So nice to share your dreams and visions sir. Tranquility in your woods and hearing the water running slowly over the dam is so serene. Really enjoy you sharing with us. Thank you.
Really love these walkabouts Chris! Going to be glorious when your visions turn into reality. 30 years from now, when your 60, you'll be wondering where all the time went! Lol! Thanks for the great content!
Chris, love when you think out loud! Your vision is exciting, and, yes, you do have the equipment for the job!! Time will magically appear! And, we all will be here for the adventure! Thank you!!
A little time hear and there and you’ll have your new property looking great. This small project today cleaned up nicely. With the equipment you have it won’t ever get overgrown again.
I can see your getting on to how best use the 953, but I am thinking all that rain has softened up the ground to help with the removal of the brush,undergrowth, and smaller trees. Nice running machine though. Thanks for the ride along sir.
Vision and equipment. That's Chris 30 minutes made a huge difference. Cleaned the tree line and pig weed at the same time. Ponds look good. Another beautiful piece of property. I would give anything for some rain. 103 every day for weeks and not a drop of water and none in sight. Texas summer. Good video.
@0:35 Chris, in my region lot of those CAT track loader series with that exhaust pipe runned, no one has a rain protection on. No rain or snow problems ever happend.
Yep, you and D have lots to do on Oak Hill Farms. It seems the only 'free time' you have left would be going without sleep - I don`t recommend that. That pond does look good and a fine pond for bream. Fourway Francine needs a flapper cap for the exhaust. That wet soft ground is making it easier to "pull it out by the roots". Shifter linkages might have wallered out egg shaped holes.
As a viewer from the U.K. I could not help but think, as you walked around the pond, of a British 'Public Information' film from the 70's, which showed a cloaked figure standing by such a pond, saying " I am the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Waters......" a film all about water safety, ".. and this is the sort of place you'd expect to find me." The film went on to show various drownings in unexpected places, we knew how to make light hearted fun family entertainment back then
Just a suggestion for pig weed. Brush hog it down and then no till sorghum over it. The sorghum will grow fast and tall. Blocking the light and killing off the pigweed. Just a thought.
Could you take the motor grader and cut a ditch like you did along the road for the county I think it is great what you are doing with the new land Keep up the great work always a joy to watch
Love your vision for the farm and all things really. Time is the bug bear of all. Pond is beautiful. Regrowth speed is not something I see here. Cap is urgent requirement.
DO NOT BUILD YOUR FENCE INSIDE YOUR PROPERTY LINE!!! Build it on the line.. The best way to lost property is to "surrender" the property line by building INSIDE of it. Many a surveyor has made a living defending (or in some cases claiming) that a boundary line that has a fence that is not where it is supposed to be is the true line.
Looking good, i'm impressed how well that Old jewel run's... Chris always explaining the Issue's ( like this) with the machines and fixes etc is Over the top.....And brings more of an experience to the channel.
Probably not as much water got in as you might have thought, given the amount of rain that fell…, the actual exhaust pipe diameter appears pretty small. However a cover for the future, is a wise plan of action. The property is a beautiful piece of ground.., for you to shape and mold…, as you said “i got the right equipment to do it”… Then there is that old issue of “time”…. hahaha… Great video, Thank you sir.
@letsdig18 hey man something CRAZY happened to me. Discovered your channel yesterday and watched a few videos last night. Then as I was pulling out the gas station this morning otw to work your dump truck and excavator turned on the road past me! Didn't know you were in NC. Blew my mind!!!
I've been visiting a friend in AL since 2009 & have watched the corner of his property he's not cutting go from weeds to 30' trees in that time. Only things that grow that fast in the UK are ash & sitka spruce.
You’ve got some nice pine trees around that pond. You could mill them up and build at least one building with them. It’s crazy how it’s soupy on one side of that field and dry as a bone on the other.
That loader has the power to move the world, but it just isn't an excavator. At least the rain helped loosen the ground some. Where's the mini, out on a job? That could do the cleanup pretty quick! Pond looks pretty good now that it's full. You are fortunate you live out in the woods.
Those hystats like high idle. The pressures and flows do wierd things at lower RPM's. Need a root rake for that thing now! Put a few of those on track loaders. I think someone's excavator you ran had a modified one on it for raking up debris. Only donw side is they aren't quick attach. Track loaders are awesome machines!!
