Its 5:25 pm and since Chris has a video ready, I`ll watch it first - then I will go and change out the faucet set on the utility sink. Just making sure my priorities are in the right order.
I am sitting here on a Friday thinking about the past work week and the differences between my desk job and what Chris does for a living. It might be the long week talking, and it’s a bit silly to say this, but Chris is literally changing the surface of a planet. Certain changes he has made will be around for hundreds if not thousands of years. Sure people might not know it was him, but still pretty cool. Anyway, back to the grind. I hope all are well that read this message.
Thats what i love about construction. In the UK i am a groundworker and get alot of pride knowing that my work will be around for a very long time. We do alot of machine work and just last year put in a 48km pipeline that will feed a whole city there water for years to come. And im always outside in all weather enjoying nature as much i can.
Hey Chris, maybe in one episode you can do an in depth explanation of how you approach/visualize getting a site GRADED especially working with sloping grades.
On a regular basis. Do you have the proverbial "bubble in your butt"? Is it just luck that you get a push to go as far and thick as you want it? Viewers want to know.
That farmer will be glad when you're done. That land was pretty much unusable until you guys brought in that fill. If I remember correctly, it was basically a drop off in some areas before you started filling it. Now he has all this extra he wasn't able to use before.
And it saved a bunch of $ from the landfill ( not counting the material ) since they got to dump it all there to do that, It worked out Really well to have that.
When I was a 18 I worked for a guy doing dirt work. Mostly round pointed shovel operator. He asked me one day if I had dozer experience and could I carry a grade. I said sure. After about an hour he came up to me and said. Your doing good but don’t waste your time doing all those fancy wash board ripples and the ditches needed to be on the side of the road not in the middle.
We have all been there if we have run a dozers. Grading sand with a D6, all you had to remember was if it was going good lift your blade it was going to go down.
@@Skorpychan As a retired haggis herder, I can confirm that. The original site was also unsuitable though, as haggis breeding requires roughly conical shaped hills to allow for mating.
@@craigsmith8217 I guess that would make them either right or left legged. Now a feller's got to figure out if he's got a right or left sided hill. Dang complications! lol.
That was some beautiful dirt work Chris!!!! I can’t believe you could take such a massive volume of rock and dirt and turn it into a beautiful field after the grass grows!!! Great work!!! Good to know your cows will have more space now.
This is the video I've been looking forward to - seeing land fit for pasture made from rock, waste dirt & a layer of topsoil. Everybody wins from this.
Gonna be hard for him to explain. Either you got it or you don’t. He was born with the gift to visualize that stuff. It’s kind of like an interior decorator they just have that talent.
Playing in the dirt as a child with my metal Tonka trucks, dozers and excavator brought to real life form, I love it. Just pulling your leg, this is a lot of serious work that has to be done.
I always enjoy watching your shows , My dad used to be a heavy equipment operator in San Diego,Mostly big cat dozers and Michigan dozers , I don't think you could get his cat hat off him , Most of his Works were on interstates , Your show brings back many good memories, You do excellent work
Wonder if watching thousands of hours of these videos would help get me a job driving one of these machines. I am 78 got nothing else to do?? Thanks Chris for giving me such a education and training while I enjoy every moment of it.
2021 cabs on heavy machinery with heat / air. Music ect. Make working in the dirt a lot better. Long hours of open cab no fun. Chris you must wish at times the motor grader had a inclosed cab. Professional done job as always 👌🇺🇲
I hope everyone was watching 'Uncle John' in the background? He's as deft with dirt as is Chris, he's just usually behind a windshield. No wasted moves, dirt where it's needed to help Chris place it easily.
That looks a fantastic job Chris watching you on the dozer reminds me of my very first day driving HI B100 dozer with a 4 in 1 loading bucket God did I learn very fast, another great video Chris thanks for everything you post on hear.
Very good work. On your recommendation I got me a pair of Ariat heritage roper boots. Just went whole hog and got me a pair of the dura terrain waterproof shoes. Like floating on an air cushion. Thanks for that.
I recall being a curious 10 year-old in the 1950s, watching with awe as D4, D6 and Euclid scrapers bellowed away at their work, with their drivers sitting there out in the open in all weather, physically wrestling with the controls; no muffs, no safety belts - bloody dangerous. How much technology has changed for the better!
