I agree I think the repair acted as a sacrificial patch. Of course with even more rain the whole dam would have gone. I feel bad for the neighbor with all those little rocks in his yard that was in the soil.
I do not understand owners of a company, any company, who doesn't train or test their employees on what is correct. Do a job right the first time. I get upset with, so called, Landscaping companies, who cut back trees, bushes and plants 🪴 at the wrong season. And folks who made the dam wrong. Customer service? Almost non-existant. Well, RUclips has found some good company owners. Who are worthwhile.
As many houses around that pond it would be hard to build a spell-way to handle that much water. But I’m really surprised it didn’t wash the ground in front of where you were digging. Amazing how some grass can keep it from washing so well.
Its amazing how close that came to blowing out completely! I purchased a property in western NC that had a 1 acre pond, which the dam blew out prior to my acquiring. I did much research on rebuilding it, but your videos were probably the most educational for me. We rebuilt the dam and cannot emphasize the importance of a well built emergency spillway (like you said). Also the monitoring of any pond dam during a heavy rain is crucial. Oh and the NC dept of Environmental Quality take lots of pictures if you dont get a permit. Thanks for the great channel!
Holy batcrap. Let me say you did a great job in that small area. I think if you hadn't done that work, there would be a large hole in that dam...larger than what's there I mean. I could be wrong, but the way that hole was, it looks like that rain would done a number on the remaining segment! Again, holy batcrap!
That almost made me want to cry for you man. Hate when work gets wasted because of things like that. I’m glad you kept a good attitude about it. Lord knows I would have been a salty heifer
This is a perfect example of why you should never let anything grow on your dam. Look at all those roots everywhere making channels for the water to go. Great video Chris ! That was a crazy ending, never expected you to come back the next day and say "So...we had about 9'' of rain last night and had water come across the whole dam'' Just crazy.
I worked for a Flood Control District. One thing nature will teach you is that no matter what you do, nature will always invent a better flood. I've seen water levels rise downstream of our pump station so fast that we could not shut our pumps down fast enough to stay within our required operating parameters. And then watched the water upstream and downstream come out of the banks with the water just going right around our structure and thru it on its own. Our structure didn't run for two days because it took that long for the tailwater to drop. Within a couple years we had a couple more pump stations downstream to move the water. Within a week of the next one down being turned over to us, we exceeded the parameters for the retention pond that it discharged into and overflowed the spillways. Sent millions of gallons of water directly into the Eastern edge of Everglades National Park. We had to keep those 5 pumps running to keep the tailwater level under 6', which was our design limit in our canal. That normally would have given us two feet to the top of the bank from the water level.
I would recommend removing ALL the woody vegetation on the man-made embankment from the inside (waters edge) toe-of-dam, across the top to the outside toe-of-dam. Owner needs to maintain that area in grass and mow it a few times a year to deter groundhogs from borrowing into the embankment.
If that much flows over the dam during a major storm, I think a small concrete spillway like a normal dam would be in order. Its only a matter of time before the whole dam is washed out.
Just wow! Mother nature is incredibly powerful. Stay safe out there, please. Listening to you accent is amazing. I am from Australia so it is unusual to hear it. Love it.
This has all the makings of a job from hell now and a serious disaster soon. The owner needs to prepare that damn to manage flash floods ASAP! Conditions change, what was fine years ago might not be fine today. I know things are not always what we want but it would be nice to Chis convince the owner to do a complete do-over of that thing before somebody gets hurt ( or sued )
No pond dam FAILS after you fixed it. The person who made the pond didn't have the dirt high enough around the pond. Can't wait to see the next video.🙂
That rainstorm was from the remnants of Hurricane Laura I believe! 9" is a heck of a storm. _Very lucky you did the work the day before, otherwise looks like the dam would've broke!?_ Very interesting project!
Does anyone else hear the soothing music of machinery? This has potential for a relaxing soundscape. Off to tractor supply with my recording equipment tomorrow.
