Boulder Colorado Floods 2013 Help has arrived! 4 mile canyon pt3

[@MBB9394]

Thank you for ALL of these videos. We live half a mile above Poorman turn off. We could not find any news of Fourmile until we came across your videos on KZbin. Thank you, Thank you

[@sebofo]

Looks like fun! When I was a kid I really liked digging in streams of water trying to make them change direction, or build small dams

[@odanegray4319]

Thought I was the only one

[@LuciFrederiksen]

hard to believe i used 14 minutes to watch this , and the most amazing part is that i have enjoyed watching !

[@superfast.1440]

He is so gentle when he empties the bucket. I bet he is a great lover.

[@jeffmatson2046]

This crew of professionals , diligently took great care for the environment and removed the rubble In the River and correctly handled the situation. Great job 👍.thank you

[@Theroadaxe]

Very skillful operator with an eye for the big picture.

[@ScottsRDOunits]

Nice machine and an Excellent Operator!

[@Chuckcia]

Anyone can operate an excavator, just like playing video games, the difference is training and this fellow certainly this was his first time dealing with a blocked stream. The bucked clears the canal perpendicular to the water flow pulling the rocks and sand towards the excavator, advancing one bucket width each time.

[@20gilbert20]

I lived in Four Mile Canyon when I went to college in Boulder. After a heavy rain, I would watch Boulder Creek and Four Mile Creek rise. But it was nowhere near this much!! This backhoe operator is a damn fine worker, IMHO. It looks like he is really getting the job done.

[@happywansai1714]

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[@kerihamilton4381]

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[@SangPejuang.]

Good job ❤❤ Good luck with your work

[@Biggl]

The little one at 7:40... "Look dad, i'm helping too! Look what I brought! Look!", so adorable.

[@johnnysantos3623]

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[@screamingmimi90]

😆 10:58 are there just no more rocks for it to pick up?

[@Puddsbrudda]

Worthless as a screen door on a submarine!

[@bretthovey5634]

the loader operator is certainly getting massive bucket loads to help

[@gorillaau]

There would be a reason behind that one... such as clearing debris from further up the road.

[@HawkFan30]

Yeah I could carry more on a shovel... And quicker

[@99unclebob]

great machines and extremely skilled operators,i remember reading/hearing about this flood

[@soin6967]

These guys are horrible 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@TheWirdbird]

I love seeing the amazing things that big equipment can do.

[@jhayward1940]

These folks are clueless as to what the hell they are doing. That operator is just throwing that bucket around like crazy. He has no idea what he's doing.

[@8Jory]

When's the last time you tried to redirect a river oh mighty keyboard warrior? They at least accomplished more than some jerk on the internet.

[@8Jory]

@Mikey Temple You're comparing trying to help with flooding to an average day on a job site? You seem like the type that would refuse to help in an emergency unless you were getting paid some exorbident wage. You're right about one thing though, I'm not an operator. I'm the tech that fixes the equipment after the operators are done beating the crap out of it. Do me a favour and pick up a grease gun next time you do your pre-trip inspection and actually use it.

[@andrewbowlgarte4738]

Exactly

[@kp-qr6hy]

Welcome to the world of building, by accident or design the outcomes the same, lucky

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

What a cool video, that guy has played in the river more than once. B-) I like how he worked the angle gradually instead of building a fast hard wall that would get blown out in about five minutes. Never get greedy.... Nice job keeping the video solid, I know how hard that can be on a long video.

[@roygould9454]

That video was a pleasure to watch.

[@kamarules]

it look like they just dont have any idea what they're doing or what to do more than just keep digging at the same spot

[@dougla2345]

10:50 WOOOWW....that really helped there buddy

[@tankscrittersandurbanhomes5579]

I love watching mother nature remind people this is her land, we are simply guests here.

[@Lost13352]

b r u h

[@mimixownzall]

Dream job right there. I would love to do that kind of work

[@Mr.G626]

great footage of these beasts at work

[@steveaz170]

My cousin Wesley Quinlan was killed when his car was swept off the road & turned upside down in the creek. His girlfriend was killed after escaping the car only to drown in the raging water. Wesley got out of the car to help her & they were both found the next day. This is my Facebook posting... Wesley Quinlan 2013 My heart is full of pride & sadness with the loss of our cousin taken so young. Wesley showed his true mettle and proved he was the best of this strong family when tragedy struck. It is hard to understand this loss but I am comforted knowing there is another hero in heaven looking over us! My thoughts and prayers are with Ron, Glenda, Wayne, Sue & the entire Quinlan family.

