Chris, we have a company 1/2 mile from my house that build matts and if you want their information, I will be happy to get it for you, and the pond starting to take shape awesome work.
It would be interesting to see the difference in the physical sizes of the 160, 220 and 250 excavators if you have an opportunity to have them in the same location. The pond progress is looking good!
@@bobbietower7185 if you are ever interested,,,, you go back 11 years or so in Chris archives and he “learned” to be so calm. I suspect it took him the first 5 years to get to the point of being monetized😂😂😂. They are short and you see a very different (but not) guy!! Heh heh. He still is Chris and I suspect has been such a hard worker all his life!
I was going to say it looks looks like one of those very rare occasions when another off road truck would come in handy but you covered the reason why not.
Moved lots of 'good' sinky mud before getting 'stuck truck' and the rain that's on the way. Bobus - it wasn't the 250 stuck :) Always enjoy the description on the why of the tasks.
That road sure did go down hill fast lol Must be pumping water through. I am sure you could find mats closer to home, but there is a guy 2 miles from me here in Northeast PA that has and repairs mats. The gas and pipeline people use them.
Why should they work when they can stay home and collect government checks. It is a sad situation, the government has created a bunch of entitled people who think they have a right to our hard earned dollars!!
Well the haul truck did get stuck so it wasnt all for nothing, Although the 250 getting stuck would have been something, but Chris is not that kind of operator.
Looks like you need about 3' of rotten rock to get anywhere near enough bound mass for that truck to drive on. The clay is not up to that job - it would be ok on top of a solid base. There's one thing about building roads - whatever base you put in is always just a bit less than what's needed : )
Chris, have you looked into any companies that make recycled plastic sleepers out of Ultra-high molecular weight polyethene? If they are up to the job of supporting the machine and you can get custom lengths they would outlast timber by a long way.
Patience always wins. You are so calm when things don't go as planned. Best virtue to have! Enjoyed the video as usual, thank u so much for your faithfulness with the videos! God's blessings and be safe.
I don't think you will catch a break with rain storms moving across the US. Good job moving the sloppy mud. When you said it was starting to smell I thought oh no a dead body. Or school of fish that didn't make it out of the creek. Pond is really taking shape. Can't wait.
Chris, there are thousands of mats here in Columbia County ny. They are constructing a new electrical power transmission line from Canada to NYC and the company has thousands of mats laying corduroy roads for miles to install the new mono towers and transmission cables
check with your local railroad company for wooden crossing planks. I have seen 4', 8', 12' and 16' long wooden planks and there may be longer. And if I remember correctly they are 4' to 4' 5" wide. Just a thought,
My guess on the aroma you commented on is that you're stirring up the old, rotting organics buried in the pond mud. Well, and that it's obviously a VERY "low tide" there in the pond basin!
Shame you did not have more rock in those last loads of clay. At least you got a lot done at the far end of things so even if you have to start transferring again it won't be as long of a reach. Good job and have a day. Hope the weather gives you a break. Maybe it will miss.
21:58 *Like a BOSS* 👏 Your skills literally never cease to amaze me! It truly takes a master to have the level of finesse that you wield over these powerful machines. So cool to watch.
Love to watch your video's with my 2 year old grandson he loves the way u drive the bulldozer and everytime we watch your video's he gets his digger and sits beside me
I used to enjoy sitting my nephews watching the “Mighty Machines” videos back in the early 90’s. I might have enjoyed them more than they did. Back in the pre-internet days! Good Ol VHS. Dang, I’m old! (69 and hating it)
@@tomrogers9467 - you are only as old as you feel. My dad said it quite differently, but that is not at all kosher these days!! 😂😂 it may have the word Who added in there..
I see a portable sawmill in your future to mill some of those white oak trees into lumber for your new mats. it's like always. If you want it done right you have to do it yourself.
It looks like the road's falling apart because nothing is holding it together at the sides. Maybe align the mats along the lower edge as a fence of sorts to hold it in, and add a pile of mud to hold them up? Otherwise, there's plenty of trees just the other side of that road. I'm sure nobody will miss a few (dozen) to build a road from.