Glad to see you're not a good ole boy who just starts shoving dirt in on top of all the vegetation and debris and call it binder. Very professional and well thought out, Wow, some gully washer. Those folks need to put in an additional wide concrete spillway to supplement that over flow pipe.
Did the phone call for this job go something like: ''we think we have a leak on our overflow pipe, could you come and look at it''. That could have got interesting with another rain storm. [Edit] That did get interesting!!! WOW.
Your videos are amazing. You and that machine are truly in sync. You picked the right job. The work you do is not only performed efficiently, but you are a very safe operator!!! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
Wow - That dam wouldn't have survived without the work that washed away. Are you going to ask the client to pay some if not all of the extra material needed?
Another awesome fix by Chris hey Chris shouldn’t the over flow pipe be a little lower in the ground seems like not that much dirt on top of the pipe coming out
That's got to be a hard one to tack after all the work you had put into rebuilding dam and overflow pipe and now you got clean up the nabougher's back yard as well, best of luck Chris yet another great video until the last 5/10 minutes.
Up here in rural Maine we all have ponds.. one good thing about them, is we get the local FD to install a Pump Fill station, for fire trucks, and our insurance company ( home owners ) gives us a huge discount ( distance to nearest fire station is a insurance liability question they ask up here)- do you all install or use Fire Truck fill stations at the ponds, down there?? They are really simple pipes.
Everthing that I saw of you work has been very professional & curtious!!! & I been watching along time. I wish you were in South Ga. Around Douglas ,Ga. I need a pond!!!! Martin in South Ga
The pond maintenance professionals are on the scene, they have done this before so they know how to do it Right ! And Mother Nature still showed off her power !
Maybe the pond owner should consider lowering the overflow so the level of the pond is lower and also install a spillway right where you are working because that flood water found the easiest way out is right where the dam is. A cool project!
Just discovered this channel my father was an operator, you know the difference between a driver and a operator. He left me with the ability to operate pay loaders{front end loaders}, bobcats, and forklifts. That being said I can see your skill and can only guess the number of years you have been at this.
23:00 - Did you back into a tree? And that poor lawn. 26:30 - Oh, for fuck's sake. At least the pipe's doing it's job... 27:30 - Time to go ask for the dirt back? 28:00 - Oh. Yeah, you're not getting that back.
Glad to see the equipment survived! That would have been a dam shame.... Lol. That is cool of you eating the cost on that... No one around our area would ever do that... You and your uncle are good people Chriss👍👏
I love running minis. My favorite machine to run on the job sites. I really wish I could retire to a large piece of land out in the country with a few tractors of my own. I would be in heaven.
Yanmars are currently one of the favorite minis that are being used these days. And they are very highly rated when compared to other machines. I have never ran a Yanmar but I do like Komatsu, Takeuchi, and a few other brands better than John Deere, Cat, or bobcat.
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facinated by watching the machine pick up large objects and i dont know why but its satisfying to watch.
That was a freakish amount of rain evident in the debris, but I believe the dam would have failed without the work you had done.
Flannel I’m with you! I believe if Chris hadn’t of had most of the repair done that dam would have failed!
I agree I think the repair acted as a sacrificial patch. Of course with even more rain the whole dam would have gone. I feel bad for the neighbor with all those little rocks in his yard that was in the soil.
i agree.
Completely agree
Man this is my kinda luck.The neighbors probably going to take legal action at some point against the owners of this pond.
time to talk them into an appropriately sized emergency spillway
After that much rain and the result, it may not take much talking.
Just do spill way
Yes, without a spillway, the dam will always overtop. Dams are not designed to be overtopped during any storm event.
That is what he wants to do
I do not understand owners of a company, any company, who doesn't train or test their employees on what is correct. Do a job right the first time.
I get upset with, so called,
Landscaping companies, who cut back trees, bushes and plants 🪴 at the wrong season. And folks who made the dam wrong. Customer service? Almost non-existant.
Well, RUclips has found some good company owners. Who are worthwhile.
As many houses around that pond it would be hard to build a spell-way to handle that much water. But I’m really surprised it didn’t wash the ground in front of where you were digging. Amazing how some grass can keep it from washing so well.
