Bees! Poison ivy! Nope 🤣. Wow those pictures didn’t do it justice, pretty crazy having that much water a few feet away from you! Great job and great video!
This is one of the more dangerous sites I've seen you work on in a couple of years Chris. I noticed that mud, down there, and was thinking " sink hole" ! Glad you got the upper hand here, hopefully, before that thing breaks.
Hello mate my family owns a demolition company in south Australia, I've seen so many bad operators that dnt respect the machine there operating! Bcoz wen it breaks down they dnt hav to pay for it! Just want to let you knw that ur one of the BEST operators I've ever seen, and trust me I've seen hundreds of operators! If u ever move to south Australia my uncle said he will give u a job straight away, No resume needed!
Very risky work . Your skills and knowledge got you through again , but you can't only depend on them everytime you cut it this close . Thanks for the awesome video .
I would say, with that mess 50/50 somebody is gonna be really Happy, I'm surprised that hadn't busted already by the looks of it..... Another Great one Chris !! Have a Great evening....
Great job Chris, seeing you in that gully tearing those trees apart I was hearing the theme music from Jurassic Park! Just waitin for something to come out of there. LoL That guy is getting more than he paid for. Once again, awesome job!
A project I would walk away from, who is living downstream of that failing dam? I would feel responsible for them if my temporary repair was treated as a permanent repair. The way the owner is paying and lack of maintenance tells you the owner is going to pretend you told him is was a full repair and point at you when the thing finally fails. This is a project I would pull a permit on, simply to get the county between me and any lawsuits. I had family in Youngstown. My grandparents had stories about that...
WOW, you can relly operate that machine. When scraping off that poison ivy it leaves an oil on the trunk which can still affect you so wear protective clothing when handling that lumber. I hate poison ivy,lol. Thanks for the Vids
That whole washaway needs filling with a few hundred tons of decent sized rocks, properly placed, and held in place with a concrete spillway, poured and shaped over the top. I repaired a similar overflow about 30 years ago and it still works as it should...the pond/dam was much bigger than this one.
You were right not to put the compactor in there, could have been real risky. By the way watching the machine in the pit moving twigs around looked like a great ole bird building a nest.
I wouldn't take a job like that, now they owner will try and pin any future problems on their property on you. "low budget" = rich person too cheap to do anything right..........
Wash every thing good with Dawn dishsoap 220 , saw, yourself. Got to wonder what was there before the pond was built and if the pond or dam is leaking.
A kid in my son's Boy Scout troop years ago did his Eagle Scout project in the woods and it required a lot of clearing of trees and undergrowth. There was poison ivy just like that vining up the trees and they didn't realize it until the kid's mother broke out with it all over her face, in her eyes, mouth, nose, etc. Very nasty stuff!
I would agree 100 percent with your wife. I believe if you wrote the words poison oak on paper and I touched it, I would get it. Heck I've got it in winter... Use to play in the woods as a kid and then dad decided to burn some bush....
@Geo Thomas well obviously that one didnt with 40 year growth growing on it and in it. And over it. That could happen in one hour. If we got a monsoon and the damm was 1 day old with no grass on it. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.
Look up engineered earth. It will come in handy for you in future projects. You can use something as simple as fly screening, or small netting, to drastically increase the tensile properties of piled earth. It wouldn't really help in this instance but when you mentioned using a matting it popped to mind and I realised you could probably make your life a lot easier when constructing ramps or access ways for heavy equipment. The tl;dr is if you make a man sized sand castle it falls down easy if you put weight on it, but if you layer a mesh in with the sand every 10-20 cm's you can press down on it with your bucket and lift yourself without it doing more than dropping a bit of sand from the sides (which will settle and stop with repetition). It's pretty cool stuff. Edit: Did a bit of digging you can buy hexagonal carpet like stuff designed just for the purpose of engineered earth, although it's a bit pricey and MacGyvered alternatives are readily available and have been for decades.
For you uninformed pond and lake owners, don't allow trees or bushes to grow on your dam or levee. The roots provide channels for the water to escape and it will erode and fail. Cutting the trees - bushes down or knocking over and de-stumping does not correct the problem either as the roots are still there and when they rot it will get even worse. Maybe dumping drilling mud bags (bentonite?) into the water may seal up the voids. Only allow grass to grow on the dams or levees. I would not take this job as you were the last guy to touch it before it failed and liability always falls closest to the tree.
