Little did we know whilst watching the first video of this site back in August last year that there were thousands of tons of rock just waiting to spoil the party! Where does the time go? It's been fun following this project from the beginning. Great work as always!
I've found the harder the job the more satisfying the end result. Especially when it's done to the highest standard, like Chris always does. Good job mate 👍. Cheers for video. G'day from down Under
I feel like having a party and all I've done is sit on my ass in the evening and watching from the recliner! Kinda feel sorry for the guys digging the footings lol
letsdig18: The end is near, the end is near. Yeah, I can get out of here. Then the phone rings: Chris we need you to stay there to meet with the architect and the surveyor. letsdig18: What? landowner on the phone: There's been a change in plans. letsdig18: And?????? landowner: We're going to add a basement under the lower building section so we are going to need you to dig another 10 down in that area. letsdig18: NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Then Chris wakes up in a cold sweat. ;-)
@@assassinlexx1993 Oh shoot, forgot about that. Chris is now going to have to dig down another 15 feet below the basement level. The nightmare continues.
That site pad is one of the most beautiful pads I’ve ever seen! It’s very solid and stable!!! It looks absolutely awesome after rolling! You worked extremely hard. It’s a lot of work for one man. It turned out perfectly!
There’s a site you won’t forget about any time soon. One nightmare after another, but you got it done and that’s a credit to you. Thanks for the video.
Several re-visits of this site as it progresses would be nice. And I would also like to see the pond in use. Thanks for the many videos of this project Chris. It's a really good thing that you had a place to dump all that rock. Hopefully you were able to make some money after all the setbacks. Something tells me you'll be back out there fixing another mess. Great Job !!!
Congrats on completing this project, Chris! Even if I had the skill set, not sure I'd wudda stuck with it. You're a patient professional....the owners were wise to pick you to do the clearing and excavation work. Again, congrats!!!! 👍😊❤️️
This has been awesome to see from start to fin...please come back and show the final product when it's done. Maybe even a few shots of the wall and utilities going in?? Beautiful job Chris and thanks for all you do!! Jim.
HELLO from las Vegas Nevada, you went above and beyond with this people, thinking what they might need on the next step, I'm the same way in my job, thank you, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I’m a truck driver, I have done some construction, but mostly oilfield and off-road. It’s good to see you load boulders with a track hoe and ease them into the bottom of the box at first. I’m used to a loader and the first couple of buckets are pretty rough, especially in a belly dump
@25:45 I love listening to the tracks at this distance it's either the sound of the tracks engaging the wheels or the sound of them hitting the ground, but it sounds so neat.
I like that roller - it's so quiet. At a big area near our company there were three rollers working. Every time one drove backwards "beep, beep, beep,..." and one always drove backwards. Three weeks every day from 7 am to 6pm permantly "beep, beep, beep,..." I needed a quiet environment to work and had to wear noise protection to be able to work even when the windows were closed.
My back yard yard looks like that dirt/rock wall about 50 ft out the back. It is the edge going up toward the mountain. Some boulders as big as mini vans.
From start to finish I think you did an amazing job brother, it got rough for a while but you got er done! Always a great job from you Chris! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻 on to the next job, can’t wait! 🙋🏼🙋🏼
Not all, but some of the videos that show this project: AMI bucket and thumb arrival: Aug 2, 2020 Job explanation: Aug 9, 2020 AMI grading bucket arrival: Sept 2, 2020 Silt Pond start: Sept. 7, 2020 Rock break fail: Sept 13, 2020 Silt pond finish: Sept 16, 2020 Site clearing start: Sept 21, 2020 Site clearing finish. Sept 26, 2020 Test drill/blasting rock: Oct. 6, 2020 Broke ground: Dec. 21, 2020 Boulder extraction: Jan. 8, 2021 Truck loading: Jan 14, 2021 Boulder busting: Jan 22, 2021 Rock loading: Feb. 5, 2021 Rock loading: Mar. 3, 2021 More boulder busting: Mar. 12, 2021 Finished rock busting: March 17, 2021
On a job like this I understand why you place the camera outside the cab. lol Tomorrow you'll wake up and realize it's groundhog day and have to start all over again. Excellent series Chris. Thanks for letting us tag along.