Its amazing how close that came to blowing out completely! I purchased a property in western NC that had a 1 acre pond, which the dam blew out prior to my acquiring. I did much research on rebuilding it, but your videos were probably the most educational for me. We rebuilt the dam and cannot emphasize the importance of a well built emergency spillway (like you said). Also the monitoring of any pond dam during a heavy rain is crucial. Oh and the NC dept of Environmental Quality take lots of pictures if you dont get a permit. Thanks for the great channel!
Holy batcrap. Let me say you did a great job in that small area. I think if you hadn't done that work, there would be a large hole in that dam...larger than what's there I mean. I could be wrong, but the way that hole was, it looks like that rain would done a number on the remaining segment! Again, holy batcrap!
He uses a big machine as a little machine and a little machine as a big machine. True operator
That's tight working next to that pine tree, I'm surprised you didn't remove it, especially with so many exposed roots.
@drop stix August of 2021 will finish it off.
It looked tipped over after the flood
@@austinbeimers4440 think we'd all look a bit tipped over in a flood if our soon of our foot had just been cut off
you can tell this guy LOVES what he does for a living .... refreshing to see people enjoying "work"
That little tree had a better root system than half of the big trees you knock over.
It’s a real privilege to see to all your work and how you do stuff Chris.
It was gutting to see all that good work undone!
Watching you with that machine is like watching an artist with a paint brush...amazing
Glad to see a good fluent skid steer operator on youtube this is 1 of every few channels i enjoy watching 👍
That almost made me want to cry for you man. Hate when work gets wasted because of things like that. I’m glad you kept a good attitude about it. Lord knows I would have been a salty heifer
Wow!
Damn!
I mean dam!
Thanks for taking us along.
Ive been watching for probably 2-3months. This is my new favorite channel. One thing I’ve learned, ponds are expensive!!
This is a perfect example of why you should never let anything grow on your dam. Look at all those roots everywhere making channels for the water to go. Great video Chris !
That was a crazy ending, never expected you to come back the next day and say "So...we had about 9'' of rain last night and had water come across the whole dam'' Just crazy.
Glad to see that none of your equipment was lost!
Looks like they're lucky the dam didn't bust. That must have been one hell of a storm.
Might thoughts exactly. Looking at what remains all I can think is they were so close to disaster.
I worked for a Flood Control District. One thing nature will teach you is that no matter what you do, nature will always invent a better flood. I've seen water levels rise downstream of our pump station so fast that we could not shut our pumps down fast enough to stay within our required operating parameters. And then watched the water upstream and downstream come out of the banks with the water just going right around our structure and thru it on its own. Our structure didn't run for two days because it took that long for the tailwater to drop. Within a couple years we had a couple more pump stations downstream to move the water. Within a week of the next one down being turned over to us, we exceeded the parameters for the retention pond that it discharged into and overflowed the spillways. Sent millions of gallons of water directly into the Eastern edge of Everglades National Park. We had to keep those 5 pumps running to keep the tailwater level under 6', which was our design limit in our canal. That normally would have given us two feet to the top of the bank from the water level.
Wow the way he’s operating the machine is incredible, it’s like an extension of his body.
I love your pond videos. That was a tremendous amount of water overtopping that dam!
Good thing you had the pond siphoned down before the rain came.
Chris....great job ! I’m always amazed at how talented you are with that big equipment; you’re like a surgeon....Thank you for your videos.
Well it’s good that the dam didn’t burst
my braincells burst when i watched this haha
I would recommend removing ALL the woody vegetation on the man-made embankment from the inside (waters edge) toe-of-dam, across the top to the outside toe-of-dam. Owner needs to maintain that area in grass and mow it a few times a year to deter groundhogs from borrowing into the embankment.
Hats off to you for your attitude and taking that setback in stride and so well. It's a testament to your character.
That was a royal mess. The homeowner should budget to widen and raise the dam with a proper overflow riser. "You'll be back"
They rain that we have had to deal with is UNBELIEVABLE!......
