Yea that rock being mixed in with the topsoil is rediculous, just says some people don't care about doin things the right way, the way it should be done, awesome content Chris, thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving
You're going to have to get your bucket supplier build you one of those slotted rock separator buckets for these kind of jobs Chris. Add it to your LD18 line.
As I watched that rock roll down the hill, I was reminded of something my grandfather told me many years ago, "a rolling stone gathers no moss". I saw no moss on any of that rock:)
When you started to cut in the lower access it was refreshing to see that gravity is still working in your neck of the woods. Rocks headed to the pond.
Now this is going to be fun! I enjoy every job site you take us to. Would like to be able to hear the customer comments with the final review! Hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday!
Those plastic mats are so much better than plywood. Don't get waterlogged and can be washed off. Another great call. Looks like you will have to buy a turkey this year. Happy Thanksgiving 💪🇺🇲💯🥳
"Happy Thanksgiving" to you Chris and your family, and to all the other people watching. Thanks again Chris for your videos, it's a great way to cure covid boredom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Germany 🇩🇪 1:21 a.m.: Hello! 🙋 Big interesting area and lots to do again. But you can do it Chris, as always! I'm curious to see what the property will look like when it's finished. 😉 Happy Thanksgiving and #staysafe 😷 ♥ ️
When you were talking about making a road around the bank and back, I kept looking at the grade and wondered " How in the *ell is he going to get a truck around that grade down toward the stream ? Then I watched as you were cutting the road. You went deeper on the right than you did the left side and used some of the dirt from the right to raise the left side and level the whole thing out.... That was slick!
Most of the folks involved in them are long gone by the time they decide to do maintenance on them. I agree though, there should be access roads to them, but then they can't squeeze in that extra housing area...
it all has to be done at the design stages before even permits are issued. Like when a new building is put up in big cities they have to include underground parking or no permit. But who cares as long as they keep making these ponds like this the company will gladly come in and fix it LOL.
Why would they? Build it, sell the units, and take off before anyone has to actually maintain it. Invest the profits in another project, and repeat ad infinitum until the taxman comes knocking.
Pretty cool and great work you do! I deal with idiocy from 40 years ago too. It’s so easy to do it right the first time oh but no, they just had to get paid for all the work they never did. Very aggravating.
As many ponds as you work on , either you’re the only excavation company in NC or it’s a state law that every homeowner must have a pond on their property.
Always a challenge Chris but never anything you can’t handle brother! Good luck I’ll be watching your awesome work! I love the mini with the finish bucket! I’d love to operate it! 👍🏻
This one is going to be fun to watch! I hope the weather cooperates. Wonder if they would let you build up a little island where that spit of sand is. The ducks would like it. 🦆
Chris, just want to say that we hope you and everyone there has a good Thanksgiving today. My wife and I find viewing your TH-cam channel very interesting. By the quality of your work I would have to say that you have a very rewarding job. Again thanks and have a good Thanksgiving..
I’m glad to see you guys get the easy jobs,I believe you got your work cut out for you.neighbors gonna be calling h o a ,saying that men make to much noise,can they do it quieter.enjoyed as always,every time you get a different job it is very insightful to learn something new.😎😎😎👍👍👍have a quiet thanksgiving.
We use crushed concrete to build all our roads. If you can get the moisture down into the material while you're laying it down before you start compacting it makes a huge difference. Same with letting it dry completely. Only problem with it is the dust contains silica and that's not good for the lungs.
Great job Chris!!!!!!! It was a great idea to make a strong road for your equipment! Can’t wait to see more of this series! Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!!!!
@@ArnieD17 I mean edited in the way that he doesn't just upload 45 minutes of digging in one block. Chops and moves and adds music. That's what editing means.
It sounds like a good time to get a conveyor and hopper set up to feed the dump trucks. Like the one parker has from gold rush...lol Happy thanksgiving and keep up the video's
Well Chris it’s funny how they want you to put a $300,000 excavator out into that pond and dig their pond out but they don’t want you to break one limb off of one of those trees, lol. But anyway this is going to make for some good videos in the coming days and you and John y’all have a happy Thanksgiving stay safe and keep the videos coming brother
@@cathiwim No slaves. No machines. No technology and yet dead straight and level roads that for a large part still exist today. 2000+ years later. Roads to places that were not real important to Rome.
I watched a guy in Latvia and he was using a Volvo to create a logging road through so much mud i thought to myself. Chris needs to teach him how its done lol
Great man with these big tools. Love the vids, yes, not a lot of thought goes into what 20 years into the future might look like, but guess what? it keeps Chris in work and he always does such a professional job in fixing the mistakes.