I reckon you know now where all that dirt come from that you dug out of the big lake dredging project! Bees and poison ivy it just dont get any better than that!
One of my friends here on yt was cutting down a tree and he stopped saw and pulled a vine that was springing back in the way of the saw. While the saw was on the ground he decided to go for a pee. This would have been a good idea if the vine hadn't been poision ivy. A week later the itching finally stopped and he was relieved. LOL
Careful with that poison ivy. I was dozing off a creek back one summer day that was covered in that stuff. Had on a hat,glasses and long sleeve shirt. I looked in the mirror couple hours after I was finished and was broke out in red rash every place that wasn’t covered. Itched for days
When you have a situation like this will sandy silt soil and 4 feet of dam remaining AND an owner who wants to do it on the cheap do you put your findings in writing so you are covered if this goes south after the first rain storm.
Just started a massive dirt moving project building a Ash landfill, the company has already moved over 2.5 million yards of material, and have that much left to move, currently placing 50’ of structural fill in, and I say that as that’s the depth
I still don't know why they don't have floating cabs like they do in trucks rather than beating up the operator inside. I guess most companies only meet demands, and when the average worker expects very little they get very little. I always find myself inventing and replacing parts of equipment, no matter what it is. I don't think I've ever bought something and used it as is before. Everything is just made so poorly, especially if it's asian. :(
Last time I was in Natchez, I took a drive towards Meadville and it looked like the wisteria vines from abandoned home places was going to choke everything down.
I was actually fixing to say that exact thing when I you had already said it! How people get beautiful ponds or lakes like that made and not take care of it that's just crazy but I could understand if they had health issues come on them but why couldn't they pay someone to take care of it unless it's a new owner and that happened before they bought it, I know there are many reasons that it could have come about but there's also many ways it could've be taken cared for
Hope your uncle gave both you and Tim hazard pay for being in that hole with just a narrow and leaking dab of dirt holding back the flood. Or at least a big cooler full of favorite drinks. I know you guys do dangerous things on occasion but this one woulda made me nervous.
Rocky Mount district had a wildfire several years ago during which an operator who was in the smoke (before we had any enviro-cab dozers) inhaled the smoke. He had it internally in his lungs. It took him a year to recover. I don't know how many other wildfires that I've been on where operators/crewmen were wrapped up with that crap just from the smoke.
Ain't there any inspections or certifications for dams and ponds in that state or county? That sure looks sketchy... especially "on a budget". Water will go where it can, is there any danger to people or infrastructure "down stream"? Not hatin', just really curious.
I got here too soon. Only 360p. Good thing that dam didn't decide to break while you were in the hole. Is there a good way to repair a dam on a budget? Maybe that dirt went downstream to one of the retention ponds you clean out.
sure would have been nice if the owner came in and cut the trunks of the poison ivy a couple weeks before the job was scheduled, if the leaves are dried and have no oils it wouldnt be able to get on your skin or clothes.
Wow, that was an optimal place to scratch the paint on the counterweight, but when you were on the operators seat, I didn't even worry :) (around 17:00 - 22:00)
I was thinking the same thing. This situation would justify the expense of a pressure washer. We have a lot of poison oak here in crazy California (maybe that's why we have so many crazy people?). I remember vividly the first time I contacted poison oak in 1952 and the second time in 1971.
Yeah I never knew you could catch poison ivy or oak by touching your quipment I have cut over so my Bush hawg and 2 weeks later I was at their work and own it and called it
@@blindwisdom9665 The "good" thing (if there is a good thing) is that it's not fatal, except perhaps in special cases. But it defines misery better than words.
For the poison ivy, a neighbor gave me some Ivy X and that stuff is 100% legit. IF I do happen to start itching , usually on my arms or lower legs in middle of night, just get up, wash with the soap (put the sauce on dry skin, wash 2 minutes with lightly damp wash cloth), and that, right then is the end of it and it does not come back. Sometimes I get a couple spots but they don't itch. Become a distributor like I did and you can save $$, I think it is about $8/each for 10 ounce pre-exposure lotion, and then a bottle of after soap to wash off after working outside. It is simple, it works. For running chain saw or digging or grubbing, I use it on my face (not eyes), front/back of neck, halfway up arms, lower legs/ankles feet and 100% success rate. Darn cheap to make sure you don't spend a few sleepless nights and have puss juicing everywhere. Key to success is, don't put your hands/gloves anywhere on you, ever, when working outside, apply and wash often, don't work 8 hours before washing, although I have not had problems, I suspect it is better to wash off and re apply more often, rather than less frequently. Good luck.
