Driveway Culvert And Swale Grading

[@aaronburford5701]

Another favorite of mine. I love seeing the grass being cut up with the excavator! Relaxing to watch!

[@blacksheep9734]

I love when it rains after doing drainage work. Makes you feel better at the end of the day

[@shanegillespie6014]

For a non digger dude like myself who may rent a machine every now and then for a project, that water line trencher tip was very valuable. Your skills still continue to impress me.

[@ohhpaul7364]

It is nice to see the water flowing through it when you still have the equipment sitting there and you can fix any high spots that keep it from flowing right or knock any little puddles out.

[@marcryvon]

Why am I not surprised that this owner, after seeing you work on your vlog, wanted NOBODY else than you on his property !?? Great video and teaching as usual, man ! Kudos !

[@colonialroofingofnorthcaro441]

Man haven't heard church bells sense i was a kid, that made me feel nostalgic, I have very good memories of the church bells and being kid in church, its was a good time for me, nice really liked that

[@augustreil]

Now it's the call to prayer 5 times a day from the Mosques.

[@dansummerfield9390]

Giday from Australia. Loving your videos, they're teaching me heaps. You also have a great work ethic and attention to detail so they're well worth watching. Cheers!

[@thatpeterbiltguy5639]

daniel summerfied I’m from oz as well 🇦🇺🇦🇺🤙🤙

[@BigWest115]

I like the bells playing how great thou art in the background as you were talking about the waterline

[@DonnaMSchmid]

What a great project! I can't wait to see Part 2!

[@janvandenbos7085]

Another project again, driveway culvert and swale grading, Chris your a pond expert, looking great 👌👍😎

[@matthewsharp6597]

Awesome job Chris

[@arkansas1336]

Your experience saved the day! A minor water line repair would have been irritating! That property appears to have been heavily 'forested' before being graded into a home site/lawn! Looking forward to the finish.

[@mikez4132]

There is something about the sound of the Yanmar's engine I love..

[@freeradical431]

Im gonna start callin ya the Gravy Digger. lol Cause yur always diggin the easy nice clean sandy dirt.

[@george8873]

You can tell the water lines are shallow in the south. The water always comes out of the faucet warm in the summer, even the 'cold' water. It was like that when I lived in Oklahoma. If you wanted a cold glass of water, you needed to add ice. Here in Michigan, where the water lines are buried at least 4 feet down, the water is nice and cold when it comes out of the faucet, no ice needed. Being that far down doesn't allow the heat on the surface to work its way down to the pipes to warm up the water.

[@stevelalondejr2183]

Water the true equalizer tells volumes great work great videos thanks for sharing !

[@alexaltrichter1597]

Here in my neck of the woods the water lines are 10 feet deep! They are a real pain in the ass to dig up in minus 20 weather. Usually they're good but if they happen to go under a road or driveway the ground will freeze down to the waterline and then it'll break. Foam insulation is a necessity .

[@augustreil]

Here in Ct, the frost line is only around 42'' which I've never seen it that deep. Where are you that they need to be 10' ? We do the same with foam on top of the line for extra Insurance.

[@alexaltrichter1597]

@@augustreil I'm in northern Minnesota. Most of the residential water wells that have the pitiless adaptors all come out of the well about 10 feet down. So ideally your well would be located where you wouldn't drive over the line going into your home. For some reason the frost keeps going down on an area that's kept free of snow and also driving on it seems to make it worse. Now certainly if you have a couple feet of snow it pretty well insulates the ground. We've had a couple of small towns in the area getting new water mains put in because of corrosion and about mid January they were digging them back up because they froze and of course replacing broken pipes. These pipes were all at least 10 feet deep. I do believe it has more to do with the extreme cold and also free of snow cover. On a side note, Lake of the Woods had over 60 inches of ice for the 2018 - 2019 winter season, and that's with snow on the ice !!