A temporary access is not meant to be an engineering project. Chris has experience in this field we may only dream at. Trust what he choses. Im hapoy to ask questions, but I dont beleive for a second I can tell him what to do.
Hi Chris, you would think the amount of trees you take down you could get someone to make some matts out of them 😁👍 Regards to you and Winston. Richard 🇬🇧
@@D989501L - Looks like a couple of them already did let him know. I suspect that he is likely trying to keep it local and not put a local out of work,,,, but if they don’t want to work,,,, I say to heck with them!!! I see it a lot now that I moved near the city and try to get work done on my new place. Unless it’s a 5 digit job $$$ they don’t even want to show up for a quote!! When I lived near some very small rural towns a couple of hours away, I never had an issue. People would come out to do a $200 job and then I would invite them and their family over for dinner quite often. We all knew each other. I’m thinking I’m gonna miss that wayyy more than I thought,,,,,,. Too bad John & Chris have run into the issue.
Thanks again for sane videos after a crazy day. No extra room just answered the question I was about to ask..... on the up side at least you're not cleaning out the cowpen 😉 been there done that. Rain Friday through Sunday north of you
I hear ya on that!! We bought a derelict feedlot one time years ago before they started using excavators quite so much cleaning pens around here. It was a farm tractor or front end loader. Some crawlers. We were large enough to have 1 full time manure truck and 2 with removable boxes. (PIA, but cheaper than 2 more trucks!!) our “loader” was just a Case W-14 Feedlot Special. In the new feedlot we suspected a possible mess, but started in on the bedding/manure piles that were about 8 feet deep!! We got into the pile 6 feet maybe when the smell started. I have a very strong stomach but,,, even I wretched. Another 2 feet and went to lift the bucket, but the front loader wheels were completely on the new soil and it was like parting the Red Sea, right under the wheels!!! The tires disappeared,,,,, they are about 4 ft tall!! I was stuck of course and there were the bones from where the guy was throwing his dead cattle on that pile!! It was the worst!! I bought the place, it was my problem!!! 1981 and the refs weren’t so strict so after asking, nobody cared about the dead animals so we spread them as manure/fertilizer as the bones were the only recognizable things. Recovered the bones after the field took a few rains and 2 trips around with the pivot running full!! Hahaha. Ugghhh. Once we got the loader out, we DID hire a local with his excavator!! We only hit dead animals in the one pen, thankfully, but every pen stunk sooo bad and each pen was impassible with any wheeled equipment. We had another 3 feet dug out where the manure piles were and spread that mostly dirt as of it were manure. Went through the trucks easily. Then we cut the side of a hill and hauled an awful lot of good dirt back in!! 36 pens and they were all 220 ft x 220 ft. The manure pile was roughly 40% of each pen. After a winter and running cattle through, the pens packed down really nice and we’re running off as originally designed,,,,,. We ran that place for about 11 years before we sold it on (to a high school buddy that still has it!! We made good money off the cattle and operation, fixed EVERYTHING, and sold on for a fair profit (he is a great friend). We were just winding things down for retirement as there were no kids to inherit it (couldn’t have em). Now we are retired and that memory/smell/sight is burned into my brain!!! 😂😂😂 It was cheap to buy, but we sure didn’t think it was a good buy for a few years, Haha. Working the fields that fall and the next spring we’re a great joy,,,,,, ugghhhh. 😂😂
@@C10sRule I can just about smell the smells - OMG! Had a friend who was a property assessor. One day at a farm he stopped at the house to see the farmer. The wife told him that her hubby was out around behind the barn . . so out he goes and in the process walked onto and broke through the crust of a full liquid manure tank that was at ground level. He went right down in and counted himself lucky that he came back up in the same hole. They hosed him off enough that he could get into his car and head home to change clothes.