The stories about burning poison ivy are true.. I am very allergic to ivy.. As a kid, I was riding my motorcycle in our yard as out neighbor was doing some burning.. I had a full faced helmet on so I figure that is why I got it around my lips and not internally.. BUT.. I had it EVERYWHERE on my body not covered by that helmet!!
Did you know that when you burn poison oak or ivy you can get it from inhaling the smoke? It may sound crazy but it happened to me, it was a living hell. My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see, my tongue, throat & all of my body was swollen..YES it was a nightmare, I itched in places I didn't know I had - LOL
I'm with you on the poison ivy. I once got it bad and looked like a 3rd degree burn victim for 2 weeks! Now I'm paranoid and see it everywhere..... If you do get it, wash yourself down with Tecnu. I wash my clothes, boots and dog with the stuff - it's designed to remove the oils that cause the rash. These days, I use it as a precaution after going anywhere poison ivy might be present....
I burned up a pile of poison ivy vines when I was a teenager and it got into my lungs, just about had to be hospitalized. Broke out over 90% of my body for weeks. Had to get steroid shots daily and enough anti-inflammatory pills to choke a horse.
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Watching this is way more entertaining than any TV show!
Bees! Poison ivy! Nope 🤣. Wow those pictures didn’t do it justice, pretty crazy having that much water a few feet away from you! Great job and great video!
This is one of the more dangerous sites I've seen you work on in a couple of years Chris. I noticed that mud, down there, and was thinking " sink hole" !
Glad you got the upper hand here, hopefully, before that thing breaks.
Good work Chris and Tim 👍👍🇵🇪🐕❤️. You want a pond, you look after it.
Hello mate my family owns a demolition company in south Australia, I've seen so many bad operators that dnt respect the machine there operating!
Bcoz wen it breaks down they dnt hav to pay for it!
Just want to let you knw that ur one of the BEST operators I've ever seen, and trust me I've seen hundreds of operators!
If u ever move to south Australia my uncle said he will give u a job straight away,
No resume needed!
yeah talent is getting hard to find. I appreciate it!
You need to name these projects so it'll be way easier to actually follow them in order
Make playlists!
Very risky work . Your skills and knowledge got you through again , but you can't only depend on them everytime you cut it this close . Thanks for the awesome video .
Not a scratch on that counterweight. Nice job Chris and tim
You hooked the client up! Did a great job and risked a lot.. Annnd made a great video.
I would say, with that mess 50/50 somebody is gonna be really Happy, I'm surprised that hadn't busted already by the looks of it..... Another Great one Chris !! Have a Great evening....
Great job Chris, seeing you in that gully tearing those trees apart I was hearing the theme music from Jurassic Park! Just waitin for something to come out of there. LoL That guy is getting more than he paid for. Once again, awesome job!
A project I would walk away from, who is living downstream of that failing dam? I would feel responsible for them if my temporary repair was treated as a permanent repair. The way the owner is paying and lack of maintenance tells you the owner is going to pretend you told him is was a full repair and point at you when the thing finally fails. This is a project I would pull a permit on, simply to get the county between me and any lawsuits.
I had family in Youngstown. My grandparents had stories about that...
I know this was almost a year ago.. but i would think that he has permits for just about anything he does since he had a legitimate company
WOW, you can relly operate that machine. When scraping off that poison ivy it leaves an oil on the trunk which can still affect you so wear protective clothing when handling that lumber. I hate poison ivy,lol. Thanks for the Vids
We had poison ivy but it didn't grow on Vines. That some itchy stuff! 😳
Really*
Now we know where all the.dirt in your epic pond dredging series came from! Lol
That whole washaway needs filling with a few hundred tons of decent sized rocks, properly placed, and held in place with a concrete spillway, poured and shaped over the top. I repaired a similar overflow about 30 years ago and it still works as it should...the pond/dam was much bigger than this one.
Three things
Good, Cheap, and Fast.
You can only have two if them
You were right not to put the compactor in there, could have been real risky. By the way watching the machine in the pit moving twigs around looked like a great ole bird building a nest.
Just watching you in the hole and hoping that Damn don't break with you in it. That would be just a complete WASHOUT
You are a good operator that can destroy anything and you do a good job of it
Not sure if the wood is worth the chance of getting ivy from head to toe.......
I would have to agree with that statement
Jrbpa 57. zanfel will cure it overnight or even sooner
Send the owner a few Beavers if he wants it cheap.......
