Get ya self a spreader bar mate. Grab onto em with ya 4 in 1. Makes quick easy work of it all and finishes it really neat and level. Every skiddy here in Aus has a 4in1 and a spreader bar as a bare minimum.
The track-steers are so powerful and versatile. I had 2 of the ASV RC-100s, and they could produce. Fooled many a concrete truck driver, pulling them out of whatever trouble they found. They would all say, "that little thing won't budge this full truck". Me: You can buy my lunch now! Great work Chris. Always nice to watch someone that has a feel and instinct for equipment. Stay safe.
Everyone dogs them but we had a 4810. It was different and took some getting used verses the other skids we had and used. We used it mostly as a light dozer with a 6 way blade and old beat up 4 in bucket as the clearing machine for lots and other areas that was a little to big for the 90xt or the T180. In that duty it did real well. The heavy ass end helped pack trees and the long undercarriage helped it pull roots pretty good it handled concrete from the washout from concrete trucks along better than the lighter skid too. It just wasn’t that maneuverable in close but as a mini dozer it was real good. We demoed a RC100 and I liked but it didn’t have the weight the 4810 had for packing and hauling stuff or the ground contact for pushing either. It had the power and with the joystick controls was way better than the duel drive handles but it didn’t have the lead in the butt the 4810 had and we already owned a T180 and a 90XT with steel tracks
You literally operate that skid steer like a extension of your own body, I was really impressed when you dug that drainage trench with the bucket! I've only ever seen that done with a excavator.
As a welder myself that does a lot of bucket repairs I would wear the paint off of it, put a 4inch wear strip on the sides of the bucket. It really prolongs the corners of the bucket
@17:30 when you grabbed the dirt and pulled it back closing the bucket to hold it. That was impressive. I do say the buck is badass.. Keep the videos coming
good evening Chris, we always welded wear strips on the cutting bar, and the side cutting edges. It made the blades last prob twice as long, before having to turn them around. 1 hour of time saves hundreds of dollars in cutting blades. Have a great rest of your weekend!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats on finally getting your bucket. I think it'll be nice on a compact loader for general purposes. A guy I used to deliver to liked the Takeuchi he got it was the largest model they made he said it's like a mini dozer really it has a lot of power. BTW nice job actually putting in a drain and culvert instead of leaving it out as so many do.
Looks like the bucket was opening up on the back drags. Just something i noticed. Seems like the cylinders should be able to handle that force esp since that is a common function of a skid loader.
Seeing you sitting in the cockpit of that machine shows how massive that loader really is, what a beast! Nice bucket too, I'm running a CPM Duty grapple bucket and its fantastic.
@@eliteearthworksllc I can complete a combination of grading task for my Tract builders ...in a day I can complete 6 tasks Bench and Balance (pads) this includes Cut outs for Stem Walls and load out of any excess dirt onto trucking subs ... Rough Grades ..Maintenance Grades and finish grades ..please save my number ..I believe you would sell your GPC bucket lol
@@eliteearthworksllc depends on which side of Charlotte you're on it's mostly red clay but there's a section from Monroe which is east of Charlotte back around to the north after where Lowe's motor speedway is where NASCAR races that is very Rocky I use a tooth bucket because you have smooth cutting edges inside the bucket you can cut forward and you can cut backwards every move you make with machine your leveling cutting or feeling that's why it speeds you up so much
A four-in-one is may favolite loader bucket for a municipality's tool carrier machine when storm, accident or everdyday hapstance requires one machine with multiple capabilities . A great machine for a small municipality or business with limited resources !
I have never been in a skid steer just curious is there a level indicator to let you know when the bucket is level or is it just an eye, feel and experience type thing?
Dont see many skid steers on site over the pond in England am guess they just don't get the credit they deserve. but the way a see it been operated they look fairly versatile machines. But to be honest would it have been a lot quicker with the 360.
