Digging a water well, as deep as manageable

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M. Bjoernstroem

M. Bjoernstroem

Күн бұрын

Digging a water well as deep as i can with the excavator i have.
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00:00 Unloading excavator
01:07 Removing of the tiltrotator
01:51 Explaining the job
02:17 Starting to dig
06:21 Picking up concrete rings for the well
08:55 Unloading concrete rings from fh12
09:37 The excavating continues
11:34 Down to 4,5 meter (14,8 feet)
11:51 Making a plateau to get deeper
12:30 Digging deeper
13:06 Bird view of the work
14:40 Making a deeper plateau
14:57 Depth update, down to 6 meter (19,7feet)
15:43 High speed digging
16:58 Driving up from plateau
17:35 quick chat
17:50 2 days later, filled with water
18:41 Driving down the pit and starting to scoop up water
21:23 Fueling the excavator
21:50 Speed up digging
22:19 Tractor arrives to lift down concrete rings
23:19 Lifting down the concrete rings and refilling
39:12 Lifting last ring in place
39:34 Talking about what to do next
40:12 Drilling hole for water hose
40:38 Pushing last ring in place
40:42 Drilling hole for electric
41:02 Digging for water hose
41:27 Talking about old well and hose
42:03 Installing water hose
42:29 Refilling pit with tractor
44:24 Talking about the well
45:10 Back after a few days
45:27 Putting down fabric in the well
47:45 Filling gravel in well
49:01 Slight change of plans
49:29 Digging in water hose
52:34 Refilling material
53:04 Digging last bit to the drilled well
53:45 Connecting new water hose from the not working well's connection
56:42 Refilling material in ditch
57:31 Digging in the electric
58:05 Refilling the last
58:17 Greasing the excavator
58:29 Loading excavator onto hock lift truck
59:54 A few weeks later, summarize of project

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@nvrst
@nvrst 7 ай бұрын
Damn, the excavator hanging on the edge of this crumbling sandy hole looks pretty intense. As does people working in that narrow trench.
@glennmuir5617
@glennmuir5617 7 ай бұрын
How does one say "sketchy" in Swedish?
@madmodders
@madmodders 7 ай бұрын
Sketchy can mean many different things and has no direct translation. You have to use a synonym with less meanings for the current situation, like risky, and translate that: "riskabelt". Or maybe "prekärt" (precarious), or "våghalsigt" (daring).
@petter5721
@petter5721 7 ай бұрын
@@glennmuir5617 Modigt = Brave Riskabelt = Sketchy Viking = Calculated risk 😂
@stevecummins7834
@stevecummins7834 7 ай бұрын
how about "all of the above"? It will be interesting to see if the weight of the stacked concrete caissons will slowly sink into the sand causing the well to get deeper over time. The density of the concrete versus that of the saturated sand is a calculated variable. The number of concrete sections above the surrounding water table height times the weight per section will approximate the amount of force. Without a "floor" in the first concrete tube to prevent sand from extruding into the caisson internal volume there is a possibility you might have to add one or some additional pilings later on should the lower sections "drift" out of place due to uneven settling. The weight of the cement castings seemed to be preferentially heavier towards the flattened side? @@madmodders
@hechtsuppe5121
@hechtsuppe5121 7 ай бұрын
Die Jungs hatten Glück, sowohl beim Graben des Lochs für die Schachtringe als auch beim verlegen der Leitung im Graben dass sie nicht verschüttet worden sind. Bei dem Sandboden, pures Glück gewesen.
@Samalyzer45
@Samalyzer45 7 ай бұрын
Wow, it's dangerous to be down in an unreinforced 2 meter ditch in such unstable sandy soil. Made my skin crawl.
@mikekemsley1531
@mikekemsley1531 6 ай бұрын
They don't have trench collapses in Sweden.
@paulf2529
@paulf2529 5 ай бұрын
I was more worried that no one was wearing a hard hat.
@mikekemsley1531
@mikekemsley1531 5 ай бұрын
@@paulf2529 Hard hat won't make that much difference when you're under 5 feet of dirt and rocks.
