We had a waterway, in a field, with an old clay tile in the bottom. The clay tile was broke and plugged in places so that water was coming to the surface, flowing along for 20'-30', then going back underground into the tile. We had new plastic tile ran up both sides of the waterway. When the first run of plastic was installed, the water coming to the top of the ground disappeared within a half hour of the tile going in the ground. The new tile was maybe 10-15' to the side of the old clay tile. It is amazing how fast drainage tile can make a difference in certain situations.
In Australia it is called AG Pipe it does an amazing job removing moisture, looks like no matter where you are in the world it works very well, nice job, good video.
If you told me a year ago that watching some guy on RUclips laying drain tile would be entertaining, I would have said you're crazy lol. Great video Michael and thank you for your help with the speed binders. I followed your advice and have no problem with them staying tight
Mercy! Dang you boys don't mess around. Should I dare say, " That was an extremely good job! Possibly, Jerry good job? " Here is my ataboy shout out to ya, 😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
I sure have learned a lot from this video. I have a small amount of acreage that floods every time it rains and maybe the tile method might work to stop that or at least relieve it a little. Thank you for the info.
here in Northern Ireland around where i live the farmers have to fill the trench almost to the surface with 2" clean stones so the water will get to the perforated pipe, the clay, once they get through the soil, is usually like putty, and in a lot of areas peat , so the water doesn't drain through it, they don't use those risers poking above the ground
Different soil conditions require different types of drainage ideas. Where dirt perfect is I'm guessing it's got enough sand to drain but there is a layer of impervious that stops the water from going down.
beautiful country my friend, but you can keep them Copperheadedrattlemoccasins all to yourself. We just have Rattlesnakes out here where I am in California
Just had a thought. For backfilling those risers and you dont have help, you can take a t post to hold it upright then pull it after backfilling or leave it if there is cattle in the field
At 33:40; once that pipe blew my first thought was, you could use my multi-purpose vehicle concept, for its features, ie: a fold away two ton hoist, custom truck lift (lays flat on ground), removable goose neck and fifth wheel hitches, swap-able winch (front to rear), compressor, generator, mig/tig welder, plasma cutter and other useful equipment. ;-)
Hey Mike good job on that land that you are doing for Farmer Chris you did a wonderful job man keep doing what you're doing you are good at what you do #DIRT PERFECT💪💪👍🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
If your pushing the pipe together with a excavator you don’t need to lube the pipe specially if your pushing on the Spicket end of the pipe we do a lot of sticks and if we’re digging usually we cut 3 ribs off from the spicket end and take the gasket off it and use it as a push plug just set it in the bell use the excavator to push it then take it out and move on
DP I see farmers everywhere putting this tile in, but how long do you think it will last before it gets plugged up? Being a builder my self I see basement drains clog up after 15 years. And most of them had a felt cover and rock. The old ones had straw. I have read up on the pipe it’s supposed to be self cleaning with the ripple effect, if you have good water flow. I think your dry dams will help in high water, to clean it. I was just curious if you have seen them fail?
There is an old 4 inch clay tile in a low spot on our old family farm. Dug by hand and tiles placed by hand 100 years ago(no straw, no ''cover' and no rock) and it is still draining the field. The worst part is, the county came by and put a new tube under the road where that tile comes out, but they set the new tube over a foot higher than the tile outlet. They ended up putting a riser at the tile outlet, but that just means the water has to back up in the tile till it's as high as the tube under the road. Ya still can't fix stupid, and just about anything done by a government agency must HAVE to be stupid!
When you said you've buried over 25k feet of drain tile, all I could think about is how much that has cost Farmer Chris. Huge investment and hopefully he gets a huge return.
It’s a huge investment, however, the return over a few years will more than pay for it. Unless the current administration continues to work against the American Farmers. AF are the backbone of this great country, in my opinion.
Thanks D Algire and Blackdog Tractor/ Excavator, People tell me I'm nuts when I say that,I proven that time and time again on my farms and ones I rent.
