Dam Failure Fixed Again!

[@geraldinegaynor1360]

Chris, I am a 76 yr. old pensioner from Australia. Was fascinated by your two videos. It was very upsetting when the rain destroyed everything you had done. I was impressed.......you didn’t swear once. For some reason, I find these types of videos interesting. Next time I come back, I might be a man and work with this type of machinery. I also like to see them breaking up beaver dams. I’m a nurse so I have never done anything like this. You seem to take pride in your work and you did a bloody good job. Congratulations.

[@larrymccready6778]

I would be sweating until the grass took hold good. Great job and a lot of patience.

[@WesleyAPEX]

Gotta use sod!

[@Nords555]

@@WesleyAPEX $$$

[@DJDAVEDREAM]

Can you do a quick re visit at some point would be interesting to see how it faired up against the weather

[@Mephiston]

What a flustercluck. They really need to just defer to your wisdom and expertise and let you do what needs to be done to get everything sustainable for the future. Well done, Chris.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

"flustercluck"? Nice, I'm going to have to steal that word.

[@Mephiston]

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel Go for it. Use it in good health!

[@WVdavidB]

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel same here! I've used Bass Ackwards before so why not this one too?

[@GalaxyRangerNiko]

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel I love that one. It's great to use when you can't use the real words. :-D

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

@@Mephiston Hopefully it won't get me banned anywhere.

[@janadams]

Bless you for helping the neighbors sort all that rock out of their yard. Hell of a nuisance for everyone involved!

[@porkchop5389]

you need a compactor attachment for the mini

[@teamidris]

I wondered if he had an elephants foot for the rock breaker? That really whomps it down hard.

[@Chuckrussell75]

Man. Where's this channel been my whole life? Thank's Chris!

[@billwilliams9527]

Well, that took a whole boat load of patience, and a dent in the budget.

[@fhuber7507]

Best care the dam has had in over 20 years... We can tell because of the trees which shouldn't have been allowed to grow.

[@hphillips7425]

Agreed. The trees are a problem

[@karencary3312]

I'm not even qualified to do this but I'd knock down that big tree that's in the way and probably a few more. It needs to go.

[@markpashia7067]

@@karencary3312 That would make it worse. The real problem with trees on a dam are the roots. Once the tree dies the remaining roots will rot and cause water leak channels in the clay that are a real monster. As long as the trees are alive the roots live and are basically a disaster waiting to happen not a current disaster. Best practices are to never let the roots grow, but once they are there it is too late. It guarantees a future failure once the trees are established. Likely this dam will be overwhelmed before the trees get it, as hundred years floods are coming every year or two these days. They will lose both ends of this dam before the root leaks get it.

[@markpashia7067]

Also the ends will be lost slower than what nearly happened here. Because the ends are anchored in stable ground, they will be eaten out slower than the middle would and will likely fail but not all at once to send a massive wave down the channel below. If this thing had failed in the middle it would have been ugly downstream. Lawsuits would have been flying all over. They are lucky that Chris had it "repaired" when that storm came through, but it is sad that Chris had to take the loss on it. The customer's insurance company dodged a bullet big time!!!!

[@richardschipper5989]

@@tp8030 You know absolutely nothing, Tree roots will damage damns and levees, you should never allow them to grow. It is a requirement to prevent and remove them on Federal and public damns and flood control levees.

[@meyer629]

Another Damn Miracle! Great job Chris! And helper! No Tim, but at least he has a pulse!

[@maxobara1496]

Isn’t that diameter pipe to small and dam to low for the amount of water flowing into that pond?

[@jameswarbrick9168]

you got it mate

[@realmoronosity5956]

Chris: *ties pipe to tree* “modern problems require modern solutions”

[@mslorry3420]

Wow you did an excellent job repairing that mess!

[@DennisDuboisLifeview]

Nice to see you had some help on this job. You've been on your own a lot of late.

