Chris reaches solid red clay beneath sand and topsoil as Robert joins the pond build with a GPS-equipped Komatsu dozer.
On YouTube, letsdig18 has 754,000 subscribers and 657,501,085 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,213,298 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Busting The Old Pond To Drain It!", with 428,842 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,765 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 14 of 35 in category "Aviation and machines".
YouTube: The numbers today
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 5,271,751 in the last 30 days
YouTube: What happened lately
October 17, 2026 2.8x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 431,335 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (155,377).
Chris Gaskins's fleet parade passed 245,000 views in three days, with a lube skid and a pond finish around it.
The video drawing the most views now
A Beautiful Day To Dredge!
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 65,761
- Video views, pace per day
- 164,259
- Views in its first 7 hours
- 65,761
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Aviation and machines | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,765 of 5,393 | 14 of 35 |
| By views gained this week | 2,489 of 5,274 | 19 of 35 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,447 of 5,043 | 17 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Aviation and machines
Views gained this week in the category Aviation and machines
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 753,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 754,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 652,271,600 views → November 11, 2026: 657,501,085 views · average: 180,327 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Beautiful Day To Dredge! | November 10, 2026 | 36:17 | 65,761 | 164,259 | 65,761 (7 hours) | 7,736 | 203 |
Massive New Dam Is Complete! | November 8, 2026 | 25:17 | 122,432 | 12,608 | 100,543 | 9,925 | 176 |
Ive Used Up All The Clay In The Pond! | November 7, 2026 | 28:32 | 130,705 | 4,002 | 105,167 | 10,160 | 159 |
Customer Left Me A Surprise For Monday! | November 5, 2026 | 32:22 | 207,281 | 5,448 | 134,445 | 12,332 | 238 |
Installing GPS On The Dozer To Help Production! | November 3, 2026 | 29:07 | 154,035 | 1,087 | 111,706 | 10,211 | 202 |
One Side Of The Pond Is Dug! Pond Is Shaping | November 1, 2026 | 24:16 | 117,135 | 465 | 86,962 | 10,313 | 145 |
Record Day Moving Dirt! New Dam Is Rising | October 31, 2026 | 21:16 | 126,259 | 647 | 95,914 | 9,801 | 137 |
Its Dam Time! Digging The Core Trench | October 29, 2026 | 33:24 | 147,752 | 657 | 99,108 | 10,771 | 157 |
Clearing The Last Easement And Old Pond Dam | October 27, 2026 | 59:18 | 128,662 | 244 | 95,291 | 10,056 | 162 |
Its About Dam Time! | October 25, 2026 | 49:35 | 156,322 | 392 | 106,917 | 10,595 | 187 |
Stripping Topsoil For This Massive Dam! | October 24, 2026 | 36:21 | 144,924 | 364 | 102,141 | 9,869 | 172 |
Taking Down The Big Trees By The Road | October 23, 2026 | 36:10 | 112,601 | 219 | 82,674 | 9,055 | 120 |
Clearing A Powerline Easement For The Next Big Project | October 22, 2026 | 32:49 | 129,587 | 122 | 98,713 | 9,775 | 154 |
Smashing A Mobile Home Mr Digg Style! | October 20, 2026 | 36:37 | 125,633 | 111 | 96,370 | 7,584 | 162 |
Busting The Old Pond To Drain It! | October 18, 2026 | 29:29 | 428,842 | 2,828 | 151,965 | 13,796 | 237 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 66.1 in the category: 22.2
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.1 in the category: 1.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 140,411 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 153,195
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
The Worst Excavator Recovery Of My Career | January 17, 2021 | 41:10 | 27,700,631 |
Long Reach Excavator Dredging Canal | August 10, 2011 | 4:20 | 27,309,978 |
Charlies New 325D Excavator | July 10, 2016 | 5:41 | 4,913,255 |
Busting The Dam On A 60 Year Old Irrigation Pond | September 30, 2024 | 24:28 | 4,615,764 |
Busting A Pond Dam | April 15, 2017 | 7:45 | 3,921,784 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Be careful when bidding online! | February 13, 2023 | 0:57 | 840,798 |
The Ones You Can't Live Without | February 15, 2022 | 0:57 | 823,734 |
Everyone says I need a scraper.. | February 17, 2023 | 0:58 | 648,953 |
Spray the paint on thick! | March 15, 2023 | 0:55 | 637,753 |
Mikey I think this one's big enough! | February 21, 2023 | 0:58 | 281,902 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 431,335 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (155,377).
Stories
Chris reaches solid red clay beneath sand and topsoil as Robert joins the pond build with a GPS-equipped Komatsu dozer.
Chris Gaskins's fleet parade passed 245,000 views in three days, with a lube skid and a pond finish around it.

























