In my younger years, I did some surveying just North of the Yellow River East of Crestview, FL. A polt of land equaling 35 acres and having to measure and offset the line several times because the trees (36'+) were far too wide to be taken down. Not my best day, but I got it done correctly. There was one tree has a hole through it so the line could be seen. Think about that for a few minutes. We had to cross the river on multiple occasions, water moccasins and small alligators were present while crossing that river. BTW, the US Army Rangers have a camp near where we were surveying, so they had a blast watching how were traversed through that swampy area,
I did a survey job near Gainesville that had a nicely maintained green grass yard with 3 giant cypress trees . They were also maintained well . 2 were huge twisted gnarly things and 1 looked like the biggest X-mas tree you ever saw . Standing next to them I felt the same as when as a child I stood under that blue whale at the Smithsonian in DC , small .
Ur work ethic is amazing! Even in rain saturated soil, u work. Cleared land usable! Thank u so much for video. God's blessings for easy fix of hoses on excavator.
It always amazes me to see that limitations never stand in your way! You always do your project from beginning to end and finish them second to none you do such great work we all enjoy watching your videos and listening to your commentary it makes it very enjoyable to listen to them keep it up good job
Can't wait to see that pile burnin'. It's gonna bee seen for a couple of miles at night. I also can't wait until Chris begins digging out the pond. I wonder if Betty will be there on the job. We know that Barney will be there. If he buys that cutting head he could name it Bam Bam.
At least this pond will start out as dry land, not a swamp like the last job! Likely see Betty doing the job, unless it needs to be trucked out. As if it’s my project! 😅
Fine looking pile of stumps and twigs; who will be bringing the marshmallows nd hot dogs? Wishing you and your family a blessed Memorial Day holiday and a safe weekend. Peace Chris.
Thanks for the vid. I watched the vid on the AMI site of you taking delivery of that thumb and bucket. Seeing it in daily use ... it's a very impressive piece of kit. 👍 😁 Jim Bell (Australia)
With a camp fire that size Mr Bealy could almost have a ho down for the family, think of the amount of marshmallows that could toast. Another great video bro. Safe travels
Hickory tree huh, I have 4 of them around the house 3 in the front yard and one monster in the back yard difference in the nuts that I get is between a .5 dollar-sized small nut from front to those in excess of 3" across from that tree in the back yard. //there had been some 10 short needle pine trees that I removed. One of them fell toward the house and I made it fall away from the house when my Dad said that I would not be able to do that. Little did he know how I was going to make it get done, but it fell in the walkway in front of the house and the limbs weren't there when it fell. I'd gone up it like a monkey and removed those branches and as I did the tree started coming away from the house. I had delimbed the tree so nothing would hang from it weighing it down. When I pulled the stump using my Ranger XLT 6 cyl PU in reverse the stump jumped out of the ground. It was full of fat-litered which we used on Boy Scout Camping trips. FYI I was the Scoutmaster of Troop 507 Mary Esther, FL from 1972-1979,.
I have been " away " for a while, on my return i see new machinery and you are building a burn pile of stumps..... i m now thinking does the new machine have a controlled flame/ combustion thrower.... a quick Blast and move on.... now scanning for any water projects..
