Hi Chris, single retired mom here in Ca. (nearing 70yrs old) lived in Va. and NC. Recently found your videos and I'm certainly enjoying them along with your commentary. So pleased to see you didn't cut down that little dogwood tree, not sure it had white blooms awesome job! One worry was Jimmy out there without a helmet with all those widow makers flying around. You with your experience well understand the risks, but him young and in training ? Thank you for sharing Bless you.
Whoever invented the thumb for those machines deserves way more credit than they have gotten. In 96 I had never seen an excavator being used for anything besides digging ditches, by 2006 almost everyone had changed to using them for lot clearing; before that everyone had a 963 or similar for clearing.
I pushed over a 30' pine tree once with a little 226B skid steer and thought it was the coolest thing ever! Now I see this is common practice and it totally makes sense, super easy to clear an area!
Those radios y'all bought sure would be nice! Then you could just tell Tim that those logs we're poplar and not oak. But I reckon volvo sign language works too. Lol
People in Louisiana would crap to see one of those big boulders in my front yard! lol seriously I wish I had one in the front yard! They’re cool looking!
They are called erratics. They were picked up by the glaciers way up north, pushed south as the glaciers moved south. Left behind when the glaciers retreated about 10k years ago.
Looks like the 160 is getting a bit of play in pins and it looks a little grimy from grease residue. Great video as always Chris, keep up the awesome work!!
NIce dirt today, instead of that red brick clay you usually work. I think the phrase for those rocks coming from an ice age is "glacial moraine". $2 + that gets you a cheap coffee. Nice job.
I was like how the heck did that big tree end up with the stump cut off after he knocked it down and moved it lol I had to back up and watch it again and notice the break in the video.
Hey Chris nice little job there. Got a question when you have room and laying trees down how’s come you don’t walk the machine forward while bucket high on tree?? Less chance for tree to come back on you plus more control where you want to lay it down. Just trying to help you out a little. Try sometime you may like that style of clearing. Take care
@@stevehelliwell9101 The Labrador Ice Sheet almost made it to where the Ohio River is now in southern Ohio. North Carolina was a boreal forest near the coast but quickly turned to taiga further inland. There was not even permafrost in NC except for small parts high in the Appalachian Mountains. On the coast the ice sheet made it to just south of Manhattan Island where you can see evidence of it in Central Park. Also, I want to add that glacial erratics are very rough stones. The stones in that field have been shaped by water.
Beer Money Logging went home parched on this gig.😕 Do they plan to have footers dug in this rock garden or is cabin going on poles? Thanks for video...
The 160 Volvo should be around $250 per hr with operator and the skid steer should be around $150 per hr with a operator so my guess would be around $3,500 low end $5,500 on high end....my machines are older and those are numbers I can get close to he may be able to get more with newer machines
Holly crap where do you guys work in san Francisco. My newer 160 about 145 hour. And track skid 95/100 hr. And we got the worst rock digging conditions in half the world. I mean rocks. My 330 excavator is at 175 hour. Crazy crazy crazy. If we got them prices i could surley. Give you a retirement date in advance
This is the first of your videos where there seems to be a decent amount of topsoil, 6" or so at the outset, and it ended up with wet sticky clay - was that the intention?
it wouldn't hurt to learn a little bit about that glacial area.... a lot of gold, silver and quartz are found in those areas...and your digging a lot of dirt lol..
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Myself favorite thing is watching you clear land and the way you break the trees by using other trees to crunch them into smaller pieces! Cool brother
Chris u had me crack n up with yur singing n gestures... Love to hear u say.. COME ON... 😍
I miss Tim, I enjoyed you having help that could operate also! Less strain on a awesome operator as yourself Chris! You rock brother!
Hi Chris, single retired mom here in Ca. (nearing 70yrs old) lived in Va. and NC. Recently found your videos and I'm certainly enjoying them along with your commentary. So pleased to see you didn't cut down that little dogwood tree, not sure it had white blooms awesome job! One worry was Jimmy out there without a helmet with all those widow makers flying around. You with your experience well understand the risks, but him young and in training ? Thank you for sharing Bless you.
Whoever invented the thumb for those machines deserves way more credit than they have gotten. In 96 I had never seen an excavator being used for anything besides digging ditches, by 2006 almost everyone had changed to using them for lot clearing; before that everyone had a 963 or similar for clearing.