Chris... cool stuff you're working on! Congratulations on your new project! Here's a cool idea... Get some goats! It is amazing how well and quickly those little guys can clear out the underbrush!
Chris you got the tree line looking good, you should be able to see if Sasquatch is watching you now!! Thanks for taking us with you on the walk through the woods, that was awesome!! Why you got the loader back at the shop, don't forget your wiper blades! Thanks for all the hard work you do on your videos I appreciate it, I know other people do too!! 👌👍🎥👍✌
My Dad bought a 1964 Cat D7E dozer just after the 64 earthquake up here in Alaska To help clear out and rebuild Anchorage from the damage it wrought! I LOVE driving and working with that monster! Still in pristine condition had some minor repairs and scheduled maintenance but all around its a work horse...kind of a bit loud but its been worth every penny he spent! It has 31k hours on it! I bought a 1992 Cat 349FL Excavator brand new I have only 2.1k hours on it and have had multiple issues with it... Old is better?!? Neither of them nor any other big machines we have are ever left out in the elements and scheduled maintenance is always the key! Also knowing the limitations of each mech. is a must! Good content again young man!
Let me know what size pipe you have on your new CAT because I have a couple of new in-the-box flappers that are left over when I sold my NAPA store. I may have something that can help you out. I also have a bunch of other things you might be interested in like bucket teeth, etc.
If you're interested in any of this Chris I can shoot a video of what I have and put it up on my youtube channel for you to see. I live in North Carolina also.
Not sure how your forward/reverse is made , but I bet you'll find the problem in the linkage. Should have ball or hiem ends that if they aren't in the correct position will bind as they go through shifting from forward to rewind. At least I think it doesn't go straight to a valve body.
Didn't know that the pond was on the downhill side of the field. Now the berms make sense. Daddy took his 212 Cat motor grader and cut a diversion ditch on the upper side of our pond, cause every time it rained the water would flow out the spillway.
Loved this video! Enjoy watching the improvements u are making already. There's such satisfaction improving ur own land! Hopefully there are fish in ur pond. What trees u removed today sure made a difference. God's blessings and stay safe. Remember to take ur time and enjoy ur farm.
man, i would enjoy working with that much moisture on the ground. Even betting working in a lite rain. The equipment likes it too. Eating dirt all day gets old quickly. Cheers from Louisiana.
That's why you never want a water oak near your house. They get big and beautiful in a hurry compared to other oaks, but they get rotten and drop limbs and fall over in a hurry too.
I hear you say "I gotta fix all this, I got so much work to do in here" and I think : you're preaching to the choir, brother. I just wish I had free access to the equipment you have!
That's funny. I've been a construction inspector all of my career of over 44 years and worked around a lot of heavy equipment doing soils work. I don't know how many thousands of times I've seen those little flaps at the top of the exhaust pipe and never gave them a second thought other then wondering why they were there. It never occurred to me that it was to keep the rain out. One of life's little secrets !!
My husband looked at a tractor once that had not had the flap on top of the exhaust - the whole engine was seized up from the rain and snow getting in there, rusting everything and doing nasiies to the engine.
I'm curious as to why you would give up a foot of ground when putting up your fence? We always run them right down the property line. Unless it's a creek or something you just can't fence. Round up and a year or two of soybeans is the best solution for that pigweed. Best regards from indiana.
Neighbor said he didn't care what he did. Fencing it out constitutes abandonment in some states. In Indiana and Ohio, neighbor can be forced to pay half for line fence.
Looks like your really getting the hang of knocking over trees with the track loader. Ive been wondering for a while. Would it be faster, with all the work you have lined up. To go through with a mulcher on your skid steer. Like when you do fence paths and things. Then go back through with the 220 and pick all the big trees. Like you did one that was like 2 miles, and had tons of huge piles throughout, which most probably could have been ran over and mulch pretty fast
So nice to share your dreams and visions sir. Tranquility in your woods and hearing the water running slowly over the dam is so serene. Really enjoy you sharing with us. Thank you.
You bought yourself a very nice piece of land…very happy for you & to see how you continue to develop it "in your spare time" !!
Ahhhh…..the steady hum of a machine in the mists. Nice video, sir, thank you.
Really love these walkabouts Chris! Going to be glorious when your visions turn into reality. 30 years from now, when your 60, you'll be wondering where all the time went! Lol! Thanks for the great content!
Chris, love when you think out loud! Your vision is exciting, and, yes, you do have the equipment for the job!! Time will magically appear! And, we all will be here for the adventure! Thank you!!
