Does anyone else find themselves tilting your head and twisting your body while you watch him pull this bucket through the dirt...???? Awesome. Love it. Wish I could by one just to mess around with.
Up here in the North East, we have to have footings 4' down on virgin soil, then a stem wall around 5' before any building is built. Cool to see the different ways it's done around the country. Thanks Chris.
Down here, 16" down into the rock and then the chairs and rebar go in. Then pour the footer. If for a slab, the road mesh can be tied to the rebar and also held up by chairs and the whole thing pored as one pour. As our trencher cut footings better at depth, we ended up with 24" wide by 24" deep footers. Building inspector wanted to know if we were going up two or three stories on it. Answer was, it was just for parking on. Took 37 yards for the 20X32' pad.
Theres a series of videos called farmhouse from day one or something. I think they build in california or such. They just trench a couple foot wide path or so, and lay the foundation 😅
I've been watching a bunch of your videos and I have to say your one heck of an operator. You use the boom, dipper, and bucket as an extension of your hand, like making sand castles. I haven't seen any laborers on your vid's but, if there were any they'd love to work with you like they did with me. We made their job a heck of alot easier.
@@straxx99 The part that amazes me is how flawlessly he moves to another vehicle and still shows that level of performance. I keep expecting him to be a little less skilled when using some of the equipment but it never happens.
Our family friends have an auto repair shop in town where you are working. I haven’t traveled down from Massachusetts to see it yet but if they need work I know who I’m telling them to call 👍 nice job Chris !
I like this one… clearing and ponds are fun to watch but this is more similar to the work I do so cool to see how you approach it and take some of that back into my own work in Utah.
Watching you operate the skid steer was poetry in motion, outstanding! p.s. Your new LetsDig18 license plate looks fantastic. Thanks for shipping so fast, especially as busy as you are.
@@justbe4481 - Uncle John owns this business. Chris is the employee. The other 220, skid steer and dozer that Chris uses on the weekends and days off is Chris’ machines only. They are 2 separate businesses. Keeps it neater that way $$$.
Another great video Chris good to see John back out there we haven’t seen him in a few days but anyway brother you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming man
Chris, you keep all your equipment in great shape. But what happen to the scraper for the roller ??? That said it was fun watching you remove the loading dock.👍🇺🇸💯
Miss seeing Tim & Charlie in your videos I know you said that Tim went to a better paying job and Charlie is staying busy with his company and can't forget about Justin
You should always cheer people that move on to a better job. Sometimes it is pay sometimes it is just a better fit. Either way that is a far cry better than the people unhappy with their job who sit in it for years upon years.
Looks like the same place you just changed out a drainage pipe. Hi Uncle John. Same thing you always seem to do - dig it out, put fill back in. That will be a serious square footage increase for that business.
Tim was surely your right and man watched the video where you and Tim went out in the lake to the shut off valve and trying to get in the boat and got out of it was the biggest task that day
Hallo Chris thank for the video to this Day. When i you to look property's i the feeling that you by the work every time fun have. For it have you the presents and perfection again to point work. Glad my to the next video 👌👌
I love the way that other TH-camrs whore themselves to the TH-cam gods by imploring you to like, subscribe, and comment - while Chris just turns off the camera. GO CHRIS!
If your mined clay is the same as what Jonathan W. is using on his projects (high sand content), it sounds like you have ready made material for rammed earth construction. With lumber prices the way they are, I wouldn't be surprised to see more people exploring that option. It's been around for quite a while. "Proven but never promoted." Done right it's supposed to be around 2/3 (or more) the strength of concrete. Mixed, enough moisture to allow it to form a ball that will break clean and not stick to your hand, layered and tamped in forms until it won't tamp any more. The say that after two weeks protected from the elements can be left exposed without problems, though most choose to put some kind of finish layer (like stucco) on the outside. I plan to do some experimenting with it this summer, to find the best ratio of clay (got lots of that) to sand (gotta hunt around for that) that is local. If it works as well as they said, my first use will be in rebuilding the long walls of our shop ... I hope it doesn't fall in before I get to that point!
