Lots of comments coming in about mats. I guess that the physical stress of being grabbed, moved and carrying the weight of machines is the killer. Moisture and the wood used are just adding to the troubles. Rail ties sound good, but the weight!!! Chris knows his business, hes getting the best he can.
In my opinion this is the best channel on TH-cam. Love the variety and I can relate to most of it. I started working construction back in the 70s and I'm retiring this fall. I'll have lots of time to watch Chris work. Keep up the good work 👍
I agree, I used to run equipment but changed gears and am in IT now. I miss moving dirt so watch this channel for it, or run the RC hydraulic machinery as a hobby.
Chris, Matt at Diesel Creek announced today you and Dirt Perfect will be joining him for a Meet and Greet at the Antique Equipment Gathering the end of May in Pennsylvania! What a great opportunity for folks to get to meet you! Looking forward to seeing what all y'all get up to at the event! Please let Everyone know the where-with-all, as they become available. Thanks!!! 👏👍💪😎
I admire you, it's not just income, carpets, diesel, machine maintenance, etc., and then there will be something left over. Again, admiration. Just stay healthy. That's the most important thing in life.
As an ex timber preservation scientist, I suggest that to extend the service life of your mats, I would wash off the mud before storage then stack them with 2" stringers to allow for ventilation and drying, then cover the top with some waterproof tin or something. Do not fully enclose the stack as humidity and moisture are the conditions for fungal growth.
THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO TO BOG MATS IS DRY THEM OUT ,THEY BECOME HARD AND THEN BREAK UP. TIMBER PRESIVATION SCIENTIST OR NOT ,YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW SFA ABOUT BOG MATS
Looking good Chris. About those mats, here in upstate NY the local power company is changing all the electrical high power structures. They bought a piece of land and hired a company to make mats for them. They run these mats along the right of ways under the structures to replace them. They use hundreds of mats. Not sure how long it will take them to do all the structures.
The soil is saturated & what's happening is called "liquefaction". Usually happens when soil is vibrated as in a earthquake, but I guess digging/moving it around would create the same process. Awesome work Chris, loving this job site.
You are working in that special stuff that is solid until it suddenly becomes quicksand. Brother & I as kids would walk sandbars in a freshwater creek and if we stomped on the sandbars our boots would almost be lost as we scrambled to climb the bank.
The mud is undergoing liquefaction when it’s dropped, the silt and clay particles become supported be the water, which allows it to flow, the more it’s moved the more it flows
KUDOS Chris to you taking the extra time dressing up the edges to this project to make it look nicer. it's always impressive you taking pride in what the project will look like in the end result. Probably one reason your so busy. Keep up the great work my friend.
Man I thought you were a goner for a second Chris. Just pure sludge that was past the mud stage. When I saw the bucket completely disappear and you start talking to the machine it's touch and go. Really will be a beautiful site when full of water. Looking forward to the aerial view of this pond.
I work for a company that makes a durabase hard plastic mats that you could probably get double to triple the lifespan over the wooden mates. While not indestructible they do take severe abuse on well pads other gas/oil work environments. Might be something to look into
The speed that the water is filling up the 1st bay, it will be chasing you down to the head of the dam as you go. I think it was this 220 that worked on the the vet project and that hammered the pins greatly then. Be nice to have a drive by of that project to see how the site has changed.
Anyone starting out Chris's vids should be mandatory viewing he explains how he sees it and what he is doing. LOTS of experience here that probably cost him big time when he started out!
Another good day with you Chris. Always, "the man with a plan". Your visions become reality with your talents and operating skills. Just amazing how you make it happen. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great video. Sorry u cannot get new mats, bummer. You really need them on projects like this. It looks amazing and shaping up nicely. God's blessings and stay safe!!!
Hello Chris. You have become very good at explaining, even to us who are not diggers. I remember when you only played music in the videos. You have come a long way since that time. One of your funniest videos is the one where you get lost with a dozer. It made me subscribe. I think you just got 1000 subscribers at that time.
the "weird material" is known as a non-newtonian fluid, i.e. its viscosity is not independent of stress. One such well-known fluid is mud, another one is ketchup.
got your “ pondeye” working good cuttybones! reason that ground got sinking is your in a…wetland…and probably the creek channel that you filled. great video it’s looking awesome!