Now I'm really looking forward to Chris working on his own pond. I hope he gets time to do it.
Always impressed with how you can walk the land a see what it will look like in the future!!
That pond is going to be really nice when you have worked on it. Hope you got the issue with the 953 sorted. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
Does Chris love the new farm? Oh, yeah! ❤️️😍 "I have so much work to do." Labor of love, labor of love.......❤️️❤️️❤️️
By early spring I believe you will have that field all clean up and maybe some new grass growing.
Your cleaned up pond looks good full.
A little time hear and there and you’ll have your new property looking great. This small project today cleaned up nicely. With the equipment you have it won’t ever get overgrown again.
Hi how are you doing. Maria from LA I’m single and looking for new friendship hope you don’t mind 😊
I can see your getting on to how best use the 953, but I am thinking all that rain has softened up the ground to help with the removal of the brush,undergrowth, and smaller trees. Nice running machine though. Thanks for the ride along sir.
Hi how are you doing. Maria from LA I’m single and looking for new friendship hope you don’t mind 😊
Time is a fundamental thing waits for no one. Great video Chris Thanks.
bring that 250 in and get your project going on your pond, on your new land. i love that massive machine. great videos Chris........
Great video! I get a lot of satisfaction restoring old field edges to their original state.
Vision and equipment. That's Chris 30 minutes made a huge difference. Cleaned the tree line and pig weed at the same time. Ponds look good. Another beautiful piece of property. I would give anything for some rain. 103 every day for weeks and not a drop of water and none in sight. Texas summer. Good video.
@0:35 Chris, in my region lot of those CAT track loader series with that exhaust pipe runned, no one has a rain protection on. No rain or snow problems ever happend.
Yep, you and D have lots to do on Oak Hill Farms. It seems the only 'free time' you have left would be going without sleep - I don`t recommend that. That pond does look good and a fine pond for bream. Fourway Francine needs a flapper cap for the exhaust. That wet soft ground is making it easier to "pull it out by the roots". Shifter linkages might have wallered out egg shaped holes.
….making fields great again! Great job Chris, you got it shaping up nicely!
Chris ,should have a weep hole in the defuser part of the elbow on the exhaust. Just make sure it's not rusted up.itwill be fine
As a viewer from the U.K. I could not help but think, as you walked around the pond, of a British 'Public Information' film from the 70's, which showed a cloaked figure standing by such a pond, saying " I am the Spirit of Dark and Lonely Waters......" a film all about water safety, ".. and this is the sort of place you'd expect to find me." The film went on to show various drownings in unexpected places, we knew how to make light hearted fun family entertainment back then
Just a suggestion for pig weed. Brush hog it down and then no till sorghum over it. The sorghum will grow fast and tall. Blocking the light and killing off the pigweed. Just a thought.
pigweed will blow right through sorghum
@@richardschipper5989 Ok what is your solution chemicals?
That pond is beautiful the way it is. Wonderful place for wildlife habitat. Nice woods all around it reinforcing dam.
Thanks for sharing
Great video 👍 👍
Could you take the motor grader and cut a ditch like you did along the road for the county I think it is great what you are doing with the new land Keep up the great work always a joy to watch
tho making a ditching bucket could be a video or two
Love your vision for the farm and all things really. Time is the bug bear of all. Pond is beautiful. Regrowth speed is not something I see here. Cap is urgent requirement.
DO NOT BUILD YOUR FENCE INSIDE YOUR PROPERTY LINE!!! Build it on the line.. The best way to lost property is to "surrender" the property line by building INSIDE of it. Many a surveyor has made a living defending (or in some cases claiming) that a boundary line that has a fence that is not where it is supposed to be is the true line.
That loader is a beast, especially that center bucket cylinder!! Stand back if a hose ever breaks on that!! Stay safe always!!
Looking good, i'm impressed how well that Old jewel run's... Chris always explaining the Issue's ( like this) with the machines and fixes etc is Over the top.....And brings more of an experience to the channel.
For what others have said is an oversized skid steer, that machine is a beast! I would be thrilled to have it.
Sometimes I think planning is the most fun part of a project.
Please show us what you found out what is going with the shifter
Thank you for the video. This day looks like a good day to sleep in and relax. It must be hard to have a hard-working ethic that makes tough to relax.
