I think you should give one to Bealy considering you wore half them out at his place!! Another great video.

Great to be able to ride along on the dozer and the excavator, as well as sit off at a distance to watch them at work. Thanks for your time to set us up so that we can watch you at work. Very enjoyable. Appreciate the lack of drama that turns me off on so many good potential video channels. They go along just great, and then apparently feel they need to doctor up the video for something different. Yours are steady and great. Thank you for that.

@BrianEltherington

Жыл бұрын

LOL, yup had to leave a rather interesting boat building contributor’s subscription years ago because the drama was too much to take. Have a feeling many of us may watch KZread to escape drama. Drama non-grata. Just watch soap operas if that’s what you need. Really like the on-site views which pull together the methods to the operation requirements at hand. Would be cool if there was split screen of operator view and site view to help connect the methods to the results. Thanks, letsdig18, for keeping it real!

@tomrogers9467

Жыл бұрын

@@BrianEltherington Yes, I started watching the DP boys, but got turned off by the silliness and banter that really detracted from their production.

@tlfreek

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they look like duck feet to me. can we call the points waddle makers for ease in identification?

I ABSOLUTELY agree with clearing all the trees out. You leave some trees for shade! A farm needs open and clear fields.

I just put the exact same teeth on my 2150. Broke two screwdrivers taking the old ones off 🤣

I love how you say you're going to get a bigger screwdriver and then it cuts to you with a 3lb sledge and an enorrrrrrrrrmous chisel. Great stuff. 😁 Love watching maintenance on the equipment.

I live in Durham my son who lives in Bradenton, Fl. told me about your site. I started watching and right away I thought this guy has watched Camarata who I have been following for several years now..

Back in my college years I worked summers at ESCO Corp. in Portland Oregon to help pay my way through school. All one summer I worked as a grinder in an area they called the Cleaning Room where we removed the risers from the castings via 8 to 16 pound sledge hammers, depending upon the size of the point or adapter. We also did the rough grinding of the casting and finally the finish grinding in which we ground the points to properly fit the adapter. You referred to them as teeth, in the industry they were called points. The adapter is the portion welded to the bucket lip. The completed buckets were also fabricated at the same plant facility. A major part of ESCO's business at that time was the wear parts for earth moving equipment of all kinds. Drag line buckets of up to 105 cubic yards were being produced at the Portland sight and at their Danville Illinois plant. Nick, North West Farmer

THIS IS MORE FUN THEN WATCHING YOU FILL UP TRUCKS, GREAT SHOW REALLY LIKE IT.

We learn something new every time we watch Chris, some useful to the job some just knowledge.

How fitting for the new Ecko bucket teeth to be painted Forest Green. I swear in these videos I can almost hear you smiling as you run your dozer. This takes me back more than 40 years when I worked for a contractor clearing building sites. I haven't since experienced anything more satisfying than tearing through a grove of brush on a Cat.

I remember when I was a kid so in mid 1960s there was a local clearing company that had a D8 with a tree plow and a D7 with a brush rack. They cleared lots of fence rows and wooded areas. Great 👍 work

You gotta get a metal grate for the bulldozer to protect yourself from angry trees that want to jab like a few did today. All it takes is one coming at the right angle and you're getting coloring books for Xmas for a long time.

@Lenny65

Жыл бұрын

Was thinking similar thoughts the right tree coming into the cab area could impale the operator very easy doing a clearing like that w the machine . Sure it's happened to someone.

@njonebale7889

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It’s very dangerous for sure, the thing that happened in a split second isn’t a tree coming into the cab and impaling you, it’s pushing a pile and having a trunk or branch snap and it whips a couple foot long piece at you like a bullet, happens just like that and your lucky if your dead or your chewing on crayons.

Nothing like watching Chris pushing down trees while having my morning coffee!

Dozer operators have to have their head on a swivel or end up with a black eye or worse. Constant attention is required and the body is bone tired when done the days work. Years of experience is evident when watching Chris work the different machines. Don a new hat for each piece of equipment. Get distracted and maybe get hurt. Love watching our boy fulfill folks dreams. He has made my cancer battles easier to endure these last few years. Hope I get to hang around and see many more projects.