[@augustreil]

@@alexaltrichter1597, All you needed to say was Northern Minnesota and that pretty much explains it ! You're right about the snow being an insulator and the driving over it makes it freeze faster and deeper. 6 Ft of ice ? Can't even imagine.

[@williamuskoski1385]

@@augustreil 72 would be six feet

[@augustreil]

@@williamuskoski1385, My bad. Thanks 5ft.

[@gordondewald8267]

When we were laying pipe the rule of thumb was 1/3 the diameter of the pipe below the stream profile. And if possible the majority of the drop was in the first 2/3 and last 1/3 of the pipe at the outlet was level. Helped reduce erosion in the stream bed.

[@forky-reviews-and-rants]

I have watched a fair few of your videos and this one with the yanmar has beat them all your skilful packing of the culvert was very professional..very impressed...Great video guys ...Stay Safe ...

[@thomassojka2704]

Thanks for a great job filming. You've got excellent equipment that let's you work, while the guys that run junk waste time making repairs. You're the Heat!!

[@Todd.Roberts]

I hope there is a part two to this job

[@csnelling4]

Great job again Chris 👍🇬🇧

[@tomwold5366]

Don't you just love the twist wrist you put on ..Very handy attachment

[@charleslindsey9167]

You are the absolutley best I have ever seen!!!

[@BorisFett]

11:11 Good to know what to look for when digging. I like learning new things.

[@pierre6411]

Awesome vids Chris, been watching your content like a boxset as newish to your channel so had a good deal of catching up to do 😂. Who needs netflix, your content is informative, skillful and funny all rolled into one. Keep up the good work Chris 👍👌

[@kasnitch]

what a nice looking property . room for a heli-pad , some rc plane racing and a driving range .

[@donbraden8533]

Damn rain never fails been like that in Ohio for quite some time nice job your one smooth operator will be waiting for next video 😎👍👍

[@Exclusive_Criminal]

Man I would love to try that bucket! I’ve been digging with the same 2’ bucket the past 8 years.

[@canvids1]

Chris you sure know your stuff and glad that KZbin videos helps get you lots of business.

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Great video Chris, keep them coming!!! Great job also!!!

[@virtuestreams2616]

About 11:52, listen for the bells ringing “How Great Thou Art”-is this a fortuitous happening, or what?

[@stevesmith8854]

It is Awesome!

[@augustreil]

@@stevesmith8854, Much better than the call to prayer 5 times a day !

[@lesliesisson2908]

Chris where are the other videos showing all your work you did here?

[@markpowell4701]

Another excellent job!

[@dewainwoodard4840]

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out there

[@briandaigle39]

Chris your awesome!, Love the videos!

[@SailorAllan]

Chris should call this series "how i spent my summer vacation " LOL

[@jeffd6540]

Hi there, Love the video, would have liked to see the mucking out of the side of the pond as well. Keep on shooting!

[@jimbeck6093]

Love the videos!! Would love to do what you do with the knowledge you have. Hope there are more parts that you record!!! Keep up the great work!!!!

[@justinmills8084]

That attachment makes it easier to cut ditches out.

[@TonyGeneseo]

Always nice when Mother Nature helps u check grade ! Lol

[@mojo6524]

that Yanmar is a handy beast

[@chetthejet3896]

That sure was a fast test to see how well it would work.

[@johnapel2856]

Neatly done. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks.

[@maine_life_207]

Looks great!🌲

[@ericmosley1816]

Hey which Yanmar do you have? One more question to you or anyone else, what size of excavator would you recommend for a digging water lines, digging corner posts, using a rock hammer, digging trees up, ranch type stuff. We will also need to trailer it somewhat easily to get it to remote areas of the ranch. Thanks in advance.

[@letsdig18]

this is a 55. I think its the all around perfect size

[@ericmosley1816]

Thank you sir and I’ve learned a lot from your videos.

[@mischef18]

Made for good viewing bro, that tilting bucket sure does a great job.

[@augustreil]

Not if I was running it, lol !!