16:05 you should rent a snowcat /pistenbully - yould save over 2/3 of the entire time if you had the ability to push mud to a colection point and just load truck after truck
Just when I thought Chris was done dredging this pond for a while here he is at it again. It's an never ending series us subs love. Everytime I get a notice Chris has posted a new vid It's number one on my click list. Thank God there's no such thing as Smell O Vision. I've smelled muck like that abd it's definitely a lunch upchucker.
Glad to see you back in your happy place,mud,mud,mud.looks like nice weather,be bad to start 2nd phase with it raining 🌧.glad to see you finally over the cold.great video,just keep doing what your brain is telling you to do.👍👍👍😎😎😎
My Uncle was a dragline operator for 65 years doing drainage and dirt work in southwest La.. He had cable loops on each end of his mats. He had a big hook on his drag cable to move them. His mats would last for years and years. Just sharing in case it would help you any
This is gonna be a fun watch. Can’t wait to see the head section fill up. Also Chris, can we get a qwik update on the last pond fill up after the rain?
Laid up in the hospital this week, but still enjoying my boy Chris changing the world 1 bucket at a time. Thank you sir for keeping me entertained while getting a tune up. 🤪😜💉🚑🤷🏼♂️
I just bought a used Deere 160C LC that I will primarily be using to clear some significant storm damage to trees on my farm and clear some additional land. Having never owned an excavator, it is making me even more aware than I already was how talented an operator you are! You make it look so easy and I am discovering just how much I have to learn.
1965 I've I worked for Raymond concrete power company And we had to have giant Mac giant mats like yours yours a little bigger though 02 to put underneath the pile driver It's awesome buddy ground in Washington DC, Thanks for the memory.🇺🇸🏗 Your channel is one of the best!!!
In being in business 40 plus years clearing an excavating I always dig a key ditch around the pond then dewatering drying in the work area :: WHEN POSSIBLE :: Making it so much easier with dryer dirt. ,what you have is a mud hole ,, an you have no place to put the dirt thus making a shallow pond,, don't worry about the debris just cover over it . The more u stir it the worse it gets lol,, a long boom machine would be ideal
Chris good job on the mud. I’m glad you did not get stuck that would have made some great video but would have been a very big problem. It just looks better and better.
Love your content. Before I forget, on your "Mats", since you're having to have them custom made you might want to consider having your Contractor build them with used Railroad "Switch Ties" (17 ft long) ... they treated with a creosote protection to ensure a 30-year or longer lifespan and can certainly take the stress of your Excavator. Just glad I'm not the one that would have to line bore them for the steel rods ... hard as a rock they are !!! LOL
Burying trees and shrubs in that bank fill ought to help hold it in place long enough to maybe dry out so it can support itself. Of course, it will readily wash back into the pond with every rain, so thick grass growing on it will help hold it a bit longer.
I can remember having a tiny buldozer (Dinky) when I was going on four and dug a massive hole in the side alley where we lived in Town. Yeah, it was actually about a foot deep and uncovered the husk of a tortoise shell me family had buried, maybe the year before. But seriouly, as a wannabe digger operator still, I think for me the fascination is that Chris put's you in the daily driving seat. I wince ecologically at some of the projects he does but realise, ultimately the land of North Carolina is in safe hands
Hi from uk chris👋👍 great start to phase 2 I hope thats the most challenging bit of it over and rest goes smooth for you 👍 nearly on your way out now 👌 and yep we love liquefaction I love playing with cornflour/cornstarch for this and also ( I love the beach me ) when am on sea front and theres the bit sand thats wet but not and if keep tapping foot on that spot the sand turns to water and creats like a void area I think of ld18 playing in the mud but if anyone can liquify mud chris you are that guy👌😂💪 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
If you run cross blocks under - e.g. double thick and spiked or bolted together. Twice the thickness and weight but lasts longer as they are rigid. Just a hint/idea. The use of 8' by 8' double sided mats are oil field road bed to from a tank or well site. Those might be to much for you. I figure 8x4 double thick might be the trick. Martin
Oh Hell Chris, You know it ain't No fun unless ya have a couple "Oh Shit" moments ,every once in awhile !! lololol... It is crazy though , how it's holding you up on the mats but, as soon as you dig into it , it turns straight to crap !! Turns into self -leveling Goo !! lololol... Glad that sink hole didn't swallow ya up , and ya got on down the shoreline pretty smooth...That little creek you diverted into the lake , ought to fill that end up pretty quick ? looked like a pretty good stream of water was coming on in... Great as always Man !! Have a Great Evening, and, On too the Next !!