@paulf2529
@paulf2529 5 ай бұрын
@mikekemsley1531 it would help if small stones or rocks came loose though, in the uk, we normally use trench shoreing on any excavations more than 5' deep.
@mikekemsley1531
@mikekemsley1531 5 ай бұрын
@@paulf2529 We us them here in the States too. trench collapse is no laughing matter.
@MrMan5014
@MrMan5014 7 ай бұрын
In North America when we dig a well we always backfill the the well crocks with clear stone to assist the seams of water to be able to get to the crocks…if you backfill with the same material you dug out then you clog off the seams…plus the clear stone expands the capacity of the well so that you aren’t just drawing from what ever the crocks can hold…those 8-10 ton machines can do a lot of work but it was definitely a bit small for this job…in any case you got through it and the clients now have water!!
@45NUTS_PART_DEUX
@45NUTS_PART_DEUX 7 ай бұрын
IN Canada - we had a concrete casing well installed , we have only about 15 feet of sandy soil , than you hit about 75 feet of clay ( in our area is perched water table ) the top half of the concrete ring were sealed with bentonite clay , and the a well tag was placed and the well was registered . it was done all done by a boring drilling rig
@dundonrl
@dundonrl Ай бұрын
Last well that I had anything to do with, was hand dug down to about 30 ft, had a shallow well pump on it and pumping as fast as it would go, that's as deep as we could get keeping up with the water! The top about 8 ft was encased with concrete and a concrete top put on it.
@kemboi3646
@kemboi3646 Ай бұрын
he could have used the same stones(culverts) by laying it horizontally. That would have helped increased his well capacity. Or just fill that massive hole with the same material with one vertical culverts. All these would have increased the well capacity.
@davidflynn4967
@davidflynn4967 7 ай бұрын
You took a very big chance of being buried alive in that narrow unsupported deep sandy trench, it could easily have collapsed on top of you. I drove a jcb 3 for several years and would have sloped the top half of both sides to reduce the chances of a collapse. I wouldn’t dig a trench like that if someone had to get into it!😮😢
@shytoad130
@shytoad130 7 ай бұрын
Well said sir 👍👍
@kevsowell
@kevsowell 7 ай бұрын
low producing drilled well are often saved in my parts because they often cost $15-25k to drill. A small pump is placed in the well with special limit switches and timers so the pump does run dry and doesn't start and stop too often. then this water is pumped into storage tanks to have a buffer.
@Alan_Hans__
@Alan_Hans__ 7 ай бұрын
Excavator operators are a special kind of mad. I like my working surfaces to be within about 10 degrees of level and pretty incredibly stable.
@BenCos2018
@BenCos2018 Ай бұрын
same here I'd never be able to get into a hole like that
@HYUKLDER1
@HYUKLDER1 7 ай бұрын
Fairly certain that working like that would be illegal in the U.K. due to site health & safety regulations! For example, a worker would not be permitted to enter the excavation at all due to its depth and the water, larger machines would be needed to work from the top with a greater reach than those being used, a crane would position the concrete rings. It would be a more expensive job, and that is why so many U.K. projects either stop before they are finished or never get funding to start. HS2 railway is an example, the longer it takes to build the shorter it gets at each end!
@BigEightiesNewWave
@BigEightiesNewWave 9 күн бұрын
Sweden is fascinating. I spent a lot of time in our High Sierra mountains, skiing, and love mountains.
@tunahanklc8307
@tunahanklc8307 7 ай бұрын
You are living the life i dreamed of, my friend. I would like to be your apprentice.
@DMSparky
@DMSparky 7 ай бұрын
@@iridium8341did you just tell this man that he doesn’t know what life he would like to live and that he wouldn’t want to be this man’s apprentice….
@rirebel6029
@rirebel6029 7 ай бұрын
If you get a chance to do an operator apprenticeship absolutely jump at the chance . I did it at 19 and have been at it 15 years now I love my job and running machines
@TheGrimReaper1
@TheGrimReaper1 7 ай бұрын
Yes all those lovely logs available to put on the fire in winter.
