Opening Up Pandora's Box! Ripping Out The Old Pond Overflow
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Starting A new pond project where the dam is leaking. new overflow and rebuilding the dam
I was watching a video from 15 years ago called "the day in the life...", you were a very young man rocking to country music in the excavator. Even back then you have a seminary...a finesse...a smoothness at how you work those controls. Most are violent with handling them...but with you it a smooth orchestration of skill
Oh BS. Very few beat on a machine... even fewer are violent. You've clearly never run anything. You beat on a machine it beats on you 2x. The machine is in fact tougher than you. Nobody will pay you to beat on equipment... Management will send you down to the competition... and on down the line you go. Pretty soon you are standing on a clapped out standing loader from soviet china making minimum wage at 50.
I like to go back and watch his early stuff from time to time as well. Dialogue definitely wasn’t as family friendly back then 😅
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@@wtwoffroad We do all grow up...well most of anyhow
Also looks after his equipment, so lasts longer value for money.
Wow Chris, 56 minutes. That's Great. Thanks for all of your videos and all you do for your customers and viewers. Rick (California)
That off road truck must be one of the best buys you have ever made!
I agree with you that It has certainly opened the possibilities for new & different types of work
I love it when you put in proper pond overflow,great job,peace brother…
Always interesting when you start digging into old dam!! Glad you found the pipe! Remember the leak in the dam video, that took awhile to find the leak!!
This grandmother from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺
Certainly a must watch, starting my day's daily, loving your work. ❤
Great episode. Love watching these pond refurbish projects. Especially when they involve overflows.
Good Sunday morning everyone I hope you all enjoy your day ❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fun little project…perfectly executed of course!
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The price of that pipe is something that went through the roof due to covid. You would of thought that supplies and prices should of recovered by now. I think someone is making a huge profit somewhere
The pipe went up due to a few factors. First, since plastic is made from oil and the price of oil went up, so did the pipe. Then the pandemic caused everything that required labor, transportation, and humans to process went up. Finally, after the US and the rest of the world’s governments dumped trillions of dollars, euros, pounds, and everything else into the system to keep things going instead of shutting down, well that caused inflation. More than was needed but that’s another rant.
Sadly, once prices go up, they very rarely go down. If they do, this is called deflation and it can be worse than inflation. In the mean time, the economists and the politicians are just making it up.
Know you've been busy, but any chance of seeing our boy, Winston, any time soon? Ride along? Sleeping? Having fun? Well, any thing is GREAT! ❤
I don't know about other people who watch your channel, but I find the noises your machinery make to be quite soothing in a odd way. Good thing your "Help" came up with the idea about putting that piece of pipe in so it can still drain and you can drive across it lol.
Hard to find good help sometimes.
The noises & sounds are great, All except for the Komatsu "Dozer" to me it sounds like a rattle trap & somewhat annoying when the Cam is on the outside At least IMO...Maybe the smaller engine i have no idea, its just my cup of tea... Even though it does a great job overall. Edit : Of all the diff machines that is....
Watching so many of your videos makes me think I'm starting to understand how you think ahead of your work.
It's fun watching the projects as they progress. I sometimes don't realize how great the finished product will be until I see it and then think, wow, that's fantastic.
When you see the small overflow pipe and the broken bits of concrete, you know right away, Chris didn't build this Dam. Awesome video and content..
Hey Chris, you made allot of great progress in this video. . . 👍 I guess you're doing this job as a warmup for that big dam repair job you have to do soon. That one's going to be a dirt moving marathon for sure. Keep up the awesome work and stay safe out there.
I'm glad you completely done away with the old overflow pipe. That's one less thing to cause problems in the future. That's going to be a very nice pond again when you are finished with it. I agree the 220 was the best choice to do everything. Seems small filling Barney with more than 4 scoops now 😂😂.
I love that clickity clack of the tracks, brings back memories !
Enjoyed the ride Chris ! Nice job
Wow Chris, that`s progress all right, it looks so nice all graded out. It`s gonna look great once that is all filled in and no more concrete is showing and the property can be maintained much easier.
