Idk why. But I'm addicted to watching this channel now.
@ImpulseMoss3 жыл бұрын
The very first letsdig18 video I watched was Chris playing on the mats in this pond. That got me hooked.
@daleolson72053 жыл бұрын
My first was him digging the rental excavator out of the middle of the pond for the rental company. It was buried up to the cab. He said, "They actually had a good plan. They just got in over their head. Sorry." ;)
@craigpridemore75662 жыл бұрын
Legend has it that the community reuse this sand to fill in eroded creeksides further up stream.
@h418lfc3 жыл бұрын
It's called the circle of life ;-)
@christoph727613 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@zrxer23 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@dwaynekoblitz60323 жыл бұрын
Kudos to you. Not often the comments get me to laughing out loud!
@jwhayes19653 жыл бұрын
LOL
@johndaniels31303 жыл бұрын
Oh yes! A pond dredging! My fave! 😊 wait! I hear frogs singing in the background! Sweet spring music!
@jenniferbutcher83933 жыл бұрын
a broom and a shoe-- someone was swept off their feet!
@michaelowen17503 жыл бұрын
Well played.
@Mephiston3 жыл бұрын
Or the witch crashed in the creek.
@young119843 жыл бұрын
Good 1
@theodoredugranrut82013 жыл бұрын
Either that or they thought they were a Shoe-In for the clean up job...
@HappilyHomicidalHooligan3 жыл бұрын
I noticed you had the window open. I've done that before and when the mud splattered I gasped and got mud back to my tonsils. 🤐
@bobolson98653 жыл бұрын
Chris: No I don’t need a bigger bucket. All of us: No, you need a 700! :)
@The1stKukuDrifter3 жыл бұрын
950 should sort that rock/animal hospital job out!
@HughzieTube3 жыл бұрын
If there was some way I could give him about a third of my 300 plus pounds for the back, many not make a difference on his excavator but it would make a difference on me. Oh well, wishful think on my part, been heavy (read FAT) most of my 70 plus years, I'll probably take it with me when 'I'm pushing up daises'.
@dave_n8pu3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like this place needs floating dredge and a conveyor.
@Zerububble3 жыл бұрын
Chris needed his dredging bucket for this gig.
@Nighthawke703 жыл бұрын
@@dave_n8pu i mean if youre looking for a kid to give it to u can adopt me and i will visit you in the nursing home and talk to you lol
@thisismyusername67172 жыл бұрын
That settled, if any time I want a pond put in, I'll get it layered with sand after. Love the clean fresh look of the water...
@delwynhallett5652 жыл бұрын
Around these parts we would call that a sand mining operation. The gift that keeps on giving.
@markpashia70673 жыл бұрын
36:30 Oh, a Wacker Neuson telescopic loader, these ones are made right in neighborhood to the company I work at in Korbach, 🇩🇪. Nice to see something from home so far abroad. Cheers!
@sebastianr.08153 жыл бұрын
Someone upstream must be getting a canyon.
@General_Confusion3 жыл бұрын
jack hoffman is running the worlds biggest sluice box just upstream
@jurzdevil3 жыл бұрын
And has not found the first flake of gold. But the sand is a sign of good gold.
@thetileman19843 жыл бұрын
Agriculture can contribute a lot. Tilled field, heavy rain. Neighbor to the west of us loses a little to our side of the fence every year, all headed, ultimately, to the flood control lake that was built in 1978. Where the creek runs in, it's starting to look similar to what you seen in the first part of this video.
@infoanorexic3 жыл бұрын
Chris, what you need there is a bucket wheel excavator feeding into a concrete pump that dumps into a dewatering plant that unloads into a front end loader that can stack it into a pile that you can sit on to load it into an off road truck to move it to a stock pile at the end of the lake by the road where you can then load it into the on road trucks. See I'm an expert, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express once, and ohh, I watched a KZhead video about it too!!!
@Badgermatt-nc5nr3 жыл бұрын
Whoo hoo in number 9 to watch!!!!! I’ve watched your vids for so long I recognize this place. That’s not sand you are digging, it’s 20$ bills!