[@mumblbeebee6546]

3:07 at first I thought you said “there’s a body down here” and I thought “he really does not get fazed by much, does he” 😂

[@jcadult101]

Dam those trees. I can't imagine that big one at the bottom is going to live and the smaller ones up top with their rootballs 1/2 hanging out in the wind?

[@derrickpettit3489]

Good work chris, man that was a hell of a hole there, that took alot of dirt, thanks for sharing

[@Stratos53100]

Ouch, it really got narrow there at the top, hopefully it will stay in place this time.The tilt asm for bucket on the Yanmar works out well.

[@andrewtolf8574]

“JUST SOLVIN PROBLEMS WITH MODERN DAY SOLUTIONS” YOURE A MACHINE YOURSELF SIR

[@leonmason7155]

Couldn't you lower the inlet of the pipe by a foot aswell to help in flash floods to help prevent water going over the top of the dam

[@paulbruto4897]

You need 5 of those pipes side by side for that amount of water the 300 mm 12 inch pye square x 5 would be a major improvement on the over flow maybe a water engineer could give you some accurate data !

[@augustreil]

They really need you to do some tree clearing on that damn Dam !

[@davemi00]

august - yes, Remove All Trees from Dams

[@augustreil]

@@davemi00, Yes Sir !

[@TrevorDennis100]

That tree in the hole is surely going to die if left there. I'm @8:00 so it might go by the end of the video.

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Chris You need some of that material from the other job. Yikes what a mess. Glad to see a extra person there helping things along.😉😁💯💯💯💯

[@chunky_mcnuggetsjr9213]

In southern Missouri where I live there is some ponds that drain such a big area that they put 7ft spillway pipes in 2 acre ponds, I have seen those ponds overflow a time or 2!

[@Losttoanyreason]

Really been waiting for this one. I felt so bad for you after you had done all that work fixing things and all your work was destroyed by flood from the storm.

[@74jojo]

Please be extra careful when you're working alone. Great job. They should have hired you to do more maintenance at the same time.

[@Bama1963]

Looks to me like there has been many years of neglect when it comes to that dam, all those bushes on the water side and the trees on the other side, my understanding is the root system in the trees is harmful to the dam, plus you get rodents and such burrowing around the trees and bushes.

[@xoxo2008oxox]

IIRC, the drain had a section of fencing (gone with last flooding) and not a professional culvert/drain/strainer. Water mitigation is a science and that pond has some issues.

[@rabidbigdog]

Indeed. I was unsure as to why Chris had to wear the cost of a second repair? Surely it should be 50/50.

[@kens.3729]

Unfortunately the Huge Rain occurred, Flooded Area making Additional Work. You made it Right.👍

[@OvisHerder1]

Addicted my friend. Your expertise with your machines is pretty damn impressive. I'm glad this finish video came out. The first one was awesome. Better job second time around. Feels like you're givin mother nature a reply for that flood...lol. I kinda like the sound of the track too. Reminds me of being in a tank. Watching and learning sir. As always be blessed and safe. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jambocoo]

Very nicely done, thanks for sharing !

[@DW-qs5pp]

Yep that would pi** me off! Well done Chris👍👍

[@maja475]

The lack of proper compaction of the soil during the reconstruction of the embankment resulted in the blurring of the heaped soil during rainfall

[@KPearce57]

Looks good, that pond needs a lot more maintenance, trees off the dam and around the pond if not it will become a swamp .

[@grahamallen3941]

Great job again Chris. If that washes out again then that is some serious rain!! Take care and be safe. Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧♥️

[@kenguier8464]

It looks like another first class job completed... Good work..

[@shariclegg5273]

You are going to have that section of road well packed.

[@williammatthews2948]

Good job as usual but this dam won't last another 10 years before it fails completely. I know I wouldn't want to be on the downstream side when that happens.

[@edwardcarberry1095]

For seeding I would use Clover as it has very deep roots and grows where most grasses won't .

