He would be a lot safer if they cut a proper notch in the tree, even when using an excavator to push the tree over it's wise to follow proper procedure, usually 30-45 degrees. You want your notch big enough so that it doesn't close until the tree is on the ground. The notch closing while the tree is falling is what causes the tree to hop and kick back. Also you want your escape route to be 45 degrees from the direction of the notch, not straight back or to the side. Be safe out there guys!
for jobs like digging for a foundation id recommend haveing a second bucket - a whider one with a hadox cutting edge instead of teeth - or useing a skid steer with hydraulicly angle adjustable bucket- like a dozer blade
29:00 That looks great. How many years did it take to get to that level? I was watching Andrew Camarata yesterday, making stump pulling with a Bobcat look easy. Then his friend took over. Haha, I quickly realized what I would look like.
Volvo FTW! I run a 230 Komatsu doing seawalls here in SW Floriduh. Watching your vids reminds me I need to upgrade. Thanks for sharing and stay safe out there.
Look you got yourself a good helper. An old dirt digging "tar heel" needs a good helper to maximize his time the way you do. I've only been watching your channel an hour or so and you and Donnie hauled to machines to the landfill and you and the fellow in the Areomax hauled 4 loads of dirt to the hemp farm and you've dug a basement. Outstanding. Great content and great video.😎
The one thing that red oak needed was a wide notch to keep it attached to the stump as it fell - I was surprised that the notch you used was barely wider than a saw cut. The result being that the tree separated from the stump pretty much as soon as it began to fall, making it about as safe as a loose cannon - even with the excavator pushing it, you were rather fortunate that it didn't jump away from you and cause some damage. I wouldn't of course mention anything about the lack of PPE ;-)...
@@northernfarmer3689 -- You know that guy that healed the lame, made the blind to see, and raised the dead to life? His name was Jesus. He was and is God. So yeah, lots of people saw him.
The 160 sure looks big from around 5 minute angle. Is that the wide angle lens perspective thing? That was a nicely done undercut Chris. It fair threw the tree away from the stump. From my understanding watching Buckin' Billy Ray Smith and Tim (Cotontop3) it's dead trees like that that are likely to barber chair on you, so your Tim was being sensible getting out of the way just in case. Tim O'Bryant gets pretty damn agitated with some dead trees, but at least he never climbs them. My heart is in my mouth sometimes when watch Buckin' and August Hunicke's crew climb frighteningly thin and very dead looking trees at times. I guess they do try and rope to another good tree, but I wouldn't like the experience the lateral swing into the trunk that the second rope is hanging from. Yep. Push them over with the excavator makes way more sense.
Hi Chris i would like to know please. I see you drag the bucket sideways on the ground to smooth the soil out and or scrape up soil. Question is doesn't this action coarse undue stress on the bucket ears and pins? Also i have been watching you videos for a couple of years right back to when you were clearing beaver dams. You have help me greatly as i have an aquired brain injury and cannot work to support my family. My wife is very support and insists thats not important, by watching your videos it has helped me over come that fear and many others. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. DJ From Down Under Tarneit Melbourne Victoria Australia
A brain injury in 2001 created a slow demise of my skills till adjusting to clerk work Last 4 and resulting lymphedema rendered me less mobile..Chris's show has kept my concentration focused and his brethren of U Tube nature and the out door shows best viewing in my life.Thanks y'all.
Back sprain that rock brings back a lot of memories the key to spreading Rock are you staying level especially back spreading watching all the way from St Louis
I've had a screwup with a huge spruce: only behemath of trees left to fell pinched my tiny 14" blade on my Husqvarna. It just sat down on it.. 🤣🤣🤣 Any ways, stay safe folks!! It's hard times everywhere!
If you notch trees a bit wider, the hinge will stay attached for longer and felling becomes more controlled. On the last tree the hinge broke when sides of the notch touched and the trunk was at about 75 degrees and became kinda unstable. Just saying :-) Love the variety of jobs you get to do!
I have a nice lake, and yes rarely leave home, being in cool your jets mode is really easy, go for a nice row, feed some fish, spot some gators. Do it all again tomorrow.
Instaroad! And do you have bedrock around there? My house was built on sandstone and i only have a couple on inches of usable soil. When they put the water tank in i was left with a 10ft pile of sandstone to get rid of.