Hey, been watching this channel since it got recommended to me and I greatly enjoy the videos and conversations had. Keep up the great work operating heavy equipment and keep up the great work for the channel :)
In fact, engineered timber is stronger than a natural plank? I don't know whether the laminations would come apart? I imagine there will be a resin you could use, and use replaceable wood for grip?
Driving southbound on Louisburg Rd/401 last week and passed a heavy duty low boy with several stacked mats made out of rubber tires. Looked like they were bolted together like your wood mats? Have you used these and are they made to last longer than those made of timbers? Thought it was a good way to use old tires rather than being a breeding pond for mosquitoes.
Been wondering about the bucket rattle. Glad to see you're back on the ball and feeling better. Question I have us why would they allow an area to go swampy?
Given that he moved a huge beaver house, it would appear that the beavers are responsible for all the silt and sediment settling here. They may have moved on once the water depth got to the point they could no longer use the underwater entrance to the lodge.
Chris I always thought that making mats out of fresh power line poles would be good. With the tar or whatever they are saturated with guarantees they won't get water soaked for a long time. If that is too expensive, as soon as you get the new regular mats, I would saturate them with oil-based paint, just glob it on (ends too) and let the mats soak up as much as they will. That will definitely seal them off and slow down rotting from the mud and sitting outside all year.
@@richardschipper5989 look at them carefully, they have mechanical damage from the teeth and environmental rot. Chris tries to not damage them with teeth, some still happens though.
Talking about sinkhole, here in Quebec I have seen a bulldozer D6 with wide track getting lost for ever in a sinkhole , the contractor was making a road for a new land owner and a place is soft but the dozer has goes through couples time pushing large trees stump then he pushed some farther aside then he get really stuck and he sunk over the track in few seconds, one of his large excavator was nearby so he called his employee to get him on site , at this time I was already on site , the news go fast in small village lolll and my father know well the contractor , so with the large excavator he wasn’t able to extract the bulldozer and he didn’t have long enough chains and strong enough and it’s was getting dark , so he pushed large logs under the bulldozer and comeback the next morning, but yeah the next morning the bulldozer was completely under the mud about 3 feets under , pointing about 45 degrees down because of the logs he pushed under the bulldozer, the front went down faster . He digged around and with 2 large excavator he tried to lift it , it never lift an inch , it was the 2 large excavator the was going toward the sinkhole. So he claimed the insurance company, now it’s probably 20 years later , who know how deep the bulldozer he is ?
@@rmc119 loll yeah now that bulldozer probably lay on the rock at 60 feets deep since that is 20 years that happens, there is one soft spot like that on my father farm land, a water vein come from deep underground and that make it to be a sinkhole. In winter ( we are in Quebec Canada) there is about 15 feet high ice that cover that surface when the temperature get really cold , so you can imagine the water pressure is high, we are in mountain regions .
Glad to see you back in the mud! Head section came out pretty good. Wondering if you found your lost mat out there? Lots of mud still to be moved. Enjoyed!
I guess there must be a line between this soil and quick sand, but where is that line to be drawn? Is some of this stuff in the early stage of heading over the line into a full on nightmare? I never had to wonder about stuff like that before. It feels odd for sure. Keep going Chris, looks like being a while before it's done. ;) Be well.
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Lots of comments coming in about mats.
I guess that the physical stress of being grabbed, moved and carrying the weight of machines is the killer. Moisture and the wood used are just adding to the troubles.
Rail ties sound good, but the weight!!!
Chris knows his business, hes getting the best he can.
In my opinion this is the best channel on TH-cam. Love the variety and I can relate to most of it. I started working construction back in the 70s and I'm retiring this fall. I'll have lots of time to watch Chris work. Keep up the good work 👍
I agree, I used to run equipment but changed gears and am in IT now. I miss moving dirt so watch this channel for it, or run the RC hydraulic machinery as a hobby.
The cab cam is a great angle; we are privy to the mastery of your control inputs while witnessing the spectacular results. Thankyou.
One of the few channels you can open the video, click thumbs up before you even watch because you know its going to be good.