I will never again complain about the rain we get in this country, that is ridiculous.
If that much flows over the dam during a major storm, I think a small concrete spillway like a normal dam would be in order. Its only a matter of time before the whole dam is washed out.
Putting a lot of dirt into perspective to. Great video. Sorry for all your hard work washed away.
You are one with the machine. Such smooth operation.
Hello from Conway, Arkansas. Always love watching your You Tube channel old and new!!! Be safe!!
Just wow!
Mother nature is incredibly powerful.
Stay safe out there, please.
Listening to you accent is amazing.
I am from Australia so it is unusual to hear it.
Love it.
Once again Chris is here to save the day, awesome job sir. I have noticed that I haven’t seen Tim for a while. Where’s he been
This has all the makings of a job from hell now and a serious disaster soon. The owner needs to prepare that damn to manage flash floods ASAP! Conditions change, what was fine years ago might not be fine today. I know things are not always what we want but it would be nice to Chis convince the owner to do a complete do-over of that thing before somebody gets hurt ( or sued )
dam...
Sorry to see all that hard work washed away Chris look forward to seeing you reworking this project when it dries out some 👍👍
No pond dam FAILS after you fixed it. The person who made the pond didn't have the dirt high enough around the pond. Can't wait to see the next video.🙂
That rainstorm was from the remnants of Hurricane Laura I believe!
9" is a heck of a storm.
_Very lucky you did the work the day before, otherwise looks like the dam would've broke!?_
Very interesting project!
Does anyone else hear the soothing music of machinery? This has potential for a relaxing soundscape. Off to tractor supply with my recording equipment tomorrow.
You are an awesome operator, and you always do clean work,, you have a class (A) personality meaning you’re a “worker”...!!!
9/11/20
Brother from what I seen in this vid, you met calamity with Grace and senerenty. God bless you.
You sure do earn your money. I love seeing how well you complete each job. You are the gold standard for your industry. Well done young man. 👍
Glad to see you're not a good ole boy who just starts shoving dirt in on top of all the vegetation and debris and call it binder. Very professional and well thought out,
Wow, some gully washer. Those folks need to put in an additional wide concrete spillway to supplement that over flow pipe.
Did the phone call for this job go something like: ''we think we have a leak on our overflow pipe, could you come and look at it''.
That could have got interesting with another rain storm.
[Edit] That did get interesting!!! WOW.
When you came back to the site I said “Oh No!” so loud I scared my cat. Tough one, but glad you’re making it right even though it’s nobody’s fault.
At least your machines got a good bath!😄
Luck that the whole dam didn’t fail! Geeze!!!
At least the algae is gone now.
the algae is damn gae
bright side of life.
An artist at work!
Your videos are amazing. You and that machine are truly in sync. You picked the right job. The work you do is not only performed efficiently, but you are a very safe operator!!! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
I'm so sorry for you and all the effort you put in to see it destroyed 😔
I love how he takes a mess and makes it beautiful He's The best !
Wow - That dam wouldn't have survived without the work that washed away. Are you going to ask the client to pay some if not all of the extra material needed?
Another awesome fix by Chris hey Chris shouldn’t the over flow pipe be a little lower in the ground seems like not that much dirt on top of the pipe coming out
I just knew either the pine tree was going to fall over or you were going to fall of the edge when dumping the dirt!! It was nail-bitter episode! 🤪
Between you and DirtPerfect, this is “Failing dam week” on RUclips.
That's got to be a hard one to tack after all the work you had put into rebuilding dam and overflow pipe and now you got clean up the nabougher's back yard as well, best of luck Chris yet another great video until the last 5/10 minutes.
Chris you are my favorite english Teatcher 😄 i start understand little What you say but not easy you speak speed. Hi From 🇫🇷🇫🇷
teacher its okay you can learn more
TAN GUAN XU 2020 it’s not easy but i try ! ;)
I always feel like I did a day's work when I'm done watching one of yours. Interesting camera angles on this one and good editing, never got bored.