[@sharonlockhart5960]

You are just working smarter not harder. Love you videos. Makes me wish I had gone into heavy equipment and not driving a semi. But both are good jobs.

[@jimshoe6828]

Just consider the first time a practice run 😉 You made it much better this time 👍 I am hoping that the customer(s) compensated you for all the extra work. If you hadn't done the original work, there would not have been a dam to fix, it would have been a build from scratch situation.

[@greghoffstadt667]

Chris you are always Semper Gumby! Always flexible. Great job

[@donbraden8533]

Nice job Chris hopefully they won't get any rain for awhile 😎👍👍🇺🇸

[@makingithappen5178]

Holy moly, it looked steep where you drove down.

[@davidbrickey5925]

Hopefully the rain won’t come to Seed sprout up and take care of that washout. That is a beautiful job. 👍☕️🍀

[@bartwesp4303]

That grading bucket on the knuckle is just an awesome tool

[@sdp227]

It looks great. So without a spillway what prevents this from happening again?

[@DolganoFF]

Nothing

[@georgetucker336]

Nice to follow your jobs to completion.

[@Torpedomtb]

I read below some offering suggestions to long term solution. But repairing the dam will just be until the next flood. The pipe is not providing sufficient drainage. I honestly would come up with a better solution than restoration or I would walk away.

[@angelbivins5508]

You are a surgeon with this machine!

[@davidkeeling4074]

When you have trees in your dam. You have problems.

[@blacksheep9734]

Usually they’ll keep them together and lock them in

[@savageboner]

​@@tp8030 A properly constructed earthen dam is weakened by trees. There's a reason you never see trees on earthen dams of any significance. A small pond is a different story. A dam isn't a river bank. www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1446-20490-2338/fema-534.pdf

[@johnb8956]

Tommy Phillips gras roots maybe not 40’ trees ffs

[@WesleyAPEX]

Blacksheep 973 the problem is when the trees fall over the roots will break apart the dam...

[@WesleyAPEX]

William Baker grass and shrubs is what you want

[@juniorraines1042]

Looks great Chris hope you are having a great week

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Man that pond levee needs to be raised all around and let you do what you best. great job

[@lancemerwin7864]

As many ponds I’ve done I stay away from culverts they plug up and seem to always wash out around them . 👍 put in a natural spill way with lots of rock problem solved . Unless you get a lot of rain hurricane rain then nothing is safe😉

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

This may be a stupid question, but here goes, when you are using the bucket to hammer the dirt into corners and really anytime, why don't you use the bucket full of dirt? It seams to me you are beating the shit out of the machine to do this, but with more weight in the bucket, you may not have to beat on it as hard!!

[@lamwen03]

With less weight he has to punch it more times, but with a lot less shock to the mechanisms each time.

[@randywilson6869]

I don’t know about that answer? I am with Steve on this one except for 1 thing. I don’t think th there is stupid questions but it seems there is a lot of stupid answers sometimes but now I have a question... is this something u could turn in on insurance

[@Thrash155]

I've operated similar equipment, when you have a bucket full of dirt, you can sometimes lower it faster than gravity and your just basically using the bucket weight+machine force at that point.. The weight of dirt doesn't really help that much. You can pack dirt pretty well with a bucket crown. Chris is also pretty easy on equipment and doesn't beat it to death or shock the hydraulics. There are some Sheepsfoot wheel attachments IPO the bucket that can be used to help pack dirt lifts too.

[@JohnLaco]

Your hydraulic speed/functions slow down with a full bucket. You wouldn't gain much. Maybe in a different scenario you might, but for what he's doing it would just slow him down if he tried to get a bucket every time he packed.

[@craiggreenhalgh1082]

Can I ask why you don't put stone instead of dirt , as the last load washed away when dam overflowed 🤔 I do enjoy your videos 👍

[@WesleyAPEX]

That guy needs a 3-4’ wide emergency spillway that’s 2” or so below the top of the drain pipe so the water never gets above the pipe level.

[@brotrucks7784]

WesleyAPEX your right

[@McBuggs.]