@@sharonmiller6436 - that’s a nightmare I have with water!!! Manure,,,,,, that definitely adds insult to injury. Glad he was ok!!! We had to catch the runoff for a portion of our feedlot on the home property. We added manure actually to get the right consistency to be able to inject it with a big cultivator and pumping unit! That we hired out to a company that did the work custom. Feedlot manure is generally no smellier than honey, generally,,,,,. Dairy cattle manure, the typical manure that is caught and processed for injecting into the fields,,,, that sh*t smells heh heh. I used to just say and think,,,, “smells like money to me”!!! Haha. An expression learned from my dad. Uggghhhh. I bet he never got the smell out of his vehicle after that either,,,,.
That pile @ 6:00 looks almost dry enough to move with a dozer - but no mud is solid. That pond is looking like a lake, and I bet someone thinks of putting a pontoon deck boat in it to suntan and putt around.
Can easily see where 2 trucks would soon make the haul road turn to custard fairly quick, good you can drive down on the bottom to move the dirt although it's a pity the truck can not do the same. Great video anyway bro. Safe travels
You should contact their company in person...Guins Excavating Service. They'll have to look at the jobsite and see exactly how much has to be dredged and the conditions.
Hi from uk chris👋👍 I accept full responsibility for getting stuck as on last upload I mention in quick poem ""Got your road and got your truck, on firm ground you wont get stuck"" even tho you would of been stuck before that upload 😂 you can still blame me if you like I take full responsibility👌 but oh my that fully laden truck just goes down like titanic🤔 but pleased your behind cos its harder to be in front and pull at least pushing you have more control (live you comment at end so casually you say ""well this turned into a mess"") time to go home the🔚 hometime this way in event of early finish👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
It is aggravating. I cant believe this is our country now with Diesel approaching $7.50 per gallon and no one wants to work. The Government is eating out the substance of the people it is sworn to protect.
Good thing you stay busy between hauls. Takes the truck 7 min to dump and return. If you went with the lesser productive approach you would be sitting 1.5hrs threw a 10hr day, just doing nothing. Good way to get run off the job also for anyone currently on a job with big equipment.
Have been watching you for years and seen a lot of your dredging projects. Today you mentioned the "smell" of this mud. While I'm sure there's clay in the mix, the remaining mud must be mostly decaying organic matter. Have you ever had any of this mud/dirt tested for alternative uses such as garden/planting/top soil?
And a few new subscribers I would think. I started watching that week with a recommendation from RUclips while sitting at home with Covid. The only problem is the swing of the excavator along with my clogged ears gave me motion sickness and nausea for the week I was binge watching LetsDig18 videos that was worse than the Covid symptoms.
You are moving along pretty well here Chris!! You will get that road to work for you again (I hope). If not you end up bailing dirt/mud more to the level you originally anticipated, so not the end of the world,,,,. Ahhhh heck that sounded way too sappy,,,,. Fricken road!! I love the journey, so to speak, but am very excited to see how this one turns out. Seeing all the fencing etc, I suspect the “dock” will be the “Taj-Mah-Dock”!!! You mentioned it will be a $6digit dock,,,, I bet!! Hopefully they are open to you coming back when the pond is full and then when the dock is done! That would be very nosy on my part,,, I agree, but I still hope they are open to it, and you are up to it of course as well. Let’s see what’s next!!
You had me going. Watched to see if you did get stuck. That would surprise me if you did but even the best get stuck every now and then. Sure is a lot of mud moving.
Road is definitely a winner. Question is, will you have to removed or might they want to keep it when you are done? It is a win for you either way, just the latter is more desirable. Ha! Your comment, "Mud, mud mud". You probably played in it as a kid and unlike most, made a career out of it. Literately, that kid when asked what he wants to be when he grew up and answers, "I don't want to grow up". Thanks for sharing Chris.
Well, you're back in the mud. :) Darn, you sure do good work with everything. Like so many have commented, you keep your cool under pressure. You're either one cool cat, or a very good editor... Just kidding, I've watched long enough to know you're just good. Thank for sharing your work with us.
Could you imagine that behemoth out in that muck? That would be really cool to watch it sink to the center of the Earth. Chris would have a new "Worst recovery ever" video.