Well Chris it look like your new bucket was doing a great job and I think that’s the house where you went in and redid the pond if I’m not mistaken and maybe I’m wrong but anyway brother you and John and yawls family y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming man
Dam awesome job Chris nice bucket if I was you I would put about three stakes around the catch basin with some ribbon on it cause somebody going to run over it
There are two SAE ratings for buckets - 'struck' (cubic feet of water the bucket can hold) and 'heaped' which is a 'nominal heap' which can be a little subjective but would be like a half moon shape over the bucket. Most manufacturers list 'heaped' ratings because it sounds better and that is the way most operators load a bucket (unless its water or pea gravel). Unless it says whether its struck or heaped then assume its a heaped rating so you have a .9 cu. yd. bucket
@@KevinCoop1 4 in 1. They are so handy for many different jobs. He didn't really need it much on this job but he did use the double edge float to smooth the gravel a few times. We had them on the track loaders I used to run, very handy doing house lots and such. Akin to having a thumb on an excavator.
@@letsdig18 I wondered about that when I seen it before. That’s the problem I had with most of the 4-1 we used too. (Either to light and flimsy or to heavy and threw the weight off and made working with them hard on me and the machine) I finally rebuilt a worn out bobcat 4-1 we was happy with (I added wear plates and light replace le cutting edges to back of clam and back of rear pan. (I hate a round back bucket I prefer a flat bucket edge either at a 90 or parallel with the grade edge from the front and bolt on cutting edges teeth for front. I found it easier to rebuild buckets from sales and auctions in the winter or over a few nights if needed it bad to get what I wanted. I was never happy with what was available or if I liked it it was way out of the acceptable price range
Didn't you fix that pond? Where you finished it with your 220 when you first got it, but before the good bucket? Anyway, pretty sure that skid steer bucket won't wear out after a couple of uses like those other ones, lol.
Stick one of your LetsDig stickers on the front of the skid so we can tell the difference between them or we'll have to send Brandon back to Tag it with an Elite Earthworks one instead!
I did not noticed the steps. I went back and looked on the video. Wow I see what you’re talking about I’m not a bricklayer concrete man. I don’t thing I would have done any worse.
I call that Dream Dirt. Not like the glacial till we have up here in NE Washington state. Often more rock than dirt, and never a nice clean, flat grade unless you bury it in gravel.
Letsdig18 aka chris. I noticed a very large slice on the track, are you going to be replacing those soon? Just curious also great bucket 4 in ones are awesome
I love our 4-1 . I haven't used it in a few years. I think it's sold to a fellow youtuber. For got how nice they are. graded out some wash out from all the rains we just had in Va. found out it a catipiller brand. 85 inch
Ya know I was just thinking the other day when you got that sheep's foot roller you must be due for one of them buckets for your own skidsteer bro. Great video too.
Is there any machine that you haven't mastered? Great job with the skid steer. The pond at the bottom of the hill looks very familiar. How did it hold up to the 11" of rain?
The mini would have been nice for the drain and pipe, oh wait you converted the skid steer into a mini. Job well done! How about a shot of the pond next week since it’s nice and full.
I think you’ve forgotten how to flick the last contents near the end of run. Sorry to say, but Tim spent so much time in the Mini, he had it down to a T !! More practice 😁😁😊
Get ya self a spreader bar mate. Grab onto em with ya 4 in 1. Makes quick easy work of it all and finishes it really neat and level. Every skiddy here in Aus has a 4in1 and a spreader bar as a bare minimum.
The track-steers are so powerful and versatile. I had 2 of the ASV RC-100s, and they could produce. Fooled many a concrete truck driver, pulling them out of whatever trouble they found. They would all say, "that little thing won't budge this full truck".
Me: You can buy my lunch now!
Great work Chris. Always nice to watch someone that has a feel and instinct for equipment. Stay safe.
Everyone dogs them but we had a 4810. It was different and took some getting used verses the other skids we had and used. We used it mostly as a light dozer with a 6 way blade and old beat up 4 in bucket as the clearing machine for lots and other areas that was a little to big for the 90xt or the T180. In that duty it did real well. The heavy ass end helped pack trees and the long undercarriage helped it pull roots pretty good it handled concrete from the washout from concrete trucks along better than the lighter skid too. It just wasn’t that maneuverable in close but as a mini dozer it was real good. We demoed a RC100 and I liked but it didn’t have the weight the 4810 had for packing and hauling stuff or the ground contact for pushing either. It had the power and with the joystick controls was way better than the duel drive handles but it didn’t have the lead in the butt the 4810 had and we already owned a T180 and a 90XT with steel tracks
You literally operate that skid steer like a extension of your own body, I was really impressed when you dug that drainage trench with the bucket! I've only ever seen that done with a excavator.
