I love how you casually mention, "Here i am sittin' in the biggest lightning rod in the county". And you just keep working. Love how you always have a Plan B, C & even D. Good job, Chris.
Man after my own heart. Love a good fire. Nothing like these, but in High School growing up in dairy country, having equipment to build our Home Coming Bon Fires made for some amazing fires. Could be raining and if you stood within 10 feet of the fire, the rain would evaporate before it hit you. Thanks for sharing.
Wow Chris mother nature saw fit to reward you with just enough rain to get the burning done! That last pile was huge and now it's about gone. Definitely will make it easier to move forward now. Have a good evening.
I had a chance to watch some lot clearing near my house for a few minutes today. It was a 1 acre wooded lot that was about half cleared. It gave me some perspective into what Chris does and how much material is on a lot that size that needs to be dealt with in some way. It provided a bit of scope on how much material was in this project, even after the loggers hauled a lot of it off.
Perfect explanation of “Lighter Knot Pine”! It’s the same way my grandfather explained to me what it was when I was a boy. It’s the best way to start a fire in a fireplace.
Wish I could over hear the astronauts on the ISS. Sure bet it'd be like this. Well we see another large fire in N.C today. Let's Dig 18 must be clearing trees again. 😳😳😳🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Here. In the Ozarks we call those stump lighters Pine Knots. They are great for starting fires. I used to split them into small pcs and keep for starting fire in the stove or starting brush piles
Hi from uk Chris 👋👍always good to have a plan b and c possibly👌 an I have never laughed so hard at your comment as I did at end of this one plus I replayed your face at least three times at the ""60 mph wind and flame like that welll I'm kinda past the point of no return now""🤣 just blow it out pmsl lol 🤔🤣thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍 👋
Chris - If you have any more funny stories about truck drivers or other people, they are always fun to hear. I remember you told a few last year or maybe the year before that were very funny.
Yes was interesting to see the fuel truck there bro and those fires sure became infernos in a short amount of time. Project is coming along well too. Safe travels
I’ve burnt some big brush piles myself and pictures do no justice for how big the fire is! Looking good Chris ! I wish I could come out and help, I’m over in the ole Fayettenam. I’m sure Mr Bealy is getting excited for the new pond!
Whoa, that storm looked nasty. Still, you got some good work done, digging, hauling & burning. I do love the crackling sound that the fire was making. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
What enjoy the most about watching you do these projects is that once you see the land scape you can all ready see how you are going to sculpture the terrain. When you crunch the numbers its a done deal... All that's left to do is move the dirt. There never seems to be any indecision from you as to what its going to look like or how you are going to do it. Its like you brain makes a cad program for the project and you just run with it... I laugh sometime when you are moving dirt and just to be sure that you are on grade you will get out and take measurements and you are about an inch off... wow.
Do you ever toast marshmallows with your fires 😄 the lighter wood really burns hot there good fire starters looking good with all the brush piles gone room to move dirt thanks for the video
There are several digging pushing scooping channels on TH-cam, NO QUESTION Chis's lets dig 18 is. the best of the lot. He shows enough to let us understand what is being done and how, without overkill and boredom... although I believe everyone including Chris was sick of the stumping. We want to see water in that pond, then the fill up, and finishing touches, at least as much as Chris does. Let's go Chris.
I will try to remember that one day . Maybe Chris will talk to me on camera. I have help him on a few projects already . Where I was standing out and talking
That old pine stump is called "fat" wood and it burns readily. Turpentine is derrived from it. Busted up in to smaller pieces is good for starting camp fires. and such with one match or a ferro rod.
Don’t forget that there’s a second helping of Chris while he is on this project!! Bealy Good on TH-cam is also posting video with content from his perspective. He does some interesting close ups with the drone right in front of, or just behind the equipment!! He speaks of more of the stuff he and Chris talk about as well. He is improving with every video he releases it seems. I don’t even know the fella, I live in Alberta, Canada!! Haha. But I have enjoyed the work they are doing on this farm!! He is showing some of the animals they are gradually getting and naming them. There’s a little bit of “Bama Bass” in this as well. Not a bad thing at all!! Bama Bass built a pond in a much different area where they had to dig the pond out of a mostly flat field and create a significant dam to back up 5 acres of water. It was filled principally by a hurricane, some storms and a water well that has a very high rate of productivity. They had to haul in 3 ft of clay for all 5 acres, plus around the pond and to build the pond dam! It was about $1 million to build. I suspect Mr Bealy is fortunate with his topography and soil types so his shouldn’t cost near that including the clearing of the trees!! I hope anyways,,,,, ouch!!$$$!!!