Or save enough to change and go to something that can handle those huge storms... It needs better backup for something major. Such as like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rILLc3yBZsaHjqc

[@doingitwithnothing]

Needs all those trees taken off the dam

[@bancroftexcavating7208]

Need a compactor for that machine. Maybe a concrete overflow box and cement in and grout. Money is always a thing tho. Had fun watching! Great job

[@arneanka4633]

Or you stop being greedy and have a small pipe 4 ft lower down so a rain has those 4 ft to fill before causing problems. Like a retention pond...

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Another great video Chris that was a shame that all the work you done the week before wash down that creek after mother natures freak storm that night 9 inches of rain is a lot of water falling at one time oh brother you and John and yawls family y’all stay safe and keep them coming

[@fieldsandcreeks9973]

Should have built a spillway to the side of your pipe ditch and lined it with d rock for a filter to slow the water down and it wouldn’t hurt to add some over your pipe ditch as well but great fix loved watching

[@MrPhilbrooke]

Leave the bottom step on the staircase on dudes and just Bury it in concrete. That would make it even more stable. Great content, loving what you dudes are doing.

[@matthewroepke4644]

Am I the only one that thinks it’s in my best interest to go out and buy a skid steer and track hoe. Every time I see these videos the urge gets greater.

[@mischef18]

After mother nature tried to stuff this job up for you you fixed it up well bro. Y'all stay safe

[@jodejekab]

looks like your loven that new bucket great job

[@JGW5303]

I thought you had a new Timmy there for like 10 seconds in the beginning then he disappeared.

[@Tiffy552]

Think he's a bit shy.

[@theperkinsbunch9694]

Chris put Rock's in with it

[@ohu8one221]

Yeah he needs a spillway for the run off for this pond I'd say 5 to 6' wide or lay some epdm rubber liner and fill it with rock to make a flow back transition line. It would have to be pretty good size 15' X 35' down the slope. Not sure if that would be enough to handle that amount of over flow but it sounds like that rain was a one off gusher. At least it would wash away but it doesn't take much when you have fresh dirt until it starts getting grass to root it in. I need to get me one of these, Looks much easier than a grader but a little harder than a bobcat. I suck at a grader I had to move one. Tons of levers with no markings, took me forever to find the right controls.

[@benjaminbrewer2569]

I’m not there but I think that punching with the shovel probably isn’t enough to creat a resilient clay mass. The earth in the new fill probably isn’t as compacted as the earth in the rest of the dam. It will sink a little over time. It will stop erosion on the core of the dam though, so it’s probably ok. Also I hope you scraped the organic topsoil of before you added that top layer of clay. Further I would strongly recommend that all trees be removed from the dam wall and replant with researched shrubs that won’t root through the dam to the water. Good luck.

[@tedohio3038]

Wonder if it would help hold the coupler to the pipe if self taping screws were inserted.

[@rayw3294]

They would need some sort of concrete spill way down to stream to stop the big floods or get rid of the pond.

[@jimshoe6828]

Well, it looked like it took a little less time the 2nd time 🤔 Hopefully there won't be a 3rd time Nicely done 👍👍

[@ignacio9552]

Filling and fixing the Dam, "deja vu" Seems I saw you do this a week ago.

[@gizmoroy2]

been watching for 4 hours cant help it. amazing channel. keep up the good content.

[@edwardcarberry1095]

I would guess that the fill clay is too dry as it doesn't compact, I have heard 22% moisture is good from several sources but don't know. I would be using one of those two ft flat compactors, haven't been a fan of the jumping jacks. And yes a spill way of some size to remove the excess water when it comes.

[@bazzinbulgaria4826]

The worst part about all this, is when that area gets another heavy rain event, you'll be back to do it all again. The owner really needs to spend the money and solve the basic problem...build a decent spillway or add another 6, or more , overflow pipes. The outlet (overflow) needs to be able to handle at least double what the inflow rate is...otherwise the water will keep coming over the top of the wall.

