Hi Chris. I'm an 82 year old granny from Pinetown, near Durban South Africa. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos and have done for many months now. You have a delightful sense of humour too.

There was a collective "Bless You" from all of us when Chris sneezed.

This land owner has some serious deep pockets, I like the way he preserves farm land and does not destroy it .

It's wonderful how open the whole area is. It's now usable just with what you've done and I'm sure you aren't finished. Marvelous job. I appreciate you bringing us along for the ride and adventure. Thanks, Chris.

Chris is a money making machine. He sells everything that can be and makes videos while he's doing it. Good for him.

These are my favourite kind of projects. Cheers from Sydney Australia.

Crazy how much sunlight is now hitting the house and the yard around it. Personally I would have left some of those trees up but I understand the risk of leaving them there. It’s looking great Chris.

@cathiwim

Ай бұрын

Remember too, about every 5 years they are close enough to the Atlantic to get Hurricanes and Ice storms. I used to live about 2 hrs north of Chris, and at least 6 major hurricanes/ tornadoes in 19 years passed thru our area. We took direct hits from Floyd, Isabel, Gaston, Dennis and a couple others. When my hubby asked where i wanted to live when he retired, I said “somewhere where there are no hurricanes! Lol” so we are in East TN. Still gotta watch out for straight line winds in these hollers though. And no trees taller than 20 feet within 50 feet of the house! Lol

@10HDFLHX

Ай бұрын

Also have to be aware that trees that grew up amongst other trees usually have much shallower roots, they're not used to standing alone and are more likely to be pushed over by high winds. I had a neighbor clear cut his woods that adjoined mine... I ended up losing dozens of good old hardwood trees in the following years because of this.

Side scarred Pines like that are not diseased as much as lightening scars or past bark scrapes. Continued great work on transforming the image of an old homestead - site improvements. Barney is a good hauler for you.

It's mesmerizing watching the precision and ease with which you operate heavy equipment making something that requires hard won skills look so effortless and smooth, thanks for taking the time to take me along and bring all into your operation. Ray

To me that 'mess' looks just like a typical construction site. With the "snap of your fingers moment" it'll be all shined up. Well done!

It’s amazing how much better the house looks by taking down some trees. You make your job look easy. Keep up the great videos

Wow, it`s really starting to open up nice, you can see sunlight now.

Got it opening on up back there now Chris !! starting to look totally different now... Great as always !! Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!

Job well done 👍🏻 10:22 bless you love the ending of the video

I thought you were being a bit optimistic trying to grab three logs but you got a lot closer thank I thought you would. Thanks for sharing.

Looking bigger in the area with the trees you taken down. Thanks for the video

Making good use out of the grapple . I’m sure it pays for itself self handling logs .

Lot's of medium sized tree's on this job Chris, you really have that area opened up and all kinds of sunlight now.

Those are seriously heavy stumps.

Good Work... 👍

The transformation here at this property is a great example of your process thinking to make each site spectacular and in a sense safe. TIMBER. Whole lots of firewood especially Oak trees. We had an oak tree in our yard years back that in a heavy wind you could literally watch the ground move as the root ball swayed with the wind. After cutting tree down we found out that the tree had root rot and the center was diseased bad and would have fallen into the house with the right wind had we not had it removed. I had someone grind the stump down 4 feet below surface and that was it, threat gone and about 2 cords of prime firewood for the fireplace.

@cathiwim

Ай бұрын

Smart move! We did the same, took 14 trees out of 35 in a one-acre lot, then three months later Hurricane Isabel took out two more(but they didnt touch the house). So glad that was done!

Rotating grapples are so nice to have. Even nicer when they come with a saw. Perfect for cutting off those rootballs

The property already is looking so different and there will be more to be done with it all now, thanks to you experience in dropping all the trees that you have. Enjoy your videos. Thank you for always taking all of us along, fully appreicated. How is your new cabin coming along??

sure makes a big mess to make it look great . nice work sir. cheers.

You root out much Trees by and round the Cabin. Have much Fun by the great Oak. This Trunk cut You and load the of the Dump Truck and Drive the down. How ever a great Daywork what You make. Gladd my of the next Video from this to remodel Work. 💪👌👍

Oak trees are beautiful. I hope you got that limb off at some point! Lol. Definitely more sunshine coming in.

Liking what you have gotten done so far.

Looking a lot better Chris💯💯

Like the video and let the sunlight in this job , love the look .

Howdy Chris! Have a good one Brother!!!❤😊

That crooked tree would make good timber at Lowes 😂

@kenore4003

Ай бұрын

Don't have to wait to get the twisted banana lumber.😂

Thank you for allow us to participate in the knowledge of why sometimes you burn and others you haul off logs. While we don’t need all the details, it helps us to understand that when the market is glutted, you can’t give it away…not even as firewood (so burn pile is best). Then other times it’s because you don’t have a qualifying load (to make a haul worth the time and fuel) for getting it to sawmill.

Looking Good Chris 👍Take Care of urself🤙🔥🇺🇸

The yard looks happy, cheerful and safe, now! Great job!

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

Great progress, looking good! 👏👏👏💯💯👏👏👏

my grand kid loves it when Chris brings out the CLAW! :)

Looking good Chris its great to watch you move trees around

Man that windshield wiper is aggravating on the Hyundai

Really great way to remove trees! Best part is no need to grind any stumps!

You’re getting a lot of big logs off this job. You’re going to need all the brush you can get to burn all those big stumps. I liked the way that cabin was setting in all those trees but I can understand why he wanted to clear them out. It’s a nice cabin and if one of those massive trees fell on it, it would be destroy.

