Big Screw Up = Big Dirt Move

moving a large amount of dirt because it was dumped in a creek buffer

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Good Video Chris, I see this job as an apportunity for you to make lots of working videos in stead of just showing the completed project, all right pal don't let me down. Thanks!!!

[@kathyzeilinga258]

John M. Evangelis 0

[@kevinw640]

The State quoted Cool Hand Luke..."What's your dirt doin' in his ditch (aka Creek bed)?" Looks like a big project! Thanks for sharing the video!

[@samuelcantley5500]

Kevin W now the Indian people have something to bring to your Americans government put my people s land back the way it was before the Americans came and kill and lie and distory are land we want while man s Justus thank you for sharing with me and my family members

[@codybarnett784]

IV always wanted to do dirt moving.. I mean hell most people won't pay any attention to dirt being moved but I see an art to it real workmanship ..I miss hard labor an operating heavy machinery ..hire me now lol

[@mathieubourgetel2188]

lol thats some expensive free dirt now

[@yopage]

I wonder what the tab was on that project? After starting my pond with my backhoe I realized how important it was to think the whole project through first. Things like making a lower docking place for the dump truck will save so much time, gas and wear on the machines.

[@catdieselpower193]

well Chris that's a job for the summer for ya! At least one big one!! good luck bud and keep us informed! on the progress!!

[@ericb9345]

Nothing in life is free. So sayeth the department of natural resources.

[@jamest2101]

OMG! Doesn't anyone check with zoning and planning before they do stuff like this? Guess not and all to the better for you :-) Gonna he a hell of a job. You did check about any snags possibly coming from moving those cars?

[@jamesshanks2614]

Gas tanker TT flipped on its right side into the woods about 50 feet when it came to a rest 12000 gallons of gas two compartments emptied out. State estimated 6.weeks to clean up. Accident was last June 2016 they just finished the job last week. Big transport company with good insurance, right tie rod end snapped on the tractor and the right steer wheel went full right and pulled her in, first accident for driver in 36 years. Even when you do everything right somethings it just rears up and bytes ya.

[@kurtismckemmie4850]

Free gas on the freeway for everyone! Glad to hear that the driver is alive.

[@janvandenbos7085]

Looks like a very big project Chris, and nice video's big cleaning up operation wow, very interesting lets dig !

[@GKsGS400]

You should call Marty T to come get that D6 running. He'd have it clearing land and making roads in no time.

[@joeziahbabb]

Wetlands regulations are among some of the most egregious violations of property rights in this country...

[@gawags4709]

WOW what a hot mess! Love the videos.

[@regsparkes6507]

One heck of a mistake that guy made, but I have faith in your ability to make the State happy, Chris. I can only imagine ( and NO, I am not asking ) the costs involved to do this project, I'm just glad that I don't have to pay for it. Some guys just don't think thing's through, do they ?

[@6613steven]

Hope you keep this project updated with videos as you go.

[@gregarioussolitudinist5695]

surprised they allowed that junk yard to leach oil and chemicals into the soil in that 'wetlands' area. what a joke. That wall of dirt appeared to be nice barrier.

[@GKsGS400]

There's no such thing as private property.

[@Atoyota]

Wetlands.... That's one expensive screw up. And yeah fill dirt full of boulders and rock. We have a field (30acres or so) covered in fill from a subdivision next door. The contractor had permission to dump but was on bond that the dirt would be fertile enough to grow grass. Well they didn't specify what type of grass so... it would grow this reedy stuff that DOT approves for erosion control, but not anything similar to lawn grass. We now have a field that about 1 foot down is all rock, and won't grow anything but weeds. We know the rock is there because they were breaking up tons to put in basements. That's ok... we'll get it fertile.

[@letsdig18]

thats when you make them strip the topsoil off then put it back when they are done kinda deals!

[@Atoyota]

They got off bond because they got approval on the VDOT weeds. My brother wanted grass, his property... didn't happen so oh well

[@pneumatic00]

Holy crap, that is an astronomical amount of dirt!! This is a million dollar job isn't it??

[@fillowtree5505]

Interesting project. Please keep us along for the rest.

