My family doesn't understand how I can sit here and watch someone dig all day. But it's so peaceful and enjoyable to watch. Don't stop what your doing Chris keep up the amazing work you do
Chris, I am not totally sure how it was I stumbled upon your videos, but I am sure glad I did. It is interesting to watch someone operated as professionally as you do yet still have a down to earth manner. You would probably laugh if you ever watched me teaching myself how to operate a backhoe. I believe that is why it is so neat to watch you operate that excavator making it look as if it is an extension of yourself. Thanks for allowing us to ride along and help count buckets of sand...LOL.....
John the more seat time you have in your machine the better you get my first machine was an old case 1835 skid stir it was shaky and wobbly is an old broken it's barstool I had it for a couple years with the hand machine and then went and bought a brand new 773 high flow bobcat skid steer it was so tight was like trying to get The glue off the peanut butter jar every time I get in at the new machine the bobcat I would crush it come eventually the machine and I became friends it was an extension of myself but I also along the line purchased a panel machine an S1 30 and the only thing I could do it that is move snow I couldn't grade or do you want to go to work or anything except a goal to make a mess without a paddle machine with my hand machine I could crack an egg my panel machine would drive me crazy like I said it was a panel machine pedal it was crazy I'm going back to him machine running machine is like date a woman good luck John junkman do
you guys spend so much time digging out swamps I'm a little surprised you don't have a second-hand pontoon backhoe so you don't have to worry about going swimming when you are getting the wet muck out.
Did you make sure and charge them more than what the normal yearly contracted maintenance fees or all these years to teach them to appreciate the value of having you there on a regular basis?
Chris, I have to say with all your years of experience, I noticed yesterday you finally let Tim have a go. I can see how smoothly you flow during the loading but, think you should let Tim have more time in it as well. He needs to get to your level.
Chris, wondering if your chances of tipping the machine over at full extension with a full bucket would be reduced if your tracks were parallel with the dump truck? Just a thought. How my mind works, lol. Having a larger footprint in that direction. More stable when you throw all that weight out there?
Chris,you made a comment in your last video about someone saying "you need a bigger bucket" but you in return said you're practically tipping over at full reach as is...at the end of this video you get out of the machine and actually walk past the bucket...its a DAMN big bucket when you stand next to it. 48"? 4' bucket how many yards a scoop? 2? 3?..yep anything bigger would just be to much for the 220.
Seeing as how often you seem to be having to do this type of sand dredging and that it is recurring at the same sites, I wonder if the army corps of engineers or one of the other research universities have come up with an in-stream sediment trap system you can install that will hold more sand and be easier to clean out when it needs to be done? There is a bunch of stream restoration videos on here, not many on sediment basins built into streams though. Would be a nice little project to offer your customers and make it easier to maintain in the long run. I don't know, maybe it exists. Thanks for the videos.
Ohh Paul He put a sediment trap in before the rocks bud. Hence why he stated it’s 6 foot deep and you better start swimming if you fall in 😉👍🏼 Down to those who monitor the lake to make sure he’s called back in before the sediment trap fills up and over flows.
Ohh Paul You could Engineer a better trap but it comes down to cost effectiveness I suppose? I don’t think you could do it much cheaper than digging out a deeper trap in a spot where it’s already naturally depositing .
@@brownwarrior6867 ... I think you are correct and in addition, I think the environmental agencies don't have much of an issue with digging a deeper hole in a river and using it as a sediment trap. But when constructing things, building contraptions in the river flow etc. now it becomes a whole different game with necessary permits, required engineering, calculations of water flow rates at high or low flow, during storms, snow and ice damming in the winter etc. It also suddenly becomes an issue with wildlife, stocked fish and even human safety if the contraption is accessible to humans. I think digging a deeper hole, letting the sand settle in it and dig it out more frequently is the easiest and cheapest way to go about this.
.... "hey boss, can you order a new external mirror for my excavator? It is broken" ...... "sure, what do you need, just the glass or the whole mirror assembly?" ........ "uhm, I don't know yet boss, the excavator is still laying on it!"
