French Drains And Backfilling Retaining Walls

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

Two questions for you Chris , Which supermarket is missing their kiddie ride , and where do you insert the quarter ?

[@steveminton8329]

😂😂

[@bryanlloyd1099]

😂

[@ZaphodBeeblebrox-ry5zs]

😄

[@oldcaretaker]

Don’t bend over or you will find out lol

[@raymondgochenour8725]

@@ZaphodBeeblebrox-ry5zs that’s funny, but you know what’s not using the shovel

[@timl3605]

"I appreciate the Christmas present early".... 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for taking care of each other Stan & Ollie! You 2 together is priceless!

[@craigwavra3495]

Backfilling usually means projects coming to an end but something tells me that Geoff will keep finding reasons to have you on site!! Looking good!!

[@tnebbie3230]

Hey Chris, would be awesome if you do a follow up visit to the really deep pond with the island that you did directly behind that giant metal building!

[@kenore4003]

That was a long away from home for him and getting permission from the owner to fly a drone over their property can be a problem. May not ever happen.

[@nickchannel5364]

If i wasn't before now I am convinced that Chris can do anything with any machine.

[@buddybirddog8177]

I do believe this is the first time I have seen Chris use a hand shovel.

[@ragnarokishere]

I think it was a Yanmar... it's the right color?

[@yenerm114]

That’s how you know your a real “operator” 😝😝🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@SusanPoersch-rd7bj]

Great job as always ! Notice Mr Bealy left Mr Bones on the wall to supervise. LOL !!!! 💖💖

[@ronthacker211]

Ye Ole Castle is shaping up. Good job.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

The dirt work you do is so very fine. Watching you dig the trenches, it looks like original ground not the third (maybe fourth) time you've worked that patch of earth. I can't wait to see the final result this go around. Thanks for sharing this, both of you. Geoff's build is exciting and seeing your contributions are so much fun.

[@mischef18]

Geothermal has a different meaning here in NZ it means using steam out of the ground to power or heat things. Always great videos from this project bro, you and Robert sure work well together. Safe travels y'all.

[@srp01983]

It does in the U.K. as well - the sort of energy that comes from a region with volcanic activity. I think that what they’re calling geothermal is actually a ground-source heat pump system, not true geothermal.

[@doritleis2773]

Chris, Mr Bealy have a great Luck that You Work for him. No other have this great to Know how You, by the Drainage to lay. Then is the Backfill by the Retaining Walls, a Routine Work. This make You too Perfect. Your Daywork make the Surroundings from the Mansion shell of building better to Appear! But to the Finished, come long Time in the Country. Thanks for this Video. Is much to learn. 💪👍

[@roseannvolrath2271]

Good morning Chris and Geoff😊😮

[@mr.shannon6137]

Running the geothermal under the pond is genius. During the summer he will easily be able to keep his fortress nice and cool using a solar water pump with minimal use of heat pump mainly to remove humidity. It will be cheap to heat in the winter as well. It could probably all be done with a good solar, and power storage system for most of the year. Pretty smart.

[@njonebale7889]

It’s doesn’t work too well…it’ll offset some energy cost at best…geothermal never really proved it’s worth

[@scotthayes1804]

Geothermal works great if it's installed exactly to design specifications but therein lies the problem. Most installers are doing it on a bid and don't take the necessary steps to make the installation perfect. And once it's in incorrectly and covered up and doesn't meet expectations then some blame the design. As with most jobs by subs that don't understand physics or thermal transfer or so on you have to stay right in the middle of them an that becomes a contentious situation

[@kenore4003]

Geothermal needs a good deal of difference in temps to work well. Case in point Iceland runs solely on geothermal but they do have unlimited heat to work with.

