Very impressive how you visualize, plan, and make it happen, without much in the way of going back that I can see. Clearly, many years of experience are in play. Thanks for the videos!
Looks amazing Chris. Ain’t nothing like watching it be cleaned up and seeing the after. When this job is done and the pond is full it’s gonna be a huge transformation between the dam and all the clean up. Definitely gonna be happy customers. Will look like a complete new pond.
Chris - The high pitched noise you hear when you pick something up is probably the hydraulic pump, inspect the coupling for proper fit. The coupling is the wear part so inspect that and change that first, besides it's cheap. To confirm get someone to listen while you pick up something heavy and see if indeed it is the hydraulic pump. Also inspect the hydraulic pump filter for very small particle contamination. The first thing to do is figure out where the sound is coming from.
I wait until I get home, around midnight, to watch your wonderful videos, Chris. And your OCD always puts mine at rest. I don't actually have OCD, but it's very calming at night when everything is quiet. That pond, when back full, will be another Dig18 masterpiece!! Well done sir.
Don’t know what wood is used for the mats, over here they are always from Azobé, it is extremely durable, we have doors from shiplocks made out of them. And stacking with something in between helps drying. Otherwise all those fungus gets free way. You should get more then two yours out off them.
Wow, where did u know where to start? So respect your experienced skills in creating a beautiful pond out of this muddy mess. Can't wait to see finished pond. God's blessings and stay safe 🙏.
I have a friend I used to work with for a company in cheektowaga/Wny/Buffalo NY. That was a Heavy equipment operated for them,he lives in Florida,work's for the County down there. He reminds me of this man of how efficient,skilled he is operating Heavy equipment. I wish I could learn how to do this lol.I've been a Local,OTR,truck driver for over 35yrs,have have seen a lot of places,love what I Do.But my Dream has always been to Operate excavators, Bull Dozers efficiently .
Very impressive as usual Chris back home we bought a bunch of cottonwood mats they didn't last as long as the oak but for the price it was worth it and half the operators would just tear them up not be gentle like yourself. Thanks for the video.
Billy Beaver and his crew are out in the woods up stream watching all this. "When he leaves, we are going to borrow that there yellow thing and move those piles to block of that creek. We should be done before sunrise."
The squeal noise sounds almost like a line relief valve? Could be a pilot oil noise coming from your valve bank. So hard to tell on video what part of the machine it's coming from. To me I think it's a hydraulic noise. But I have heard it for awhile now and seems to be getting louder.
Appreciate the work you put into the videos as always. If it's a pond, it's gonna be a good video. If there's mud, it's gonna be better. If you have to break out the mats, that's the best!
Concerning the mats. The mud allows fungi to grow beneath it probably. It's like a log, if you remove the bark and keep it off the ground it will take a long time to rot. Take heart pine for example, termites generally don't do much due to the high sap concentration, but left in wet sheltered conditions fungi will eat it up. Just my 2 cents
Hi there know of a few volvo 220 that had the high pitched noise and they had the sight glass on hydraulic tank changed for different kind is the strangest thing you'd never think off
reminds me of that time we had to put a snatchblock to a excavator in the middle of the river, i was the poor soul tasked with laying a cable line to the snatchblock and back with cheap waters on then we skidded 1 matt at a time across to the excavator unhook the matt and pull the line back for the next one , did the same with a fuel tank - excavator was on a island in the river flood plains , matts floated off
Pressure relief valves can squeal like heck but work fine and dandy. Filters can raise the pressure if contaminated. I hear it happening under load. Dont know nothing about the machine.