Love your pond videos and I love the dirt education you give. This was a fun one, Chris. Can't wait for the next one.
Great job buddy 👍🏻 love how you said love it when a plan comes together 52:36 I think I saw a fish jump love how you said dirt bonding department it sounded like you were going to say burn but you corrected yourself you stuttered a little bit 😂 I thought a wad of grass was a snake 😂
I love that " great idea Chris. " It's a poor dog that doesn't wag his own tail.
Looks great Chris! Good call pulling the old pipe out.
That was defiantly a pond that really needed Doctor Dam . In case you were not aware , many of us subscribers think you are a top notch operator .
Collapsing clay even when it is of good quality - just goes to show proper compaction is absolutely necessary. Old pipe was working fine - the old 'school house' was the blocker. Many elements in this video - great as is always evident with LetsDig18 channel.
Super cool video. Love watching pond construction. You do a amazing job. Thanks for sharing.
After watching the 350 filling Barny with 4 scoops, The 220 seems slow, but Mike filling Bubba Dump with the CASE 140 at 15 scoops, is like SLOW MOTION. LOLOL
THANKS!
Looking better and your plan turned out to be a good one shaping up nicely for you 👍😎🇺🇸 NY
Cool trick loading the pipe. Moving a lot of dirt. This time it will be packed correctly to last another 50 years and ready for a new life. Thanks Chris.
Getting that old pipe completely out removes the question of future headaches seeping through later (from that). It was obvious from how the sidewalls were peeling off that the dam was NOT properly compacted but counted on having great material to seal itself well. As much concrete that you were working in, I was fully expecting to see an old car, a refrigerator, or a soda machine get uncovered.
Maybe Jimmy Hoffa too?😅
@@kenore4003 😎
Here is a perfect example why you bench. Just how dangerous it can be. Someone crushed with that cave in.
Chris you turned a problem to a fix💯
What's with the trumptard emoji?
Love your pond videos.
Just think someone though putting broken cement on the backside of the dam was a good idea. The truth is that it would be a problem down the road if the overflow started leaking and needed to be replaced. Chris, I am sure, will install the new overflow properly so if someone has to work on the overflow won't have to deal with broken concrete. Doing the job correctly the first time would be the least expensive...
all that junk buried on backslope made for half decent fill to some degree. as Chris said, dam itself isnt done quite best practice but its held this long. least all that concrete wasnt in dam itself mixed with sandy soil/top soil
Another day of AWESOME!
I think muskrats will avoid that dam with all that concrete lol.
Love your videos Chris you constantly explain what your doing and the reasons for doing it’s great to see a hard working guy succeed 😁👍🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
WTG Chris... good problem solving skills. Can't beat experienc,e and good ole On The Job Training.
That was a good couple of days. Seems to be "re-imagine from the start" is the rule.
after all these years I still enjoy watching your videos ! keep up the good work, its great fun to watch you completing jobs and buying new equibment. greetings from a self employed landscape gardener from germany
good pond video
Got to appreciate a man with a plan!👍
With your great ideas dealing with water we should nickname you "Archimedes".😀😀😀😀😀😀
That ditch almost raised the PUCKER FACTOR! 😱😁😝🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇸
All that concrete will make a nice splash pad for the overflow
Remember how the 500 filled the truck with one bucket to the brim? This was a monster!
Looking great Chris
Looking good Chris
You are definitely the right man for the job
Chris, you’re the idea man, the implementation man, salesman and accountant. I’ll add artist after all my time watching your channel.
He nailed it❤😊
You’ve had quite a challenge with this job. Great video! Fun!
Make good use of the concrete. Eyed, use it for rip rap for the outflow.
Great job love pond projects❤
Damn good job again getting all the pipe out and rebuilding the dam
you may not of built this pond dam Christ, but your giving it that special Chris touch, and just know everyting will be up and working in no time after you are finished with it all. SOME of that Concrete can be used as Rip Rap?? as long as it is there, can use some of that to shore up the inside wall of the pond dam🙂Forever learning from you Chris. Great video!