That's gold, mate
beavers wont fix it till there is a breach.
When I was a Boy Scout some 40 or so years ago our troup had a campfire and the wood had Ivy on it and about 15 of us got it from burning it.😭
i remember when I got poison oak on my hand i tell ya that was the worst pain i had before getting stung by a jellyfish
I wouldn't take a job like that, now they owner will try and pin any future problems on their property on you. "low budget" = rich person too cheap to do anything right..........
Can't blame the owner in this case. Blame the hack of a contractor who will take any job and cut every corner to "make the budget".
@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb hack? probably one of the best heavy equipment contractors out there.
That is why contracts exist to put it on paper that any problem may arise from halfassing it is on the property owner.
@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Stupid ass comment from someone who has clearly never ran a business in your life.
You work with what you got. You are doing well for the mess you had. They should have fixed that a few years ago.
Wash every thing good with Dawn dishsoap 220 , saw, yourself. Got to wonder what was there before the pond was built and if the pond or dam is leaking.
A kid in my son's Boy Scout troop years ago did his Eagle Scout project in the woods and it required a lot of clearing of trees and undergrowth. There was poison ivy just like that vining up the trees and they didn't realize it until the kid's mother broke out with it all over her face, in her eyes, mouth, nose, etc. Very nasty stuff!
My wife who is in the other room...Will probably get poison ivy just because I watched this video! 😂
I would agree 100 percent with your wife. I believe if you wrote the words poison oak on paper and I touched it, I would get it.
Heck I've got it in winter...
Use to play in the woods as a kid and then dad decided to burn some bush....
Doubtful
Timmy ! get some gloves , grab some poison ivy , go over to the Volvo and work out your new hourly wage with the boss........
I believe that is called extortion. It's a great bargaining tool. Lol
Great video Chris,enjoyed it
Im always amazed at how that 220 appears to be an extension of your limbs.
GD grand canyon! 😉
Thanks for the video.
That washout went FULL SEND lol
Good work ain’t cheap... cheap work ain’t good. Job looks good as though 👌
It's good you mentioned the lack of budget.. cuz you know the haters are going to hate!! Nice work be safe.👍👷
Yep when you don't take the time to keep your Leeves cut and clean you get this . Good job.
Stay safe
Dwayne
A few years ago, a couple of loads of rock might have prevented the erosion.
Save money now probably means spending more later
The owner will sell by then
I thought I saw the Volvo inching from all that poison ivy.
LoL
I think my eyes just got poison ivy from watching this. :-)
Years of never taking care of a damm. Gets the owner that result
@Geo Thomas well obviously that one didnt with 40 year growth growing on it and in it. And over it. That could happen in one hour. If we got a monsoon and the damm was 1 day old with no grass on it. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.
Headlines: Piscene Prison Break Plot Foiled! Local flora and fauna breath a sigh of relief.
Look up engineered earth. It will come in handy for you in future projects. You can use something as simple as fly screening, or small netting, to drastically increase the tensile properties of piled earth. It wouldn't really help in this instance but when you mentioned using a matting it popped to mind and I realised you could probably make your life a lot easier when constructing ramps or access ways for heavy equipment. The tl;dr is if you make a man sized sand castle it falls down easy if you put weight on it, but if you layer a mesh in with the sand every 10-20 cm's you can press down on it with your bucket and lift yourself without it doing more than dropping a bit of sand from the sides (which will settle and stop with repetition). It's pretty cool stuff. Edit: Did a bit of digging you can buy hexagonal carpet like stuff designed just for the purpose of engineered earth, although it's a bit pricey and MacGyvered alternatives are readily available and have been for decades.
awesome video and operator skills,would love to see the rest of the job,that was risky
Please tell me that you saved the BURL wood.
i'm thinkin your gonna be back right after the next 4 inch rain........luck
For you uninformed pond and lake owners, don't allow trees or bushes to grow on your dam or levee. The roots provide channels for the water to escape and it will erode and fail. Cutting the trees - bushes down or knocking over and de-stumping does not correct the problem either as the roots are still there and when they rot it will get even worse. Maybe dumping drilling mud bags (bentonite?) into the water may seal up the voids. Only allow grass to grow on the dams or levees. I would not take this job as you were the last guy to touch it before it failed and liability always falls closest to the tree.
I'm the same about poison ivy, if I look at it I get it.
No u dont
I reckon you know now where all that dirt come from that you dug out of the big lake dredging project! Bees and poison ivy it just dont get any better than that!
