People there in that part of NORTH CAROLINA~~~ DO NOT HEAT WITH WOOD!!! It only snows 3 or 4 days a year. He has tried to give firewood away nobody wanted it. So he had to pay to get rid of it. And as far as mulching it the mulch is not any good.
I love land clearing...epecially when you can burn it. I just got done clearing about 1/2 an acre or so of woods up in Gainesville, TX last week. The machine I used had a Krypto-Klaw on it. It works, but I prefer a thumb any day. Chris, have you or anyone else who reads this message found the Krypto-Klaw to be more or less efficient than a thumb?
Use the long claws, dig furrows in a 10'x10'x1' make a "#" then lay wood on top, it lets air in from underneath. That slow, dark smoke is incomplete combustion.
Hi Chris, Been watching your channel for quite sometime and your videos and content are awesome!!! I have been in the construction buisness for quite sometime and I know good excavators and some bad ones. Your one hell of an operator and I appreciate how you take care of your equipment. It's not cheap and could never figure out why some guys beat theirs to death. Keep up the great work!!!!
Great job, looks like that ditch was a huge help. I like the camera angle with it mounted in the cab. Mine shakes to bad when I mount it there, guess it’s just the difference in size. How did your free sod turn out? Thanks for sharing!
This is mainly easy stuff not soo compact. Just clear an acre of the worst part of the land and add everything up. See the cost of everything else is easy you can get your then your on a roll.
how do you get the tufts of grass and debris out of the soil when you grade it, do you scrape it with a dozer first or rake it? when i run my grader blade on my tractor i always have problems with tufts of grass and such digging outwhat ive graded leaving streaks.
Seems that digging the ditch was the best way to go ! Surprised that it dried up that fast, seeing as how wet it was! Looking good ! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Man that's a damn mess! All I can think was after it's been cleared and the farmer goes out with his big John Deere and a 5-6 foot bottom plow, big dip in his mouth and jamming out to Hank. Plowing away and all of a sudden he hit a root. I bet he ends up with pudding in his wranglers!
I can't believe the 290 is gone! Like an old friend has left. You will miss that machine. It was the perfect size for the type work you typically get. Big enough to handle the heavy lifting jobs yet small enough to transport without a major undertaking. Not sure why you got rid of it, just got an offer you couldn't refuse or have plans for another 290 sized machine?
Sixstringlove guy, if you been following he has said many times why they were selling it, sure its a big machine but it was way to slow for the work they do, he said if it was just loading out truck it would be great, being so slow moving it didnt fit there needs
this is one reason you have so much flooding in this country. Remove the wet lands and build Developments and businesses there is no place for the water to go but into towns and cities.
This was a low spot on top of a hill. It was not there before the land was farmed for years and years and dirt was moved and washed away from the center of the hill. It wasn't a natural wetland and was likely dry most of the year because there was no inflow and all the water it got was rainfall. So it wasn't a good wetlands habitat for anything except because it went through several wet/dry cycles every year. While you are right we need to protect our wetlands for flood control and plant/animal habitats this isn't one of those situations. It was just a messy mudhole caused by years of land use. It wasn't there several hundred years ago before the land was cleared and used for farming.
I’m just hoping this was done in the early spring, or late fall. it actually looks like the middle of the summer, where dozens of active songbird nests could have been destroyed when clearing that brush. Just a thought. You need one of those Tesla flamethrowers mounted onto the front of your backhoe. Then, once you got the wood stacked up on those smoldering fires you can torch it with your flame thrower. That would be cool as hell! 🔥
Hey Chris, I noticed that you burn a lot of brush and stumps and such. Every time I see it I think of some carpenter somewhere who might love to get ahold of those stumps to make some sort of furniture or something.... is that at all feasible? Another way for you to earn a few extra $s...? Perhaps too much logistical nightmare?
Never get to see any snakes in the videos, they must hear you coming and bugger off. Don't have any real snakes in the UK, the Adder will give you a nasty suck if you tread on it (can't blame it for that), but that's about it.
Here in the Ozarks we have adequate soil to hold the rocks in place, however wetlands are quite valuable to soak up the occasional flooding we experience. However those wetlands provide habitat for larger mammals down to invertebrates, and are protected. Left alone they are more valuable then cropland that offers little in increased yield for depressed markets.
of you stuck a metal pipe from the middle of the pile to the out side of the pile, it will draw air in and really get that fire hot and burn more completely. you do good work.