Definitely have plenty stuff for fish habitat in the upcoming pond build project Chris! lol That’s a lot of stumps brother, nothing near as many as your stump clearing job though! This is just a drop in a bucket compared to that job! lol 😂 I still enjoy watching you stack the pile up, if there’s not much dirty internet them, they make a hell of a hot fire brother! lol 😂 I’m sure enjoy watching you work with the thumb when clearing a property line, it sure comes in handy on those small trees and bushes! And watch you work yourself through the woods with your Volvo and never scraping her paint at all is what I call a real operator brother, she always looks great working in those tight areas, I wish I could get some of that hickory wood for my favorite hobby, grilling! Hickory, cherry and just about any fruit wood works great for grilling meat my friend! We just don’t have those amounts of smoking woods like y’all have there in North Carolina brother, the Carolina’s have most of the smoking woods I’ve seen! I have a guy on UTUBE that’s around that area that makes fruit wood charcoal and I’d like to get in touch with him and order some of his charcoal because he ships it to everyone across the country! Can’t remember his businesses name because it’s been so long since I’ve gotten on his channel! But I see you taking down of all these grilling wood trees and makes me want to get in touch with him to buy some! I would imagine he would probably buy some of the tree wood from Mr.Bealy if he knew y’all were taking it down and just piling and burning it! But that’s another adventure! Chris you’re doing a great job brother and thanks for sharing your time and videos my friend! 👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸 Stay safe brother! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
If it rains again I have a funny feeling the Skidders are going to be grabbing those brush piles and spreading out all that brush so they can drive on it
Not in this condition, Bealy is going to use that/the land as crops etc So a pit will not be of any benefit (creates more problems) / Projects that he does dig a pit, he does that in advance.
Just curious… With the thumb cylinder fully extended, if you curl the bucket into it will it defeat the thumb pressure via a good old fashioned relief valve or is there some sort of "smart system" that handles that?
You got rain and some mud - we don`t hear the 220 track squeeking. You need to make the path the size of machine you are using, you are not in the mini or the 160. Be careful when you talk to that operator that leaves too much dirt with the dozer root rake, if he quits how will you keep paying for equipment? ;) Do not buy the tree cutter, you are the Pond Master and Logger WaYde does not need competition.
Wow I thought that attachment for Cutting trees was way More than you said but of Course if you do have a Spare 100k its a lot of Money lol Great Vlog thanks
Curiosity, C&C was showing the differences between a commercial and Military machine and he showed where the army machine didn’t use DEF, is that worth looking at or are the other differences more a negative.
Its a roller on the Left side, he has mentioned it before, it is what it is and at this point its not worth a teardown to replace it, not a major factor etc.. If it was major he would have fixed it 6 mths+ ago.
Yeah, and that expense is just a start. How much for blades and sharpening, wear and tear, as well as regular maintenance. Kind of a specialty area you have avoided and maybe wisely so. Can one man make that head pay without a support crew?
If it was my property I think I would rent a big chipper and Chip every piece of wood that is scrap like all the brush and evenly spread it over the whole land and then till it in plow it and then disc harrow it I don't know but I would mix it in somehow so it would turn the compost and enrich the soil
He went thru all this on Bealy's channel in an interview. Short story - chipping is 4-5x as expensive as burning and then you don't get anything to grow for a few years. Go over there and watch to hear Chris explain it. ruclips.net/video/OhpNcLZ7bE4/видео.html
Yeah, Chris I'd say your going to have a few Raging Fires there !! lololol... Man, there is still a LOT of tops, and trash still to come yet, shit !! Gonna be on when you do finally get to set them on fire !! lololol... I believe, I see some late nights ahead once ya get burning... I know once you get to feeding the fires, ya can't hardly stop !! lolol.... Is what it is, you'll get it knocked out though.... Man, your machine sure does clear good, that Thumb, and Bucket combo, sure grabs everything really good.... Well, going to go watch it rain some more here in Western Ky., it's been raining here for the last 3-4 days off and on , done had a few inches of rain ourselves...lolol.. Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening Man, and, On too the Next !!
Enjoy your show Chris. You do an excellent job and I look forward to it daily. I especially enjoyed you and Matt from Diesel Creek. His channel is my other favorite. I live very close to a man with so many earth moving machines and I wonder why they are just sitting there. D11's Huge Cat Excavators, everything you could possibly imagine. If you're ever looking for a machine let me know and I'll give you the contact info. This guy has more equipment than a Richie Bros Sale, (Which is close to Matt and Diesel Creek). Take care and keep on doing exactly what you are doing.
