In the early 80's I was working on a housing development. They were logging a wooded section. They used log skidder that had jaws on it. It had another jaw type thing that held the tree. The machines literally bit the trees off. They were taken to an on site chipper that had along table. The chipper had a crane cab with a boom with a grabber like your excavator . The operator would pull the tree into the chipper. The chips went int open top semi trailers. They were hauled to a Homasote plant 40 miles away. The chipper could take up to a 24 inch tree. The most amazing part of the whole system was the chipper ran on two twin diesels . When they chut them down at lunch time ,they would still be winding down when lunch was over a half hour later.
They used sniper type bunchers here years then had to switch to saw head bunchers because the OSB mill can’t use wood that is cracked or shattered when it is snipped in very cold weather.
I recall You working with Kevin at the Bealy farm. What stayed with me since was the unspoken teamwork you two pulled off. Thank you for allowing me to witness this again. 😁
I believe that when Chris looks at the drones view of the beginning of project like this he can with his mind-eye see the finished pond. Always a great job !
Oh Chris I'm in heaven with the aerial intro. Had to go back and watch it again. Thank you. Another beautiful piece of land. Will the pond connect the fields? Wow that will be perfect.
Looks kinda like the Bealy Good pond build. Chris is going to help the loggets clear the pond area before he can actually begin diggin' dirt. Should be a fun series to watch. Thanks Chris for a nice late Saturday afternoon episode to watch.
That grapple skidder is much better than the old Timberjack 225 cable skidder I had the luck of using 30 years ago. Thanks for posting another addictive video Chris.
I've been a shovel logger,and lots of other machines, for most of my life,I will say buddy,your a great operator,and seem to be a nice guy,keep on keeping on bud,loved the video of the TD 31s. Stay safe
Seems like the grapple should have some kind of teeth on the inside of the grabber claws for nonslip grappling! 🤷🏼 ole Kevin is going to town on the trees, stacking them up! He’s pretty fast on his cutter! I’ve seen you do your share on the skidder before Chris, a few times!
1:17 man, all that green already! Plants are only just starting to come back to life here in New England. As I type it's cold, wet, and grey outside right now.
Nice ! See your getting the handle on using your grapple chris! Hey you can use your thumb on this machine with the grapple right? If you can grab further back on the logs and drop your thumb on them and we'll give you more control on them chirs! Give it a try. That kind of what out here we call a logging shovel it well help you pick them up and move them in to piles!
You have convinced me over the years of watching that the 220 is the best machine to buy. I see why you keep buying them they are truly interchangeable with grapple, bucket or feller head.
So is a lot of the pond development for stockpile purpose for farming? Im no farmer but it makes sense to have a personal reserviour. The more ponds is more insurance for crops. Just wondering if thats part of some of these ponds. I make mention of this in light of current drought conditions in other parts of the country. That bunch of trees sure looked nice out there.
Beautiful property Chris from the drone view! Thanks for sharing it! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻Kevin and his new excavator and I like that tree cutter, it’s cool! That’s a big tree to hook on to Chris! WOW Kevin should break her in on this job Chris! lol 😂 Now you can put your grabber to use brother!
Yes, the drone footage added a lot of value to the video. We need Chris to get into Photoshop, or similar, so he could overlay an outline of the pond and show the dam location.
Trees are falling and hopefully the stumps are not 'too' in the ground - seems to be wet enough that they will be easy enough to extract. Loving the Volvo army.
Hey Chris, with a grab like that, just find yourself a nice piece of tree, grab it and you can use it as a rough grading beam. I work in demolition with sorting grabs and we use steel H beams to level out massive area's very quickly. Also remember the rolling over the grab on piles of brush, you'll pick up a lot more
He tried that around the 25 minute mark, it overpowers the rotate on the grapple and turns but I agree with you, doesn’t seem like it has much pressure
@@Dontworryboutit315 ye noticed it later as well, the trick is in the angle you hold it, but it's probably a single rotation motor grab, so it'll pull through it a lot easier. I'm used to the Zijtveld sorting grabs, they're amazing tbh
Well you have come onto a job without " MUD ". Lol. I did hear you state that it was a bit soft in places. This should only get better as you said that summer is on the way. Good to see you get some good use with the grappling hook. Best of luck on this pond dig.