As a welder myself that does a lot of bucket repairs I would wear the paint off of it, put a 4inch wear strip on the sides of the bucket. It really prolongs the corners of the bucket
@17:30 when you grabbed the dirt and pulled it back closing the bucket to hold it. That was impressive.
I do say the buck is badass.. Keep the videos coming
Excellent work as always. Just like it's your house. Great way to guage ourselves on how good you do.
I enjoy the explanation at the end it really ties the video and extent of what your trying to accomplish all together.
4 in 1 buckets are very useful.
The best skid steer I've ever run was a Takauchi. When they are well maintained they are quick and precise!
A whole dump truck load of gravel never seems to go as far as I want it to. It's like the gravel disappears !!
Congrats to the new toy attachement! 😄
NICE bucket 👍 I love the versatility of it!!
good evening Chris, we always welded wear strips on the cutting bar, and the side cutting edges. It made the blades last prob twice as long, before having to turn them around. 1 hour of time saves hundreds of dollars in cutting blades. Have a great rest of your weekend!!!!!!!!!!
I've never seen a 4 in 1 bucket on a skid steer before, should be extremely helpful!
Congrats on finally getting your bucket. I think it'll be nice on a compact loader for general purposes. A guy I used to deliver to liked the Takeuchi he got it was the largest model they made he said it's like a mini dozer really it has a lot of power. BTW nice job actually putting in a drain and culvert instead of leaving it out as so many do.
Looks like the bucket was opening up on the back drags. Just something i noticed. Seems like the cylinders should be able to handle that force esp since that is a common function of a skid loader.
Seeing you sitting in the cockpit of that machine shows how massive that loader really is, what a beast! Nice bucket too, I'm running a CPM Duty grapple bucket and its fantastic.
Looks like a really nice bucket. Maybe it’s me but I think that shirt makes you a better skid steer operator 😁
I would love to show both of you guys some tricks with that bucket that will save you hours a day
@@jasonwilson2927 sweet! Sounds good to me
@@eliteearthworksllc I can complete a combination of grading task for my Tract builders ...in a day I can complete 6 tasks Bench and Balance (pads) this includes Cut outs for Stem Walls and load out of any excess dirt onto trucking subs ... Rough Grades ..Maintenance Grades and finish grades ..please save my number ..I believe you would sell your GPC bucket lol
@@jasonwilson2927 nice how rocky is your soil?
@@eliteearthworksllc depends on which side of Charlotte you're on it's mostly red clay but there's a section from Monroe which is east of Charlotte back around to the north after where Lowe's motor speedway is where NASCAR races that is very Rocky I use a tooth bucket because you have smooth cutting edges inside the bucket you can cut forward and you can cut backwards every move you make with machine your leveling cutting or feeling that's why it speeds you up so much
I need that barn out back
I just bought acWR Long bucket. Opens all the way flat. Great for grading
Looks good I’m sure it will look better once it dries out and gets a final grade on it
I do like the bottom of that bucket. Looks Strong but still nice and flat !
That's a nice bucket all my buckets & attachments are Paladin for my SVL90
A four-in-one is may favolite loader bucket for a municipality's tool carrier machine when storm, accident or everdyday hapstance requires one machine with multiple capabilities . A great machine for a small municipality or business with limited resources !
I have never been in a skid steer just curious is there a level indicator to let you know when the bucket is level or is it just an eye, feel and experience type thing?
Nice bucket chris. I like that bucket ans it fits Better To the skidsteer. Keep Up the good work 😀
I know this sounds crazy,, but I bet that bucket/track steer combo might be just the thing for moving snow too!
Like the video and the new bucket .
