You got to be the best at what you do, and this is a learning video to of you doing these jobs, you are top-notch the best hands down, I feel like I can go out and do that now 😃
Brings back memories. Cleaned out ponds and ditches every year for over 20 years. And I hated tailgaters when I was driving the dumptruck full of the muck.
Couple sheets of 3/4 plywood on the fence sloping down to your machine would help the clean up at the end of the wet messy job. Great job per usual chris
Nice yeah! Im thinking some 6mil plastic if ya had it. Drapped over the fence.. It would ould rip at the top of the fence, but i think that's about it... Make a water slide too while your at it..
One thing you can do in a situation like this is to lift the dump bed about a foot to drain off much of the water as you load. Helps keep the streets cleaner.
Hauling slop like this is a pain in the butt.... but kind of fun. When you flip the switch to open the tail gate it SHOOTS out before you even start to lift the bed. My brother and I were were hauling out of drainage ditches around a power plant in tri-axles. Coal ash is funny stuff when it is in water, it is a solid but it flows and moves with the water. The operator overloaded us and we had to go through town. My brother was in front and as he took off from the stop sign and I see his load start to slosh front to back. When he stops at the next stop sign a giant wave of rotten black slime,cat tails and coal ash comes crashing over the headache rack covering the windshield and the entire cab of the truck. It was a GIANT mess to say the least. Great video cool channel.
Next time you do something Like this, and its messy and going over a fence, You could try putting a Tarp over the fence, just protects it from getting to dirty.
just letting you know a little fyi, If no one put the fish in there, (sometimes if it’s the right time of the year) Ducks land in a pond they swim around looking for fish eggs And they grab onto them with their feet And when they move to a different pond looking for fish eggs sometimes they drop some. hence when they hatch the fish multiply and then becomes fish in a pond.
SWMO Fishing 2 not saying your not right or anything, but my uncle is a wildlife biologist and said ducks do a little part in spreading fish in different places. but and again it has to be the right time of year.
I know in Fl ,turkey buzzards we call em stick a fish ,one hole thru them fly off to another pond , then either leave the whole fish in shallow water ,and eggs escape after tearing into them . Ive learned in my 55 yrs nature will find a way !
Why wouldn’t the property management company want to dredge the storm water basin a bit deeper to discourage the growth of cattails ? Why not use a shredder to process the load into the truck, wouldn’t that be more efficient ?
When I use to do retention pond maintenance we would put strips of rug screwed to where the gate of the bed of truck would meet, helps to keep the muddy water from coming out so bad. (Retention pond service) out of wilmington
Chris, three years from now you are gonna be dredging out a HUGE pond with more mud than you can imagine…and you’ll be doing it with a custom made bucket and thumb that YOU helped design. 😁😁🤣🤣🤣
Chris, man you get the most difficult jobs, was watching one back in 2018 I think and you were in this freaking slime mud with pads, I do not know how you do it, scary stuff.
That's nothing. When you can't see the top of your tracks, you now your in deep. I've had mud up to the body and water in the cab. Not running anybody down just saying this vid is an easy day for me.
My ex-girlfriend's father asked me to clean the water moccasins out of a cattle pond (cattle were getting bit and dying). I guess he was trying to get rid of me. I came back with 14 of them draped over the tractor, having killed them with a sickle. Those things'll attack you. Keep the windows closed.
I would like to know more about the business and who is involved . Can't imagine you doing all this by yourself . There must be a bookkeeper and job pricer a mechanic
To speed up moving water you may want to look a Jet siphon with your water pump. it may well triple the speed of that pump . all you need if hard suction line 6" 8" or maybe 10" pvc and venture valve to creat the vaccum.
Hey, I'm a environmental engineering specialist. Don't tell anybody. Did you see where the water got pumpéd. EPA regulations are very specific. That Cracker Barrel could still be heavily fined. Plus, Cracker Barrel is heavily tied into the CCP. FACT. Eaglegards...
fish are transfered from pond to pond by birds. They primarily transfer fish that are born from eggs. they unknowingly collect them in their belly feathers.
That style pump doesn't like mud that much. You might want to look at buying or making a floating strainer. Then just dig a couple bucketfuls out and drop those in.
Have you thought about building a mobile conveyor belt on a skid steer base or even an old excavator base to be able to reach over fences and down into ponds for clean out jobs like this? A skid steer you might be able to get a 20 foot range but an excavator should be able to have an extending section to get 40-60 feet of distance centered on the base. A remote for start/stop on the belt you can have in the excavator would let you set it up then jump in the Volvo.
I had thought that you were in Southern Washington. I'm surprised that they took the Cat Tails out, since it takes a lot of pollution out of the water.
I had to muck out a 15 acre pound with caterpillar track how. I was there nearly month.i made damn sure .I didn't leave no cattails. I even came back 2 months later to make damn sure none regrow in the pond.