You are 100% correct about that and I often do give it a thumbs up before watching the video. Chris never disappoints
I'd take working in the mud on this one over the Vet Clinic job any day! That one is haunts me. 🙂👍👍👍
Chris, Matt at Diesel Creek announced today you and Dirt Perfect will be joining him for a Meet and Greet at the Antique Equipment Gathering the end of May in Pennsylvania! What a great opportunity for folks to get to meet you! Looking forward to seeing what all y'all get up to at the event! Please let Everyone know the where-with-all, as they become available. Thanks!!! 👏👍💪😎
I admire you, it's not just income, carpets, diesel, machine maintenance, etc., and then there will be something left over. Again, admiration. Just stay healthy. That's the most important thing in life.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Love how there’s no wasted moves. 👌😎
As an ex timber preservation scientist, I suggest that to extend the service life of your mats, I would wash off the mud before storage then stack them with 2" stringers to allow for ventilation and drying, then cover the top with some waterproof tin or something. Do not fully enclose the stack as humidity and moisture are the conditions for fungal growth.
THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO TO BOG MATS IS DRY THEM OUT ,THEY BECOME HARD AND THEN BREAK UP. TIMBER PRESIVATION SCIENTIST OR NOT ,YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW SFA ABOUT BOG MATS
Sean that’s hilarious 😂
@@Jacob-64 oops, I forgot that you don't have strong Aussie trees in your bog country
Looking good Chris. About those mats, here in upstate NY the local power company is changing all the electrical high power structures. They bought a piece of land and hired a company to make mats for them. They run these mats along the right of ways under the structures to replace them. They use hundreds of mats. Not sure how long it will take them to do all the structures.
Yep, it's going to be another interesting gig. Looking good so far. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
this dirt reminds me of a lava flow love your pond jobs can't wait to click on them thanks for making them .
Now that you mention it,that mud would be the perfect start of a fine lahar. Unless I was down slope of course!
We kept our wood mats in the watering hold when not in use. wouldn't last forever but many years.
Sounds counter intuitive, but wood does not rot under water. To rot both water and air are needed. Wood under water will last for decades.
In some of the cities in the East there are wooden water pipes that are really old. Get it wet, keep it wet wood will last a long time.
@@kenore4003 Yep, look at the wood pilings under Venice, Italy. Most are 500+ years old now.
The soil is saturated & what's happening is called "liquefaction". Usually happens when soil is vibrated as in a earthquake, but I guess digging/moving it around would create the same process.
Awesome work Chris, loving this job site.
Yes Bob, i cant get enough of watching Chris work the ponds and moving the mud.
You are working in that special stuff that is solid until it suddenly becomes quicksand. Brother & I as kids would walk sandbars in a freshwater creek and if we stomped on the sandbars our boots would almost be lost as we scrambled to climb the bank.
The mud is undergoing liquefaction when it’s dropped, the silt and clay particles become supported be the water, which allows it to flow, the more it’s moved the more it flows
KUDOS Chris to you taking the extra time dressing up the edges to this project to make it look nicer. it's always impressive you taking pride in what the project will look like in the end result. Probably one reason your so busy. Keep up the great work my friend.
Man I thought you were a goner for a second Chris. Just pure sludge that was past the mud stage. When I saw the bucket completely disappear and you start talking to the machine it's touch and go. Really will be a beautiful site when full of water. Looking forward to the aerial view of this pond.
Never tire of your videos. Keep em coming!
Nice job of slicken it up, I like it. Thanks for the ride along.
I work for a company that makes a durabase hard plastic mats that you could probably get double to triple the lifespan over the wooden mates. While not indestructible they do take severe abuse on well pads other gas/oil work environments. Might be something to look into
The speed that the water is filling up the 1st bay, it will be chasing you down to the head of the dam as you go. I think it was this 220 that worked on the the vet project and that hammered the pins greatly then. Be nice to have a drive by of that project to see how the site has changed.
Or give us the name and we can Google Maps it. Cuz Google Maps updates their street views every so often and it's been 3 years since the rocks won.
Anyone starting out Chris's vids should be mandatory viewing he explains how he sees it and what he is doing. LOTS of experience here that probably cost him big time when he started out!
Enjoying the update videos on this project bro. Safe travels
Another good day with you Chris. Always, "the man with a plan". Your visions become reality with your talents and operating skills. Just amazing how you make it happen.
Thanks for sharing with us.
I think the work around ponds are my favorite videos.
Great video. Sorry u cannot get new mats, bummer. You really need them on projects like this. It looks amazing and shaping up nicely. God's blessings and stay safe!!!
