This is what a lifetime of doing a skill the right way gets you. Truly impressive to watch your speed and control as you operate each piece of equipment. I have never seen you abuse or force a machine to do anything beyond its capabilities or design in any videos. Proof that the right way isn't always the hard way. Thanks for sharing.
Ohh the things you get yourself in too. That why we can’t wait for every new video. Its always something that makes most people scratch their head and do one of two things. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Just goes to prove that when back in the day they put sewer lines in no one bother to check everything and make sure it works properly before they covered it and that it was a proper fit just like nowadays most contractors always seem to want to take shortcuts that will eventually cause a problem unlike you you always check things and make sure it is exactly the way it should be thank you Chris great job and for sharing
@@stanpatterson5033 The one on the news: Chemtool in Illinois. It was their Lubrizol plant. The cloud was pretty toxic too, evacuated a mile radius of the plant. They make grease and machining oils. Don't think it will affect all the grease prices since there are other plants: searching Thomasnet and others... plenty of lube out there.
It's been 11 years since I worked equipment on a daily basis (still do every chance available) and truly enjoy getting my hydraulic fix at 4:30 with my java fix in the mornings. No diesel and greasy gloves--- just pour and play!!! Thanx
I spent more than two years as an apprentice to a very old master tile setter. When he retired (in his 80s) He told me he couldn't teach me any more. He was tired and was gonna go fishing. His words stick with me even today, 30 years later. "Remember this and you'll be fine. Every job is different....every job is the same" Just something to think about. Thanks
I get the feeling you do alot more of these kinds of repairs and replace than we have seen on the channel ,it was fun watching and thanks for bringing us along,till next time God Bless
Hi there I have operated heavy equipment I have seen many people operated heavy equipment but you my friend have to be the most talented I have seen, your touch and site management is poetry. GMM British Columbia Canada. Cheers.
Reminds me of the time my family lived in apartments owned by my uncle in the 1960's. We had endless problems with the toilet clogging. My uncle chewed out my mother for putting stuff down the toilet that should not go in it, but she denied doing it. He did most of the building maintenance himself and got tired of snaking out the line, over and over. He finally took the sewer line apart to find out what was going on. It seems, back in the 1940's, when the apartments were built, plumbers installed a section of sewer pipe without knowing that a length of 2x4 was inside it. Mystery solved!
I worked in New home construction for a long time. Saw many examples of one trade getting made with another. Did you know you could take a coin and put it into a piece of conduit, just far enough to not be seen? Electrician starts to pull wire causing the coin to jam. A glass drink bottle dropped into a 4" soil line will jam at the first elbow. Motor oil poured between ungrouted tile will stain the grout
I had a JD 310 SE hoe with a 4 in 1. At first I wasn't sure what it was good for but it didn't take long to realize it was a game changer. Grapple, blade, good for getting that last little bit, using it likes Chris often does it actually worked like a grader. I never tried using it like Chris did in this video to spread but add that to the list. I was doing a lot of lot clearing at the time so the grapple feature was priceless for logs, Bush and other debris.
What gets me the most with your jobs is how fast you get it done. I always have to shake my head when you get to the end of a video and say "So what I've done this morning is..." and rattle off about 5 or 6 things... EACH of which would take someone like me a couple days to do. So what you manage to pull off in half a day, I'd still be working on after a week (and probably wouldn't have it right). :)
I never thought I'd call a movement of a piece of heavy equipment cute but it was ,how you nabbed that pipe with the mini then just walked it side wise it was so neat LOL @ 13:20.
I really wondered that too. Sure must rain a lot all at once where Chris works which I believe is in Florida somewhere. I know hurricanes. Must be scary having a major drain pipe underneath your building. We all know one never has a problem with one of them. I also noticed the down spouts going into the ground along the side of the source building I would imagine there is a rain leader connected to them and it would have to be buried under that 16 (?) inch culvert. Crazy setup.
The 4 in 1 bucket comes in Handy for jobs like this.👍 their previous contractor did a Bad job putting that pipe in there with the bent Metal and the wooden Sticks that clogged Up the old pipe 🤣. No wonder nothing would drain 😂.. endresult looks good Chris.nice and clean with the gravel topping.