Hey Chris, have you ever tried sump oil to get a fire going? I spread/poor a generous amount around & stick a match into it....Cheaper than Diesel. I've got a 100 acres in the Northern Rivers NSW Australia with a lot of weed/scrub on it. Love a good big fire ;)
You have a very colorful project, with the blue sky, white clouds, different colors of topsoil, orange clay, green trees and those bright multi colored flames. Oh the dark clouds too. It’s going to look as colorful when it’s done. Great videos.
“Sure is a nice day for a little camp fire” young man, if that your definition of a little camp fire I’m betting you could roast wieners and marshmallows for the entire state with a big fire. 🙄😏😉Like plan B, it’s going to be really nice to see to look out over the terrain and get a true look at the lake area. Thanks for the ride along sir.
Cuttybones I hope you picked up those flags, shoot you should check his dumpster, I can’t help myself if there is a dumpster on the job I got to dive in and pull some junk out! Great video!
@@leolarose9298 If you type Bealy Good into the search bar that should take you to the right channel. Geoff is the owner of the land Chris is working on and also videos the earthmoving and other improvements to his property.
There's a market for it everywhere. I live in Michigan and we have peat bogs that gets sold all around the country. The area is an hour drive north of Detroit and it's probably the darkest richest topsoil in the country.
@@jamesrobinson1022 I understand that, wondering if it's worth selling off the excess top soil to some top soil wholesaler. Compared to finding and area's to "Waste it" . Unless you don't have the dirt you need to build your project of course.
I've asked Bealy Good on his channel, but now I want to ask you Chris. If the other pond is having issues staying filled, how in the world will this pond ever get full?
I was fine enjoying the day in the dump truck . I would had worked longer if the rain had not caught us . I just enjoy running heavy equipment. I did get out a few times to stretch my legs
Nothing like a good cleanup fire! Seeing the excavator next to that pile was cool for perspective on how big those piles get. The previous one with all the drone footage of the fire piles was awesome, but didn't give the same scale as that shot.
Is there a particular reason the ponds you make seem to be kinda shallow like 10’ or so. Looks like the water could be getting might warm in the summer heat?.
Any work that you can preform on the build is GREAT VIEWING 👍. By the way what is the off-road driver, you may have mentioned him, but I can't remember wanna give him a SHOUT OUT.
Hello Todd, I just wanted you to know that you are greatly appreciated by us viewers, the reason Chris can do Great work is because he has Great people helping him.
we call the heart wood of pine otherwise known as pine knot. we used to start our wood stoves with it when I was a kid. only problem with it as far as woodstoves and or fireplaces are concerned is the build up of tar in the flue.
@@manw3bttcks - especially if it get rain soaked first. If it were the old Cat D6 or Betsy,,,, I wouldn’t want to test that theory with all of the metal controls!!! Heh heh.
@@JCrook1028 - Car tires are loaded with graphite, silica and other polymers, but there’s little to no rubber in car tires today!!! True. The graphite is a conductor,,, to a degree, the silica isn’t. Many cars and trucks get hit by lightning every year. There’s one I saw recently in the news, a Ford SuperDuty that caught fire and melted!! There was one locally a couple of years ago where the bolt went through the passenger roof, floor and passenger seat in a vehicle. The driver was burnt two ways. One by the heat of the flash so near to her and the other by electricity that went through her and her hands took the brunt of that. 1st & second degree burns on her face, ear and side, all on her right. 3rd degree burns mostly to her hands. The baby in the car seat behind her was unhurt. The empty car seat behind the passenger seat was scorched. The driver stayed conscious!!! She got stopped but the vehicle was dead, her purse and cell phone were on the passenger seat. She couldn’t help the baby in the back due to her hands being so injured. Good samaritans stopped and took care of things for them though. Love it when good people show up!! Didn’t hear anything else about them. The car had a 10 inch hole through the roof and seat and 3 or 4 inch hole in the floor.