All these comments abouts footings being shallow etc Here in the UK - the house I live in was built early 1900 to support coal mining labour influx. These houses have a pyramid of engineering bricks underground for footings that are about 4' deep - maybe more - and the 1st two feet of wall above ground level is also engineering brick (funny when they talk about damp proof courses haha).... and then soft brick to the roofline. Suspended wooden floors and no concrete at all until driveways were put in 20 years ago :)
Have you ever built on sand/gravel mix and no clay? Up here in Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan we have great swaths of buried sand dunes that have river gravel, smooth stones with rounded corners in clay free sand under many housing developments and sub-divisions, state and federal housing I'm sure use clay but it has to be trucked in as we have no rail service up here and the closest thing to major transport is Great Lakes shipping but not too many construction projects up here that require 20,000 tons of clay.
10:40 I have always wondered if the excavators have an automatic feature to keep the bucket level with the ground when pulling towards the cab? If not, and it depends on operator skill, then damn Chris, you are better than any I’ve seen. Anyone?
Nope, it's entirely dependent on the operator's skill on most machines. Some might have an auto level feature, but only on REALLY expensive high tech machines or something.
One thing that I believe speaking from experience. Operating a machine is relatively easy. Operating a machine efficiently, properly and safely takes experience and skill. I can operate a machine... I am nowhere near as experienced as Chris. I watch his videos and pick up tricks/pointers.
Ur a busy man chris . Was just thinkin bout the animal hospital job the other day is there any progress on that . Have the built the first phase yet . Its bn some time since you were in there . Hope winstone and the rest of the dogs are all well . Pls take care . Enjoin all ur vids .
Your helper there is always waaaayyyyy too close to the bucket he even walked under the boom while you were operating must make it harder for you when hes in the not safe zone
@@rubberneckrides5940 Yes, but would you be afraid of Chris, I know that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, I still wouldn’t be afraid of Chris.
I’ve always wondered if you have ever turned down a job because they wouldn’t let you film it? Maybe you’ve answered this before but I’ve never seen a reply. Thanks!
Have you ever worked on a project and you...say, come across something that would make you stop,...I dunno, for example, you're digging then find out the soil underneath is too clay like or wet or something to where you wouldn't want to build a foundation on?? But---the owner says, just keep digging, don't worry about it...& even though you're not the engineer, you still know what they want to do is a huge no-no----then you say---that's it, I'm tapp'n out. Not going to have anything to do with this project.... That ever happen?
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Does anyone else find themselves tilting your head and twisting your body while you watch him pull this bucket through the dirt...???? Awesome. Love it. Wish I could by one just to mess around with.
Up here in the North East, we have to have footings 4' down on virgin soil, then a stem wall around 5' before any building is built. Cool to see the different ways it's done around the country. Thanks Chris.
Chris's dirt spoon still has the label on the spoon.😉
Same out here. Need minimum 48" for the frost line in Nebraska. I was like "that's just a slab and not a real footing!!" lol
Down here, 16" down into the rock and then the chairs and rebar go in. Then pour the footer. If for a slab, the road mesh can be tied to the rebar and also held up by chairs and the whole thing pored as one pour. As our trencher cut footings better at depth, we ended up with 24" wide by 24" deep footers. Building inspector wanted to know if we were going up two or three stories on it. Answer was, it was just for parking on. Took 37 yards for the 20X32' pad.
Theres a series of videos called farmhouse from day one or something. I think they build in california or such. They just trench a couple foot wide path or so, and lay the foundation 😅
Every Customer that hires you and your Uncle’s Company receives a Quality Job, Every Time. 👍
I've been watching a bunch of your videos and I have to say your one heck of an operator. You use the boom, dipper, and bucket as an extension of your hand, like making sand castles. I haven't seen any laborers on your vid's but, if there were any they'd love to work with you like they did with me. We made their job a heck of alot easier.
You are so right, Chris is a cyborg, man and machine fully integrated.
