Loading Out The Rental Equipment And Cleaning Up

Some commenters sound as if they think this was a failure. I completely disagree. I'm sure the job description was for Chris to do as much as he could within a set time and cost limit. He ended up cleaning up a large section of the property and created 6000 tons of stone the owner will not need to purchase. In addition, the owner now knows how to accurately spec out the remaining clean up. This allows him to make an informed decision about finishing the project. I’m certain he is thrilled with the result and regards it as an unqualified success.

best move pulling the plug on this crushing job.....

Strip back the soil, dig a huge hole, throw it all in and replace the top soil. Job done….

Even when the job fights you, you leave it better than when you started. Nice job, Chris. Thanks for sharing.

I've got nothing but respect for the older generation of truck drivers and machine operators, watching all the men who worked to create America in the toughest conditions still working hard every day. Hats off to Donny and the new generation of men, like Chris, Dirt Perfect and Diesel Creek who continue that tradition.

Yay! Now you can do some more stuff for me😂

I enjoy watching all of your videos but to be completely honest I’m glad you’re done with this crushing project. I’m looking forward to what projects you have planned for the future.

At least you knew when to quit . Take it as a lesson learned and move on . I love watching your videos thank you very much .

Great job on that concrete mess, you’re probably glad to move on from that I imagine.

My dads favorite saying was "Go pound sand" Chris's is "Go pound ROCKS"😁

I always thought Donnie had a nice truck but that view I just seen off it looks so awesome. Very nice Kenworth.

Piles look like the Pyramids of Egypt. Great Job! (David, Texas, USA)

I absolutely love Donnie’s truck!!!❤❤❤❤

To do that stuff halfway good, you need a straight jaw crusher, no screen. The jaw set tight, base ball size goes thru. Then a hoe with a magnet to pull the metal out. Then you could run the stuff without metal through a rotary crusher and screen. The wood and other crap would be small enough . Even then it would be a pain.

Chris, You did a superb job considering what you had to work with. If anyone is looking for mud you are the man to contact. You was able to make a mess into a usable product. Excellent job!!!! God Bless.

When you were loading the crusher you said something about experience, 2 things about experience, 1 after you’ve got it you don’t need it anymore, 2 and nobody else wants it Thank you Sir for your videos

Job well done 👍🏻 thanks for the pond update

We live, we learn.

Man, the beeper on that stacker would suffer a critical existence failure in about the first five minutes if I had to be around that thing. "Ooops, no idea what happened, that crappy belt that broke on the crusher must have flung this bigass rock into it. Half a dozen times."

Great work Chris, frustrating but now you have a good amount of gravel to use on his paths.

Thanks for the detailed explanations

I really liked this project - totally new .. interesting and different.

That Concrete clean up came out Nice. and the Pond looks Great."Good Job Chris".

This has been epic, but knowing you are done with it is the best thing. Building roads, ponds, that's the most engaging watching. Thanks for all you share Chris.

Chris did a good job crushing as much of that mess as he did. It had to be frustrating at times but the property owner has to be satisfied with as much as he got done. Here's hoping we get a nice pond job series next. I know I'm ready for one.

Final product looks great. The process of removing rebar beforehand needs a lot more attention prior to crushing not to mention 'other' bits of rubbish. Did well LetsDig18 and the pond looks fantastic.

Chris, you have done a fantastic job on this project, excellent job as always, thank you for sharing your work.

Appreciate the update on what’s happening,great video as always.now on to the next adventure.😎😎😎👍👍👍

This brings back memories for me. Crushing is useful, but it can be a pain if you don’t set it up right. A pre-screener can help to sort out the excess dirt before crushing. I’m sure you learned the necessity of a ground man or two to keep eyes on the machine ALL THE TIME! An extra excavator with a concrete jaw is extremely useful for rebar, and mesh and plastic are terrible if you want a clean product! This is not as easy as it looks so you really need to crunch the numbers. Good luck! (I’m glad I’m retiredj 😂

You left Pyramids of gravel in what I assume is in North Carolina. Awesome what you accomplished with this project! Watched your explanation of why you took on this project, As you said, dealing with the subcontractors doing what they do before you knew had no control of the project. You learned that. We learned that. Time to get back to building ponds. Hopefully! Looking forward to your next video, Chris!