[@mr.shannon6137]

Kenore I respectfully disagree. Iceland generates power from geothermal hotspots which are plentiful there. To generate electricity a large amount of energy is required (heat) which is then transferred to electricity (conservation of energy). That is completely different from home geothermal heating and cooling requirements. Where as only an extremely small amount of energy transfer is required to greatly increase efficiency of the existing heating and cooling system. If its 100 degrees farenheit outside. You only need to transfer an extremely small amount of energy to get the temperature to a comfortable level. Home geothermal systems if done correctly are extremely good at that. It will require a small amount of electricity but only a fraction of what a conventional HVAC system would require to do the same amount of work. If its 100F outside the ground is a constant 70F, a water pump, heat exchanger, a heat pump and a few other odds and ends are all that is required is to transfer the ground temp to the house. The heat pump/AC hardly ever runs. If the outside temp is 20F the ground will still be about 70F same thing applies, you will seldom need to add heat to the loop. This is only an arbitrary example based on a best case scenario to explain my point.

[@heatherlane9270]

Put the two kids to work on the Bealy Good Farm - great little workers they are too. So much going on on this mansion build installing new innovations. Good to be a part of this LetsDig18 - lots of learning.

[@keithdunlap2701]

Geoff's place is coming on a long now !! really starting to come together there !! Man, bringing Machines out on Thanksgiving morning...lolol... Ya never stop do ya Man !! lolol... Got it looking good Chris !! Great as Always Man, Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!

[@madelinelambert605]

It looks so amazing... love your little Matchbox toy. It's adorable!!!

[@scottchimenti3394]

Holy Cow!!! Christmas must really be coming, Chris is actually in the hole with a shovel doing work instead of being on a machine!!! Lol... Good video, as always, though. 😆

[@pamelabowling7959]

I am still in shock 😮

[@dirtfarmer7472]

A good owner can do & will do whatever needs to be done, I worked for a manger that was afraid to answer the phone, I stayed with him for 2 long, long years. Went in Monday morning, handed him my keys, told him to have a nice day.

[@scottchimenti3394]

@dirtfarmer7472 Yeah, Chris is a hard, working man and is a one man show most of the time!! He usually gets most of his work done with machines. Work smarter, not harder!!

[@kenore4003]

I don't know who is the other operator is today but having Chris directing the placement and doing the leveling in between loads is fast usind your resources. Chris isn't going to get anywhere close to anyone inexperienced. He can't afford to get hit.

[@stevenbale8636]

That's just the right size for Mike to get Aaron lol

[@Machines.In.Action]

29:47 - Loader vs. Skid Steer: The battle of the century!

[@TheEggeee2]

Love that mini Yanmar. It’s fast as heck tight and looks controllable.

[@Damoinion]

Perfect size machine for my youngest step-daughter. She's 16 yrs and barely 4'10". Loves machines, would really love this.

[@Sean-i4r]

I've spent alot of time in a ditch, and loved it,but,I didn't have a ditch box on one job and it was gravel,7 feet deep on a side hill and that was last time I was in a ditch,but,shallow ones I'd work,love it,good to Chris doing that

[@pauldillinger2286]

Great job Chris and Robert. Starting to come together.

[@dansbrown1313]

Hello Chris, You had me going for awhile there. The video starts with you showing Geoff the new Tonka toy and then you are in a ditch with a shovel and gumboots and it looked like Geoff was on the Tacko bringing gravel over to you. I was confused until I saw Robert on the skid steer. Thanks for an entertaining video.

[@cathiwim]

You know Bealy Good couldn’t dump that fast or accurately!

[@dennis2376]

Thank you and have a great week.

[@genes203]

I hope to see a lot more videos with you using this kymron.

[@bosshogg3548]

Great job 👍🏻 love Jeff’s shirt love how you said adorable 2:00 love how the track bounced when you stepped on it 3:34 love how the gravel sounded 6:32 love the camera angle 9:13 love the reflection in the puddle 15:18 love how you hit something Jeff just gave me freedom to do what I want 😂 24:35 love the skeleton on the wall

[@leolarocque-v5v]

Love the video On Mr Beely farm .

[@babsyred9710]

Great work as always Chris

[@bigteeist]

When you have a job that pays by the hour this is what you need

[@george8873]

It's funny how much smaller the Kymron is compared to a regular mini-excavator, lol.

[@scotthayes1804]

Would love to see a picture of the Kymron inside the bucket of the 350.