[@blinko656]

GREAT video, what they do is a craft, true experts....

[@MisterNifty]

Okay, I understand what he is up to. He isn't relieving flooding where he is digging, building a dam and all, but he is digging deeper into the creek to increase the flow to relieve flooding up stream. My older brother and I used to do this same thing back when we were boys playing with our Tonka Toys. We would then go to hang off the sides of our bunk bed pretending to be lineman working on the electrical lines.

[@brickcity9mm327]

*And this is how One man Single handedly Saved the World*

[@sebofo]

I have a desk job so I don't try to sound like I am an expert in driving excavators..... I'm just saying that. No names mentioned... Instead I really admire those who have such skills of coordination that they can do what is shown in this video. Good video, thanks for posting it.

[@tungvindtkukeri]

tough enviorment to work in.. But damn, the banging of that bucket cylinder :P

[@swimbait1]

After all that work and the river is still winning

[@edgardocolon9761]

a part 2 of this would've been even more relaxing..really like it doe good video👍👍

[@anjay678]

unbelievable......................great Job.

[@DVXCine]

Is it just me or could the loader operator move more with a tea spoon.

[@TheFarmanimalfriend]

Good job. Money well spent!

[@idpfilm]

That takes some doing - Well done Fella

[@limolee007]

The loader coming down and dumping a few rocks had me wondering what was the point? I'd say the contractor boss has seen this vid and wondered same. Lovely work by excavator driver.

[@400ex4stroke]

it's so the water doesn't erode the highway, notice how he's dumping right on the edge of the pavement? it's so water doesn't erode the soil and get underneath and rip up the road

[@dirksmith8779]

limolee007 n

[@bahalouiscolbert2165]

...skills is already need to achieve such of this operation...courage too! The operator is also courageous...!

[@DLCFarms]

Now if I'm not mistaken, he has to drain and replace all the fluids in the tracks or is it different because their run by planetarys, could anyone let me know if I am wrong. Im only familiar with tractors and farm equipment, not 100% sure how these drivetrains are.

[@gavinsutherland7226]

Nah, shouldnt do. Planetaries in the track motors are sealed up pretty good. Gotta change the oil in the track gear every coupla hundred hours anyway. Kinda like diff oil in a rear axle.

[@pfow2006]

never mind the drives this comment sounds like a set up for a track fluid joke

[@DLCFarms]

pfow2006 nah I was actually wondering if the fluids would've had to have been changed. I've never been around an excavator.

[@hairfarmer07]

He just needs to clean any mud off before the lowbed shows up to get it. Every thing is fine. Sealed up sr.

[@chadsimmons6347]

" THATS " what u call a clean machine with a man that knows his job THANKS-4-GOOD-VIDEO

[@1STEWY]

That front end loader was hauling tons of material to the site

[@tiamat2009yt]

why am I here? How did I get here? And why have I been watching this for 5 minutes?

[@Trollberg60north]

This is painful to watch.......

[@discodan1002]

Neat video, had to watch it to the end!

[@timothysettle9116]

What is the loader doing? not much wasting fuel seems like

[@VijaySHARMA-ky9db]

Good job ji 👏👍👌🙏

[@Atracotoxin]

Can watch this whole day....

[@kevinvandermeulen5057]

Respect for the guy in the water, I mean I can't so don't listen to those word,s from other people just Rock 😂 your thing greetings from The Netherlands ✌ Bro Take care and stay Healthy

[@coloradohighlife4456]

good job guys

[@RatihAlfiyanti]

AMAT di di 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

[@werebemedeiros4798]

Praticamente uma maquina trabalhando e duas enrolando!

[@David-kk4dr]

I wonder if there was bits of gold dug up?

[@justplainpossum]

Don't ya just love those big machines? So cool! : D

[@DJCRooK3D]

This has been on my front page of suggested videos for WEEKS now and i've finally thought "If i watch this will it finally f**k off my youtube page...... ............to be honest i'm very glad i watched it! That guy sure knew what he was doing!

[@edgardoccruz1349]

Did they ever finished moving dirt and rocks???🤔

[@crxtfr]

Excellent footage, good angles, great video

[@Oskarin]

Que buen video y trabajo

[@pizzasubs]

Just curious. putting a tractor like that which has trax on it like this one does, the water wont rust out those trax right, and you are right, that operator is very good working that machine

[@TOM1593]

The word "rough" comes to mind

[@HoneyBadger363]

These are the unsung heroes when disasters occur, truly Americans doing what Americans do best.