[@thomasr.miller5553]

HOLY CRAP ! Screw up CASH ..Fantastic.. Lets DIG .Thanks for share.

[@grim6980]

Wetlands. FFS it's a creek. That would make me mad enough to backtrack the creek to a point where I could divert it and say oh look it must have naturally changed.

[@localcrew]

What were they thinking? Those state regulator types watch salvage yards like friggin' hawks, after all. They should sue the contractor who hauled it in.

[@jamilaari3514]

Eh, waste of time and money

[@f0rumrr]

But it was free so he was not really a contractor.

[@localcrew]

Sounds like a reasonable defense that would stand up to scrutiny in any courtroom in the U.S.

[@tomrobinson6779]

Just move the creek over 55 feet.

[@fivehigh4718]

Like these kind of digs.. hope to see more... lets hope u keep getting the cooler jobs to video =D

[@JustSamples]

You move from job to job so quick!

[@letsdig18]

bad this is i only film about half our jobs

[@hvguy]

I'd be sick to my stomach as soon as I heard I had to undo what I already did. 😭

[@dennis2376]

Thank you.

[@daveschuetrum576]

Hopefully the original free fill also had free placement. So moving it again will involve just one bill. Maybe I am wrong?

[@gonecoastal4]

That fella thought he owned his land, little did he know that the king only lets you think you own your own land so that you don't raise up and lay siege to HIS castle.

[@bobhunter7767]

No he doesn't own the land, he's only borrowed it from his children

[@danielbargas3377]

Hmmm can't sleep, time to watch letsdig18

[@cardiackidjones2848]

Daniel Bargas same here.....letsdig18 has wooed me to sleep more than once

[@jasonstarr6419]

freakin state... no doubt some little snail darter's environment is being threatened, and will surely be replenished and reclaimed as soon as 25,000 cubic yards of dirt are relocated... like creeks never happen when there's a cliff next to them???

[@darrellroeters4951]

Sounds like a pond I was having built, nosy neighbors.

[@ke6gwf]

Would be funny if in a couple of years they built a nice building on top of the buried trees, and then wonder why the floor is starting to sag lol

[@MrXxTannerxX]

awesome video ! I love watching your videos keep it up and keep diggin!

[@w056007568]

That is going to be a serious costly mistake for some one!! I do wonder it would be an acceptable to re route the creek but the site owner may not own the land?

[@letsdig18]

Dan Whiteford that would be about a 500k fine touch the creek lol

[@alessandrawilson5571]

Man you get to play in dirt all day. That’s heaven

[@imfatcat2]

That's right at my back door . when they was hauling it in I thought it was close to the creek

[@dotell3359]

Where is this ?? I would like to google it.. Thanks......

[@dotell3359]

Thank you very much.. Take care..

[@dhewitt2514]

Was it all hauled in with trucks? Assume it must have been so a lot of them!

[@dottielinville8095]

One man's folly is another man's fortune. :)

[@hvy1ton]

When you get in the dozer, don't push it off flat. Leave a little bit of a berm to keep you from backing off the edge. Push it off flat at the end of the day if it might rain. Had to learn that part the hard way.

[@letsdig18]

i just look in the mirrors lol

[@hvy1ton]

That works too. The berm method is 99% effective keeping bad drivers upright.

[@Djkyle65]

The irony of it all is if is removing all the trees is probably worse then the dirt that they put there.

[@lachlanbrown132]

Hey letsdig18 keep up the great work bro good job

[@scottfoster2487]

You should buy that old d6 for the collection.

[@Homeskillet-mk6bj]

Right? I'd be like "I'll do this job for X amount of money and that dozer right over there!"

[@HansStruck]

What piece of equipment would be on your wishlist for this project? 2nd truck? Bigger excavator?

[@livinlifefishin]

I met one of them a few years ago when I got divorced....."a 30 ton hoe"

[@pinkbandit133]

only 30? not like a 370 at least

[@HansStruck]

Thank you for the response! Incrementally more lifting power? Why didn't you get a 30ton to begin with?