The only reason the trees were allowed to grow is that it was too wet to get machinery in there to prepare and seed the land. This way, with the pond they will be able to irrigate in dry times, and thee crops will have full sun all day.
Great Start, after you said you had to wait awhile, I had hoped you would have started stumping with the stumper, at least pop them up but that's another awesome video.
Even though you say that the wood in those trees is not very goo; it will still burn and can be processed into fire wood. You don't have that business, but you could find someone who does and sell the trees to them. That way you won't have the trouble of burning them and cleaning up the unburnt stuff.
This is work for the winter. Then no birds breed and there are no leaves on the trees. The ground is frozen. Anything better for the environment even if your country is huge, it makes sense
Waiting patiently for the first sighting of a shiny silver orb. Don't be scratching that nice paint on the new machine. Like the counterweight on the back, usually the first thing to get it. Chris likes to keep his healthy and rejuvenated with the occasional mud pack.
Always seems like those hurry up and wait kinda things huh ?? Getting a good start !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And On too the Next !!
If you had a Steelwrist quickoil coupler with that grapple you could lose the thumb and gain some weight savings. Also, then you would be able to pull stumps with the right tool and still easily switch to the grapple when needed. That indeco grapple looks like a great heavy duty tool!
@@letsdig18 I get that it's a good setup, used to run it myself but i'm pretty partial to the rotating grapple now. There is definitely a great versatility to the bucket/thumb combo.
I used to watch a show called swamp logger's and the skidder would go to where they were cutting the trees without a problem, as long as the skidder operator could keep it on the haul road of trees that has been dropped.
Where Kevin pushes over the reluctant tree @7:32 put me in mind of an elephant doing the same thing in some far off jungle. He's pretty good with that cutting head.
The first scratch 😅. I remember my brand new car I was so careful and one day sitting in traffic boom I get knocked about 3 feet forwards and a guy with a rental runs right in the back bumper 😡
I’ve been running my family’s dx35z and granted I’m like an elephant riding a tricycle in it size wise but I’m amazed at what it handles. A Volvo 220. Holy cow the power and speed must be a money maker for sure. Especially with such diverse attachments.
In previous videos I see you burning brush and trees. It grieves me somewhat, firewood here in Romania is the equivalent of $85 / m3 Love this plot though and all your videos ❤️🇷🇴
I apologize upfront. I am not knowledgeable about this industry. I really do want to understand the process. Please accept this as a serious question. With all the property already cleared, why take down more trees to build a pond when there is already so much open land? If it is elevation related, you are really good at digging holes and moving dirt. Always great videos Chris!!
I was thinking that you would go put your stumper on (to stay productive) but I like the idea of watching Kevin for a bit then heading to another site too
A wonderful Video begin with Drohne Picture, to the better understanding. The Work the great Tree's to cut, and then Stumping You have the Planing this and have by the Areal a better view. A Interesting Work. I gladden my of the Continuation.
i don't know much but that grapple does not seam to have a lot of holding power unlike your bucket and thumb set up thanks for the video exultant as usual Cheers
I love the new work truck. Keeping it two tone looks great. Atleast you will be to stack the brush up so that you don't have to gather it. Be safe out there
In the early 80's I was working on a housing development. They were logging a wooded section. They used log skidder that had jaws on it. It had another jaw type thing that held the tree. The machines literally bit the trees off. They were taken to an on site chipper that had along table. The chipper had a crane cab with a boom with a grabber like your excavator . The operator would pull the tree into the chipper. The chips went int open top semi trailers. They were hauled to a Homasote plant 40 miles away. The chipper could take up to a 24 inch tree. The most amazing part of the whole system was the chipper ran on two twin diesels . When they chut them down at lunch time ,they would still be winding down when lunch was over a half hour later.
They used sniper type bunchers here years then had to switch to saw head bunchers because the OSB mill can’t use wood that is cracked or shattered when it is snipped in very cold weather.
Watching these clearing vids, I'm constantly reminded what a lone homesteader could accomplish with just an ax and a mule.
That’s when men was men. And didn’t know any different. We got spoiled with machines
@@erikcourtney1834 The machines possibly made it ‘too’quick N easy to change so much !