IF the septic system is going in up the hill toward the road, will they need a lift pump system? In Wisconsin, the well has to be 75 feet from the septic system and then you have your neighbors well and septic system as well. Or does this subdivision have sewer and water? I think you stated this is not available in one of your videos previously,
Those folks next door hauled a hell of a lot of dirt to get a flat lot. When I build my place I wanted a full basement they started digging and at about 3 foot they hit limestone. They had to blast rock that shit is not cheap
When are you going to have time to put a new under carriage on the 160? I know you have been talking about it, but by the sounds of it, you haven't had time to do it yet. Lol i love these clearing jobs! Good job bro
My wife has some friends that want to build out there once they move up this way. Way too close for me though it's a hour away. I'm surprised there is red clay there rather than sand.
need to learn to set the laser up as low as possible vs...ashigh as possible. gets rid of the inherent error in using a rod so long and tipping it from plumb. Lower is more accurate in these cases
That's from the laser transit on the stick he's carrying. It receiving the laser signal and tells you when you hit your depth or if it's too high or too low.
I was up around Wendell and Zebulon last week buying a trailer at Rampant. Tons of construction up there. The whole trip though the back roads I was looking for the Volvo Excavator lol. Seen about 100 excavators but none were yalls 😆 oh well
I Had to double check what I was watching. It seems so unusual to watch this with no rain, no mud, no snow and no ice. Thanks Chris
those of you making fun of tim running when the tree starts to go have never seen a tree kick and maim or kill someone.. keep moving tim!
p3th3t1c barberchair incidents and widow makers on dead ones are a huge risk, I run when they start going!
p3th3t1c Dang right. Run like the wind.
Most injuries and deaths are from the trees not the saw
Run away!!! I had one twist break and then bunny hop in front of my escape path:(
He would be a lot safer if they cut a proper notch in the tree, even when using an excavator to push the tree over it's wise to follow proper procedure, usually 30-45 degrees. You want your notch big enough so that it doesn't close until the tree is on the ground. The notch closing while the tree is falling is what causes the tree to hop and kick back. Also you want your escape route to be 45 degrees from the direction of the notch, not straight back or to the side. Be safe out there guys!
Concrete guys are going to love working in that perfectly flat hole. Great job !
Thanks for sharing Chris. Your skill is excellent and I enjoy every video. Some of the trees are nerve racking to watch you and Tim take out.
Enjoying your videos ! Thanks for sharing.
You guys know how to spread gravel.It’s a pleasure watching a you guys who know what you are doing.Great job as always.👏🏻👏🏻🍺🇨🇦🇺🇸
Nice. It's fun to watch you guys operate. Thanks for sharing.
for jobs like digging for a foundation id recommend haveing a second bucket - a whider one with a hadox cutting edge instead of teeth - or useing a skid steer with hydraulicly angle adjustable bucket- like a dozer blade
Nice work showing great skills. Well done Chris.
29:00 That looks great. How many years did it take to get to that level?
I was watching Andrew Camarata yesterday, making stump pulling with a Bobcat look easy. Then his friend took over. Haha, I quickly realized what I would look like.
Great job Chris as always. Always a pleasure watching your videos. Hope you and the family are staying safe out there sir.
Volvo FTW! I run a 230 Komatsu doing seawalls here in SW Floriduh. Watching your vids reminds me I need to upgrade. Thanks for sharing and stay safe out there.
Another great job my friend Christopher!!!
Love the video Guy's , you make a great teem .Have a good day .
Beautiful spot.
Look you got yourself a good helper. An old dirt digging "tar heel" needs a good helper to maximize his time the way you do. I've only been watching your channel an hour or so and you and Donnie hauled to machines to the landfill and you and the fellow in the Areomax hauled 4 loads of dirt to the hemp farm and you've dug a basement. Outstanding. Great content and great video.😎
It's amazing about the precision you use can congratulations it looks great great those trees were really scary
The exterior shots are preferable.we can see the work better and we can understand what you say. More, pls!
Wade would be proud of your felling skills sir ! Excellent job 👍👍
Awesome 👌 👏 👍
Nice work Chris 👍🇬🇧
Run Timmy, run!!!! 🏃♂️
Been a tree surgeon for the last 15 years, id love to give you some tips, however the RUclips comments section gives me the fear!
Garry definitely some room for improvement on technique and safety. I’d like to know your tips even if others don’t
@@levigranger5383 yeah the tree cutting made me whince.
