Dredging A Pond And Taking On Water: Maybe Not My Best Decision.

When you pull the bucket, try to imagine how far you need to come in to fill it. If you pull any more than that the material just spills out of the bucket and gets mixed into soup which you can't pick up until it settles for a few days. Excessive inhauling also wastes cycle time. If you cast all the way out and pull all the way back in you are just using up the clock. Remember the boom angle needs to be about 40 degrees or a little less for the best bucket angles and distance you can cast.

Still amazes me how the old timers would look so ridiculous smooth in their draglines. I used to watch them as a kid. It was like an art form watching a really good operator. Them old boys were tough, winter, summer rain they were rubbing them. Really like watching you all working on this. Would love to see how that dam is doing or flyover of the whole thing if the owner would allow.

Drag line operators has to be a combination of tough, talented and crazy to put themselves thru all that. But there wasn't anything else!

MBTS is pretty good help. He is a Boilermaker, equipment operator, cameraman, wingman and a pretty funny guy. Thanks DP.

Watching that drag line work gives me a whole new respect for the old timers from back in the day.

Put all your used diesel motor oil on that deck if you want it to last. Works fantastic. Love the channel !!

Hello DP, When I was in the service over 50 years ago We had machine like your dragline. One guy had a canvas curtain made to direct the air flow from the radiator. It was about 2 feet wide and went from radiator housing to the side wall held on by magnets. Easily removed for cold weather. This might help you. Great to see old machines working again. Brings back memories.

MBS is getting to be quite the dozer man you guys compliment each other

The Dragline is a winner in my book, yes it is slow and unwieldly but you are getting better at it, everybody needs a big toy at times.....lol. Bonus Video of the elusive Logger Wade in his natural habitat was so cool. Keep up the good work guy's.

We still love watching you and Aaron. Thanks for getting logger wade back out there. Keep up the good work.

It is great to have the connections/friendships between you and wade. He helps you. You help him. But if you were to steal his lumber the statute of limitations would be up by the time the vija is up loaded. Just kidding had to make a time frame joke

Absolutely love that old drag line! Mike, Aaron, great job! It was a winner🎉 Thanks for sharing 👍

Old glory looks awesome flying on top of the boom.

Good morning guys

I am thankful that there is no Smell~a~Vision available for todays episode! 🤣🤣👍👍

Dirt Perfect, MBTS,AND Logger Wade now that would be THE VIDEO TO SEE😮 THANKS GUYS

First Enjoy your Sunday. God Bless.

Fifty plus years ago when I was 10 or 12 I watched a guy called George driving a Ruston Bucyrus 22 RB dragline, dredging out the river below where I live, it was poetry in motion watching an artist at work. Sat in the river dredging downstream, and loading two tractor dump trailers (barely spilling a pebble when loading), he could nearly make that thing dance. I sat for hours watching it at work, watching you adapting to this old fashioned machinery brought back marvellous childhood memories THANKS, keep on producing your brilliant vlogs thoroughly enjoy watching . Phil B.

That is some grade casting right there - so good to see when it all comes together. Just gotta teach Chris some of those casting secrets now!!, lol

I remember as a kid in 70’s and 80’s the Columbia Basin Irrigation District using drag lines to clear out their deeper and bigger irrigation ditches. They worked well.