I recall You working with Kevin at the Bealy farm. What stayed with me since was the unspoken teamwork you two pulled off. Thank you for allowing me to witness this again. 😁
I believe that when Chris looks at the drones view of the beginning of project like this he can with his mind-eye see the finished pond. Always a great job !
Oh Chris I'm in heaven with the aerial intro. Had to go back and watch it again. Thank you.
Another beautiful piece of land. Will the pond connect the fields? Wow that will be perfect.
Looks kinda like the Bealy Good pond build.
Chris is going to help the loggets clear the pond area before he can actually begin diggin' dirt.
Should be a fun series to watch.
Thanks Chris for a nice late Saturday afternoon episode to watch.
I’m having flashbacks, I’m sure Chris is too lol maybe it’ll be an excuse to get a better stumper
That grapple skidder is much better than the old Timberjack 225 cable skidder I had the luck of using 30 years ago. Thanks for posting another addictive video Chris.
Yes I don’t miss climbing up on my old C5 treefarmer 100+ times a day and pulling mainline but if I was healthy enough I’d do it again
I've been a shovel logger,and lots of other machines, for most of my life,I will say buddy,your a great operator,and seem to be a nice guy,keep on keeping on bud,loved the video of the TD 31s. Stay safe
Seems like the grapple should have some kind of teeth on the inside of the grabber claws for nonslip grappling! 🤷🏼 ole Kevin is going to town on the trees, stacking them up! He’s pretty fast on his cutter! I’ve seen you do your share on the skidder before Chris, a few times!
The glass in your cab is spotless. It’s a beautiful day to cut the wood.
Beautiful piece of property Chris!..the pond will add to it 👍..can’t wait to see the results
1:17 man, all that green already! Plants are only just starting to come back to life here in New England. As I type it's cold, wet, and grey outside right now.
Nice ! See your getting the handle on using your grapple chris! Hey you can use your thumb on this machine with the grapple right? If you can grab further back on the logs and drop your thumb on them and we'll give you more control on them chirs! Give it a try. That kind of what out here we call a logging shovel it well help you pick them up and move them in to piles!
Great you have the right attachment to help get the trees out bro. Look forward to the next video from this project. Safe travels
That aerial view looks awesome man 👌. Green green green.
Beautiful! Would working there be considered work?
Cutting clearing and logging great video thanks Chris and Kevin
You have convinced me over the years of watching that the 220 is the best machine to buy. I see why you keep buying them they are truly interchangeable with grapple, bucket or feller head.
So is a lot of the pond development for stockpile purpose for farming? Im no farmer but it makes sense to have a personal reserviour. The more ponds is more insurance for crops. Just wondering if thats part of some of these ponds. I make mention of this in light of current drought conditions in other parts of the country. That bunch of trees sure looked nice out there.
Good start, the grapple along with the cutter makes for a pretty nice clearing operation. Thanks for the update sir.
Great to see you brought the drone this time Chris, let the work begin
Tree Cutting Attachment worked soooooooooooooo very well - it was FUN to watch and lots of Progress ! Many Cheers from Australia !!!!
Beautiful property Chris from the drone view! Thanks for sharing it! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻Kevin and his new excavator and I like that tree cutter, it’s cool! That’s a big tree to hook on to Chris! WOW Kevin should break her in on this job Chris! lol 😂 Now you can put your grabber to use brother!
Yes, the drone footage added a lot of value to the video. We need Chris to get into Photoshop, or similar, so he could overlay an outline of the pond and show the dam location.
@@TrevorDennis100 :
You mean you don't believe that Chris "has enough on his plate"?!?!
😮
Man, those power heads are awesome. Just need an automatic stumper on it too! 😁
In my neck of the woods unless the mud is 4 foot deep or better the skidder drivers go for it and rarely ever have a problem.
Interesting on how you start the process. Enjoyed seeing the logging equipment.
Making some real good headway with you teaming with the cutters. Thanks for sharing.
Trees are falling and hopefully the stumps are not 'too' in the ground - seems to be wet enough that they will be easy enough to extract. Loving the Volvo army.
I'm hooked on this one, great team too...glad your truck will give you a relaxing drive these days too..here's to the next video UK out.