Barney looks so nice Chris. Well done!!!!
I love how you casually mention, "Here i am sittin' in the biggest lightning rod in the county". And you just keep working. Love how you always have a Plan B, C & even D. Good job, Chris.
that is what separates the men from the boys
Chris always adds one more scoop when i think the haul truck is full lol
Same
Same but I try to count them !
Let’s call that the ‘profit’ scoop 😉…
Not full until it’s coming off the sides lol
@@LauwersFreddy - I like “profit” scoop!! Well said!
Man after my own heart. Love a good fire. Nothing like these, but in High School growing up in dairy country, having equipment to build our Home Coming Bon Fires made for some amazing fires. Could be raining and if you stood within 10 feet of the fire, the rain would evaporate before it hit you. Thanks for sharing.
I experienced that too as a 10 y.o. My buddy and I were stunned. Then Mon came out... 🙄
Wow Chris mother nature saw fit to reward you with just enough rain to get the burning done! That last pile was huge and now it's about gone. Definitely will make it easier to move forward now. Have a good evening.
i play in the dirt all day and look forward to coming home to watch chris play in the dirt.
When you have to bring the bulk “go-go-juice” truck directly to the job site…you know things are going well. Thanks for sharing Chris!
Looks like you had a very productive day. Gotta be one of your top 5 fires 🔥 👌. And a bunch of dirt moved. Shaping up nicely
always a good day if you can move dirt and burn to. good job fellas. cheers.
The “fat wood” stump is the pitch or resin. It’s Terpene, a hydrocarbon. Long leaf pine has the most and can literally explode into flames.
I had a chance to watch some lot clearing near my house for a few minutes today. It was a 1 acre wooded lot that was about half cleared. It gave me some perspective into what Chris does and how much material is on a lot that size that needs to be dealt with in some way. It provided a bit of scope on how much material was in this project, even after the loggers hauled a lot of it off.
Perfect explanation of “Lighter Knot Pine”! It’s the same way my grandfather explained to me what it was when I was a boy. It’s the best way to start a fire in a fireplace.
Chris great video, one heck of a fire! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
Wish I could over hear the astronauts on the ISS. Sure bet it'd be like this. Well we see another large fire in N.C today. Let's Dig 18 must be clearing trees again. 😳😳😳🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Seems like you ordered the weather exactly how you needed it. 😆
You can here the relief in your voice when you sat back watching those piles disappearing before your eyes.
LOL Chris jut loves a good fire!! You can tell in his voice the excitement of seeing his piles burn away :)
Your burns are LEGENDARY in the TH-cam world!! Great job sir. I can almost feel the heat from CT!!
Connecticut?!?!
I can almost feel the heat from IDAHO!!!!
😁
@@daleallen7634 😂
Burn Baby Burn🔥Dawns here ☀️
Here. In the Ozarks we call those stump lighters Pine Knots. They are great for starting fires. I used to split them into small pcs and keep for starting fire in the stove or starting brush piles
Barney is sure earning his keep! Seems like a really solid truck!
BRAVO!! Here we go again fans! Fantastic! Even a city slicker knows what's happening here.
The pond master in action it’s gona be good
Always enjoy a good Plan B when it involves fire!
Nice fires. That fat wood stump really burns hot. Thanks Chris
Now that is what I call a fire! Bet nobody thought to bring the marshmallows. Always a great video Chris doing a awesome job.
Burn time Chris! Dawns here ☀️
It's coming along just fine.
Its great you got a helper to dive the turck great to see the huge fire
Hi from uk Chris 👋👍always good to have a plan b and c possibly👌 an I have never laughed so hard at your comment as I did at end of this one plus I replayed your face at least three times at the ""60 mph wind and flame like that welll I'm kinda past the point of no return now""🤣 just blow it out pmsl lol 🤔🤣thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍 👋
That pic you took should be your thumb nail lol, thanks for sharing as always Chris.