My pump could dredge this pond in 3 hours . that is a low estimate on time .Just stir it to soup .don't even need to worry about cat tails , pump it right into the truck .The amount of material that 10 - 24 inch pump can move is beyond comprehension . The impeller if 5 foot in diameter and a 2 foot wide . You cannot kick a dent in the hose due to the volume of material going threw
Here in CA the county will come toss fish into standing water to eat Mosquito larvae. Whatever those fish are, they are tough! They can flop around in the mud as the water recedes, and last for days. I have gone and picked them up in a bucket and transferred them to my own pond, where they keep on doin' their job. With the drought right now, not so much...
Im in CA too, the quito fish are indiscriminate killers. Theyll eat eggs and fry of other fish species also. Basically anything that moves. If their population grows too large theyll extinct the game fish. This is all info I read online whilst reseaching bass stocking for a private farm pond. The irrigation districts use the quito fish in the canals and so on....
2:30 "I'm venturing out to the pond I'm kind of, stabbing around and feeling things; makin' sure nobody dug a" ... makin' sure there are no ex's buried in this mess. :-D
"For the number of different kinds of food it produces there is no plant, wild or domesticated, which tops the common cattail." - Euell Gibbons They are very good. Get them from cleaner water, not storm runoff. BTW, those cattails are cleaning the hell out of the water before it runs out. I understand and agree with the reason they're undesirable but from an environmental standpoint they should maybe be required. Maybe not that many, though. ;)
The harbor freight pump still running strong? One of my favorite videos is your HF pump review. Even went out and got one myself after watching it haha
Chris,
You are living out every kids dream. Playing in the mud with big toys. Great videos. Thanks.
You are skilled operator. No wasted moves. Fluid and determined motion. Pleasure to watch.
You got to be the best at what you do, and this is a learning video to of you doing these jobs, you are top-notch the best hands down, I feel like I can go out and do that now 😃
Brings back memories. Cleaned out ponds and ditches every year for over 20 years. And I hated tailgaters when I was driving the dumptruck full of the muck.
'Accidentally' have the gate latches fail when they're right behind you and they'll NEVER Tailgate a Dump Truck again...Just in case...
Couple sheets of 3/4 plywood on the fence sloping down to your machine would help the clean up at the end of the wet messy job. Great job per usual chris
Nice yeah! Im thinking some 6mil plastic if ya had it. Drapped over the fence.. It would ould rip at the top of the fence, but i think that's about it... Make a water slide too while your at it..
the guy guy hang it over the tailgate of the truck, keeps it clean, in the netherlands we also use that when we are dredging
Where I am at they use cattails as a final filter for waste water. to help remove nitrates and purify it.
One thing you can do in a situation like this is to lift the dump bed about a foot to drain off much of the water as you load. Helps keep the streets cleaner.
WOW MAN ! That's CRAZY Work Right There ! Poor Tim ! He Has To Clean Your Tracks !!! And The Parking Lot !!!
Hauling slop like this is a pain in the butt.... but kind of fun. When you flip the switch to open the tail gate it SHOOTS out before you even start to lift the bed. My brother and I were were hauling out of drainage ditches around a power plant in tri-axles. Coal ash is funny stuff when it is in water, it is a solid but it flows and moves with the water. The operator overloaded us and we had to go through town. My brother was in front and as he took off from the stop sign and I see his load start to slosh front to back. When he stops at the next stop sign a giant wave of rotten black slime,cat tails and coal ash comes crashing over the headache rack covering the windshield and the entire cab of the truck. It was a GIANT mess to say the least.
Great video cool channel.
Oh what a bad day if a guy accidentally hit the gate latch right in the middle of downtown....
this explains why you are so happy with that fancy new grading bucket for the 220, would have been a snap with that in my opinion.
You are a talented operator.
Nice! Messy, but a satisfying accomplishment at the end of the job I bet.
Next time you do something Like this, and its messy and going over a fence, You could try putting a Tarp over the fence, just protects it from getting to dirty.
I would bet u could flip quarters with that machine u make running that piece of equipment look easy real nice job thanks for the video
just letting you know a little fyi, If no one put the fish in there, (sometimes if it’s the right time of the year) Ducks land in a pond they swim around looking for fish eggs And they grab onto them with their feet And when they move to a different pond looking for fish eggs sometimes they drop some. hence when they hatch the fish multiply and then becomes fish in a pond.
SWMO Fishing 2 not saying your not right or anything, but my uncle is a wildlife biologist and said ducks do a little part in spreading fish in different places. but and again it has to be the right time of year.
How do you think they got there. Its not a myth.@@calebwelch6762
Thanks Lizzy.
Didn't know that!