Quick ones are the best ones 🤙🏼
Now we can tell if its yours or not with that awesome new bucket 👍
Dont see many skid steers on site over the pond in England am guess they just don't get the credit they deserve. but the way a see it been operated they look fairly versatile machines. But to be honest would it have been a lot quicker with the 360.
Now you need a leveling/spreader bar to go in your 4 in 1 bucket, why do you not use them in America?
Nice job you did.
Damn you do some pretty work!
Well Chris it look like your new bucket was doing a great job and I think that’s the house where you went in and redid the pond if I’m not mistaken and maybe I’m wrong but anyway brother you and John and yawls family y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming man
Dam awesome job Chris nice bucket if I was you I would put about three stakes around the catch basin with some ribbon on it cause somebody going to run over it
I put a cone over it lol
🔥🔥🔥 Fantastic new bucket
Norm 4 in 1 buckets are the best
Awesome bucket!!! I'd love to get me one of those!!! I have a Kubota svl95 so yours would be perfect for me may I ask how much and where??
The pipe stuff was really more a job for the mini digger, but I guess you use what you got handy.
There are two SAE ratings for buckets - 'struck' (cubic feet of water the bucket can hold) and 'heaped' which is a 'nominal heap' which can be a little subjective but would be like a half moon shape over the bucket. Most manufacturers list 'heaped' ratings because it sounds better and that is the way most operators load a bucket (unless its water or pea gravel). Unless it says whether its struck or heaped then assume its a heaped rating so you have a .9 cu. yd. bucket
Nice shirt. Apparently people can't tell the two skid steers apart by the comments.
In this video he reminds me of "Wally"
I am looking at purchasing a new 4 -in 1 for my skidsteer. What is your review on the bucket?
Great video chris
Saturday Night just did a Complete 180 thanks to Chris at letsdig18. We’re Rockin & Rolling now.👍
I used the same trench method across my gravel drive with my Kubota BX2360.
Chris, I did not catch why you needed the new bucket. Bigger, old one worn out, or what?
@@KevinCoop1 4 in 1. They are so handy for many different jobs. He didn't really need it much on this job but he did use the double edge float to smooth the gravel a few times. We had them on the track loaders I used to run, very handy doing house lots and such. Akin to having a thumb on an excavator.
David D Oh ok! More functions than the old one. Thank you very much for the response!
Nice new bucket!! I like the wear bars on the bottom!!!
Will you be adding teeth to the new bucket or keep the blade straight?
Have you ever used a spreader bar with a 4 in 1 like we do in Aus?
I'd never have passed the pointing on that brickwork - it's bloody awful & the frost will have those steps apart in no time.
Those steps are awful and the wall doesn't look that much better.
Looks good. If u will give us a update in a few months on that bucket. I figured u would have went with the bucket that ur buddy has from Australia.
it was just too expensive and really too big for finish grade work
@@letsdig18 I get that it was a big one.
@@letsdig18 I wondered about that when I seen it before. That’s the problem I had with most of the 4-1 we used too. (Either to light and flimsy or to heavy and threw the weight off and made working with them hard on me and the machine) I finally rebuilt a worn out bobcat 4-1 we was happy with (I added wear plates and light replace le cutting edges to back of clam and back of rear pan. (I hate a round back bucket I prefer a flat bucket edge either at a 90 or parallel with the grade edge from the front and bolt on cutting edges teeth for front. I found it easier to rebuild buckets from sales and auctions in the winter or over a few nights if needed it bad to get what I wanted. I was never happy with what was available or if I liked it it was way out of the acceptable price range
Excellent Video Dude
Didn't you fix that pond? Where you finished it with your 220 when you first got it, but before the good bucket? Anyway, pretty sure that skid steer bucket won't wear out after a couple of uses like those other ones, lol.
Stick one of your LetsDig stickers on the front of the skid so we can tell the difference between them or we'll have to send Brandon back to Tag it with an Elite Earthworks one instead!
Yea right, lmaoooo
Next time I’m there it’s getting a sticker 😁
Those pladdin buckets are made right here in Manchester Iowa about 8 blocks from my house they have all kinds of attachments
I knew it wouldn't take you long to get the 4 in 1 bucket.