@donaldsherman79053 жыл бұрын
Ohhh I hear frogs chirping. Favorite part of spring. I can’t wait to hear them again in NE Tn.😊
@MrsTnRebel3 жыл бұрын
First frog yesterday 27/02/2021 west wales
@septicwhelk36543 жыл бұрын
In Ca.2
@theodoredugranrut82013 жыл бұрын
Frogs started last Monday or Tuesday here in Southeast Virginia
@bigbluram3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe you went there with the leg joke, LOL. I do believe I recognize this sand collection facility. New sand old friend.
@Losttoanyreason3 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris, Of ‘Excavator Recovery’ fame with over 7.6M views so far!!! Well done lad. You should invite Destin for a lesson and see how he goes on the different gear. That would be a goldmine for your views for sure… Keep up the great work, it is a pleasure to watch and learn from such a smooth operator. Ron
@ronedwards52583 жыл бұрын
7.6 million views equals down payment on a dozer
@kb77223 жыл бұрын
@@kb7722 A very small dozer.
@pamike48733 жыл бұрын
Something about watching videos like this sooths my mind from thinking all day. I mean i KNOW you are constantly thinking of stuff “where to put the load, where to dig first” not saying your job is easy but watching it? Satisfying and entertaining. Subscribed about two weeks ago
@thisismyusername67172 жыл бұрын
Knowing the job so well. Maybe the big finishing bucket ?
@USSBB623 жыл бұрын
That’s why you’re the man Chris, you always leave your jobs looking like new! You have to have some really satisfied customers, your work is incredible! 👍🏻👍🏻
@kirk4673 жыл бұрын
Another Great Video! You know, I watch some of my other Favorites videos and when they are over 30 minutes, I get bored. But on your Channel, I’m enjoying every moment!!!! Thanks again for sharing.
@wyattearp14183 жыл бұрын
Another mess cleaned up. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
@kevinkenyon70453 жыл бұрын
The lake is actually a bird sanctuary - more specifically a special place for the Eastern North Carolina Lesser Spotted Golden Goose.
@ipanzerschrecku47323 жыл бұрын
River silt- that’s some good shit. Alluvial deposits. Can you deliver to Rhode Island? Over in the UK my little brother used to do ploughing demonstrations at ploughing completions. Most people used to slap old sump oil on their ploughs to stop rust but they would still be a little crappy come next time to plough. My brother would drive his tractor and plough down to a nearby river estuary and plough the gravelly sand to shine his plough bits up.
@PenDragonsPig3 жыл бұрын
Hey, Chris. Not sure why, but I really like these types of your videos. They are so relaxing. Thank you for sharing your day!
@TheCat920673 жыл бұрын
Years ago I worked at a C & D (commercial and demolition) landfill, and another man and I had to wash the clay off of the tires of the trucks leaving the site. If they had sand like this it would have been easier, but they use clay (peanut butter) to cover the mound in the afternoon before closing.
@Farm_fab3 жыл бұрын
One thing I miss on any excavator here in Sweden is a thumb (when driving without a tiltrotator) I haven't seen a single machine here with a thumb. It's a handy piece of equipment when it's needed! Very nice driving as usual 👍🏻
@endagigropen93193 жыл бұрын
These videos are like therapy to me. I be looking forward to your videos everyday
@standrickhodges56883 жыл бұрын
Another great video Chris! Thank you for such interesting videos. Curious why they do not put in a slow rotating silt screen device upstream and have it dump the sand on a slow moving conveyer up to a nice flat open area and just have you haul the sand away once a year with a skid loader and dump trucks. Sure would save them a bunch of money lol.🤔
@samson12003 жыл бұрын
No wasted movements, no wasted energy; it's a pleasure to watch your kind of efficiency, Chris.
@peteacher523 жыл бұрын
"I'll be a leg up on this job." Hilarious. Keep diggin'.
@davidrobins40253 жыл бұрын
I loved the greenish tint too!
@cassia_cries3 жыл бұрын
Well I hope you have some good weather this weekend Chris, I figure you will be working as always! And I’ll be watching your videos, I enjoy each and every one of them! Is sand the heaviest material that you load for hauling or those boulders! I know when you load sand it’s not up to the top of the dump truck like dirt! That’s why I was asking brother! Good luck brother and always praying for you up there! Stay safe Chris 👍🏻👍🏻
@kirk4673 жыл бұрын
This is becoming a once a year or 2 at most kind of a project
@jameshall16913 жыл бұрын
Some where up stream there is a giant sink hole feeding your money pit. Makes sense to move a few loads twice a year vs waiting till it several hundred loads.
