I love the sound of the 160 “walking “ down the path to the pond and then when you swing it around. Brings back good memories. Having done some pond dredging in the past, I could smell the mud as you were loading it in the skid steer.
I said that same thing in the earlier videos of this project! "Where are the kids?" We always watched excavation as kids! Must be Covid keeping them away
@@rockeerockey6941 Oh yea for sure when I lived in a part of Charleston, SC that did not have city sewer they finally got it and I remember seeing the machines all around my neighborhood and I would ride my bike to watch them work and one day the machines were on my street and I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. My street was a court so it did not take them long to finish it but after that, they came and repaved the road and I was happy again.
I don't think I've ever heard you ask for "likes". Which is why I always hit the "LIKE" button.. Sitting back here with my bowl of Cereal in downtown Melbourne, Australia, on a Sunday morning. Thanks for the Vid.. Cheers..
Decorative ponds definitely seem to be more of a "thing" there than where I live. I feel like we don't have them up here so much. Also, its kind of amazing how there are all these decorative ponds which turn in to decorative swamps through lack of maintenance. I feel like either maintaining the pond of letting it be a field with a small stream is the move rather than the whole decorative swamp thing.
There must be many ways to address the issue of dredging a pond but, Chris has the experience to do it correctly the first time. These videos should be training videos for apprentice to learn how to do a successful dredging. I could sit and watch his working all day and never get tired.
Hey Chris! Your channel has inspired me to quit my corporate desk job and get back in the dirt. My goal is to start a site prep/ excavation company! Thanks for all the awesome videos!!
@@dumptruckintruthduke I agree. It would be crazy to try and start one with zero experience. Planning on building a lot of experience before launching a company with a buddy of mine from the service. Plan is to learn a shit ton and work my ass of for at least 5 years. Maybe 10.
@@Fletch_0351 and I didn't mean crazy in a bad way. More like ballsy. Not a lot of people that have the drive to do it. I did the same 9 years ago (different trade) and had some rough years, but it has all paid off.
I'm very happy to see that some really smart person designed and forced install of the silt fence! Looks like it is doing a wonderful job of keeping out the silt! 😈
Wish it wasn't so far away I could use at least 4 may be 6 truck loads in my garden. My garden has so much clay every time it rains the sun comes out and it turns back into rock. This has enough organic loom to solve that and looks quite fertile to boot. But WV is along ways from there.
Bucket looked smaller an you answered my thoughts, your using the new 160, thanks for being so informative Chris in your videos, loving the long videos to, great content as always, thanks for sharing bud. Keep up the good work
My god, I wonder if anyone reads the comments on these post. Not sure how many times people have to ask where Tim is 😂😂😂. Chris, your gonna have to do a short clip of “where Tim went” so they all know 🤦🏻♂️
@@kennethhume8628 Sure would be rough to read through all the comments on all the videos to find out where Tim went. I mean, you guys read ALL the comments on every video you watch on youtube? I don't have that kinda time. :(
MW , no I don’t read all the comments as it would take forever as you say but I do scan through a few looking for pertinent ones . I dare say some people might read all of them but if they do they must have plenty of time to spare . 😀
MW people don’t have to read them all, but if they would at least scan through them they would see all the comments on Tim, it’s been going on for awhile now.
Hi Chris, thanks for your videos. I wonder if a small pond owner with a small excavator and much smaller mats (and of course much more slowly) could do a similar job? Perhaps a small rental excavator and some small mats made out of railroad ties. More of a DIY pond maintenance project for the landowner.
Your job cant spill contaminates outside. So when you are moving sediment inside a job it shall not intervene with exterior perimeters created by the developer and the city planner. So when you signs in construction zones that say (No Trackout) means no materials should leave the jobsite unless it's in a secured container. It's part of the eco-friendly shenanigans
@assassinlexx I got a 10k fine for dust control while the farmers next to us were the ones making the dust. Absolutely nothing we could do to fight it.
If you bought a set of tires like Wade’s Tiny has the off-road truck would just float down the side of the pond and then your drag line could fill the truck and then use a concrete pump to pump it off into the dump trucks.
I’d go nuts hauling all that out with the skid steer. Should look into a yanmar 3 ton tracked dumper, we’ve been using them alot lately and they haul ass in rabit mode. Plus the dump bed swivels 180deg - in fact I have a video of one on my channel
It's a long time back but this all reminds me of a duo called Flanders and Swann who had a musical act about the hippopotamus...Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud...