That squealing noise, at least what I am hearing recorded, sounds like hydraulics to me. Possibly a stuck valve, a clogged port, or a bypass valve? Could be a valve that's not closing or seating properly, or a blown oring allowing fluid to bypass a spool? Maybe a pinched hose or bent/crushed tube? It "felt" like it was tied to the varying pressures and flows on the hudralic system (pardon my Swedish accent lol), rather than on engine speed or load. I would play around and see if you can make it louder or quieter while moving a single function at a time, and then maybe move as many functions at once as possible, to see if it's a particular circuit, or effected by high flows, etc. Do the same thing with static force, so pressure spikes without much flow, so curling the bucket onto a log, or pulling just the dipper against a stump, or digging the bucket in deep and lifting just the boom. Also see if you can make it change by changing engine speed with no hydraulics operating. And once you find the motion or action that changes it, then you can trace that circuit and check for anything obvious, or take it to the mechanic and replicate the noise.
Do those engines have an EGR system? Check the gaskets for it. I had a very similar engine revolution affected high pitched whine on my diesel vehicle. I appreciate that these are totally different engines and applications, but it drove me nuts until it was diagnosed.
Check your turbo pipes that are next to metal or anything that can be rubbing. It sounds like once it spools up there is a pinhole causing that high pitched sound. A piece of silicone hose with a clamp can stop it until you get a chance to get it fixed properly. That's just my educated guess assuming all the clamps are tight.
@@letsdig18 unfortunately you have sometimes remove the pipes to find them. Maybe open the doors and have your uncle work the arm and bucket to try to pinpoint it better.
Nice job Chris, that pond is going to look great, I agree with a comment below that high pitched squeal sounds like hydraulic pump gear plate chatter it may be getting a little worn?, had a similar noise from the pump in my Case skidsteer, just a thought.
White oak or black locust mats are what you'd really want but man they'd be expensive I'm guessing! Red oak rots real quick, stay away from that stuff for outdoors.
Is there any reason why you wouldn't traverse faster when moving between operations, while unloaded and just moving to pick up the next thing, the next scoop, but you move nice and sedately and it looks graceful as all get out but is there some reason other than aesthetic that operators don't twitch their traverse around like a, kid-who-ate-too-much-sugar, more often?
Superb vid. Nice hour viewing on the TV. Looking forward to seeing some more tomorrow. I don't know if I prefer the cab cam or boom cam you did here.. I think I prefer the cabcam for the commentary
Not many operators can get out on the mud and do a slick job of cleaning the shoreline like Chris. He makes it look so easy, which it's not. Was you scooping up a turtle at 44:04?
Hi I’ve been watching you why don’t you get tire mats that they use for explosives I think that would work better than what you have now it won’t go bad Bill
Could the high pitched "whine" be some type of audible sensor going bad or has gone bad. It seems that I have heard an audible "alarm: of some type in past videos. Just a thought from a loyal follower. I enjoy what the "Pond Master" does
@@robertbrothers9274 well typically on newer diesel engines the RPM’s fluctuate very minimally due to emissions systems the constant engine speed runs cleaner. We’ve had Skid Steers that make that exact same noise, it was caused by high pressure oil vibrating steel lines. All it was just a loose clamp that needed tightening.
I've been hearing those high pitched squeals for ages Chris. They are from the overload relief valves in the relevant hyd circuits releasing pressure. They can be checked and adjusted as necessary. Some are set slightly higher than pump max pressure, others, less. Your technician will know.... 😊
@@E33Tpro yes, I thought as much also. Best he stalls out each circuit and checks/sets the lot as a tune up. The relief valve springs weaken, and seats wear over time. All good.....
I just got ten heavy duty mats from a company doing high tension electric lines. There was literally a mile of them for a temporary road through a farmer’s property. They claimed they just had the truck traffic hauling the tower parts and lines in and they looked great. The company considered them disposable and I had just a week to remove my share. I just had to go pull them out and the only rule was “start at the opposite end and work backwards”.
Love to see the mat work. Watching you work on mats gave me the confidence to build a set for my mini and venture out on the head section of my pond to clean up the silt. Appreciate you sharing.