I’m wondering how many more calls Chris will get this week from people needing their dams fixed after that storm?
That just stinks😩 but yet you’re so calm👍🏻 I was Sick seeing all ripped apart again.
Up here in rural Maine we all have ponds.. one good thing about them, is we get the local FD to install a Pump Fill station, for fire trucks, and our insurance company ( home owners ) gives us a huge discount ( distance to nearest fire station is a insurance liability question they ask up here)- do you all install or use Fire Truck fill stations at the ponds, down there?? They are really simple pipes.
That is crazy right there, the one job you didn’t need rain on.
Damn Man, that's not my job but it sure makes it gut wrenching!!! Sorry Chris, it's gotta be worse for you!!! Thanks...Peace!!!
Bill
Holy cow - I guess you guy's got some rain!
I think you need a LD18 Mini thumb!!
People should never underestimate the shear power of water.
Everthing that I saw of you work has been very professional & curtious!!! & I been watching along time. I wish you were in South Ga. Around Douglas ,Ga. I need a pond!!!! Martin in South Ga
The pond maintenance professionals are on the scene, they have done this before so they know how to do it Right ! And Mother Nature still showed off her power !
Yeah mother nature can be a real bitch at times. 😀
Yep , unpredictable and unexpected
Maybe the pond owner should consider lowering the overflow so the level of the pond is lower and also install a spillway right where you are working because that flood water found the easiest way out is right where the dam is. A cool project!
Man you lucky your equipment didn't get destroyed be careful out with that pond do not let your guard down. Take care stay safe god bless
HOLY Muddy Mess ! I guess it still is 2020. He's lucky he still has any pond left. sdh in CT
Big Yikes!! I/m glad the whole lot didn't just give way!!
I swear you must live in a rain forest!! Dang rains all the time it seams!!
That damn skidsterr is a life saver
Just discovered this channel my father was an operator, you know the difference between a driver and a operator. He left me with the ability to operate pay loaders{front end loaders}, bobcats, and forklifts. That being said I can see your skill and can only guess the number of years you have been at this.
Always takes a pro to fix a cowboys mess & great skills
They have major problems there and will soon have to be addressed.
It's just amazing what a water will do nothing you can do about it.👍😀☔🍁
My coffee has gone cold watching this.
23:00 - Did you back into a tree? And that poor lawn.
26:30 - Oh, for fuck's sake. At least the pipe's doing it's job...
27:30 - Time to go ask for the dirt back?
28:00 - Oh. Yeah, you're not getting that back.
A good operator, no wasted movements.
Can you imagine if you had not repair what you did before the rain come..
That’s unreal! Was going too smooth
Glad to see the equipment survived! That would have been a dam shame.... Lol. That is cool of you eating the cost on that... No one around our area would ever do that... You and your uncle are good people Chriss👍👏
Wow....could use some of that rain in Ohio. Back to square one
This guy has got to be God on claw machine games!
_"Have no fear, Chris ...err um, I mean, _*_Underdog_*_ is here!"_
I like the view from above the cab, and not just because your excavator sounds like a cylon from that angle.
The left track on the skid steer looks like it needs some tension
Always a fun day when the mini is involved!
I love running minis. My favorite machine to run on the job sites.
I really wish I could retire to a large piece of land out in the country with a few tractors of my own.
I would be in heaven.
Yanmars are currently one of the favorite minis that are being used these days. And they are very highly rated when compared to other machines. I have never ran a Yanmar but I do like Komatsu, Takeuchi, and a few other brands better than John Deere, Cat, or bobcat.
Impressed at how much that machine can pick up with such a big boom and no back-end counterweight.
No spillway to cope with the freak storms? Surely a disaster waiting to happen?
Freak storm season ends in November.
Mother nature can be cruel at times😵
Holy hell.That could have ended up even worse the b4 you started from the looks.
12:40 Nice how you use the momentum of the little digger to launch the dirt down the hill.
WOW! That was insane! You're doing great man. Keep up the great work Chris!
Wow the power of WATER!!! 👍 AWESOME VIDEO