Jesus mate there will just be a fair amount of stuff to fetch up out of there,be good to follow your progress on that job bud!!👍🏻🙏🏻🇬🇧😊😊 also Chris could you of used some of that stone from in the pond for the road and put it back afterwards!??
Now I know what Chris needs for Christmas. A slotted bucket for sifting rip rap out of dirt. Too bad I'm poor or I'd get him one, lol. Edit: Now that I've watched the rest of this episode of "Rock, Rock, Rock" I'm convinced they didn't simply spill some rock by the side when they where making the splash pad area. That whole slope must have been done in rock at first and then they came back later and wanted it to be pretty so they dumped a bunch of top soil on it so they could plant grass rather than remove the rock first.
Woohoo! Gonna get to watch some "Carolina quick sand" dredging. About time you got back into working on some "liquid earth" videos. I was beginning to have withdrawls from not getting a daily ration of "oh sh*t"...lol. Happy Thanksgiving Chris.
Hi Chris. Awesome Video.i liked the work you did there today laying the abc Path there.looks nicer now than before.so i suspect there will be a few more videos comming on the drdeging job?.cant wait To See that happen.awesome job and Video like always.keep it Up and stay safe. 😀
Well, that’s it. I’ve been watching these videos for about a year now. I’m ready to go out and buy an excavator, skid steer, and a mini, and start my own business. It shall be named letsdig19!!!
Chris, use the 160 to honk the pond out, and the 220 to load the truck. the 160 on the matts will sink a lot less so be less stressful. John can load and dump while you keep lumping out the crud.
You gonna fly that concrete pump in with a helicopter? Great comment in the video. I really needed a good laugh right now! I could just see a big Sakorsky hovering with a pump dangling underneath it like a big vacuum cleaner over that thing sucking up sand. Boy would that bring out the Karen's with the prop wash!!!
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*I can hardly wait for the next episode of this project. This type of stuff is mesmerizing.*
Whew! That was close! I was about to have dredging withdrawals.
Yea that rock being mixed in with the topsoil is rediculous, just says some people don't care about doin things the right way, the way it should be done, awesome content Chris, thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving
Looks like the dredging is the easy part lol. Prepping the site and the restoration is the majority of the work 👍🏻
Yeah I agree with that for sure !
I love watching these kind of jobs, it will keep you on you're toes, can't wait thanks 👍
You're going to have to get your bucket supplier build you one of those slotted rock separator buckets for these kind of jobs Chris. Add it to your LD18 line.
As I watched that rock roll down the hill, I was reminded of something my grandfather told me many years ago, "a rolling stone gathers no moss". I saw no moss on any of that rock:)
This is going to be my favorite series on your channel so far. This is REALLY GOOD.
6:19 omg the floofy husky is adorable
When you started to cut in the lower access it was refreshing to see that gravity is still working in your neck of the woods. Rocks headed to the pond.
Loved the concrete pump Comment
Now this is going to be fun! I enjoy every job site you take us to. Would like to be able to hear the customer comments with the final review! Hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday!
Those plastic mats are so much better than plywood. Don't get waterlogged and can be washed off. Another great call.
Looks like you will have to buy a turkey this year.
Happy Thanksgiving
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"Happy Thanksgiving" to you Chris and your family, and to all the other people watching. Thanks again Chris for your videos, it's a great way to cure covid boredom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Happy Thanksgiving to you too! This sure is a good way to cure some boredom.
Germany 🇩🇪 1:21 a.m.: Hello! 🙋
Big interesting area and lots to do again. But you can do it Chris, as always! I'm curious to see what the property will look like when it's finished. 😉
Happy Thanksgiving and #staysafe 😷 ♥ ️
Love this style of work of yours, so much forethought has to be involved before you even start,, Great job!!
When you were talking about making a road around the bank and back, I kept looking at the grade and wondered " How in the *ell is he going to get a truck around that grade down toward the stream ? Then I watched as you were cutting the road. You went deeper on the right than you did the left side and used some of the dirt from the right to raise the left side and level the whole thing out.... That was slick!
that little orange fence says, "You shall not pass!"
Chris is trolling the trolls at 30:23 :)
BONUS! A pond with not as much mud! Hope it keeps up!
That's going to be an awesome project hopefully the weather stays on your side ! 💪🏼
Happy thanksgiving, Chris, to you and your family! 😊
Concrete pump? Hell with that road you can bring the dragline...
or a vac truck
A real man would use a pan with a d10 pushing. Lol
@@letsdig18 Guin’s septic Sucking Service! “My Pledge is Your Dredge- Done Right!
Why not all four and get it done real quick 🤷
I hope your weather cooperates Chris. That should be a good project if it does.
It looks like when they build these retention ponds they give no thought about future access to maintain them.
Most of the folks involved in them are long gone by the time they decide to do maintenance on them. I agree though, there should be access roads to them, but then they can't squeeze in that extra housing area...