It's really starting to take shape...I'm starting to see your vision!!
Chris --thanks for the content here--endlessly entertaining .
Hello Chris. You have become very good at explaining, even to us who are not diggers.
I remember when you only played music in the videos. You have come a long way since that time.
One of your funniest videos is the one where you get lost with a dozer. It made me subscribe.
I think you just got 1000 subscribers at that time.
Chris is beavers nightmare while being turtles and Fish best friend.
It could nearly be called liquefaction with the patience of Job. Looks amazing - great to watch.
Yep if he’s not playing in the fire 🔥 he’s playing in the mud lol 😆
the "weird material" is known as a non-newtonian fluid, i.e. its viscosity is not independent of stress. One such well-known fluid is mud, another one is ketchup.
got your “ pondeye” working good cuttybones! reason that ground got sinking is your in a…wetland…and probably the creek channel that you filled. great video it’s looking awesome!
Wow Chris, you can actually walk on it. This will takes weeks to finish. Great job!
16:05 you should rent a snowcat /pistenbully - yould save over 2/3 of the entire time if you had the ability to push mud to a colection point and just load truck after truck
This is why I likes Chris's videos. Oh this is just going to be a swampy area, it doesn't need to be perfect. Then goes and makes it look perfect.
I'm with you Chris, in spirit at least.
Just when I thought Chris was done dredging this pond for a while here he is at it again.
It's an never ending series us subs love.
Everytime I get a notice Chris has posted a new vid It's number one on my click list.
Thank God there's no such thing as Smell O Vision.
I've smelled muck like that abd it's definitely a lunch upchucker.
I bet the mat manufacturer didn't expect his mats to be moved much and used as a mud sweeper/grading tool🙂. Love the channel and pat the pups.
Glad to see you back in your happy place,mud,mud,mud.looks like nice weather,be bad to start 2nd phase with it raining 🌧.glad to see you finally over the cold.great video,just keep doing what your brain is telling you to do.👍👍👍😎😎😎
My Uncle was a dragline operator for 65 years doing drainage and dirt work in southwest La.. He had cable loops on each end of his mats. He had a big hook on his drag cable to move them. His mats would last for years and years. Just sharing in case it would help you any
This is gonna be a fun watch. Can’t wait to see the head section fill up. Also Chris, can we get a qwik update on the last pond fill up after the rain?
thanks for explaining more on mats. keep it up. mats are a tools used but never explained.... Denton TX
Laid up in the hospital this week, but still enjoying my boy Chris changing the world 1 bucket at a time. Thank you sir for keeping me entertained while getting a tune up. 🤪😜💉🚑🤷🏼♂️
I hope you're feeling better and got to see the burn piles yesterday.
@@rmc119 Yes I did and it was AWESOME as always. 👍👍
I just bought a used Deere 160C LC that I will primarily be using to clear some significant storm damage to trees on my farm and clear some additional land. Having never owned an excavator, it is making me even more aware than I already was how talented an operator you are! You make it look so easy and I am discovering just how much I have to learn.
Great channel. I enjoy the pond projects excellent work. I am curious to see how nice this one turns out.
1965 I've I worked for Raymond concrete power company And we had to have giant Mac giant mats like yours yours a little bigger though 02 to put underneath the pile driver It's awesome buddy ground in Washington DC, Thanks for the memory.🇺🇸🏗 Your channel is one of the best!!!
All coming together Chris. It's going to look great !
In being in business 40 plus years clearing an excavating I always dig a key ditch around the pond then dewatering drying in the work area :: WHEN POSSIBLE :: Making it so much easier with dryer dirt. ,what you have is a mud hole ,, an you have no place to put the dirt thus making a shallow pond,, don't worry about the debris just cover over it . The more u stir it the worse it gets lol,, a long boom machine would be ideal
I was thinking the bucket was a tad sloppy in the last video on this project.
Now I know why. 👍
Clay and grease make a fine grinding paste 😋
What is happening with the mud is a type of soil liquefaction I believe.
Chris good job on the mud. I’m glad you did not get stuck that would have made some great video but would have been a very big problem. It just looks better and better.
Love your content. Before I forget, on your "Mats", since you're having to have them custom made you might want to consider having your Contractor build them with used Railroad "Switch Ties" (17 ft long) ... they treated with a creosote protection to ensure a 30-year or longer lifespan and can certainly take the stress of your Excavator. Just glad I'm not the one that would have to line bore them for the steel rods ... hard as a rock they are !!! LOL
I think it has been said before. Creosote is bad for the water.