Chuck You need to go over there and show us how it's done in 13 seconds, Tims not got the experience on those machines Chris has. On and off over the years I've ran backhoe loaders, I can do what I want with it. The guy that's run those machines for 10- 25 years or more almost every day a week will do the same thing in half the time. I can tell you it's not as easy as it looks in these video's either if you've never done it. one wrong bucket full can make a huge mess if you aren't careful on some things.
Chuck Johnson just because Tim took a little longer to load up a truck doesn't mean he can't run one of those things he was taking his time to make sure that he didn't tear up anything, if you watch his hands you can see that Tim has the controls down good. He also said that he didn't want to move the seat on Chris which will slow down operation of the machine
It looks beautiful chris! good job👏 you Sure are one hill of a excervter/landscaper.. so when do you thank you might have to come back over to redo it again.? Hopefully never...lol
He was grinding a gear, but I think he also had to wait for the white truck to come down the road and get on the turning pad before he could drive off.
@@hotrodhog2170 -- Many of the people here in the comments don't know what a clutch brake is or why it's there. The one-piece clutch brakes were a lot of work to replace, now with the two-piece replacement clutch brakes they are much easier to change (after you finally get the old one piece cut out of there.) It takes me almost forever to replace broken gear teeth in a transmission, I'd rather replace the clutch brake and make sure the driver knows why it's there and how to shift with one.
You may have stated and I probably missed it but where did all that sand come from? It looks like mostly timberland at the head of the pond. Folks ought to be pleased with that job........
@@johnnyholland8765 Here in my Country the Bureaucrats would be all over the developers like a rash . Even road maintenance gangs out in the countryside have to use little dams to prevent run off going off the road . They have things like straw bales, plastic grids and riffle boards to collect sand and so on. if you are building a residential subdivision and if you let sand like that wash down stream you get massive fines. I would bet money that the same thing is in place there too , but money talks,especially bent money.
@@Mercmad Were the same here to a degree. Just a bit lax at times I guess. That project cost a lot of money for someone. I wouldn't want to have to pay for it again..........
@@johnnyholland8765 I think he mentioned it was a home owners group who arranged for it to dredged but it's the second time . I'd be getting pretty angry if i was asked to contribute to a project because of someones mistake elsewhere.
Nice change now, from the way you found it. Looks like it should now. If only they'd call you back when the forebay get's loaded up with sand, it would make lives easier for them, and you, wouldn't it?
@@letsdig18 ... so you get yourself a sign similar to McDonalds ... "millions and millions scooped". Hey, you can print that on the next T-shirt run too if you like. ;)
I just watched this video a 2x speed. I thought, what if Volvo designed their machines to run 2x faster, they could put the competition out of business and he could make twice as much money per year! Even the dump trucks moved at better pace.
you're going to miss those lakes.... be honest... maybe if you ask them nicely you get permission to go take the small excavator down there one weekend and play around pond dredging some more.
Did you ever go to the beach and take a scoop of sand that was just flooded by a wave? You can literally see the water drain from it while you are holding that scoop in your hands. It is because the sand has large grains with large spaces between them that allow for the water to drain down. .... Now, when he is talking about 'dry' sand, I think it is not totally bone dry like sand in the desert, because you can still see it 'clump together' when he scoops it and building a mountain on top of the bucket. If the sand was bone dry, then that mountain would collapse and the sand would flow down the sides of the bucket. What is meant here with 'dry' is that there are no large amounts of water trapped any longer between the sand grains, but the sand is still moist, allowing it to clump together on the bucket during loading.
@@silentepsilon888 Yes I've done that but that looks so dry you wouldn't believe it's just dug up from water. In Finland if you dig mud out of water it just hardens so I think there is mud and then there is mud, only different kind.
For all the complaining that Chris and Tim do about truck drivers, neither of them can load a truck correctly. I can say this, because I have done both in my life.