My word, watching the grapple tackle the stumps is more aggravating than the claw game
Definitely not made for stumping haha
Hey Chris, with a grab like that, just find yourself a nice piece of tree, grab it and you can use it as a rough grading beam. I work in demolition with sorting grabs and we use steel H beams to level out massive area's very quickly. Also remember the rolling over the grab on piles of brush, you'll pick up a lot more
I'm also fairly certain looking at this that the grapple doesn't get enough oil pressure, it should hold way better on the end of the tooth
He tried that around the 25 minute mark, it overpowers the rotate on the grapple and turns but I agree with you, doesn’t seem like it has much pressure
@@Dontworryboutit315 ye noticed it later as well, the trick is in the angle you hold it, but it's probably a single rotation motor grab, so it'll pull through it a lot easier. I'm used to the Zijtveld sorting grabs, they're amazing tbh
That grapple/saw invention is pure genius!
Mice and snakes oh my, however the cat jumping out of the cab is my favorite.
Well you have come onto a job without " MUD ". Lol. I did hear you state that it was a bit soft in places. This should only get better as you said that summer is on the way.
Good to see you get some good use with the grappling hook. Best of luck on this pond dig.
I always have mixed feelings because it looks so nice the way it is. Very nice property.
I was thinking that as well.
The only reason the trees were allowed to grow is that it was too wet to get machinery in there to prepare and seed the land. This way, with the pond they will be able to irrigate in dry times, and thee crops will have full sun all day.
Great Start, after you said you had to wait awhile, I had hoped you would have started stumping with the stumper, at least pop them up but that's another awesome video.
Man, that f450 sure is a good looking truck
nice piece of property, 6 trees one stump that will be fun
I dont know if yall have ever worked together but looks like a well oiled machine. Nice project..
Thanks for the video Chris 👍✅ All good 👍 nice work you guys are getting it done. Take care of yourself and Winston and be Blessed ❤️❤️❤️ it.
Even though you say that the wood in those trees is not very goo; it will still burn and can be processed into fire wood. You don't have that business, but you could find someone who does and sell the trees to them. That way you won't have the trouble of burning them and cleaning up the unburnt stuff.
This is work for the winter. Then no birds breed and there are no leaves on the trees. The ground is frozen. Anything better for the environment even if your country is huge, it makes sense
The mill used to save hollow trees to use as crossing drains. For skidders.
Wow the grass is getting tall.👍😁
Waiting patiently for the first sighting of a shiny silver orb. Don't be scratching that nice paint on the new machine. Like the counterweight on the back, usually the first thing to get it. Chris likes to keep his healthy and rejuvenated with the occasional mud pack.
And everyone says window screens, cab guards and limb risers are useless add ons - first tree and “bang”! - case proven
Good start to the pond sir.
You’ve come a long way since busting beaver dams,,,,, enjoy your success! 🇺🇸🇨🇱
Always seems like those hurry up and wait kinda things huh ??
Getting a good start !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And On too the Next !!
If you had a Steelwrist quickoil coupler with that grapple you could lose the thumb and gain some weight savings. Also, then you would be able to pull stumps with the right tool and still easily switch to the grapple when needed. That indeco grapple looks like a great heavy duty tool!
I'll keep my bucket and thumb over anything for clearing and stacking. Way more efficient
Steelwrist will be well fecked when he gets a good sloppy pond dredging job to do. The pond silt will mess them quickoil fittings up in no time.
@@letsdig18 I get that it's a good setup, used to run it myself but i'm pretty partial to the rotating grapple now. There is definitely a great versatility to the bucket/thumb combo.
I used to watch a show called swamp logger's and the skidder would go to where they were cutting the trees without a problem, as long as the skidder operator could keep it on the haul road of trees that has been dropped.
Where Kevin pushes over the reluctant tree @7:32 put me in mind of an elephant doing the same thing in some far off jungle. He's pretty good with that cutting head.
Should Weld some rakers onto the main frame of the claw to allow it to grip the logs better Chris.
Thanks for sharing Chris, y’all stay safe brother! Kirk from Louisiana! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Too much to adjust too, I guess! But you got this brother! Good video and good job here!