Is there a gauge for the hydraulic pressure? I was just wondering how you know when you are exerting too much force. Is it just intuition or experience? I'm assuming one could burst a line f exerting too much force. Thanks, great videos.
All the hoses and cylinders are higher rated than the pump pressure. If the load is too much either it simply doesn't move or the whole machine starts tilting over. Watch carefully when he is digging close to the stump and nothing is moving, he has reached the limit of the machine. Then notice how it shakes when he releases the pressure. Now the rubber sheath on the hoses can get ripped and the wire braid inside the hose rusts or gets frayed, then a hose can burst. It isn't pretty.
Chris, what's your opinion on root ripper attachments, versus digging the roots out with the bucket? I've got no first hand experience running one, but I'm in the process of building one for my little Takeuchi. Just curious if you've used one and what you think of them. Thanks.
I pretty much consider this time length for videos as too long, but not on this one, I watched all of it (lol); love heavy equipment- very neat. Now the land is useful for other purposes. I still think you are just having way too much fun! The power of those machines continues to amazes me; makes you feel like a transformer: I and the machine are one............................................................ One more thing: imagine it is the your land in the 1800's and your Pa hands you a shovel and tells you to get started on clearing all that debris-HA!
I was watching that green clump of brush intently as you worked on clearing it. I was sort of expecting a family of hedgehogs or other wildlife to come skittering out of the underbrush, running for their lives, off in search of another brushpile to hide in :)
Enjoy the commentary as you explain what you are trying to achieve. The camera view you had set up from the 17:40 mark, while you were tending the burn piles, was great. An uninterrupted view of what you are doing where there is no need for commentary because it's pretty obvious.
it is such a joy to watch you work. I have a bad habit of flicking my bucket to "fill the back" and burn up bushings in the process. I am channeling your grace while on the sticks. Thanks!
As much as I enjoy looking at the side of your face and your sexy boots.... I would rather see the camera mounted at the windshield like the last half of the video. Seems smoother and more relaxing to watch. Love your vids and your operating skills!
Is this going to be tilled fields, a pasture for beef to try to out run Black Racers and Ratlers, or the newest Del Webb Senior Sit community for Seniors to be chased by Copperheads? sdh in CT
Not meaning this in a bad way, but it's sorta reminiscent of the pics of the 'slash and burn' that's happening in the Amazon jungle. Kinda sad in a way.
Expected to see those fires flare up and 'yellow flame' when you 'adjusted them'. Do you take deliberate steps not to get 'yellow flames' or is that just the way piles of roots n stumps n brush burn/smoulder?
Did the land owner come in and start disliking up the land after you cleaned up the stumps on part of it. The reason I am asking is because I saw turned up land behind the excavator when you started the video.
Its about time that swamp dries up! The other machine must be a loaner or rental(should be a loaner in my opinion for buying a machine) till the replacement shows up.
Is the owner of the land going to farm this property that you cleared? If so, is he planning on having it "raked" before he pulls any equipment a crossed it? Nice work!
I always dig hole to burn the stumps in, fill it up with the little stuff limbs ect get a bed of coals and drop the stumps on top, works out for me unless you cant dig deep before water starts seeping in.. then pour the diesel fuel on it
Why is this so satisfying to watch!?
Because Chris has a PHD in sandbox.
We don't hear guns, bombs going off or dead bodies to see nice and quite relaxing time!!
That place you're clearing out looks like some of the land in South River, NC in Carteret Co.!!!!!
thanks again Robert from lonely corners
I don't care for the burn, such a waste at least get firewood out of it..
People there in that part of NORTH CAROLINA~~~ DO NOT HEAT WITH WOOD!!! It only snows 3 or 4 days a year. He has tried to give firewood away nobody wanted it. So he had to pay to get rid of it. And as far as mulching it the mulch is not any good.
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I love land clearing...epecially when you can burn it. I just got done clearing about 1/2 an acre or so of woods up in Gainesville, TX last week. The machine I used had a Krypto-Klaw on it. It works, but I prefer a thumb any day. Chris, have you or anyone else who reads this message found the Krypto-Klaw to be more or less efficient than a thumb?