Beautiful work, Chris! I'd take the mud, before the rock, any day. Many viewers might think spreading that dirt is easy.But to feather the edges, fill the dips, and gage how it will compact when rolled, takes skill. 👏 Or you end up doing it MORE than once. 😉
@@KG-yn9qi Stop crying he has said that he reads as many as he can. Maybe if he only put 1 or 2 videos out per week he could read and respond to all the comments, but than you'd cry about that. So he can't win and soon we'll lose. Just say THANK YOU CHRIS
Really admire the quality of work you do Chris, even when you know it'll just be torn up again when they build on the pads. Heck, even that pile of clay for the retaining wall looks great, lol. You're definitely a true professional who takes pride in your work. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Really appreciate it.
That was a nightmare job but end result looks amazing Mr Chris could u please show when u change the pins and bushings it will be very interesting to see what happened those pins bushings in the 220 she sure took a beating on this job and Thank U for the great videos 👍
It'll be easy to remember this job. This is where you got the boulders for your entrance at home isn't it? Great work sir. Glad to see you have nice weather to finish off the job.
It would be nice to see the finished Buildings when all is done and dusted Chris, sort of before and after for another video. All the best, tom from England.
I watched this project from the begging. I would like to see what the end facility looks like when it is complete. This was a great project, your work was amazing.
Six feet between the building and the retaining wall doesn’t seem like enough room to get emergency vehicles like a fire engine around to the back of the building. But I guess that must be the building code.
How can you not like a project like that? Sure it’s a long haul but that’s what you do, right!! You can not be done on your project because it’s yours & specially if you video it on you tube!! You love your work, right?
After weeks of frustration and toil you mustbe pleaseedto be done. Im amazed you stuck with it. I have to say the neighbors are going to glad of a break before the construction starts. 😀
Getting that place finished required some dedication. Were it me, I'd be avoiding driving down the road past there for a while to avoid my nervous twitch returning. 😁
I’m supersized they did not do test holes before they purchased this lot...in my area test holes are a must...I won’t even bid a jib without testing soil conditions’
Glad this one is over. Loading all those rocks look like no fun at all. Turned just like we knew it would. Perfect of course. Well done. Those poor bucket teeth!!
Yeah I've done those kind of projects it's so nice when you get done and walk away from it but I think you're definitely going to need a new set of pins and bushings and some new teeth when you get done with this one pretty well Hammer them on this job
Was at Saturn's plant in TN. They spent more money blasting out rock then the whole building cost! They wanted the building lowered so it wasn't seen from the highway. I wonder what that building is being used for now?
Kind of brought a tear to my eye to see that you were done with all of the rocks. Sort of like watching your first born graduate and go off to college!
I like the way you always lay the rocks in. I have watched some operators just BOMB trucks with material with no regard for the damage it can cause. Watched a hauler quit one contract because the operator would not stop dropping rocks and damaging the dump trailer after a legit complaint.
Cleaning up with an excavator is like chasing a mouse with a stick,,,,,,in Tennessee that dump truck would have to have name of owner and truck number on the tailgate,,,,,,but you are good operator
Chris, It would interesting to have you fly your drone over the farmers field where all the rock went, to see the finished article and how it looks after six months or so. Just an idea for consideration, as I always enjoy the follow up videos of your previous projects.
Carolina Blue Skies! Man, there's nothing like them. What an odyssey this job has been! Well done!
Sure do look nice, we got them in England too, right above the floating grey things full of water 💧
@@h418lfc LOL ... we've had cool grey skies down here in the Tampa-St Pete area this past week. Makes you APPRECIATE the good weather!
Would like to see the final bill on this job. It would be nice to see the building go up with updates..
Made me laugh, "It's time for the wall guys to come in and the utility guys to come in and probably tear this all to pieces."
Famous last words. LOL
If those utility guys have been watching this i don't think they will be looking forward to this job.
@@Tiffy552 EXACTLY!! How much money is already sunk into this project and they haven't laid one brick yet!!!!
If I spend any more time just watching Chris work, I'm gonna need a yellow vest and a clipboard!
And a comfortable shovel to lean on.
And don't forget the white hardhat. 🤑
Don't forget your white hard hat
Little did we know whilst watching the first video of this site back in August last year that there were thousands of tons of rock just waiting to spoil the party! Where does the time go? It's been fun following this project from the beginning. Great work as always!
If i remember it started with a runoff collection pond. He has not shown it since.
I well remember " Bertha has friends" as Chris un-earthed the first big boulder, yeah Bertha had friends, LOTS of friends. . .
It turned out to be a costly job for the client, but profitable for you
I'm thinking the neighbors are glad the hammering part is done also. Now that wasn't so bad lol.
Central California Watching
Go back by this job in about a month, would like to see progress .
I bet he never wants to see that place again.
Same here, an update would be cool.