@user-up7yj3it9m
@user-up7yj3it9m 7 ай бұрын
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@user-up7yj3it9m
@user-up7yj3it9m 7 ай бұрын
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@davebrittain9216
@davebrittain9216 7 ай бұрын
During Covid our well collapsed and I could not get anyone to come and dig or drill me a new one so I rented an excavator and dug my own. I was able to dig down to approximately 9 meters but really wanted to go down to 10. The incoming water would not allow me to go any deeper. Once I placed in the 1m diameter well casing the water came up to about 3m from the top of the well. I have not had any water issues since and have not been able to pump it dry.
@horstszibulski19
@horstszibulski19 7 ай бұрын
Wow, that was scary, seeing the walls sliding down and the mud building up... Great job, great video! 👍👍👍
@Mad.Man.Marine
@Mad.Man.Marine 7 ай бұрын
If you want to go even deeper with it you can rent a trash pump and start storing some water. Once you have a good amount of water stored up you stack a couple more concrete casings on top of what’s already there and maybe even some weights. Then you start stirring up the mud slurry and you then pump it out. Do this a few times and the casing will slowly start to drop into the ground. It doesn’t work on a older established well. But one you have just loosely dug like this and hasn’t had the chance to really set up like concrete around the casings. It will work. There are companies that sink pilings the same way. Unfortunately I’m seeing now that you didn’t stack them all in line. So there’s no way it would work. Oh well. Lol.
@mfeldheim
@mfeldheim 7 ай бұрын
I would have put down and compressed some gravel below the first ring to give it a bit stability and as a filter for the water
@william6526
@william6526 6 ай бұрын
I've never seen a trailer like this before that delivered the shovel. I've used and hauled a lot of heavy equipment in my life ,but that's the slickest trailer I've ever seen. Just goes to show you that you can learn something every day.
@petter5721
@petter5721 Күн бұрын
Extremely common in Sweden with this hook load management system. It can manage flat beds, tanks, containers, etc. Very quick to load/unload stuff 👍🏻
@dickham
@dickham 7 ай бұрын
A friend answering a call to the rescue squad. Man passed out in well. They didn't know there was no oxygen in the well, unfortunately 2 casualties. That was in the 70's. Lessons learned in the school of hard knocks. I held my breadth while he was at the bottom of the well.
@TopExcavation
@TopExcavation Ай бұрын
That's sad to hear ppl losing their life over the really unexpected
@joefedele4810
@joefedele4810 7 ай бұрын
First, your videos are always interesting and informative. Your content is unique. The scenery where you live is beautiful. And of course, I thought you were going to slide down into that hole a few times. Keep it up. Hello from Ohio, USA.
@alttabby3633
@alttabby3633 7 ай бұрын
Great video! Had me on the edge of my seat a few times wondering if you and the excavator were going to be eaten by the hole. Thanks for the explainer at the end, I think most folks here in the states would have just redrilled the existing drill hole deeper.
@gravelydon7072
@gravelydon7072 7 ай бұрын
Or dropped an explosive charge down it to free up the flow.
@trebornesregrot
@trebornesregrot 7 ай бұрын
I love that trailering! Wish I still had the health to do stuff like that! I think I would offer it for people in need! I don't need the money really. Seems a shame that people like me have the time but not the strength , and the people with the strength don't have the time!
@tomre2769
@tomre2769 7 ай бұрын
Another Andrew Camarata -ish channel, I am here for it :-) Kult å se noen scandinaver også, blir litt mye amerikanere.. edit; this is dangerous for the man in that hole.
@Forferdelse666
@Forferdelse666 4 ай бұрын
Andrew Camarata 🙌🏻😎
@douglasthompson2740
@douglasthompson2740 7 ай бұрын
Could you have used a slurry pump to clean out the bottom couple of concrete forms? Seems to have lost quite a bit from soupy slop flowing back under your bucket. That bank under you was giving way so much you had me worried you were going to sink your excavator when it caved in.