@@Blazer02LS roads cost money and that’s wasted space they could sell to somebody.
@@FishFind3000 True, but if the road was a boat ramp or a trail it would do more than one thing.
it all has to be done at the design stages before even permits are issued. Like when a new building is put up in big cities they have to include underground parking or no permit. But who cares as long as they keep making these ponds like this the company will gladly come in and fix it LOL.
Why would they? Build it, sell the units, and take off before anyone has to actually maintain it. Invest the profits in another project, and repeat ad infinitum until the taxman comes knocking.
18'S like.... Bring tha freaking concrete pump for that mushy shit LMAO!
You can always tell when a guy knows what he’s doing by the way he sets up a job so it appears this dredging job should go smoothly 🤞🤞
Happy Thanksgiving Chris and to all who are watching from Paul in the UK HAVE A GOOD ONE ALL
Pretty cool and great work you do!
I deal with idiocy from 40 years ago too. It’s so easy to do it right the first time oh but no, they just had to get paid for all the work they never did. Very aggravating.
As many ponds as you work on , either you’re the only excavation company in NC or it’s a state law that every homeowner must have a pond on their property.
Go look on google at that area around Raleigh, There are ponds, swamps and lakes all over the place.
Lol
Pretty much is state law for stormwater management 😄
Always a challenge Chris but never anything you can’t handle brother! Good luck I’ll be watching your awesome work! I love the mini with the finish bucket! I’d love to operate it! 👍🏻
Happy Thanksgiving, Chris. This looks like it's going to be an interesting job.
This one is going to be fun to watch! I hope the weather cooperates. Wonder if they would let you build up a little island where that spit of sand is. The ducks would like it. 🦆
Perfectly splendid! Haunting of Bly Manor! Was a good show!
Chris, just want to say that we hope you and everyone there has a good Thanksgiving today. My wife and I find viewing your TH-cam channel very interesting. By the quality of your work I would have to say that you have a very rewarding job. Again thanks and have a good Thanksgiving..
Next investment for 220EL is an hydraulic screen bucket to sort top soil in situ and also a rock crusher for the excavator! Haha
I’m glad to see you guys get the easy jobs,I believe you got your work cut out for you.neighbors gonna be calling h o a ,saying that men make to much noise,can they do it quieter.enjoyed as always,every time you get a different job it is very insightful to learn something new.😎😎😎👍👍👍have a quiet thanksgiving.
We use crushed concrete to build all our roads. If you can get the moisture down into the material while you're laying it down before you start compacting it makes a huge difference. Same with letting it dry completely. Only problem with it is the dust contains silica and that's not good for the lungs.
Chris, call Charlie and tell him to bring the top soil machine! LOL
Great job Chris!!!!!!! It was a great idea to make a strong road for your equipment! Can’t wait to see more of this series! Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!!!!
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with a cold one in hand
Gotta give a shout out to Chris for constantly uploading huge edited videos. It can't be easy to get that amount of data loaded
@@WeldinMike27 Huh, his videos are pretty much unedited.
@@ArnieD17 I mean edited in the way that he doesn't just upload 45 minutes of digging in one block. Chops and moves and adds music. That's what editing means.
Gayest comment ever
looks like a nice big job. Happy Thanks giving to you and the Family chris.
Finally we are going to see the concrete pump in action! 🤣
@Iron Hill Ranch , I was just thinking the same !
What happens with the road and the material used to build it when the dredging of the pond is finished? Will it remain in place or be removed?
It sounds like a good time to get a conveyor and hopper set up to feed the dump trucks. Like the one parker has from gold rush...lol Happy thanksgiving and keep up the video's
Taking wagers on how many bicycles are out there. That thought came to mind with the concrete pump reference.
@David McLean , how about fixing a bike filter to the concrete pump 🤓
Someone say dredging? Well heck yeah
Looks as if it’s going to be a good job to do Chris , thanks for the video 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧
LOOKS GREAT CHRIS I KNOW YOU GOING TO HAVE FUN, HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Happy Thanksgiving Chris. Tell John happy Thanksgiving too. He always seems so anxious to please you.
Well Chris it’s funny how they want you to put a $300,000 excavator out into that pond and dig their pond out but they don’t want you to break one limb off of one of those trees, lol. But anyway this is going to make for some good videos in the coming days and you and John y’all have a happy Thanksgiving stay safe and keep the videos coming brother
"Bring in the concrete pump for that one" 🤣🤣
To you and your Family, Chris, have a great Thanksgiving.....
The Romans built thousands of miles of roads using layers of imported rock several yards deep....
By hand...
With slaves from all over the known world. Chris does this almost singlehandedly.
