At the start and in the middle of theses project things often look like such a hopeless mess. Then a few weeks goes by and like magic everything is graded out and job site is neat as a pin. Chris's skill and artistry never fails to amaze me.
You make mud look nice. Wow that dozer was deep and you got it out slick as a whistle. The pond area already looks good, can't wait until it dries so we can watch the rest. Thanks, Chris.
I was holding my breath while you were spreading the dirt out around that spring. I had a feeling that you were going to get your dozer stuck. Getting stuck isn’t so bad when you have the equipment to dig it out near by. I doubt there’s much of a chance of the head section drying out anytime soon as long as that spring is still running. Spreading that dirt out will definitely help it to dry out everywhere except where the spring is. The owner definitely needs to put some field tile in to help drain that area. That’s going to be a job in itself with it being so wet.
The ol mighty D6 is pooring the coal out the exhaust and looking really good working. I yelled Chris abort mission but you didnt here me and your stuck.
Kenny Komatsu found the wet spot that might be one of ground water spring outlets. Good save. All of the tracks are mudded up enough so we don`t hear any squeeking.
You had that ol d6 moving pretty good. You make it look nimble lol. Idk why, but most guys (me included) love seeing the old iron still out there in the production. In years and years when you wear it out, ull be able to rebuild it, too.
Your bucket doesn't look that big until you were getting the dozer out. WOW. Water won't be a problem here after the work is done. Keep up with the great job.
Head section certainly is a water course near unseen good for filling in ponds but not for dozer operators attempting to transform an area into usable land. Nice fleet you have there LetsDig18..
@letsdig18 Watching the d6 from the camera on the ground is amazing. The amount of dirt it pushes and the way operate it. It's a true beast. Love that old school power.
That’s is a huge fuel bill. Private farm with 500 gal tank was big enough when I was doing things. Bad enough to buy gas for mower every week. Love the set up, worth the investment for sure.
I'll trade you that wetness for some dust. I don't think I have ever seen it so dusty where I'm at in the thumb of Michigan. We haven't had rain in over two weeks and the next predicted rain is two weeks away. There are farmers still getting their crops in and behind every tractor is half mile long dust cloud.
Something that may be interesting to subscribers is for Chris to walk through how he estimates the price of a project. Not numbers, but what are the factors in the quote. Like how does he determine the time for excavation, hauling, tree and stump removal, grading, compacting, fine finish, seeding and hay, etc.
@@letsdig18 Industry standard is Clear/Grub/burn Per/Acre. Mass Grading is done Per Cubic Yard. We figure Finish Grade Per Sq Ft. The way he goes about stuff some times like today I hope he works by the hour.
I as a novice would like to see a run down on the operation of the controls on the vehicles. It fascinates me that Chris just seems to make the machine perform as he does
@@letsdig18 . Mike Dirt Perfect kinda explained the basics but I'm sure there's some issues not covered in the estimates. I'm lucky in that I charge a service call then a basic per circuit board per type charge. I've been doing board repairs on pinball and arcade games for 40 years so I pretty much know how long it's going to take except pinball solenoid / lamp driver boards. Those are per hour. Rest flat rate. $125 plus major parts on old CRT monitor chassis. Same on a Ms. Pac Man mother board as I know by issue exactly which chips caused the problem. I love watching you operating excavation equipment. Wish I'd gotten into it when I was young. No dealing with clients who can't understand that they really are paying for my knowledge and abilities. Fortunetly for me there's not that many gane techs left alive from my era and young people are more into computers these days which I do also repair along with modern tv's. I've gotten 5 free led tv's from sports bars then fixed. Almostgot a 90 inchfrom one of my best sportsbar customersI repair and recover his pool tables for. Unfortunately he had to prove he destroyed it the Dumpster it to have the warrenty approved.
Anyone know if there is an infrared camera that could be used on the drone to show the underground springs? Seems like this site is going to be on hold until we get a very long dry spell or figure out exactly where the springs are. Sorry, Chris...4 feet of pine debris one place, 4 feet of mud in the other. ☹️
Well i still haven’t seen any dust come out of that there dirt you are moving i take it a little more wet than it looks for sure but looking better 👍😎🇺🇸NY
Really worry about you as a lone worker especially in the more remote locations. Much prefer it when you have someone available to help! Keep safe, great channel.