Why don't the dumper put down their pushers? YOU mention a few time that you might be "overloading them" THEY, none of the dumper drivers put down the pushers for the extra weight. ???
Gerard Bonus Because you don’t put your tags down on the haul road. You do it once you get the the roadway saves the tag tires and wear and all that fun stuff.
There are different kinds of "overloaded", one kind that many dump truck drivers fear is the state Department of Transportation roadside stop with portable scales and an inspection, they notice the number of axles down, an overload there will cost a great deal of money and problems with future driving for the company. With this job that appears to be for a local government agency moving sand on their local roads it's extremely unlikely anyone would stop and weigh a truck or care how many axles are down. Having the "tag" axles down makes it really difficult to make turns with the truck and also rapidly wears out the tires on the tag axles.
My family doesn't understand how I can sit here and watch someone dig all day. But it's so peaceful and enjoyable to watch. Don't stop what your doing Chris keep up the amazing work you do
Just tell them your watching construction porn LOL
@@rick8910 Dirt-y videos ... lol
Chris, I am not totally sure how it was I stumbled upon your videos, but I am sure glad I did. It is interesting to watch someone operated as professionally as you do yet still have a down to earth manner. You would probably laugh if you ever watched me teaching myself how to operate a backhoe. I believe that is why it is so neat to watch you operate that excavator making it look as if it is an extension of yourself. Thanks for allowing us to ride along and help count buckets of sand...LOL.....
John the more seat time you have in your machine the better you get my first machine was an old case 1835 skid stir it was shaky and wobbly is an old broken it's barstool I had it for a couple years with the hand machine and then went and bought a brand new 773 high flow bobcat skid steer it was so tight was like trying to get The glue off the peanut butter jar every time I get in at the new machine the bobcat I would crush it come eventually the machine and I became friends it was an extension of myself but I also along the line purchased a panel machine an S1 30 and the only thing I could do it that is move snow I couldn't grade or do you want to go to work or anything except a goal to make a mess without a paddle machine with my hand machine I could crack an egg my panel machine would drive me crazy like I said it was a panel machine pedal it was crazy I'm going back to him machine running machine is like date a woman good luck John junkman do
TRAINING
Once again another masterful job. You simply are a professional and do your company proud.Keep up the good work and great videos.
Keeping that feeder ditch deep and cleaned regularly should stop the sediment/sand from getting into the pond. good work.
Looks I can make a good swimming hole right before the rocks. Nice job Chris.
great video Chris. You shure don't waste any time loading the trucks that is for sure.
I like the polished bucket look from moving all that sand.
Easy digging and nice for the machine, like an holiday😁
Impressive work very and a good looking result! Never imagined it could look that nice after seeing what you started with.
Still can't believe how nice that sand is and how much of it there was.
It cleaned up nicely. Great job.
Looks good buddy, take care and be safe out there.
Very nice pond job again Chris 👌
You sure can load those trucks fast wow that property sure looks nice now very nice job Chris 👍👍
Great job Chris thanks for sharing have a great day
Great job Chris and Tim. Looks really nice. Love the videos. Keep up the good work!
Looks great Chris and crew. Can’t wait to see the next project!!!
Chris, I received my letsdig18 t-shirt today. Great looking shirt, lightning fast shipping, thank you sir.
another nice job. bet your tired of ponds and sand for awhile. you have had your fair share the last couple jobs.
It's deceiving how heavy the buckets of sand are, many times when you drop a bucket full of sand into the dump truck it shakes.
This job was very nice one you have more patience then me . love the videos on sand .
Another one in the book. A job well done! Thanks for the video.
you guys spend so much time digging out swamps I'm a little surprised you don't have a second-hand pontoon backhoe so you don't have to worry about going swimming when you are getting the wet muck out.
Its amazing how smooth you are with that beast.
Looks real tidy bro, that sand sure polished up your bucket.
Did you make sure and charge them more than what the normal yearly contracted maintenance fees or all these years to teach them to appreciate the value of having you there on a regular basis?