Chris I just wanted to say thank you again for taking us along with you every day and letting us get to watch what you do but anyway brother another great video so you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming and I hope y’all got that pond dredging job where y’all went and rescued the excavator the girl that will be a good job there and some good videos.
you know chris , this is the only machine that i never got a chance to learn to operate , came close onetime when was i workin in the oilfield . but ended up with exacavator mid-size even baby one ..lol mini exacavator,30ton rocktruck , loader and so on . tks...maybe make video on it huh
Good ole Betsy getting the job done that's a great dozer as far back as I can remember it never gave trouble an gets the job done 👍 thank u Chris for the great videos 👍 ps was that Ms barbie working the 160 😂
Fair amount of dirt there To even everything out.the weather sucked at that job site. Looks good man.at least all the Rocks and Stones are now burried 🤣
Go to an auction get an old wheat drill.?drill in wheat or rye a then sow your grass seed then mow the wheat. It won't wash and gives grass a good start. Wheat does out after one year.
I can't read the grade for damn thing out of any camera view on anyones channel that does grading. Over the long run yeah but as you're making a pass with the dozer I can't tell where the high and low spots are at all. As a person that does grading, this has aggravated the shit out of me since I started watching grading on youtube. The finished product looked very nice overall. Stay well. -Wil 👍
I don't get some of the comment/concern over some possible future tract home builder possibly having to deal with the rock fill. They might not last very long under the current farleft wackocommunist regime, but for now the current land owner has more right to improve his property as he sees fit than some fictitious future developer. It's not like he's using it as a toxic landfill. And rock seems to be pretty common in the area. It's not clear if basements are as common, because of all of the rock.
Another transformation... as you end both the dig and dump sites please do a before and after of both... just to show perspective how huge this really was...
Definitely describes my profession for 38 years. I used to buy, repair, refurbish and sell pinball and arcade games and work as service manager for routes and owned and sold 3 of my own. Jukeboxes and pool tables also. You really don't want to play pinball games with me for money. I once won tickets to see if Who play Pinball Wizard. My nickname in the Florida Keys was the Wizz for the ten years I lived down there as the Service Manager for the largest route operator in the upper Keys. Loved every day I lived down there.
Wow, Who’s dump site got all of that Fill..?? 😱🤷🏻♂️🤔 We could have used some of That when we filled in a canyon at the East end of COX field in Apex, way back When extending the Runway 500 feet 😎👍 That’s some good stuff right there, but that was back in the 90’s✅ Did they haf’ta pay for it.??
I'm a truck driver and I've watched many of chrises videos. Have to say for me it's a soothing/ relaxing feel I get. Actually binged watched many of his videos. Much better than watching political crap...
Just think, a couple hundred years from now some anti-gravity excavator operator will be digging up all these buried boulders and have them transported to a long-abandoned "building site" that was judged to be undesirable because of a "huge rock vein" running through it. And the circle is complete.
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Its 5:25 pm and since Chris has a video ready, I`ll watch it first - then I will go and change out the faucet set on the utility sink. Just making sure my priorities are in the right order.
Sounds good!
You betcha!
I am sitting here on a Friday thinking about the past work week and the differences between my desk job and what Chris does for a living. It might be the long week talking, and it’s a bit silly to say this, but Chris is literally changing the surface of a planet. Certain changes he has made will be around for hundreds if not thousands of years. Sure people might not know it was him, but still pretty cool. Anyway, back to the grind. I hope all are well that read this message.
Very insightful. FRANK!!
What he is doing is confusing future archaeologists.
Thats a cool piece of insight! Thanks for saying it! Maybe that can be Guin Excavating ‘s motto “changing the earth, one scoop at a time”
Thats what i love about construction. In the UK i am a groundworker and get alot of pride knowing that my work will be around for a very long time. We do alot of machine work and just last year put in a 48km pipeline that will feed a whole city there water for years to come. And im always outside in all weather enjoying nature as much i can.
Hey Chris, maybe in one episode you can do an in depth explanation of how you approach/visualize getting a site GRADED especially working with sloping grades.
That be a great little insert in a video.
That would be a great whole video also
I third the motion.
On a regular basis. Do you have the proverbial "bubble in your butt"? Is it just luck that you get a push to go as far and thick as you want it? Viewers want to know.