🇺🇸🇵🇷🇵🇪😎 the first time I watched a video on TH-cam was of you digging an excavator out of the mud in a pond! Bin with with you ever since ...The best channel out there, Thanks for the ride!!!
if it was up to Chris he would but at the end of the day the owner has the say as every thing cost dollars and you do not ever do work for no dollars simple
This site just keeps on fighting back. Has it been left too long without drainage and is now past it's best? Is that a thing even? Thanks for sharing Chris. Be well.😉
One of my favorite Chris statements, "It is what it is." I guess it IS a little muddy. Surprised you don't need mats to get the excavator around the job site. That sharpshooter shovel is going to get a lot of use. It is going to be a nice pond even if the area looks more like a mud wrestling pit than a job site. I love watching Chris work a blade as much as operating an excavator.
It like the only way that area will ever be dry is if the property owner installs field tile to pull the water out. The tile can drain into the pond to help keep it full.
Chris mud then rain what do you think is going to happened 🇨🇦 I’m surprise some clearings your not stuck more often but look at the bright side you got it out!
Big muddy mess, even the best will get stuck in the sticky mud every once in awhile. Just a suggestion,’,’ you ever thought about putting a winch on one of those bulldozers?
you and me both mate but normally all i have to get out with is a shovel and no more machines for miles Chris has got the excavator just on the other side there even that may calm me a bit so i would not cuss as much
Mango Bango, Chris might have to change the channel to LetsMudStuck18. I think Chris needs a theme song with lyrics like Bus Grease Monkey has. His channel is really interesting if you've even wanted a converted bus to live or travel in. It's absolutely astounding how talented Chris is digging and moving dirt and clay. Yes, lots of it is simply experience but he comes with a ton of tallent as well. He's the Dirt Whisperer.
Fairly sure that is never going to dry out. There is an underground spring there and it will most likely always be somewhat wet and unusable. Probably should have been dug out a little and made part of the pond.
Well just a casual observation but looks like maybe extend the pond into that swampy area. But what do I know. Never built a pond. But I think I do know you Chris. If anyone can you will make it nice !
If the Earths poles ever flip you can blame Chris, keeps pushing all that dirt to places it wasnt supposed to be altering the balance of the planet!.., I bet if they ever find Atlantis they will find the skeletal remains of a guy who was called Chris sitting in an earth moving machine!
That's right, bury the evidence 😂. I saw exactly why you slope the pond dams the way you do. I had the "pleasure" of weedeating an overly steep pond dam.
from what i've seen that little dozer isn't good for anything other than finish work. newer dozers just are not as good as older ones IMO. they just don't have the power needed. regulated into uselessness.
When you got stuck and tried to use the blade to push yourself out, when it sunk it was just like that flop you pull out of the bottom of the ponds your dredge. If you didn't bottom out the dozer, you probably would have sunk to the cab... not quite a bad as that excavator you recovered.. but that slop was not much better.
Watching LD18 vids makes me confident in the notion that THIS is what happens to a person who didn’t get the tonka toys he wanted ad a child and decided he’d just buy the real things when he grew up. BEST TOY BOX EVER…..😂
Got that sinking feeling eh? I recently got stuck for the first time in over 9 months, I felt an array of shame and sadness at having a friend dog me out haha
Need to revert back to the mud mat squeegee method of grading. I did think you would get stuck a few more times. Good job getting something done under those conditions.
I have seen you in stuff I wouldn't send a mud bogger into. And yet here, where it doesn't look so bad. Crazy. I think you've been working in a bowl of mush
Chris you never give up. There is always another way to get the job done. Well done.
Found the wet spot. Many a shotgun ceremony started that way.😃
At the start and in the middle of theses project things often look like such a hopeless mess. Then a few weeks goes by and like magic everything is graded out and job site is neat as a pin. Chris's skill and artistry never fails to amaze me.
Boy that Kitty Cat can roll some coal. That's a fuel-burning fool.
Thanks for the video from Canada .
This makes me remember those famous words from the past…” I’m not stuck; I just can’t move! 😂
Good job sir. Glad you got the machine out of the mud quickly.
You make mud look nice. Wow that dozer was deep and you got it out slick as a whistle. The pond area already looks good, can't wait until it dries so we can watch the rest. Thanks, Chris.