@marioreichl7647
@marioreichl7647 7 ай бұрын
I was working on a well with my brother the same way like you. But we had a big advantage of having very stable soil and dig into the hill and then down. I regret , that we did not made an video about it . Last 1,5 meters digged it out manually with jackhammer and shovel. We put a concrete rings down with bobcat and chain hoist.
@TopExcavation
@TopExcavation Ай бұрын
Different types of soil makes a heck of a difference
@rudiedcr
@rudiedcr 7 ай бұрын
Lots of water, the sidewalls did not give you a break with calving off either. Nicely done!
@kjstutzman7692
@kjstutzman7692 7 ай бұрын
What a wonderful project, that you took us on! A time or two, I really thought you were going to be swallowed up by that sand! The explanation at the end was a nice touch as well as the demonstration of the water! Another excellent video….. sure wish you made more of them! ❤
@CS_Blitzen
@CS_Blitzen 7 ай бұрын
Absolutely love how you put these videos together, the choice of music is fantastic and your timelapse segments are trimmed short enough that it's not boring, but long enough to get a good look at what's going on. The more videos I watch the more I want to visit Sweden, it looks like such a beautiful part of the world. Hope you gave your machine a good wash when you got home!
@uncommonlogic1698
@uncommonlogic1698 7 ай бұрын
A fireplace shop that needed water. Oh how life can be balanced!!
@misel9411
@misel9411 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video, it's always nice to see how our western neighbours get things done. I'm not overly enthusiastic about formal safety regulations, I trust more in using common sense. This time I must say that the collapsing pit with the liquified sand got a bit scary. I guess you know how your ground behaves though. Overall I'm just mightily jealous of your sandy soil. The sticky clay here in south of Finland really sucks. Unless it's bone-dry in the middle of summer it sticks everywhere (including buckets) and makes a horrible mess. Keep up the good work and stay safe!
@gregshirk7220
@gregshirk7220 7 ай бұрын
It’s wonderful to watch such a brilliant young man do his work in such a efficient manner and good cheer. Thank you for your content. God bless you.
@LostAbroadVideos
@LostAbroadVideos 7 ай бұрын
I would never post this video where potential or prospective clients could evaluate the lack of planning or quality in my work and my failure to meet even basic OHS regulations and safe work practices. It would be one thing if it was simply a pet project, but even that, having workers in a 2m. deep trench in Type C(3) soil without sloping or shoring is immensely dangerous.
@shytoad130
@shytoad130 7 ай бұрын
You speak the truth.
@normanbuchanan9710
@normanbuchanan9710 7 ай бұрын
those two little machines were total badass, great project.
@alexandermarken7639
@alexandermarken7639 7 ай бұрын
looks like an excellent well. If you have several thousand litres of water then you do not have a problem. THe other aspect of this is that likely you will not have frost stop water. Excellent work. My Grandfather was a farmer and like all farmers they know were the water is best. So when the government wantedf to mine gravel for roads he let them do so in the location of the freshwater spring on his farm. This ended up being huge and when it exceeded the capacity of the pumps it made the farm drought proof. The dam is still their and is visible on google earth easily. lol. people have water skied in it.
@EthanPDobbins
@EthanPDobbins 7 ай бұрын
Scamming the government for free labor, your grandpa sounds like an absolute genius.
@alexandermarken7639
@alexandermarken7639 7 ай бұрын
@@EthanPDobbins Very typical of Farmers. Especially old farmers who never wanted the government having anything to do with their farm in the first place. I am fairly sure it was 3 million cubic metres of gravel removed. Dam is 80 ft deep in places when at full after cyclones come through etc. Has Barramundi over 80cm long in it as well.
@OsVf770
@OsVf770 2 ай бұрын
This is why we respect the wise old man.
@IanTaylor-pq8hr
@IanTaylor-pq8hr 7 ай бұрын
I like your style Mattias, getting the job done with the equipment you have and not giving up when things get difficult. You are right about people commenting on the risks sounding like all the safety warnings at the front of a manual! Keep up the great work.
