Doing research on the history of my subdivision I came across a book "How Settlers Cleared the Land” by Gwen Tuinman. " It took four or five years for a family to clear the 10 to 15 acres required to sustain them. An efficient workman on his own might clear an acre of land in a week, with no time left over for burning the wood. "
@@jwardcomo Fell the trees in a week maybe... getting the stumps up takes a little longer. Split and yank in bits because it takes a lot of force to pull the stump whole. That's why they averaged about 3 acres cleared (ready to plow) a year. (with everyone able to be useful helping, from about 5 year old to grampa.
@@fhuber7507 According to my mother her father used black powder to "lift" the stumps out of the ground. This was in the late 1930s early 1940s in Tasmania, Australia.
Hi from uk chris👋👍 boy oh boy when you need solid ground the rain pours down, when rain is your desire it seems you cant have a fire🔥🔥 at least when it is wet enough to burn the pile will be super dry and get super hot ""fast"" hope the neighbours dont have fire department on standby you got everything under control👌 and warching the other volvo trim and stack ready to load is good watch 👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon 👍👋
One thing is for sure, you have job security for a good while on this job. One of the reasons I like watching your videos is that you talk your viewers through what you’re doing. On other heavy equipment channels that I’ve watched the operators are either silent as death or they talk constantly and don’t really explain anything at all. It drives me crazy!
He makes you feel like you are in the cab with him...seems to always answer questions that we would ask while in the cab. He looks like he really enjoys what he does and shares that joy...not the Job itself. Him and all his friend, especially Mike, are just great and they as well make you feel like you are in their circle...the only thing missing is the sweating Ice Cold Pepsi. Chris himself is a very special type of person that this world needs more of....very easy going/ friendly as all get out and a very smart guy (at times 😂). I only wish I would live long enough to witness him as an old man...he will be a cantankerous one😊😊 Bless you Chris....prayer for you and yours. Oh please, give Mike some more razz for us as we can not😂Let him know it is fan requested....he will get a kick out of it. Mikes long reach arm...it would be easier to manipulate and help keep the excavator more stable if he made it all from aluminum. That was the monster to watch you operate. Thanks again Chris for some sane entertainment as well educational.
I'm getting giddy waiting for you to light those piles off, first time I stacked a pile like that was about 1962 or 63, used a 22B Bucyrus with a clam-shell, very satisfying experience.
when we have big burn piles, if we ask, the fire dept will come out and help with a controlled burn, they like to play and practice, and spray water around, and it doesn't cost anything!! Just an idea for you Chris.. Great Video
I tried to get them to come out when we cleared about 50 acres cause it was too dry to burn them. Thought they might jump at the chance being a rural department that doesn’t go to any fires. The chief thanked me for the offer but declined. He did add, if I set them off before the winter he’d make sure I got a ticket and a fine. That’s when I bought my own pump and can draft out of my swimming pool. I lost a little trust in our fire department that day.
I once got called on before I even lit a fire. Lol. Fire department at my door. You know you can't burn that?! So much for a fourth of July bon fire. Theni found out as long as it's a cooking fire, it's ok. Sacrificed a package of hot dogs every fire after that. Just had them on sticks waiting for the fire to get hot. Lol
@@dclfarms6204 I don't blame you at all I think I would have had a bunch to say to him. He sounds like an asshole and I would tell everyone what he said about the ticket and the fine.
Hi Chris would it not b handy to bring in a wood chipper for the last of the timber before u light it on fire .Im looking forward to to u lighting the fire its going to b out of this world keep up the fantastic work
Chris as dry as the pine will be when you light it I think it might burn like the pile is half gasoline. I hope the volume is up loud because those pine limbs should make a really good " snap, crackle and pop ." This is one boy that's anxious to see the show
Thanks for this update, Chris. You make a difficult job look easy. And I loved the shots today that brought the size of both the bucket, stumper, and thumb to life. And yet you make those giant machines whirl & twirl like a ballet dancer. That's talent & skill my friend. This was a fun one.
Way to go Chris, clearing makes the land profitable. Looking so much better, luv seeing 220 crunch those stumps. Luv the video, thank u so much!!! God's blessings and take good care.
Yea im with you. Dont modify the design because its obvious its not a design issue . Its a age issue. The machine was obviously not horribly treated in its life its just got some age on it and where it came from didnt help at all. Those are some of the best dozers ever made
These particular shots of you stumping with the camera on the ground outside, as you were turning from your right, & throwing the stumps off to your left, I found really showed how powerful and efficient an excavator is in moving these large root balls. Shots from behind your shoulder surely disguise just how much work that machine is really doing with almost every move you make on those sticks. It can also eerily remind me of scenes from the original "Terminator" movie, ... as the "machines" crawl over the dry human skulls.