[@jackyoung42]

what a great thumb nail 🙂

[@terryrogers1025]

So, to me, the operator must be half of the counter weight for the mini mini excavator, works for me!! I can see places where that be handy, even for me, I like it. Going to be interesting to see the little feller in action, thanks for the update, Enjoyed watching

[@rrd166]

Geoff seems re- energized now.

[@maxmacdonald7174]

Plenty to watch. Very good video.

[@Manoffire260]

If you leave that tiny excavator there - it’ll end up with 1000 “mystery hours” 😳

[@phil10000]

@@Manoffire260 LOL

[@papatomsthoughts]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family😊😊😊

[@karenheartoriginal3783]

Great skills + Great machines = Great results! 👏👏👏💯💯👏👏👏

[@charleswelch249]

If you call the Yanmar a mini. Your new machine is a micro machine. I bet you can put it inside your 350 bucket. You made great progress in a day. Can't wait to see the new machine in action.

[@stephengmeiner3264]

I want to see that!

[@trebornesregrot]

Little tractors like that are just fun to use! If you get a bunch of operators around they will all want to play with them!

[@haroldhawkins9370]

Nice video Chris.

[@davemuir5926]

I never realized how big Chris actually is. All of his equipment makes him seem so small. Finally, a machine where we get a sense of his true size 😆😆😆

[@CliffordRainwater]

Looks comical for you sitting on that little excavator . Also fun.

[@gerrycarter4929]

I can’t believe you trusted Jeff to operate the skid steer! He did great, he did not knock down a retaining wall in reverse! Way to go, Jeff, you had a great instructor.

[@ronaldheit196]

Nice Christmas present Chris got from Mr. Bealy Good Geoff. For us subscribers a nice football Sunday episode between games. It's beginning to look like The Lions & Chiefs in the Superbowl this season. I'm a Lions fan myself but I do like the Chiefs as well. I wonder if Chris is a football fan.

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Great having Chris over there on Thanksgiving day to do some work, he charges extra on holidays, Geoff, Lol. Hey Geoff, finally a machine that Chris has that you can walk faster than. Noticed Geoff has a LOT of brick ready for install by what he calls his office area, still no roof on it. The ground ork llooks great thus far, gotta be that Chris touch:-)

[@hondaman08]

Seems he delivered the excavators on Thanksgiving morning to return on Friday to dig

[@stephena2390]

Strawberry shortcake looks huge next to Reece‘s peanut butter cup. 🤣

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏼 👍🏼…………………………………………………..WOW! Chris was even using a MANUAL EXCAVATOR ! IMPRESSIVE LOL

[@dennis2376]

:)

[@dale5898]

It would have been priceless if Bealy Good walked over to the container opened the door and there sits a KYMRON. Who are KYM and Ron?

[@reese8752]

Who knew that the Bealy Good was a secret operator 🤣

[@cathiwim]

Chris is training him, incase there’s a really big job! Lol

[@bryanlloyd1099]

Everything is looking great!

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Kymron? Never heared about it. 😅

[@gravelydon7072]

Out in OK. They take Chinese units and make them better than what you find at the auctions.

[@jerrydutra3225]

Ain't that the cutest thing 😂

[@DonnaMSchmid]

Awwww.... How adorable! Are you sure it is old enough to take it away from its Mama?

[@smallenginetinkerer225]

You are an amazing operator, I wish I could work with you to learn more

[@huggy1712]

Chris awesome little mini my wife and I love it not sure what my wife calls it but I told her I’m calling it Sir Pee-Wee 😁

[@cullenmiller8170]

Looks like this project is taking a long time. Specially when considering the looks of the guy sitting on the retaining wall. 🤣🤣

[@Todd.Roberts]

You need to set up a sub station there . lol

[@shirleyreynolds2090]

Happy Holidays Todd

[@Todd.Roberts]

@ Merry Christmas

[@josephohara7407]

Big boys and their big toys, I'm jealous 😊

[@garydillon3960]

Chris and Geoff, Will the geothermal system be used on the pools also?