[@davewoodring]

bush was in town 2 days before this happened?

[@mihaelm1111]

can someone tell me what really happened? i just saw this video on front page and clicked it. is it a landslide or what?

[@isuzu14b]

Sorry for the late response.... This was due to flooding we experienced in Boulder Colorado in September of 2013. This is normally a trickling creek, but ended up with somewhere between 10 and 100 times more water than normal, which took out the road and some homes and caused tremendous damage. This footage is from a few days later when crews came out to start the rebuilding process.

[@MikeDoyleSpeed]

tracks on the shovel will be nice and clean!

[@g2macs]

Possible the best job in the world!

[@MrBriandrifter]

where is it ?

[@ronanchap.3499]

il fait quoi le chargeur avec c'est 3 cailloux ??

[@chasezly]

closer brought me here WE AINT EVER GETTING OLDER

[@DrMucker]

so I will bite what is the hornlike shape in the dirt behind the bucket from 13:01 to 13:04 anyone hum

[@wisestudent1463]

Where in the ll is four mile canyon ????

[@accelwell7018]

I remember when this happened it took all that flood water about 3 days to work its way down into Arizona in morenci in particular I remember it raise a whole lot of hell in San Francisco River

[@yootoobnoob1]

Couldn't ask for nicer weather to do this!

[@KR-ti5uz]

How much gold is being moved

[@MultiCrusher2]

GREAT JOB

[@saschafunk1644]

The red smashed Car behind the left excavator. Was it destroyed by the flood ?

[@robertpaulson6686]

3 decent machines and only 1 has a productive plan that will actually work.. 😂

[@k50atze]

12:33 No! No! No! DON'T do it! Don't destroy a stable bank! You do! As a hydraulic civil engineer i don't understand one second of the whole procedure. This is no reconstruction of the creek bed but working against natur. I'm so sorry. It is so sad to watch.

[@timbibin1301]

Where is all that water coming from?

[@KarasCyborg]

Did you call blue stake first?

[@Kristopherf1]

Dude is a rockstar!

[@popotjiek]

Is this à Tod Hofman gold rush operation

[@tomsawyer247]

That's too funny I thought the same

[@biasabiassa1599]

What a job!

[@claudiosoto2447]

Me pregunto dónde estudiaron ésos profesionales que dirigieron éstas obras, algún profesional tiene que tener ése municipio o alcaldía me imagino, por lo que veo no es así, lamentable todo sin palabras unas vergüenzas inmensurable, la verdad dan LASTIMAS CON MAYÚSCULAS

[@longrider42]

Was this some where in Colorado?

[@JoePesty]

that guy did a damn good job

[@AffordBindEquipment]

some guys get all the fun jobs!

[@stefanievries2830]

good work

[@jerytherew1]

meanwhile I have to cover dirt piles with plastic, straw all exposed dirt use catch basin socks and silt fence from prop corner to prop corner so no sediment gets into the local streams.

[@raquelmartinez6111]

Which country is this😳😲😳

[@chriscooke8659]

Check out the car or truck behind the excavator on the left at 7:50

[@michaelsmith-wv3ee]

hey shaky Ken, if you're ever unsure of what to focus on, just do like you do and swing the camera back and forth, making the view think he can decide. I thought I needed glasses, now I know I do.

[@chrismad1344]

nice job

[@PacRimJim]

That is one powerful Cat.

[@graememckay9972]

Just read the description. 4 mile creek on 4 mile road 5 miles away.

[@2RSkipG]

I simply must get busy with my work. But! This stuff is magical. Mesmerizing. It's got to be XY stuff. You know, it's a man thing.

[@duhwolf6413]

Paid by the hour....lol. Loader brings a quarter yard in a 3 yard bucket.

[@chrisbeasley6992]

lmao

[@oscarf2253]

City workers 🤣🤣🤣

[@wheelitzr2]

1/4 yard? That looked like 8-10 shovel fulls.

[@HeavyDemir]

is this at 125% speed, sound and movement is strange

[@leogirik5859]

wht he doing?

[@barrysmith1341]

Was someone loading that “loader” with a shovel?

[@lemmik1900]

I've been there. Thats the sound.

[@grimreaper3526]

wtf @ 7:32 front end loader?

[@mikelee5349]

who let thought this was boring but just had to watch it 😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵

[@Hann1185]

Were they digging for gold?

[@unclemeat4617]

That's not a backhoe, its an excavator, and there's lots of really good operators in Colorado. Can't imagine such a disaster happening anywhere other that the People's Republic of Boulder.