@@TL64329 hence my recommendation was for "used" ties ... there isn't much left as it has done it's job of hardening and been absorbed into the core.
The sounds this machine makes are super satisfying!
Burying trees and shrubs in that bank fill ought to help hold it in place long enough to maybe dry out so it can support itself. Of course, it will readily wash back into the pond with every rain, so thick grass growing on it will help hold it a bit longer.
Hey, did you hear DP got a haul truck like Barney? He's still working on it, but Mrs Dirt named it for him. "BUBBA DUMPER!" 😆 🤣 😂
put 4x4's between your mats when you stack them, Air gets thru, and they last longer
Maybe that creek brought in a lot of sand and mixed with the dirt. I think that would make it so gooey.
At least stage 2 wasn’t as sloppy as stage 1 ,you are doing a great job Chris love all the videos cheers mate
I can remember having a tiny buldozer (Dinky) when I was going on four and dug a massive hole in the side alley where we lived in Town. Yeah, it was actually about a foot deep and uncovered the husk of a tortoise shell me family had buried, maybe the year before. But seriouly, as a wannabe digger operator still, I think for me the fascination is that Chris put's you in the daily driving seat. I wince ecologically at some of the projects he does but realise, ultimately the land of North Carolina is in safe hands
No FUN having to CARRY the ROAD with ya, Chris. 😳
Hope the diversion dries it out some. 🤞
Gotta do...what ya gotta do! 😉
Hi from uk chris👋👍 great start to phase 2 I hope thats the most challenging bit of it over and rest goes smooth for you 👍 nearly on your way out now 👌 and yep we love liquefaction I love playing with cornflour/cornstarch for this and also ( I love the beach me ) when am on sea front and theres the bit sand thats wet but not and if keep tapping foot on that spot the sand turns to water and creats like a void area I think of ld18 playing in the mud but if anyone can liquify mud chris you are that guy👌😂💪 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
This project was pretty sweet, lots of mudd but you and big John handled it no problem awesome video 🇺🇲💪
If you run cross blocks under - e.g. double thick and spiked or bolted together. Twice the thickness and weight but lasts longer as they are rigid. Just a hint/idea. The use of 8' by 8' double sided mats are oil field road bed to from a tank or well site. Those might be to much for you. I figure 8x4 double thick might be the trick. Martin
It's like trying to stack fresh cow patties
It sounds the same when it hits the 'ground' too . . 🙂
Thanks for sharing Chris
Oh Hell Chris, You know it ain't No fun unless ya have a couple "Oh Shit" moments ,every once in awhile !! lololol... It is crazy though , how it's holding you up on the mats but, as soon as you dig into it , it turns straight to crap !! Turns into self -leveling Goo !! lololol... Glad that sink hole didn't swallow ya up , and ya got on down the shoreline pretty smooth...That little creek you diverted into the lake , ought to fill that end up pretty quick ? looked like a pretty good stream of water was coming on in... Great as always Man !! Have a Great Evening, and, On too the Next !!
Hey, been watching this channel since it got recommended to me and I greatly enjoy the videos and conversations had. Keep up the great work operating heavy equipment and keep up the great work for the channel :)
In fact, engineered timber is stronger than a natural plank? I don't know whether the laminations would come apart?
I imagine there will be a resin you could use, and use replaceable wood for grip?
Would it be worth buying a planking mill for your chainsaw and making your own bog mats? After all you do knock a lot of trees down.
This looks a very interesting project.
I was gonna suggest that you get custom made mats that are all oak and have extra bolts. But sounds like you already thought of that!
I wonder if we'll ever see the day Chris sinks it and needs to bring in more equipment to rescue himself.
Those sinkholes appear from nowhere.
Nope, because he always aware of what's going on and would be taking evasive/remedial action before it got to that point. 🙂
much better progress when you don't have to transfer 3 times!
Great upload once again Chris 👍🏻
Looks great Chris 🇺🇲 another job well done with a plan you are very good
Jones lumber in Wesson,Ms have a yard full of them and or Beasley forest products in hazelhurst,Ga j/s
Get some old railway sleepers for matts and make your own Mats. and the railways sleeper are soaked in creasote and tar and will not rot out that fast
Self-leveling fill dirt. What more could you ask for?