I just love the snap, crackle, pop of dry timber and brush…never knew it about myself until I started watching your vids. 😳 This project is moving along nicely. Good job with the working equip you have left 🙄. Doing a rain dance for y’all.
I can remember you cutting the road through the woods and now it’s all so different. It really does look nicer after you stack everything. Looking forward to the pond build, I bet it’s going to look fantastic.
I estimated a pond/lake for a landowner in Oklahoma. 40k cubic yards, 140 feet of steel pipe for the barrel and 15 foot of steel riser pipe. it would end up with 42 acres of surface. like your videos, you explain what your doing and why.
Boy howdy you gonna have quite the fire when you do start burning! You're doing right on that dozer radiator. Once you start changing things you usually have to change several and it never seems to be just right. Been there done that.
You really are putting a dent in this on a daily basis, even when you were short on working machines too. SO glad you shared this job with us. Thank you Chris. Be well. ;)
Chris knows how to play 'pick up sticks' with the 220. You are making it look nice - piling stumps and brush while you dig each area. Hope you will be able to have Wilma dozer running soon, do you have an update on Ol` Betty and her seal-up job? Suwannee County Florida 5pm - 95F,,,heat index 105F.
Problem as I see it, when it is wet enough to burn it will be during or immediately after a Hurricane passes through the area. All of the dirt and dust will turn to mud and mire.
Chris did you ever consider using old motor oil to start the fire, it burns black for 5 minutes but really gets that fire hot, best of all it's free and saves you on discarded oil.
EPIC burn day when it happens! Too bad you can't sell tickets to the brush-burning .. too many of us there would lessen the burning safety zone! Camera mic really picks up the "crunch" of roots with that stumper ripping away. (108 degrees here today)
We need some rain bad . But I’m sure when it comes time to rain you may not need much fuel . Cause that brush is going to be so dry all you may have to do is just strike a match
Does the proceeds from logging cover the cost of the stumping and clearing? Would it also cover the cost of the pond? I don’t know what logging pays property owners. Obviously it depends on what type of wood is harvested.
The wood is 95% pulp wood which isn't worth much if anything. Every one of those great big loads you see likely only pays a few hundred bucks if that. I live in the Pacific northwest and can tell you few mills are paying anything for pulp - as in $0. The logger wouldn't do the work if there wasn't something in it for him but I doubt the landowner is getting anything at all.
Just looked up current stumpage prices for NC. Not great. Pine pulpwood is 7.75, pine sawtimber is 27,75, and Pine cns is 19.25. All prices per ton. I would imagine 80 to 85 tons per acre would be pretty optimistic for this tract as it wasn’t managed well.
Temp heat plus humid, thats a nasty combo. Grab a cold lemonade drink and rest in the A/C would be sufficient. Hopefully the equipment after repairs perform well enough to pay off the cost.
I believe you need one of those comfy seats that are in a bus or a semi. They float up and down cuz your seat is completely stationery and you're not going to have a spine left when you're 50...
I couldn't imagine the cost of filling that thing up. I figured my mileage on my truck and I get 3.2 miles to the dollar. We all know who to blame that on.
When you do get to light those piles they will be able to see the flames at the ISS
that’s why Houston has Mars Colony Alpha & Beta on alert! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now that's a fire!!! Lol
@@scottfortune9016 I think you listened to a Eddie Murphy comedy tape back in the day.
Yep, it'll be a BIG one!🔥🔥
who’s bringin’ the brats an’ sausages?
Chris makes three sizes of fires 🔥 huge gigantic and epic lol
It sure makes you appreciate how hard our great grandfather's worked to clear land and all by hand and horse.
Doing research on the history of my subdivision I came across a book "How Settlers Cleared the Land” by Gwen Tuinman.
" It took four or five years for a family to clear the 10 to 15 acres required to sustain them. An efficient workman on his own might clear an acre of land in a week, with no time left over for burning the wood. "
@@jwardcomo Wow! Great information. Thanks for that. 👍
@@jwardcomo Fell the trees in a week maybe... getting the stumps up takes a little longer.
Split and yank in bits because it takes a lot of force to pull the stump whole.
That's why they averaged about 3 acres cleared (ready to plow) a year. (with everyone able to be useful helping, from about 5 year old to grampa.