Another professional job done. Looks great.👍☕️🍩
The one thing that red oak needed was a wide notch to keep it attached to the stump as it fell - I was surprised that the notch you used was barely wider than a saw cut. The result being that the tree separated from the stump pretty much as soon as it began to fall, making it about as safe as a loose cannon - even with the excavator pushing it, you were rather fortunate that it didn't jump away from you and cause some damage. I wouldn't of course mention anything about the lack of PPE ;-)...
The wide spillway is to minimize the amount the lake changes height as water flow changes.
That is a nice view!!! If I live out there building again you and I would know each other,,, you do such fine detail work!!!!
Nice view especially with their boat.
Hello from Istanbul, God protects all people.
The guy in the sky that no one has ever seen. I think he's on a permanent vacation with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny🤣🤣
@@northernfarmer3689 .. He's self isolating. Lol. 🇬🇧
Northern Farmer ....if you are a real farmer you wouldn’t have a mindless/juvenile opinion like that.....if you are then I feel sorry for you.
@@northernfarmer3689 -- You know that guy that healed the lame, made the blind to see, and raised the dead to life? His name was Jesus. He was and is God. So yeah, lots of people saw him.
@@3069mark So now Jesus is god and not his son? Ok buddy
The 160 sure looks big from around 5 minute angle. Is that the wide angle lens perspective thing? That was a nicely done undercut Chris. It fair threw the tree away from the stump. From my understanding watching Buckin' Billy Ray Smith and Tim (Cotontop3) it's dead trees like that that are likely to barber chair on you, so your Tim was being sensible getting out of the way just in case. Tim O'Bryant gets pretty damn agitated with some dead trees, but at least he never climbs them. My heart is in my mouth sometimes when watch Buckin' and August Hunicke's crew climb frighteningly thin and very dead looking trees at times. I guess they do try and rope to another good tree, but I wouldn't like the experience the lateral swing into the trunk that the second rope is hanging from. Yep. Push them over with the excavator makes way more sense.
Good job Chris. You make it look so easy guess all those years of practice paid off. You need to shine the VO up looking a bit dirty..
I'm very happy to see gravel spread out by the truck driver. Good job driver.
You guys make a great team, awesome vid!
Hi Chris i would like to know please. I see you drag the bucket sideways on the ground to smooth the soil out and or scrape up soil. Question is doesn't this action coarse undue stress on the bucket ears and pins? Also i have been watching you videos for a couple of years right back to when you were clearing beaver dams. You have help me greatly as i have an aquired brain injury and cannot work to support my family. My wife is very support and insists thats not important, by watching your videos it has helped me over come that fear and many others. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. DJ From Down Under Tarneit Melbourne Victoria Australia
A brain injury in 2001 created a slow demise of my skills till adjusting to clerk work Last 4 and resulting lymphedema rendered me less mobile..Chris's show has kept my concentration focused and his brethren of U Tube nature and the out door shows best viewing in my life.Thanks y'all.
good ol lake royale. watch out for ol bubba on the orange golf cart. lol
Got that one Licked !! on to the Next !! Great as Always Chris....Have a Great Evening....Stay Safe !!
Another good job in the books
Back sprain that rock brings back a lot of memories the key to spreading Rock are you staying level especially back spreading watching all the way from St Louis
I've had a screwup with a huge spruce: only behemath of trees left to fell pinched my tiny 14" blade on my Husqvarna. It just sat down on it.. 🤣🤣🤣 Any ways, stay safe folks!! It's hard times everywhere!
If you notch trees a bit wider, the hinge will stay attached for longer and felling becomes more controlled. On the last tree the hinge broke when sides of the notch touched and the trunk was at about 75 degrees and became kinda unstable. Just saying :-) Love the variety of jobs you get to do!
Nice job. Keep on ticking!
A beautiful Lake in your backyard make you never want to leave home
I have a nice lake, and yes rarely leave home, being in cool your jets mode is really easy, go for a nice row, feed some fish, spot some gators. Do it all again tomorrow.
Having a nice Lake right outside of your window is a beautiful sight can't beat it with a stick
Awesome video Chris man you do some nice work. Hope y’all have a great weekend
Fella in the ditch should wear some hi viz . Hard hat too
Be safe
just love watching you operate that machine perfection more like these ones please.
Well, that could be a nice place for me to live! :-)
Your right just gonna send it
Instaroad! And do you have bedrock around there? My house was built on sandstone and i only have a couple on inches of usable soil. When they put the water tank in i was left with a 10ft pile of sandstone to get rid of.