Chris, I have to say with all your years of experience, I noticed yesterday you finally let Tim have a go. I can see how smoothly you flow during the loading but, think you should let Tim have more time in it as well. He needs to get to your level.
The black Pete got a N14 in it, I love that engine👍
Chris has done more for his industry, than anyone 👍🏼
Before Chris I called these steam shovels, omg 😱
Hard to believe all of that came down that little stream....
@Geoff Gyro Haha
Chris, wondering if your chances of tipping the machine over at full extension with a full bucket would be reduced if your tracks were parallel with the dump truck? Just a thought. How my mind works, lol. Having a larger footprint in that direction. More stable when you throw all that weight out there?
Chris thanks for the day off watching from the ground instead of machine
Can you give us a look from the drone? I don't know what it was about this project but it was really interesting to me. It looks so good now.
LETSDIG18......ADDICTED!
Chris,you made a comment in your last video about someone saying "you need a bigger bucket" but you in return said you're practically tipping over at full reach as is...at the end of this video you get out of the machine and actually walk past the bucket...its a DAMN big bucket when you stand next to it. 48"? 4' bucket how many yards a scoop? 2? 3?..yep anything bigger would just be to much for the 220.
yeah, I think he said in his last video that it was a 4 ft bucket, so you are right on that.
Monoxide Child, Chris mentioned that the bucket has a capacity of 1 3/4 yards which is a lot of material to handle fully extended without outriggers
damn that volvo is fast!!
Yessir. Pretty fast and clean running excavator.
Seeing as how often you seem to be having to do this type of sand dredging and that it is recurring at the same sites, I wonder if the army corps of engineers or one of the other research universities have come up with an in-stream sediment trap system you can install that will hold more sand and be easier to clean out when it needs to be done? There is a bunch of stream restoration videos on here, not many on sediment basins built into streams though. Would be a nice little project to offer your customers and make it easier to maintain in the long run. I don't know, maybe it exists. Thanks for the videos.
Ohh Paul He put a sediment trap in before the rocks bud.
Hence why he stated it’s 6 foot deep and you better start swimming if you fall in 😉👍🏼
Down to those who monitor the lake to make sure he’s called back in before the sediment trap fills up and over flows.
@@brownwarrior6867 I think you missed my question; I was wondering of there is a better solution for sediment than the big hole he dug.
Ohh Paul
You could Engineer a better trap but it comes down to cost effectiveness I suppose?
I don’t think you could do it much cheaper than digging out a deeper trap in a spot where it’s already naturally depositing .
@@brownwarrior6867 ... I think you are correct and in addition, I think the environmental agencies don't have much of an issue with digging a deeper hole in a river and using it as a sediment trap. But when constructing things, building contraptions in the river flow etc. now it becomes a whole different game with necessary permits, required engineering, calculations of water flow rates at high or low flow, during storms, snow and ice damming in the winter etc. It also suddenly becomes an issue with wildlife, stocked fish and even human safety if the contraption is accessible to humans. I think digging a deeper hole, letting the sand settle in it and dig it out more frequently is the easiest and cheapest way to go about this.
Must have been quite the pile wherever they were dumping, how many tons in total you think ?
What do you do when your getting close to the end of the pile? Just come down and load sitting beside the truck?
no, I think he digs it out from underneath him and hopes not to tip over in the process. It's a balancing act only the professionals know how to do :P
Silent Epsilon that’s how I did it the other day. Figured it was something like that
.... "hey boss, can you order a new external mirror for my excavator? It is broken" ...... "sure, what do you need, just the glass or the whole mirror assembly?" ........ "uhm, I don't know yet boss, the excavator is still laying on it!"
Silent Epsilon 🤣
At least that big truck had an easy turn to get the load @ 5:25 lol
Just so know Chris, it took on adverage 13 seconds per scoop loading a truck, whereas it took Tim 20 seconds. Tim needs to pick it up a'little....lol
Chuck Johnson and chuck needs to get a life
Chuck, Tim had the wind blow in a sideways direction, slowing down his bucket swings while Chris had tailwind today.