@richwielechowski51913 жыл бұрын
Looks like they need a couple sediment basins built up stream to catch the sand. We had the same situation on I69 in Greene County Indiana and they worked on that project. Great video
@randallrbaker50303 жыл бұрын
I recognized it within the first 30 seconds lol! I think the last time you were here popped up in my recommends a couple weeks ago. YT keeps recommending me videos I've already seen. Of course I watched it again. Haha
@ntepup773 жыл бұрын
Yea i keep getting recommendations 2-8hrs after i already watched them and showing posted 2,15 or 30 min ago.
@young119843 жыл бұрын
That was a good one, I think the water was lower this time
@dignation2163 жыл бұрын
The Fish: Not this guy again!? The Sand: Hold my beer.
@dwaynekoblitz60323 жыл бұрын
That looks great Chris brilliant job 👍👍
@johncampbell63823 жыл бұрын
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@gregnewlin10743 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t even know where to start. Great job. I learned a lot.
@crkproductions50003 жыл бұрын
Big machines moving dirt. Love it!
@loganc42333 жыл бұрын
Amazing how it silts in that fast!!
@stevegreen2913 жыл бұрын
Probably was backed up the waterway and the heavy rain events brought it down stream and cleaned out up river
@Sicktrickintuner3 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of 🐸 in the background. Nice quick work as always 👍👌
@greghoffstadt6673 жыл бұрын
Watching John, is like poetry in motion, very relaxing Yes a lot of sand, may be a turkey nest dam further up the creek, with a small gabion style weir downside, would concentrate that sand in one convenient spot.
@grahamdunton32833 жыл бұрын
Just like oak island, they keep drilling for wood in their money pit and you keep coming back digging up sand. Only difference is you're making money and they are blowing money.
@cliff46953 жыл бұрын
You stole my line 😁😁👍
@jameshall16913 жыл бұрын
Yup! Thought the same thing. Like an automatic deposit.
@lloydholt65113 жыл бұрын
Is it possible that Blue Beard had drilling Equipment to go that deep ?
@USSBB623 жыл бұрын
Love to watch you work that machine
@edmc7553 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the beautiful weekend Chris!
@ONEpocketKID213 жыл бұрын
It’s a good thing you came there when you did, I believe you spent more days on it last time! This time you’re getting after it Chris, great job brother!
@kirk4673 жыл бұрын
Chris you the perfect excavator and bucket for the jobs you do. You are not operating a quarry size excavator. With a stream the sand/ mud doesn't stink. Give a pat to Winston for us.
@assassinlexx19933 жыл бұрын
Maybe your Uncle John has been pulling your leg and is just dumping what you have been digging for years just upstream a ways..... then snickering while you dig it back out.
@ogreatmaster83343 жыл бұрын
Fuck that guy if this was the case
@cocopublicnews67663 жыл бұрын
you know spring is not far away when you hear the little frogs chirping away.
@dafyd2423 жыл бұрын
This pond job always makes good viewing bro. Safe travels
@mischef183 жыл бұрын
Didn't take long to put the shine back on the bucket. 😁 ETA & five minutes later, you say just that. 😉
@GARDENER423 жыл бұрын
The owner should name the lake after John. He's caught more fish out of it than anyone. 💰💰
@dannysowell90713 жыл бұрын
Nah, too many people would think something Fishy was going on...
@HappilyHomicidalHooligan3 жыл бұрын
Always good to have a steady job. Easy digging, not much mat moving.
@markbrown62363 жыл бұрын
Great job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@brazucaoperandomaquinasnaa5743 жыл бұрын
I can watch you do this pond work for hours! It's a form of meditation! LOL
@shilohii3 жыл бұрын
It's like deja vu all over again.😏 Lots of nice washed sand. So where was the mountain of sand that keeps washing down that creek?🤔 Nice to have a good repeat job 👍👍
@jimshoe68283 жыл бұрын
NC sand hills gotta love it! Never know if it's muddy or dusty no in-between ❤️ your videos Chris! I'm North of Raleigh NC. If you ever take a break from working and wanna play in the mud on atv or sidexside go to Busco Goldsboro! That's my play ground!
