Going back to your 220s are going to be an adjustment! Awesome of Tim to stick around and help out, he definitely deserves a stay in the cabins when they get done
The video showing the bucket view dumping into the truck is awesome. It also shows the skills of the operator to put the load into the truck and not excessively overflowing the bed!!
The 550 makes it very efficient! Almost 30 tons loaded, moved, dumped and spread every five minutes by three guys. I retired from 25 years of IT work. I don't know why but watching these videos is both mesmerizing and relaxing. Course, it may be because I worked construction in my teens and loved seeing physical results of what is being done. IT work is more ethereal so the satisfaction is just in completing a project, but you can always drive by a house, or a pond structure and know your hands made part of that happen.
Chris, this old lady just loves watching the great job you and your team accomplish cooperating with each other. You have a real rhythm working together. I have to tell you that the view from each piece of equipment really gives a nose view that helps this viewer get a feeling of the enormity of the job in progress. I have my computer screen set as big as I can get it to see the dirt moved. It's almost like I can smell it too. Your videos just get better and better, especially the drone views showing how much work is getting done. The volume of dirt moved is amazing and exciting to watch the job from each piece of equipment. Thanks so much for sharing and hope you and your team all stay safe.
As an old man who has run backhoes and mini excavators all my life, I am just blown away by the amount of dirt you guys have moved in such a short time. Now I'm going out and use my "towable trencher" with it's 13" bucket to load a half ton of dirt in my "mini dump truck".😁😂🤣
Robert has become a very good operator, he has the speed balanced well with being smooth and steady which gets the job done efficiently with low wear and tear on the machinery.
That is going to be a big and deep lake when it gets filled. It is amazing the amount of dirt you are able to move as fast as you are building the dam. I hope to see the end product full of water.
Geez Chris as soon as you put that drone in the air we all got the picture of just how big and deep this pond will end up. Your client has a wonderful piece of property and this "lake" will look real nice when things are green and finished.
I really like how Chris explains the methods and untracies of what he's doing and the equipment he's using. Like the bucker setup. It's a big part of what makes his channel so successful I'm sure.
I totally agree. He's talking/explaining almost constantly. Then he takes a break every 10 minutes or so and gives a wider review of what he's done and plans to do next. Good stuff.
Watching this video really puts into perspective what we got done! I shoulda kept up with how many times I heard, "we gonna need more dirt" 😂😂😂, I was thinking for a minute that there wasn't going to be enough clay in North Carolina lol
Hi Chris, have you ever thought about the ponds that you have built. They could be in history books of the towns that they are in. Your legacy will live on for a long time. Thank you for sharing your life with me. You're the best operator ever, and I love watching you
Incredible in action video Chris! Watching on my 75" Class Samsung Neo QLED 8K Smart TV I felt like I was right there on the job site. Great that Robert and Tim are there for this incredible pond project!
Gotta say, these are the kinds of days you wish every day would be like. Cooperative weather, everyone putting the work in and making a ton of progress. 3500 yards is a lot and that 550 makes it look effortless.
Some really good camera angle and drone footage in this one Chris, Steven Spielberg job, thank you. This 550 is something else, I surprised its weight allowed it to cope so well in these conditions. Going back to the 220 mini-digger is going to slow you down.
This is such an interesting build. I'm glad you got the big gal in to help you with moving dirt and I loved your explanation about what would make an appropriate & efficient combination of bucket and stick. I know nothing about construction or earth moving, but I have learned how good operators work from you. Thanks for the education, thanks for sharing this build, thanks for being here.
'Government juice' was put to good use - huge gain on the pond dam achieved. Drone footage was brilliant - certainly gave a clear indication on size between the 550 and Barney.
I was thinking yesterday that it might be quicker to use the truck to move the dirt into place. That way you wouldn’t have been waiting on the dozer so much. I don’t think that dam could be compacted any tighter, it’s hard as a rock. I really like these long videos. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the videos on this pond build.
This is by far the show case video of your channel!!! Such an awesome job in every aspect ! Thanks so much for the ride along.. You've achieved so much with all your hard work, dedication and knowledge.. Can't wait for the next LD18 video ..👍
A 550 with an appropriately sized long reach setup would be a scary toy for sure. I agree with others that you will miss that when you go back to the 220...granted it depends on the scale of the job if you will really miss it or not. But this was a fun set of videos.
A couple of things I was thinking about, one was that the hauler, the way you were loading it, had to be grossing out at about 115-120k, I would think anyway, and that had to be compacting the living daylights out of that dam. Second thing is I saw pretty decent job of gate spreading off the hauler a time or two. That is going to be an awesome dam, no two ways about, thanks for the update sir.
That pond dam is looking good Chris, that thing is going to have to hold a lot of water now that I’m seeing just how tall it is! WOW Great Job Letsdig18 (Chris)! Y’all be careful out there brother! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸 thanks for sharing my friend, Kirk from Louisiana! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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That's amazing how fast you guys are moving dirt. That's gotta be one serious over flow also. That 550 is a beast for sure. The drone footage was great. Gave a very good prospective. Great job guys! 👏
Loved the crazy new cam angles, felt I maybe needed a seat belt at times.😀 One thing missing so far; there's not been any mention (unless I missed it) of plans for an overflow. 🤨I bet the box for that is going to be a belter, and so will the pipes I'd imagine. 🤔Oh well, will just have to wait and see where that all goes.🙂Thank you all for a grand day out.👍 Be well.😉
Only Chris knows if there will be enough clay. Hardest working man I know. Thanks for the aerials. Just amazing at how much work you three did before lunch. Good video. See you at sunrise.