I made use of the new path just a few minutes ago 😎
Congrats bro
Thats right give that D-6 operator a piece of your mind. 🤣🤣 Thank you for the video.
hehehe
Tough hickory is why grandma and grandpaw always sent us out to get a hickory switch. I learned young just how tough they are.
That pile of stumps and brush looks perfect for a fire, rained good, everything is wet around it....
Every day is a perfect day for a Chris fire 🔥🔥🔥 ! lol
Good size burn piles and no more of those small fires. Less than 20ft high is most likely a camp fire.
Three inches of rain? FIRE TIME!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
In my younger years, I did some surveying just North of the Yellow River East of Crestview, FL. A polt of land equaling 35 acres and having to measure and offset the line several times because the trees (36'+) were far too wide to be taken down. Not my best day, but I got it done correctly. There was one tree has a hole through it so the line could be seen. Think about that for a few minutes. We had to cross the river on multiple occasions, water moccasins and small alligators were present while crossing that river.
BTW, the US Army Rangers have a camp near where we were surveying, so they had a blast watching how were traversed through that swampy area,
Man I grew up near dothan.....some of the biggest cotton mouths I've ever seen was on the yeller River!!!
I did a survey job near Gainesville that had a nicely maintained green grass yard with 3 giant cypress trees . They were also maintained well . 2 were huge twisted gnarly things and 1 looked like the biggest X-mas tree you ever saw . Standing next to them I felt the same as when as a child I stood under that blue whale at the Smithsonian in DC , small .
I'm sure there were larger gaps in there too. You just didn't see them. Lol
I was stationed at and retired out of Hurlburt Field. I lived in Holley for 14 years.Very familiar with that area,
One word: 🔥🔥🔥
Ur work ethic is amazing! Even in rain saturated soil, u work. Cleared land usable! Thank u so much for video. God's blessings for easy fix of hoses on excavator.
A little bit faster than the 1940s-50s excavator that you had fun on the other day ... 🤣🤣🤣
Chris,Matt's machine was cool,ty,and,you got to being really on it,at operating it,good job
It always amazes me to see that limitations never stand in your way! You always do your project from beginning to end and finish them second to none you do such great work we all enjoy watching your videos and listening to your commentary it makes it very enjoyable to listen to them keep it up good job
Thats A Nice Tractor I Have A Large Ford Backhoe I Leave Some Trees Pile in the Woods for the Rabbits ! Great Job !
You have a PHD in stacking stumps and brush. That stands for Piled Higher and Deeper
Don't be too hard on the operater about too much dirt Chris, he does a great job! Every time I see the big piles I can't wait to see them 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wow, found this again and hard to believe it was only two years ago with all the progress that has been made in that short time!
Glad to see the Wood can be used for something Vs. Burning the Huge amount of Debris. Time is Money. 💰
Chris, LOVE the camera placement when your pickin’ up stumps in the first couple of minutes! Great perspective!
The last burn pile Chris called a "little camp fire". It could be seen from the International space station. This one should be interesting.
You hate breaking up hickory trees, but they are so great on a smoker with ribs or a brisket on it!
Can't wait to see that pile burnin'.
It's gonna bee seen for a couple of miles at night.
I also can't wait until Chris begins digging out the pond.
I wonder if Betty will be there on the job.
We know that Barney will be there.
If he buys that cutting head he could name it Bam Bam.
At least this pond will start out as dry land, not a swamp like the last job! Likely see Betty doing the job, unless it needs to be trucked out. As if it’s my project! 😅
@@tomrogers9467.
That's true, he won't be moving mud multiple times till he's sick of the very sight of more mud.
...still playin' in the mud...lol...good one, keep safe and busy..
More rain on the way for us too and than I'm sure we will have droughts not to long from now. Crazy weather in the middle of the east coast
That pile is an understatement. :) Thank you and have a great day.