@@straxx99 The part that amazes me is how flawlessly he moves to another vehicle and still shows that level of performance. I keep expecting him to be a little less skilled when using some of the equipment but it never happens.
Chris, you never cease to amaze me of your equipment skills and your water flow knowledge. Jay from Brantford, On. CA
Laughed at Uncle supervising like Chris has not done it before haha!! Well done Chris. Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍😂😂
when your boss is family you listen anyway out of respect.
LOL'd at another armchair quarterback.
It’s amazing how different things are done from the southern warm climate to the northern bipolar climate. You bring in clay we dig it out lol.
I was thinking the same thing. And that was some easy digging!! :)
Well, where do you think all your clay ends up?
Are you talking about the climate or your personality? Bipolar?
@@richardwelch4653 I’m from Massachusetts it’s personality wicked bad🤪
Up Canuckistan way we just dig to undisturbed clay and pour 'crete on that. :)
Your a good man, I work for the Cable Co. and 90% of the time, no 1 digs up the cable line before they dig...
Different mix of jobs you and your uncle are working this year. Stay safe.
Our family friends have an auto repair shop in town where you are working. I haven’t traveled down from Massachusetts to see it yet but if they need work I know who I’m telling them to call 👍 nice job Chris !
Surgical Precision with heavy equipment awesome job
I always love to see the BIG operator show up with the cup of coffee to officiate the situation and evaluate....hahaha🤣
Another great video bro, that little digger does an awesome for it's size. Safe travels
Can not wait for the next episode of this project.
I like this one… clearing and ponds are fun to watch but this is more similar to the work I do so cool to see how you approach it and take some of that back into my own work in Utah.
Watching you operate the skid steer was poetry in motion, outstanding! p.s. Your new LetsDig18 license plate looks fantastic. Thanks for shipping so fast, especially as busy as you are.
1000 tons of fill??? This is going to be another sweet video!! Can’t wait to see this one! Reminds me when you put that in a parking lot in a day!
That's like 60-70 truck loads.
Love the dude just standing on the loading dock as you're destroying it.
That's his uncle John and bessnises partner..
Standing there making sure the slab doesn’t mess the block wall up
@@justbe4481 - Uncle John owns this business. Chris is the employee. The other 220, skid steer and dozer that Chris uses on the weekends and days off is Chris’ machines only. They are 2 separate businesses. Keeps it neater that way $$$.
Lot of trust there in the kid wandering under a live boom.
@@kenore4003 that was not a kid, it was Chrises uncle. Chris had his hands off of the controls.
Another great video Chris good to see John back out there we haven’t seen him in a few days but anyway brother you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming man
You sir have amazing skills with that equipment. Thanks for sharing this video. Wishing you and your family a safe holiday weekend. Cheers,
29:08 Thanks for the load, Phil! :))
Chris, you keep all your equipment in great shape. But what happen to the scraper for the roller ???
That said it was fun watching you remove the loading dock.👍🇺🇸💯
Very diplomatic saying "suitable material" not just spewing " CLAY,CLAY,CLAY"
Man... You work that thing like it's a extension of your own arm!
Demolishing Chris, love it buddy !! I'm having a Heineken beer to you, cheers!!
Bro you control that thing like your the machine so much talent great work as always
He really is a master in every sense of the word. He's been operating machines since he was a kid.
Two jobs in a row without a pond or trees to remove
Miss seeing Tim & Charlie in your videos I know you said that Tim went to a better paying job and Charlie is staying busy with his company and can't forget about Justin
We need an Update on Cameron . . .
You should always cheer people that move on to a better job. Sometimes it is pay sometimes it is just a better fit. Either way that is a far cry better than the people unhappy with their job who sit in it for years upon years.
that loading dock steel lintel/cap wasnt giving up without a fight. as you say Chris, sometimes just gotta get mad at it hit it like owes you money
I'm genuinely surprised they didnt get someone to unbolt it, since it was held in with bolts.
I'm surprised there was no steel in the dock.