Chuck You need to go over there and show us how it's done in 13 seconds, Tims not got the experience on those machines Chris has. On and off over the years I've ran backhoe loaders, I can do what I want with it. The guy that's run those machines for 10- 25 years or more almost every day a week will do the same thing in half the time. I can tell you it's not as easy as it looks in these video's either if you've never done it. one wrong bucket full can make a huge mess if you aren't careful on some things.
Chuck Johnson just because Tim took a little longer to load up a truck doesn't mean he can't run one of those things he was taking his time to make sure that he didn't tear up anything, if you watch his hands you can see that Tim has the controls down good. He also said that he didn't want to move the seat on Chris which will slow down operation of the machine
Ok girls be nice!
Mr. Smooth! Lot of sand in little area.
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
Damn that machine is Fast!!!!
Nice job love the videos
Are they going to put fish in it? Stock it?
..and on too the next job...good vid...
It looks beautiful chris! good job👏 you Sure are one hill of a excervter/landscaper.. so when do you thank you might have to come back over to redo it again.? Hopefully never...lol
At 02:01 was that the driver of the black dump truck trying to find first gear? In my experience things don't last too long with that much noise.
He was grinding a gear, but I think he also had to wait for the white truck to come down the road and get on the turning pad before he could drive off.
In older trucks the clutch brake is usually wore out so it takes a lil bit for the trans to stop spinning before it will fall into gear.
@@hotrodhog2170 -- Many of the people here in the comments don't know what a clutch brake is or why it's there. The one-piece clutch brakes were a lot of work to replace, now with the two-piece replacement clutch brakes they are much easier to change (after you finally get the old one piece cut out of there.) It takes me almost forever to replace broken gear teeth in a transmission, I'd rather replace the clutch brake and make sure the driver knows why it's there and how to shift with one.
Luv those Volvo excavators, must be pricey
Hey Chris does a 6 axle dump truck carry more tonnage than a 4 axle truck???
Don't forget to watch all the ads. That's how he gets paid.
Good job man love the work you do. You take pride in your work and it shows
Clearly enjoying the lack of rain as the rest of the SE is I see.
So who rides on top of the cab with the camera to get those cool shots?!
You may have stated and I probably missed it but where did all that sand come from? It looks like mostly timberland at the head of the pond. Folks ought to be pleased with that job........
it's run off from upstream developments.
@@Mercmad I wonder if there is any legal recourse to get the upstream folks to try and stop it there?
@@johnnyholland8765 Here in my Country the Bureaucrats would be all over the developers like a rash . Even road maintenance gangs out in the countryside have to use little dams to prevent run off going off the road . They have things like straw bales, plastic grids and riffle boards to collect sand and so on. if you are building a residential subdivision and if you let sand like that wash down stream you get massive fines. I would bet money that the same thing is in place there too , but money talks,especially bent money.
@@Mercmad Were the same here to a degree. Just a bit lax at times I guess. That project cost a lot of money for someone. I wouldn't want to have to pay for it again..........
@@johnnyholland8765 I think he mentioned it was a home owners group who arranged for it to dredged but it's the second time . I'd be getting pretty angry if i was asked to contribute to a project because of someones mistake elsewhere.
9:23 good ole sticky bed
Approximately how many pounds of material are you lifting when you have an average "full" scoop?
4000 lbs a s scoop
Thank you! I enjoy your work and your channel! Play safe!
Nice change now, from the way you found it. Looks like it should now. If only they'd call you back when the forebay get's loaded up with sand, it would make lives
easier for them, and you, wouldn't it?
Thanks to Chris the sand foothills are getting smaller
year by year.
@chris, do you maybe have footage of a dump site area from lake dredging project....?
If you fall off, you better start swimming...:-)
Hi Chris how do you keep tabs on the trucks do you sign there invoices.bob uk
Have you ever taken a scoop you felt was full enough?