I know in Fl ,turkey buzzards we call em stick a fish ,one hole thru them fly off to another pond , then either leave the whole fish in shallow water ,and eggs escape after tearing into them . Ive learned in my 55 yrs nature will find a way !
So, what you're saying is that _they move in herds?_
Why wouldn’t the property management company want to dredge the storm water basin a bit deeper to discourage the growth of cattails ? Why not use a
shredder to process the load into the truck, wouldn’t that be more efficient ?
When I use to do retention pond maintenance we would put strips of rug screwed to where the gate of the bed of truck would meet, helps to keep the muddy water from coming out so bad. (Retention pond service) out of wilmington
Nice job not getting that mud all over everything. Thanks for the video.
8:03 Saw the eel finally.
The new camera guy slash operator really adds to the videos. Nice work.
wow....... u sure have some interesting projects....That big wide thumb really helps alot on cattails
Good advertising for ole' Tim!
I can’t explain,but, I sure do enjoy these videos.Interesting stuff.Extremely satisfying!Definitely better than the shit that is on tv these days.
Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day
That is one sweet quad dump truck!
Chris, three years from now you are gonna be dredging out a HUGE pond with more mud than you can imagine…and you’ll be doing it with a custom made bucket and thumb that YOU helped design. 😁😁🤣🤣🤣
LOL the snake story 😆. I wish I was younger I would go work with you Chris.
Great job cleaning the mess up little bit of soap and water your dump truck will be new and clean again
Cramped quarters. Nice job!
Chris, man you get the most difficult jobs, was watching one back in 2018 I think and you were in this freaking slime mud with pads, I do not know how you do it, scary stuff.
Was waiting to hear those famous words every time you work around water " big ole snappin turtle"
I see that shirt Chris,I know Tim would be proud!!!
Muddy miss you got a clean looking job. Great work.👍☕️🍩
That is a nice niche you guys have doing ponds. Does anyone else in your area do that?
I've never been in mud even close to that. Nice tip.. Test the compaction with your bucket before tracking out. Thanks!
That's nothing. When you can't see the top of your tracks, you now your in deep. I've had mud up to the body and water in the cab.
Not running anybody down just saying this vid is an easy day for me.
Just playing in the mud. Lol nice job
Like the video Chris , John have clean the truck , it's a Massy job but someone have to do it .
he washed it that night
Nice work in a tight messy situation.
Any day you have work going on it’s a good day I do not like to sit around doing nothing then when I get home from work I watch your videos
My ex-girlfriend's father asked me to clean the water moccasins out of a cattle pond (cattle were getting bit and dying). I guess he was trying to get rid of me. I came back with 14 of them draped over the tractor, having killed them with a sickle. Those things'll attack you. Keep the windows closed.
Great job man! Looks like a completely different pond. You have to love those easy access jobs! 😂
My phone about blew up last night when this video when live lol! Cool stuff!
Really? It's an excavator digging up cat tails....
You city folks need to get out more.
Nice job. Sweet tshirt 😎
They should have ya'll come and dig both sections out to at least 6 foot of depth.
A long reach boom arm thingy would have been a great thing to have on this job eh.!
Hey the harbor freight pump! Did you buy another one?
About how much does a job like this cost and how and were do you get the mud dumped?
When you have to add bentonite clay to the ponds do you add dirt to the top? Or just compact it? Thank you!
I like the 2 pt. view.
I see ya wearing the ole cotontop3 shirt 👌👌👍👍✌✌
Seems crazy they wouldn't want the plants in there. I would think they help filter the water and hold the mud from flowing into the stream
I wonder if it's worth your while and time to find a worn out bucket and perforate it for jobs such as this ?
That my friends, is a very messy job! Where do you take that stuff to get rid of it? I'll bet it smelled too.
Chris, you make it look easy. Driver is your uncle isn't he? Does he do most of the bidding on jobs?
I would like to know more about the business and who is involved . Can't imagine you doing all this by yourself . There must be a bookkeeper and job pricer a mechanic
🤔are the truck tailgates water tight, or is there a Hansel and Gretel thing going on all the way to the dump🤔....😂😘
Will the ditch Dry out or still run deep? Will thee water ever get clean?
Hey what do you do with the finals after a job like that ? Do you have any undercarriage issues do to water entry?
ive never had a problem with water getting into one
Cottontop will be proud of you wearing that shirt.
To speed up moving water you may want to look a Jet siphon with your water pump. it may well triple the speed of that pump . all you need if hard suction line 6" 8" or maybe 10" pvc and venture valve to creat the vaccum.
So glad this video didn't come with Smell-O-Vision.
You do a lot of ponds, in general how often do they need to be cleaned out?
What part of NC are you in/from? Ive been helping with the power restoration on Dominion's system.