[@marshallman1au]

livinlifefishin ROFL!!! I married her sister ..... :(

[@RRRIBEYE]

Thankfully YOU weren't the contractor that filled this in and has to 'eat it' on the expense of fixing!!!

[@1cummins4life65]

I'd like to know what it cost the guy that's alot of work!!

[@TT-ii7jo]

The dirt next to the creek isn't ecologically friendly, consuming massive amounts of diesel fuel to move said fill is

[@negergreger666]

Whereas putting all the dirt there in wrong place in the first place obviously didn’t require any diesel fuel at all obviously?

[@Crimsontide798]

Big Screw Up = Big Pay Day

[@Dudemieser]

Oh that looks expensive

[@joshrountree]

You never really mention what a job like this costs - you might do that on purpose, but I'd really like to know ballpark figures of what this cost or how you price this job.

[@HughzieTube]

I would hope hes charging by the day so hes covered for any 'Hidden Treasures' buried under that pile.

[@letsdig18]

charge by the hour on this job just because we dont know what we will get involved in

[@Mercmad]

I was thinking that too, all those dead cars around the place ,it would be rotten luck to dig up a whole pile of oily engines and things. Where i live you won't see scrap like that laying about because the chinese want it.

[@bobclarke2705]

You buried all those trees but what happens when they rot down and the ground sinks ?

[@MolsonPeanut]

That's gunna hurt someone's checkbook.

[@carlhelmick8104]

That happens when the contractor comes in and tells the landowner that it's okay for him to do. And that it his land . And he can get by with it . I've seen them do it before. Now the land owner is stuck having to move all the dirt. And a lot of it has to do with where you're at to . Company I was working for , we were doing that and like said the state came in and made us stop. Told us we couldn't put dirt in that close to the Creek. Of of course the landowner was bitching cuz he wanted it filled in for a industrial purpose. Any we had to stop , and I went home for the the day. Had nowhere to put dirt. Have a great day. 😳😀

[@jasonking2943]

when I saw this the first thing I thought was rattlesnakes!

[@rogerdickinson920]

you need more than one haul truck and one with a tailgate. to prevent slopping when carrying mud.

[@geltecmail]

You notice the bureaucracy never seemed to mind about "wetlands" when they build around D.C., that's all there is there.

[@TD3_Archery]

get some go pro mounts and do time laps of your projects also. I understand you have to work also but then you don't have to try and hold the camera.

[@csmith6237]

20000-25000 cubic yards for free??? How do you find that deal??

[@charlesbourgeois9029]

I was wondering why they wouldn't screen the fill and crush the rock at that point

[@ofdirtandiron2868]

we did a job like that the land owner was cool with us but holy shit did he ever hate the people from the county the inspector had a sheriff there at the pre-construction meeting

[@letsdig18]

haha yeah, i feel bad this guy is super nice

[@ofdirtandiron2868]

I wonder did the contractor that hauled the fill in catch any hell?

[@davidelliott5843]

Is there a book running on how many scrap cars were buried under that lot.

[@randymaylowski2485]

damn that sure shocks!! so how many decent size rocks, had to be removed.?

[@tjd2326]

Thats crazy. So they cant build a house near a creek??

[@TacticalMainframe]

Can’t wait to follow this one.

[@utoobube]

I bet Irvin was hot about that shit! LOL!

[@waynebrogdon9628]

That free fill cost a bunch

[@dextori5797]

All over a dumb creek.

[@farmall51]

I know where this is . bought a few trailers there .

[@starrider154]

um you buried tree's and vegetation i guess it won't settle to much not on any of my jobs

[@yesdeere1376]

Damn what a mess

[@super6954]

Thanks for the video .Oh Man thats an expensive screw up I bet he wasn't to happy when you priced the job at x 1000 and said "but I'll cut ya a discount of $100 a load for the rocks I want" for the other job L.O.L . I hope the rivers department don't talk to another department, when they find a violation. Then they go in there shut the place down and cause the guy to pay a fine and another huge bill for contaminated soil clean up. Thats been happening in the communist state of Canada we seem to be living in at the moment!.

[@edt8344]

I hope you have your payment money in escrow and take a draw daily .