Hallo Chris. I observe that you to every work always the correct machine to put in, not to small or not to great. That Is admirable. You the champion. The video is very good and demonstrate what one man can to produce in a little Time. 👌
It's funny I get nervous anytime I see wood when digging for pipes. When I was a little boy 6 years old so 40+ years ago here in Detroit my father hit a wood pipe in the back yard. Bad thing was it was still a pressurized in service pipe used by the city of Detroit. I remember water bubbling out of the hole for three days before they made it over to fix it.
Hey Chris, I could hear you talking to that pipe @ 9:12, and it was pretty salty, and it piss on you you're coming out of that Damn hole!!!! LOL KEEP SMILING
UNBELIEVABLE... The things some folks will do to slink out of work, it looks like something a Four year old would do while there parents were gone.. One HAS to know they Will be found out, and more than likely WAY before then would want to 🤷🏻♂️😫🤔
I really like the articulated "knuckle" on the bucket - question what is it really called and why aren't more excavators equipped with them?? Thx for the video's
No pond diggin` today. When you dig up other peoples` old work you never know what you will find. Good job and concrete band was the easiest way to join the pipes.
But concrete will let water seep through.. Even if slowly, that pipe will almost always have SOME water in it and it's just poured concrete not treated to be impermeable. Whoever has a basement in the nearby 50m area might start getting sewer smell through the walls\outlets.
Chris; do you ever use the split bucket to spread rock? Seems if you could get the opening just right, it would work just like a tailgate. 21:40 Question answered !
it's like an episode of Columbo - if we just cover it up no one will ever know.....also spreading stone backwards with the 3 in 1 bucket cracked open is just showing off - really nice work but just showing off they said.
I would think anyone who has used backhoes, trac-holes and excavators long enough, your brain would detect the slightest control pressure when the blade is up against something different. Great Video for Chris to fix someone else’s hidden screwups.
Dis-grunted employee when the pipe was layed? Ok, gotta say it, you did that all wrong... no gravel spillage?? C'mon Chris, we all know the true professionals have major spillage when spreading. LOL Just kidding you. Wished more were as smooth as you when doing this type of work. Great video, cheers :)
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I've heard of being constipated but this brings a new meaning to shitting a log.....and yes I know it's not a sewer line !
@14:32 and you found.............. a treasure!!!!! Holy gosh! Unbelievable. 😮💨
Thanks. Saves me watching the whole lot. :)
@@ianallen2 😄😄
I hope you're stockpiling that scraped off topsoil/grass at the farm - can't be beat after the grass has all rotted down into the mix.
This is what a lifetime of doing a skill the right way gets you. Truly impressive to watch your speed and control as you operate each piece of equipment. I have never seen you abuse or force a machine to do anything beyond its capabilities or design in any videos. Proof that the right way isn't always the hard way. Thanks for sharing.
Ohh the things you get yourself in too. That why we can’t wait for every new video. Its always something that makes most people scratch their head and do one of two things. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Not much cover over that pipe. It’s amazing that cobbled together mess didn’t collapse
With Chris and the Skidster it couldn't have been more priceless....I love that little machine...it does it all...
You simply can’t make this up! Unbelievable. 🇺🇸⚓️
From clearing out trees for a pond to today’s video and all I can say is absolutely excellent work.
That 4 in 1 bucket sure makes for an easy day spreading gravel! Im putting that on my list of needed things!
Another fly by night drainage contractor strikes again, on the good side it gives you and John more work fixing their stuff up. Safe travels
The only downside is that it cost the owner more.
Yes that is the sad part about it.
This is Exactly Why you Don’t Hire a Contractor that doesn’t know their Butt from a Hole in Ground.
Just goes to prove that when back in the day they put sewer lines in no one bother to check everything and make sure it works properly before they covered it and that it was a proper fit just like nowadays most contractors always seem to want to take shortcuts that will eventually cause a problem unlike you you always check things and make sure it is exactly the way it should be thank you Chris great job and for sharing
I'am beginning wonder about the authenticity of you video, all the years I had machine drivers working with me I never saw them once pick up a shovel.
Uncle John set the standard for posing with a shovel.
I swear he'd use the 220 to dig a hole for a Marigold plant. The only time I've seen a shovel in his hands was to clear the tracks.
@@Silverhornet81 It's called editing LOL
@@Silverhornet81 TBF: We don't often see Chris with a chainsaw either, but those trees don't mysteriously turn themselves into 10ft logs!