Got confused on who I was watching for a sec when I seen that elite earthworks shirt on ya!🤣
Looks like Ray Charles laid the bricks on the steps .
It's a pile of rubble stuck together with morta then pointed with a yard brush
Perhaps Willie Nelson supplied the party favors??
I did not noticed the steps. I went back and looked on the video. Wow I see what you’re talking about I’m not a bricklayer concrete man. I don’t thing I would have done any worse.
Worse brick work I’ve ever seen lol
I call that Dream Dirt. Not like the glacial till we have up here in NE Washington state. Often more rock than dirt, and never a nice clean, flat grade unless you bury it in gravel.
Is that the same place u put the drive way in through the woods 🤔 good job as always 👍
Letsdig18 aka chris. I noticed a very large slice on the track, are you going to be replacing those soon? Just curious also great bucket 4 in ones are awesome
Nice bucket. I’m suppose to be getting the same one, just used. Love my LD18 hoodie BTW, I’m 25% more productive when I got it on. 😂.
How do you know when it’s level? Is just by eye 🇬🇧
A good operator with 12-29 years of work can get things very close & the concrete people don’t have much to straighten out
Would have been cool to see how the new pond you did there held up to 11 inches of rain.
I'll do a walk around when I go back next weekend
I love our 4-1 . I haven't used it in a few years. I think it's sold to a fellow youtuber. For got how nice they are. graded out some wash out from all the rains we just had in Va. found out it a catipiller brand. 85 inch
Awesome job Chris. God Bless
How do you like the takeuchi so far? Would you buy it again?
👍 👍
that 4-1 bucket you did a video on from Australia not work?
1:09 You got a split in your track big fella.
First 👍's up guys thanks again for taking the time for us all to be with you for the great show
The mess pond is looking good 👍
Hi Chris
Why do you not protect the pipe from the small finest gravel coming in to the pipe, in a couple of years it is fully cloughded up?
its solid pipe
Chris
You make things look so easy sometimes. I have to try like a dickens to make anything level.🤔
Ya know I was just thinking the other day when you got that sheep's foot roller you must be due for one of them buckets for your own skidsteer bro. Great video too.
Have bucket...will travel...
I can’t be the only one who grew up watching Have Gun Will Travel. His name was Paladin...
Do you like this bucket, been looking at one for my John Deere 325G, but not wanting to buy one because I don’t really know what to think of them.
👍👍
This video has to be sped up a bit - does that little machine really zip around that fast?
From the pond the job. :) Are you talking about the manufacturers of the excavator?
kool bucket
I think you like the new bucket !👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🙏🏻 Enjoyed!
Is there any machine that you haven't mastered? Great job with the skid steer. The pond at the bottom of the hill looks very familiar. How did it hold up to the 11" of rain?
Why not a "Letsdig18"-branded AMI bucket? Didn't they do well on the Volvo 220?
The mini would have been nice for the drain and pipe, oh wait you converted the skid steer into a mini. Job well done!
How about a shot of the pond next week since it’s nice and full.
Pro job as usual, Chris, very nice indeed.
Super
Best part of the day, thank you for allowing us all to join in your day. Looks amazing, as always
Great now I'll never be able to tell machines apart
Other ones got teeth doesn’t it?
The other one is newer.
Congrats bud your company is starting off
Looks like the Tak is about due for some tracks 👣
nah Ill get another 500 hours out of them easy
I think you’ve forgotten how to flick the last contents near the end of run.
Sorry to say, but Tim spent so much time in the Mini, he had it down to a T !! More practice 😁😁😊
I thought you were gonna get a norm engineering bucket showed in a other video
Not a full time dirt worker here... I'm not familiar with the term "ABC." I've convinced myself it stands for Already Been Crushed. Am I close?
Greetings from North Wales. I Hope your all safe and well!
@Xtreme Performance Sorry I am not involved. This is NOT about politics. Let's keep it safe!
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Chris, I thought you plan to save up to buy a new or used get a bigger bulldozer?
Was that on, um, your bucket list???? 😂