@supersimon126
@supersimon126 7 ай бұрын
"Imagine putting your fingers here when it shuts" I'm sure we all had that thought :D
@jayeff3196
@jayeff3196 7 ай бұрын
Hi Matthias....not long till you blast through the 50 k subscribers....always great videos....Keep up the great work...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@Jim-zc6dr
@Jim-zc6dr 7 ай бұрын
Osha would be all over this project lol
@frankmuschetto3385
@frankmuschetto3385 7 ай бұрын
Fantastic video. Very interesting and really well done. The amount of work you and your team did to provide reliable source of water is commendable. At one point it looked like the excavator was going to be swallowed up as the side of the hole was caving in. Always interesting to watch true professionals at work.
@onlywatching6504
@onlywatching6504 4 ай бұрын
You have a beutyful truck! I’ve been driven the FH4 540 for one year, a tanker. I have a 1992 Scania R113 as an hobby project.
@davidcolesr.8628
@davidcolesr.8628 6 ай бұрын
You should do an Equipment, Truck type Video as I’m not familiar with that Rotator attachment and the Trucks are Unique as well. So many variables from Country to Country just as it does State by State, here in the United States of America.
@crooupa
@crooupa 7 ай бұрын
Nice work, only thing i would worry is at 54:40 when you are in the trench without proper formwork...
@JohnSmith-ug5ci
@JohnSmith-ug5ci 7 ай бұрын
You my friend are living VERY dangerously.
@slopedrum1
@slopedrum1 14 күн бұрын
It's amazing to think, years ago, all wells where dug by hand.
@williammorris3303
@williammorris3303 7 ай бұрын
The last guy I saw use these as well casings pumped the water away while he was digging and leveled the bottom well. In that case you could have layed the fabric and set the casing on top, hindsight 20/20
@kevsowell
@kevsowell 7 ай бұрын
this was amazing too see. so many things are different then in north america. One amazing part was the load securement or lack thereof.
@waynewallace10
@waynewallace10 7 ай бұрын
I was a bit surprised when you just just started digging again in the open hole after it filled with water for two days. I would have thought that you might have pumped most of the water out with a sump pump before digging more. But it seems you were racing against time with the equipment to move the rings on it's way.
@quintinvandermeulen1513
@quintinvandermeulen1513 7 ай бұрын
I ❤ that VOLVO FH truck! Good, old memory’s for me.
@mfeldheim
@mfeldheim 7 ай бұрын
Love your modded container truck setup for the mini excavator. Genious
@linus3502
@linus3502 6 ай бұрын
It's not actually modded it's called lastväxlare and are very common in Sweden
@sydneymcconnaughhay5947
@sydneymcconnaughhay5947 7 ай бұрын
Fantastic video,,from Florida thank you 😊😊
@Snit369
@Snit369 7 ай бұрын
The beauty of where you live is staggering. I love seeing your videos and all of the beauty of your country. Your a great heavy equipment operator.
@cleenlivin
@cleenlivin 7 ай бұрын
Great watching you plan and get projects done. The scenery is amazing.
@user-er2xh4eh6p
@user-er2xh4eh6p 7 ай бұрын
Pozdrowienia z Polski. Oglądam na bieżąco i ciągle mi mało. Myślę że wszyscy chcemy więcej filmów. Dobra robota
@user-er2xh4eh6p
@user-er2xh4eh6p 7 ай бұрын
Tak, masz rację. Powinni podkopywać kręgi, aby siadały coraz niżej. ranty uszczelnić glinką itd itd. Ale mimo wszystko fajnie się ogląda. Daj im Boże zdrowie. I taka malutka prośba. Bez wulgaryzmów. Język powinniśmy czynić szlachetnym a te wulgaryzmy sprowadzają go do rynsztoka. Dziękuję. @@micharoman9188
@rosco0567
@rosco0567 7 ай бұрын
Nice one, thanks again 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@gordonagent7037
@gordonagent7037 7 ай бұрын
Holy shit, I thought this would end up being a digger recovery video, you must have big balls man, that’s all I can say because if you weren’t shitting yourself installing those drain pipes I certainly was and I’m in Australia on my lounge chair. I guess you have to make the most of a bad situation when you live in a remote place. Well done to all involved in getting the bore in.