[@Bazza1973ify]

hope you keep the videos coming Chris, been a while since you put one up.

[@apjack2553]

Some guys have all the luck.

[@ricklp7938]

That "creek" doesn't even qualify as a stream in my area . Govt overreach at it's finest .

[@wildtimbrown]

Yeah sure, if it was YOUR neighbor you probably would have shot him.

[@exportedafrican]

No compaction? Relying on time and weather!

[@letsdig18]

nope, get it out as quick as possible

[@milktruck9345]

Land owners need to learn don't screw with wet lands at all.

[@swanyut]

7:08 how does that gauge know what a load trip is ? Is this a standard piece of equipment on heavy equipment or an add on ?

[@letsdig18]

it knows when the bed has been dumped and counts all the loads. pretty handy, comes from the factory on most trucks

[@joneidt19]

standard on all volvos

[@keithdunlap2701]

Don't know how i've missed so many video's...lolol But, every once in awhile a few will pop up , and i'll catch up on them...lolol

[@BillyBob-fd5ht]

conservation creek beside an auto wreckers

[@jdlives8992]

Where is this???????

[@augustreil]

A place where the person in charge is a Jackass !

[@trumpdonalds2024]

This is a great video. Are you clearing this lot to build a home or anything special? I love videos like this. I just subbed!

[@limey9182]

did you even watch the video.......

[@letsdig18]

hahahhahaa

[@trumpdonalds2024]

No I didn't watch the video. I just like how they are clearing the land.

[@Big_John_C]

Fucking idiot!

[@swanyut]

so the ministry would rather have rain runoff from a pile of rusted/oily automotive crap run freely to a creek rather than a massive dirt wall blocking that from happening ?

[@1001ewaste]

Machinery has to be drained of any fluids so as not to cause a pollution or run off issue never mind the risk of the soil containing contaminants both man made or natural, the watercourse will likely be monitored for pollutants anyway. What happened here is just plain stupidity as it's reduced the area available to safely flood and contain water, there is also the likelihood of this pile of crap eroding into the watercourse. This all has a much wider knock on impact up and down stream but hey stupid gubbermint stopping people saving a buck...

[@bigjohn1154]

probably easier to reroute the creek

[@powerram92]

I wonder how much that job cost that guy

[@jakeschisler7525]

A lot of work!

[@copperheadmarine]

oh my freaking god

[@sisutrucks]

so the dirt is a problem, but all the cars and stuff sitting there in the woods are not a problem???. thats more fucked up then i want to imagine.

[@sisutrucks]

if you did that here the evirinment folks from the government would have a field day with you.

[@maineman11]

Agreed. Those cars in the woods need to come out.

[@rootmeansquared]

Who pays for something like this? Owner or contractor or insurance company?

[@mattyi91]

The owner. If The owner had it put there, he’s responsible for removing it.

[@outtatime4512]

Wouldn't it be easier to move the creek?

[@farmall51]

I was thinking they did a land swap there .

[@Star_Gazer_77]

Big job = Big $$$

[@strietermarinesurvey1415]

Taxes are rent!

[@eformance]

This wouldn't happen to be Uncle Sketchy's Auto Salvage?

[@ChooChooRooter]

It’s simple It has to be done because they say so Haven’t y’all heard of the WeSaySo Government????

[@bamahama707]

Environmental garbage... "wetlands"-related...egad. What an idiot.

[@316mudslinger]

It’s a creek running through a old junk yard 🤦🏻‍♂️ that dirt is probably the most sanitary thing there.

[@TommyMillerVlogs]

Awesome...

[@andy1974plotnick]

im curious how much this cost? guessing 25,000

[@buddyhawk8300]

why did you fill on all those trees?

[@letsdig18]

keep from having to haul them off

[@caterpillar0545]

So the land owner is at fault for this??

[@michaelbranham5854]

does the people own the land? if so I feel sorry for them, Cannot doo what they want with their own land. shew dont we just love having a dictatorship we elect.

[@charlietanner6211]

SO THIS IS WHAT WE.VE COME TO AS A COUNTRY I.LL BET HE STILL PAYS TAXES ON THAT CREEK