Looks at lot better then when you started. Thank you and have an awesome day.

Around where I live they get $21 a ton for crushed concrete

The pond is looking nice. I imagine it's probably full now after yesterday and today. That put down a lot of water. On to the next job,take care and God Bless!!!❤😊

Pond looks great. Amazing how fast it filled up.

Hard to find someone to come in on job site and do a good job of it and then leave the site in better shape than what you found it in, typical LD18 operation, there should be no question as to why you are busy and sought after. Thanks for updating us, enjoyed watching this series, appreciate the ride along.

Excellent job Chris...

Love folowing You Chris your a Very hard Worker and tanks again for ex planning the work weld Done .

I guess for me y’all I enjoyed these concrete crushing episodes if anything just to see the process of how it’s all done thanks for the journey Chris really always enjoy your videos. You get into some cool stuff. I hope you’ll be digging out of pond soon because I really enjoy watching that. When you run the mats out in the pond I don’t know why I just like watching them videos.

The big pond filled out beautifully

Genesis Attachments makes concrete processors that are a jaw that crushes the concrete so the rebar can be mostly removed. They also make a rebar shear and grapples to pick up concrete without the dirt. There are often 3 machines working together with the various attachments. There are probably many companies making the same types of attachments.

thanks for sharing your work with us Chris, you sure put a big effort in and the mountains of gravel look fantastic..

Well, you did the best you can with what you had. You don't want to ruin the equipment. It's not yours but you get all right. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

The Crusher Job is to End, the Equipment Load and Drive down. The Place to clear. Much old breaking off Congrete with Iron, is to be left over and a great Heap! But You have to Determine a Plan for this Material. Then have You a Visit make by a Pond, what all Perfect. Gladden my of Your next Work. Thanks for all the Interesting Videos. 👌👍

Pretty sure a jaw crusher would eat through that remaining pile down to 3" minus materials. Most of the rebar would get separated with that. And if it was desired to have a more refined product then either the rotatory crusher, or even a cone crusher, would do the trick. I've also seen hammer mills eat up rebarred concrete in bulk, though the feed rate may not be productive for you.

Excellent re-use and recycling of the concrete!

You did a fine job considering the problems and delays. Mr. Donnie will haul your troubles away. What is left would be good shoreline / bulkhead fill for some place down at the coast.

Nice work man! I didn't know what a concrete pulverizer was so I watched some videos. Probably have to crush a loooooot more concrete to justify the cost, but it's a pretty cool attachment. Its amazing how it can get almost all of the concrete off a piece of rebar. Definitely makes sense you'd need something like that to tackle the pile with all the rebar in it. I think you did awesome to get through everything you did.

You have always turned a "Sow's Ear into a Silk Purse", that's just how you roll. Now, let's play in some Dirt. It's great to see Mr. Donnie.

Cuttybone’s that’s probably the nicest pond I’ve seen from you…great shape, nice and full, and the water wasn’t all muddy….looking sweet!

Great video on to the next great project thanks Chris and donny

I'm ready for a big pond build!!

I worked a demo,concrete plant. Processed concrete from airport taxiways and runways. People don’t realize the amount of work that goes into recycling concrete. It’s not easy. It’s rough on equipment too. You did good for what equipment you had to work with.

I can’t wait to see that big pond you dug

Glad you're done crushing lol .. excited for your cabin build, 😅

Chris you always have a positive attitude about your jobs. What you were able to crush looks great. Thanks for this new experience now lets get back to basics. Roads and ponds. Always good to see Donny. Have a great week.

Congratulations, a job well done . Lots of patience 😅

Quite the different job Chris. Look forward to your future projects!!

Been a great ride watching you guys turn old concrete into something useable bro. Safe travels. Ken.

Oh Yeah, I know your glad to get out from under that mess !! Ol' Donnie is pretty cool !! lolol... Yeah Man, that does look like it made some really good gravel, And that lake/ pond turned out really nice, as they always do !! I really like how your edges turn out on all your pond builds Chris, always look nice and clean !! Great as always Man, Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!