[@briangardiner1015]

Do you and Andrew have connections with the man upstairs? He tests out his jobs like that also. Those Helec attachments are sure nice. Do you use the same circuit to tilt your bucket that you use the thumb? If it is the squeeling when you use the thumb might be the cylinder.

[@oz1vlh]

I think it is the same circuit, but the squeeling you can hear must vome from the pressure valve witch prevents the circuit from overloading and hoses blowing.

[@CaptKirk1701]

Looks good, you do good work!

[@davehoffman9767]

You do nice work Chris, I wish you lived in my Hood, HA!

[@HughzieTube]

I bet you wish you had that tilting coupler when the old Yanmar was brand new as it makes short work of grading ditches.

[@JustMe-bu8pu]

I'm sure Keith appreciates the job you did. Those roots you kept hitting, are probably from a tree he lost to a storm a couple of years back.

[@jakeschisler7525]

I called Julie when we were having our in ground pool dug. The guy that came out never found anything. But the excavator operator did.

[@johnredden2557]

I could watch 45 minutes to a hour of you digging chris

[@Inspirationalai1]

Side jobs are fun too!

[@brucethec8150]

great vid as usual great tips

[@Tom22Lr]

Love the vids mate keep it up from Australia

[@augustreil]

Incredible skills there Chris ! I'll never understand why any utility is so shallow ? One good stab with a shovel and who knows what you'll lose ? Crazy. I must have missed the explanation for putting in all the swales instead of burying a pipe, was there a reason ? Thanks.

[@letsdig18]

to catch all the surface water

[@augustreil]

@@letsdig18, Got it, Thanks.

[@772301184]

Water tells no lies.

[@davidsonlankford1168]

Tell the homeowner he needs to put some copper sulfate in his pond to clean up the algae. Local Extension Service can provide details.

[@jasonking2943]

I was thinking the same thing

[@raincoast2396]

Good timing Mother Nature! lol

[@leol1682]

Love the video Chris and have good day .

[@paulrichards2713]

Great video, I have a nephew has that swivel attached to big John Deere hoe, he does mostly ditch work, amazing the new equipment I did ditching in the 1960’s with a drag line and case dozer and backhoe 👍🏼👍🏼

[@tombrown7583]

That sure looks like some sandy soil. How is that pond holding watet?

[@christophertoti6721]

Chris be like: Pipe laying Expert "The deeper i go, the More you OWE!"

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Nice neat job 👍

[@Graveltrucking]

Uncle John must get a little nervous when he sees you taking on side jobs thinking what I'm I going to do if Chris leaves lol, its good for you thou change of pace taking on some side hustle work.

[@RangieNZ]

Naah, John will just start giving him shares, as incentive to keep the main business running well.

[@kasnitch]

hint hint John .

[@2badger2]

Chris is a pro ... Sure was a lot of branches in that driveway ... lol

[@danielarbuckle5270]

Amazing to see dry dirt, I forgot what it looks like, what State are you in.

[@maryschillinger2909]

North Carolina.

[@andrewmaas6620]

Beautiful place

[@misterlizard]

A week ago, I would've guessed 'swale' is a type of fish.

[@63256325N]

Thanks for the video.

[@Craneman4100w]

We don't backfill roads with dirt (or sand if it's that shallow) in my neck of the woods.

[@joecorrie1]

Craneman wow I agree, if the soil is to dry I wet it down and mix it and put someone young on it with a jumping jack till they start to egg shape the pipe lol , then no less than 6 to 8” of compacted base rock on top even if you half to have a hump in it at least a truck can still roll over it.

[@JoshM2121]

Oh yeah..? Well i would have supported it with rebar enforced concrete .. then. 6” of stone. .. then 6 more inches of concrete... the top it off with stone to match the driveway exactly., then rent a roller and compact it.. the hire a firm with ground penetrating radar to confirm stabilization... all for an affordable price to the homeowner

[@stephenkeefer3436]

That articulated head seems to be right handy.