I have a feeling Chris will be staying FAR FAR away from this job site for like..... ever....
I've found the harder the job the more satisfying the end result. Especially when it's done to the highest standard, like Chris always does. Good job mate 👍. Cheers for video. G'day from down Under
For just a moment when he went to push the grade stake piles, I wondered if there was going to be a big rocks there.
i was wanting it to be 2 huge solid boulders under them too!! HaHa that would have been so funny
No kidding. That would have been a fitting end......but glad it wasn't.
Would’ve got edited out cause of profanity
I feel like having a party and all I've done is sit on my ass in the evening and watching from the recliner! Kinda feel sorry for the guys digging the footings lol
This is a great site for a floating foundation!!
You are truly a Heavy Equipment Operator. You ran everything on that job. Great work.
I thought for sure, he was going to run into rock when he took those mounds out! Lol!!
I was thinking the same.
It’s amazing what a difference from day one to now,that place is one for the books.I know your so glad to be done.great job as always 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎
It went alot faster when you and the hammer were there at the same time Great job Thanks for sharing 👍
letsdig18: The end is near, the end is near. Yeah, I can get out of here.
Then the phone rings: Chris we need you to stay there to meet with the architect and the surveyor.
letsdig18: What?
landowner on the phone: There's been a change in plans.
letsdig18: And??????
landowner: We're going to add a basement under the lower building section so we are going to need you to dig another 10 down in that area.
letsdig18: NOoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Then Chris wakes up in a cold sweat. ;-)
you watch too many bad movies xD
😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂
I thought you were going to say unground parking😳
@@assassinlexx1993 Oh shoot, forgot about that. Chris is now going to have to dig down another 15 feet below the basement level. The nightmare continues.
@@gravelydon7072
🤯🧨🧨🧨🧨🤦
That site pad is one of the most beautiful pads I’ve ever seen! It’s very solid and stable!!! It looks absolutely awesome after rolling! You worked extremely hard. It’s a lot of work for one man. It turned out perfectly!
Very nice work Chris,your persistence is admirable,putting up with all the bull,hopefully paid well!
There’s a site you won’t forget about any time soon. One nightmare after another, but you got it done and that’s a credit to you. Thanks for the video.
I really appreciate how he PLACES the rock into the truck, doesn't drop it in and beats up the box
Several re-visits of this site as it progresses would be nice. And I would also like to see the pond in use. Thanks for the many videos of this project Chris. It's a really good thing that you had a place to dump all that rock. Hopefully you were able to make some money after all the setbacks. Something tells me you'll be back out there fixing another mess. Great Job !!!
Congrats on completing this project, Chris! Even if I had the skill set, not sure I'd wudda stuck with it. You're a patient professional....the owners were wise to pick you to do the clearing and excavation work. Again, congrats!!!! 👍😊❤️️
Congratulations! Feels great to have this job done. You kept a lot of trucks busy. Bucket & thumb were amazing for rocks.
This has been awesome to see from start to fin...please come back and show the final product when it's done. Maybe even a few shots of the wall and utilities going in??
Beautiful job Chris and thanks for all you do!! Jim.
End result looks good. Excellent work.
HELLO from las Vegas Nevada, you went above and beyond with this people, thinking what they might need on the next step, I'm the same way in my job, thank you, GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I’m a truck driver, I have done some construction, but mostly oilfield and off-road. It’s good to see you load boulders with a track hoe and ease them into the bottom of the box at first. I’m used to a loader and the first couple of buckets are pretty rough, especially in a belly dump
Now every time I see that truck I think “Blurple”.
Thanks for the smiles Chris.
@25:45 I love listening to the tracks at this distance it's either the sound of the tracks engaging the wheels or the sound of them hitting the ground, but it sounds so neat.
Its been a mammoth task but i have to admire your perseverance another superb job chris that you for sharing it with us.
What a job. Well done Chris, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into that one.
I like that roller - it's so quiet. At a big area near our company there were three rollers working. Every time one drove backwards "beep, beep, beep,..." and one always drove backwards. Three weeks every day from 7 am to 6pm permantly "beep, beep, beep,..." I needed a quiet environment to work and had to wear noise protection to be able to work even when the windows were closed.
Great Project. Builder would have a well prepared base to work off. 👏👍👍👍👍👍 A credit to you Chris.
My back yard yard looks like that dirt/rock wall about 50 ft out the back. It is the edge going up toward the mountain. Some boulders as big as mini vans.