@jimsvideos7201
@jimsvideos7201 7 ай бұрын
That shot at the end was terrific, btw. 🤩
@roberto.peterson9917
@roberto.peterson9917 7 ай бұрын
Had my bottom clenching hard when escavator on verge slipping to bottom of hole the soil there so soft
@JimBloggins1
@JimBloggins1 7 ай бұрын
Why not put a mattress of pea gravel under the first ring and then one inside it? It would help stabilize that first ring and filter the water coming up.
@Yogi_Bear69
@Yogi_Bear69 7 ай бұрын
I loved this video. The shot at the end was great, the only way to improve it is to have someone else fly it and have you waving instead. Could you have gone any deeper? I can't help but think if you extended the runway further you might have been able to dig it deeper and thus the hole deeper but it looked like it was getting pretty soupy.
@frank-t6857
@frank-t6857 7 ай бұрын
Wouldn't it be more effective work, cost and result wise to drill the water well?
@JH-lo9ut
@JH-lo9ut 4 ай бұрын
They did have a drilled well though, but it didn't produce or store enough water.
@frank-t6857
@frank-t6857 4 ай бұрын
@@JH-lo9ut How can this excavation help what drilling can't?
@Valleyyetti
@Valleyyetti 7 ай бұрын
Looks pretty fun the only thing that appeared not good to me is I didn't see the guy going into the well carrying a gas monitor, it's a quick way to die without knowing why.
@thomream1888
@thomream1888 7 ай бұрын
The sign that I've reached old age: "Man, those kids look like they're having fun!"
@George-rw8ej
@George-rw8ej 7 ай бұрын
Exceedingly reckless digger driving. Very lucky not to have lost digger in the hole.
@user-fz9yy3ki7j
@user-fz9yy3ki7j 7 ай бұрын
Wow, that was out of my comfort zone. I was thinking you were close to ending up in the excavation.
@Frankie--da-fixer
@Frankie--da-fixer 3 ай бұрын
Put your first concrete tube in,clean it out best you can,add your fabric mesh and let it drape over the sides,add your rock and work it in,leave it draped over the side then start adding the rest of the tube,keep you from having to go down the tube to add mesh and rock, because it's already done:-)
@billyhaddock5540
@billyhaddock5540 7 ай бұрын
Congrats Guy's on getting the water wall done and finished. great job..
@mainetoon3406
@mainetoon3406 7 ай бұрын
Great videos. Was wondering if putting some rock in the bottom of each concrete tub would help pushing more water up up and help filter it as well. There's probably a simple answer but just a thought
@JH-lo9ut
@JH-lo9ut 4 ай бұрын
That's what the fabric and gravel is for. Did you miss that part?
@32Domi
@32Domi 7 ай бұрын
I love the production quality of your videos. Those drone shots and music choices and the way you keep the sound while the time lapses. I like it. Keep up the good work and stay safe!
@jeremyraeber4234
@jeremyraeber4234 7 ай бұрын
Well hell if you were super rich you could have bought the biggest excavator and dug the well in 2 scoops. Lol. Thank you for your videos. I do enjoy watching them.
@talalalnajdawi
@talalalnajdawi 7 ай бұрын
I love the production quality of your videos. Those drone shots and music choices and the way you keep the sound while the time lapses. I like it. Keep up the good work and stay safe!.... Nicely done. I enjoy watching videos that show the whole project start to finish, with a summary at the end
@MrCpolzin
@MrCpolzin 7 ай бұрын
You copy and paste a comment for likes...?
@lastplacetrophy3821
@lastplacetrophy3821 6 ай бұрын
The anxiety of wondering if I'm about to watch a workplace death is keeping me riveted to this video!
@harveycalder672
@harveycalder672 7 ай бұрын
Good video thanks but very scary work - pity you couldn't just put down a bore pipe ?
