Field Drainage - Installing a Catch Basin and Main County Drain with CSI

[@johnsmith-xr6qy]

Cool, very professional crew, every one working together, getting the job done. Like it is supposed to work in Washington but we know that aint goina happen! Thanks for the video!!

[@cyndikarp3368]

Thanks for sharing the video of installing replacement County drainage. Makes sense the County should provide major drainage lines. I grew up in Fruita, Colorado on a 40 acre horse hay farm. Dad ceramic tiled the twenty foot deep drainage ditch top 40. He recovered many more acres to farm. Then, he had the farm leveled. But, we always had a small alkali sink in a .25 acre. I like the plants in it. Dad also installed cement ditches to have enough water for the hay & pumpkin farm. Three of us kids had our own pumpkin business young. Adding irrigation water in the high desert, caused higher levels of alkalinity in the fields. They installed drainage for alkaline water to drain from Grand Valley floor old sea bed. So, government over a hundred yrs ago, installed in a grid if open drainage ditches through the valley from Palisade to Mack, CO. Then, it was up to property owners to maintain the deep drainage ditches, that dump off into the next wash. Then, most of the irrigation ditches in the Grand Valley were cemented to reduce the alkalinity in the Colorado River.

[@aaronseger1597]

I have personally worked for CSI and they do one hell of a job getting jobs done efficiently and in a safe manner.

[@billysteve1503]

I still work for them....

[@aaronseger1597]

I got a job opportunity that I liked better

[@billysteve1503]

@@aaronseger1597 I hope I find one too haha

[@mitchelltam4032]

Great machines. They are doing a great job, but they may want to consider pointing the bell end of the pipe upstream for better connection integrity.

[@chadshafer8095]

Very Interesting. I have Never seen a Machine like the one in the video. I have seen the Older machines like that but not a modern. Thanks for sharing.

[@hamidahlouch7727]

This kind of operations is what tells that USA is great . All the best from Morocco.

[@mikesahle1193]

I kind of miss playing dirt ! 👏👏👏👏👍great job 👍🚜🪝🪝⛓⚙️

[@michealwhite8776]

When the trencher picked up the box, there was a lot of weight on back and you could see her lifting a little on the tracks. Very quick operation in the right ground conditions plus the crew know there jobs very well..

[@billysteve1503]

Thank you. Sometimes we have to use the excavator to lift the back end as the ground applies too much pressure

[@craigmiller5372]

Cool video. Never seen them lay the big pipe!

[@thebigkahuna2753]

Wow, that's a pretty slick operation, everyone knows exactly what they're doing. And that soil looks nice and rich as well.

[@billysteve1503]

Should I ask for a pay raise? I was throwing that pipe

[@slg792]

I’d say the guy yelling “now” gets the raise

[@billysteve1503]

@@slg792 he has the easy job of just watching pipe and yelling hahaha

[@Barnagh1]

Exactly what I’m thinking. No good in the rocky ground where I live though.

[@hovietpham675]

@@billysteve1503 mcv Jjkk7min88

[@pqworks9019]

That was very cool!!!!! Couldn’t have been done better!!! The soil was perfect too. No rocks or roots or much else. Very well done! Everyone did their part really well from the trenching to the pipe laying to the backfilling!!!! Loved it!

[@johnnyholland8765]

Man that is one heck of a gopher...You could fertilize my soil here in middle Ga. with that soil. Never seen topsoil that deep. No sand or clay just black gold. It is no wonder you folks make the yields you do. I have done drain tile before. That is hard work in that pit. That is one big shoe on that digger. Biggest we ever ran was a 12 inch. Those guys have it down to a science.

[@lewisdean22]

Would be good to see this working when finished if possible. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[@mikelayman1996]

Up in Hardin County, Ohio back in the day Dad backfilled with his John Deere MD Crawler. Would have blisters on his hinnie at the end of the day. A man would use a spade on the non-dirt pile side to cover the tile so a rock from the backfill would not break the tile. Dad referred to these as the "County Ditch or Tile".

[@ronaldlee2376]

that is called bedding the tile, I have done that with every bit of tile I installed, clay and plastic. Then i fill in the trench. My father & uncle did it it that way & never had a problem using that method.

[@aaronlohr8477]

I don’t see any rocks

[@BakoelGendoel]

excellent upload. Full watched and have a wonderful day.