I remember the first video was the one in which you dug out an excavator that was buried up to mid cab level. I was fascinated. I have been hooked... and I promise it isn't because I'm waiting to see you get stuck deep in the much you keep driving into!!.... 😉
Then you would be getting pieces of plastic all over the place as the tracks climbed up the edges and the budget scraped on it. And when it did start deteriorating or get broken, you would have a giant piece of plastic to dispose of.
I was a road builder for about 7 years.We used all the brush and trees that were cut down to make the bush road right of way.we used the brush and pushed over trees to make the base fore the bush road.All the really soft wet spots we used whatever was cut down to make hold the machine up from sinking.Worked great most of the time.
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Very impressive how you visualize, plan, and make it happen, without much in the way of going back that I can see. Clearly, many years of experience are in play. Thanks for the videos!
Looks amazing Chris. Ain’t nothing like watching it be cleaned up and seeing the after. When this job is done and the pond is full it’s gonna be a huge transformation between the dam and all the clean up. Definitely gonna be happy customers. Will look like a complete new pond.
Don’t you ware a life jacket?
Gonna be a dramatic before and after for sure.
Chris - The high pitched noise you hear when you pick something up is probably the hydraulic pump, inspect the coupling for proper fit. The coupling is the wear part so inspect that and change that first, besides it's cheap. To confirm get someone to listen while you pick up something heavy and see if indeed it is the hydraulic pump. Also inspect the hydraulic pump filter for very small particle contamination. The first thing to do is figure out where the sound is coming from.
Loggers tend to use square and double thick x cross to make a stronger mat for their log trucks and tracks... What a nice Beaver Dam you build !
I wait until I get home, around midnight, to watch your wonderful videos, Chris. And your OCD always puts mine at rest. I don't actually have OCD, but it's very calming at night when everything is quiet. That pond, when back full, will be another Dig18 masterpiece!! Well done sir.
No one is ever gonna know what a mess those tree stumps were. You cleaned it up really well and it’s gonna look great when the water rises. 👍👍
I'd say that a lot accomplished in one day Chris! If we're the homeowner is be very happy at that so far!
I had that squeal whenever the Thumb override pressure relief valve dumped or about to dump. When you curl bucket again thumb.
Don’t know what wood is used for the mats, over here they are always from Azobé, it is extremely durable, we have doors from shiplocks made out of them. And stacking with something in between helps drying. Otherwise all those fungus gets free way. You should get more then two yours out off them.
Wow, where did u know where to
start? So respect your experienced skills in creating a beautiful pond out of this muddy mess. Can't wait to see finished pond. God's blessings and stay safe 🙏.
WHAT... a mess!! You did a hell of a cleanup job on that, Chris.
Pond sure looks a lot better Chris, great job my friend! Stay safe, warm and healthy brother, thanks for sharing Chris! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸
Shame they aren't dredging the silt out, would really make the pond deep and useable
I have a friend I used to work with for a company in cheektowaga/Wny/Buffalo NY. That was a Heavy equipment operated for them,he lives in Florida,work's for the County down there. He reminds me of this man of how efficient,skilled he is operating Heavy equipment. I wish I could learn how to do this lol.I've been a Local,OTR,truck driver for over 35yrs,have have seen a lot of places,love what I Do.But my Dream has always been to Operate excavators, Bull Dozers efficiently .
Very impressive as usual Chris back home we bought a bunch of cottonwood mats they didn't last as long as the oak but for the price it was worth it and half the operators would just tear them up not be gentle like yourself. Thanks for the video.
It might be a good idea to check for any exhaust leak anywhere as them metal gaskets work like a reed and sound familiar.
Billy Beaver and his crew are out in the woods up stream watching all this. "When he leaves, we are going to borrow that there yellow thing and move those piles to block of that creek. We should be done before sunrise."
I just love that approach: "This is going to be an interesting project!" :-)
The squeal noise sounds almost like a line relief valve? Could be a pilot oil noise coming from your valve bank. So hard to tell on video what part of the machine it's coming from. To me I think it's a hydraulic noise. But I have heard it for awhile now and seems to be getting louder.