@nancyannirvin4507
@nancyannirvin4507 7 ай бұрын
That was a bit like watching a suspense movie. I kept thinking you were going to slide in and the walls cave down on top!
@elmerrodriguez9817
@elmerrodriguez9817 7 ай бұрын
Such an underrated channel, great content.
@mattiloponen9791
@mattiloponen9791 7 ай бұрын
Nice job, wet conditions and clay at the pit made work more difficult
@mehn850
@mehn850 7 ай бұрын
You talk about isolating the water line. I understand why because in The Netherlands we use the same expression 😉 In English though that is called insulating the water line.
@lumotroph
@lumotroph 7 ай бұрын
This drone footage is incredible
@TopExcavation
@TopExcavation Ай бұрын
👍 😊
@onlywatching6504
@onlywatching6504 4 ай бұрын
Where in the world are you? Btw i’d dig a waterwell for some 20 yrs ago. About 8 meters deep. I used a tractor backhoe. The last two meters i had a Atlas 12 tonner to dig out. I used 1 meter wide concrete rings. It works PERFECT. GOOD JOB of you guys. Always a pleasure see working men now this days when everything is pure madness.
@JH-lo9ut
@JH-lo9ut 4 ай бұрын
This is in the north of Sweden.
@DanKoning777
@DanKoning777 5 ай бұрын
Good stuff. I wish there were more of these to watch. Well done Mattias. God bless.
@Biffo1262
@Biffo1262 3 ай бұрын
Good stuff? Idiocy personified more like.
@esbrasill
@esbrasill 8 күн бұрын
I have a waterwell just like that, Works perfect, i had it deepened out just by stacking some more rings on top and under dig the bottom rings, the whole stack just sunk 3 more rings.
@carmineriganti2333
@carmineriganti2333 7 ай бұрын
The JCB is such a beautiful machine inside and out. I also like how you keep your machines so clean. Lastly a great video but scary LOL
@adrianpilbrow
@adrianpilbrow 7 ай бұрын
This looked like an awful lot of trouble to go to for something that could have been done much more easily and cleanly by a small drilled well with pumped surface storage...
@goranb265
@goranb265 5 ай бұрын
I think surface storage works better down in the south.
@JH-lo9ut
@JH-lo9ut 4 ай бұрын
This is in the subarctic. Soil freezes down to 2 meters below the surface. Surface storage is not an option.
@jimsvideos7201
@jimsvideos7201 7 ай бұрын
Pretty high pucker factor on this one.
@Simonsimon-fy3hq
@Simonsimon-fy3hq 6 ай бұрын
Dry sandy soil must be great to work with! The clay we have here would make you cry.
@taurota1554
@taurota1554 7 ай бұрын
Awesome.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
@SoupyOatmeal
@SoupyOatmeal 7 ай бұрын
Man oh man you are turning out some top grade videos. Better and better , thank you.
@That1ufo
@That1ufo 7 ай бұрын
Makes the guys that hand dig 7 rings a day on the other side of Finlands boarder look like pros.
@professorg8383
@professorg8383 7 ай бұрын
I built a pretty nice pond using the same sized excavator. Luckily the water table was only about 5' deep in the driest part of the year. Worked it similarly making "shelves" to dig from, slowly expanding it out Had a nice ramp coming down in and turning so I could land the spoils on part of the shelf with a Bobcat coming in to remove it from the ever expanding hole. Took quite a while and at the last stage in the dry season. my working shelf was about 18" above the water table. The ground was pretty squishy at that point and the excavator would try to sink in. So about every hour or so, I had to build back the shelf. I would then move over a bit and work another area. The next day the shelves had firmed back up and just kept working it down. The bottom of the pond is about 10' below ground level so when the water table is up, it's about 6' deep. Still working on the banks a bit. It can get a bit sketchy and when you are pulling water and mud out the the hole, you always have to be careful not to undermine the shelf too much. Several times I got t stuck and had to work hard to pull myself back up. A couple times I had to throw some tines down to get enough traction. I had a good plan and worked it pretty much as I had figured, but it is easy to to sometimes get a little greedy and try to dig more than you should. The soil was much the same. Sandy, easy digging. It can support a lot of weight until it gets saturated and then it tries to slip into the hole. Always need to stay aware because it is easy to get a bit distracted trying to clean out the hole when you can't see underwater. It is fun work and you can really take your mind off other things and just stay focused on digging, Didn't take long for the wildlife to discover and use the pond.