Fine looking pile of stumps and twigs; who will be bringing the marshmallows nd hot dogs? Wishing you and your family a blessed Memorial Day holiday and a safe weekend. Peace Chris.
Good progress
Like the clear wide boundry line for future fence line
Thanks for the vid. I watched the vid on the AMI site of you taking delivery of that thumb and bucket. Seeing it in daily use ... it's a very impressive piece of kit. 👍 😁 Jim Bell (Australia)
Damn Chris I'll be able to see that brush fire up here in KY. Love ur videos
I remember those days in Florida man. Just enough rain to make it hard to see out the windows.
Love the content, very soothing for me !
Chris thanks for sharing! Kevin
Gotta agree with you. This is going to be a real fire!!! Let’s see if we can stack like the fire you did in your pasture back a few years ago!!!
With a camp fire that size Mr Bealy could almost have a ho down for the family, think of the amount of marshmallows that could toast. Another great video bro. Safe travels
Clean up on aisle 7
Nicely done ✔️
thanks for sharing
You still accomplished what you set out to do,even with the non cooperating weather,onto the next day.👍👍👍😎😎😎
Suggestion : make a timelapse of that fire with a static camera. Would be very nice!
That’s going to be one big fire
Cant wait to see the burn videos
Superb camera angle for first burn build
You are a magician on that machine. My husband sits for hours watching you. Thank you for saving my marriage. :)
At least you made the best of a muddy day. Gonna be a hell of a fire. Stay safe
In another place and time, your ribbons 🎀 used to be called flagging tape. ;-)
The Volvo 220 reminds me of a T-Rex,, big jaws and crunching limbs,, the beast of the woods where trees tremble and the ground shakes,👍😎👍
Hickory tree huh, I have 4 of them around the house 3 in the front yard and one monster in the back yard difference in the nuts that I get is between a .5 dollar-sized small nut from front to those in excess of 3" across from that tree in the back yard. //there had been some 10 short needle pine trees that I removed. One of them fell toward the house and I made it fall away from the house when my Dad said that I would not be able to do that. Little did he know how I was going to make it get done, but it fell in the walkway in front of the house and the limbs weren't there when it fell. I'd gone up it like a monkey and removed those branches and as I did the tree started coming away from the house. I had delimbed the tree so nothing would hang from it weighing it down. When I pulled the stump using my Ranger XLT 6 cyl PU in reverse the stump jumped out of the ground. It was full of fat-litered which we used on Boy Scout Camping trips. FYI I was the Scoutmaster of Troop 507 Mary Esther, FL from 1972-1979,.
I have been " away " for a while, on my return i see new machinery and you are building a burn pile of stumps..... i m now thinking does the new machine have a controlled flame/ combustion thrower.... a quick Blast and move on.... now scanning for any water projects..
Dozer operator must have been clock watching and hammered down to get it done before quitting time.
Chris was the dozer operator... 23:00 "Let's go thru this stuff I pushed up here with the dozer".
Best talk to the dozer operator before it hits the fan. 😣😂
Yeah, Not following procedures...... Gotta love the sarcasm........
Different accessories can make excavators more suitable for forests.
Hickory trees may be thought to brake but not as bad as hackmatack. They stay together like steel cable.
Holy cow mister I'll be able to see the flames from those fires clear up here in TN.
You should get the "Graptor" rake from AMI.
Hey, Chris. Enjoyed your operating Matt’s Lorane. What a beast huh? No joystick there!
Cool! You've started your own stump collection! Stamps would be expensive!
One thing for certain. You get the cutting head. You have to wanna cut trees. Big fire in the future for sure!
Wish you could send some of that rain out west!
