@@letsdig18 that has to be the hardest thing to come up with different ideas for the same kind of projects yet at the same time keeping it interesting for the people watching your videos that has to be the toughest part of your day
That's just like having Tim (Cotontop3) working across the site from you - Tigercat, skidder and loader. I guessed there was a feller involved when we saw how low the stumps had been cut. In fact, when saw the Tigercat at the end there, I loved how it marched right on through the smaller trees like they were not even there. It's not until we see a Tigercat feller up close (usually when Tim and family are fixing theirs) that we realise just how big they are. That house is going to be well situated right in front of the lake/pond. Looking forward to seeing you get back to that gloopy dredge job that was too wet to proceed with. That was some scary shit!
Excellent video thank you very much! The Drone footage if you can keep it coming helps to give a little different perspective to the size of the machines you work around everyday. Best wishes and thank you for an exciting Channel.
There is a big project being done near my house and it’s on 200 acres and they have 4 Volvo excavators like yours with huge buckets and 6 Volvo rock trucks like yours, I was going to stop and tell them I can run an excavator because I watch “Letsdig18” hahah
I dont know why it still amazes me that you can pull out a big ass stump, and somehow there is enough dirt to fill the hole completely level . It is almost like a magic trick .
Armchair forestry guy here, wouldn't it be easier for you and yours to fell those as trees then let the loggers buck the stumps off at trailer loading? Also, claw machine owners hear boss music everytime Chris walks by one of them.
I've never operated an excavator can an operator run that bucket into the cab, on accident or is there limits in the boom preventing this from happening. Those limits mechanical or sensors?
Methinks they await a long reach. Bucket size would be my concern with the long booms. If loaded right into trucks, it might ease the double handling but the mud may need to dry out a lot before hauling it which negates direct truck loading.
I worked for a outfit that when it was quitting time, that meant pull over and be standing by your rig to get on that old greyhound bus they used for a crew bus and when you got in the bus driver took your timecard and punched it and that was the time that you got paid for. Don't dump your truck or grease it or anything. You got there and it was greased and full of fuel and oil was topped off. They would look at your bitch slip and replace a brake or fix the drivers wiper but that was about it so when I was in town to purchase some goods I bought a tiny tool kit and some short pinch bars so I could adjust the clutch and the brakes and made my seat so it didn't rock back and forth and that was it except I got me a radio that would run on batteries or twelve volt so I opened the dash and got the hot wire of the fuel gauge and come twelve o'clock listened to paul harvey while I ate my brunch. One day my boss of trucks rolls up on me and is talking to me and sees the radio in the seat and so went from I was a damn good driver to your fired and so walk to camp. So I grabbed my nose bag and rain gear and down the road I went and I wasn't supposed to hitchhike so when it pulled up behind me and said get in I was leary and we continued to camp. Some small talk and he could see I wasn't having a good day. Next thing I know he's on the radio and talking to the guy who fired me and said I will meet you there just hold your spot. I ask if I could get out cause it was close to camp and he said just hang on cause the mail plane is gone and the delivery plane do come in for a few so just hold still. so I ride on out there and set in the seat waiting for "Jim" to come back. Next thing I know is my door is open and the guy who fired me was handing me his keys to his pick up. "Jim" was the big boss and he gave me the job that the guy who fired me his job and he was pissed. He screams at me, what did you tell Jim and all that and then swung at me. I ducked it and nocked him on his tail. Jim told him, "Morgan" (me) never said anything as he was walking to camp and I wanted to know why but he never said a word so I ask you and you told me all I wanted to hear. Then Jim said you handled that good so your getting a raise in pay and a new job! That last part was to me/LOL.. Anyway I put radios in every rig on the job site and that was a bunch but I had went to the local dump/ bone yard for cars/trucks and took the radio's out of every rig I could find and only had to buy a few and Jim gave me another raise. Come that winter when shut down came he ask me if I wanted a trailer there in camp and just hang till start up but I told him no that there was another cmp that serves rounder pancakes come spring and he said I match their pay and he near hit the floor when I told him it was a lot less than what you pay now. I just ain't cut out to be a ramrod and now I wish I would of kept that job as my life would of been a lot different..... there is more but I already got you wondering am I a story teller or am I the real deal
Kudos for you Chris for making us a video everyday. People don’t understand what it takes to put one out everyday we appreciate it!!!!