Ok how many other people were counting buckets? I know I was. Chris, Has Volvo started putting Payload measurement on excavators yet?
hahaha, I was counting the seconds yesterday on Tim how long it took per scoop and today it was Chris's turn. Chris has it down!
@@hometownchico ive loaded a few million scoops in my life LOL
@@letsdig18 ... so you get yourself a sign similar to McDonalds ... "millions and millions scooped".
Hey, you can print that on the next T-shirt run too if you like. ;)
I just watched this video a 2x speed. I thought, what if Volvo designed their machines to run 2x faster, they could put the competition out of business and he could make twice as much money per year! Even the dump trucks moved at better pace.
The trick is reaching out and hitting the record button on the camera.
you're going to miss those lakes.... be honest... maybe if you ask them nicely you get permission to go take the small excavator down there one weekend and play around pond dredging some more.
Nice video liked and subscribed
Lol 😂 not a spelling audience. I love it! ❤️
damn and I looked at it 3 times HAHA
@@letsdig18 I love it! I'm so sick of.reading grammar and spelling cops. 👍 those kind aren't here!
I THINK I CAN ,, was missing in this vid ,,, He was pulling his 4 scoops with pride before !!! ,,, grins
I was looking for it also but, sad to say he was not there.
yeah, I think the little one needed a break from yesterday's hard work. But I missed it too.
Another one in the sack way to do it
So what do you pay the drivers? $30-$40 per load?
Do you guys still have the Volvo 225 ??
How many hours does that excavator have?
different loading view i like
Have y'all ever thought about getting a different skid loader?
load capacity 50 tons.. :o)
Ever find fish?
at last finished Chris
Judge Dred!
More tractor, less flapping, Thanks!
Bout damn time hahahha jk man nice work
swedish power
How can that wet mud/sand/silt mixture dry so fast?
Did you ever go to the beach and take a scoop of sand that was just flooded by a wave? You can literally see the water drain from it while you are holding that scoop in your hands. It is because the sand has large grains with large spaces between them that allow for the water to drain down. .... Now, when he is talking about 'dry' sand, I think it is not totally bone dry like sand in the desert, because you can still see it 'clump together' when he scoops it and building a mountain on top of the bucket. If the sand was bone dry, then that mountain would collapse and the sand would flow down the sides of the bucket. What is meant here with 'dry' is that there are no large amounts of water trapped any longer between the sand grains, but the sand is still moist, allowing it to clump together on the bucket during loading.
@@silentepsilon888 Yes I've done that but that looks so dry you wouldn't believe it's just dug up from water. In Finland if you dig mud out of water it just hardens so I think there is mud and then there is mud, only different kind.
Chris I Love You!
Man,I'm tired !
Serviço muito bom
I'm still hearing it. It might be the rotator drive cog
Pretty sure it's just your rotator drive cog.
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For all the complaining that Chris and Tim do about truck drivers, neither of them can load a truck correctly. I can say this, because I have done both in my life.
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whoops 55 tons i mean.. sorry
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Why don't the dumper put down their pushers? YOU mention a few time that you might be "overloading them" THEY, none of the dumper drivers put down the pushers for the extra weight. ???
They put them down once they get to the main road i assume because it would be hell trying to get turned around with them down.
Gerard Bonus Because you don’t put your tags down on the haul road. You do it once you get the the roadway saves the tag tires and wear and all that fun stuff.
There are different kinds of "overloaded", one kind that many dump truck drivers fear is the state Department of Transportation roadside stop with portable scales and an inspection, they notice the number of axles down, an overload there will cost a great deal of money and problems with future driving for the company. With this job that appears to be for a local government agency moving sand on their local roads it's extremely unlikely anyone would stop and weigh a truck or care how many axles are down. Having the "tag" axles down makes it really difficult to make turns with the truck and also rapidly wears out the tires on the tag axles.
Can’t steer, and you get the truck high centered on the tag axles.
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