Around where I live we use them for scraping old cars, awesome machine's with many uses that thumb is a totaled game changer
One of my favorite jobs is clear and grub. Save those rocks! Great landscapers!
I pushed over a 30' pine tree once with a little 226B skid steer and thought it was the coolest thing ever! Now I see this is common practice and it totally makes sense, super easy to clear an area!
It's probably boring for you, but I really enjoy watching you drop and fold those trees.
It's almost like you know what you are doing! 😜
Thanks.
Yeah I’m watching another older video Chris! I love em all brother! And always waiting for the next one my brother! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Well done Chris and Timski. 👍👍🇵🇪🐕❤️
The boulders are really cool! That’ll be a pretty spot for a cabin
Folds them trees like he's folding envelopes. Nice job!
Nice little lot in the woods 😲👍
The owners have a good source of boulders to build a nice wall or maybe a fire pit.Nice job clearing those pesky saplings.
Those radios y'all bought sure would be nice! Then you could just tell Tim that those logs we're poplar and not oak. But I reckon volvo sign language works too. Lol
Well if the cabin does not work out they could at least have a rock concert there. Made for a great video bro
Chris your doing a great job being patient with tim while he’s learning.
People in Louisiana would crap to see one of those big boulders in my front yard! lol seriously I wish I had one in the front yard! They’re cool looking!
Made quick work of that! Cool boulders too. Maybe Wade will catch on one of these days and get a stihl 🤣
Nice job, looks clean when the skid steer finished up grading out!
Nice friday project clearing one big tree and small trees Chris with the 160 excavator.....for a cabin in the woods 👌👍
That is productivity in action. Use what tools you have to do the job including the environment.
They are called erratics. They were picked up by the glaciers way up north, pushed south as the glaciers moved south. Left behind when the glaciers retreated about 10k years ago.
South,.. as in florida? Got any links to that?
Job done very well 👌
Great video Christopher!!!
Perfect one day job, love them.
I’m glad to see you can entertain yourself while your working lol
Those rocks are called “ erratics”. Dropped by the glacier here and there when it withdrew.
love your methodology. thanks for sharing.
ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
I saw the video from Volvo showing the new EC200. Looks like a nice machine.
That 160 could use some polish. Its ALWAYS sunny and at least 70 in North Carolina!
ted coffman that’s a lie nothing but rain it feels like this year
Very nice and neat.
Snap them like toothpicks, nice wooded lot looks like prime area for deer nice job guys 😀👍👍
That Stihl has plenty of power.
Plucking hairs in the woods, nice job!
Clearing job was very good .
Looks like the 160 is getting a bit of play in pins and it looks a little grimy from grease residue. Great video as always Chris, keep up the awesome work!!
enjoyed your clearing video.. love the chainsaw action too
Tim and his chainsaw, it's a beautiful thing!
Looks great
I admire your skill with an excavator !! 😍😍😍
Chris.... If you have the thumb extended about half way and you boom all the way in can you hit your front glass? It looks really close sometimes.
it will hit the corner of the cab
NIce dirt today, instead of that red brick clay you usually work.
I think the phrase for those rocks coming from an ice age is "glacial moraine".
$2 + that gets you a cheap coffee.
Nice job.
The weird rocks have a great name... They are 'erratics' deposited there by glaciers.
I was like how the heck did that big tree end up with the stump cut off after he knocked it down and moved it lol I had to back up and watch it again and notice the break in the video.
Glacial erratics are stones and rocks that were transported by a glacier, and then left behind after the glacier melted
great work but knowing what I know now so sad for the trees that are taken down.
Boulders are called glacial erratics. They sit on top or in a moving glacier, dropping them as it moves or melts.
The 160 needs a buff.
Thanks for the video.
Nice place for a cabin I would stay there the entire deer season
...love the dogwoods...
Keep up the great work man
Hey Chris nice little job there. Got a question when you have room and laying trees down how’s come you don’t walk the machine forward while bucket high on tree?? Less chance for tree to come back on you plus more control where you want to lay it down. Just trying to help you out a little. Try sometime you may like that style of clearing. Take care
Nice job👍Sweet excavator😊
The 160 is starting to look abit faded chris! Keep up the good work 👍
I'd love to have a dozen-or-so of those boulders .. for landscaping .. care to bring them over? (ha!)