Are you kidding me, I bet he gets on the machines too relax? Just funnin' with ya, but it is strange how some people do relax. Good day to you.
Probably not as much water got in as you might have thought, given the amount of rain that fell…, the actual exhaust pipe diameter appears pretty small. However a cover for the future, is a wise plan of action. The property is a beautiful piece of ground.., for you to shape and mold…, as you said “i got the right equipment to do it”… Then there is that old issue of “time”…. hahaha…
Great video,
Thank you sir.
Yes!
Taking shape, looking good, learning a lot from you in land clearing!
The 953 is a smoother-mover for sure. Sweet!!!
Hi how are you doing. Maria from LA I’m single and looking for new friendship hope you don’t mind 😊
953 is probably one of my favorite machines to run
we need some of that rain here in Houston TX
@letsdig18 hey man something CRAZY happened to me. Discovered your channel yesterday and watched a few videos last night. Then as I was pulling out the gas station this morning otw to work your dump truck and excavator turned on the road past me! Didn't know you were in NC. Blew my mind!!!
@letsdig18 if you ever need any welding or equipment repair look me up McNeill Welding
tree line is more defined now. looking better all the time. stay safe.
Enjoy everything that you have going on if you need help I am here just reach out thanks for a great video
Looking better and better. Stay safe
Man so many possibilities, Chris will be getting new ideas every time he is on the new farm lol
I've been visiting a friend in AL since 2009 & have watched the corner of his property he's not cutting go from weeds to 30' trees in that time.
Only things that grow that fast in the UK are ash & sitka spruce.
You’ve got some nice pine trees around that pond. You could mill them up and build at least one building with them. It’s crazy how it’s soupy on one side of that field and dry as a bone on the other.
You can't control nature but you have a good understanding of working with nature. The property is coming along nicely
Every little bit helps, Chris. 👍
You have the new acreage looking good in no time. 😉
SALUDOS CHRIS, ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. G.B.Y..
Like the video on the new farm .
Chris can't wait to see it when you are threw with it .
That loader has the power to move the world, but it just isn't an excavator. At least the rain helped loosen the ground some.
Where's the mini, out on a job? That could do the cleanup pretty quick!
Pond looks pretty good now that it's full.
You are fortunate you live out in the woods.
Great job on the property line looks great
Those hystats like high idle. The pressures and flows do wierd things at lower RPM's. Need a root rake for that thing now! Put a few of those on track loaders. I think someone's excavator you ran had a modified one on it for raking up debris. Only donw side is they aren't quick attach. Track loaders are awesome machines!!
correct they need to be run at near wide open, not at low speeds
This new track loader is a beast, my new favorite
Clearing trees Most fun had outside the bedroom LOL Looks like pretty good growing soil
Chris... cool stuff you're working on! Congratulations on your new project! Here's a cool idea... Get some goats! It is amazing how well and quickly those little guys can clear out the underbrush!
A little here a little there she will be a nice little spread when your done.Well there will always be something you want improve.
quick work there
Chris you got the tree line looking good, you should be able to see if Sasquatch is watching you now!! Thanks for taking us with you on the walk through the woods, that was awesome!! Why you got the loader back at the shop, don't forget your wiper blades! Thanks for all the hard work you do on your videos I appreciate it, I know other people do too!! 👌👍🎥👍✌
The vision of the way you want the property it will look great thanks for the video
Mr. Simon has just the thing for your field drainage 😎
Yes he does
Looks great 👍
30 mins at a time…if that’s what it takes, so be it! Thanks for sharing Chris!
Chris, "This is going to be a nice pond when I'm done with it". We are like, "Do bears crap in the woods!"
That's a good piece of land.
Northwest of you. Same here; tops twisted out of trees. Over 20 at last count.
My Dad bought a 1964 Cat D7E dozer just after the 64 earthquake up here in Alaska To help clear out and rebuild Anchorage from the damage it wrought! I LOVE driving and working with that monster! Still in pristine condition had some minor repairs and scheduled maintenance but all around its a work horse...kind of a bit loud but its been worth every penny he spent! It has 31k hours on it! I bought a 1992 Cat 349FL Excavator brand new I have only 2.1k hours on it and have had multiple issues with it... Old is better?!? Neither of them nor any other big machines we have are ever left out in the elements and scheduled maintenance is always the key! Also knowing the limitations of each mech. is a must! Good content again young man!
Your clam bucket will pick those small trees really easy. Saves having to grub them all out.