[@MegaBruceClark]

the structure they set is the low point in which they are starting at and laying pipe to the high point like your supposed to do then that would mean they are laying their pipe backwards. The bells always go up hill.

[@deere7227]

Speicher has come a long way from 6 wheel Chev 6 cyl gasser, 4 pickup transmissions inline and a set of cross arm targets

[@douglasmfunk1691]

Always great to see a competent experienced crew at their best. Bonus suspense and mystery: that rock at about 17 minutes!!! are they going to take it out with them, plant it deep for a future bounteous crop (we all know that rocks are down there propagating maliciously), or just leave it there??? the Farmhand Mike Hitchcock channel. lol

[@seancollins6524]

Class job ,looking in from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@oldad6207]

Same with the weather here in the Mid-Ohio River valley. 80s one day and snow the next. Mother Nature decided on an April Fool's joke.

[@farmhandhank153]

Great vidio Mike. My father-in-law was a ditcher too. I in Florida for the winter watching a Farmhand Mike vidio.thats awesome.

[@wonderfulworld5134]

Very studious. Exalted Alumnus of COW COLLEGE, State University. Graduate Student Degree in Land Improvement, the privilege to pay property taxes for Agricultural use at the highest level. My hat is off to you my Colleagues.

[@beebop9808]

I miss running heavy equipment. The good ole days. :)

[@jeffjones4006]

Amazing group of people and equipment , extremely efficient, great work.

[@petermcnamara6115]

Very good video. Thank you.

[@jessberg4763]

Very interesting video Mike!!! Great job! 👍

[@wolfe1970]

Hey from over the pond here in the UK, awsum video, no messing, straight to the action, loved it, you got a sub

[@LLImprovement]

Unreal they would put that much money into a drainage system as if it was a subdivision.

[@triciahill216]

Why is farm field tile drain pipe be laid without geotextile fabric, but geotextile fabric is used when laying drainage pipes around a building foundation or French drain? Thank you in advance.

[@87aeromonte]

Coming from a fellow tile installer here. They are laying the pipe backwards. Also I didn't see them checking elevations to ensure proper height of pipes or manhole besides the level. I'd be very nervous of this company in my opinion. However they have a nice looking buckeye!

[@frankmeeping8502]

The grade stick with the laser receiver was in multiple camera shots checking elevations around the junction box

[@jimbob8969]

Jesus. The grade was shot constantly.

[@lowieblack751]

That tracker that is digging the pipe ditch. Similarly sound of that machine in one the episodes of the six million dollar man what actor Lee majors was fighting that machine.

[@johnrutledge1463]

Mike, Had some idea of this process but your video sure made it a lot clearer. Great Drone shots too. Thanks. Look forward to more this year. Jack Rutledge

[@TractorMowerMudding2023]

awesome team work

[@allenmoore4186]

Never seen something like this before. Thanks 🙏 Mike for sharing great 👍 video!

[@TractorCambodia]

Nice machine 👍👍👍👍👍

[@markmortensen4341]

You don't see that out in Oregon. Thanks for sharing as that was some great footage👍‼️

[@leviparvin637]

Actually yes you do. Many companies do Farm tile

[@markbeers3123]

Interesting video! Hard to watch those young men down in those trenches with no shoring, ladders, etc. I've known men who died in collapse of trench walls. Please be safe fellas...

[@joseleon6522]

Yes Mark,especially at the 14:30 minutes, the weight of the backhoe can make that trench collapse and hurt that young man Whit the red cap,it was s dangerous moment.

[@travisteeter5072]

Damn impressive operation! Well organized crew of good working men. Time for some bushings on the cats bucket pins 🤫

[@billysteve1503]

Yeah we needed some bushings for a while now. Just don’t have the time to replace them!

[@toledojeeper2932]

I remember as a kid dropping clay tile into the ground . Talk about sore hands at the end of the day .

[@OpunktSchmidt1301]

Outstanding video! 😉 Thank you very much! 😊👍🏻

[@mustlovedogs272]

That angled connection to the concrete basin and then that second pipe to connect to it, they look suspect to me. I think there will be premature problems there.

[@hughwhaley3179]

My brother in law does tileing i know all about this, he has done tileling for me 👍👍👍

[@larrymarkle1052]

Yup

[@Highvoltage764]

thanks I love the drone scenes

[@CarlosGonzalez-kt5be]

Nais video!. Thank you.