What happened to the hand held radios
Bam ! Bam!! just like that , hows it's done.....
That bucket and thumb is just an extension of his own arm!
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The name for the rocks is/are Erratics, they are left behind after the glacier melts away.
Except there were no glaciers in NC to melt away. 😉🤷♂️
@@ut000bs There is plenty of evidence to show glaciers were around the Raleigh area of NC.
@@stevehelliwell9101 The Labrador Ice Sheet almost made it to where the Ohio River is now in southern Ohio. North Carolina was a boreal forest near the coast but quickly turned to taiga further inland. There was not even permafrost in NC except for small parts high in the Appalachian Mountains.
On the coast the ice sheet made it to just south of Manhattan Island where you can see evidence of it in Central Park.
Also, I want to add that glacial erratics are very rough stones. The stones in that field have been shaped by water.
@@ut000bs Boone Fork glacier...;-)
@@ut000bs Glacial erratics can be either rough or smooth, or partly both, depending on when they were picked up & where they travelled in the glacier.
Those radios really come in handy don't they?
Especially when they are home ? lol !
Call Tim on the radio and tell him. The difference between oak and popular trees!!
Yes, it would seem that 'somebody' doesn't like using those 'walkie talkies', doesn't it?
Holy shit rocks first time I have seen them where you live
I can't get a good look at the bark, but it's probably Elm. The grain is super stringy to the point I refuse to split Elm for firewood.
Nice little job, but interesting too.
where are the radios you bought a while back??
Does all of your equipment have your buckets on them? They look bigger than the original one that can on them
Looks like the 160 needs a little bit of wash and wax action.
What size stihl chainsaw is that??
Looks like you do a fine job on the saw. The only problem I see is that it's a Stihl.
You prefer Fisher-Price?
@@RRRIBEYE Hahaha, Priceless.
Dang, that last pine tree had a ton of pollen all over it!
How long has tim been showing you how to clear?
When you going to install your radios?
Beer Money Logging went home parched on this gig.😕
Do they plan to have footers dug in this rock garden or is cabin going on poles? Thanks for video...
Nice video...
Moraine rocks.
That lot is slicker than a minnows gube.
You sure know how make that machine SING
Do you run the backhoe controls or the regular
nice thumb on that rig
If I have to see another advert for Nesspresso fucking coffee I might break something. >:#
The glacial rocks are called moraine
You mean Migraine ?
So what happened to the radios you bought to communicate?
See if you had your two way radios you could had called Tim on it lol lol ( sorry could not resist )
Todd Roberts just needs some cb radios installed. Good for the machine sand trucks.
Are you in Washington state?
How much would a do a job like this for?
1 Million dollars ! Jk I have no idea but two guys and 2 machines for 8hrs, I'm guessing 4000-6500 ?
august that’s kinda what I was thinking
The 160 Volvo should be around $250 per hr with operator and the skid steer should be around $150 per hr with a operator so my guess would be around $3,500 low end $5,500 on high end....my machines are older and those are numbers I can get close to he may be able to get more with newer machines
Holly crap where do you guys work in san Francisco. My newer 160 about 145 hour. And track skid 95/100 hr. And we got the worst rock digging conditions in half the world. I mean rocks. My 330 excavator is at 175 hour. Crazy crazy crazy. If we got them prices i could surley. Give you a retirement date in advance
Todd Reynolds I’m about 45 min north of SF haha
You need a floppy bucket like Dirt Perfect. LOL JK
Them. Sthils rip. Dont they. Within next few videos your gonna be over 200,000. Subs crazy
Todd, He deserves every one doesn't he !!
Ha Ha Ha, want to get Tim's attention? Throw a bucket in his face. Great videos and close to 200,000, good for you
17:26 .... I bet you Tim knows that oak is a poplar type of wood ;)
This is the first of your videos where there seems to be a decent amount of topsoil, 6" or so at the outset, and it ended up with wet sticky clay - was that the intention?
How old is the 160?
hello Chris bon job.
Do you ever find honey bees, in tgem old hollow trees?
it wouldn't hurt to learn a little bit about that glacial area.... a lot of gold, silver and quartz are found in those areas...and your digging a lot of dirt lol..
"Glacial erratics"
It's Pick Up Sticks with heavy equipment 😂
Lucky you move the 160 and the branch didn't land on the cab that's what you call a good operator