One of my friends here on yt was cutting down a tree and he stopped saw and pulled a vine that was springing back in the way of the saw. While the saw was on the ground he decided to go for a pee. This would have been a good idea if the vine hadn't been poision ivy. A week later the itching finally stopped and he was relieved. LOL
Careful with that poison ivy. I was dozing off a creek back one summer day that was covered in that stuff. Had on a hat,glasses and long sleeve shirt. I looked in the mirror couple hours after I was finished and was broke out in red rash every place that wasn’t covered. Itched for days
When you have a situation like this will sandy silt soil and 4 feet of dam remaining AND an owner who wants to do it on the cheap do you put your findings in writing so you are covered if this goes south after the first rain storm.
You just park the machine on high ground. If it starts raining
Video
Just started a massive dirt moving project building a Ash landfill, the company has already moved over 2.5 million yards of material, and have that much left to move, currently placing 50’ of structural fill in, and I say that as that’s the depth
38°36'02"N 85°24'01"W · 737 ft
That’s the location, overhead shot was over a year ago, lots more dirt has been moved since
Would the two trees be good for reinforcing the pond to prevent erosion?
As bad as i am allergic to poison ivy, i got covered in it just watching you scrape it off that tree.
I still don't know why they don't have floating cabs like they do in trucks rather than beating up the operator inside. I guess most companies only meet demands, and when the average worker expects very little they get very little. I always find myself inventing and replacing parts of equipment, no matter what it is. I don't think I've ever bought something and used it as is before. Everything is just made so poorly, especially if it's asian. :(
That poison ivy looks like the kudzu in Mississippi...abundant!
Janell Joy I was just thinking that.
Last time I was in Natchez, I took a drive towards Meadville and it looked like the wisteria vines from abandoned home places was going to choke everything down.
Looks like it has not been taken care of in many a year
👍
I was actually fixing to say that exact thing when I you had already said it! How people get beautiful ponds or lakes like that made and not take care of it that's just crazy but I could understand if they had health issues come on them but why couldn't they pay someone to take care of it unless it's a new owner and that happened before they bought it, I know there are many reasons that it could have come about but there's also many ways it could've be taken cared for
"Done as cheap as possible"....I thought all of those customers lived in my area!....lol.....
WHEW!!! looks like you escaped one. Heres hoping you got it finished before you got more rain.
Hope your uncle gave both you and Tim hazard pay for being in that hole with just a narrow and leaking dab of dirt holding back the flood. Or at least a big cooler full of favorite drinks. I know you guys do dangerous things on occasion but this one woulda made me nervous.
Danger pay is for pussies
I got chills when that ivy came down..
how about just getting a herd of beavers... LOL
You must go through alot of bucket pins the way you pop that bucket lol
That is where all the dirt came from on that job you did a while back. Removing all that dirt from those coves. Lol God bless
Don't grease the bucket today. The juice from the poison ivy will be on everything.
What is the matting made of and does it have seed embedded? And cost per square foot? Thanks
Better get a good lawyer on retainer, that dam owner looks like a disaster waiting to happen...
Is there anyway to put a manhole/catch basin and fill it with gravel and put a pump in to pump the ground water out if plan A doesn’t work ?
DEDBRD197Get the impression the client is unlikely to pay for that.
Your Probably right. I was just thinking what to do if the dirt wouldn’t pack
Rocky Mount district had a wildfire several years ago during which an operator who was in the smoke (before we had any enviro-cab dozers) inhaled the smoke. He had it internally in his lungs. It took him a year to recover. I don't know how many other wildfires that I've been on where operators/crewmen were wrapped up with that crap just from the smoke.
You're gonna hate this but i don't get poison ivy. I'm not trying too be mean and rub it in
Yup, that looked sketchy as hell.
Ain't there any inspections or certifications for dams and ponds in that state or county? That sure looks sketchy... especially "on a budget". Water will go where it can, is there any danger to people or infrastructure "down stream"? Not hatin', just really curious.
no regulations on personal ponds like this.
I wonder if his home owners insurance would rather pay for damn or 20 houses down stream just saying (all they need to here is damn and failure)
I got here too soon. Only 360p. Good thing that dam didn't decide to break while you were in the hole. Is there a good way to repair a dam on a budget? Maybe that dirt went downstream to one of the retention ponds you clean out.