Appreciate the work you put into the videos as always. If it's a pond, it's gonna be a good video. If there's mud, it's gonna be better. If you have to break out the mats, that's the best!
That looks yards better than it did when you started. Making messy places look nice is the best job to have. :-)
Concerning the mats. The mud allows fungi to grow beneath it probably. It's like a log, if you remove the bark and keep it off the ground it will take a long time to rot. Take heart pine for example, termites generally don't do much due to the high sap concentration, but left in wet sheltered conditions fungi will eat it up. Just my 2 cents
Looking better every day!
Looking great using the the trees for mat good deal you have to use the resources around you for the job
Hi there know of a few volvo 220 that had the high pitched noise and they had the sight glass on hydraulic tank changed for different kind is the strangest thing you'd never think off
Great work Chris. Glad the Volvo didn't turn into the Yellow Submarine eh? 🤪👍
Great job, looking good 👍👌
Wonder if driveway markers on the ends of the mats would help when they are buried under the mud.
I thought for while I was watching swamp loggers, na just kidding. Love the videos keep up the great work, stay safe.
reminds me of that time we had to put a snatchblock to a excavator in the middle of the river, i was the poor soul tasked with laying a cable line to the snatchblock and back with cheap waters on
then we skidded 1 matt at a time across to the excavator unhook the matt and pull the line back for the next one , did the same with a fuel tank - excavator was on a island in the river flood plains , matts floated off
🤣💥 "and that would be a stump!" Lmao
Shrek's going to be pissed off at you for cleaning out his swamp when he gets back from far far away!!
That’s quite a transformation! Nice work sir.
That noise is your flux capacitor going bad.
Ha!
Looks a lot tidier. The graded bank looks good, too.
Pressure relief valves can squeal like heck but work fine and dandy. Filters can raise the pressure if contaminated. I hear it happening under load. Dont know nothing about the machine.
That squealing noise, at least what I am hearing recorded, sounds like hydraulics to me.
Possibly a stuck valve, a clogged port, or a bypass valve? Could be a valve that's not closing or seating properly, or a blown oring allowing fluid to bypass a spool?
Maybe a pinched hose or bent/crushed tube?
It "felt" like it was tied to the varying pressures and flows on the hudralic system (pardon my Swedish accent lol), rather than on engine speed or load.
I would play around and see if you can make it louder or quieter while moving a single function at a time, and then maybe move as many functions at once as possible, to see if it's a particular circuit, or effected by high flows, etc.
Do the same thing with static force, so pressure spikes without much flow, so curling the bucket onto a log, or pulling just the dipper against a stump, or digging the bucket in deep and lifting just the boom.
Also see if you can make it change by changing engine speed with no hydraulics operating.
And once you find the motion or action that changes it, then you can trace that circuit and check for anything obvious, or take it to the mechanic and replicate the noise.
So awesome the jobs Chris does. Hope he is wearing rubber boots. Even hip waders - lol.
Do those engines have an EGR system? Check the gaskets for it. I had a very similar engine revolution affected high pitched whine on my diesel vehicle. I appreciate that these are totally different engines and applications, but it drove me nuts until it was diagnosed.
Check your turbo pipes that are next to metal or anything that can be rubbing. It sounds like once it spools up there is a pinhole causing that high pitched sound. A piece of silicone hose with a clamp can stop it until you get a chance to get it fixed properly. That's just my educated guess assuming all the clamps are tight.
yeah Thats what I was looking at, I had a intercooler hose spit and cause a similar sound. I just cant find this one to save me
@@letsdig18 unfortunately you have sometimes remove the pipes to find them. Maybe open the doors and have your uncle work the arm and bucket to try to pinpoint it better.
Good Luck Chris
Nice job Chris, that pond is going to look great, I agree with a comment below that high pitched squeal sounds like hydraulic pump gear plate chatter it may be getting a little worn?, had a similar noise from the pump in my Case skidsteer, just a thought.