@kimsapp1791

Жыл бұрын

I, to am blessed to watch, whilst fighting pancreatic cancer.

Always nice to have the teeth 'fixed' and replacing old worn out ones would be wonderful! Those originals did some pretty tough hours. Burn piles are going to be be a pyromaniac's dream. Squeaky clean clearing going well too.

@dansbrown1313

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Well, I'd guess you're darned lucky you were replacing excavator teeth. If you had to do that with your own teeth you'd have to remortgage your house! Every time you wrapped a tree around a standing one I became fully alert as I've had a tree explode and hit the bridge of my hard hat but slid off that and punched through my face just below my left eye and came out my mouth. Oh well.

I know how much you love that old dozer but it squeals at such a high pitch my dogs start howling! lol

I really like the way you illustrate the way the jobs are being done ✔️

The D6 is definitely the tool for this job ! Moving the brush a second time not only opens it up but you are getting most of the dirt out, great job Chris !

That really showed what a good tool the dozer is. Much appreciated.

My early morning coffee and watching Chris before this seventh year old goes to work. Keep up the great videos Chris.

Love the progress you're making with this clearing. The owners have to be thrilled with the wonderful job you're doing. Glad you got the new teeth. Boy howdy were those worn down! You got good work from them: 2 large ponds, a few small (at least 3), acres of clearing, and loads of dirt moving. Well done sir.

Brilliant Clearing with the Dozer and new Green Teeth - yes ! Stacking the Burn Piles ! Huge Progress already ! Loving You Work and many Cheers from us in Australia !!!!

I remember as a teenager cutting firewood at my grandpas ranch we would have to stack our burn piles by hand your method is so much better love it

Awesome work as always Chris, no matter what it is. I'm the hospital due to addisons disease so thank you so much for the great content today

Chris has taught us over the years that dirt don’t burn!! Gotta clear that out!! Enjoying this video!

@stewiesaidthat

Жыл бұрын

How to Burn Soil? The simple answer is not easy, but yes, soil can burn if the temperature exceeds 280C, exothermic reactions (those reactions that produce heat). When soil surface temperature reaches 500 to 600C, glowing combustion occurs if oxygen is not excluded from the char surface.

Neat to see the dozer hit those whippy trees and take them down. Almost as fun as see the drone views of the feller carrying trees around upright on the Bealy pond clearing

Holy cow - One tooth sold for $2,025.00, another for $2,005.00 and the other went for $1,525.00. I loved the description, "This item may show some wear"....lol Stay positive and stay safe out there!

Didn't get a chance to comment, but the symmetry of the 1/2 acre pond was exceptional. Chris' alternative vocation, Volvo dentist! 😉

Banging on those teeth reminds me of the old saying; "if force is not working that just means you are not using enough of it". 😁

Satisfying to see land being cleared for other purposes. That's a mess! Enjoying the video! Thank you! God's blessings and be careful.

That´s wild! The cabin view in the bulldozer is awesome

People used to tease me about wearing my winter coveralls during the summer when I cleared logged over sites. I did not have a cage on my D9 either. And it did not take me long to learn about all of the spears and whips that came at me. You are lucky that the area was already stumped. That CAT sure saves you a lot of wear and tear in the Volvo and Komatsu.

Another good video Chris. It's nice to see the old dozers work and the muscle 💪 they have.

The thought of engraving those teeth and selling them came to my mind and then I see you actually did similar. Cool. NIce bids too.

Thank you bro for beautiful video from Fiji lsland. Good morning happy Saturday

Those Ultralock chisel teeth were very likely cast at the ESCO facility in Newton, MS... about 19 miles from my home. It's even possible that one (or some) of my friends who work there poured, flashed, and/or painted those very teeth.

Thanks for the insights as to what your attempting to accomplish with your project!

Every time I see you change bucket teeth I'm always amazed how much they wear.

@apollorobb

Жыл бұрын

Im always amazed at what someone will pay for wore out bucket teeth lol

@riparianlife97701

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I saw 6 angle grinders for the longest time. I guess I've never seen painted bucket teeth.