The man that owns that land should be proud of you for doing a great job . Look great as always brother
When completed, the before and after pics should be awesome
Mmm the clanka clanka clanka sound of steel tracks is so soothing to hear 😊 nice and tidy work as usual!
Always amazed at just how nice that little dozer finishes off a job nicely. Safe travels
That farmer will be glad when you're done. That land was pretty much unusable until you guys brought in that fill. If I remember correctly, it was basically a drop off in some areas before you started filling it. Now he has all this extra he wasn't able to use before.
And it saved a bunch of $ from the landfill ( not counting the material ) since they got to dump it all there to do that, It worked out Really well to have that.
Who knew that watching someone push dirt around could be so satisfying?
Its nice, I had to skip ahead sometimes it gets a bit repetitive. But the finished product looked great!
I am hoping that soon I will have watched enough of these videos to buy my own digger and dig some stuff for real.
I worry about the ethics of moving the worms in that there topsoil to somewhere they maybe didn't want to go.
I think it is the hummmm of the engines.
When I was a 18 I worked for a guy doing dirt work. Mostly round pointed shovel operator. He asked me one day if I had dozer experience and could I carry a grade. I said sure. After about an hour he came up to me and said. Your doing good but don’t waste your time doing all those fancy wash board ripples and the ditches needed to be on the side of the road not in the middle.
We have all been there if we have run a dozers. Grading sand with a D6, all you had to remember was if it was going good lift your blade it was going to go down.
Now the cows won't have short legs on one side. Good job Chris!
On the downside, now he can't keep haggises.
@@Skorpychan brilliant
@@Skorpychan As a retired haggis herder, I can confirm that. The original site was also unsuitable though, as haggis breeding requires roughly conical shaped hills to allow for mating.
It is claimed that there are two varieties of haggis, one with longer left legs and the other with longer right legs.
@@craigsmith8217 I guess that would make them either right or left legged. Now a feller's got to figure out if he's got a right or left sided hill. Dang complications! lol.
That was some beautiful dirt work Chris!!!! I can’t believe you could take such a massive volume of rock and dirt and turn it into a beautiful field after the grass grows!!! Great work!!! Good to know your cows will have more space now.
What a great use for that material. As a farmer I would love to have that much more usable land.
This is the video I've been looking forward to - seeing land fit for pasture made from rock, waste dirt & a layer of topsoil.
Everybody wins from this.
The more I learn about heavy equipment operating the more I realize how good this guy is at it.
50 years from now someone tries to build a subdivision.
Starts digging basements....what the heck is with all these rocks???...LOL!
😄😄🤣🤣🤣 i was thinking that too
His parting shot. Make a nice cow pasture. I thought, "Who's the poor bugger that digs the post holes for the fence?"
In case it wasn't noticed, rock doesn't appear to be exactly non existent above or below grade in the area.
"I'll use these rocks as fill on another job" And the cycle repeats.
The land owner should be happy as hell. He has a lot more flat ground just in time for it to green up.
I believe this is on the family farm property
Gonna be hard for him to explain. Either you got it or you don’t. He was born with the gift to visualize that stuff. It’s kind of like an interior decorator they just have that talent.
Playing in the dirt as a child with my metal Tonka trucks, dozers and excavator brought to real life form, I love it. Just pulling your leg, this is a lot of serious work that has to be done.
I always enjoy watching your shows , My dad used to be a heavy equipment operator in San Diego,Mostly big cat dozers and Michigan dozers , I don't think you could get his cat hat off him , Most of his Works were on interstates , Your show brings back many good memories, You do excellent work
Wonder if watching thousands of hours of these videos would help get me a job driving one of these machines. I am 78 got nothing else to do?? Thanks Chris for giving me such a education and training while I enjoy every moment of it.
A remarkable transformation. I couldn't even start to imagine how many tons of rocks, clay and dirt you've hauled there to get it looking like this.
That ole boy is going to have a pretty nice addition to his property, thanks to you Chris! Looks awesome brother, another awesome job brother! 👍🏻👍🏻
2021 cabs on heavy machinery with heat / air. Music ect. Make working in the dirt a lot better.
Long hours of open cab no fun.
Chris you must wish at times the motor grader had a inclosed cab.
Professional done job as always 👌🇺🇲
Man, you have to love your job. It gives me pleasure watching you work.