Looks like the same place you just changed out a drainage pipe. Hi Uncle John. Same thing you always seem to do - dig it out, put fill back in. That will be a serious square footage increase for that business.
Looking great Chris
you made some good moves there. Fine job.
Oh! I like the roller. My new favorite toy!
Another relaxing video, Thank you
Tim was surely your right and man watched the video where you and Tim went out in the lake to the shut off valve and trying to get in the boat and got out of it was the biggest task that day
Brilliant plenty to go at 👍👍👍👍
Hallo Chris thank for the video to this Day. When i you to look property's i the feeling that you by the work every time fun have. For it have you the presents and perfection again to point work. Glad my to the next video 👌👌
One thing I love about north Ontario is you don't need to dig very deep to hit bedrock for your footings .
Knocked a Big Chunk out of it already !! Coming right a long Chris.... Great as always Man !! On too the Next...
The mini flexed it's muscles today.
I love the way that other TH-camrs whore themselves to the TH-cam gods by imploring you to like, subscribe, and comment - while Chris just turns off the camera.
GO CHRIS!
Love the bucket on the skid steer
This guy has "Smooth Operator" by Sade playing on repeat
I was going say something very similar!
Fantastic insight into this jobs operation. Kuul video Chris, as usual engrossed in the action.🚜🚛💺
Amazing… no rocks and boulders to contend with… Again a great video on how it should be done…
The roller needs a new seat, it is getting no respect from the other equipment. :)
If your mined clay is the same as what Jonathan W. is using on his projects (high sand content), it sounds like you have ready made material for rammed earth construction. With lumber prices the way they are, I wouldn't be surprised to see more people exploring that option.
It's been around for quite a while. "Proven but never promoted." Done right it's supposed to be around 2/3 (or more) the strength of concrete. Mixed, enough moisture to allow it to form a ball that will break clean and not stick to your hand, layered and tamped in forms until it won't tamp any more. The say that after two weeks protected from the elements can be left exposed without problems, though most choose to put some kind of finish layer (like stucco) on the outside.
I plan to do some experimenting with it this summer, to find the best ratio of clay (got lots of that) to sand (gotta hunt around for that) that is local. If it works as well as they said, my first use will be in rebuilding the long walls of our shop ... I hope it doesn't fall in before I get to that point!
That corner piece looks like it might make a nice rear bumper for a fellas project... license plate mount already cut out, ready to go
Getting good spinning that around and hooking it back up
All these comments abouts footings being shallow etc
Here in the UK - the house I live in was built early 1900 to support coal mining labour influx.
These houses have a pyramid of engineering bricks underground for footings that are about 4' deep - maybe more - and the 1st two feet of wall above ground level is also engineering brick (funny when they talk about damp proof courses haha).... and then soft brick to the roofline. Suspended wooden floors and no concrete at all until driveways were put in 20 years ago :)
Have you ever built on sand/gravel mix and no clay? Up here in Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan we have great swaths of buried sand dunes that have river gravel, smooth stones with rounded corners in clay free sand under many housing developments and sub-divisions, state and federal housing I'm sure use clay but it has to be trucked in as we have no rail service up here and the closest thing to major transport is Great Lakes shipping but not too many construction projects up here that require 20,000 tons of clay.
Call me crazy, but there's something soothing about seeing loose dirt smoothed out.
Sooooo………where’s the pond going? 🤣😂🤣Take care & cheers 👍🏼
10:40 I have always wondered if the excavators have an automatic feature to keep the bucket level with the ground when pulling towards the cab? If not, and it depends on operator skill, then damn Chris, you are better than any I’ve seen. Anyone?
Nope, it's entirely dependent on the operator's skill on most machines. Some might have an auto level feature, but only on REALLY expensive high tech machines or something.
It does exist but, none of Chris’ machines have auto level due to added cost. For him, it’s pure skill!
Then, I am blown away. Much respect for the operators of these machines.
One thing that I believe speaking from experience. Operating a machine is relatively easy. Operating a machine efficiently, properly and safely takes experience and skill. I can operate a machine... I am nowhere near as experienced as Chris. I watch his videos and pick up tricks/pointers.
great job buddy and great video as always 😎👊🏻👍🏻
How do you choose your equipment/brand? Any thought on Bobcat equipment?