@lauraelliott64853 жыл бұрын
Looks great Chris!!!!
@jimgarrett70783 жыл бұрын
When I get the bucks I’ll be ordering a tee shirt and a hoodie! I’ll be looking to see when they’re available brother! Thanks for sharing all these very interesting videos Chris! 👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻
@kirk4673 жыл бұрын
LOL, I liked the beginning where the reflection in the glass showed him operating the controls.
@tcsdoc3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Chris, ever thought of panning some of that sand to see if there`s any gold in it?
@VincentParisien3 жыл бұрын
*letsdig 18* Couple switch backs up stream would cut down on that. Thanks for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
@MrRebar153 жыл бұрын
Only until the next hurricane comes along and floods it out.
@cathiwim3 жыл бұрын
The gift that keeps on giving.
@stevemartinez67573 жыл бұрын
You’re lucky that the sand is relatively easy to scoop up and load out. You should almost make a gravel lot in that area due to the frequency of your dredging jobs there. Great work!!
@pqworks90193 жыл бұрын
That wet sanding sure shined the bucket up!
@DocNo273 жыл бұрын
To bad I didn't live closer.. I would really enjoy running equipment for you.. You seem like a very respectful and caring person and boss to work for.. Thank you for your time and the work it does to get the footage..
@Ragnar18223 жыл бұрын
You really need to be at Oak Island. Have you watched those guys in the swamp. They need you man!
@campingwithhomer73713 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. Every time I watch that show and see them do any digging I can’t help thinking “Chris wouldn’t have done that, he would have done it this way”. Or “Chris could have done a way better job clearing down to the stone pathway “. I guess after you’ve seen the master at work, you start comparing everyone else’s skills to his. 😂
@basshead20033 жыл бұрын
I noticed the last excavator recovery got 7.5 Million views! Wait I just checked it's at 7.6 million now! I'd say they do pretty good for you...as long as it's somebody else's machine.
@kb77223 жыл бұрын
Dredgeing oportions are a big under taking it can be most challenging as well
@skyhunter8233 жыл бұрын
The place where I started watching your videos!
@frag0mat1c3 жыл бұрын
I love watching a man work that knows what he is doing. The machene that was buried in the lake was amazing to watch.
@charlesyell63183 жыл бұрын
great video and great job as always buddy 😎👊🏻👍🏻
@chasebodiford43633 жыл бұрын
That forklift looks like it should be jumping sand dunes. 🤣
@MyTractorGuy3 жыл бұрын
Paid re-work is good to have. Pollen,,,yes I have yellow powder on everything here in N.Fla., saw yellow honeysuckle blooming in tree tops and my azaleas will bloom this next week. It may be repetitive to redo this job but you do have a nice clear sunny day.
@r1mein543 жыл бұрын
Just like a little kid playing in a big sandbox
@danwithrow8123 жыл бұрын
Like the metal ones in the park
@dignation2163 жыл бұрын
I love the dredging jobs!
@cindyking98133 жыл бұрын
Sand & gravel could be used later, if you have a place to store it for a while.
@cyndikarp33683 жыл бұрын
Specify white oak on your mats. Water tight.. whiskey barrel and boat oak. Red ok is porous. And splits vertical up the tree. White oak is closed pore. Don't know if you have white oak down there. There is only one white oak and about 15 red oaks. Jack oak is red. Black oak. Swamp oak. There is red oak in the desert. In illinois they have peach oak peach colored. Many varieties of red oak. Only Chinkapin Is white oak. Air tight. Hard to split.
@tedc38953 жыл бұрын
Lock the tailgate shut and tilt the bed a bit to drain the water, save weight and "MONEY"! 🤣
@terrywheelock94583 жыл бұрын
Grate video.. Thanks man ❤️🙏
@scotten343 жыл бұрын
Around these parts we call them sand pits and literally rake in the💸💸💰. I have a feeling we have our construction more streamlined here. You wouldn't find an excavator operator within 1,000 miles that would throw away sand or wood. Pallet of sandbags filled $880. Tiny bag of wood chips $4.