Better pick up grease if you need it! They expect a shortage after largest plant burnt down.
Um, excuse me? I must have missed that, can you spare any details about this plant that burnt down, details like who, and where? Thanks.
@@stanpatterson5033 The one on the news: Chemtool in Illinois. It was their Lubrizol plant. The cloud was pretty toxic too, evacuated a mile radius of the plant. They make grease and machining oils. Don't think it will affect all the grease prices since there are other plants: searching Thomasnet and others... plenty of lube out there.
It's been 11 years since I worked equipment on a daily basis (still do every chance available) and truly enjoy getting my hydraulic fix at 4:30 with my java fix in the mornings. No diesel and greasy gloves--- just pour and play!!! Thanx
First time I’ve seen a clam bucket. Very handy. Thanks for sharing.
The number of times you must sit back in your cab with an exasperated "Oh, for stuff's sake!!"
Once you think you've seen it all you get this job LOL
I spent more than two years as an apprentice to a very old master tile setter. When he retired (in his 80s)
He told me he couldn't teach me any more. He was tired and was gonna go fishing.
His words stick with me even today, 30 years later.
"Remember this and you'll be fine. Every job is different....every job is the same"
Just something to think about.
Thanks
I get the feeling you do alot more of these kinds of repairs and replace than we have seen on the channel ,it was fun watching and thanks for bringing us along,till next time God Bless
Hi there I have operated heavy equipment I have seen many people operated heavy equipment but you my friend have to be the most talented I have seen, your touch and site management is poetry. GMM British Columbia Canada. Cheers.
Bam !! Bam !! In an Out, Gotta love the little quick jobs !! Great as always Chris, On too the Next....
When he talked about doing another driveway area the next day, a building pad when it's dry enough this isn't a 1 day job.
“ Oh God, the stuff I get into”
Working in tight quarters and fixing what idiots did right next to brand new asphalt sealer. Good job!
@Hello Rolf how are you doing
One thing I am pretty sure of: Your job is never boring Chris !!
@ 21:35 you are essentially tailgating with the bucket. That was cool, and a skid-steer talent I don't have. And it looked good too. Good job Chris!
Reminds me of the time my family lived in apartments owned by my uncle in the 1960's. We had endless problems with the toilet clogging. My uncle chewed out my mother for putting stuff down the toilet that should not go in it, but she denied doing it. He did most of the building maintenance himself and got tired of snaking out the line, over and over. He finally took the sewer line apart to find out what was going on. It seems, back in the 1940's, when the apartments were built, plumbers installed a section of sewer pipe without knowing that a length of 2x4 was inside it. Mystery solved!
I worked in New home construction for a long time. Saw many examples of one trade getting made with another. Did you know you could take a coin and put it into a piece of conduit, just far enough to not be seen? Electrician starts to pull wire causing the coin to jam.
A glass drink bottle dropped into a 4" soil line will jam at the first elbow.
Motor oil poured between ungrouted tile will stain the grout
Wow Chris, you really got it going on with the skid steer bucket spreading the rock! Looks great, thanks for sharing Chris! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Why you spread that stone so smooth, you're supposed to spill it and sling it everywhere like everyone else does.
A smooth stone is the best stone eh.
Stoned Again !
Contractor go out of their way to spill stones on the grass. It makes it so exciting mowing the lawn . Stones flying everywhere and destroy the blade.
If Chris can’t do it right the first time well then he’s not even gonna do it if you know what I mean
The way Chris smooths out is what all the workers of this nature should do.
He should start a school.
You're a master with your machinery. You have a good eye for grade & all your projects look very professional.
I absolutely love those 4 in 1 buckets. One of the best inventions for construction I think. Excellent job
Thats why we like you Chris you do a job and if something pops up you work through it
Been watching you for years 18 don't think I've ever seen you spread gravel by opening your bucket.Cool.
Little bucket was like a surgeons tool. I was not expecting logs!!!! Good job.
Customer stated :"sewer not draining"
Chris: " Well right here is your problem"
those were so well hidden, they must be precious mast pieces of a famous Blackbeard ship!
Treausures……
The best way to fix that problem is to install a pit between the different size pipes also allows better maintenance of the pipes latter on
The BEST way is to not destroy existing stuff when you’re hired to do a job. Besides, Chris’s solution only has one joint to worry about.
That 4n1 bucket is 👍
That thing is awesome!