@apollorobb

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@@riparianlife97701 6 Bosch's lol

@twodogsandtheirfamily

Жыл бұрын

They did have 1300 hours on them. That's probably close to half a year of daily work. I'm pretty sure the money from selling the old ones more than pays for a few sets of new ones too

@Bill_N_ATX

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@@twodogsandtheirfamily Well, 8 hours a day, 50 weeks a year is 2000 hours. 10 hours a day, six days a week, 50 weeks a year is 3000. Depending on how crazy you are about working, I agree that 1300 is probably pretty close to a half year full time or a full year of mixed operation. You know, mostly excavation, some dozing, some time spent on the skid steer.

Love watching you work Chris on your sxc , Dozer too .

Glad u had the sweeps on the dozer. Looking good.

I can't wait to see Betty back on the job. Nice work with the dozer!

I was making a PBJ the other day. I started with 3 blobs of chunky peanut butter and, as I pushed them out smooth with the knife blade, I thought of you :)

I would love to spend 20 minutes on that D8. My dad had a Ford 4500 with bucket and backhoe and loved to play Dave the Destroyer clearing trees on the back forty.

Good video as always! Enjoyed. Thanks Chris. 👍😎

Coming along nicely Chris 👍👍👍👍👍

I sure didn't take long to wear the "New Green" off those teeth! Good Job Chris. You do a magnificent job!!! I look forward to watching you daily. Also, wishing I was 40 years younger so I could come down and work with you.

Being an excavator operator there is nothing like a new set of teeth on the bucket !!@ sometimes a new cutting edge on a grading bucket can be aggrevating until it's worn in a little bit and the corners are a little rounded

Fabulous viewer vantage point at 40 minutes 58 seconds in the video! I true presentation of what you do Chris! Up close! Perfect! Fantastic video of this project. Looking forward to what's next!

it's impressive what one good man and the right equipment can do in one day 👍👍👌

Nice green teeth lol those are huge . Can’t wait to see those burn piles go up they look massive on camera stay safe my friend

Chris is now officially LetsDoze18 LOL!! love running my old machine, they are alot of fun!

Great video Chris always enjoy your videos 🇺🇸

Chris great video! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

@letsdig18 @35:23 Left side of bucket. You've got one loose bolt and another already missing on the bucket armor.

@12:35 mark.... that's why dozens need limb risers. Will save you a lot of damage or injury like the tree falling back after it busted on top of dozer. Dangerous work

That turned out to be a pretty big job brother! Lot of progress today Chris! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

Somewhere in those piles is a valuable tooth! Wonder if the Bucket Tooth Fairy will be generous? (I have to follow those ebay items... and HOLY SMOKE... over $700 ...whoa...that's like the price of a set of new ones! Way to go Chris!)

Like a jungle. Your mowing down them sticks with ease.

God bless you you are a master in the machine

WOW!! Looking at the bids I would say you have some REALLY good fans out there.

Chris take it from me get you some side and rear screen protection about 10 years ago I had a small poplar tree come out of nowhere and hit me in the face and broke my nose just looking out for you buddy! Jobs looking good tho!

Chris great job, great videos, keep up the great work

Great video 👍 👍

Thanks for posting another good video.

Some of those logs are getting pretty up close and personal

Great to see you clearing with the dozer not sure how safe you are in the open cab you would not get away with it in the UK 🇬🇧

Green teeth I thought you would have put ripe ones on bro, lol. The woods are clearing fairly quickly with both toys playing their part. Safe travels

Dawns here 🌞🌲

Another great video. Enjoyed watching. Hopefully them burn piles will be big enough for burning 🔥 😆✌️

Chris, I really see with those areas of smaller trees the dozer is probably more efficient with time and maybe fuel. Nice job! Appreciate the video

Hey Chris, maybe this winter, or off season, if you have either of those, you could consider installing some sort of screen around the ROPS on the D6. You know your needs better than us, of course, but it would help alot of us breathe easier! 🤣 Lol!