[@officialhoat9088]

Your video is very well shared, wish you success.

[@ljtlove4519]

I'm thinking that it needs at least 2 pipes that size or more. Maybe do that when they call you back for the next dam failure.

[@michael84549]

Totally agree with you

[@pastle2007]

Welldone , lets hope it dont rain none soon

[@frankgaletzka8477]

Well Done but only for a short time When the water get over the dam it spoiled out again The Pipe had to be much wider in diameter Take care Yours Frank

[@AmraphelofShinar]

Old Mother Nature just wanted to make extra sure that you really wanted a pond dam there.

[@jonathanmurr3829]

If we had that many trees on our dam DHEC would go crazy!

[@ScottyDMcom]

*First,* given the big flood and washout--are you sure one pipe is enough? Maybe a second, or even a third. *Second,* trees on an earthen dam is a huge problem. The roots can penetrate the dam, then when the tree eventually dies the roots rot out leaving a bunch of open channels and the dam fails.

[@christopherjames5895]

Would putting another overflow pipe not have been a good idea ? I mean it overflowed with just 1

[@michaelweatherhead9470]

Very nice good job Chris as usual.

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Really was a mess. Looks great

[@keepingdistance4404]

Is the thumb always manually disconnected with the grading bucket or do you have a flow diverter switch in the cab? It seems that the thumb could be valuable to be operational all the time.

[@lajyo]

I like the way this machine sounds while operating, it's almost musical

[@jasonlavery6449]

Hey there Chris. When you are ready to take a break, come on over to Craig Colorado, and do some fishing or elk viewing

[@darrengreen7906]

Small bucket on the mini, fill with dirt then pound the snot out of the ground. Extra weight, extra compaction.

[@Rickimusic]

How about a real tamper? The one John has has too small of a foot so it is a bear to use. No idea where he got the thing.

[@dougiedoug2921]

Deja vu all over again!

[@markpashia7067]

Ok, Yogi. LOL got it.

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Problem? Ha! No problem for Chris! :-)

[@Paulo8401]

Very good! Congratulation from Brasil!

[@cinforammi8543]

Should use boulders to build in that area and hide the pipe looks better and no worries of washout. Or at the very least some good compacted clay.

[@DJinOcalaFla]

Necessity is the mother of invention! Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

[@HughzieTube]

''We do it right because we do it twice!'' Just kidding, that job really did get stuck by lightning twice!

[@leol1682]

Good job and to the next one .

[@hughjass4995]

Chris, it looks like a boom mounted plate compactor is in order for these types of projects.

[@davidnichols1363]

I don't think Chris will use one, the stress on the boom isn't worth the cost of repair on the pins , you'll get stress cracks and shortens the life of the machine.

[@JRAT777]

If you were installing this new what size pipe would you put in? Lower the water level so it can handle larger rainstorms? add a spillway? Add rock to slow down the water on the backside?

[@nsmith473]

Thank you for posting these videos. They are very interesting. Please ignore all the arm chair geniuses who gain empty satisfaction by telling you how you should have done things. If the man that actually works, stops to listen to all the advisors sitting and second guessing, nothing will ever get done. Thanks for actually doing. and- shouldn't that drain pipe have been a different color?

[@christopherallenpalmer4222]

Is the outfall under water when discharging and creek is full. Its following trench. If there's a 45° it needs a kicker. Mega weight in that lightweight pipe. Upright ram the S..t out of it and tighten it up with some class 2 AB . It infiltrates when pipes full and no vent. Native is over optimum quickly. Maybe some polymer solution that seal slicker than snot.

[@stephenbutz2621]

Thank God you had tracked in as much dirt as you did , or they could have lost the entire lake and the dam . Good idea to raise the dam hight by the over flow . A set back , but it could have been worse.

[@dimwittflathead639]

Oh yeah, when you use jackhammer attachment on the big rocks on the other job, you can drop some off at pipe output?