The more you understand about operating all of that equipment, the more you appreciate how good Chris is. Been watching for several years and never cease to be amazed.
@@rubberduck8007 That dude as in chris? buddy is running equipment he's paid for he can take trees down however he likes to. just say you're jealous and move on.
Well, once again Chris posts something a little different than his usual content and that makes it really entertaining. I myself really like watching Chris working his grader. It's practically art in motion. It's been a couple of years since the last horse arena he built. It should be real nice once the property owner has the surrounding area grassed and fenced plus a viewing area set up. Probably some grooming stables nearby as well.
Am always amazed at your operating skill. I used to clear brush and trees with an excavator without a thumb and I will say, it’s not an easy job. Boss finally broke down and had a thumb attached to the John Deere 290, what a world of difference that made. Cut our time on site by half. Operating cost was down also. Hat off to you buddy alway impressed with your skill. 😊
Excellent construction/finish! You have many high praised comments on here saying how good you are with your equipment operating skills. What many of those people don't know is "how good you really are!" Thanks for the video which was also professionally edited/produced.
That’s going to be a nice horse arena when it’s finished. I hope you will do an update on it when they get it fenced. What I like most about your channel is that you do a great job explaining what you are doing and you do these jobs as if you are doing them for yourself. When you finish a job it always looks beautiful.
That's one of the better bases I've seen on an arena! Glad to see a real smooth drum out there, seen a couple guys use rental walk-behinds and just shake my head. Interesting drag, I can't say I''ve seen one that looks like that - almost more like a harrow than a Parma or something similar. Looks awesome!
The way it is now it would make a nice shooting range Chris's work is always top notch ,he and John and Robert turn out some real High quality projects
Well, if the client isn’t happy with the outcome on the arena, I don’t know what would make them happy, that really slicked up sweet, nice job sir, thanks for the tag along video.
I like how you get a clip of what machine your using everytime you start recording. I’m sure it helps with editing and for the viewers that have trouble keeping up with the 2 different jobs. Most of can tell who’s machine and exactly what machine your in just by the operators view point.
Chris it sure looks good my friend, I love watching the grader blade cutting from the bottom view! I can just imagine how many levers you’re working at one time, but the grader is pretty cool machine and that sucker does the job! My boss had Tennessee Walkers and he tilled up the arena at his place and added chunks of rubber and tilled it in, I guess the way those horses walk they needed some cushion in their arena! lol 😂 All I knew was it looked like an expensive hobby to me! I had to fabricate and install all the stall doors and window frames, plus all the drill stem fencing in his pastures! It was a change from being in the shop working! Plus he always told me every morning if I needed anything just call the shop and he’d have it sent out to me! Looks good Chris, y’all always do quality work brother! Thanks for sharing Chris, Kirk from Louisiana! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Man, that turned out really nice Chris !! Was gonna say, did look a little moist there...lololol.... But, ya got it all laid out nice !! that rubber drag works really good too, put a nice finish on it !! Love it !! Nice and neat !! Owners should be really happy with that job.... Great as always , Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!
A grader is the most mysterious piece of equipment to me. How in heck do you adjust the blade when you can't see the ground and blade edge contact. Truly an art!
Back in the ole days they shot elevations with a transit and marked wooden stakes that you used to guide the grader. But it took a good operator to make it right. Now there are lasers and receivers to tell elevations as you grade. And it still takes a skilled operator to make it right.
@@speedster9622 Yes. He never does the same pattern twice, yet he does the same thing every time. He is expert at seeing contours evolve, in stages, to a finished form. I spend most of every episode trying to guess his next move. I go from "what the heck" to " oh.....yeah". Great craftsmanship!
The complete Building from a Horse Arena to see in one Video very Interesting. The rood from young Wood, clear and level, the Folie to lay out and a Sandy soil to get open, a limitation produce. A great Work. The good near You have all Machine for all stage. You have however a Perfect Work to the last Detail make. And by the Video like wise. 💪👌👍
That crunch. There is something so satisfying about the sound of you crushing those trees, especially the dead ones. Watching that grader work is pretty dang sweet. I have never really got to see one in operation to this degree before. Thanks for the under belly shots. You definitely have a good eye for this type of work.