Good Job Chris 👍🏻
Pretty soupy for dozer work. I do admire your sticktoitiveness. Well done.
Best regards from Indiana.
And children that's why you have a excavator with you at all times! LOL!! Good job Chris!!
I was holding my breath while you were spreading the dirt out around that spring. I had a feeling that you were going to get your dozer stuck. Getting stuck isn’t so bad when you have the equipment to dig it out near by. I doubt there’s much of a chance of the head section drying out anytime soon as long as that spring is still running. Spreading that dirt out will definitely help it to dry out everywhere except where the spring is. The owner definitely needs to put some field tile in to help drain that area. That’s going to be a job in itself with it being so wet.
I was about to ask Chris if he ever hires someone like DP to install drain tile. Looks like that farm could benefit from that procedure.
Holding your breath?
Really?
It's mud and a 26 ton paperweight. Not feather majestically floating through life.
The ol mighty D6 is pooring the coal out the exhaust and looking really good working. I yelled Chris abort mission but you didnt here me and your stuck.
Makes getting in the Komatsu easier when you have it lowered in the ground like that. smiles
Loved video look forward to next one
Kenny Komatsu found the wet spot that might be one of ground water spring outlets. Good save. All of the tracks are mudded up enough so we don`t hear any squeeking.
Thanks for the Video Chris!!👍👍
You had that ol d6 moving pretty good. You make it look nimble lol. Idk why, but most guys (me included) love seeing the old iron still out there in the production.
In years and years when you wear it out, ull be able to rebuild it, too.
Chris, as always a good video. I always enjoy watching a skilled operator and what they can get their machines to do.
Your bucket doesn't look that big until you were getting the dozer out. WOW. Water won't be a problem here after the work is done. Keep up with the great job.
Chris, you are getting it done. Steady, persistent effort always pays off!
Nice camera angles on this one. Kept me glued to the screen.
Quick recovery and managed to knock quite a bit of work out despite the conditions!
It's impressive the amount of work you can still get done in that sea of mud. The pond taking shape. Thanks for the entertainment.
He makes it look easy, would be nice to have a 1/8 of that skill
Well, that escalated quickly. Thank God for excavators.😂
Lil bro gets stuck. BIG sis comes to the rescue. Lil bro learned nothing. BIG SIS tells his ass to go sit down. He listens. Big sis ROCKS!!
Chris I am sure you will get it out seen you do it before.
Head section certainly is a water course near unseen good for filling in ponds but not for dozer operators attempting to transform an area into usable land. Nice fleet you have there LetsDig18..
@letsdig18 Watching the d6 from the camera on the ground is amazing. The amount of dirt it pushes and the way operate it. It's a true beast. Love that old school power.
That’s is a huge fuel bill. Private farm with 500 gal tank was big enough when I was doing things. Bad enough to buy gas for mower every week.
Love the set up, worth the investment for sure.
The big excavator helped his little buddy out of the mud!😊
The poor guy that has to clean those tracks out isn't going to like you very much. 😂
Great video as always Amazing save! WELL DONE CHRIS YOUR fuel tank is awesome
The Komatsu is a lighter machine but it also has less track surface. It would be interesting to know the pressure per square foot of contact.
Great video! Rescuing equipment and dirt fluffing!
Luv the Kitty Kat she's a beast
I think you’ve been stuck more at this job sight then any other sight. Lol😂
Chris in a strange way I like it when you get something stuck as you make it look so easy to get it back out! Proper skill mate
Job well done 👍🏻
I'll trade you that wetness for some dust. I don't think I have ever seen it so dusty where I'm at in the thumb of Michigan. We haven't had rain in over two weeks and the next predicted rain is two weeks away. There are farmers still getting their crops in and behind every tractor is half mile long dust cloud.
Add another oopsey to your short list🤣🤣 well played Chris 😁👏👏👏
Something that may be interesting to subscribers is for Chris to walk through how he estimates the price of a project. Not numbers, but what are the factors in the quote. Like how does he determine the time for excavation, hauling, tree and stump removal, grading, compacting, fine finish, seeding and hay, etc.
That's top secret info that has taken me years to figure out and make a profitable business out of
@@letsdig18
@@letsdig18 Industry standard is Clear/Grub/burn Per/Acre. Mass Grading is done Per Cubic Yard. We figure Finish Grade Per Sq Ft. The way he goes about stuff some times like today I hope he works by the hour.