Mike @ Dirt Perfect has one of those Volvo haul trucks that will get stuck on just about any slick surface… unlike John’s or Chris’s haul trucks. The last time I watched Mike operate his truck it looked one of the rear axles wasn’t pulling at all. By the way… out of the three haul trucks Chris has the prettiest… 😂😂😂😂😂
@@kenore4003 Mike kept saying it was a locker problem but on one of the rear axles neither wheel was pulling. The other rear axle had one wheel pulling but wouldn't switch... indicating a locker problem. Anyway... I know Mike's truck was totally helpless in the mud
@@sharonmiller6436 There really wasn't too much wrong with Chris's haul truck. It was an ex WV mine truck and was fairly well taken care of. I really like how Chris goes the extra mile with the cosmetics... not many operators would do it but it makes a difference. I don't know much about John's truck but Mike's truck is looking more and more like a real troublemaker... like Chris's Betty
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Chris, we have a company 1/2 mile from my house that build matts and if you want their information, I will be happy to get it for you, and the pond starting to take shape awesome work.
It would be interesting to see the difference in the physical sizes of the 160, 220 and 250 excavators if you have an opportunity to have them in the same location. The pond progress is looking good!
Big bigger and bigger there ya go
It amazes me that you are so calm when things go wrong. Nice work getting the truck out.
Frank P I've commented that many times...as Chris says "It is what it is....keep going"!! I should take his advice! lol
@@bobbietower7185 if you are ever interested,,,, you go back 11 years or so in Chris archives and he “learned” to be so calm. I suspect it took him the first 5 years to get to the point of being monetized😂😂😂.
They are short and you see a very different (but not) guy!! Heh heh. He still is Chris and I suspect has been such a hard worker all his life!
I was going to say it looks looks like one of those very rare occasions when another off road truck would come in handy but you covered the reason why not.
I don't think there's ever been a dredge job that doesn't turn into a mess, so your right on track.
Moved lots of 'good' sinky mud before getting 'stuck truck' and the rain that's on the way. Bobus - it wasn't the 250 stuck :) Always enjoy the description on the why of the tasks.
That road sure did go down hill fast lol Must be pumping water through. I am sure you could find mats closer to home, but there is a guy 2 miles from me here in Northeast PA that has and repairs mats. The gas and pipeline people use them.
Lake starting to look good. With all the mud does it bring back childhood memories playing in the mud. Thanks for the video
Why should they work when they can stay home and collect government checks. It is a sad situation, the government has created a bunch of entitled people who think they have a right to our hard earned dollars!!
Now I may have gotten the skid steers stuck a time or two but not never the haul truck yet . Lol
Man that was cruel lmao ! I was really wanting to see you get that out of there ! Looked like it was really stuck deep from that angle ! Lmao
Well the haul truck did get stuck so it wasnt all for nothing, Although the 250 getting stuck would have been something, but Chris is not that kind of operator.
Looks like you need about 3' of rotten rock to get anywhere near enough bound mass for that truck to drive on. The clay is not up to that job - it would be ok on top of a solid base. There's one thing about building roads - whatever base you put in is always just a bit less than what's needed : )
It's the small details sometimes that put us right with you - "It does kinda stink!" ...
Chris, have you looked into any companies that make recycled plastic sleepers out of Ultra-high molecular weight polyethene? If they are up to the job of supporting the machine and you can get custom lengths they would outlast timber by a long way.
you'd slide right off plastic mats
1 beep =stop, 1 beep=go , 1 beep=raise the bed , 1 beep time for lunch . You guys got the communication down to a science .😁
Patience always wins. You are so calm when things don't go as planned. Best virtue to have! Enjoyed the video as usual, thank u so much for your faithfulness with the videos! God's blessings and be safe.
Hehehe Nice video! Too mutch mud for the dumper.
nice work Chris. the pond is taking shape.
That is a long ways to haul mud. When dried out that dirt will make a good garden.
Wow you sounded very discouraged.
Hope you can repair your haul road. Have a good evening Chris! 👍🏼☺️
I don't think you will catch a break with rain storms moving across the US. Good job moving the sloppy mud. When you said it was starting to smell I thought oh no a dead body. Or school of fish that didn't make it out of the creek. Pond is really taking shape. Can't wait.