Use the long claws, dig furrows in a 10'x10'x1' make a "#" then lay wood on top, it lets air in from underneath. That slow, dark smoke is incomplete combustion.
Man, you sure are a smooth operator ! No useless move, all calculated and effective ! Kudos, sir !
Comes with time. We all learn somwhere. He is good
Hi Chris,
Been watching your channel for quite sometime and your videos and content are awesome!!!
I have been in the construction buisness for quite sometime and I know good excavators and some bad ones. Your one hell of an operator and I appreciate how you take care of your equipment. It's not cheap and could never figure out why some guys beat theirs to death.
Keep up the great work!!!!
thanks!
That seems like it dried up pretty quickly considering how much water was in there.
Great job, looks like that ditch was a huge help. I like the camera angle with it mounted in the cab. Mine shakes to bad when I mount it there, guess it’s just the difference in size. How did your free sod turn out? Thanks for sharing!
How do you even figure out what to bid on land like that? I mean the hours and fuel alone must be staggering. Does the farmer have a grant lol?
This is mainly easy stuff not soo compact. Just clear an acre of the worst part of the land and add everything up. See the cost of everything else is easy you can get your then your on a roll.
this is just hourly because its such a mess. but did give a general Idea of what it would be a acre
how do you get the tufts of grass and debris out of the soil when you grade it, do you scrape it with a dozer first or rake it? when i run my grader blade on my tractor i always have problems with tufts of grass and such digging outwhat ive graded leaving streaks.
john dowe - look at his videos and subscribe. He shows how he does this and how other ppl do it. “There just aint not easy way”
i been watching this dude for years, and i wasnt looking for an "easy way"
The Swamp is Dry so Hopefully the Drought and Heat will allow you to Complete the Project. 👍
You've made great progress on this project, it looks good!
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At 2:05 it looks like a huge skull in the middle of the pile.
Giant zombie head! 💀
Giant killer like the Vikings
I want to come work for you. That looks like fun!
Am I the only city dweller who would love to have a go on one of those machines ????
You’ve obviously played with that before! It looks so easy. Bet you can get the toys out of the grabber machines at the fairground too.
Seems that digging the ditch was the best way to go !
Surprised that it dried up that fast, seeing as how wet it was! Looking good !
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Man that's a damn mess! All I can think was after it's been cleared and the farmer goes out with his big John Deere and a 5-6 foot bottom plow, big dip in his mouth and jamming out to Hank. Plowing away and all of a sudden he hit a root. I bet he ends up with pudding in his wranglers!
I can't believe the 290 is gone! Like an old friend has left. You will miss that machine. It was the perfect size for the type work you typically get. Big enough to handle the heavy lifting jobs yet small enough to transport without a major undertaking. Not sure why you got rid of it, just got an offer you couldn't refuse or have plans for another 290 sized machine?
Sixstringlove guy, if you been following he has said many times why they were selling it, sure its a big machine but it was way to slow for the work they do, he said if it was just loading out truck it would be great, being so slow moving it didnt fit there needs
take a log run it under pile poke a hole and make air shaft that will take off
this is one reason you have so much flooding in this country. Remove the wet lands and build Developments and businesses there is no place for the water to go but into towns and cities.
This was a low spot on top of a hill. It was not there before the land was farmed for years and years and dirt was moved and washed away from the center of the hill. It wasn't a natural wetland and was likely dry most of the year because there was no inflow and all the water it got was rainfall. So it wasn't a good wetlands habitat for anything except because it went through several wet/dry cycles every year.
While you are right we need to protect our wetlands for flood control and plant/animal habitats this isn't one of those situations. It was just a messy mudhole caused by years of land use. It wasn't there several hundred years ago before the land was cleared and used for farming.
I’m just hoping this was done in the early spring, or late fall. it actually looks like the middle of the summer, where dozens of active songbird nests could have been destroyed when clearing that brush. Just a thought.
You need one of those Tesla flamethrowers mounted onto the front of your backhoe. Then, once you got the wood stacked up on those smoldering fires you can torch it with your flame thrower. That would be cool as hell! 🔥
Good to see its dried up there, our weather has just come through lots of rain. I see the magnetic mount is coming in handy.
Hey Chris, I noticed that you burn a lot of brush and stumps and such. Every time I see it I think of some carpenter somewhere who might love to get ahold of those stumps to make some sort of furniture or something.... is that at all feasible? Another way for you to earn a few extra $s...? Perhaps too much logistical nightmare?