Chris - If you have any more funny stories about truck drivers or other people, they are always fun to hear. I remember you told a few last year or maybe the year before that were very funny.
Yes was interesting to see the fuel truck there bro and those fires sure became infernos in a short amount of time. Project is coming along well too. Safe travels
Beautiful view
"Woah! there's some lightening around and here I am in the biggest conducting rod in the county!"
The excavator looks like it's jaws are agape at the fire you created.
i really hope you follow up on this one when its done id love to see it when it grown and stocked in about 3 yrs
Bealy good has a channel too.
@@leolldankology - Yeah!! I see a few comments like this and others wondering where the behind the scene video is. Bealy Good!!!
Man that haul truck sounds good.
Nice! Shoveling AND fire!!
Chris, you know how to start a fire, good job.
sitting in the biggest lightning rod in the county. that was funny. stay safe out there Chris.
Those were some nasty looking clouds. But you did get to burn the plies of branches and stumps that needed taking care of.
23:24 our man Chris knows what his people want to see ...
Great video 👍 👍
Chris I could feel the heat from that fire and I'm in Arizona. Lol
I’ve burnt some big brush piles myself and pictures do no justice for how big the fire is! Looking good Chris ! I wish I could come out and help, I’m over in the ole Fayettenam. I’m sure Mr Bealy is getting excited for the new pond!
I hate we didn’t get our target load count . I hate I missed the fires to
Whoa, that storm looked nasty. Still, you got some good work done, digging, hauling & burning. I do love the crackling sound that the fire was making. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
Where's the MARSHMELLOWS and CHOCOLATE! 😱😁🤪🤣👍✌
Oooooo, .. . and GRAHAMCRAKAS! 🤣👍✌
What enjoy the most about watching you do these projects is that once you see the land scape you can all ready see how you are going to sculpture the terrain. When you crunch the numbers its a done deal... All that's left to do is move the dirt. There never seems to be any indecision from you as to what its going to look like or how you are going to do it. Its like you brain makes a cad program for the project and you just run with it... I laugh sometime when you are moving dirt and just to be sure that you are on grade you will get out and take measurements and you are about an inch off... wow.
Do you ever toast marshmallows with your fires 😄 the lighter wood really burns hot there good fire starters looking good with all the brush piles gone room to move dirt thanks for the video
I hope you get swimmin’ an’ fishin’ priviledges when this is all done! 🤣🤣
That was a huge fire lol awesome video keep it up 👍
That stump u talking about is technically called fatwood
Ten bucket fills per load, one hundred loads so that's A thousand bucket fulls......
3 hours in and no one’s asked why you don’t use a chipper….
Miracles do happen but it is now the scrapper questions now. :)
Wonderful, organized productive day with burning piles added also. Great job Chris!!! Loved the video, thank u! God's blessings and be safe.
thats a nice lookin SLC (scary looking cloud), ha ha , nice seein things take shape , all that rain , fire sais hold my beer
The pond site is looking good Chris, nice job!
There are several digging pushing scooping channels on TH-cam, NO QUESTION Chis's lets dig 18 is. the best of the lot. He shows enough to let us understand what is being done and how, without overkill and boredom... although I believe everyone including Chris was sick of the stumping. We want to see water in that pond, then the fill up, and finishing touches, at least as much as Chris does. Let's go Chris.
You definitely needed that truck for this job. The size of the scoops are epic. The dang job is coming along well…
Todd stand outside the truck and take a bow so everyone can see you haha so people will stop asking for you.
I will try to remember that one day . Maybe Chris will talk to me on camera. I have help him on a few projects already . Where I was standing out and talking
Only one pile left
Only started watching the video but I hope you stay on top of Chris coz he's a slacker.
Chop -Chop!
You can get cream for them, apparently.
That old pine stump is called "fat" wood and it burns readily. Turpentine is derrived from it.
Busted up in to smaller pieces is good for starting camp fires. and such with one match or a ferro rod.
when Chris builds the fire.. you don't bring Hot Dogs and Marshmellos... you just get whole hogs and spit.