Nice fence line clearing and when you get through with your pond we know it's going to be fantastic, great Video.
Let me know what size pipe you have on your new CAT because I have a couple of new in-the-box flappers that are left over when I sold my NAPA store. I may have something that can help you out. I also have a bunch of other things you might be interested in like bucket teeth, etc.
If you're interested in any of this Chris I can shoot a video of what I have and put it up on my youtube channel for you to see. I live in North Carolina also.
Looking good Chris👍👍👍👍
Not sure how your forward/reverse is made , but I bet you'll find the problem in the linkage. Should have ball or hiem ends that if they aren't in the correct position will bind as they go through shifting from forward to rewind.
At least I think it doesn't go straight to a valve body.
"We get on great but i don't want to see them " 😂 love it .
Holy Cow!!! Did he almost just cuss?!?! Lol have at it Chris love the channel!
He must be pissed. 😄
Show the 'tinkering'!
Man , that dozer is handy, picked up that large tree like it was nothing..nice video Chris
not a dozer, it's a hi-lift
Didn't know that the pond was on the downhill side of the field. Now the berms make sense. Daddy took his 212 Cat motor grader and cut a diversion ditch on the upper side of our pond, cause every time it rained the water would flow out the spillway.
Loved this video! Enjoy watching the improvements u are making already. There's such satisfaction improving ur own land! Hopefully there are fish in ur pond. What trees u removed today sure made a difference. God's blessings and stay safe. Remember to take ur time and enjoy ur farm.
Really leaning up well
man, i would enjoy working with that much moisture on the ground. Even betting working in a lite rain. The equipment likes it too. Eating dirt all day gets old quickly.
Cheers from Louisiana.
That's why you never want a water oak near your house. They get big and beautiful in a hurry compared to other oaks, but they get rotten and drop limbs and fall over in a hurry too.
You can see that it makes it's way to the pond near the 64. Turn right out of your driveway and the pond is at that T-junction.
And makes it all the way down to Buckhorn Reservoir.
That's looking better every day
I hear you say "I gotta fix all this, I got so much work to do in here" and I think : you're preaching to the choir, brother. I just wish I had free access to the equipment you have!
Sadly fuel is far from free, and getting further away every week!
Equipment isn't free either.
That's funny. I've been a construction inspector all of my career of over 44 years and worked around a lot of heavy equipment doing soils work. I don't know how many thousands of times I've seen those little flaps at the top of the exhaust pipe and never gave them a second thought other then wondering why they were there. It never occurred to me that it was to keep the rain out. One of life's little secrets !!
My husband looked at a tractor once that had not had the flap on top of the exhaust - the whole engine was seized up from the rain and snow getting in there, rusting everything and doing nasiies to the engine.
Looks like a good setting for bluegill and pan fish! You could probably grow some monster bluegill.
hopefully you can get some good video when you get your land fenced in. that would be fun to watch as well
Great video my man enjoyed that👍
I enjoyed your talk on tree growth. I live in the south west desert and have difficulty getting a tree to grow at all, thus felt jealous.
Actually clearing takes away wind deflectors and tress that are use to that barrier don't have to be as robust so end up down from the high winds...
This can be true
Wish you weren't so so far away I yall to go around my hay fields. That looks 👍.
Chris, how do you control “pig weed” on your property? Herbicides or plow it under?
I'm probably going to let it grow up and before it seeds bush hog it then spray it
I'm curious as to why you would give up a foot of ground when putting up your fence? We always run them right down the property line. Unless it's a creek or something you just can't fence.
Round up and a year or two of soybeans is the best solution for that pigweed.
Best regards from indiana.
To make things easier, legal problems, shared liability, fence repair, just guess. 🤔
Neighbor said he didn't care what he did. Fencing it out constitutes abandonment in some states. In Indiana and Ohio, neighbor can be forced to pay half for line fence.
Well, ya got something done.
Time for plan B or C?????
@letsdig18 it still manages to retain traction even if the ground is sloppy and wet
Glad to see video
Looks like your really getting the hang of knocking over trees with the track loader. Ive been wondering for a while. Would it be faster, with all the work you have lined up. To go through with a mulcher on your skid steer. Like when you do fence paths and things. Then go back through with the 220 and pick all the big trees. Like you did one that was like 2 miles, and had tons of huge piles throughout, which most probably could have been ran over and mulch pretty fast