I'm sitting here trying to figure out something an excavator, with a knowledgeable operator, can't do.
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HA! Can you make coffee with it?
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Yep, he could scratch a sceeter bit on his led with that thing👍
Never get to see any snakes in the videos, they must hear you coming and bugger off. Don't have any real snakes in the UK, the Adder will give you a nasty suck if you tread on it (can't blame it for that), but that's about it.
Here in the Ozarks we have adequate soil to hold the rocks in place, however wetlands are quite valuable to soak up the occasional flooding we experience. However those wetlands provide habitat for larger mammals down to invertebrates, and are protected. Left alone they are more valuable then cropland that offers little in increased yield for depressed markets.
That's about the slowest way to clear I've ever saw. Lol. Stay on that clock boy, keep getting those hours in!
I bet you could pick up a pen and sign your name with that bucket...nice work
Wonder why watching you clear that thick brush is so satisfying. Could be because me and my grandsons use chainsaws and wood chippers.
That hydraulic thumb is nice. We don't tend to have them on the machines here, uk
of you stuck a metal pipe from the middle of the pile to the out side of the pile, it will draw air in and really get that fire hot and burn more completely.
you do good work.
You are good with that equipment, I bet you could paint a picture.
Man that's some nice looking dirt. How come you didn't roll it all up with the roots and bury it in a hole? Ha!
Im doing some land clearing for peat moss. We haul out roots etc and make roads out of it with bulldozer.
What is the latest on this job? Haven't seen it featured lately.
I work on computers all day. Yes, I make good money but let me ask you, do you want to change jobs?
Is there a gauge for the hydraulic pressure? I was just wondering how you know when you are exerting too much force. Is it just intuition or experience? I'm assuming one could burst a line f exerting too much force. Thanks, great videos.
All the hoses and cylinders are higher rated than the pump pressure. If the load is too much either it simply doesn't move or the whole machine starts tilting over. Watch carefully when he is digging close to the stump and nothing is moving, he has reached the limit of the machine. Then notice how it shakes when he releases the pressure.
Now the rubber sheath on the hoses can get ripped and the wire braid inside the hose rusts or gets frayed, then a hose can burst. It isn't pretty.
Follow up on the best kind of video - Drying swamp :)
Liking the new camera position outside the cab👍🏼
When you do this type of clearing, do you ever anything unusual in the scrub that been forgotten about in times gone by
Loved that vid with Justin and the haul truck seat, I haven’t a laugh like that in ages so thank Chris it was great
for fast stump removal watch at 1 minute mark ruclips.net/video/LYCGIPFXKNM/видео.html
Should'da bought in 2k goats for 2 weeks than had a taco party.
Who done the grading work on the job? Looks like it was raked? Keep up the good work! Ready for the next video
he did that with a tractor but it was already a field
what's the matter, that furun machine aint got the guts to pick up that stump?? LOL
I bet you if there was a flame thrower attachment for your shovel you would have one
What's this space gonna be use for? Field's.
I like how clean and dirt free you leave the burn piles , that makes them so much easier to burn, love watching you work.
Do you include the EPA rule books?
Get a leaf blower to get the stumps going. Works well.
Good machine operator. Have u ever found human remains
I think he could spin us up a pizza crust with that machine.
Chris, what's your opinion on root ripper attachments, versus digging the roots out with the bucket? I've got no first hand experience running one, but I'm in the process of building one for my little Takeuchi. Just curious if you've used one and what you think of them. Thanks.
Thanks for the video Chris like it .
dont you ever check for nesting birds first?
What a beautiful piece of farm land!
I pretty much consider this time length for videos as too long, but not on this one, I watched all of it (lol); love heavy equipment- very neat. Now the land is useful for other purposes. I still think you are just having way too much fun! The power of those machines continues to amazes me; makes you feel like a transformer: I and the machine are one............................................................ One more thing: imagine it is the your land in the 1800's and your Pa hands you a shovel and tells you to get started on clearing all that debris-HA!
The burn piles are so neat and tidy.
Those roots look like old dinosaur bones!