Got a optical illusion going with that boom cylinder rod.i had to back it up for another look!
White oak or black locust mats are what you'd really want but man they'd be expensive I'm guessing! Red oak rots real quick, stay away from that stuff for outdoors.
Is there any reason why you wouldn't traverse faster when moving between operations, while unloaded and just moving to pick up the next thing, the next scoop, but you move nice and sedately and it looks graceful as all get out but is there some reason other than aesthetic that operators don't twitch their traverse around like a, kid-who-ate-too-much-sugar, more often?
Amazing well done
Mount some camertasaround to getnearer tothe sound as you run it
Superb vid. Nice hour viewing on the TV. Looking forward to seeing some more tomorrow. I don't know if I prefer the cab cam or boom cam you did here.. I think I prefer the cabcam for the commentary
Me too . . the added sounds of the machine when outside is nice but I prefer to hear your thoughts and have you continue teaching us all.
Making a huge difference already bro, nice one. Safe travels
Red oak will soak up water and white oak might be too heavy for use as a mat
would be a bad time for a breakdown out in that swamp...great job tho
2:00
So that way you come back and buy more!
Bummer, I liked the swamp.
No other better way to deal with that mess , you are a beast Chris
Ugh....I'd forget where the mats were and walk off them
Quite a risky ride on this island.
36:39 High-speed log pitch like Nolan Ryan. Almost hit the bank.
Your next purchase will have to be one of those excavators on really wide tracks. Transport is likely to be a bastard though.
Wow Chris ain’t afraid of nuthin’ ……you go where nobody else would go and make it look kind of easy 👍
This might be more fun than I thought lol just keep her above the mud. And we all know we the right man for the job
Very nice job !
Only in America 🇺🇸, never build anything to last. Companies and corporations lose money. So use things that will help stuff last a short time.
Yeah I believe that machine is going to need a bath when you get done
Not many operators can get out on the mud and do a slick job of cleaning the shoreline like Chris. He makes it look so easy, which it's not. Was you scooping up a turtle at 44:04?
I thought I saw something get re-located too!
Store your matts under water, last a lot longer.
I bet they would. They'd be heavy as hell too lol
That sounds like the pump making that sound....u hate to say that, I know it cannot be cheap
Hi I’ve been watching you why don’t you get tire mats that they use for explosives I think that would work better than what you have now it won’t go bad Bill
Hell Ya ! Did you check your diverter creek ? I bet it was flowing good ,
26:16 Analog!
I know a guy in Plymouth NC who builds mats. Richard West Company.
I think that's where we get new ones from
Could the high pitched "whine" be some type of audible sensor going bad or has gone bad. It seems that I have heard an audible "alarm: of some type in past videos. Just a thought from a loyal follower. I enjoy what the "Pond Master" does
why are thay not made of recycled plastic not timber there is more plastic out there that can be used for them that will last longer
Sounds like a exaust leak on the turbo
Probably not because, it only under load when lifting or swinging when noise is present.
@@crandonborth under load wouldn't the governor open up increasing the rpm's making more exaust in turn spinning the turbo faster ?
@@robertbrothers9274 well typically on newer diesel engines the RPM’s fluctuate very minimally due to emissions systems the constant engine speed runs cleaner. We’ve had Skid Steers that make that exact same noise, it was caused by high pressure oil vibrating steel lines. All it was just a loose clamp that needed tightening.
Can you place your gopro in different locations to try to pin point the squeal?
22:30 I didn't notice the sound until you mentioned it. Now I can't un-hear it. 😑
what would suck is blowing up a hose when your in the middle of all then then you gotta walk tru that crap to go get a new hose LOL
Hey Chris, I recall a vid from about a year ago where you talked about getting some new mats made? These aren’t the “new ones”, are they?