[@HYUKLDER1]

Shouldn't there be gaskets fitted where the corregated pipes enter the basin?

[@markreetz1001]

Good video Mike. Enjoyed that very much.

[@oghuzkhan5117]

can someone explain what the purpose of this is please.

[@thesmokewagon6302]

Loved the hooovering shot showing the entire crew at work AFTER showing the operation being preformed at each different work station. I ahve laid literally 1000’s of miles of waterline and loved watching this trencher/digger. never been around one. My curiosity question is simple: How many feet per hour will this machine average in good digging like this?

[@johnertel2957]

That may be more fun and interesting to watch than the farming itself. Without a doubt, unless you have sandy soil, tile is probably the best money you can put into the farmland. You don’t see wheel diggers much anymore, but there’s nothing better for the job when you’re dealing with that big diameter pipe. Happy New Year Mike and thanks for sharing!

[@jeromestrange9]

Enjoyed the video.

[@frantisekleiterman2082]

Zdravím a krásné záběry! :) :)

[@rodcody7278]

Are you sure they have done this before amount of gravel there using is wortless the pipe they took out was plastic not clay

[@gt5945]

The guy in the excavator Will get better with time

[@AndreiTupolev]

Now that's an interesting operation, with some very interesting kit

[@thefreedomwarrior]

I know that area. Worked with Midmark Corp as one of my MFGs in the bioMed industry.

[@buzz191saw]

Easy work in a cornfield. Try doing that in the city with underground utilities to deal with. Need trench boxes. Safety disaster waiting to happen.

[@richardwhite3711]

that is some kinda beautiful farm soil all the way to the bottom of the trench!

[@tucobenedicto109]

Mike you give us a Wonder wheel for new years. :) Now find the same thing as a ballast cleaner on a railroad next to or on a farm love ot watch that! Maybee John deere or Versitle on the move on the railroad. Love to see farm equip move on a train!

[@blairframpton9196]

Collectively that is a “well oiled machine”

[@dcw1540]

Wish the county would do these drains in Len.Co. Michigan where they need it. Thanks mike

[@toledojeeper2932]

We used to have a farm on Gorman Rd just west of Sand Creek .

[@MaplesStacking]

Who is Mike Less?....I was told to watch his channel..by this guy who knows this guy...🤔

[@satan2133]

Awesome as always Mike. Great crew doing this job 100% your not having a bad day until your B@&$/ deep in mud and water. Stay healthy and safe everyone from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦

[@billupstateny9151]

Would liked to have them install a sheet of geo textile fabric and 8-12 " of limestone under that catch basin. Perhaps a "plastic hat" on the folks in the trench but most importantly, Mike Less shirts on everyone in the video. They may work for Cy, but this is a Mike Less video.

[@edwuard0205]

Excelente video 👌👍🇻🇪

[@tgward313]

be interesting to know the average annual rainfall

[@swrtsolutionsinc.1092]

Plants free of water deficit events more efficiently absorb available plant nutrients enabling plants to achieve their maximum genetic potential. SWRT membranes installed below plant root systems retain water where it falls, providing continuous delivery of drought-free periods up to 3 times longer than intensely irrigated control sands without root zone water retention membranes (Guber et al, 2016).

[@mcd5082]

What a machine

[@bradolsen9981]

I did enjoy the video but it would be appreciated if you would bring the drone down lower to the project for a better perspective thank you

[@junaidzakaria858]

Very nice kite honest people's comments not friends coments thank you would like to know about the kit name of machine made in country cost and mor technical details are if available.

[@АдасейШлопов]

Люди живут с какой то перспективой куда то идут, завидую и восхищаюсь потому что мы в России уже давно никуда не идём да и не уверен шли ли вообще куда-нибудь

[@Rodneygd]

Really great ROV vids!

[@onionfriend9799]

Super neat video and educational too. Thanks Mike!

[@teddycrenshaw223]

Pretty neat little operation. Nice and efficient

[@SimonKL11]

That looks pretty interesting😁👍 Well done Mike👍😉

[@TheDove25]

Awesome

[@mustlovedogs272]

Forcing the angles instead of using 33 degree or 45 degree fittings saves on costs but results in less than optimal solidity of the connections as well and most likely premature problems.

[@hughwhaley3179]

Excellent video Mike 🚜👍

[@sonymaster78]

Gut job!!!

[@mrlondon963]

One of the pipes exiting the junction box appears not to be joined properly, wouldn't that allow water to not drain properly?