@@cathiwim No slaves. No machines. No technology and yet dead straight and level roads that for a large part still exist today. 2000+ years later.
Roads to places that were not real important to Rome.
I watched a guy in Latvia and he was using a Volvo to create a logging road through so much mud i thought to myself. Chris needs to teach him how its done lol
Great man with these big tools. Love the vids, yes, not a lot of thought goes into what 20 years into the future might look like, but guess what? it keeps Chris in work and he always does such a professional job in fixing the mistakes.
Happy Thanksgiving and love your videos!!!
I think a rock bucket on the skid steer would work perfectly for this job.
Have a Happy THANKSGIVING Chris
Jesus mate there will just be a fair amount of stuff to fetch up out of there,be good to follow your progress on that job bud!!👍🏻🙏🏻🇬🇧😊😊 also Chris could you of used some of that stone from in the pond for the road and put it back afterwards!??
Always getting them good jobs 😂😂 I’m surprised you don’t have a long reach chris
Happy thanksgiving to you and your family Chris.
Now I know what Chris needs for Christmas. A slotted bucket for sifting rip rap out of dirt. Too bad I'm poor or I'd get him one, lol.
Edit: Now that I've watched the rest of this episode of "Rock, Rock, Rock" I'm convinced they didn't simply spill some rock by the side when they where making the splash pad area. That whole slope must have been done in rock at first and then they came back later and wanted it to be pretty so they dumped a bunch of top soil on it so they could plant grass rather than remove the rock first.
This Job is like an obstacle course. If they were smart they would keep the road Chris builds in and think long term.
Woohoo! Gonna get to watch some "Carolina quick sand" dredging. About time you got back into working on some "liquid earth" videos. I was beginning to have withdrawls from not getting a daily ration of "oh sh*t"...lol. Happy Thanksgiving Chris.
Hi Chris. Awesome Video.i liked the work you did there today laying the abc Path there.looks nicer now than before.so i suspect there will be a few more videos comming on the drdeging job?.cant wait To See that happen.awesome job and Video like always.keep it Up and stay safe. 😀
CHRIS, HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and your family!
You do more by yourself than having three or four people working with you other than your truck driver.👍👍😀🍁
Happy Thanksgiving Chris. Good video.
Portable screener would have been sweet !!!
He's a artist with that bucket!
It’s Amazing how much Effort goes into a Project like this. Road building takes a chunk of time.👍
Who demands all these stipulations? HOA or STATE/FED EPA rules?
that screener is looking more and more worth it
Happy Thanksgiving Chris from Rotonda West Florida on the Gulf.
Smoking a Turkey I the morning.
Some $$$ being spent here!
Amazing on how many job projects you have.
That's going to be a lot of truck loads
Happy Thanksgiving
Hope all is well for you and family
The bad thing about some rocks on the road is. Getting caught in-between the tires
Makes me feel like a supervisor I just set back and watch the work 🤠
makes me feel like a state worker.one guy works as the rest watch lol
I feel like I should be leaning on a shovel instead of reclined on a couch 😆
You make awesome video Chris. Have an awesome Thanksgiving
Well, that’s it. I’ve been watching these videos for about a year now. I’m ready to go out and buy an excavator, skid steer, and a mini, and start my own business. It shall be named letsdig19!!!
Fabric cover is a wonderful thing
Happy Thanksgiving Chris
Good video Chris hope you have a great thanksgiving
4 years in process ! Sounds like my city's own decision process. Darn bureaucrats are the same everywhere ! 😝
"Should go pretty easy".
Hope that's not the infamous famous last words....
cue the record rainfall lol.. jk
Chris, use the 160 to honk the pond out, and the 220 to load the truck.
the 160 on the matts will sink a lot less so be less stressful. John can load and dump while you keep lumping out the crud.
He already said that's what he was doing.
You certainly get em Chris but I suppose the why is because you do a great job of them and so you do.👍
Happy Thanksgiving to & your Family
Baling sand oh goodie. Look forward to all the videos from this project bro.
You gonna fly that concrete pump in with a helicopter? Great comment in the video. I really needed a good laugh right now! I could just see a big Sakorsky hovering with a pump dangling underneath it like a big vacuum cleaner over that thing sucking up sand. Boy would that bring out the Karen's with the prop wash!!!
A T&M job where the more materials they used just added to their invoice.
That'd be a easy job for a dragline 😆
(But someone would have to teach Chris how to run it lol)
SALUDOS CHRIS GOOD TO SEE ANOTHER OF YOUR VIDEOS, HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY.
Chris, what do you do with al those road materials when you rip it back out?
Job looks like going to be a good one.
“Happy Thanks Giving”............Enjoy your time off........... And don’t forget to come back Now ! This work won’t get done by itself !
Big job. How many days do you think it will take?