@loverlei793 жыл бұрын
Amazing you are back there Again! . How are the stock piles you had before holding up? time for a restocking I guess.
@Mercmad3 жыл бұрын
Nice weather this weekend! Do the ponds in the Raleigh area ever get nice enough to swim in?
@blindtomdiy59183 жыл бұрын
With all that sand coming down that creek somebody up stream must be loosing a lot of backyard!🇦🇺
@peterdrake23163 жыл бұрын
....i thought a money pit was a non-Volvo..lol...good one stay safe and have a great weekend..
@bobjoncas28143 жыл бұрын
The soothing sounds of Bull frogs and an Excavator...... Got my earphones on and your mic picks it up great, 25 minute area.
@benjaminjohnson82483 жыл бұрын
Smooth and wet, great vlog Chris. Thanks for sharing.
@bostedtap83993 жыл бұрын
nice to hear the frogs ,spring is coming
@jimkruszka38173 жыл бұрын
Hum this reminds me of a cement pumper. put in or suck up some wet sand and pump it out of the area into a big stack or into a truck. I like the settling stack and then you put it into the truck. What a job.
@martineastburn36792 жыл бұрын
I remember watching you work on this before how long has been since you cleaned it out.
@davidglaum25383 жыл бұрын
With all the timber you harvest you could keep some good timber for making mats
@johnwood7023 жыл бұрын
You've got some oddly satisfying content, keep it up
@waldinjo3 жыл бұрын
To the Family that owns the property this pond is located on, it’s only Money. Pond is Important.👍
@kens.37293 жыл бұрын
kind of like taking out a beaver dam and leaving the beaver there lol
@amandagirl80423 жыл бұрын
I could really use a couple hundred loads of that to help level my yard.
@kWT493 жыл бұрын
I just watched the last job at the money pit not that long ago. Some of that sand was left from that time.
@ericpaul45753 жыл бұрын
I got a bucket full of wet clay in a Mustang excavator last year. it was so heavy it wanted to tip the rig even at full curl. I'd have dumped and re-bucketed, but it was sticky. Had to pressure wash it out.. wouldn't come out for nothing.
@stevenbiars48173 жыл бұрын
6 months? Did I hear that correctly? That almost justifies parking a long reach there and leaving it. We have a flood control lake on our property, put in summer of 1978. Even with tilled fields around us, it's only just now beginning to get shallow where the creek runs into it. Definitely need to do something. Considering the area, I'm beginning to think that a drag line or even a dredge might be better than a long reach. Each option has possible drawbacks, due to terrain, junk wood and trash that has made it's way in there.
Idk why. But I'm addicted to watching this channel now.
The very first letsdig18 video I watched was Chris playing on the mats in this pond. That got me hooked.
My first was him digging the rental excavator out of the middle of the pond for the rental company. It was buried up to the cab. He said, "They actually had a good plan. They just got in over their head. Sorry." ;)
Legend has it that the community reuse this sand to fill in eroded creeksides further up stream.
It's called the circle of life ;-)
LOL!
😂😂😂
Kudos to you. Not often the comments get me to laughing out loud!
LOL
Oh yes! A pond dredging! My fave! 😊 wait! I hear frogs singing in the background! Sweet spring music!
a broom and a shoe-- someone was swept off their feet!
Well played.
Or the witch crashed in the creek.
Good 1
Either that or they thought they were a Shoe-In for the clean up job...
I noticed you had the window open. I've done that before and when the mud splattered I gasped and got mud back to my tonsils. 🤐
Chris: No I don’t need a bigger bucket. All of us: No, you need a 700! :)
950 should sort that rock/animal hospital job out!
If there was some way I could give him about a third of my 300 plus pounds for the back, many not make a difference on his excavator but it would make a difference on me. Oh well, wishful think on my part, been heavy (read FAT) most of my 70 plus years, I'll probably take it with me when 'I'm pushing up daises'.
Sounds like this place needs floating dredge and a conveyor.
Chris needed his dredging bucket for this gig.