Never really knew he was from NC. Pretty cool
This might be a dumb question but where exactly do you pump the water to?
behind the dam to a catch basin
Where are you at ???
This looks just like most of NC... or even the north half of Florida... !!
Hey Chris, do you have to bid jobs like this and draining that retention pond?
the retention ponds here are deliberately planted with grasses and cat tail. A natural filration system
Hey, I'm a environmental engineering specialist. Don't tell anybody. Did you see where the water got pumpéd. EPA regulations are very specific. That Cracker Barrel could still be heavily fined. Plus, Cracker Barrel is heavily tied into the CCP. FACT. Eaglegards...
fish are transfered from pond to pond by birds. They primarily transfer fish that are born from eggs. they unknowingly collect them in their belly feathers.
What a messy Job Chris, nice cat tail
Clearing Chris 👍👌😎
Where do you dump that debris? Landfill or somewhere else? How much does a load like that cost to dump? Thanks!
That style pump doesn't like mud that much. You might want to look at buying or making a floating strainer. Then just dig a couple bucketfuls out and drop those in.
Have you thought about building a mobile conveyor belt on a skid steer base or even an old excavator base to be able to reach over fences and down into ponds for clean out jobs like this? A skid steer you might be able to get a 20 foot range but an excavator should be able to have an extending section to get 40-60 feet of distance centered on the base.
A remote for start/stop on the belt you can have in the excavator would let you set it up then jump in the Volvo.
As the 20th century saying from Yorkshire , England goes “ Where there’s muck there’s brass “. Brass is slang for money . 🇬🇧
I had thought that you were in Southern Washington. I'm surprised that they took the Cat Tails out, since it takes a lot of pollution out of the water.
Great job and nice video. Where is Camren? Haven't seen him in a while
he no longer works with us
What pond management company do you deal with down there
"...sardines I just smeared into the mud..." hahahaha!
Letsdig18 - Look at that! You got your new Volvo muddy! Now you gotta wash and wax it! 😂🤣😂🤣
It’s not his new Volvo😂
Landon Thurston I wasn’t sure! 🤷♂️
I had to muck out a 15 acre pound with caterpillar track how. I was there nearly month.i made damn sure .I didn't leave no cattails. I even came back 2 months later to make damn sure none regrow in the pond.
You always like playing in the swampy areas, so you right at home
What about leasing a long reach for jobs like this? Cheers, Billy in Canada.
You are doing a great job
If leaking mud out of the truck is an issue what about using dumpster liners?
Do cattails help clean the water?
Great video
My pump could dredge this pond in 3 hours . that is a low estimate on time .Just stir it to soup .don't even need to worry about cat tails , pump it right into the truck .The amount of material that 10 - 24 inch pump can move is beyond comprehension . The impeller if 5 foot in diameter and a 2 foot wide . You cannot kick a dent in the hose due to the volume of material going threw
playing in the bog again.. your favourite- mud!
Good job I do that stuff with Gradall excavator and dragging bucket
Here in CA the county will come toss fish into standing water to eat Mosquito larvae. Whatever those fish are, they are tough! They can flop around in the mud as the water recedes, and last for days. I have gone and picked them up in a bucket and transferred them to my own pond, where they keep on doin' their job. With the drought right now, not so much...
Im in CA too, the quito fish are indiscriminate killers. Theyll eat eggs and fry of other fish species also. Basically anything that moves. If their population grows too large theyll extinct the game fish. This is all info I read online whilst reseaching bass stocking for a private farm pond. The irrigation districts use the quito fish in the canals and so on....
Not cement surrounding and on the bottom?
2:30 "I'm venturing out to the pond I'm kind of, stabbing around and feeling things; makin' sure nobody dug a" ... makin' sure there are no ex's buried in this mess. :-D
Are you and Zach going to Paul Bunyon?
Hey, you're wearing a CT3 shirt.....good job.
WHY IS THE CATTAIL A PROBLEM .Do they not slow the water down ??
"For the number of different kinds of food it produces there is no plant, wild or domesticated, which tops the common cattail." - Euell Gibbons
They are very good. Get them from cleaner water, not storm runoff.
BTW, those cattails are cleaning the hell out of the water before it runs out. I understand and agree with the reason they're undesirable but from an environmental standpoint they should maybe be required.
Maybe not that many, though. ;)
The harbor freight pump still running strong? One of my favorite videos is your HF pump review. Even went out and got one myself after watching it haha
runs like a champ, has sat outside since day one LOL
@@letsdig18 things you don't give a shit about leave out side last forever things you keep inside and take care of seam to break ,, whats with that ??
when birds land in the water the eggs of fish get stuck on them and they land in a different patch of water they transferred them
Little bit of rain to wash everything down and it will look good as new......
That was a sloppy mess for sure 🤔
Cattails are edible and filter the water.