Awesome job as always!!.. did you guys ever think about getting one of those mini track dump trucks??..no.. not a concrete pumper lol. keep up the great work!!
Hi Cris Why don’t you run dumps like we do in the uk. Noticed in a lot of American videos they run skid steers where a 3 or 6 ton would be more efficient
love the video watch it for 2 days now straight I have a comment if request actually if he could angle the camera down to your hands and controllers that be great
Now chris....does nc have a rule that you have to rinse off your machine when your done with the job so as to not move/contaminate other water sources with the plant habitat that is in that particular waterway ?
Boy Chris I bet you sure are missing Tim about now does he normally would be on that skid steer hauling the mud out while you dig but great video man you and John stay safe keep them coming
We have established, we don't like snakes. Has anyone made the bigger bucket or sump pump comment? I did think one of those small tracked dump trucks would be nice. Probably still not alot faster.
"This is not going to be an easy pond job" (or something like that) and "The Volvo 250 goes swimming in some mud" they're both about 2 months ago. There's also one where he builds the dissapator pad.
When the NEW SHIRTS WITH NEW LOGO COMING??? Love to buy one or two for me and the ol man if and when available!!! Awesome video as usual thanks for sharing!!!!
I love the sound of the 160 “walking “ down the path to the pond and then when you swing it around. Brings back good memories. Having done some pond dredging in the past, I could smell the mud as you were loading it in the skid steer.
I didn’t see anyone sitting on their porch watching this dredging. If I had lived there, I’d been sipping on a sweet tea.
I was thinking that also and your comment reminded me that I am out of teabags. Thanks for the reminder. haha.
I said that same thing in the earlier videos of this project! "Where are the kids?" We always watched excavation as kids! Must be Covid keeping them away
@@rockeerockey6941 Oh yea for sure when I lived in a part of Charleston, SC that did not have city sewer they finally got it and I remember seeing the machines all around my neighborhood and I would ride my bike to watch them work and one day the machines were on my street and I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. My street was a court so it did not take them long to finish it but after that, they came and repaved the road and I was happy again.
You should be doing that anyway.
You say sweet tea, I say Bourbon :)
I don't think I've ever heard you ask for "likes". Which is why I always hit the "LIKE" button.. Sitting back here with my bowl of Cereal in downtown Melbourne, Australia, on a Sunday morning.
Thanks for the Vid.. Cheers..
J Curran same, same....watching from Wonthaggi Victoria 🤠
All the best to you Aussie blokes in your virus ridden home . May it be over soon , and meanwhile you’ve got some good stuff here to entertain you .
@@marial5841 My father has surfing friends there 😌
Decorative ponds definitely seem to be more of a "thing" there than where I live. I feel like we don't have them up here so much.
Also, its kind of amazing how there are all these decorative ponds which turn in to decorative swamps through lack of maintenance. I feel like either maintaining the pond of letting it be a field with a small stream is the move rather than the whole decorative swamp thing.
There must be many ways to address the issue of dredging a pond but, Chris has the experience to do it correctly the first time. These videos should be training videos for apprentice to learn how to do a successful dredging. I could sit and watch his working all day and never get tired.
Really liked the up close and personal view from the bucket lip on this video Chris.
We sure got a face full
Same here, was searching for a comment about it.
Really like these different camera placements and angles.
Thanks for the depth explanation. Always nice to have someone with experience explain why you don’t do something.
I love the look of those tinted windows!
Hey Chris! Your channel has inspired me to quit my corporate desk job and get back in the dirt. My goal is to start a site prep/ excavation company! Thanks for all the awesome videos!!
Yup, Chris in an inspiration for any young person to get into that business, but as always, it takes a lot of perseverance and great work ethics.
With no experience? Outright crazy, but good luck.
@@dumptruckintruthduke I agree. It would be crazy to try and start one with zero experience. Planning on building a lot of experience before launching a company with a buddy of mine from the service. Plan is to learn a shit ton and work my ass of for at least 5 years. Maybe 10.
@@Fletch_0351 you'll be happy to have a job you like doing
@@Fletch_0351 and I didn't mean crazy in a bad way. More like ballsy. Not a lot of people that have the drive to do it. I did the same 9 years ago (different trade) and had some rough years, but it has all paid off.
Would love to have about a ft of that stuff mixed into my garden ! Great video.
I love that you use all kinds of things to "rake " the ground.
Hey Chris that little track dump truck the guys checked out at auction would have been an asset on the work site.