@@fhuber7507 According to my mother her father used black powder to "lift" the stumps out of the ground. This was in the late 1930s early 1940s in Tasmania, Australia.
Yep, when I was a kid in the 60s you could still buy dynamite by the stick at the local hardware store. Worked well on stumps.
One bonus with the good weather is the dryer the piles will be Chris, 🔥🔥.
Great day's work. Always good to have a neat and tidy canvas on which to work.
I get the feeling that when you lite them piles up we in the north will see the "Southern lights".
Like the close-up shots of stumping. Pretty impressive, although can see the repetition can get to make for a long day. thanks for taking us along.
Much work to do here!
That AMI bucket and thumb are the best attachments going Chris, good design, good on you.
Hi from uk chris👋👍 boy oh boy when you need solid ground the rain pours down, when rain is your desire it seems you cant have a fire🔥🔥 at least when it is wet enough to burn the pile will be super dry and get super hot ""fast"" hope the neighbours dont have fire department on standby you got everything under control👌 and warching the other volvo trim and stack ready to load is good watch 👌 thanks for your time and be safe see you soon 👍👋
One thing is for sure, you have job security for a good while on this job. One of the reasons I like watching your videos is that you talk your viewers through what you’re doing. On other heavy equipment channels that I’ve watched the operators are either silent as death or they talk constantly and don’t really explain anything at all. It drives me crazy!
He makes you feel like you are in the cab with him...seems to always answer questions that we would ask while in the cab. He looks like he really enjoys what he does and shares that joy...not the Job itself.
Him and all his friend, especially Mike, are just great and they as well make you feel like you are in their circle...the only thing missing is the sweating Ice Cold Pepsi.
Chris himself is a very special type of person that this world needs more of....very easy going/ friendly as all get out and a very smart guy (at times 😂). I only wish I would live long enough to witness him as an old man...he will be a cantankerous one😊😊
Bless you Chris....prayer for you and yours. Oh please, give Mike some more razz for us as we can not😂Let him know it is fan requested....he will get a kick out of it.
Mikes long reach arm...it would be easier to manipulate and help keep the excavator more stable if he made it all from aluminum. That was the monster to watch you operate.
Thanks again Chris for some sane entertainment as well educational.
And often get dramatic for little reason
Or just a constant clown show like the dirt guys!
I'm getting giddy waiting for you to light those piles off, first time I stacked a pile like that was about 1962 or 63, used a 22B Bucyrus with a clam-shell, very satisfying experience.
when we have big burn piles, if we ask, the fire dept will come out and help with a controlled burn, they like to play and practice, and spray water around, and it doesn't cost anything!! Just an idea for you Chris.. Great Video
I tried to get them to come out when we cleared about 50 acres cause it was too dry to burn them. Thought they might jump at the chance being a rural department that doesn’t go to any fires. The chief thanked me for the offer but declined. He did add, if I set them off before the winter he’d make sure I got a ticket and a fine. That’s when I bought my own pump and can draft out of my swimming pool. I lost a little trust in our fire department that day.
I once got called on before I even lit a fire. Lol. Fire department at my door. You know you can't burn that?! So much for a fourth of July bon fire.
Theni found out as long as it's a cooking fire, it's ok. Sacrificed a package of hot dogs every fire after that. Just had them on sticks waiting for the fire to get hot. Lol
Only thing is the cost of the fuel to get them out there
@@dclfarms6204 I don't blame you at all I think I would have had a bunch to say to him. He sounds like an asshole and I would tell everyone what he said about the ticket and the fine.
Just light it up they’ll come
Wow. When you light those piles it will be visible from the space station.
Hope it rains soon. In South Carolina as well.
Hi Chris would it not b handy to bring in a wood chipper for the last of the timber before u light it on fire .Im looking forward to to u lighting the fire its going to b out of this world keep up the fantastic work
That stumper looks like the world's largest staple remover.
I envy you all the access to wood and all the green forest land you have. 🙂
Chris as dry as the pine will be when you light it I think it might burn like the pile is half gasoline. I hope the volume is up loud because those pine limbs should make a really good
" snap, crackle and pop ."
This is one boy that's anxious to see the show
Thanks for this update, Chris. You make a difficult job look easy. And I loved the shots today that brought the size of both the bucket, stumper, and thumb to life. And yet you make those giant machines whirl & twirl like a ballet dancer. That's talent & skill my friend. This was a fun one.
Wow,can't believe how open,and huge it looks now,what a difference when brush in piles up!!