From start to finish I think you did an amazing job brother, it got rough for a while but you got er done! Always a great job from you Chris! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻 on to the next job, can’t wait! 🙋🏼🙋🏼
Fast, smooth, efficient. Best operator I've ever seen. Final grade looks perfect! Good work.
Not all, but some of the videos that show this project:
AMI bucket and thumb arrival: Aug 2, 2020
Job explanation: Aug 9, 2020
AMI grading bucket arrival: Sept 2, 2020
Silt Pond start: Sept. 7, 2020
Rock break fail: Sept 13, 2020
Silt pond finish: Sept 16, 2020
Site clearing start: Sept 21, 2020
Site clearing finish. Sept 26, 2020
Test drill/blasting rock: Oct. 6, 2020
Broke ground: Dec. 21, 2020
Boulder extraction: Jan. 8, 2021
Truck loading: Jan 14, 2021
Boulder busting: Jan 22, 2021
Rock loading: Feb. 5, 2021
Rock loading: Mar. 3, 2021
More boulder busting: Mar. 12, 2021
Finished rock busting: March 17, 2021
I shared a sigh of relief with you as you removed the last of the grade piles :-)......Great feeling to be done with that!
That skid steer with the two piece bucket is pretty cool, I wish I would have had something like that in my Bobcat days.
I can't believe how clean all the plant is. Where I'm from you struggle to tell what colour it is.
On a job like this I understand why you place the camera outside the cab. lol Tomorrow you'll wake up and realize it's groundhog day and have to start all over again. Excellent series Chris. Thanks for letting us tag along.
Please come back to this when they are finished.
It would be awesome to see everything in place.
Wow...but you always do a good job of working all the way to the finish. It's impressive. Thanks for making the videos. They make my day.
Give me a hallelujah! Chris, you have done an outstanding job on this one! You certainly earned your nickel. Thanks for taking us along and take care.
Beautiful work, Chris! I'd take the mud, before the rock, any day.
Many viewers might think spreading that dirt is easy.But to feather the edges, fill the dips, and gage how it will compact when rolled, takes skill. 👏
Or you end up doing it MORE than once. 😉
There has been a crazy amount of money spent in just getting the site ready for a building, they really must like the area.
He said earlier that no choice cause those prehistoric topographic outcrops are all that’s left
Well! That ending was A LONG TIME coming! Looks fantastic :-)
Chris, it would be nice if you did a video of the hospital when it is finished
I agree. It's been a long project
I do not think he reads the comments, if does he never replies. Good or bad! .
@@KG-yn9qi Stop crying he has said that he reads as many as he can. Maybe if he only put 1 or 2 videos out per week he could read and respond to all the comments, but than you'd cry about that. So he can't win and soon we'll lose. Just say THANK YOU CHRIS
@@KG-yn9qi Chris reads them. He has thousands of subs. You have 2, lol
@@ryanh5972 Your funny! Probably in more way then the Ha Ha kind! The only Crying is after laughing at you!
Sooooooooooooooo glad you are done here. It hurt just watching you load and haul that rock!
Wouldn't it be ironic if under one of those three grading level pads was a massive top of a rock hidden out of sight. 😂😂😂
Was somewhat expecting that to happen
Yeh, I am worried about what happens when they dig the footers - unless that building is just a slab.
Lol, i was thinking the same thing. Sticking out like one more middle finger from this job.
Ironic for sure, but more like funny as hell.
Hah. Thought the same thing.
Awesome job I have never seen ground with so much rock in it Volvo needs a good rest I think 🏴
I thought they would have you slope the whole wall! What you did looks great anyway Chris!
That’s some work!!! but a great finish , thanks Chris 👍👌🙂🍻🇬🇧
Love to see the completed project with the buildings and parking lot
Really admire the quality of work you do Chris, even when you know it'll just be torn up again when they build on the pads. Heck, even that pile of clay for the retaining wall looks great, lol. You're definitely a true professional who takes pride in your work. Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Really appreciate it.
What a journey! A lot of cubic yards of headache coming out of that place.👍
That was a nightmare job but end result looks amazing Mr Chris could u please show when u change the pins and bushings it will be very interesting to see what happened those pins bushings in the 220 she sure took a beating on this job and Thank U for the great videos 👍
Thanks for sharing the cut! It's so cool to see fresh cut geology
I would like to see that when its about half built Chris. A fly over like you do your pond projects when they fill up with water.
1,000 trucks...the cows will be happy in their new pastures!
And ya finished on what looks a nice day too. Been an awesome viewing project right through as it included the dump site as well. Safe travels bro.