@@dave_n8pu i mean if youre looking for a kid to give it to u can adopt me and i will visit you in the nursing home and talk to you lol
That settled, if any time I want a pond put in, I'll get it layered with sand after. Love the clean fresh look of the water...
Around these parts we would call that a sand mining operation. The gift that keeps on giving.
36:30 Oh, a Wacker Neuson telescopic loader, these ones are made right in neighborhood to the company I work at in Korbach, 🇩🇪. Nice to see something from home so far abroad. Cheers!
Someone upstream must be getting a canyon.
jack hoffman is running the worlds biggest sluice box just upstream
And has not found the first flake of gold. But the sand is a sign of good gold.
Agriculture can contribute a lot. Tilled field, heavy rain. Neighbor to the west of us loses a little to our side of the fence every year, all headed, ultimately, to the flood control lake that was built in 1978. Where the creek runs in, it's starting to look similar to what you seen in the first part of this video.
Chris, what you need there is a bucket wheel excavator feeding into a concrete pump that dumps into a dewatering plant that unloads into a front end loader that can stack it into a pile that you can sit on to load it into an off road truck to move it to a stock pile at the end of the lake by the road where you can then load it into the on road trucks. See I'm an expert, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express once, and ohh, I watched a KZhead video about it too!!!
Whoo hoo in number 9 to watch!!!!! I’ve watched your vids for so long I recognize this place. That’s not sand you are digging, it’s 20$ bills!
Ohhh I hear frogs chirping. Favorite part of spring. I can’t wait to hear them again in NE Tn.😊
First frog yesterday 27/02/2021 west wales
In Ca.2
Frogs started last Monday or Tuesday here in Southeast Virginia
Can't believe you went there with the leg joke, LOL. I do believe I recognize this sand collection facility. New sand old friend.
Hey Chris, Of ‘Excavator Recovery’ fame with over 7.6M views so far!!! Well done lad. You should invite Destin for a lesson and see how he goes on the different gear. That would be a goldmine for your views for sure… Keep up the great work, it is a pleasure to watch and learn from such a smooth operator. Ron
7.6 million views equals down payment on a dozer
@@kb7722 A very small dozer.
Something about watching videos like this sooths my mind from thinking all day. I mean i KNOW you are constantly thinking of stuff “where to put the load, where to dig first” not saying your job is easy but watching it? Satisfying and entertaining. Subscribed about two weeks ago
Knowing the job so well. Maybe the big finishing bucket ?
That’s why you’re the man Chris, you always leave your jobs looking like new! You have to have some really satisfied customers, your work is incredible! 👍🏻👍🏻
Another Great Video! You know, I watch some of my other Favorites videos and when they are over 30 minutes, I get bored. But on your Channel, I’m enjoying every moment!!!! Thanks again for sharing.
Another mess cleaned up. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
The lake is actually a bird sanctuary - more specifically a special place for the Eastern North Carolina Lesser Spotted Golden Goose.
River silt- that’s some good shit. Alluvial deposits. Can you deliver to Rhode Island? Over in the UK my little brother used to do ploughing demonstrations at ploughing completions. Most people used to slap old sump oil on their ploughs to stop rust but they would still be a little crappy come next time to plough. My brother would drive his tractor and plough down to a nearby river estuary and plough the gravelly sand to shine his plough bits up.
Hey, Chris. Not sure why, but I really like these types of your videos. They are so relaxing. Thank you for sharing your day!
Years ago I worked at a C & D (commercial and demolition) landfill, and another man and I had to wash the clay off of the tires of the trucks leaving the site. If they had sand like this it would have been easier, but they use clay (peanut butter) to cover the mound in the afternoon before closing.
One thing I miss on any excavator here in Sweden is a thumb (when driving without a tiltrotator) I haven't seen a single machine here with a thumb. It's a handy piece of equipment when it's needed! Very nice driving as usual 👍🏻
These videos are like therapy to me. I be looking forward to your videos everyday
Another great video Chris! Thank you for such interesting videos. Curious why they do not put in a slow rotating silt screen device upstream and have it dump the sand on a slow moving conveyer up to a nice flat open area and just have you haul the sand away once a year with a skid loader and dump trucks. Sure would save them a bunch of money lol.🤔
No wasted movements, no wasted energy; it's a pleasure to watch your kind of efficiency, Chris.