LOL "Matted down" comedy genius 🤣
Volvo-> "I'm coming in" Snakes->"We're out of here"
Living my dream. I love the mechanical whirl of the Volvo. That thumb is amazing. I really like this machine.
Great job so far Chris. Glad there were no snakes!! Take care and be safe Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧
You and Andrew camarata are my favourite TH-camrs
Check out hedblom channel as well 👌
I'm very happy to see that some really smart person designed and forced install of the silt fence! Looks like it is doing a wonderful job of keeping out the silt! 😈
I wore my LD18 shirt for the first time today. Chris would be proud!
Wish it wasn't so far away I could use at least 4 may be 6 truck loads in my garden. My garden has so much clay every time it rains the sun comes out and it turns back into rock. This has enough organic loom to solve that and looks quite fertile to boot. But WV is along ways from there.
Bucket looked smaller an you answered my thoughts, your using the new 160, thanks for being so informative Chris in your videos, loving the long videos to, great content as always, thanks for sharing bud. Keep up the good work
I have to admit ... these jobs take some imagination. You dig here, you dig there ... and bang, it's all done perfectly. I don't know how you do it!
Glad u answered that question about going deeper w the clean out. Kinda figured that was the case.
My god, I wonder if anyone reads the comments on these post. Not sure how many times people have to ask where Tim is 😂😂😂. Chris, your gonna have to do a short clip of “where Tim went” so they all know 🤦🏻♂️
Kevin S , I agree with you , it’s a pity that more people don’t read the comments .
@@kennethhume8628 Sure would be rough to read through all the comments on all the videos to find out where Tim went. I mean, you guys read ALL the comments on every video you watch on youtube? I don't have that kinda time. :(
MW , no I don’t read all the comments as it would take forever as you say but I do scan through a few looking for pertinent ones . I dare say some people might read all of them but if they do they must have plenty of time to spare . 😀
MW people don’t have to read them all, but if they would at least scan through them they would see all the comments on Tim, it’s been going on for awhile now.
Well just tell us what happened to Tim, who in hell has time to read all the comments?
You are a maestro of dirt digging.
Hi Chris, thanks for your videos. I wonder if a small pond owner with a small excavator and much smaller mats (and of course much more slowly) could do a similar job? Perhaps a small rental excavator and some small mats made out of railroad ties. More of a DIY pond maintenance project for the landowner.
RIght around the 24 minute mark would be a great time to have a drone shot of what you are doing to the pond.
Great point of view from the skid!
"Is that the power cable, or a snake that's pleased to see you?" ;-)
Man if only you knew someone that could run the skid steer for you 🤔😁
Looks great CHRIS!
I'm pretty sure I've seen all the videos for the last few years... but about 2 months ago or so, I quit seeing Tim helping. What did I miss?
He lft for pastures new, I think. Some people just don't like playing in the mud all day!
I'm impressed, think you could take your mats and go anywhere.
Love watching your vids, and enjoy your commentary. Not able to hear it well on this one.
Whats the purpose of the Silt fence when the silt is already in the pond?
Your job cant spill contaminates outside. So when you are moving sediment inside a job it shall not intervene with exterior perimeters created by the developer and the city planner. So when you signs in construction zones that say (No Trackout) means no materials should leave the jobsite unless it's in a secured container. It's part of the eco-friendly shenanigans
City or County rule. Unless the mud is going to move uphill, the fence is useless.
@assassinlexx I got a 10k fine for dust control while the farmers next to us were the ones making the dust. Absolutely nothing we could do to fight it.
this is what happens when you get the city involved...
That mud is jiggling like jello!🙂
Enjoyed watching thank you for sharing
If you bought a set of tires like Wade’s Tiny has the off-road truck would just float down the side of the pond and then your drag line could fill the truck and then use a concrete pump to pump it off into the dump trucks.
Watching you go back and forth between the Volvo and the skidsteer, is it times like that you miss Tim?
Now I thought I was watching elite earthworks lol 5⭐'S , good that you remember how to operate it love the channel fan from Gaffney South Carolina.
Your worst nightmare is a water moccasin dropping in on you.
likes the pond repairs 🎈
Seems like on a job like this one of them little tracked dump trucks would be dam handy.
I’d go nuts hauling all that out with the skid steer. Should look into a yanmar 3 ton tracked dumper, we’ve been using them alot lately and they haul ass in rabit mode. Plus the dump bed swivels 180deg - in fact I have a video of one on my channel
You do love playing around with mud....!
well that was some fast digging man your going to have to give all your stuff some serious steam baths when you finish
It's a long time back but this all reminds me of a duo called Flanders and Swann who had a musical act about the hippopotamus...Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud...