I was wondering about that! I thought this was the 10 acre mudhole you had been working on!
That project looks like it’s going to be a headache until your done with it
Holy cow that grass grew like it had miracle-gro on it.
Driving southbound on Louisburg Rd/401 last week and passed a heavy duty low boy with several stacked mats made out of rubber tires. Looked like they were bolted together like your wood mats? Have you used these and are they made to last longer than those made of timbers? Thought it was a good way to use old tires rather than being a breeding pond for mosquitoes.
Been wondering about the bucket rattle. Glad to see you're back on the ball and feeling better. Question I have us why would they allow an area to go swampy?
I think the beavers had a lot to do with that. 🙂 Once they slow down the water the sediment settles out . . .
Gesh, that isn't soil, it's not mud, it's EARTH GOO at it's worst. Be healthy, stay safe and many blessings, Morgan
Chris, what if the timbers used in your mats were treated with the shou sugi ban wood treatment? I bet they wouldn't rot nearly as fast.
Good to see you back on this job. Is this entire pond silted in or was it drained for these repairs?
It was as it is. Completely grassed over.
... and muddy.
Given that he moved a huge beaver house, it would appear that the beavers are responsible for all the silt and sediment settling here. They may have moved on once the water depth got to the point they could no longer use the underwater entrance to the lodge.
You need to make your mats out of Railroad Switch ties. Lots of good switch ties are wasted for various reasons.
Looking good Chris👍👍👍👍
Chris I always thought that making mats out of fresh power line poles would be good. With the tar or whatever they are saturated with guarantees they won't get water soaked for a long time. If that is too expensive, as soon as you get the new regular mats, I would saturate them with oil-based paint, just glob it on (ends too) and let the mats soak up as much as they will. That will definitely seal them off and slow down rotting from the mud and sitting outside all year.
it's the bucket teeth and tracks the destroy the mats, not rot
@@richardschipper5989 look at them carefully, they have mechanical damage from the teeth and environmental rot. Chris tries to not damage them with teeth, some still happens though.
This job is quite large. Really interesting to watch your prep work as well. Take care & cheers🐨🦘🥰
You did fabulous at not getting stuck.
This project reminds me of that old adage “How do you eat a Elephant? One bite at a time!” 😜
Talking about sinkhole, here in Quebec I have seen a bulldozer D6 with wide track getting lost for ever in a sinkhole , the contractor was making a road for a new land owner and a place is soft but the dozer has goes through couples time pushing large trees stump then he pushed some farther aside then he get really stuck and he sunk over the track in few seconds, one of his large excavator was nearby so he called his employee to get him on site , at this time I was already on site , the news go fast in small village lolll and my father know well the contractor , so with the large excavator he wasn’t able to extract the bulldozer and he didn’t have long enough chains and strong enough and it’s was getting dark , so he pushed large logs under the bulldozer and comeback the next morning, but yeah the next morning the bulldozer was completely under the mud about 3 feets under , pointing about 45 degrees down because of the logs he pushed under the bulldozer, the front went down faster . He digged around and with 2 large excavator he tried to lift it , it never lift an inch , it was the 2 large excavator the was going toward the sinkhole.
So he claimed the insurance company, now it’s probably 20 years later , who know how deep the bulldozer he is ?
Wow! That is like the tanks on the Soviet front that are found.
Sounds like a job for Chris! I heard that C. restrictions for travel to Canada have been eased.
@@rmc119 loll yeah now that bulldozer probably lay on the rock at 60 feets deep since that is 20 years that happens, there is one soft spot like that on my father farm land, a water vein come from deep underground and that make it to be a sinkhole. In winter ( we are in Quebec Canada) there is about 15 feet high ice that cover that surface when the temperature get really cold , so you can imagine the water pressure is high, we are in mountain regions .
Glad to see you back in the mud! Head section came out pretty good. Wondering if you found your lost mat out there? Lots of mud still to be moved. Enjoyed!
Definitely quicksand (quckmud).
Nothing scares the crap outta me more than hitting a brush pile and a big snake flying out
I guess there must be a line between this soil and quick sand, but where is that line to be drawn? Is some of this stuff in the early stage of heading over the line into a full on nightmare? I never had to wonder about stuff like that before. It feels odd for sure. Keep going Chris, looks like being a while before it's done. ;) Be well.