Good job again Chris and Tim, excavator looking good not a scratch on the counterweight.....👌✌👍😎
Like hiking the narrows in Zion. Not sure I have been exposed to the poison ivy but avoiding it seems wise.
I hiked zion and Bryce...didnt even know there would be poison ivy there!!
sure would have been nice if the owner came in and cut the trunks of the poison ivy a couple weeks before the job was scheduled, if the leaves are dried and have no oils it wouldnt be able to get on your skin or clothes.
Why not keep existing wash out &create cliffs,,&make humps that will be underwater &wort to the pond created by YOU !NO NEED TO FILL ,,
Do you still warranty your work even though it’s not the right way to do it?
Yikes. I'm getting itchy just watching the removal of all the poison ivy lol
I hope the customers budget will not result in the " sting " of returning to the site multiple times to fix it right at your expense .
Wow, that was an optimal place to scratch the paint on the counterweight, but when you were on the operators seat, I didn't even worry :) (around 17:00 - 22:00)
I'm starting to itch just watching.
Any reason to have that high rpm for that kind of job? Just consomes more diesel 🤔
Cheap?? Bees and tons of poison ivy both hate me so no cheap if I was doing it.
Working around ivy, get tec-nu ivy extreme scrub. Gallon of water. Feels great.
close the door man your freaking me out lol Im that same way you are if I look at it wrong I get it somehow. and im in the tree service industry.
Hazmat suit and a flame thrower.and scrub shower after wards .
I got poison ivy from just watching this video. 🤪😂🤣
Make sure you wash you equipment
I was thinking the same thing. This situation would justify the expense of a pressure washer. We have a lot of poison oak here in crazy California (maybe that's why we have so many crazy people?). I remember vividly the first time I contacted poison oak in 1952 and the second time in 1971.
Yeah I never knew you could catch poison ivy or oak by touching your quipment I have cut over so my Bush hawg and 2 weeks later I was at their work and own it and called it
@@blindwisdom9665 The "good" thing (if there is a good thing) is that it's not fatal, except perhaps in special cases. But it defines misery better than words.
Just love the way you come up with game plans on the spot in new and urgent situations. We will see at least one more video on this situation, right?
For the poison ivy, a neighbor gave me some Ivy X and that stuff is 100% legit. IF I do happen to start itching , usually on my arms or lower legs in middle of night, just get up, wash with the soap (put the sauce on dry skin, wash 2 minutes with lightly damp wash cloth), and that, right then is the end of it and it does not come back. Sometimes I get a couple spots but they don't itch. Become a distributor like I did and you can save $$, I think it is about $8/each for 10 ounce pre-exposure lotion, and then a bottle of after soap to wash off after working outside. It is simple, it works. For running chain saw or digging or grubbing, I use it on my face (not eyes), front/back of neck, halfway up arms, lower legs/ankles feet and 100% success rate. Darn cheap to make sure you don't spend a few sleepless nights and have puss juicing everywhere. Key to success is, don't put your hands/gloves anywhere on you, ever, when working outside, apply and wash often, don't work 8 hours before washing, although I have not had problems, I suspect it is better to wash off and re apply more often, rather than less frequently. Good luck.
The stories about burning poison ivy are true.. I am very allergic to ivy.. As a kid, I was riding my motorcycle in our yard as out neighbor was doing some burning.. I had a full faced helmet on so I figure that is why I got it around my lips and not internally.. BUT.. I had it EVERYWHERE on my body not covered by that helmet!!
Awesome watching you work
Did you know that when you burn poison oak or ivy you can get it from inhaling the smoke? It may sound crazy but it happened to me, it was a living hell. My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see, my tongue, throat & all of my body was swollen..YES it was a nightmare, I itched in places I didn't know I had - LOL
Just love that machine - Volvo EC220EL. Found one with 2300 hours on it for 97K. Now, lets see... what do I need to dig...
Good job Chris that what u call a good operator
Dam, that was a good video sir.
I'm with you on the poison ivy. I once got it bad and looked like a 3rd degree burn victim for 2 weeks! Now I'm paranoid and see it everywhere..... If you do get it, wash yourself down with Tecnu. I wash my clothes, boots and dog with the stuff - it's designed to remove the oils that cause the rash. These days, I use it as a precaution after going anywhere poison ivy might be present....
I burned up a pile of poison ivy vines when I was a teenager and it got into my lungs, just about had to be hospitalized. Broke out over 90% of my body for weeks. Had to get steroid shots daily and enough anti-inflammatory pills to choke a horse.