I was watching that green clump of brush intently as you worked on clearing it. I was sort of expecting a family of hedgehogs or other wildlife to come skittering out of the underbrush, running for their lives, off in search of another brushpile to hide in :)
Enjoy the commentary as you explain what you are trying to achieve. The camera view you had set up from the 17:40 mark, while you were tending the burn piles, was great. An uninterrupted view of what you are doing where there is no need for commentary because it's pretty obvious.
it is such a joy to watch you work. I have a bad habit of flicking my bucket to "fill the back" and burn up bushings in the process. I am channeling your grace while on the sticks. Thanks!
As much as I enjoy looking at the side of your face and your sexy boots.... I would rather see the camera mounted at the windshield like the last half of the video. Seems smoother and more relaxing to watch. Love your vids and your operating skills!
Is this going to be tilled fields, a pasture for beef to try to out run Black Racers and Ratlers, or the newest Del Webb Senior Sit community for Seniors to be chased by Copperheads? sdh in CT
Not meaning this in a bad way, but it's sorta reminiscent of the pics of the 'slash and burn' that's happening in the Amazon jungle. Kinda sad in a way.
At 2.07 in the video the stump thats burning look in middle of pile looks like a giant skull sitting in there crazy ......
Thank you Chris, nice job 🖒
Expected to see those fires flare up and 'yellow flame' when you 'adjusted them'. Do you take deliberate steps not to get 'yellow flames' or is that just the way piles of roots n stumps n brush burn/smoulder?
I like the videos but you need to better mic-ed up, at it's hard to know what you're saying. Stay safe JD.
Did the land owner come in and start disliking up the land after you cleaned up the stumps on part of it. The reason I am asking is because I saw turned up land behind the excavator when you started the video.
Why burn it over mulching it? Cost, I would assume.
You should check/increase your pressure relief setting on your hydraulics! Seem like it could be a little bit low!!
At about 7.37 you said you didn't know what to do with the stump.......might suggest you dig a big hole and bury it .lol
Nice job, your knowledge of fall and awesome excavator skills remedied that swampy accidental retention pond.
As I was watching this video I thought what would happen if a skunk suddenly came out of the bush spun around and sprayed. Is your front window open?
Its about time that swamp dries up! The other machine must be a loaner or rental(should be a loaner in my opinion for buying a machine) till the replacement shows up.
I could see why you needed an excavator a couple weeks ago, now that might be easier and quicker with a mulcher machine or attachment?
Is the owner of the land going to farm this property that you cleared?
If so, is he planning on having it "raked" before he pulls any equipment a crossed it? Nice work!
I always dig hole to burn the stumps in, fill it up with the little stuff limbs ect get a bed of coals and drop the stumps on top, works out for me unless you cant dig deep before water starts seeping in.. then pour the diesel fuel on it
After growing up in the rocky Missouri Ozarks, I am amazed seeing that sandy soil. (More rocks than dirt on the old home place)
Chris have you ever tried a brush rake on your excavator? I bought one and never will go back to brushing with a bucket again
Who ever worked that land way back when sure left a mess! Nice job straightening it out. Thanks for the video.
Time for some new teeth for the thumb
Chris.... any reason you don't dig a pit and use a blower type system when burning sir?...
Seems to me a large mulching machine would work better to clear the brush and leave the large stuff to the excavator.
What type of tree was that huge stump?
John M. Evangelis He said it was a poplar
That was a "Deep State" tree
I am planing on having a construction company and have all the equipment I need to get started. You think I can do it?
I can’t get over how well the ground has dried out it really looks good they knew who to call to get the job done right
Have you ever considered a descent sized dozer with a brush/root rake blade on it for thoes kind of jobs.
10:56 and on is hypnotizing lol. Wonder if this is what it would of been like watching brontosaurs nesting/graze.
Could you use a big bull dozer with a root rake to clear faster? or the property is just too heavy in stumps?
You just cleared in a day what your grandfather could clear in a summer....
Hard to believe same place
I really need to buy me an excavator myselfe, this looks like fun..
You are not vain are you mate?
Remember... Water finds it's level.
And that means the Earth is flat.
Im just kidding, Im not a nutjob.
water find the lowest point you Quack.. not level.. go back to grade school and pay attention..
Bet you see some big snakes
Jerry Beaver yeah what animals have you uncovered
Yes, D.C. is full of them
Why dont you use a big woodchipper ?? You can trow the chips in the wood there