@sdighedesdaghede2565
@sdighedesdaghede2565 7 ай бұрын
Awesome, what a crazy and wonderful work! Thanks for sharing
@paul-m3kqe
@paul-m3kqe 6 ай бұрын
great video - if you've got enough water in the old well you could set it up for fire protection that way they have a fighting chance of saving the properties if anything was to happen.
@beaker-yt
@beaker-yt 5 ай бұрын
54:44 So the plants are starting to make their roots look like cables to deter excavators... evolution at work.
@Microphone73
@Microphone73 7 ай бұрын
How is the new flatbed for transporting the excavator holding up? Still looks pretty straight. Thanks for the videos. Cheers,
@rolandbriscoe4977
@rolandbriscoe4977 7 ай бұрын
It's nice to your videos, It's interesting to see the different ways of doing things, Thank you very much for taking the time to video such task. 👍👍
@thecorbies
@thecorbies 7 ай бұрын
Excellent project and video, but curious to know what filtration is used before being used. Regards Mark in the UK
@andrewrobinson2869
@andrewrobinson2869 7 ай бұрын
You definitely need to make more content , your living in a wonderful place and with enough video’s combing out your channel will pay for itself eventually, it’s great content, keep it up, regards Andy Perth Australia.
@JPBinTN
@JPBinTN 7 ай бұрын
Nicely done. I enjoy watching videos that show the whole project start to finish, with a summary at the end. Like an andrew camarata video 👍
@plumbcrazy375
@plumbcrazy375 7 ай бұрын
As a plumber you did a great job digging the well looking like a very expensive job
@robinstrand3555
@robinstrand3555 7 ай бұрын
Well well, have to say i enjoyed watching you digging down a well, well done!
@M.BJOERNSTROEM
@M.BJOERNSTROEM 7 ай бұрын
well thanks!
@timgrenville-cleave2848
@timgrenville-cleave2848 7 ай бұрын
Stunning video, BZ Buddy ('Bootneck' jargon for Bloody Good Effort). The drone shot looking down through light cloud was magnificent. Plus some real edge of the seat action. Keep 'em coming!!
@andrewdavies4463
@andrewdavies4463 7 ай бұрын
Another amazing video, your are one of the few that I watch from start to finish, keep up the great work from Scotland
@excavatorlaboratory
@excavatorlaboratory 7 ай бұрын
Whenever I watch a video, I think I solve a lot of things in difficult situations. It's Superman💪👍👍👍
@larnoralacey9339
@larnoralacey9339 6 ай бұрын
I know nothing about this yet I watched every second. Very interesting. Might be the best time lapse I’ve seen.
@AFHProjects
@AFHProjects 7 ай бұрын
Greetings from Estonia! Yeah, it's scary to watch that excavator hanging on the edge. The landslide is easy to come there and there is no turn back. Big risk, but seems that you have your balls.😀 Cheers!
@pixieflitwit1516
@pixieflitwit1516 7 ай бұрын
I am amazed that you hit water at only 6 meters. Also, I wonder how you can wear those headphones on your head for so many hours without discomfort. Great video presentation sir.
@EthanPDobbins
@EthanPDobbins 7 ай бұрын
Lots of places can hit shallow water. Some people will simply drive a special piece of pointed pipe in the ground 10-25 feet and it becomes a well.
@JH-lo9ut
@JH-lo9ut 4 ай бұрын
I am also in a field of work where I wear ear protection all day. You get used to it, but it can leave you with headaches and a sore neck for sure. Tinnitus is worse though, and irreversible.
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