Chris watching you load Barney with the 220 really shows how big the bucket is on the 350
You are absolutely right, that wall collapsing is exactly why you don't get in a trench. How much do you think that section weighed? Could be used as an OSHA video. Looks firm, collapses in an instant.
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Thanks Chris enjoyed the extra stuff loading etc.
That was very nice to the see that pond side stand pipe come out. Before long. Itll look awesome around that pond.
Like this video Chris and your explning whate you do .
Hi Chris, awesome videos. Can we see a few of you washing your machines down after a good day in the mud.
Is it me or is your subscriber count going down? Don't know why.. Your content is great. I've been with you since the beaver dam videos
Nope it’s going up slowly. Just recently hit 678
@@wayneullman5079 used to be well over 750K
If you have enough dirt flat not big spot out behind the damn little bit you can make a nice picnic spot
👍 This going to be a great pond. Love watching you video learned a lot. Keep it up.
Chris, You open the Dam, from this Pond. You make this with all Your Routine. Then by the Opening make You the preliminary to lay the Drain, and to put the Overflow. And how You this Dam repair. This is a Perfect Work, for a long Time. Good Video . Thanks. 👌
With all that concrete rubble maybe you need the crusher back.
Buried concrete always gets discovered 👍
I like the way you think Chris you try to stay ahead of the game been watching you for about 3 years is Clint Eastwood would say you make my day
Well done, that concrete is a pain in the a**!
From somebody who's done ditch digging by hand, I'm jealous. lol
People always gotta screw with the way mother nature intended things to be. WOW
Looking a lot better ... Like you said "Never go in open trenches".... That "Bit" of clay what caved in probably weighed about a ton and a half ...
One of my helpers that had a lot more experience with utility work than I did suggested having a lifting hook eye welded on the top of the dipstick for occasions when you can't raise the dipstick like going down under trees. Supposed to lift about twice as much due to the pure geometry and physics of the arrangement. Wouldn't use it much but certain situations it could be a lifesaver.
excavator pick-up sticks
Why do they install suck a small pipe for the overflow?
That is just so cool the way you can spin the bucket around. Why did it take so long for them to engineer that?
"I love it when a good plan comes together" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The puzzle is coming together.
The pond look unstable.. many cracks, broken concretes and loose dirts... Be careful..
Enjoyed video as always.. Thanks for sharing.
Nice video Chris.
Enough concrete to line the path of the overflow.
Great video
You should just use two pin flags (flag removed) and bend about 8 - 10" in a 90. Hold the bent ends as gently as possible, with the longer side straight out front. They will cross when you are over the pipe. 100% not lying, it works. I placed the dynamite locations for thousands of seismic lines, and when a locator were late, I did it myself because I had drills on my ass who got paid by the hole and I better have holes for them. Not once was I wrong by more than a couple of yards and had to send a drill back for one hole (we have a minimum safe distance to abide by, but want to be as possible). I avoided the area until it was legally located by the utility company. They were always amazed at how close I was. I never tried to locate water, but it found buried water lines. If you walk towards a person standing still, they will not poke them.
Good morning my friends ❤️😂😅😊
Looks like "good clay" on top original grade..
New name for your skid steer, "Zoomy"
A great video as always thanks for posting Good job Chris
Chris, I passed by your area today on my way to the OBX.
Coming together, you made great progress, a lot accomplished to date, going to look great when your, nice job of grade as usual, thanks for the update, enjoyed watching.
Great job. Looks great thanks
I was thinking that the other people doing this pond dig were cowboy builders chris and u come and put it right 👍
The old concrete was a mess. We could hear the frustration in your voice.
19:56 I've been almost got trapped in a trench like that one time. The dirt was hitting my heels as I was running and climbing out. Scary day.
Come on Chris, when your walking the excavator and pick up speed, give us an "AHhhhh".
❤❤❤ Great idea, Chris! Yep perfect!
Hmm...the 350's thinking, "I'd eat that concrete for breakfast!"
What is the coolest thing you have found under ground. And the most expensive.