I appreciate it, its a lot of work to try and come up with different Ideas everyday to keep it from being the " same ole thing"
letsdig18, Most channels are Lucky to get 52 a year up
Even though they SAY they post weekly, they only get about 45 a year
Yes, Thank you very very much. You do a great job of these , thanks for the hard work.
@@letsdig18 that has to be the hardest thing to come up with different ideas for the same kind of projects yet at the same time keeping it interesting for the people watching your videos that has to be the toughest part of your day
@@letsdig18 i don't know where you find time to go over it @nd edit before sending us and work to. Thanks
Awesome drone view and great work! Thanks for the video
I am always floored at how dexterous you are with that bucket.
Beautiful land. Makes one appreciate our Great nation. Thanks Chris.
Great video Chris! I love the new Drone shots, they add a lot to the video and are beautiful!
That's just like having Tim (Cotontop3) working across the site from you - Tigercat, skidder and loader. I guessed there was a feller involved when we saw how low the stumps had been cut. In fact, when saw the Tigercat at the end there, I loved how it marched right on through the smaller trees like they were not even there. It's not until we see a Tigercat feller up close (usually when Tim and family are fixing theirs) that we realise just how big they are. That house is going to be well situated right in front of the lake/pond. Looking forward to seeing you get back to that gloopy dredge job that was too wet to proceed with. That was some scary shit!
The Tiger Cat 635 Skidder is like what Tim and them run at TDK. Chad runs it like a champ.
Nice property. You need the long reach for that pond dredge.
Great camera and drone footage! The tunes were great too!
i had a smile on my face the entire time! loved that music!!! you are blessed, chris!
Nice job stumping. I'm always sore after a day of stumping. I like the fly over view it's pretty neat!
Interesting seeing the whole site with the loggers still there, and what they have and haven't cut.
Thanks.
Canada has lost 30 per cent of their forests
Excellent video thank you very much! The Drone footage if you can keep it coming helps to give a little different perspective to the size of the machines you work around everyday. Best wishes and thank you for an exciting Channel.
Some of those stumps had big ideas!
Nice drone footage too! :-)
It's smart to start with the hardest thing first.
When you make a road into a property you scrub the top soil off lay some fine sand/gravel compact and then put course gravel on top, is that correct?
Thank you Chris for what you do. I really enjoy watching your work. keep it up.
I felt that @ 11:44, go easy breezy
So you have 3 major jobs on the go. The shooting range the pond dig out and this one,
Does the ground ever freeze there? Not just the first inch, but deeper down. I believe our frost depth here is something like 7 or 8 feet.
Thanks for the great video and the music to the drone was just the tops.
Those stumps ain't drying out any time soon. God almighty we're getting the rain!
8:16 each one of those teeth are like your fingers. Awesome work!
At least that pond job is all sand so doesn't really matter if its raining
Those Tiger cats are showing up more and more.
Nice saw logs in that pile. Big money being made and spent there............
I'm glad you have been getting your drone back into service -- I really love those scenes!
y'alls skidders are the lazy man version. Ones up by me you have to get out and attach chokers to the logs winch them in and then drag
Chris’s what kind of drone do you use?
Love what you are doing keep up the good work!!!!
how long before you finish the lake with the long reach I'm looking forward to seeing that.
Idea for a new Letsdig18 t-shirt... "Where the hell did the t-post go?"
T-post hammer time, bucket style.
@@Mephiston And precisely at the right place ! Awesome control.
@@marcryvon I watched a guy pick a birds nest out of a tree once and not harm it, some people have that hand & eye thing down
There is a big project being done near my house and it’s on 200 acres and they have 4 Volvo excavators like yours with huge buckets and 6 Volvo rock trucks like yours, I was going to stop and tell them I can run an excavator because I watch “Letsdig18” hahah
Rock! I thought NC was just clay and sand Lol....