"I'll take three scoops, please" and a full skid of 'government juice!' LOVE this project - ! Totally awesome to fathom the amount of dirt being moved.
wow that pond dam is huge, it is a good thing you decided to use the 550 for this job, instead of the 220. it would have taken a lot longer if you used the smaller machine. ne ways love your videos Chris, such amazing work, keep it up
Chris you are a very special person you are always expecting ever move you make I am hiting 70 and I watch and listen to ever word you say keep up the great work.
That was an excellent video Chris, camera angles, flypasts, and showing the magnitude of the site 10/10❤ Thank you Chris , a great days work by all. 👏👏👏👏👌🍺🍺🍺
Bet you wished you had the 550 for BG's pond dam, it would have halved the time. Less time completing a job, what's not to like.🤗 That 220 looks diddy against the 550, shows what a beast it is.
It's quite a fine balance choosing the right machine for each job, the 550 is an awesome bit of kit.. but when you take into account the moving and set up costs plus the ridiculous amount of diesel it burns sometimes its actually more cost effective to use a smaller machine which might take slightly longer but overall saves money
I am so impressed by the way that yall have moved the amount of soil in such short amount of time. Keep up with the good work. You needed this when you was building the five acre pond.
A machine that big you will be able to dig a lot ponds this Year looking forward to seeing more videos of you digging more ponds and lakes thanks for sharing your time with us
Man Chris, that pond dam is massive, cameras do it no justice I know, pond master Chris is building another beautiful master piece, best videos on RU-vid, I can watch your videos for hours Chris, thanks for sharing awesome videos, big ponds for big machines, Mr LD18 himself has it, 🇺🇲🤙💪✊👌
I like your music picks ,what a change of scenery from day to day ,literately moving mountains of dirt on a daily basis ,awesome work Chris you and the guys are doing
Amazing!!! Luv the shots of drone putting dirt dumping in perspective of box. Good team coordination! Luv this video, thank u! God's blessings and stay safe!
Another awesome day moving dirt. Robert did a great job backing Barney to dump dirt on the back side of the dam🫣 Tim seemed quite comfortable on the dozer. The different aspects of footage, including the drone, plus editing, was excellent. Take care & cheers 🥰
I just saw you on your visit to Volvo in Korea. Pity I did not see your 550E There. I am sure you are happy as the job progresses so much faster. I love watching you being so precise !! Greetings from Australia
awesome videography methods with using the boom to show the load, and lifting the bucket to give us an aerial. Its nice to see the big project from so high up to give us scale.
To add perspective to the sheer speed of that beast if you have the first load ready to dump when the truck arrives it’s leaving 50secs later with 30t! Add another haul truck and dozer working from the other end of the wall and imagine the chaos😂. My wife and I love these videos…keep them coming. Awesome work.
Like many, seeing this pond dig is fascinating. With this pond I am thinking will there be enough run off to fill the pond? I am also thinking, this thing cost tens of thousands of dollars what is the commercial value? I am sure owner sees value in the project. At the end of the day that is what really matters.
I have watched you almost a year now and it never gets old. I could sit here and watch all day; you do a real good job of filming. I was an E.O. in the Sea bees and my brother Wayne made his living by excavator. I love the pond builds. thanks
The roller looks so tiny..lol. The amount of dirt moved and needs to be moved is just mindblowing. It's one thing to move dirt to build A POND..but another to build a DEEP POND. Lol..a freaking lake imo. I can't wait to see final result. You should get Geoff up there for a day and be your cameraman!
Amazing job Chris! I know you can't tell us what a project like this would cost this land owner. However, a great video would be you doing a cost break down of what it would someone to build a pond several acres in size.
If you get to building more and more ponds an 815 soil compactor would triple your speed. I was running an 815 building a 1/4 mile pond dam. We had a 30 ton and a 50 ton truck hauling to me, a round trip for them was about 5 minutes and I could spread and have it packed by the time the next truck showed up. If I was doing a building pad and had the room I could have the load spread in a 1 foot lift by the time the truck bed was down(they would lower the bed on the move) I could keep up with back to back trucks if they knew where to dump
Just curious Chris but is there going to be a natural outflow or are you putting in an overflow at some point? Maybe I missed that in an earlier episode. Awesome work! It’s happening fast!
That 550 is a dirt moving beast and is a BEAST to move from job to job. If you go back the delivery video you can see how it took an entire crew just to unload it. The scale of many of his jobs would make moves like that uneconomical. There are right sized excavators for the core of someone’s work that balance the time and cost of a move with the size of the job. With that said, what a cool monster that thing is!
Is so great to watch your videos and listen to how you explain everything that has to be done to get the job done professionally..I would love to run that 550 bc I'm sure it is so impressive to see all the dirt it will pick up...
And truly amazing how much dirt can be moved with that big bucket in the 550 and had only taken you just a few days to get this pain done just think you may have another one yet wow you're moving right along great job Chris thank you for the video and sharing you have love your channel I've always had a liking's to heavy machinery
Hey just watching there. In Alberta with the oilsands their production shovels have chains welded inside the bucket to knock the sand loose. Cause they have production down to how many shovel loads fills each massive haul truck. So if the buckets all packed up screws it all up.