Chris, there are thousands of mats here in Columbia County ny. They are constructing a new electrical power transmission line from Canada to NYC and the company has thousands of mats laying corduroy roads for miles to install the new mono towers and transmission cables
Great video 👍 👍 We have the same problem in Arizona. No one wants to work.
check with your local railroad company for wooden crossing planks. I have seen 4', 8', 12' and 16' long wooden planks and there may be longer. And if I remember correctly they are 4' to 4' 5" wide. Just a thought,
My guess on the aroma you commented on is that you're stirring up the old, rotting organics buried in the pond mud. Well, and that it's obviously a VERY "low tide" there in the pond basin!
Thanks for sharing.
Shame you did not have more rock in those last loads of clay. At least you got a lot done at the far end of things so even if you have to start transferring again it won't be as long of a reach. Good job and have a day. Hope the weather gives you a break. Maybe it will miss.
21:58 *Like a BOSS* 👏 Your skills literally never cease to amaze me! It truly takes a master to have the level of finesse that you wield over these powerful machines. So cool to watch.
Coming along nicely Chris👍👍👍👍👍👍
It’s all about having the right tools in place for the job!
Love to watch your video's with my 2 year old grandson he loves the way u drive the bulldozer and everytime we watch your video's he gets his digger and sits beside me
I used to enjoy sitting my nephews watching the “Mighty Machines” videos back in the early 90’s. I might have enjoyed them more than they did. Back in the pre-internet days! Good Ol VHS. Dang, I’m old! (69 and hating it)
@@tomrogers9467 - you are only as old as you feel. My dad said it quite differently, but that is not at all kosher these days!! 😂😂 it may have the word Who added in there..
I see a portable sawmill in your future to mill some of those white oak trees into lumber for your new mats. it's like always. If you want it done right you have to do it yourself.
He has already stated he is not interested in making his on mats. :)
Well played Sir
That road went to pot really quick. Still not as bad as the potholes in the roads up here in Michigan.
lasted a day and a half
It looks like the road's falling apart because nothing is holding it together at the sides. Maybe align the mats along the lower edge as a fence of sorts to hold it in, and add a pile of mud to hold them up?
Otherwise, there's plenty of trees just the other side of that road. I'm sure nobody will miss a few (dozen) to build a road from.
A temporary access is not meant to be an engineering project.
Chris has experience in this field we may only dream at. Trust what he choses. Im hapoy to ask questions, but I dont beleive for a second I can tell him what to do.
@@wendymorrison5803 - You said it!
I sure thought you had gotten down in the bottom and couldn't get back up got me good!!
Thanks for this video Chris. Today I was thinking about how proud your Uncle John must be working with you now. Cheers
You're right, nobody wants to work anymore, and the ones that do, like me, can't get a chance
Wow, you got a lot done today. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
What a muddy mess that road became. You will have to prepare it again after the rain anyway. Just glad that 250 didn't sink out in the pond itself.
Coming along real nice Chris!
When in doub't, figure it out, another great job!!👊💪
Like the video Chris , you and uncle John move alots today Big progresse .
Hi Chris, you would think the amount of trees you take down you could get someone to make some matts out of them 😁👍 Regards to you and Winston. Richard 🇬🇧
🤣 for real!! He would be the King of mats for sure. 👑 I think most of them are pine or the wrong kind of wood though, unfortunately 😭
@@9sheri9 x You are definitely correct. He would have to save some of the big oaks he takes down,,,, if they aren’t hollowed out.
He should put a shout out to a ny of his following fans that have any or make them, I'm sure he would get a lot of replies.
Regards Richard 🇬🇧
@@D989501L - Looks like a couple of them already did let him know.
I suspect that he is likely trying to keep it local and not put a local out of work,,,, but if they don’t want to work,,,, I say to heck with them!!! I see it a lot now that I moved near the city and try to get work done on my new place. Unless it’s a 5 digit job $$$ they don’t even want to show up for a quote!! When I lived near some very small rural towns a couple of hours away, I never had an issue. People would come out to do a $200 job and then I would invite them and their family over for dinner quite often. We all knew each other. I’m thinking I’m gonna miss that wayyy more than I thought,,,,,,.