Chris you got a lot of stumps to get out .
What kind of pond is this gonna be? Irrigation, fish, or ? Thanks for bringing us along.
I always knew eventually Chris would've become a forestry contractor, processing head is definitely the bee's knee's 😂😮😊.
Sounds like Kevin is your new partner in business with you which makes sense because you have to do a large amount of clearing in your business.
loved the drone shots with all the different shades of green.
When you do your drone overview on new projects can you draw out where the pond is going to be.
Dang, the wheat is heading out already. Here in sw Idaho fall wheat is 12" tall.
The first scratch 😅. I remember my brand new car I was so careful and one day sitting in traffic boom I get knocked about 3 feet forwards and a guy with a rental runs right in the back bumper 😡
I’ve been running my family’s dx35z and granted I’m like an elephant riding a tricycle in it size wise but I’m amazed at what it handles.
A Volvo 220. Holy cow the power and speed must be a money maker for sure. Especially with such diverse attachments.
That's a good size farm,
If that felling head had bark wheels and grab sheers you’d be spitting logs out like No tomorrow
great video, nice stacking of logs for the skidder
Hey Chris. Just curious. Does your machine have twin swing motors ? Its seems to have a-lot of swing power.
No just one
get yourself a 48 pack of Pepsi and I bet DP will come down and install that tile for yeah
Great to see the grapple in action😊
In previous videos I see you burning brush and trees.
It grieves me somewhat, firewood here in Romania is the equivalent of $85 / m3
Love this plot though and all your videos ❤️🇷🇴
Cotton top be proud of you lol you can run. Anything and learn it quick ❤nice video
Those cutter heads are so awesome!! How long before Chris orders one??
I apologize upfront. I am not knowledgeable about this industry. I really do want to understand the process. Please accept this as a serious question. With all the property already cleared, why take down more trees to build a pond when there is already so much open land? If it is elevation related, you are really good at digging holes and moving dirt. Always great videos Chris!!
I can see one of these tree cutter attachment in the future for Chris. Greetings from that Old Jarhead in WNC
Love both of the excavators working together you should do more videos like that
It's a Volvo party. Yall made pretty quick work. He's very good with the cutter head.
Look like you will have a lot of topsoil for sure in the woods.
Those are some big ass white pines !
The drone footage sure show's why your removing that stand of tree's, you should end up with a really nice looking field once your done.
I was thinking that you would go put your stumper on (to stay productive) but I like the idea of watching Kevin for a bit then heading to another site too
Great Video dude 👍. What’s the average time (in days) it take to get a decent sized job done? (first to comment lol)
Man your getting really good with the grapple almost having fun actually
that 220 with the cutter head on it makes quick work of them trees
Hey Chris. It's not mice & snakes you need to worry about. It's them darn killer cats!
That 450 is awesome!!
Big Blue Oval for the Win!!
Impressive work. Robin Hood would be looking for new digs with you lot about.
Chris you should get some teeth welded to the inside of the claws so the logs won't slip out.
A wonderful Video begin with Drohne Picture, to the better understanding. The Work the great Tree's to cut, and then Stumping You have the Planing this and have by the Areal a better view. A Interesting Work. I gladden my of the Continuation.
Chris I hope your getting a kick back from Volvo since everyone is buying one after seeing you with yours
that first group of trees is gonna a stump that is gonna be a BEAR to take out!
Love your new truck! Much better than a F250
Well, lot to do! Nobusiness. 😆
i don't know much but that grapple does not seam to have a lot of holding power unlike your bucket and thumb set up thanks for the video exultant as usual Cheers
Maybe you should get your producers to find you some new music, something like the Beatles redo of Buck Owens "Act Naturally" .
Produ er is a guy named C. Guins.
That area was wrapped up in poison. Folks are going to start scratching just watching this video.
Its a skidder! For logging! A little ditch and some wet ground ain't nothing. Flat landers,,,
Always like ur videos keep up the good videos sir 💯🔥🤙🤙🤙
Grapple makes sense now 👍
Controls are only backwards if they feel wrong to the operator regardless of how the manufacturer set them up.
I love the new work truck. Keeping it two tone looks great. Atleast you will be to stack the brush up so that you don't have to gather it. Be safe out there