I had a JD 310 SE hoe with a 4 in 1. At first I wasn't sure what it was good for but it didn't take long to realize it was a game changer.
Grapple, blade, good for getting that last little bit, using it likes Chris often does it actually worked like a grader. I never tried using it like Chris did in this video to spread but add that to the list.
I was doing a lot of lot clearing at the time so the grapple feature was priceless for logs, Bush and other debris.
Who manufacturers that 4in1?
@@cden-ec7cy I’ve wondered the same thing.
Glad Ya decided ta go with Wade DP and the others ..... That outta be a great time.. The 3 of ya's make my day everyday!!
Such SMOOTH PERCISION,,,,THAT'S FOCUSED AGAIN THANKS!
I thought I was the only guy that gets stuck with jobs like that! Good job Chris!
If all the old concrete pipe is the same length, it could be metric
(1 meter = 3'4").
Wow. what a cluster cluck job that guy did. nice fix.
I wonder if he put the loges back? LOL
What gets me the most with your jobs is how fast you get it done. I always have to shake my head when you get to the end of a video and say "So what I've done this morning is..." and rattle off about 5 or 6 things... EACH of which would take someone like me a couple days to do. So what you manage to pull off in half a day, I'd still be working on after a week (and probably wouldn't have it right). :)
Pretty slick with the 4in1 👍🏻
Brilliantly done bud. The right machine for this job, on point Chris.
Can't remember how many times i've heard, no utilities there go ahead. Nothing there and BINGO. 😂😂😂
Oh my, what shortcuts people will take to save a little work or money!
I never thought I'd call a movement of a piece of heavy equipment cute but it was ,how you nabbed that pipe with the mini then just walked it side wise it was so neat LOL @ 13:20.
@Hello Robert how are you doing
22:19 that worked as well as a skilled dump truck driver spreading gravel! Good job man!! And as tidy as always at the end result. Proud of you! :)
It's nice having truck drivers like that on a job.
Liked how you used the 4-in-1 as a gravel spreader
Love watching your videos! You always come up with a good solution for the messes you get into!!
I just love that bucket, on the skid steer.
Chris doing hand work outside the machine....GASP!!!!.......
Beautiful work Chris !
Is that pipe for rainwater? Is it common to have pipes like that running building to building? I honestly have no idea what is going on there.
I really wondered that too. Sure must rain a lot all at once where Chris works which I believe is in Florida somewhere. I know hurricanes. Must be scary having a major drain pipe underneath your building. We all know one never has a problem with one of them.
I also noticed the down spouts going into the ground along the side of the source building I would imagine there is a rain leader connected to them and it would have to be buried under that 16 (?) inch culvert.
Crazy setup.
@@gragor11 North Carolina.
@@mula2626 what I also thought.
But yes, they do get horrific rains there sometimes and the land is flat with nowhere for water to go. I used to live an hour from where he is.
Getting that concrete pipe out from underneath that sewer pipe was a work of art!
The 4 in 1 bucket comes in Handy for jobs like this.👍 their previous contractor did a Bad job putting that pipe in there with the bent Metal and the wooden Sticks that clogged Up the old pipe 🤣. No wonder nothing would drain 😂.. endresult looks good Chris.nice and clean with the gravel topping.
Doesn’t this bring out the little digger boy in me! Love the vlogs! Thanks for posting Chris. 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
Hallo Chris. I observe that you to every work always the correct machine to put in, not to small or not to great. That Is admirable. You the champion. The video is very good and demonstrate what one man can to produce in a little Time. 👌
When you're doing that kind of work you'll never know what you come across and you found something weird there for sure. 👍👍😀🇨🇦
25:12 Fast at the trigger, you are a very skilled Chris, as always a good job
It's funny I get nervous anytime I see wood when digging for pipes. When I was a little boy 6 years old so 40+ years ago here in Detroit my father hit a wood pipe in the back yard. Bad thing was it was still a pressurized in service pipe used by the city of Detroit. I remember water bubbling out of the hole for three days before they made it over to fix it.
30 years ago there was still wooden water mains here in downtown Kansas City also.....pretty cool stuff
Everything looks easy ... when you are good at your craft.