Let me see if my memory is still correct, the first video I remember of this farm was you correcting some drainage issues on the driveway around the big barn about 8 years ago, y'all had some trouble getting the truck around the tight bend in the driveway next to the corner of the barn. the next video I remember was you making the riding rink beside/behind it. the next one was you doing some grooming and adding fill to that rink about 4 years ago and also some grade changes to the uphill side, and now this video.
Chris: Just love the grader in your videos from 23.28 to 30.34 is just sooo relaxing to me. Like the top of the blade shots from 31.50 to 39.49, you are A Master at grade.
Im watching your Videos since a long time and it is very interessting. Im not from the USA and i have a question about the bushes and trees. Wouldn't it be better to chip the trees and bushes and sell these woodchips to a Mill or a Company which can use these source?
There is no demand for ground up brush and leaves. He is clearing land for a pond and he had to practically beg for the mill to take solid logs much less tree tops. If he can the fastest and most least expensive way to dispose of tree material is a huge fire or several.
A grader is one of those pieces of equipment that you get because you know you're going to need it for one thing and after that you think it'll just sit and take up space. But after a minute you figure out just how handy they are for all sorts of things, most especially fine grading over large or long areas. We borrowed one to use just to take a center ridge off a dirt road. It did that amazingly, then we used it on the washboard section of another access road, rerolled dirt out of ditches on either side of the same. Leveled and sloped a field so it no longer had plow and wheel ruts all over. Leveled a parking area for a hunting base camp. Regraded a corn field to pull the topsoil back across from a run off area. Basically things that were done for years using a box blade and a very wornout case backhoe a week or better to do. Grader did in a long weekend, and left it in far better shape. After that, never really looked at a grader the same as I had before, like they had very limited usefulness.
Almost had an opportunity to build a private Airport for a Development but Moved out of the area... Was for FB executives.. I'm in envy of running the Heavy Equipment😢
Chris, watching you work, through clean windows, inside a clean cab, on clean equipment. Watching other dirt working people, i thought if you work in dirt, you just live in dirt, you only clean to make equipment pretty for a picture. But you show you spend all day living and working on and in your equipment, keep it clean, it is easer to repair, you can see leaks, cracks ect. Shows how you care and your concern about you, others, and the job-finished product. GREAT JOB
As usual Chris, you run your machine like in your sleep, and explain what needs to be done so that even I understand most of it, with my school English.
Wish you could come here to southwest Ohio to redo the arena at the barn where my mom keeps her horses. The guy(s) who originally did the work didn't do it right to begin with and it's become a real mess with drainage in and around it. Unfortunately the property owner doesn't seem that interested in paying to have it redone either.
Wonder if everyone knows Chris is doing this by eye ? They make a Machine that does all figureing for The operator but he is doing just as good by eye as Machine can
Surface area multiplied by depth yields a number for volume. A cubic yard is 97 cubic feet. 3 feet by 3feet square by 3 feet deep. Convert first number into cubic feet and divide by 27 yields cubic yardage. Hope that helps.
@@johnleonard5323Thanks, how is the cubic yardage converted to weight needed? I'm guessing the volume per ton would be different for gravel, sand or screenings?
Length times width times height. Standard weight per volume. 1 amount of x weighs y times volume needed. After doing this for a while, you estimate tons needed pacing it off, knowing how deep you’re going.
When you are wiggling the levers on the grader back and forth…what exactly are you doing? I don’t see much of a reaction on the blade. Curious Canadian.
What a nice little project. It must be very satisfying to create something so perfect from start to finish! (not to say your big 'ole ponds aren’t satisfying 😳).
What a wonderful treat to see one job, from start to finish, in one video! Loved it!! I understand that with pond builds and clearings it takes much more time to do, but this was a nice change of pace. Thanks!!