Definitely have plenty stuff for fish habitat in the upcoming pond build project Chris! lol That’s a lot of stumps brother, nothing near as many as your stump clearing job though! This is just a drop in a bucket compared to that job! lol 😂 I still enjoy watching you stack the pile up, if there’s not much dirty internet them, they make a hell of a hot fire brother! lol 😂 I’m sure enjoy watching you work with the thumb when clearing a property line, it sure comes in handy on those small trees and bushes! And watch you work yourself through the woods with your Volvo and never scraping her paint at all is what I call a real operator brother, she always looks great working in those tight areas, I wish I could get some of that hickory wood for my favorite hobby, grilling! Hickory, cherry and just about any fruit wood works great for grilling meat my friend! We just don’t have those amounts of smoking woods like y’all have there in North Carolina brother, the Carolina’s have most of the smoking woods I’ve seen! I have a guy on UTUBE that’s around that area that makes fruit wood charcoal and I’d like to get in touch with him and order some of his charcoal because he ships it to everyone across the country! Can’t remember his businesses name because it’s been so long since I’ve gotten on his channel! But I see you taking down of all these grilling wood trees and makes me want to get in touch with him to buy some! I would imagine he would probably buy some of the tree wood from Mr.Bealy if he knew y’all were taking it down and just piling and burning it! But that’s another adventure! Chris you’re doing a great job brother and thanks for sharing your time and videos my friend! 👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸 Stay safe brother! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Solid progress today. That is always good to see. Thanks for sharing Chris. Be well. ;)
That dozer operator needs to be given a first warning - no dirt! I'll be able to see that fire from here :). Have a great day.
I'm surprised that "LetsPyro18" didn't come out after a rain and burn that brush pile down!
Looks great Chris 🇺🇲 another job well done 🇺🇲
If it rains again I have a funny feeling the Skidders are going to be grabbing those brush piles and spreading out all that brush so they can drive on it
Thanks Chris, Will you be using that super cool process where you dig a deep hole, and burn all the wood in the hole?
Not in this condition, Bealy is going to use that/the land as crops etc So a pit will not be of any benefit (creates more problems) / Projects that he does dig a pit, he does that in advance.
@@Stratos53100 Actually he said that he will be using a pit to burn in. He has to dig a borrow pit for the clay for the dam and that's his burn pit.
Great cleanup Chris, could not imagine life on excavator without the thumb, for many jobs,thank u very much
Yeah that fire is going to be shooting 60 ft flame's for a week, and a half!
Great job. What's the coolest thing you have ever came across while doing your jobs. Everyone comes across some buried treasures in the woods.
Whoa Chris…don’t you be dissin’ the D6 operator…he does you a solid every time he shows up. 😁😁👍👍👊👊😆😆
your going need two bags of marshmallows for that pile ...lol
Have D.P. make you one, can't wait for the burn 🔥.
Just curious… With the thumb cylinder fully extended, if you curl the bucket into it will it defeat the thumb pressure via a good old fashioned relief valve or is there some sort of "smart system" that handles that?
I've wondered that myself.
U better buy one of those saw attachments,it's only money 💰
You got rain and some mud - we don`t hear the 220 track squeeking. You need to make the path the size of machine you are using, you are not in the mini or the 160. Be careful when you talk to that operator that leaves too much dirt with the dozer root rake, if he quits how will you keep paying for equipment? ;) Do not buy the tree cutter, you are the Pond Master and Logger WaYde does not need competition.
Wouldn't be much competition with 600 miles between them but I suppose one of them could commute.
Wow I thought that attachment for Cutting trees was way More than you said but of Course if you do have a Spare 100k its a lot of Money lol Great Vlog thanks
🇺🇸🇵🇪🇵🇷😎🍃 Love the old equipment, put keep on digging n working in the mud!
"It's going to be a raging fire" lol but I think that is the way you like it!! Stay safe!!
You light that pile up & you'll need either asbestos hoses or a lot of exhaust wrap. That's a Bealy big pile of twigs there alright.