Hey Chris, I could hear you talking to that pipe @ 9:12, and it was pretty salty, and it piss on you you're coming out of that Damn hole!!!! LOL KEEP SMILING
UNBELIEVABLE... The things some folks will do to slink out of work, it looks like something a
Four year old would do while there parents were gone.. One HAS to know they Will be found out, and more than likely WAY before then would want to 🤷🏻♂️😫🤔
Chris big jobs small jobs, they all add up, it was pretty crappy that someone put all that wood in the trench. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
Ill say he kept it from being crappy 🤣😂🤣
Great grading and grabbing and spreading bucket
our friends own a auto repair shop in Wendell . (Performance auto) building looks similar to that . Great job Chris
Like the Let's Dig discovery channel for improperly buried lines. Tight quarters there.
You never know what your going to find when you follow behind some one else's job 👍🏻🇺🇸
I dug up a wallet and a pair of shoes about 6’ below grade…….I was really worried I was going to find a body and hear music.
Was the side of the metal building, one edge of an open storm water drain then ?
where I come from thats called a “bodge job”. what were they thinking with the wood and metal? good fix Chris
ITS CALLED A BOTCHED JOB when some one half build something
@@alphonsotate2982
Bodge job is the correct phrase over here 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Both mean the same !!!
@@alexosborne5629 thanks fella.
It's a case of 'cover it up and nobody will ever know it was us'.
@Faux Que
Oh dear.......
Hey Chris, thanks for sharing. Enjoyed.
What happened to the other end of the pipe? It seemed to be left hanging in mid air.
It looks like a concrete catch basin will need to be fabricated.
I really like the articulated "knuckle" on the bucket - question what is it really called and why aren't more excavators equipped with them?? Thx for the video's
Another great video. I watch his videos every night before I go to bed.
Nice save Chris!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
No pond diggin` today. When you dig up other peoples` old work you never know what you will find. Good job and concrete band was the easiest way to join the pipes.
But concrete will let water seep through.. Even if slowly, that pipe will almost always have SOME water in it and it's just poured concrete not treated to be impermeable. Whoever has a basement in the nearby 50m area might start getting sewer smell through the walls\outlets.
Chris; do you ever use the split bucket to spread rock? Seems if you could get the opening just right, it would work just like a tailgate. 21:40 Question answered !
It would take a team of 4 workers 2 weeks to do that here in the UK!
Chris, I'm really "DIGGING" the daily videos! No pun intended of course. 😎
@Hello Jim how are you doing
it's like an episode of Columbo - if we just cover it up no one will ever know.....also spreading stone backwards with the 3 in 1 bucket cracked open is just showing off - really nice work but just showing off they said.
I'm spending hours watching machinery work and avoiding unpleasant activities.
At least it's not your fault. They can't blame you!
I would think anyone who has used backhoes, trac-holes and excavators long enough, your brain would detect the slightest control pressure when the blade is up against something different. Great Video for Chris to fix someone else’s hidden screwups.
You could probably scrape dirt off the backside of a flea. You are the master!
So the pipe just daylights into one spot then runs under another building?? Lol. Wouldn’t happen in the Chicago suburbs. 😂. Good work, as usual.
Oh Oh operator is standing in a ditch. Your spotter is in trooouble. 😆
Ahh the old "Rube Goldberg" fixer upper!
Not only are you an excellent operator but you are very intelligent man also.Like I said before.You are always fixing someone else’s f up.
Nice quick job Chris, always nice to watch you turn something nasty into something nice.
Holy smokes! The things we run into on these jobs man! Love the videos
Dis-grunted employee when the pipe was layed?
Ok, gotta say it, you did that all wrong... no gravel spillage?? C'mon Chris, we all know the true professionals have major spillage when spreading. LOL Just kidding you. Wished more were as smooth as you when doing this type of work. Great video, cheers :)
Nice
That last pass was cool.
Luv that skid steer! I want one someday..
that 4in1 bucket is a nice scraper in reverse
I think that tune “Smooth Operator”, from the 80s was about this guy!
I think the person that put that pipe in also did my mother-in-laws face lift. Metal and wood didn’t work then either!.
Throw in a new set of teeth and she'll look OK, at least from 50 ft away.
Wouldn't you LOVE to know who called that mess "good" and left it in that condition? Then just go to their house and taze them for being an idiot!
You never know. 'I'll cover this up so it doesn't collapse, but you need to get someone out here next week to fix it'
Thank you for the video.
Somebody left John and you a shovel in case you didn’t know what it was! Lol