Too bad John & Chris have run into the issue.
@@C10sRule Hi their, that makes sense, it must be a worldwide thing, it's the same in the UK.
Hahaha!!! A good time to go home. Same mud. Different day.
Thanks again for sane videos after a crazy day. No extra room just answered the question I was about to ask..... on the up side at least you're not cleaning out the cowpen 😉 been there done that. Rain Friday through Sunday north of you
I hear ya on that!! We bought a derelict feedlot one time years ago before they started using excavators quite so much cleaning pens around here. It was a farm tractor or front end loader. Some crawlers. We were large enough to have 1 full time manure truck and 2 with removable boxes. (PIA, but cheaper than 2 more trucks!!) our “loader” was just a Case W-14 Feedlot Special. In the new feedlot we suspected a possible mess, but started in on the bedding/manure piles that were about 8 feet deep!! We got into the pile 6 feet maybe when the smell started. I have a very strong stomach but,,, even I wretched. Another 2 feet and went to lift the bucket, but the front loader wheels were completely on the new soil and it was like parting the Red Sea, right under the wheels!!! The tires disappeared,,,,, they are about 4 ft tall!! I was stuck of course and there were the bones from where the guy was throwing his dead cattle on that pile!! It was the worst!! I bought the place, it was my problem!!! 1981 and the refs weren’t so strict so after asking, nobody cared about the dead animals so we spread them as manure/fertilizer as the bones were the only recognizable things. Recovered the bones after the field took a few rains and 2 trips around with the pivot running full!! Hahaha. Ugghhh. Once we got the loader out, we DID hire a local with his excavator!! We only hit dead animals in the one pen, thankfully, but every pen stunk sooo bad and each pen was impassible with any wheeled equipment. We had another 3 feet dug out where the manure piles were and spread that mostly dirt as of it were manure. Went through the trucks easily. Then we cut the side of a hill and hauled an awful lot of good dirt back in!! 36 pens and they were all 220 ft x 220 ft. The manure pile was roughly 40% of each pen. After a winter and running cattle through, the pens packed down really nice and we’re running off as originally designed,,,,,. We ran that place for about 11 years before we sold it on (to a high school buddy that still has it!! We made good money off the cattle and operation, fixed EVERYTHING, and sold on for a fair profit (he is a great friend). We were just winding things down for retirement as there were no kids to inherit it (couldn’t have em). Now we are retired and that memory/smell/sight is burned into my brain!!! 😂😂😂 It was cheap to buy, but we sure didn’t think it was a good buy for a few years, Haha. Working the fields that fall and the next spring we’re a great joy,,,,,, ugghhhh. 😂😂
@@C10sRule I can just about smell the smells - OMG!
Had a friend who was a property assessor. One day at a farm he stopped at the house to see the farmer. The wife told him that her hubby was out around behind the barn . . so out he goes and in the process walked onto and broke through the crust of a full liquid manure tank that was at ground level. He went right down in and counted himself lucky that he came back up in the same hole. They hosed him off enough that he could get into his car and head home to change clothes.
@@sharonmiller6436 - that’s a nightmare I have with water!!! Manure,,,,,, that definitely adds insult to injury. Glad he was ok!!! We had to catch the runoff for a portion of our feedlot on the home property. We added manure actually to get the right consistency to be able to inject it with a big cultivator and pumping unit! That we hired out to a company that did the work custom. Feedlot manure is generally no smellier than honey, generally,,,,,. Dairy cattle manure, the typical manure that is caught and processed for injecting into the fields,,,, that sh*t smells heh heh.
I used to just say and think,,,, “smells like money to me”!!! Haha. An expression learned from my dad.
Uggghhhh. I bet he never got the smell out of his vehicle after that either,,,,.
Mud mud glorious mud nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. (Old song)
some rebar and an auger should make easy work out of it. braided cable would be ideal but steel is kinda expensive at the moment.