"I'll be a leg up on this job." Hilarious. Keep diggin'.
I loved the greenish tint too!
Well I hope you have some good weather this weekend Chris, I figure you will be working as always! And I’ll be watching your videos, I enjoy each and every one of them! Is sand the heaviest material that you load for hauling or those boulders! I know when you load sand it’s not up to the top of the dump truck like dirt! That’s why I was asking brother! Good luck brother and always praying for you up there! Stay safe Chris 👍🏻👍🏻
This is becoming a once a year or 2 at most kind of a project
Some where up stream there is a giant sink hole feeding your money pit. Makes sense to move a few loads twice a year vs waiting till it several hundred loads.
Looks like they need a couple sediment basins built up stream to catch the sand. We had the same situation on I69 in Greene County Indiana and they worked on that project. Great video
I recognized it within the first 30 seconds lol! I think the last time you were here popped up in my recommends a couple weeks ago. YT keeps recommending me videos I've already seen. Of course I watched it again. Haha
Yea i keep getting recommendations 2-8hrs after i already watched them and showing posted 2,15 or 30 min ago.
That was a good one, I think the water was lower this time
The Fish: Not this guy again!? The Sand: Hold my beer.
That looks great Chris brilliant job 👍👍
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I wouldn’t even know where to start. Great job. I learned a lot.
Big machines moving dirt. Love it!
Amazing how it silts in that fast!!
Probably was backed up the waterway and the heavy rain events brought it down stream and cleaned out up river
Love the sound of 🐸 in the background. Nice quick work as always 👍👌
Watching John, is like poetry in motion, very relaxing Yes a lot of sand, may be a turkey nest dam further up the creek, with a small gabion style weir downside, would concentrate that sand in one convenient spot.
Just like oak island, they keep drilling for wood in their money pit and you keep coming back digging up sand. Only difference is you're making money and they are blowing money.
You stole my line 😁😁👍
Yup! Thought the same thing. Like an automatic deposit.
Is it possible that Blue Beard had drilling Equipment to go that deep ?
Love to watch you work that machine
Enjoy the beautiful weekend Chris!
It’s a good thing you came there when you did, I believe you spent more days on it last time! This time you’re getting after it Chris, great job brother!
Chris you the perfect excavator and bucket for the jobs you do. You are not operating a quarry size excavator. With a stream the sand/ mud doesn't stink. Give a pat to Winston for us.
Maybe your Uncle John has been pulling your leg and is just dumping what you have been digging for years just upstream a ways..... then snickering while you dig it back out.
Fuck that guy if this was the case
you know spring is not far away when you hear the little frogs chirping away.
This pond job always makes good viewing bro. Safe travels
Didn't take long to put the shine back on the bucket. 😁 ETA & five minutes later, you say just that. 😉
The owner should name the lake after John. He's caught more fish out of it than anyone. 💰💰
Nah, too many people would think something Fishy was going on...
Always good to have a steady job. Easy digging, not much mat moving.
Great job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I can watch you do this pond work for hours! It's a form of meditation! LOL
It's like deja vu all over again.😏 Lots of nice washed sand. So where was the mountain of sand that keeps washing down that creek?🤔 Nice to have a good repeat job 👍👍
NC sand hills gotta love it! Never know if it's muddy or dusty no in-between ❤️ your videos Chris! I'm North of Raleigh NC. If you ever take a break from working and wanna play in the mud on atv or sidexside go to Busco Goldsboro! That's my play ground!
Looks great Chris!!!!
When I get the bucks I’ll be ordering a tee shirt and a hoodie! I’ll be looking to see when they’re available brother! Thanks for sharing all these very interesting videos Chris! 👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻
LOL, I liked the beginning where the reflection in the glass showed him operating the controls.
Thanks for sharing Chris, ever thought of panning some of that sand to see if there`s any gold in it?
*letsdig 18* Couple switch backs up stream would cut down on that. Thanks for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
Only until the next hurricane comes along and floods it out.
The gift that keeps on giving.
You’re lucky that the sand is relatively easy to scoop up and load out. You should almost make a gravel lot in that area due to the frequency of your dredging jobs there. Great work!!