[@TravE85]

Dang I live right around the corner, figured I’d b out of town

[@johnm.evangelis693]

It should be a uniform code through out the U.S. that all utilities should be put 36'' (3 feet) under ground no exceptions!

[@scruffy6151]

If you put water lines down three only in the northern states they will freeze.

[@dougmilley2480]

Blanket codes like that won't work. 3' down in my area for water would freeze! Do you expect people in warmer areas to pay for the depth needed in the north? You want to pay to bury an electric line 3' down in our rocky area?

[@TheUserid82]

and in areas where 36 inches down would freeze water and sewer lines? Sewer lines them selves are not set by code but rather by the needed fall to get to the end or to a pump so mandating a set depth would fail.

[@BornRandy62]

Telephone and Natural Gas is 18 inches by national code. Water up here in the frozen north is a minimum of 60 inches. Sewer lines are normally empty so frost laws dont generally apply. As deep as required to allow for gravity flow. Grade requirements apply. Water lines need less fall than sanitary sewer where there are solids involved/

[@ntomnia585]

This reminds me of politicians that want to blanket fix everything.

[@skidmark7845]

How much strength in that articulating bucket. Is it just for finishing?

[@briangardiner1015]

Mainly.

[@ericyoung3351]

Chris , What brand bucket and tilt do you have? Are you happy with them ? Thank you

[@scottjones7053]

I need that centipede transplanted to my house!

[@braduh1]

For doing a driveway like that, what's the cheapest pipe? Metal, plastic, or concrete??

[@callumbeaton4012]

Plastic is cheaper and better

[@arizonajames6131]

Okay you know I've been a subscriber for a long time and watch every video! But that's a ditch not a swell come on Chris.

[@peterdrake2316]

I thought the Hitachi was for around the farm to play with but it like it’s for profit as well.

[@normandyck7609]

Love the video keep on producing them. How long did this project take?

[@jorgemrivera5973]

From where to where the water flows?

[@jeremyfinn7684]

Chris could you set your GoPro back to wide view? Sorry the bars are bugging me haha

[@augustreil]

Me too. Still great but why are they there?

[@letsdig18]

I changed it at the end, didnt notice it

[@buckwhitetail1876]

Holy Crap that soil is hard! No wonder water won't sink in.

[@dhamps10]

You do nice work

[@davemi00]

Honey, thars a man diggin in our yard !! 🙀

[@fuzion430journey3]

I miss Tim

[@djdeaf13]

I thought this was Andrew Camarata channel. Digging culvert with a Yanmar

[@F4favoriteshorts75]

I want to make a pond for my buffalo Can you tell me in one hure is possible to make by this machine

[@eugenecourtney1778]

Couldn't a person use a sub-soiler to dry out a yard fanning out from the pond?

[@scotabot7826]

I'm surprised the home owner didn't want to just continue the pipe across his front yard to the pond.

[@augustreil]

That's what I was thinkin !

What's the weight that culvert pipe can handle before it colapses?

[@Pokédad720]

What size clean out bucket do u run on ur mini

[@davidbrickey5925]

Beautiful work with an escalator.

[@TimBeverly]

Come to Virginia.... I have a few acres to clear....

[@letsdig18]

What part?

[@TimBeverly]

@@letsdig18 I'm just south of Fredericksburg Va.

[@letsdig18]

only 3 hours away lol

[@TimBeverly]

@@letsdig18 Justin and you drove right by me on your way to the Volvo plant a few weeks back. EXIT 118 on I-95....

[@ironeagleexcavation3914]

@@letsdig18 when are you coming down to Texas?,

[@davestinson5691]

Do u bid jobs that spread out ? Like so many diff little things all in 1 an multiple machines. Or u just do it all hourly?? Just curious how the master/celebrity himself did it. Just kiddin sir i love ur channel. Watch ery day. I've learned some things watchin u work

[@F4favoriteshorts75]

Nice work

[@dennis2376]

Thank you.