On too the Next....
You know with the 2 of you together the day will not be as productive.but what the hell it works,y’all are funny as hell together.😎😎😎👍👍👍
REALLY! Will Justin be working full-time with you? You certainly will be more productive having another operator working with you!
I Hope to GOD that “Karen” is NOT out sitting in her Screened in Porch and calls the Fire🔥 Dept.😬
she might be at the therapists later than normal
Was about to be scared a minute that you didn't come up with a new video today it's after midnight here in Denmark
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Chris & Justin working together is always entertaining.
Chris you are one of the best operators,and you have a lot of knowledge keep up the good work and you will go far in life
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Who else is just waiting on chris to make a video “so the new long reach excavator arrived”🤣
Surely Justin is getting hazard pay for putting up with the overbearing supervisor with raised expectation of work output.
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Always enjoyable watching how you put it all together 🤙🏽🌺🍍🌴Mahalo🤙🏽
You just flat out do nice work Chris. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job, as usual. That pond will be a jewel, with clear spring water feeding it. Maybe rainbow trouts in there eventually !?
Another great video Chris I think Justin liked your sheep foot packer that goes on your Mini, lol. That thing does a damn good job because if you didn’t have it you and him would’ve been down and out with that whacker packer juggling your brains out. Lmaoooo but you and John and Justin and yawls family y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming man
i have watched all the parts of this series so far, this guy is masterful at guiding that machine ...........
Where is all that squeaking coming from ?
Cant wait to see it full of water :-)
Chris, were did you learn how to operate heavy equipment? You are very knowlegable and skilled. Are you a Veteran?
He probably learned from his grandfather
Justin can you swim. Lol God bless
Great video Chris, it looks like u get along with ur new worker and friend. U make me want to build me a pond. If I had my own property. I can tell there lots of up keep.
Yay for Justin. You are lucky to have a friend like Justin.
👍 we get snow and wind and freezing our asses off and you get nice rain. Rain better than all this crap here-enjoy
Love your videos. Never miss them. Curious.. how does the "T" overflow work?
It's plugged on the bottom. The tee works well with flex pipe because you have a flat bottom to set in the dirt. PVC is rigid and you can just use an elbow
Do you give the new hires a Bojangles biscuit on the way to the job site?
Man I miss those things. No Bojangles in Elberta, Alabama.
Your making these videos is like having an audience inside the machine with ya to talk. Never get lonely. Lol....
I miss ours down here too. They pulled out after Andrew and never came back. And no Hardee's either. Closest Bojangles is now in Saint Augustine. About 8 hours drive away.
Hey buddy.😊 here in Norway we use much more often rotortilt or powertilt and gradebucket, but we almost never have the «thumb» or the claw that i’ve see is very useful. In norway a rotortilt Will coust about 35K to your Volvo. Why dont you use it? Regads Tomas
Chris, I have a model of the Volvo wheeled loader with attachments and an older Volvo truck. I recall that you have a collection of models and would like to give these to you. If you would like them,let me know how to get them to you. I live near Greensboro NC.
I almost fell in laughter when he said I about fell o I am about fell again 🤣
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Great work Chris as usual
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I swear you could play Jenga with that machine
Could you do some time lapse footage? We don't need to see you travel back and forth for every bucket load of fill. Also, could you film from outside, directed at the excavator while you're working. We could get a another perspective of elevations, depressions, etc.
Another awesome video!!!! You did a great job with the fire and burning all of that brush! The culvert turned out well too!!!!
Leaf blower would 5x increase your fire. Good job, yer one hell of a good operator. Can’t get enough of heavy equipment operations.
Your operational skills teach me valuable lessons every day. Thank you!
I like the way you fluffed the load @21:00 to have control over and to remove any large rocks, sweet. !!!
You need to pay Justin a licensing fee and put him on a shirt. You'll sell out.. LOL
Would have given this a thumbs up and then I saw you throwing plastic cups in the fire. Why didn't you shred the wood and let it compost anyway ?
it amazes me how when one digs a ditch or hole that when you fill it back with plants, piping, clay, or whatever, the dirt dug out is just able to cover the area.
start to finish, whats a job like that cost? my uneducated guess would be around 15k.
Your helper doesn't know 13/16 huh? Time to light the help wanted sign. Haha
Love the banksmans signals' Noticed you mostly ignored them.
I can't wait to watch Chris try and cap the old overflow pipe. God bless
You certainly didn't finish the job for us. Couldn't you have videoed a bit more including the laying of the flange and the pipe?
What kind of camera and bracket do you use? Your machine can vibrate but camera keeps steady.
Merry Christmas to you all and MGBYAAIJNA
You could really use a helper!
Doubt if anyone could keep up with ole Chris
Part time helper.
@@MyOLD36chevy im sure I could keep up with Chris i work for a company that does the same thing.
@@braydenkopesky7878 I don't think he needs much help on his weekend jobs. I could be wrong but his last helper worked for John.
@@MyOLD36chevy true true
I'm enjoying this series. I love to see your pond work. You know your stuff.
I suppose that at some time in the future, the property owner _could_ put an extension on the upright of the "tee" if they wanted to increase the pond depth?
Your Volvo sounds like a fine tuned machine..
big project two excavators one bulldozer and one track loader
The 'Yanmar Ravioli Cutter'!
its great that you still work with justin he is a laugh
Nice job on it👍
Machinery not working is costing money is not efficient.
it is amazing how hard man has to work what nature does naturally
I would love to have a crappie pond, then I don’t have to search the entire lake for them, get really nice fillets off the 10” plus and they are really good eating. I would much rather have a crappie pond than a bass pond, bass are not the greatest for eating
Bass are hard to clean / filet because their bones are so thick and hard.
A crappie is one of the "finer" eating fish in the midwest. If you can find them ( fry) add some tilapia. The will eat the small blue gill and bass, and "beef" up for some really good eatin'. The tilapia will only live till the water temp drops below 50°.
Enjoy!
@@sharonchristensen5038 don’t really have too much tilapia here in Ontario Canada but the crappie have started taking off in the last 10 years. Love ice fishing for them, as soon as the lake freezes enough for me to walk on, I’m targeting crappie
Here in Iowa, we have DNR ( DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES) and they will stock your pond for you, if you alow public fishing 🎣. Of course you can pick and choose which "public" you want there.
@@sharonchristensen5038 here in Ontario you can legally go out to any lake and catch a fish and keep it (as long as it’s the right size) put it your home aquarium or private pond, as long as it doesn’t go to another lake.
@@sharonchristensen5038 We consider Tilapia a trash fish down here. Same category as Gar.
These guys are doing a great job on this pond.
ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
🔥FINE DAY TA WORK!!!!!
Can hardly wait until it's all done and you do a drone shot
Would have liked to see you set the pipe and riser.