Another great job.💪💪

that D6 is the best investment you have so far with the exception of the excavator

I TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

Chris you were reading my mind about the teeth auction.

To put some of my earlier comments about clearing land I realize things are very different now, . When we started none of the Cats had hydraulic systems. Our dozer ran on cables from the rear mounted winch. New operators would frequent ‘snap’ the cables by not releasing the dozer lift soon enough. That would shut us down for about 4+ hours . Handling cables at minus 40F was never fun. If we broke down a parachute was put over the dozer so we could work under it. The Cat ran 24/7 since if they were shut off we could only start them when the weather warmed. With milder temperatures we could pour gasoline in the crank Cade to thin the oil. After it started the x gasoline would evaporate out of the oil. Smaller diesels were started on gasoline and the switched to diesel after they were warmed up. Times have surely changed.😊😊😊

I know one thing is once a match is struck on those piles of brush that’s going to a huge hit fire . Can’t wait

More LD18 bonfires in the future…awesomeness! Thanks for sharing Chris!

This is the best channel out there.

That’s the dozer you should call Bam Bam, Betty and Barney had a son that was extremely strong and carried a big club! He would carry his daddy “Barney “ around on his shoulder! Lol That’s the “ Flintstones! That dozer can push some stuff Chris like a Bam Bam ! Lol 😂 Seriously! Betty, Barney and Bam Bam! They were the Rubbles! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 The you can figure which ones would be the Flintstones family, Fred Wilma and Pebbles! 🤷🏼🤙🏻🤙🏻 Wow Chris, you sure work the dozer brother , that sucker pushes awesome! That’s a mess of woods and small stuff there! You’re one great operator on anything! Thanks why I enjoy watching you operate equipment brother! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸

Really taking shape

I’ve just couldn’t stop myself from saying Chris….you would have to be the best magician i have ever seen, to have so many trees 🌲 standing one and made to disappear in next 🎉lol 😅.

Great job

After watching Bealy Good and now this series, you would just about have to give me scrub land like this.

The D6 runs like a Rolex, smooth it is... Great Vid👍👍👍👍👍👍⛏⛏⛏⛏⛏⛏🪓🪓🪓🪓

Wonderful episode Chris 👍 Specially when being on board driving Dozer 👌👌

I always loved having new teeth on a bucket!

Chris is in his sweet spot when using the D6😊 Those old teeth did a whole lot of hard hours. Take care & cheers 🐨🦘🥰

New bucket teeth can sure help when doing this type of clearing and stacking. Can't wait to see these piles in flames. Do not see any fat lighter so will be interesting to watch Chris work his magic and get these piles to torch off.

@2dronetek2

Жыл бұрын

Diesel and a bale of straw

Looks great this video was on your page on Facebook yesterday

I see Chris got the Green Eco Friendly bucket teeth. 😉

I mentioned in the last video of the Bealy project that it looked like that bucket needed to see a dentist when you got done with that project. Getting anything industrial is tough right now Chris.

You should always auction old bucket teeth with signatures for your choice on where the proceeds are donated each year or how ever long the teeth last.

Chris and the bulldozer destroy the tree-huger souls

Why do I do the same exact thing all day long just to come home and watch Chris do it too? 😂😂

I’m glad you got that rollcage on the D6.

Chris, I was wondering how well the 953 would do here clearing compared to the D6. It is smaller, but very good at clearing your farm and it probably uses a lot less fuel. It could get all of the smaller trees and brush and leave the larger trees for the D6 or 220 to get later.

Boy that trackhoe eats better with new teeth. LOL. I have a pallet load of Cat teeth left over when I sold my Napa store. I'll make you a good price.

I watch a video from dirt perfect this morning. When starting their brush pile. They took a yard blower and a long pvc pipe. It help to get the fire burning hotter. Something that might help you.

@dennis2376

Жыл бұрын

Was not very effective, Chris has done better. :)

@snappingbear

Жыл бұрын

Chris has used that method before. You can see it in his videos from years ago.

Yes! The camera isn't in the bulldozer so we can hear other sounds and not just the motor. Also much better perspective of the work being accomplished. Thank you