1) I wonder if you could benefit from a wireless camera on the stick, streaming to a tablet in that clamp visible above your machine screen in the 120, when you're doing precision work like filling the narrow trench with the 6' pipe in it from the side. Sort of mirror. 2) Evolution: from excavator to dragVine... 3) Yes, I've noticed: once the field was dry, you didn't need a Matt anymore. ;-)
with our clay soils we HAVE to backfill with a round wash stone or at least some sort of rock or it wont drain ..... id say with your sandy base soils you have a lot better luck with this setup ..... Your way would be so much easier to install then the way we do have to do our "French drains"
Considering it seems he mostly plants corn, he's probably more keeping the hogs, cattle, chickens, etc fed.😋 which, admittedly, those critters do feed us in the end as well. Suppose there's also a chance he also sells to ethanol makers.
You didn’t have to track over and dig across the pipe just had to double your size over the pipe when uncovering it since two bucket withs is enough to cut the the pipe and be able to get a T in it
If those 2 bird cages last 6 months that close to the road, I'll be shocked! Good luck, Farmer Chris! BTW, DP, if you get a little time one weekend, how about hauling 4,900 tri-axle loads of that awesome Indiana topsoil to middle Tennessee. Jerry should be able to spread that over 120 acres pretty quick, right?
Such an incredible TEAM that works as ONE UNIT on every job! That was a LOT of tile in the ground so Chris can cultivate, farm to put FOOD on tables across the land. MIKE, you could be $$ RICH to invent a VINE killer that won't kill what it surrounds! Those 'risers' will get knocked off - QUESTION - is it a big deal if/when it happens? Does the location have a "KNOWN"? Thanks. Sonny
Just curious, have you ever had culvert pipes crush from not having rock around them? I've seen quite a few pictures from storm sewer installations that are not driven over and are crushed/ egg shaped.
metal ones that are large enough can crush if they are not backfilled evenly on both sides at once. Not see it in plastic ones. Some pipes come oval too.
He has one, but the bucket and the stick have to be in the same position each time you check. He has used it before, but does pretty good without it once he's at grade.
What happened with Leautenant Dan? Looking for some closure on that build lol Last Vid was waiting on the Box right? All good though :-) Hope things are working out on that build though. Such a cool truck.
Good job finishing up, if Farmer Chris has any more to do, tell him to got a ticket and wait his turn 😉 Whole field looks good after all said and done. Free corn for the summer 🤗 👍🇺🇸
Mike, can you make a flat detach insert for the trenching bucket teeth for smoth end cuts, just thinking. Great videos for us old farts to watch, thanks Mike, Matt and Gerry.
Those fly overs are a great perspective of the land. Thanks for those! I'm impressed at how fast it dried up after the tile was laid out! Nice work!
Great job by all Amazing watching Jerry trickle dirt in on the 6 inch
Thanks for sharing 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
We had a waterway, in a field, with an old clay tile in the bottom. The clay tile was broke and plugged in places so that water was coming to the surface, flowing along for 20'-30', then going back underground into the tile. We had new plastic tile ran up both sides of the waterway. When the first run of plastic was installed, the water coming to the top of the ground disappeared within a half hour of the tile going in the ground. The new tile was maybe 10-15' to the side of the old clay tile. It is amazing how fast drainage tile can make a difference in certain situations.
Excellent job! Great demonstration of what can be done to salvage poorly drained land and the decent land trapped around the wet stuff.
thanks
That field looks great. I’m sure farmer Chris was very happy too. Another awesome job finished to dirt perfection!
In Australia it is called AG Pipe it does an amazing job removing moisture, looks like no matter where you are in the world it works very well, nice job, good video.
thankyou goes a long way in my books.... nya Millenial ...thankyou..
Looking good. Tile will amaze you with what it can do as long as you don't have to pump it.
Awesome drone footage
Good to see
Mr NYA Millenial back with you.
Great video. It is great to see how a little work can change the area.
It sure is!