Glad you had a nice morning, had 72 F this morning - coolist in months. Yep - Chris likes to make a BIG fire.
if that's your camp fire, i definitely want to come to your bonfire party
Don’t forget that there’s a second helping of Chris while he is on this project!! Bealy Good on TH-cam is also posting video with content from his perspective. He does some interesting close ups with the drone right in front of, or just behind the equipment!! He speaks of more of the stuff he and Chris talk about as well. He is improving with every video he releases it seems.
I don’t even know the fella, I live in Alberta, Canada!! Haha. But I have enjoyed the work they are doing on this farm!! He is showing some of the animals they are gradually getting and naming them. There’s a little bit of “Bama Bass” in this as well. Not a bad thing at all!! Bama Bass built a pond in a much different area where they had to dig the pond out of a mostly flat field and create a significant dam to back up 5 acres of water. It was filled principally by a hurricane, some storms and a water well that has a very high rate of productivity.
They had to haul in 3 ft of clay for all 5 acres, plus around the pond and to build the pond dam! It was about $1 million to build. I suspect Mr Bealy is fortunate with his topography and soil types so his shouldn’t cost near that including the clearing of the trees!! I hope anyways,,,,, ouch!!$$$!!!
Hey Chris, have you ever tried sump oil to get a fire going? I spread/poor a generous amount around & stick a match into it....Cheaper than Diesel. I've got a 100 acres in the Northern Rivers NSW Australia with a lot of weed/scrub on it. Love a good big fire ;)
Is that a new bucket
Looks really good Chris 🇺🇲 I always enjoy watching the digging of The ponds 🇺🇲
You have a very colorful project, with the blue sky, white clouds, different colors of topsoil, orange clay, green trees and those bright multi colored flames. Oh the dark clouds too. It’s going to look as colorful when it’s done. Great videos.
"One load at a time" even with Sloppy Mud. But it looks frustrating with mud !
That hauler was a very necessary purchase for you. Glad it’s working out. 👍
“Sure is a nice day for a little camp fire” young man, if that your definition of a little camp fire I’m betting you could roast wieners and marshmallows for the entire state with a big fire. 🙄😏😉Like plan B, it’s going to be really nice to see to look out over the terrain and get a true look at the lake area. Thanks for the ride along sir.
I believe Chris is so good he could start a fire with a magnifying glass........ at night.
Nice fires Chris , the whole project is starting to look great cheers for now mate
Cuttybones I hope you picked up those flags, shoot you should check his dumpster, I can’t help myself if there is a dumpster on the job I got to dive in and pull some junk out! Great video!
Love the behind the scenes. Keep ‘em coming, Jeff!
Where’s the behind the scenes and Jeff ?
@@bongobill2000 Bealy Good Farm videos.
Where do I find the behind the scenes videos
@@leolarose9298 If you type Bealy Good into the search bar that should take you to the right channel.
Geoff is the owner of the land Chris is working on and also videos the earthmoving and other improvements to his property.
Is there a Market for Top Soil in your area ? Here in No. VIRGINIA it's big. Run it thru a grinder and screen and it's gone.
Just wondering...
There's a market for it everywhere. I live in Michigan and we have peat bogs that gets sold all around the country. The area is an hour drive north of Detroit and it's probably the darkest richest topsoil in the country.
@@jamesrobinson1022 I understand that, wondering if it's worth selling off the excess top soil to some top soil wholesaler. Compared to finding and area's to "Waste it" .
Unless you don't have the dirt you need to build your project of course.
I've asked Bealy Good on his channel, but now I want to ask you Chris. If the other pond is having issues staying filled, how in the world will this pond ever get full?
Don't know if u noticed Chris but there's some bloke staring at you and he don't look to happy. Not surprised sat in that dump truck for 10 hours haha
I was fine enjoying the day in the dump truck . I would had worked longer if the rain had not caught us . I just enjoy running heavy equipment. I did get out a few times to stretch my legs
@@Todd.Roberts The I guess my earlier comment has to be changed to frumpy. 🤭 Just teasing man.