Way to go Chris, clearing makes the land profitable. Looking so much better, luv seeing 220 crunch those stumps. Luv the video, thank u so much!!! God's blessings and take good care.
Yea im with you. Dont modify the design because its obvious its not a design issue . Its a age issue. The machine was obviously not horribly treated in its life its just got some age on it and where it came from didnt help at all. Those are some of the best dozers ever made
Big dusty job. Can hardly wait for the burning😊 Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
These particular shots of you stumping with the camera on the ground outside, as you were turning from your right, & throwing the stumps off to your left, I found really showed how powerful and efficient an excavator is in moving these large root balls. Shots from behind your shoulder surely disguise just how much work that machine is really doing with almost every move you make on those sticks. It can also eerily remind me of scenes from the original "Terminator" movie, ... as the "machines" crawl over the dry human skulls.
The tree stumps and brush sure add up when you see so many burn piles and clear ground bro. Looking good. Safe travels
Maybe it'll be a hemp farm.Really good money in it,for making ropes,blue jeans,witch,I had a pair and loved.So valuable,yet,so easy to grow!
Those burns are going to be EPIC!
The light brown color of those piles is going to make for a sweet video! FIRE FIRE FIRE!
looks awesome Chris can't wait to see you start digging the pond.
Looking forward to this burn pile video!
More progress made everyday! Pretty sure this the 1st time we’ve seen you ditch the boots…lol! Thanks for the vid Chris!
Nope I've seen Chris without boots 👢 a few times.
Coming Soon "The Towering Inferno" Staring Chris Guins, Directed by: Chris Guins, Executive producer: Bealy Good Farm.
I'll be able to see the flames up here in PA 😁
I just love the snap, crackle, pop of dry timber and brush…never knew it about myself until I started watching your vids. 😳 This project is moving along nicely. Good job with the working equip you have left 🙄. Doing a rain dance for y’all.
32:36 that little maneuver could be so so costly! Operator got serious skills!
I’m watching you pile that brush and can’t help thinking you have a smile for when your gonna burn it 😂
Also Chris with some of those big flat root stumps u could use them as fish habitat for the pond/lake for them
Oh you can guarantee some will end up in the pond. Still hundreds to go so plenty of time to set a few aside.
you should tell Bealy that you are charging by the stump...............lol. you are a master with that machine you make it look so easy.
Chris, those burn piles are going to be spectacular! Can’t wait to see the show.
Another great grab on the rolling stump. Two for two so far.
I can remember you cutting the road through the woods and now it’s all so different. It really does look nicer after you stack everything. Looking forward to the pond build, I bet it’s going to look fantastic.
I love these longer videos 😁
I estimated a pond/lake for a landowner in Oklahoma. 40k cubic yards, 140 feet of steel pipe for the barrel and 15 foot of steel riser pipe. it would end up with 42 acres of surface.
like your videos, you explain what your doing and why.
Boy howdy you gonna have quite the fire when you do start burning! You're doing right on that dozer radiator. Once you start changing things you usually have to change several and it never seems to be just right. Been there done that.
You really are putting a dent in this on a daily basis, even when you were short on working machines too. SO glad you shared this job with us. Thank you Chris. Be well. ;)
Thank you and have a good day.
Chris you could have had some of the rain we had in Savannah today about 5" in about a hour and half!🌩🌩🌩🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧
Just a reminder when you burn watch the heat on the glass so it dont shatter like last years did !
Chris knows how to play 'pick up sticks' with the 220. You are making it look nice - piling stumps and brush while you dig each area. Hope you will be able to have Wilma dozer running soon, do you have an update on Ol` Betty and her seal-up job? Suwannee County Florida 5pm - 95F,,,heat index 105F.
Hello friend, I enjoyed your wonderful video🌻😀🙋👍
I feel your pain! In Texas only a little while can you consider burning! Most of the time we prayed for a tub grinder and excavator to feed it!
listening to the 'stumping' of the tree roots and actual stumps is like listening to someone eating corn on the cob.
Problem as I see it, when it is wet enough to burn it will be during or immediately after a Hurricane passes through the area. All of the dirt and dust will turn to mud and mire.
Chris did you ever consider using old motor oil to start the fire, it burns black for 5 minutes but really gets that fire hot, best of all it's free and saves you on discarded oil.
One thing nice about your little dry spell is the dirt falls of the stumps easily 😂😂
Can't wait to see old Betty working again
really looking forward to seeing all those brush piles burn!!!