I as a novice would like to see a run down on the operation of the controls on the vehicles. It fascinates me that Chris just seems to make the machine perform as he does
@@letsdig18 .
Mike Dirt Perfect kinda explained the basics but I'm sure there's some issues not covered in the estimates.
I'm lucky in that I charge a service call then a basic per circuit board per type charge.
I've been doing board repairs on pinball and arcade games for 40 years so I pretty much know how long it's going to take except pinball solenoid / lamp driver boards.
Those are per hour.
Rest flat rate.
$125 plus major parts on old CRT monitor chassis.
Same on a Ms. Pac Man mother board as I know by issue exactly which chips caused the problem.
I love watching you operating excavation equipment.
Wish I'd gotten into it when I was young.
No dealing with clients who can't understand that they really are paying for my knowledge and abilities.
Fortunetly for me there's not that many gane techs left alive from my era and young people are more into computers these days which I do also repair along with modern tv's.
I've gotten 5 free led tv's from sports bars then fixed.
Almostgot a 90 inchfrom one of my best sportsbar customersI repair and recover his pool tables for. Unfortunately he had to prove he destroyed it the Dumpster it to have the warrenty approved.
Anyone know if there is an infrared camera that could be used on the drone to show the underground springs? Seems like this site is going to be on hold until we get a very long dry spell or figure out exactly where the springs are.
Sorry, Chris...4 feet of pine debris one place, 4 feet of mud in the other. ☹️
Well the muck finally won great escape great video thanks Chris
When you get that SINKING FEEEELING! 😱😝🤪🤣😁👍👍🇺🇲
Chris, you can't hide it we did see you got stuck but good work keep it up
What’s the line you used before? “I wasn’t stuck I just wasn’t moving”!! Enjoyed the video!
Well i still haven’t seen any dust come out of that there dirt you are moving i take it a little more wet than it looks for sure but looking better 👍😎🇺🇸NY
I know exactly how you feel. I once lost a sport sock on a sandy Maui beach. Tide was coming in so fast I couldn't extract it.
I’m always learning from your channel.
Buy two pieces of equipment to keep one going!
Good job. I enjoy riding with you.
Love the sound of that machine, it's going like a clock. Or purring like a cat.
That went from stew to soup pretty darn fast!
Welcome back Chris Now the beautiful day here in North Carolina☀️🇺🇸
Really worry about you as a lone worker especially in the more remote locations. Much prefer it when you have someone available to help! Keep safe, great channel.
🇺🇸🇵🇷🇵🇪😎 the first time I watched a video on TH-cam was of you digging an excavator out of the mud in a pond! Bin with with you ever since ...The best channel out there, Thanks for the ride!!!
I think that was the first of his videos I watched also & been a subscriber ever since.
I totally agree 😊
Me too
Same!
The more you move it it turns into pudding you got lucky that the six didn't get caught good job🎉
You may need to put in some type of French drainage system to get the bog area dry.
if it was up to Chris he would but at the end of the day the owner has the say as every thing cost dollars and you do not ever do work for no dollars simple
This site just keeps on fighting back. Has it been left too long without drainage and is now past it's best? Is that a thing even? Thanks for sharing Chris. Be well.😉
One of my favorite Chris statements, "It is what it is." I guess it IS a little muddy. Surprised you don't need mats to get the excavator around the job site. That sharpshooter shovel is going to get a lot of use. It is going to be a nice pond even if the area looks more like a mud wrestling pit than a job site. I love watching Chris work a blade as much as operating an excavator.
When he says, 'leave it alone..... you know the Sh--- hit the fan....
A masters work in progress😊
Funny, just the other day DP said he didn't want to make any sink holes for farmer Chris to get stuck in. Guess he passed that on to you.
It like the only way that area will ever be dry is if the property owner installs field tile to pull the water out. The tile can drain into the pond to help keep it full.
even the BEST get stuck.... LOL
Dang Chris, you running that dozer like taking lessons from me. Lol 😅😅😅😅😂😊
Well you can't always have a clear sailing so every now and then you get stuck. That's part of doing the job. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Good evening all from the UK thanks Chris for all the videos. 🇬🇧👍👍
Good evening from Northern Ireland.