I hope everyone was watching 'Uncle John' in the background?
He's as deft with dirt as is Chris, he's just usually behind a windshield.
No wasted moves, dirt where it's needed to help Chris place it easily.
That looks a fantastic job Chris watching you on the dozer reminds me of my very first day driving HI B100 dozer with a 4 in 1 loading bucket God did I learn very fast, another great video Chris thanks for everything you post on hear.
Ive been in and around dirt work my whole life and ive never seen anyone as fast and smooth as chris
Looking great, Chris! I’ll bet you’re glad this rock job is coming to an end!
Have a great weekend Chris! Thanks for the video!
That looks much better. Many loads of material in that field.
That looks great. Nice job as always.
Chris what a difference from when you first started this job, there’s more field than before. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
Enjoying your late Christmas present. Chris, you are smoother; than I am at operating a dozer.
Another great job Chris 👏 👍
Very good work. On your recommendation I got me a pair of Ariat heritage roper boots. Just went whole hog and got me a pair of the dura terrain waterproof shoes. Like floating on an air cushion. Thanks for that.
It’s almost like you’ve worked with dirt before!
I recall being a curious 10 year-old in the 1950s, watching with awe as D4, D6 and Euclid scrapers bellowed away at their work, with their drivers sitting there out in the open in all weather, physically wrestling with the controls; no muffs, no safety belts - bloody dangerous. How much technology has changed for the better!
Looks awesome Chris! Fine job brother! 👍🏻👍🏻 thanks for sharing!
Chris I just wanted to say thank you again for taking us along with you every day and letting us get to watch what you do but anyway brother another great video so you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming and I hope y’all got that pond dredging job where y’all went and rescued the excavator the girl that will be a good job there and some good videos.
No one would believe there are 10,000 trucks worth of rock and dirt in there. Looks great
I thought it was around 600 truck loads? No?
10,000 yrds not trucks
Chris, Glad you got that " Huckle-Buckin " thing worked out! Otherwise, ..you might be dodgin a Farmers shotgun ! LOL
That is one great job, and what a difference it makes👍
you know chris , this is the only machine that i never got a chance to learn to operate , came close onetime when was i workin in the oilfield . but ended up with exacavator mid-size even baby one ..lol mini exacavator,30ton rocktruck , loader and so on . tks...maybe make video on it huh
Lovely big lawn to mow when seeded
Slicked her right on up , Looks Great Man ! Have a Great Weekend Chris !! On too the Next...
I bet that guy is very happy. looking really nice.
Once all complete, that is going to make for a really nice hay field...
The change is pretty incurable, and looks a lot nicer then the untouched ground on the bottom.
Straight up just a damn good job
Good ole Betsy getting the job done that's a great dozer as far back as I can remember it never gave trouble an gets the job done 👍 thank u Chris for the great videos 👍 ps was that Ms barbie working the 160 😂
Fair amount of dirt there To even everything out.the weather sucked at that job site. Looks good man.at least all the Rocks and Stones are now burried 🤣
Great job Chris.. love the dozer work... leaves me wanting more.
It's amazing how I can operate all day doing the same things as Chris but still come home and watch his videos.
The person who owns that land has to be extremely happy. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Go to an auction get an old wheat drill.?drill in wheat or rye a then sow your grass seed then mow the wheat. It won't wash and gives grass a good start. Wheat does out after one year.
I can't read the grade for damn thing out of any camera view on anyones channel that does grading. Over the long run yeah but as you're making a pass with the dozer I can't tell where the high and low spots are at all. As a person that does grading, this has aggravated the shit out of me since I started watching grading on youtube. The finished product looked very nice overall. Stay well. -Wil 👍
I would like to see this place and the animal hospital when grass is growing and building is done
Just awesome work. I do believe you could build a new pyramid.
What is so mesmerizing about a pile of dirt being flattened by a dozer? IDK but I can’t stop watching.
You answered a question, I was wondering if were stashing top soil, if you would take if you needed top soil somewhere! I guess not!
Everyone won on this one, looks great and usable land , great job
I guess it’s never to wet to plow in N.C. 🤣 that plot of land should make some good pastures this spring. What did you reclaim about 10 acres?
Except for the wind looks like better weather this weekend and the beginning of the week.
You got a nice dozer and you can flat a$$ run it too! Enjoyed to show!