That pile @ 6:00 looks almost dry enough to move with a dozer - but no mud is solid. That pond is looking like a lake, and I bet someone thinks of putting a pontoon deck boat in it to suntan and putt around.
Can easily see where 2 trucks would soon make the haul road turn to custard fairly quick, good you can drive down on the bottom to move the dirt although it's a pity the truck can not do the same. Great video anyway bro. Safe travels
Thanks!
"nobody wants to work anymore". spot on! thats why we have massive inflation and a recession /depression is needed to get the work ethic back.
Can you give an estimate on a 130 acre lake in eastern NC. Needs to be dredged in some areas.
You should contact their company in person...Guins Excavating Service. They'll have to look at the jobsite and see exactly how much has to be dredged and the conditions.
You're maybe going to have to invest in some long bolts & wood bits & have your buddy with the sawmill cut you some logs to size.
Great job 👍 Stagger the tracks on the haul truck might help the road last longer🤞
chris there is a guy on marketplace in alma michigan that has a mountain of those mats for sale. i know its a long way but if your interested.
Thanks For Sharing
The pucker effect shows up again. You might not have, but I did. Glad you got alot done before the road said I'm done.
As always….enjoyed the video Chris.
Hi from uk chris👋👍 I accept full responsibility for getting stuck as on last upload I mention in quick poem ""Got your road and got your truck, on firm ground you wont get stuck"" even tho you would of been stuck before that upload 😂 you can still blame me if you like I take full responsibility👌 but oh my that fully laden truck just goes down like titanic🤔 but pleased your behind cos its harder to be in front and pull at least pushing you have more control (live you comment at end so casually you say ""well this turned into a mess"") time to go home the🔚 hometime this way in event of early finish👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon👍👋
And I couldn’t believe you were stuck! Glad you proved me right
Glad to see you had John driving today..!! ✅
Hey Chris, Any chance of picking up a set of tracks for the ORV? Seems to get stuck alot with all your pond jobs.
Keep up the great content Chris and have a good Friday and weekend
Chris looks like you having a bad day with the road it will get better. Have a bless day and prayers for your family
It is aggravating. I cant believe this is our country now with Diesel approaching $7.50 per gallon and no one wants to work. The Government is eating out the substance of the people it is sworn to protect.
The haul truck is not Barney. This is the one they put the tail gate on. Keep up people!!
What would we do without you?
Good thing you stay busy between hauls. Takes the truck 7 min to dump and return. If you went with the lesser productive approach you would be sitting 1.5hrs threw a 10hr day, just doing nothing. Good way to get run off the job also for anyone currently on a job with big equipment.
Chris another great video! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
Have been watching you for years and seen a lot of your dredging projects. Today you mentioned the "smell" of this mud. While I'm sure there's clay in the mix, the remaining mud must be mostly decaying organic matter. Have you ever had any of this mud/dirt tested for alternative uses such as garden/planting/top soil?
You got us all thinking how could that happen!! Look at the bright side, your last recovery video got you about 18M views, so there’s that!!
And a few new subscribers I would think. I started watching that week with a recommendation from RUclips while sitting at home with Covid. The only problem is the swing of the excavator along with my clogged ears gave me motion sickness and nausea for the week I was binge watching LetsDig18 videos that was worse than the Covid symptoms.
Doesn't this STUFF ever DRY OUT...even a LITTLE bit, Chris?! 😳
Something did get stuck. I didn't wish it to happen, but I did watch until it happened.
...gotta test the mud hauler...lol...good one, keep safe...
Lol Chris stuck? Not a chance! Great work as always
Chris doesn't get stuck - maybe momentarily but that's about it. 🙂
That short clay road sure did help your truck out in a big way to remove that nasty mud and another mud pit becomes a healthy pond again.
I didn't believe it for a second, your to good to get 😜 stuck 🚜👷🙈👍the haul truck driver maybe not so much... Lol
man that site is coming along great still a ton of work but slowly coming
You are moving along pretty well here Chris!! You will get that road to work for you again (I hope). If not you end up bailing dirt/mud more to the level you originally anticipated, so not the end of the world,,,,. Ahhhh heck that sounded way too sappy,,,,. Fricken road!!