@@dennis2376 it’s all
good
@@Todd.Roberts Hi Todd, just jesting, would love to drive that dump truck all day too. Regards from over the pond in little old England.
@@neilbes1 I love driving that truck . But it is a bouncing ride over all those stump holes . But it’s all good
Nothing like a good cleanup fire! Seeing the excavator next to that pile was cool for perspective on how big those piles get. The previous one with all the drone footage of the fire piles was awesome, but didn't give the same scale as that shot.
Is there a particular reason the ponds you make seem to be kinda shallow like 10’ or so. Looks like the water could be getting might warm in the summer heat?.
Any work that you can preform on the build is GREAT VIEWING 👍. By the way what is the off-road driver, you may have mentioned him, but I can't remember wanna give him a SHOUT OUT.
My name is Todd Roberts .
Hello Todd, I just wanted you to know that you are greatly appreciated by us viewers, the reason Chris can do Great work is because he has Great people helping him.
@@MichaelBrown-qn9hi thank you. I appreciate that . I enjoy working with him
@@Todd.Roberts great job Todd
@@williamd6967 thank you
Ever see an excavator get struck by lightning? We had a BMW in the shop years ago that was struck and all the electronics were fried.
You meant strike a stump!
Those storms that missed you? Come 2 1/2 hrs east. You’ll find them right over my house.
Impressive bit of work today. Love your commentary on the fire!!! Past the point of no return!!
That really was a d*mn funny moment!! Hahaha……..
I like your fire just great!!
That new truck of yours will pay for itself on this on job now that’s what I call a good investment
we call the heart wood of pine otherwise known as pine knot. we used to start our wood stoves with it when I was a kid. only problem with it as far as woodstoves and or fireplaces are concerned is the build up of tar in the flue.
excavator looks like a childs toy next to that fire.
Sitting in an open area in a thunder/lightning storm and you're in a big piece of machinery that is all metal - brave man.
He's safe, just like being in a car in a storm is safe. The metal directs the current around the frame and to the ground
@@manw3bttcks - especially if it get rain soaked first. If it were the old Cat D6 or Betsy,,,, I wouldn’t want to test that theory with all of the metal controls!!! Heh heh.
But a car has rubber tires...
@@JCrook1028 - Car tires are loaded with graphite, silica and other polymers, but there’s little to no rubber in car tires today!!! True.
The graphite is a conductor,,, to a degree, the silica isn’t. Many cars and trucks get hit by lightning every year. There’s one I saw recently in the news, a Ford SuperDuty that caught fire and melted!! There was one locally a couple of years ago where the bolt went through the passenger roof, floor and passenger seat in a vehicle. The driver was burnt two ways. One by the heat of the flash so near to her and the other by electricity that went through her and her hands took the brunt of that. 1st & second degree burns on her face, ear and side, all on her right. 3rd degree burns mostly to her hands. The baby in the car seat behind her was unhurt. The empty car seat behind the passenger seat was scorched. The driver stayed conscious!!! She got stopped but the vehicle was dead, her purse and cell phone were on the passenger seat. She couldn’t help the baby in the back due to her hands being so injured. Good samaritans stopped and took care of things for them though. Love it when good people show up!! Didn’t hear anything else about them. The car had a 10 inch hole through the roof and seat and 3 or 4 inch hole in the floor.
We always called those stumps rich pine great fire starter but bad it you add too much to your wood stove if it thin metal could possible melt it
Have you ever made dog bone ski ponds? My Brother built one once.
🤘😎
Everything we had hoped it would be, is embodied in the Bealy Good project…
Are you building the 6th Great Lake? Is it a pond or lake? 🤣😂😅
Haha, I was thinking the same thing
@@justbe4481 I hope they stock it with some fish.
@@ConstructionMachineryChannel its gonna be a trophy bass pond
Chris thinks the Great Lakes are an amateur effort, toosmall.
@@leolldankology That would be great
Where are you getting the water to fill this pond? Are you going to count on rain fall or will you divert water from somewhere else?
You are not sitting in a lightning rod. You are sitting in a Faraday Cage so safer from lightning than you would be in a house.
Storm missed us today, we'll get hit tomorrow. We're saddled with some lousy burn laws