All tidied up....Ree-bar is a serious problem in the concrete...But you done what you could...good job Chris...Stay safe and see you on the next one

"Rebar Galore". Your new stage name, Chris!

You must be looking forward to pond work surrounded by grass after all that concrete. 😊

Great job.

Somehow I have a hard time trying to figure this project as cost effective. KZhead channel helps a lot.

You done a great job

Great Hod on crushing all that concrete Chris

Hey Chris is there anyway you'd be able to do a ponds video? I'd love to see recent photos of the ponds you've done over the last 5 years. Before, during, and now photos or video of them would be majorly interesting! 🙏

I know you'll be glad when the crusher is gone. You did an excellent job there between all the break downs

Well done sir

Very cool series, i learned alot watching. Bet it beats stumping. Lol

Crushing concrete like that looks like a royal pain the the back-side. The "safety horn" on that stacker would drive me nuts after about 30 seconds.

[22:11] With the grass in place, the beach and the full pond, it looks a lot better than the swamp and desolation it was before :-)

I like these videos, very informative

Love Donnie, Solid man ! 🇺🇸🇨🇱

The remote cord for the stacker is so short. All that safety nonsense to get it started, then they have you walk 2 feet away from it...

👍🏻👍🏻because one is never enough 🤛🏻🤛🏻

You did what you could with what you got...my friend you deserve a pat on the back.✋🤚✋🤚 ⭐💥👍GoTeamLetsDig18 👍💥⭐

/Love the pond!!

Mr Bealy is looking for you great job.

THAT KENWORTH IS A NICE TRUCK

Interesting videos bet you’re glad it’s finished

Get a crusher claw for your biggest excavator. Save you a lot of headache.

Them stainless steal parts are tie downs for the gating in the barns

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

I was thinking from the beginning of this series that the setup to go for would be to get two crushers. One jaw crusher with magnet to feed the one you got. But how much would it then cost... Maybe it would do the trick, but overall very difficult task. Well done with the equipment you got.

All you can do is call it a learning experience, if you did not do it you would never know, now you know!

you dont even need a pulverizer for most, just a jaw crusher shovel attachment - all the long rebar gets crunched through and you can then pick it out with a scrapyard magnet - then shovel the rough agregate through your current setup i find it truely amusing that you think of this as a lot of rebar, concrete bridges have up to 1/4 of total volume just iron.

A jaw and gyratory cone unit would be a better choice, maybe.

Mr bealygood is excited but Chris thumbs up for doing something outside your comfy zone and I'm sure you'll be back crushing and then mounds are probably the highest ones around

It's a big shame with all of the re-bar in the concert because crushed it looks some greater material for road building but I totally understand why you have had to stop it was tacking to much time sorting through it but you did well between the lack of servicing on the crusher and having 2 set's of bars putting in all the down time did not help you, thank's for another interesting and great video Chris.

Every battle can't be won, just remember to win the war! You made a wise decision to avoid all of the rebar! Thanks for the video.

Without all that mud and wet soil, there'd probably be dust everywhere...but indeed the rest is for pulverizer, scrap magnet and screener...not sure if there's enough material to bring three pieces of equipment on site though

pond looks placid, natural, organic. (except for the beach :)

Looks great Chris, thanks for sharing my friend! Take care of yourself and I’ll be waiting for your next project! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻

Sounds like we brought the wrong crusher.

job needed a40 - 50 ton machine with a big multi=processor on a quick hitch, not cost effective for a one off job, leave it to some-one who has the investment in the kit to do it properly and at the price. Alternatively dig a big hole and bury it, or dig it out and truck it to Mr Digg, who'd love that inert material for topping of his landfill. all about the costs.

Yes road base Peace out

Enjoyed watching, but happy its over ❤❤❤

Pond blue - the blue doesn't let the sun get to alge and the pond turns blue and clear.

Mr. Donny is my kind of old timer. He wants to hit it with a hammer to fix it 😂. If that doesn’t work, find a bigger hammer