No those are my uncle's
Looks like a good place to dig up a body 🤷♂️
if it weren't for mats, you'd be cab deep in that mess.
it's Pi Day - Chirs is making mud pies
Guess Swamp Loggers is back.
No warnings showing on your screen? It sounds more mechanical, like a pump or part that's needing grease.
I have never heard @letsdig18 say anything smelled bad or nasty... That can't be the case?? Trailers, swamps, loggers hmmm
It really does not smell
Forget the hight of your tracks what depth do u feel comfortable in with a good bottom and no Matt's 18??
I've been hearing those high pitched squeals for ages Chris. They are from the overload relief valves in the relevant hyd circuits releasing pressure. They can be checked and adjusted as necessary. Some are set slightly higher than pump max pressure, others, less. Your technician will know.... 😊
Sounds to me it could be related to the swing circuit, judging based on movements to sound signature and not much knowledge about hydraulic systems.
@@E33Tpro yes, I thought as much also. Best he stalls out each circuit and checks/sets the lot as a tune up. The relief valve springs weaken, and seats wear over time. All good.....
I just got ten heavy duty mats from a company doing high tension electric lines. There was literally a mile of them for a temporary road through a farmer’s property. They claimed they just had the truck traffic hauling the tower parts and lines in and they looked great. The company considered them disposable and I had just a week to remove my share. I just had to go pull them out and the only rule was “start at the opposite end and work backwards”.
We used to stack them with 2"*3" in between so the could vent and dry. If you stack directly on top each other they rot faster.
“I got me a 100 gallons of fuel”. This is how you say you won the lotto without saying you won the lotto 😂
Love to see the mat work. Watching you work on mats gave me the confidence to build a set for my mini and venture out on the head section of my pond to clean up the silt. Appreciate you sharing.
Take your snorkel along with you.. and your mud-steppin-out shoes. lol
He won't leave the site until it looks like something
He stays at it wow not a quitter
Right now there's a little kid watching this thinking, "This guy is playing in the mud and nobody is yelling at him! That's awesome!"
Hey, you've released your new video pretty early today! Surprising me. 🙃
I remember the first video was the one in which you dug out an excavator that was buried up to mid cab level. I was fascinated. I have been hooked... and I promise it isn't because I'm waiting to see you get stuck deep in the much you keep driving into!!.... 😉
That video is up to 18 M
My first video also. Totally hooked now.
That’s what made me find his channel today lol
Chris, my boss and I made his out of railroad ties, because of the creosote and tar they don't rot
Treated lumber is not good to use in ponds as it contaminates the water. Not good for the fishy’s!
That is a good idea. I am going to have to try that. Thanks
Bad stuff would be one of the worse things for the natural environment. Chris would know this anyway.
They are always made from oak if I recall.
@@joebledsoe257 Elm too,in Vermont back before the die off
What a transformation! I can't wait to see it when the water level is back to normal. You are a craftsman indeed !!
What bank gave you a big enough loan to buy 100 gallons of fuel?
You need to talk with Logger Wade and have him work out a deal for you. It just might be another supplier for you for mud mats
Or Bobby from swamp loggers
You need to keep in mind that Logger Wade and Dirt Perfect live 700 miles away from Chris. Long ways to go for mats.
In NZ there are fence posts made from recycled plastic ,wonder if the mats could be made with composite materials ?
They would probably have to be engineered to be light and strong. Wood is very strong for its weight.
Then you would be getting pieces of plastic all over the place as the tracks climbed up the edges and the budget scraped on it.
And when it did start deteriorating or get broken, you would have a giant piece of plastic to dispose of.
Did well there Chris what a mess but looks much better 👌
I was a road builder for about 7 years.We used all the brush and trees that were cut down to make the bush road right of way.we used the brush and pushed over trees to make the base fore the bush road.All the really soft wet spots we used whatever was cut down to make hold the machine up from sinking.Worked great most of the time.
The way you cleaned up that swamp you should head to Washington DC next 😂😂