That's some good lookin dirt. Wish i had 50 lds of it. That is gonna be nice pasture land
I don't get some of the comment/concern over some possible future tract home builder possibly having to deal with the rock fill.
They might not last very long under the current farleft wackocommunist regime, but for now the current land owner has more right to improve his property as he sees fit than some fictitious future developer.
It's not like he's using it as a toxic landfill. And rock seems to be pretty common in the area. It's not clear if basements are as common, because of all of the rock.
so do I recall correctly this is new converted acreage for crops? wow! you did a fabulous job, Chris! just how much acreage were you able to reclaim?
We got to Play with Tonka Toys as Kids. You Purchase and get Paid to Operate Full Size Models.👍
I have a tough time making the project level. I want a pool table and end up with a wash board. It's the dozier! If I just had a better dozier.
Looks like you gave him at least 5 or 10 acres of useable ground.
My mistake
Another transformation... as you end both the dig and dump sites please do a before and after of both... just to show perspective how huge this really was...
If you are lucky and fortunate enough to do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life.
-- Marc Anthony
Definitely describes my profession for 38 years.
I used to buy, repair, refurbish and sell pinball and arcade games and work as service manager for routes and owned and sold 3 of my own.
Jukeboxes and pool tables also.
You really don't want to play pinball games with me for money.
I once won tickets to see if Who play Pinball Wizard.
My nickname in the Florida Keys was the Wizz for the ten years I lived down there as the Service Manager for the largest route operator in the upper Keys.
Loved every day I lived down there.
@@ronaldheit196 Oh man ... it just doesn't get any better than that! Sometimes the profession or career just CHOOSES YOU!
I'm watching this on my ultra wide 34" Monitor. It's like being there.Imagine if it was 4K.
I thought you got rid of the old dozer when you bought that Komatsu?!? Good to fellow NC country boys gettin it done!!
Wow, Who’s dump site got all of that Fill..?? 😱🤷🏻♂️🤔
We could have used some of That when we filled in a canyon at the East end of COX field in Apex, way back
When extending the Runway 500 feet 😎👍 That’s some good stuff right there, but that was back in the 90’s✅
Did they haf’ta pay for it.??
Super cleanup!! 👍
Good ol rain back for a visit
Hey Chris awesome new page banner continue nothing but success
Just something about a bulldozer video. Always enjoy these.
Is this where the vets is going to be or have I missed a video somewhere cheers Peter UK 🇬🇧
This is where the rocks and extra soil from the vets came to. Its a farmers field, and it gave him several useful acres!
And at the end you get a happy landowner/farmer.
That was a huge project from the start many months ago till now.
very good place and job friend ,,
Another great job Chris 👍🇬🇧🍺
I'm a truck driver and I've watched many of chrises videos. Have to say for me it's a soothing/ relaxing feel I get. Actually binged watched many of his videos. Much better than watching political crap...
Amazing that you can get guys to keep rock, clay and topsoil seperat
Thats fun work right there
The land owner must be happy you treated him right. To bad many so called contractors don't do what the agreed upon.
Chris what would have been the price difference if you had to dump all that as opposed to filling in that land, was it worth it?
sharp looking job .... like the komatsu ? .... never ran one they look like a well balanced pusher
Hey Chris just wondering could you go brake sum beaver dams for old time sake 😉
The land owner is lucky to have a guy like Chris who will bury and reclaim properly!
I hear that it's the family's property. Is it ?
That will make a nice beanfield or corn patch now :-)
Absolutely awesome job!
Just think, a couple hundred years from now some anti-gravity excavator operator will be digging up all these buried boulders and have them transported to a long-abandoned "building site" that was judged to be undesirable because of a "huge rock vein" running through it. And the circle is complete.
That grader is so damn soothing to listen to. Surprised Chris has not fell asleep while grading.
It's like those ASMR videos. Put you to sleep in no time.
What grader?
That's because he was DOZING!
@@jeffwisemiller3590 nice one Dad
@@jeffwisemiller3590 you deserve an A grade for that.
What I learned from working land: Rocks sink in water and float in land. You or whoever comes after you aint done seeing those rocks.
Have you ever sat down and thought about how many miles you went back-and-forth 🤔 as heavy equipment operator over the years ......got to be a lot 🇺🇸😂
Just think of how many loads you hauled in there, looks good as always.