Awesome drone view !
Did you finish the other big job .
Just go ahead and bigger out the pond
How long did it take to get the mud off the Yanmar on the pond clean up?
You do great work
Love the drone footage!
That must be much trees because of the logging company, nice new project Chris 👌👍⚠️
Why do you like Volvo so much. Used one a few yrs backs for a week, love it.
Must be an Amazon fullfillment sight, its huge!
Amazon training camp, given its having a house site put in.
"fullfilment" site? What Orwellian shite talk is this?
What happened at the pond where the digger nearly sank? Love to see how that went..
I dont know why it still amazes me that you can pull out a big ass stump, and somehow there is enough dirt to fill the hole completely level . It is almost like a magic trick .
go back after a year and the magic is gone
So when are u going to use the long reach on that one job u almost lost it to the mud???
its going to be worth waiting for
@assassinlexx pry 8 foot judging by where it from the bucket curled back and still went to the top of the thumb
No need for a drag line here, maybe a stump pump. Ha
That is got to be hard as hell on those pumps prying all day on them stumps.
It seems everything is hard for that 160.
Great drone shots. Possible Oscar nomination next year?
That logging crew need a clam bunk
Such wheels that sit on the 6 wheel Tiger cat,
you would have on the A30.
Another great job .👍☕️🍩
Ya got the jacket back on I see 🤓😱
I got up to 81’F here in N Floow’da today, up north of I-10.
Was that Bobby Goodson doing some tennis shoe logging?
Better let the loggers clear out before you take the haul truck to the site. They might have grand ideas from watch ax man logger wade!
How often do you grease your equipment?
daily
Armchair forestry guy here, wouldn't it be easier for you and yours to fell those as trees then let the loggers buck the stumps off at trailer loading?
Also, claw machine owners hear boss music everytime Chris walks by one of them.
Armchair forester here also. Pretty sure digging and felling with the stump attached can damage the logs.
Pushing out a tree will most likely crack up the tree making it useless
Stick to armchair forestry
@@CarrotCaptain Certainly is a risk. Thanks for the contribution.
@@ryansmith3726 It certainly would be better to let the lumber yard process the sizes they want from the tree.
did go back to the pond by the houses to haul the old dirt out on your last video
For the job on the last video will you rent a long reach from your Volvo dealer?
whatever rental place is close, its 2 hours from home and hauling those machines is very expensive
@@letsdig18 Do you all drive back and forth, or do you stay out of town?
@@benjordan6056 drive
Great video Chris enjoyed watching
You going to con expo in March?
yes
Going to a busy next few months. Three big projects going at once.
I've never operated an excavator can an operator run that bucket into the cab, on accident or is there limits in the boom preventing this from happening. Those limits mechanical or sensors?
Gil Galaxy if the bucket or thumb is at the right angle the teeth can come in the cab with you,
Stay safe
Dwayne
@@louisianadirt2188 also depends on machine
William Uskoski true
any news on that deep mud hole that u about disappeared in.
Waiting on a long reach I bet
@@williamuskoski1385 That'd be a better job for a dragline, stay in the clear and toss your bucket all the way out.
Are we gonna get to see the 160 and 250 working side by side?
Do i even want to know the yearly taxes is going to be for all that land
its just a few bucks a acre if its set up as agricultural
What do you consider this type of occupation?
A paid hobby???
What happened at the site where you almost buried your digger?
Methinks they await a long reach. Bucket size would be my concern with the long booms. If loaded right into trucks, it might ease the double handling but the mud may need to dry out a lot before hauling it which negates direct truck loading.
Man, I was so hoping to see sediment dredge job again....see what ya have up your sleeve for that muddy mess
gonna be a week or so
Was that a lot of standing dead trees?
May be hard wood with no leaves this time of the year here they look dead in the winter
J Britt oh ok 👍
At least with thus job you get a break from playing in the sand and mud lol
Chris , found your next tool search utube video : Skid steer solutions flame thrower , think of the possibilities !! Lol
Hi Chris awesome aerial footage, who prices your jobs you, uncle John or the both of you?
I bet if you put a pen on the end of the bucket you could write your name?