I love the journey, so to speak, but am very excited to see how this one turns out. Seeing all the fencing etc, I suspect the “dock” will be the “Taj-Mah-Dock”!!! You mentioned it will be a $6digit dock,,,, I bet!! Hopefully they are open to you coming back when the pond is full and then when the dock is done! That would be very nosy on my part,,, I agree, but I still hope they are open to it, and you are up to it of course as well.
Let’s see what’s next!!
Great job!!
Another enjoyable video. Thanks !
Hello there Chris 🚧🔥🚧. Those off-road trucks
is actually very good. I almost loved my 1996 A35c
It sure didn't take long for the water to turn that road to mud..
What is the elevation of the property you are working?
Nice job. ❤️🇺🇸
Btw, this pond must be costing the owner a fortune. 💰
You had me going. Watched to see if you did get stuck. That would surprise me if you did but even the best get stuck every now and then. Sure is a lot of mud moving.
Road is definitely a winner. Question is, will you have to removed or might they want to keep it when you are done? It is a win for you either way, just the latter is more desirable. Ha! Your comment, "Mud, mud mud". You probably played in it as a kid and unlike most, made a career out of it. Literately, that kid when asked what he wants to be when he grew up and answers, "I don't want to grow up". Thanks for sharing Chris.
Will you be able to keep the road and make it part of the ponds bank?
Always great videos Thanks stay safe
What about Logger Wade ? That Man Can Make Those Matts ! Could Be A New Thing For Him .
Well, you're back in the mud. :) Darn, you sure do good work with everything. Like so many have commented, you keep your cool under pressure. You're either one cool cat, or a very good editor... Just kidding, I've watched long enough to know you're just good.
Thank for sharing your work with us.
At least you're not having to use 2 excavators and a squeegee to rake mud! 😀😃🙂🙃😊
Chris how long before your EC950F arrives? That should move a lot of mud!
Could you imagine that behemoth out in that muck? That would be really cool to watch it sink to the center of the Earth. Chris would have a new "Worst recovery ever" video.
Great video Chris 🇺🇲 another job well done 🇺🇲
“Nobody wants to work anymore” Thank you sir, I’m retired. 3 years now.
Ooh ooh the mud is starting to fight back Chris, 💩💩👀😠.
Will you have to remove the material you used for haul road?
Ur right
Nobody wants to work anymore
Clean Barney's bed out real good and paint it with heavy Teflon! 😀😃🙂🙃
Not Barney, but his uncles truck. :)
@@dennis2376 😆 🤣 Cool! I thought it was Barney! It looks the same!
@@jamesdiehl8690 The tail gate gives it away. :)
@@dennis2376 I thought he put the tailgate on Barney, not his uncles truck!
Have sawmill in family and white oak to build you mats but shipping would be bad from Bama.
Mike @ Dirt Perfect has one of those Volvo haul trucks that will get stuck on just about any slick surface… unlike John’s or Chris’s haul trucks. The last time I watched Mike operate his truck it looked one of the rear axles wasn’t pulling at all.
By the way… out of the three haul trucks Chris has the prettiest… 😂😂😂😂😂
Mike has been using his truck to get that particular job done. I believe the repair to the lockers and the rest of the brakes is imminent.
@@kenore4003 Mike kept saying it was a locker problem but on one of the rear axles neither wheel was pulling. The other rear axle had one wheel pulling but wouldn't switch... indicating a locker problem.
Anyway... I know Mike's truck was totally helpless in the mud
@@DougT25427 Just have to keep picking along on repairs.
Chris was wise to fix all the problems before putting the haul truck to work!
@@sharonmiller6436
There really wasn't too much wrong with Chris's haul truck. It was an ex WV mine truck and was fairly well taken care of. I really like how Chris goes the extra mile with the cosmetics... not many operators would do it but it makes a difference.
I don't know much about John's truck but Mike's truck is looking more and more like a real troublemaker... like Chris's Betty