If you wanna bring some of that really nice top-soil to my house in Wisconsin, you can have ALL the clay you want!
Ur a busy man chris . Was just thinkin bout the animal hospital job the other day is there any progress on that . Have the built the first phase yet . Its bn some time since you were in there . Hope winstone and the rest of the dogs are all well . Pls take care . Enjoin all ur vids .
Who needs a hammer when you got this animal
Chris goes out and buys a kiddie pool cause he needs that pond in there someplace. : )
Looks great Chris 🇺🇲
Nice work Chris. Hey ,theres Uncle John. Lmao
I'm surprised a piece of steel sat still that long; surely the scrap goblins can smell a score like that from a half-mile away.
right, that piece of scrap was worth a whole $1.50
...good one, nice job, stay safe..
got to love all the advice from the peanut gallery lol
Nice Big building pad.i like the Quick coupler on the yanmaar. Makes switching buckets a Lot easier.
how do get good clay? is there a test that the authorities carry out to confirm it's up to the job?
It takes me longer to put on my slippers than Chris switching around the bucket.
Smooth my man
You can do my knee replacement anytime. Unbelievable precision
Watching your videos on 1.5 speed is way more exciting! Not saying reg speed is bad FYI !
You make it look so easy. 2100 views in 14 minutes.
I need three or four scoops of that soil for my back yard.
"Bad" for one is treasure for another.
Your helper there is always waaaayyyyy too close to the bucket he even walked under the boom while you were operating must make it harder for you when hes in the not safe zone
The helper, Uncle John, is actually the owner of the company.
And I’ll bet that he knows where the safe zone is + he knows what kind of operator Chis is
@@dirtfarmer7472 that doesn’t mean accidents don’t happen
@@rubberneckrides5940 Yes, but would you be afraid of Chris, I know that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, I still wouldn’t be afraid of Chris.
@@dirtfarmer7472 a machine can always malfunction
Yelp you always gotta use a good clay to make it right the first time
Chris... let's see an update video on your garage!
seeing the speed you work you will soon put it right friend...
Poor ol' Dynapac seat!
JJ ABRAMS LENS FLARE IN EFFECT!
I’ve always wondered if you have ever turned down a job because they wouldn’t let you film it? Maybe you’ve answered this before but I’ve never seen a reply. Thanks!
Nice job!!
thanks for sharing the video
A very good vedio 👍. I enjoyed it 😁
Dammit, thats great bucket what you have that skidstear
Have you ever worked on a project and you...say, come across something that would make you stop,...I dunno, for example, you're digging then find out the soil underneath is too clay like or wet or something to where you wouldn't want to build a foundation on??
But---the owner says, just keep digging, don't worry about it...& even though you're not the engineer, you still know what they want to do is a huge no-no----then you say---that's it, I'm tapp'n out.
Not going to have anything to do with this project....
That ever happen?
bad soil, bad ( shakes his finger and looks down at you )
Somethings going on in the country 100 tons of lithium batteries were destroyed in a battery plant fire close to the grease plant fire in Illinois.
Jobs with the Yanmar. Volvos gettin jealous
Shouldn't John be shoveling those edges to make them look pretty?
SALUDOS CHRIS, ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE, NICE VIDEO. G.B.Y.A.
Mans a master
"Hey guys, I've got an idea... Let's build a "loading dock" for our RAV4, and make it strong enough to survive a nuclear blast"
I don't know which profession has more 'supervisors' making sure the expert does it right...this or a quick-lube.....
Nice boots...
I see a termite baiting system around that building
They have three sheets of plywood just laying around - they must obviously be millionaires.... and someone got a tire stash, free tires oh boy.
I think you like changing buckets.
good video
Still love your videos though keep it up
Never heard you say anything about the part of our great State your business was in. Gotta' guess Seagrove or not too far away.
Further West.
Zebulon, NC