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

Check my channel, "Kennan" to see my other videos of the flood damage!
The flooding completely destroyed huge sections of the road, and made this entire area completely inaccessible to even the most capable 4x4 vehicles. This is Four Mile Creek, along Four Mile Road, maybe 5 miles west of Boulder Colorado. 9/17/2013
I don't have any official numbers, but just being familiar with the creek, I would guesstimate that there is about 15 times more water flowing in the creek than is typical for this time of year, and probably 5 times more than peak flow for any average year.
[if someone does have the actual numbers, please message me with them and I will update]
What you are seeing in this video is the reconstruction of the creek bed, to restore it to the pre-flood path. These excavator operators started miles down the road, and have restored the path of the creek up to this point. It was a pleasure to watch them perform this restoration work; diverting the water away from the road, and effectively beginning the reconstruction process.
The operator who is working from within the creek is especially skilled and it is mesmerizing to watch him work.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@SangPejuang.]

Good job ❤❤ Good luck with your work

[@tankscrittersandurbanhomes5579]

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

[@Lost13352]

b r u h

[@robertpaulson6686]

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

[@mimixownzall]

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

[@tiamat2009yt]

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

[@99unclebob]

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

[@soin6967]

These guys are horrible 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@ScottsRDOunits]

Nice machine and an Excellent Operator!

[@blinko656]

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

[@brickcity9mm327]

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

[@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.

[@TheWirdbird]

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

[@TOM1593]

The word "rough" comes to mind

[@tungvindtkukeri]

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

[@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.

[@chadsimmons6347]

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

[@DVXCine]

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

[@anjay678]

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

[@roygould9454]

That video was a pleasure to watch.

[@mikelee5349]

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

[@VijaySHARMA-ky9db]

Good job ji 👏👍👌🙏

[@chasezly]

closer brought me here WE AINT EVER GETTING OLDER

[@bahalouiscolbert2165]

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

[@Mr.G626]

great footage of these beasts at work

[@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

[@justplainpossum]

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

[@werebemedeiros4798]

Praticamente uma maquina trabalhando e duas enrolando!

[@edgardocolon9761]

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

[@jodyboyd656]

I like how the loaders dump a wheelbarrow and get more lmfao

[@idpfilm]

That takes some doing - Well done Fella

[@Oskarin]

Que buen video y trabajo

[@SuperDidact]

What a cool creature. They're making a dam

[@MikeDoyleSpeed]

tracks on the shovel will be nice and clean!

[@yootoobnoob1]

Couldn't ask for nicer weather to do this!

[@Atracotoxin]

Can watch this whole day....

[@coloradohighlife4456]

good job guys

[@RatihAlfiyanti]

AMAT di di 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

[@g2macs]

Possible the best job in the world!

[@Kristopherf1]

Dude is a rockstar!

[@popotjiek]

Is this à Tod Hofman gold rush operation

[@tomsawyer247]

That's too funny I thought the same

[@Trollberg60north]

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

[@AffordBindEquipment]

some guys get all the fun jobs!

[@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.

[@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

[@JoePesty]

that guy did a damn good job

[@MultiCrusher2]

GREAT JOB

[@PixelCortex]

I vote for digger simulator 2014!

[@dewosinggih8237]

Pemandangan yang indah dan menarik

[@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.

[@rameshkumar-ib6ii]

Exilent job

[@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.

[@chrismad1344]

nice job

[@crxtfr]

Excellent footage, good angles, great video

[@biasabiassa1599]

What a job!

[@lmcclellan]

By the power of Klangg this flood shall cease and desist!!!

[@stefanievries2830]

good work

[@Engineer9736]

Unbelievable how good such an excavator can drive though rivers. With a regular car it would have been dodgy to drive through the water on the road already, and that excavator just drives upstream though the middle of the current :-)

[@DangerousDan666]

the fact that the excavator weight the same as about 15 cars helps a lot

[@clayboist]

***** , some people just dont understand, lol.

[@sovanjithakorsovanji8495]

+Daniel Bélisle erusu

[@ellsworthwhitehead2703]

@@DangerousDan666 and the motor is out of the water

[@lemmik1900]

I've been there. Thats the sound.

[@zipcrazed]

uhh... could tell it wasn't his machine, the way he was operating it.

[@mikewood8208]

Kind of nice of them to make a new swimming hole for the kiddies.

[@savagenomore]

I'll bet there's some gold in that....

[@marco74austin62]

savagenomore ,bull shit

[@danmorris6387]

austin obviously dont know Jack about colorado. Tons of gold came out of that area and all the way down to denver . Mining continues today. So yes. You do bull. Shit.

[@AndrevossDe]

good job

[@leogirik5859]

okey... i understand.. nice work...

[@KarelBrabec]

Toto je náročná práce ale potřebná líbí se mi to :-)

[@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

[@4302373]

the wheel loader is inefficient with that load

[@darkslayer1000000]

What I’ve come to realize on these KZbin recommendations (mainly plumbing or big machinery being used) is that 70 percent of the people commenting are professionals apparently.

[@johnj5726]

darkslayer1000000 Apparently you know nothing about writing comments. (Just joking around.) I completely agree with you. But It’s more like 90-95 percent of people are pros commenting about how it’s being done wrong.

[@David-kk4dr]

I wonder if there was bits of gold dug up?

[@fetch_my_laptop1521]

i thought most cats disliked water.

[@QualityHODL]

Fetch_my_laptop good 1

[@screamingmimi90]

😂

[@duaneantor9157]

lol good point.

[@uwudracu]

Now way uploaded on my birthday

[@svenyonson27]

Nice soundtrack!!

[@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.

[@edgardoccruz1349]

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

[@albundy3763]

as long as he build island in center water will go on street

[@DINESHGADA]

Awesome

[@saschafunk1644]

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

[@barrysmith1341]

Was someone loading that “loader” with a shovel?

[@stevenmc56]

Thou shall not second guess the operator on the scene !!

[@caseybarkman7212]

Every one so up in the air about the loader... He's cleaning off the road... It's not possible to get a full bucket doing what he's doing.... I can testify..... If you've done any excavation at all in your life it's pretty easy to see what there all tryna do

[@IGoProEVERYTHING]

The wheeled loader should have his bucket in the water to help divert water until the dam is built up enough.

[@77trashman]

Ive never used an escavater before...but for what im gathering that this guy can't use it for $H!T.

[@ALeadFarmerMF]

Unreal. The more I watch, the more ridiculous this is. They're like kids playing in a sandbox.

[@stevecumberledge3562]

Its nice to watch some one work lol

[@poisonwater7241]

I believe the state should cantilever this roadway . It should be above the flood level of this stream.

[@longrider42]

Was this some where in Colorado?

[@wisestudent1463]

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

[@MIGASHOORAY]

I would be getting out of there ,i dont like fast water at the best of times.

[@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.

[@Jeremiy2]

my dream job...

[@azamexcavator7764]

Good 👍

[@timbibin1301]

Where is all that water coming from?

[@richardbuckler2790]

Nothing like working under presser.

[@MrBriandrifter]

where is it ?

[@Roger2034m]

IT s beautiful