Good evening to you
Good evening to all from NE rural Ohio, USA 🇺🇸
Good evening all from Belfast Ireland 🇮🇪. Think that komatsu has a strange liking for being stuck in deep mud chris .😂
Chris mud then rain what do you think is going to happened 🇨🇦 I’m surprise some clearings your not stuck more often but look at the bright side you got it out!
George has certainly been earning his keep recently, good kitty cat.
Is it me or is George putting out more smoke than usual??
Nice going Chris
D6 squirms sideways like DP's 850J with the original pads when its slimy!
Ya done well for how wet it all was bro, at least ya had the toys to help each other out which is a plus. Safe travels
Big muddy mess, even the best will get stuck in the sticky mud every once in awhile. Just a suggestion,’,’ you ever thought about putting a winch on one of those bulldozers?
"I believe I'm stuck" shoot I think you're not moving!
Now that is a muddy mess just a little soft 👍😎🇺🇸 NY
You are so calm when you get stuck. I cuss and swear up a storm. I might even throw a few things. 😂😂
you and me both mate but normally all i have to get out with is a shovel and no more machines for miles Chris has got the excavator just on the other side there even that may calm me a bit so i would not cuss as much
Dad used to say if you don't hang up now and then,, you ain't trying hard enough.,,hehe... Need to find a hundred foot cable. Or a winch.
Thanks Chris , another impaired day in the muuuud (NOT STUCK) Thanks 👌👍🍺
Mango Bango, Chris might have to change the channel to LetsMudStuck18.
I think Chris needs a theme song with lyrics like Bus Grease Monkey has.
His channel is really interesting if you've even wanted a converted bus to live or travel in.
It's absolutely astounding how talented Chris is digging and moving dirt and clay.
Yes, lots of it is simply experience but he comes with a ton of tallent as well.
He's the Dirt Whisperer.
Fairly sure that is never going to dry out. There is an underground spring there and it will most likely always be somewhat wet and unusable. Probably should have been dug out a little and made part of the pond.
Well just a casual observation but looks like maybe extend the pond into that swampy area. But what do I know. Never built a pond. But I think I do know you Chris. If anyone can you will make it nice !
So glad I am not the only one that gets stuck!
Once again, Chris, you prove a workaholic cannot walk away.
I am very glad that you were able to get the dozer from the muddy mess. How much did Mr.Beallygood give you the beans.
🤣
If the Earths poles ever flip you can blame Chris, keeps pushing all that dirt to places it wasnt supposed to be altering the balance of the planet!.., I bet if they ever find Atlantis they will find the skeletal remains of a guy who was called Chris sitting in an earth moving machine!
That's right, bury the evidence 😂.
I saw exactly why you slope the pond dams the way you do. I had the "pleasure" of weedeating an overly steep pond dam.
Alot easier to climb in.😃
That could have been a big mess their . Looking good as usual.
Here in Wisconsin we are in a serious drought… we’ll take all that rain!! It hasn’t rained since late April. 😢
from what i've seen that little dozer isn't good for anything other than finish work. newer dozers just are not as good as older ones IMO. they just don't have the power needed. regulated into uselessness.
I'm surprised you haven't been stuck more often at that site...it's a mess before you even got started.
When you got stuck and tried to use the blade to push yourself out, when it sunk it was just like that flop you pull out of the bottom of the ponds your dredge. If you didn't bottom out the dozer, you probably would have sunk to the cab... not quite a bad as that excavator you recovered.. but that slop was not much better.
Watching LD18 vids makes me confident in the notion that THIS is what happens to a person who didn’t get the tonka toys he wanted ad a child and decided he’d just buy the real things when he grew up. BEST TOY BOX EVER…..😂
Can't argue with Mother Nature....yet you always manage to get SOMETHING done. 👏😉
Got that sinking feeling eh? I recently got stuck for the first time in over 9 months, I felt an array of shame and sadness at having a friend dog me out haha
That little stretch we had without rain it sure didn’t dry out to much.
Need to revert back to the mud mat squeegee method of grading. I did think you would get stuck a few more times. Good job getting something done under those conditions.
I have seen you in stuff I wouldn't send a mud bogger into. And yet here, where it doesn't look so bad. Crazy. I think you've been working in a bowl of mush
Man, I still love the purr of that D6
It happens to even the best of them.
Great job as always!!