Have a great weekend from Ireland y'all!!!
You where joking about that mini dump truck at the auction. It would be really handy about now. Lol God bless
@36:15 being that close to the mud it has a fantastic aroma , great camera angle though
Times like that is when a track truck would come in handy
Always enjoy these videos. Love the change. By the way enjoyed you on the Builwitt podcast. Here’s to many more jobs and videos.
View from skid loader bucket was cool, I could almost smell it or was that the dog at my feet.
God bless and be safe and I will have you all in my prayers
Awesome job as always!!.. did you guys ever think about getting one of those mini track dump trucks??..no.. not a concrete pumper lol. keep up the great work!!
This is a good area to leave as a wetland habitat as it looks like it is not a natural pond.
Gotta love the slop
Looks like it’s almost time for new tracks on the skid steer.
Did you build your own mats? Yes or no? What materials and why?
Hi Cris
Why don’t you run dumps like we do in the uk. Noticed in a lot of American videos they run skid steers where a 3 or 6 ton would be more efficient
Hey Chris! Can you Confirm when the Original Pond Dredging was Completed for this Customer?👍
This was a Masters class in dirtology.
Hey where do you take the mud you haul away in the trucks? Just curious
33:00 The tinting on that cab is real!
Really enjoyed the recent podcast with @BuildWitt. 👍👊😎
I'm curious, how do you dispose of the sediment? Do you just dump it? Or do you dry it out and make it into top soil? Or is there something else?
Ive been watching your videos for years and i sure like them
Haulin glorp lol
looks great
Your commentary is great , calm ,cool , interesting and informative . Do you find yourself giving a commentary as you go about the house ?
love the video watch it for 2 days now straight I have a comment if request actually if he could angle the camera down to your hands and controllers that be great
I am from Canada and I like to know what are theses ponds and there purposes for?
Now chris....does nc have a rule that you have to rinse off your machine when your done with the job so as to not move/contaminate other water sources with the plant habitat that is in that particular waterway ?
Boy Chris I bet you sure are missing Tim about now does he normally would be on that skid steer hauling the mud out while you dig but great video man you and John stay safe keep them coming
Am really thankfull for your videos.
That might have been a good job for a 8 - 10 yard dump trailer to tow in behind the skid steer?
When you do projects like these do you clean the machine daily? How long does it take to clean? Does it smell?
Like the camera inside the skidsteer way better
Does that style thumb work better or levered kind like on your new 220?? Tint looks so good on that tractor
We have established, we don't like snakes. Has anyone made the bigger bucket or sump pump comment? I did think one of those small tracked dump trucks would be nice. Probably still not alot faster.
You almost put us in the mud with the camera on front of that skidsteer.
MIke Moncrief whats a lil mud among friends?
Have you tried or thought about going full tilt rotating hitch on one of your machines?
Someone please remind me which video was phase 1?
Ta much.
The videos of the 250 dredging, Building the rock dissipator pad and having to rip the broken sidewalk out when they were done.
"This is not going to be an easy pond job" (or something like that) and "The Volvo 250 goes swimming in some mud" they're both about 2 months ago. There's also one where he builds the dissapator pad.
@@HughzieTube Got it now - thanks for the replies.
I was wondering that myself
Nice work!!!. Ya must have repeat customers. Keeping ponds clean???.. :)
Hey, The Marsh Magician Strikes Again !
Thought that was the 250, thinking the bucket looked aufy small.
"AWFY" Sma'.
It doesn't seem like very long since you last dredged this same pond.
That's one muddy hole!
When the NEW SHIRTS WITH NEW LOGO COMING??? Love to buy one or two for me and the ol man if and when available!!! Awesome video as usual thanks for sharing!!!!
You should have rented a barge to remove that muck! LOL
Hey Chris, would steel construction plates be useful for a temporary haul road like this??
Awesome videos, but what happened to Timmy??? Haven’t seen him for a while now and he used to be in a lot of the videos doing the skid unit work.
good video
Big muddy job ....Cheers!! :-)!
How do you eat an elephant,,,,,,,,
One bite at a time!,
Keep plowin,,,,
hey love your vids. just retired you give us all a good name. keep it up
Hi Chris, do you dump the mud or is there a market for it
Is he the one that damaged the old 160?
It will make some nice dirt once it dries out.
Great video
Are the heavy bucket loads hard on the skid steer.