Great video Mr Dirt Perfect and Matt
Thanks 👍
If you told me a year ago that watching some guy on RUclips laying drain tile would be entertaining, I would have said you're crazy lol. Great video Michael and thank you for your help with the speed binders. I followed your advice and have no problem with them staying tight
Thanks 👍
At least you have good weather. Every time I start on my utility trailer it rains. Messes up my welding and painting.
from the Netherlands thanks for the video DP .
just running into videos didn't have time / opportunity
Mercy! Dang you boys don't mess around. Should I dare say, " That was an extremely good job! Possibly, Jerry good job? " Here is my ataboy shout out to ya, 😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
Well done by all. Goals accomplished to drain the fields to farm. Farmer Chris is going to have a lot more acres to farm.
Thanks
It's funny watching tile put in with a bucket, knowing what that Army Green Plow is going to look like when it's done. Massive Leap Forward is coming.
I would be looking for another rock hauling company!! When you are on a schedule, you don't need any delays!!
I sure have learned a lot from this video. I have a small amount of acreage that floods every time it rains and maybe the tile method might work to stop that or at least relieve it a little. Thank you for the info.
Good morning Mike, sure enjoy your channel! Stay safe!❤️🙏🇺🇸
Thanks, you too!
I foresee those fancy end guards ending up in the county's mower the first time they mow the ditch.
That tile pipe does wonders. U did a great job ur self there DP and thanks to Jerry and Matt u got it all put together
Thanks buddy
Just hope you can keep the roots out of that tile & riser that is near the woods. They (tree roots) can make a good plug in the tile.
Not a concern
Nice work Mike You and Mtt are a great team. 57:36 great length .
Mike what a great project, Farmer Chris has to be very happy! Thanks for sharing. Kevin
You bet
It's always nice to have good dirt to work with looks good
here in Northern Ireland around where i live the farmers have to fill the trench almost to the surface with 2" clean stones so the water will get to the perforated pipe, the clay, once they get through the soil, is usually like putty, and in a lot of areas peat , so the water doesn't drain through it, they don't use those risers poking above the ground
Different soil conditions require different types of drainage ideas. Where dirt perfect is I'm guessing it's got enough sand to drain but there is a layer of impervious that stops the water from going down.
beautiful country my friend, but you can keep them Copperheadedrattlemoccasins all to yourself. We just have Rattlesnakes out here where I am in California
So close to 80k subs, very exciting!!
So close!
Great job driving the cat Jerry
Please give us some shots of the exit pipes, showing what kind of flow is coming out. Thanks
I think this is one of your better videos. Good video.
thanks
Just had a thought. For backfilling those risers and you dont have help, you can take a t post to hold it upright then pull it after backfilling or leave it if there is cattle in the field
At 33:40; once that pipe blew my first thought was, you could use my multi-purpose vehicle concept, for its features, ie: a fold away two ton hoist, custom truck lift (lays flat on ground), removable goose neck and fifth wheel hitches, swap-able winch (front to rear), compressor, generator, mig/tig welder, plasma cutter and other useful equipment. ;-)
Yep did enjoy this video bro. Safe travels up your way.
Hey Mike good job on that land that you are doing for Farmer Chris you did a wonderful job man keep doing what you're doing you are good at what you do #DIRT PERFECT💪💪👍🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks 👍
You won't get stuck, just grab the happy handle and stand on the loud peddle! :)
Great video thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out
Thanks, you too!
I see Jerry back there behind you as always patiently waiting on you 🤣
If your pushing the pipe together with a excavator you don’t need to lube the pipe specially if your pushing on the Spicket end of the pipe we do a lot of sticks and if we’re digging usually we cut 3 ribs off from the spicket end and take the gasket off it and use it as a push plug just set it in the bell use the excavator to push it then take it out and move on
No wonder you and Fsrmer Chris have a good relationship! You get the job done well and in a timely manner.
Thanks bob
DP I see farmers everywhere putting this tile in, but how long do you think it will last before it gets plugged up? Being a builder my self I see basement drains clog up after 15 years. And most of them had a felt cover and rock. The old ones had straw. I have read up on the pipe it’s supposed to be self cleaning with the ripple effect, if you have good water flow. I think your dry dams will help in high water, to clean it. I was just curious if you have seen them fail?