That wet sanding sure shined the bucket up!
To bad I didn't live closer.. I would really enjoy running equipment for you.. You seem like a very respectful and caring person and boss to work for.. Thank you for your time and the work it does to get the footage..
You really need to be at Oak Island. Have you watched those guys in the swamp. They need you man!
Totally agree. Every time I watch that show and see them do any digging I can’t help thinking “Chris wouldn’t have done that, he would have done it this way”. Or “Chris could have done a way better job clearing down to the stone pathway “. I guess after you’ve seen the master at work, you start comparing everyone else’s skills to his. 😂
I noticed the last excavator recovery got 7.5 Million views! Wait I just checked it's at 7.6 million now! I'd say they do pretty good for you...as long as it's somebody else's machine.
Dredgeing oportions are a big under taking it can be most challenging as well
The place where I started watching your videos!
I love watching a man work that knows what he is doing. The machene that was buried in the lake was amazing to watch.
great video and great job as always buddy 😎👊🏻👍🏻
That forklift looks like it should be jumping sand dunes. 🤣
Paid re-work is good to have. Pollen,,,yes I have yellow powder on everything here in N.Fla., saw yellow honeysuckle blooming in tree tops and my azaleas will bloom this next week. It may be repetitive to redo this job but you do have a nice clear sunny day.
Just like a little kid playing in a big sandbox
Like the metal ones in the park
I love the dredging jobs!
Sand & gravel could be used later, if you have a place to store it for a while.
Specify white oak on your mats. Water tight.. whiskey barrel and boat oak. Red ok is porous. And splits vertical up the tree. White oak is closed pore. Don't know if you have white oak down there. There is only one white oak and about 15 red oaks. Jack oak is red. Black oak. Swamp oak. There is red oak in the desert. In illinois they have peach oak peach colored. Many varieties of red oak. Only Chinkapin Is white oak. Air tight. Hard to split.
Lock the tailgate shut and tilt the bed a bit to drain the water, save weight and "MONEY"! 🤣
Grate video.. Thanks man ❤️🙏
Around these parts we call them sand pits and literally rake in the💸💸💰. I have a feeling we have our construction more streamlined here. You wouldn't find an excavator operator within 1,000 miles that would throw away sand or wood. Pallet of sandbags filled $880. Tiny bag of wood chips $4.
Amazing you are back there Again! . How are the stock piles you had before holding up? time for a restocking I guess.
Nice weather this weekend! Do the ponds in the Raleigh area ever get nice enough to swim in?
With all that sand coming down that creek somebody up stream must be loosing a lot of backyard!🇦🇺
....i thought a money pit was a non-Volvo..lol...good one stay safe and have a great weekend..
The soothing sounds of Bull frogs and an Excavator...... Got my earphones on and your mic picks it up great, 25 minute area.
Smooth and wet, great vlog Chris. Thanks for sharing.
nice to hear the frogs ,spring is coming
Hum this reminds me of a cement pumper. put in or suck up some wet sand and pump it out of the area into a big stack or into a truck. I like the settling stack and then you put it into the truck. What a job.
I remember watching you work on this before how long has been since you cleaned it out.
With all the timber you harvest you could keep some good timber for making mats
You've got some oddly satisfying content, keep it up
To the Family that owns the property this pond is located on, it’s only Money. Pond is Important.👍
kind of like taking out a beaver dam and leaving the beaver there lol
I could really use a couple hundred loads of that to help level my yard.
I just watched the last job at the money pit not that long ago. Some of that sand was left from that time.
I got a bucket full of wet clay in a Mustang excavator last year. it was so heavy it wanted to tip the rig even at full curl. I'd have dumped and re-bucketed, but it was sticky. Had to pressure wash it out.. wouldn't come out for nothing.
6 months? Did I hear that correctly? That almost justifies parking a long reach there and leaving it. We have a flood control lake on our property, put in summer of 1978. Even with tilled fields around us, it's only just now beginning to get shallow where the creek runs into it. Definitely need to do something. Considering the area, I'm beginning to think that a drag line or even a dredge might be better than a long reach. Each option has possible drawbacks, due to terrain, junk wood and trash that has made it's way in there.