Great 👍
when in need call the guys in , otherwise the way you do it works , jobs shapin up nicely
That’s going to be a lot of tooth picks and toilet paper
Curiosity, C&C was showing the differences between a commercial and Military machine and he showed where the army machine didn’t use DEF, is that worth looking at or are the other differences more a negative.
Hi, rake design is lacking on D6, think large fangs.
You’re welcome
Jeff
Great video 👍 👍
Well Chris, I hope you put that D6 driver on notice, that if he doesn’t lift his game you’ll have to let him go😉🤣 Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰
You have plenty of mud you can work with instead of trees! 😀😃🙂🙃
I use a GPS app on my iPad to cut through the woods. It keeps me on the correct partial.
Piling it up for Chrises next inferno.
I wonder if he doing a remake of Inferno. :)
What is causing all the squeaks and lose belt and what sounds like the hydrologic pump is having a hard time keeping up?
Its a roller on the Left side, he has mentioned it before, it is what it is and at this point its not worth a teardown to replace it, not a major factor etc.. If it was major he would have fixed it 6 mths+ ago.
You would have had that done a lot faster if you had a Lorain.
🤣😂
Really makes you think... and how things were done back in the day.... My bad back & neck ache just thinking about it.
Yeah, and that expense is just a start. How much for blades and sharpening, wear and tear, as well as regular maintenance. Kind of a specialty area you have avoided and maybe wisely so. Can one man make that head pay without a support crew?
Chris when you go to burn that pile of brush & stumps you may want to contact NASA.
Chris it sounds like you have a hydraulic pump squealing when you use you thumb.
If it was my property I think I would rent a big chipper and Chip every piece of wood that is scrap like all the brush and evenly spread it over the whole land and then till it in plow it and then disc harrow it I don't know but I would mix it in somehow so it would turn the compost and enrich the soil
He went thru all this on Bealy's channel in an interview. Short story - chipping is 4-5x as expensive as burning and then you don't get anything to grow for a few years. Go over there and watch to hear Chris explain it. ruclips.net/video/OhpNcLZ7bE4/видео.html
Yeah, Chris I'd say your going to have a few Raging Fires there !! lololol... Man, there is still a LOT of tops, and trash still to come yet, shit !! Gonna be on when you do finally get to set them on fire !! lololol... I believe, I see some late nights ahead once ya get burning... I know once you get to feeding the fires, ya can't hardly stop !! lolol.... Is what it is, you'll get it knocked out though.... Man, your machine sure does clear good, that Thumb, and Bucket combo, sure grabs everything really good.... Well, going to go watch it rain some more here in Western Ky., it's been raining here for the last 3-4 days off and on , done had a few inches of rain ourselves...lolol.. Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening Man, and, On too the Next !!
Enjoy your show Chris. You do an excellent job and I look forward to it daily. I especially enjoyed you and Matt from Diesel Creek. His channel is my other favorite. I live very close to a man with so many earth moving machines and I wonder why they are just sitting there. D11's Huge Cat Excavators, everything you could possibly imagine. If you're ever looking for a machine let me know and I'll give you the contact info. This guy has more equipment than a Richie Bros Sale, (Which is close to Matt and Diesel Creek). Take care and keep on doing exactly what you are doing.
All those hickory trees you could do hamburgers and steak! 😀😃🙂
The rain will be up here tonight and hurricane season is coming. Wonder when you'll need to fix that waterfall on the pond dam.
Probably the D6 operator was at first time on those kind of jobs 😂 I literally love this LD18 progressive thumb see after see!
Chris talking smack, yeah he will get it straightened out, the operator has to meet certain guidelines...........
Chris was the dozer operator... 23:00 "Let's go thru this stuff I pushed up here with the dozer".
@@JCrook1028 Of course, Chris's point & other who mentioned it in the threads know the whole thing was a joke, thats why chris said it.
Different than Mats digger
The squeaky thumb Hydraulic was driving me nuts. I was always big on greasing the machine first thing in the morning. Spun bushings are a pain.