There is an old 4 inch clay tile in a low spot on our old family farm. Dug by hand and tiles placed by hand 100 years ago(no straw, no ''cover' and no rock) and it is still draining the field. The worst part is, the county came by and put a new tube under the road where that tile comes out, but they set the new tube over a foot higher than the tile outlet. They ended up putting a riser at the tile outlet, but that just means the water has to back up in the tile till it's as high as the tube under the road.
Ya still can't fix stupid, and just about anything done by a government agency must HAVE to be stupid!
50 plus years have dug up older then that still looks good remember it’s catching ground water
@@bluegrallis BUT it looked SO GOOD on paper!
Nice work DP and Mr.Millennial
thanks
When you said you've buried over 25k feet of drain tile, all I could think about is how much that has cost Farmer Chris. Huge investment and hopefully he gets a huge return.
It’s a huge investment, however, the return over a few years will more than pay for it. Unless the current administration continues to work against the American Farmers. AF are the backbone of this great country, in my opinion.
@@dalgire245 I agree 100%
You pay for drainage tile if you have it or not.
@@jimoakley3436 one way or another👍
Thanks D Algire and Blackdog Tractor/ Excavator, People tell me I'm nuts when I say that,I proven that time and time again on my farms and ones I rent.
1) I wonder if you could benefit from a wireless camera on the stick, streaming to a tablet in that clamp visible above your machine screen in the 120, when you're doing precision work like filling the narrow trench with the 6' pipe in it from the side. Sort of mirror.
2) Evolution: from excavator to dragVine...
3) Yes, I've noticed: once the field was dry, you didn't need a Matt anymore. ;-)
You turned a muddy field into farmable land in three days or so, aye it all turned out nicely!!!!
with our clay soils we HAVE to backfill with a round wash stone or at least some sort of rock or it wont drain ..... id say with your sandy base soils you have a lot better luck with this setup ..... Your way would be so much easier to install then the way we do have to do our "French drains"
Great video 👍 The culvert pipe on the entrance looked like it wasn't very deep tractor's are pretty heavy.
He is limited to how deep he can go by the culvert dept at the bottom end he has to drain to.
@@ArnieD17 good point State by state culvert spec's etc , shame Mr Perfect didn't mention that 🤭
It can't be deeper than the ditch, or you would have to pump it out on the outlet end. The ditch 'very deep, so the culvert can't be.
Yup
You made that field a lot more productive. Farmers and erosion are enemies all the time.
She’ll drain big time now. Good job DP and crew
Thanks
looks like drainage is under control, NYA's hard work and mike & Jerrys finishes pulled it off in time
I still say that is not an excavator but the world's largest chainsaw.😊
What a show!
Excellent work 👍
Thanks
Hey Matt, DP says your probably right...lol OOPS I wasn't suppose to say that.
Farmer Chris......keeping us fed with an assist from the DP crew
Considering it seems he mostly plants corn, he's probably more keeping the hogs, cattle, chickens, etc fed.😋 which, admittedly, those critters do feed us in the end as well. Suppose there's also a chance he also sells to ethanol makers.
You didn’t have to track over and dig across the pipe just had to double your size over the pipe when uncovering it since two bucket withs is enough to cut the the pipe and be able to get a T in it
Farmer Chris must be very optimistic and have a very understanding Banker! All that expense and no return yet! Good luck to him! 👍
$6.80 corn might pay that bill off real quick, until it costs $6 to put it in the ground anyway 😉
if not do u use them together to make a longer run
At 57:25 I can see several locations where many videos have been filmed.
well, you figured out the spool thingy...
how much future field tile work do you have and is putting a trencher on one of the dozers worth considering
Probably not with all the rock and short runs
👍
Measure once, cut twice, and add a splice. No foul, no harm.