[@tomcander3669]

Ok if the 24s are draining into the 30, then they're laying the pipe backwards

[@kamaz21ural17]

Hm, interesting but, why the drenaze is soo big?

[@hland1000]

intresting video Mike

[@dalemasyk1583]

DAM THAT LOOK LIKE FUN JOB

[@billysteve1503]

The bugs were outrageous. Definitely not fun with the boss chewing our ass the entire time

[@bobsmith1814]

Very interesting video. I enjoyed it and learned something new

[@dougackerman4182]

Interesting video

[@mustlovedogs272]

Why wasn't the side where the pipe is coming in at an angle, why wasn't the concrete form built to handle that angle cleanly?

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day Mike happy new year mate

[@jeanyockle5739]

No hard hats ,no hand signals, unsafe, ditch walls, no ladder, I could go on

[@collinwilliams8688]

Currently laying field tile in celina Ohio it has been a mix of issues between the tile plow not working right ground way to hard cause of the clay and a whole mix of things

[@kmtm8886]

So cool

[@butchbunde8990]

This was different, but I liked it a lot, Thanks Mike

[@_DutchFox_]

wow this is really expensive way of removing the water of the fields. It is way better to create a couple of creeks and use smaller drain tubes who end up in the creeks. But I have to say, in the Netherlands we are practically living in the water, so we know how from experience how to deal with it :)

[@jimbob8969]

Not expensive considering how much water those tile will drain. Ohio is not the Netherlands.

[@fridaybot]

It seems expensive but it will improve the field more than a ditch system. Ditches impede the work efficiency of the field, less area, more obstructed, more turns needed working the smaller field plots limited by ditches. Now the field is in top efficient all equipment can go straight for miles (how ever huge the field is). All those small inefficiencies build up top of my head i would guestimate 5-10% more efficient this way than ditches considering less fuel and less strain on equipment going straight than maneuvering around the ditches. If this cost double than ditch system it pays off in 10- 20 years not bad when it holds 70+ years.

[@peterwharry1814]

You should get with Jeremy Goyings with GoDrain tile out of Paulding Ohio

[@diersirrigation]

You said that this tile services several farms, does this farmer get compensated for the lost corn in this field? Who paid for the whole project?

[@hughperkins707]

How deep is the topsoil.? It looks like it’s all the same top to bottom.

[@billysteve1503]

I think it was about 12-16”. The job was a few months ago

[@stevenfekete1682]

Any idea of how much crop was lost? Wouldn't doing it while there is no crop make more sense?

[@cntslesfabrication]

The way it was explained to me was if you did the tiling job between harvest and planting you might not get it completed because of the ground conditions being so bad. Or you might be able to get it accomplished but do a lot of damage to the field with all the equipment creating even more work to get the fields ready to be planted when there already strapped for time in the spring. So it's cheaper to do it now even with the loss of a little crop, which is only a couple of acres not very much at all. It looks far worse then it really is.

[@michaelstark703]

What if you hit a really big rock or ledge? Really interesting video

[@billysteve1503]

We’ve hit many many rocks. We would stop laying the pipe, and pull the box out. Then the excavator would go to the front of the trench and dig out the rocks

[@kills456]

Only problem I have in how fast the trench is covered doesn’t seem like the seems are inspected to make sure pipe actually clicked in other than that this operation here is one big machine

[@nickbayer7847]

Interesting video👍👍 Once they're rolling, how many feet of pipe can they put down per hour?? Thanks!

[@billysteve1503]

I was working on this job, It depends on the size of the pipe. But on a perfect operation, 70-100 feet a hour

[@nickbayer7847]

@@billysteve1503 thanks, that sure is gettin' after it, stay safe

[@rushd45]

30" pipe - that must drain a lot of gal/min. Where does it all go? What is the effect on the acquifer below?

[@lwilton]

Usually those sort of things go into retention ponds where the water can soak back into the ground. The idea is to drain water from low parts of fields that would just become useless bogs in the rainy season due to water accumulation, usually on the top of a semi-impermeable clay layer. Essentially the water is just moved to someplace else where it can soak in without becoming a bog, or else be moved to a stream or river. At a guess you could run about 10,000 GPM through a mile of 30" pipe with a fall of only something like 10 feet to account for the head loss due to boundary friction.

[@jimbob8969]

There is no aquifer in that part of Ohio.