Sure wish these were longer

*_"Timber!!"_* ... _Kahwhwafpcrack!_

@Rick_Lane

Ай бұрын

Say that again 🙂

@GlobalistJuice

Ай бұрын

@@Rick_Lane _Kahfwappffthunk!_ haha ha!

Wow, the root rake is gonna be very busy cleaning up around this area. You've been very busy taking down trees and it shows.

🔥🔥🔥330 getting work done 💪💪💪

good video

Cool!!

Speaking to the stick situation, it's cool man. All of us have the Goldfish memory span sometimes, and in those moments many can look directly at a thing we need to pick-up, use, take with, etc. Then still leave it behind or forget about it despite telling ourselves, "Grab this before you forget." Then promptly forget or convince ourselves that we grabbed the thing until we actually need it.

That house is going to look right nice with just green grass all around it bro. Safe travels. Ken.

Great job as usual Chris. God Bless.

Around five minutes Chris says, "that's a crooked tree" and yup it reminds me of some 2x4s I saw at the lumber yard not long ago!

Can we see you using log for leveling the ground?

That looks like good wood for the sawmill.

Chris you make it look to easy but I'm sure it is not. Celebrate with Mom on Mothers Day. Thanks for the video.

Man that 330 is soooo dang powerful !! I love your 220s also , I run a Hyundai 145 and can't wait for the day I get a larger excavator.

Chris you are simply the best that place looks totally different that’s a pretty place see you tomorrow 😊

When you get done with this job you will have a good pile of logs, of course that means a pile of stumps

Nice video Chris.

Good evening Chris Saturday evening on Essex England…. Nothing better than watching you before bed …. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@ShalomBrother

Ай бұрын

An evening ritual for us brits, and it’s quite a disappointment on the rare days he doesn’t upload 🤣

@jjMcCartan9686

28 күн бұрын

Same here in ireland. Brush teeth go to bed & watch let's dig 18.

When you’re loading logs can you use the thumb along with the grapple to work like a logging heal boom? Or does the grapple rotator take all three? Functions. This is the machine you can use the thumb and clean up bucket with, with a third valve?

Timbeeeerrrr!!

Chris must have been the master of the grocery store claw machine as a little boy. 🙂

Just dang Chirs needed to show the stuck chainsaw. Just to keep it real.

That customer is going to have a real nice yard and area for his borses if they keep it a horse farm. Possibly a riding farm. Liability insurance killed most of them in Michigan when I was a teen.

Are the logs sold by weight or by board feet? Thank you and have a great day.

2nd but 1st from Australia

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This has most likely been asked before, but are you compensated or the landowner for the timber that is sent to the mill?

@letsdig18

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately yard trees don't hold much value

Everyone is an expert. Just ask them

Amazing what you can do in a day 👍😎

Man you should really try out a rotobec grapple saw. No more jumping in and out to cut. They are expensive but worth it.

Wow, the new camera looks great .

Did you eventually remove the stick :) Seems there is an endless number of trees to remove although didn't seem so in the beginning. Nice work.

branch on the boom, also got a twig stuck on the stick..

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Timber😂

Chris, your songs are often very short lol ;-)

I noticed that you have a new grapple 😂

@rudypollari3673

Ай бұрын

Duh me I think

@ryanhoward1013

Ай бұрын

He has had that for about 4 years I believe.

Never understand how you can actually organize an area that looks like a tornado landed. But always do😊😊😊pop

Very nice.😎😎😎👍👍👍

Possibly this is the last we will see of the 330 after the surprise that came the following video .

Yes time to go home Peace out

First from Holland 🙂

That a lot of trees

Does the site owner get the log money?

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Do you reckon there will be a load of cut logs or is everything just pulp??

@letsdig18

Ай бұрын

Mostly pulp wood yard trees are full of names and knots from all the branches so sawmills won't buy them

Love the show, been watching for years. Question though, I'm not electrician or expert, but i thought (I'm in AZ) electrical had to be in conduit and a junction had to be accessible, like in a junction box 🤔

@cathiwim

Ай бұрын

Some places are stricter about that than others. We do with ours here in East TN, but most in rural NC and TN do not. It’s Direct Burial Romex

If it was mine I'd go to the junkyard and make it a double wiper little extension to get the whole windshield 💥🛠️💥🛠️

Chris - we were wondering if you've ever had carpal tunnel-like issues with having your wrists bent in the same awkward position for hours at a time?

Just wondering Chris how did the crusher work for Charlie after you ?

What’s the end use of the pulp wood?

@danstuckey6365

27 күн бұрын

Goes to the paper mill. Notebook paper, toilet paper, etc. Paper mills smell horrible!

I'm getting confused with the layout of this project another drone flyover would be cool would show where u been mr. Chris.

Chris, I am a long time fan of your channel and I understand you are working to your client's instructions but why was it necessary to take most of these beautiful mature trees down? Before it was such a beautiful sight and the likelihood of any of these trees coming. does on the house fairly remote given the number of them.I will be interested to see what the owner wants as an outcome.

Did you mean the Sacred OAF? a.k.a. Bubba Bealy? Or are you Sacred Oak Druid in NC? They thought oaks were tied to rain, thunder, and lightning as they got struck the most. The big ones oozed black water, good for wounds.

Building ponds is by far the more interesting activity to watch.

Lol went your phone ring it sounds like you are on whatapp lol😅

Does anyone else wonder if Chris says timber when camera is not on?

@cathiwim

Ай бұрын

I bet he does!

Crooked? Home Depot’s lumber supplier will take them! 😂😂😂

@kenore4003

Ай бұрын

The Depots cull pile has some interesting stuff sometimes. I go by and look and think I could use that then some sense rises from the depths and I leave it alone. No matter how warped stuff is it doesn't last long at 70 percent off. Someone will make it work.