I have that hydramaxx trencher ready to go when you wanna get some serious footage in!! (Sent you videos via Facebook)
If those 2 bird cages last 6 months that close to the road, I'll be shocked! Good luck, Farmer Chris! BTW, DP, if you get a little time one weekend, how about hauling 4,900 tri-axle loads of that awesome Indiana topsoil to middle Tennessee. Jerry should be able to spread that over 120 acres pretty quick, right?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Such an incredible TEAM that works as ONE UNIT on every job! That was a LOT of tile in the ground so Chris can cultivate, farm to put FOOD on tables across the land. MIKE, you could be $$ RICH to invent a VINE killer that won't kill what it surrounds! Those 'risers' will get knocked off - QUESTION - is it a big deal if/when it happens? Does the location have a "KNOWN"? Thanks. Sonny
Lol thanks Sonny appreciate the comments
PHEW...is DP now a division of "Farmer Chris Excavating"? 😂😂
As heavy as that dirt is, I’m surprised it drains at all. I’m surprised you don’t need more pipes closer together.
Nothing like having someone sitting there waiting for you to finish. No pressure.
Nice trench. Whats it for? I cant fine a lead in anyplace.
Tile
Just curious, have you ever had culvert pipes crush from not having rock around them? I've seen quite a few pictures from storm sewer installations that are not driven over and are crushed/ egg shaped.
No
metal ones that are large enough can crush if they are not backfilled evenly on both sides at once. Not see it in plastic ones. Some pipes come oval too.
Nice job!
Looks good👍
A HUGE 👍 on the saying concerning 🐍's. GOOD & d_ _d!
DP was waiting for the loose end of that pipe on the spool to hit Matt on the tractor.
Hand shoes and horse grenades? That boy isn't right! lol. I think he IS related to Man Behind The Scenes!
Lol
With that slope grade laser you need reader on the boom you will never go back they are awesome
He has one, but the bucket and the stick have to be in the same position each time you check. He has used it before, but does pretty good without it once he's at grade.
Nice work guy's!!.
Thank you!
Awesome Job!!
Thanks!
you need a bucket trailer, one that has all of your buckets for the 120. then you are never without
You had lubricants for the pipe all you needed to do was catch some of the hydraulic fluid.
Hey, Good Looking.....you sure do clean up well, and I don't mean your digging expertise. Nice to see the real you...Lady sub, here
Thanks appreciate that
...lookin' good, nice job, stay safe..
Thanks 👍
Matt did a fine job operating that goon spoon.
Awesome video 👍
Thank you 👍
What happened with Leautenant Dan? Looking for some closure on that build lol Last Vid was waiting on the Box right? All good though :-) Hope things are working out on that build though. Such a cool truck.
More coming soon
DP you and Chris should have switched jobs. Because Chris is better at running a tractor. You are better a spreading the fertilizer. Lol God bless
Whew! For a second there I thought you meant LetsDig18 Chris rather than Farmer Chris! I've been switching dig channels too much! 8-))
Mr Dirt Perfect you want a driveway entrance done properly ask Mr Lets Dig He Does Em For A Living😁😁😁😁
This isn't a home driveway its a field
HELLO MIKE AND MATT AND JERRY ITS IS RANDY AND I LIKE U VIDEO IS COOL THANKS FRIENDS RANDY
thanks!
Only way to get rid of surface water is to pipe it, 25,000 feet worth!
enjoyed
and you've got carrots!
Mr millenial all the way awesome vidja thanks you for the time you put in for us to watch and learn
Thanks for watching!
Good job finishing up, if Farmer Chris has any more to do, tell him to got a ticket and wait his turn 😉 Whole field looks good after all said and done. Free corn for the summer 🤗 👍🇺🇸
Can you use those cores for culverts?
Not really short and no ends
Good job mike
thanks
Copperheaded RattleMocasin lol 😝
Mike, can you make a flat detach insert for the trenching bucket teeth for smoth end cuts, just thinking. Great videos for us old farts to watch, thanks Mike, Matt and Gerry.
Yes possibly