You going to bury all those dirt balls?
I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger
good video chris
Are you going to go back to that pond where you nearly lost your machine?
Week or so in a nother comment
Chris, you need to learn to play the pie-annor like Dirt Perfect in his videos. lol
Just looking at a T post makes my arms hurt.
Your gonna make Wade want those tiger cats, are the property owners going to have you stump all of the property ?
I worked for a outfit that when it was quitting time, that meant pull over and be standing by your rig to get on that old greyhound bus they used for a crew bus and when you got in the bus driver took your timecard and punched it and that was the time that you got paid for. Don't dump your truck or grease it or anything. You got there and it was greased and full of fuel and oil was topped off. They would look at your bitch slip and replace a brake or fix the drivers wiper but that was about it so when I was in town to purchase some goods I bought a tiny tool kit and some short pinch bars so I could adjust the clutch and the brakes and made my seat so it didn't rock back and forth and that was it except I got me a radio that would run on batteries or twelve volt so I opened the dash and got the hot wire of the fuel gauge and come twelve o'clock listened to paul harvey while I ate my brunch. One day my boss of trucks rolls up on me and is talking to me and sees the radio in the seat and so went from I was a damn good driver to your fired and so walk to camp. So I grabbed my nose bag and rain gear and down the road I went and I wasn't supposed to hitchhike so when it pulled up behind me and said get in I was leary and we continued to camp. Some small talk and he could see I wasn't having a good day. Next thing I know he's on the radio and talking to the guy who fired me and said I will meet you there just hold your spot. I ask if I could get out cause it was close to camp and he said just hang on cause the mail plane is gone and the delivery plane do come in for a few so just hold still. so I ride on out there and set in the seat waiting for "Jim" to come back. Next thing I know is my door is open and the guy who fired me was handing me his keys to his pick up. "Jim" was the big boss and he gave me the job that the guy who fired me his job and he was pissed. He screams at me, what did you tell Jim and all that and then swung at me. I ducked it and nocked him on his tail. Jim told him, "Morgan" (me) never said anything as he was walking to camp and I wanted to know why but he never said a word so I ask you and you told me all I wanted to hear. Then Jim said you handled that good so your getting a raise in pay and a new job! That last part was to me/LOL.. Anyway I put radios in every rig on the job site and that was a bunch but I had went to the local dump/ bone yard for cars/trucks and took the radio's out of every rig I could find and only had to buy a few and Jim gave me another raise. Come that winter when shut down came he ask me if I wanted a trailer there in camp and just hang till start up but I told him no that there was another cmp that serves rounder pancakes come spring and he said I match their pay and he near hit the floor when I told him it was a lot less than what you pay now. I just ain't cut out to be a ramrod and now I wish I would of kept that job as my life would of been a lot different..... there is more but I already got you wondering am I a story teller or am I the real deal
Pushing button does not mean it's recording...red light means it is recording!
Those were just big trees. Definitely not even close to what that skidder can pull
Made a good video bro
Did I miss a vlog as I don't know what happened in the pond where you almost lost your excavator.
Bernard Phillips I was wondering about that too.
They will leave a lot of limbs out where the stripper is near the load out pad.
Neat
You know I'm Surprised that you're windows are not tinted like the rest of the excavator that you run
Do you found . Any snakes in this jobs ?
Hmmm... first time I've ever seen soil that had a green tinge to it...
hello
The ec750e would have popped those stumps a little faster 😉
When I watch these stumps being pulled up I tense up when they don’t come out easy lol don’t know why does anybody else do this.?
Goed bezig !!!!!🦾🦾🦾🦾💪🏼
Either way. Early✋🏻
Is that Cottontop3 timbering on your job site?
No CT3 works and lives in Mississippi and Chris lives and works in North Carolina
Why you have too much background in the cab ????
Stone age logging equipment. 🙂
??? I know nothing about logging equipment. Better machines out there ??
Marc René Yvon search john deere moto or ponsse scorpion. With those you only need 2 machines to do all that stuff.
Hey I was wonder what’s your post office address because I want to send u a letter and some toy excavators