....sure had a blast clearing this lot... Great job Chris! 👍👍👍
Stumbled across the first video when you started clearing the trees. The things you find in the ground when you start a job!! Rock Clause!!
It'll be easy to remember this job. This is where you got the boulders for your entrance at home isn't it? Great work sir. Glad to see you have nice weather to finish off the job.
It would be nice to see the finished Buildings when all is done and dusted Chris, sort of before and after for another video.
All the best, tom from England.
Seeing the flat complete gives the same feeling
as finding the right chord when writing music.
I'm living vicariously through you! glad you are done with these rocks!!
I watched this project from the begging. I would like to see what the end facility looks like when it is complete.
This was a great project, your work was amazing.
Six feet between the building and the retaining wall doesn’t seem like enough room to get emergency vehicles like a fire engine around to the back of the building. But I guess that must be the building code.
Congratulations, nice job 👏👍👌
there is just an art to running grade with a skidsteer. Slow clapping in the background as I bow to the master.
A fellow can see grade after awhile, it’s 2nd nature, not the 1st his time
Cool beans, another great vid. That is going to be one expensive animal hospital with the cost of site prep!
How can you not like a project like that? Sure it’s a long haul but that’s what you do, right!! You can not be done on your project because it’s yours & specially if you video it on you tube!! You love your work, right?
It would be nice to see it when the building is complete. One hell of a project.
It's so nice getting done with an troublesome project. Nicely done as usual. Keep the videos coming, I'm always enjoying them here in Sweden 🇸🇪
They could name the Animal hospital, Rocky Top vet shop. 🐈🦮🐩🐇🐱🐈⬛🐈⬛
Good evening Chris, looking good has always. Thank you for taking the time to video
After weeks of frustration and toil you mustbe pleaseedto be done. Im amazed you stuck with it. I have to say the neighbors are going to glad of a break before the construction starts. 😀
Getting that place finished required some dedication.
Were it me, I'd be avoiding driving down the road past there for a while to avoid my nervous twitch returning. 😁
Lots of variety in a small space. I remember day one of this job looking at the the surveyor marks. Nice work.
I’m supersized they did not do test holes before they purchased this lot...in my area test holes are a must...I won’t even bid a jib without testing soil conditions’
Bet your going to be a verry happpy guy pulling the last binder tight on the track and not coming back...Alot of work, effort and time
I was surprised that those two stake holding islands weren't stone columns. I guess you finally got a break there.
Awesome, Chris! I bet your glad that job is completed.
Ya done good! Always nice to see the end of these big ones ! Sure got alot of video out of it!
Glad this one is over. Loading all those rocks look like no fun at all. Turned just like we knew it would. Perfect of course. Well done. Those poor bucket teeth!!
Nice having a roller ! and what a Job this has been ! Great job and sticking to it. Was to much for the first guy try but just work to get it done!
Yeah I've done those kind of projects it's so nice when you get done and walk away from it but I think you're definitely going to need a new set of pins and bushings and some new teeth when you get done with this one pretty well Hammer them on this job
Looks like a Billiard table well done, please put a note in your Diary to show us the finished structures.
Luv to see the finished bldgs, especially with all the hoops they (engineers) made you jump through.
Was at Saturn's plant in TN. They spent more money blasting out rock then the whole building cost! They wanted the building lowered so it wasn't seen from the highway. I wonder what that building is being used for now?
If you mean the Spring Hill plant, it still is in use stamping out parts and vehicle assembly just not Saturns. :-(
When you finished THAT was the best this lot will ever look going forward . EMPTY w NO ugly commercial construction to crap up the nearby homes !!
Kind of brought a tear to my eye to see that you were done with all of the rocks. Sort of like watching your first born graduate and go off to college!
Glad to see the end of that Rocky job. On to the next job.
I am sure the excavator and all those dump trucks are hoping for some nice easy dredging jobs for a while. That site did clean up nicely though
I like the way you always lay the rocks in. I have watched some operators just BOMB trucks with material with no regard for the damage it can cause. Watched a hauler quit one contract because the operator would not stop dropping rocks and damaging the dump trailer after a legit complaint.
Cleaning up with an excavator is like chasing a mouse with a stick,,,,,,in Tennessee that dump truck would have to have name of owner and truck number on the tailgate,,,,,,but you are good operator
Whoever comes to work on the pad next will be delighted. 👌
I'm going to miss this job, so much good content right from clearing, all the way to grading it out.
Chris, It would interesting to have you fly your drone over the farmers field where all the rock went, to see the finished article and how it looks after six months or so. Just an idea for consideration, as I always enjoy the follow up videos of your previous projects.