Kinda nice digging dry dirt for
a change. Great video
O Tim ran to the next county getting away from that tree falling, hope he made it without tripping over another downed tree.
Hello Chris, if you’re camera angle was pointed down more we could see what you were digging better
Enjoyed the video bro and yes a great view from that basement . Stay safe
This is a great time for a tilting clean up bucket. 🤷♂️
Nothing better to me than my 953 well back in 1985
Time for gold rush. Got to see what Parker f-k up tonight. Chris, you do good work. Enjoy your videos.
Great job, I appreciate this effort and thank you for this video because I really benefit from it because I follow this field
Perfect lake for speed boats.
IF the septic system is going in up the hill toward the road, will they need a lift pump system? In Wisconsin, the well has to be 75 feet from the septic system and then you have your neighbors well and septic system as well. Or does this subdivision have sewer and water? I think you stated this is not available in one of your videos previously,
That's looking good now Chris! Well done! :-)
Smoothest operator around!🙂
Awesome video thank you
Those folks next door hauled a hell of a lot of dirt to get a flat lot. When I build my place I wanted a full basement they started digging and at about 3 foot they hit limestone. They had to blast rock that shit is not cheap
Hi from 🇵🇱 Good movies👍👏
Do you have to temporarily fence off the hole to prevent idiots/trespassers from falling into it?.
nope
Thank you.
Been watching some Frank @digginok I see, nice and clean. ;) 🇺🇸👍🏿
Supercrew on the job!
When are you going to have time to put a new under carriage on the 160? I know you have been talking about it, but by the sounds of it, you haven't had time to do it yet. Lol i love these clearing jobs! Good job bro
Lol. I was thinking the same thing!
Good work !!
Chris,The lake is about 345 acres I hope that helps
Did you put up the silt fence? Or did the GC?
they did it today
Lake Royale has a 356 acre lake.
First time a zero turn gets away from someone. It should end up some decent fish habitat.
Is it quicker to use an excavator vs a track loader to dig a basement?
It’s nice to see there are still jobs for the 160.
Is it just the camera playing tricks or does the basement floor slope decently from the walkout part to the front wall of the basement?
you guys made that one pretty darn easy
Why is it that you Americans only ever stick with a GP bucket for your larger machines?? In AUS we're using hammers, rippers and all sorts of buckets
My wife has some friends that want to build out there once they move up this way. Way too close for me though it's a hour away. I'm surprised there is red clay there rather than sand.
Can you make a video showing how the stick thing works that Tim uses?
I LOVE THE VIDEO
need to learn to set the laser up as low as possible vs...ashigh as possible. gets rid of the inherent error in using a rod so long and tipping it from plumb. Lower is more accurate in these cases
Hi Chris! How do you haul the 160 around?
Very nice plot for a house, little close to the neighbors though.
And that my friends is how you do shovel work with a 160 Volvo. Unbelievable skill!
No Trimble?
I know it's a optical illusion but the right side of the basement looks high
If you could only have one machine , would you choose the 160 or 220 ? Are there advantages to the smaller machine ?
You can haul the 160 on a tag trailer behind a dump truck. The 220 needs a lowboy and you need a permit to haul it.
160
You may want the spoil from the basement dig to fill the front yard.
Trees are dangerous! I have seen may videos, where trees jumped out in front of vehicles and caused the vehicles to crash into the trees. Be safe!
4:53 not sure that notch is Logger Wade approved!
Dang good dump truck driver. Most can't spread ABC going forward must less backing up.
That’s a very quiet peaceful place. Was your Volvo beeping when it detected the other guy in the pit you were digging out was too close?
That's from the laser transit on the stick he's carrying. It receiving the laser signal and tells you when you hit your depth or if it's too high or too low.
I was up around Wendell and Zebulon last week buying a trailer at Rampant. Tons of construction up there. The whole trip though the back roads I was looking for the Volvo Excavator lol. Seen about 100 excavators but none were yalls 😆 oh well
I believe they are called split level houses .
Tri -level
Hey chris, How do you like my volvo excavator?
Final scoop out and level with skid steer.
Make you notch wider it’s breaking off the stump too early cause the notch closes. U just loose control when the hinge wood breaks off stump
That was a jam-up, dump truck driver @1:57....Homes!..knows how to drive!!
I think the more interesting camera angle would've been from the basement below looking at the machine dig it out.
i just can't live in a place without a full basement. but this place will be nice when done.