Love seeing the progress in your videos
Chris those stumps look like aliens when you pull them out of the ground 😄
I do enjoy a good stumping video, thanks for sharing.
Going to be a warm day when this goes up
Bottom of the pond area, man now thats some great organic mater.
EPIC burn day when it happens! Too bad you can't sell tickets to the brush-burning .. too many of us there would lessen the burning safety zone! Camera mic really picks up the "crunch" of roots with that stumper ripping away. (108 degrees here today)
Epic 2 hour burn 🔥 video 😁
He does sell tickets. Here on YT! :)
great job Chris
😭😭No fire today 😑bummer. 😎On the bright side look at all those massive piles he has made. Good video and narrative do not know how you do it all.
Project is looking good👍👍👍👍👍👍
We need some rain bad . But I’m sure when it comes time to rain you may not need much fuel . Cause that brush is going to be so dry all you may have to do is just strike a match
Dawns here ☀️
God I can't wait til fire day. Nice job once again
I've never hoped so much for a fire video!
Chris what you do if stays Dry and can't burn it
That looks like just as much fun as Stump after Stump lol 🤣🤣🤣
we have piles that needed burning for over a year now, waiting for snow even would be nice
Does the proceeds from logging cover the cost of the stumping and clearing? Would it also cover the cost of the pond? I don’t know what logging pays property owners. Obviously it depends on what type of wood is harvested.
The wood is 95% pulp wood which isn't worth much if anything. Every one of those great big loads you see likely only pays a few hundred bucks if that. I live in the Pacific northwest and can tell you few mills are paying anything for pulp - as in $0. The logger wouldn't do the work if there wasn't something in it for him but I doubt the landowner is getting anything at all.
@@thespook9808 I remember in the mid 90s here in Georgia we were getting 100 bucks a cord for pine saw logs. Guess times have changed.
Just looked up current stumpage prices for NC. Not great. Pine pulpwood is 7.75, pine sawtimber is 27,75, and Pine cns is 19.25. All prices per ton. I would imagine 80 to 85 tons per acre would be pretty optimistic for this tract as it wasn’t managed well.
@@slkwonk That is crazy. How can lumber prices be so high and timber prices be so low. Southern yellow pine is one of the strongest species of lumber.
@@slkwonk It wasn't managed at all. This is all natural trash tree grow back.
Chris thanks for sharing! Kevin
North Charleston SC temp 98 heat index 110 today
It's about the same here in Atlanta
PRAY FOR RAIN !
Can’t wait to see this, fire.👍👍👍👍
These piles remind me of the fire you did at the long driveway job a year or two ago. That was an incredible fire.
You would be crazy to light one of those giant piles, might burn all the paint off the rig, break the windows, melt hoses. ?
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
Great job buddy and great video as always buddy 😎👊🏻👍🏻
Diamondbacks and Copperheads will love living in those piles. Be careful. Barbecued snake covered in that Carolina mustard bbq sauce, yum! yum!
Temp heat plus humid, thats a nasty combo. Grab a cold lemonade drink and rest in the A/C would be sufficient. Hopefully the equipment after repairs perform well enough to pay off the cost.
Visible dryness, it is estimated that it has not rained for a long time.😬
Chris, is this the excavator that got the new pins? You sure are a hard workin guy, its great to see all the different types of jobs you work on too.
All that pine gone. That ground will be ready to support a good stand of hardwood. That is, what's not pond or pasture
For working in the heat, someone get this man some beer, and his excavator a few gallons of fresh oil. Lol.
Spongy moth caterpillars are really raising havoc on our oak trees in Vermont are you guys having any problems down there with them
Hey man, I was wondering if you put the stumps on the bottom would the coals from the fire cremate them eventually or do they burn better on top?
I really like it when you say yada yada
Gracious plenty my best friends mom says that all the time.
I believe you need one of those comfy seats that are in a bus or a semi. They float up and down cuz your seat is completely stationery and you're not going to have a spine left when you're 50...
WOW! Fuel cost gotta be crayzaaa, ..... even as efficient as you are! 😱🙃🤪👍✌
It’s getting there.
Since diesel is 5.60 per gallon try to start burn 🔥 piles with 1 quart each
I couldn't imagine the cost of filling that thing up. I figured my mileage on my truck and I get 3.2 miles to the dollar. We all know who to blame that on.
Yep, Putin.
@@JCrook1028 That's a good one.
Sure enough stumps in there 👍👍👍
When you DO get to burn, it's going to be one heck of a fire...
What do you mean by stained if the nice logs sit too long?