[@BealyGood]

Yes

[@smc1897]

Bealy's got a school bus? Where does he want to bury that school bus, lol.

[@BealyGood]

😂

[@nickchannel5364]

It would make for a good fish habitat.

[@paullangjahr4071]

Wow Chris, when you parked the Kymron next to the Yanmar, they are like exactly the same.....NOT!!!😮 Funny that for size comparison you just need to walk next to stand then stop to let it catch up😂😂 when you were looking for that did you search for it under cute excavators

[@jamiepugh66]

The rocks would make good fish structure for the pond

[@edwinleach7401]

You have to name the new toy Baby! lol

[@shirleyreynolds2090]

How about lille bit

[@malcolmyarnold6172]

Good job mate love your work keep them videos coming

[@jackman6256]

That's the child of the 350 an 220 Guess you can call it son of mini

[@GIANTDIGGER]

Nice work bro, I love this video so much

[@thatdave86]

When the Yanmar excavator needs for power ,you slap on the KY mini mini,and if the KY needs more grunt you attach the Chainsaw.

[@stlstg]

I knew this would end up at Geoff's.

[@dale5898]

Its finally start to resemble a house.

[@harrykeel8557]

A rock rake moves stone much better, but not by much. That little compact excavater sure is cute.

[@danielashford2430]

Chris got another tax break he can’t figure out what to buy next…lol,peace brother it’s a good prob. To have and well earned …peace…

[@cathiwim]

For those of you who have said Chris never uses a shovel, here’s your proof. He also uses one when filling around the outflow pipes for the pond builds. Go back several years and watch the early pond digs.

[@axcs0119]

So now you have a mini and a micro excavators. I had not seen the house foundation with the stone facing on it.

[@hydraulic-hum]

good morning fellas

[@martymclamb5750]

Great video Buddy!

[@Londonday713]

Name your new Tonka Toy Munchkin

[@frankd3024]

10:24 Oh, a rare sight! Today the “UB1” is in action. In German ‚Universalbagger 1‘ - the shovel. 😉

[@Joeschmo776]

Dude I’m always an hour late

[@BuckMasterNorm]

Looking good thanks

[@michaelmullins1290]

I was really looking for that mini mini to dig all over. It still surprised me in the last video.

[@michael_3985]

I want to see Clint sitting in it. If he can.lol

[@peterouellette3874]

Nice one, Chris

[@ianb4569]

Love the new machine Chris. Toy store buy? .. "My First Excavator " 😀

[@cathiwim]

Make sure Geoff puts a marker where the geothermal enters the pond( we have the same system) so you wont accidently hit the line when landscaping(we hit our getting dirt for the pad for the hay barn). Easy fix but still…

[@DarkSevariant]

3:02 you could put that in the back of a pickup truck.

[@rotorhead5006]

Let's see that Kymron in the bucket of the 350! 😆

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Hey Chris, I’m just wondering how much did Jeff spend on building that house? It’s got to be up in the millions of dollars.

[@jasonmccoy3724]

U lean on that shovel like a state road worker

[@tomthompson489]

Chris, setting on the small excavator is grinning like a horse eating Sabri’s

[@thisthat7238]

why did you not use fabric by the retaining wall?

[@gravelydon7072]

Same thing I was wondering.

[@Manoffire260]

Sounded like it was “engineered” and done to specifications(?)

[@dennis2376]

The pipes had socks on, I believe.Thus does not need extra fabric.

[@gravelydon7072]

@@dennis2376 You want to keep the soil out of the gravel so that it does not become sealed. The gravel needs to stay clean so the water can get to the drain pipes.

[@scotthayes1804]

Seems like there needs to be fabric on top of the French drain gravel to keep the dirt from migrating into the rock. What am I missing (?)

[@davidcheek3026]

Looking good on the build. But please tell me you plan to put down hay or something to avoid the red clay from staining that nice brick work. I see too many homes with the red clay stain after their builders spent extra for rock or brick work on their builds.

[@r1mein54]

I just knew the Kyrmon was bought for a job - its a Bealy Good project. We know Geoff loves to help support purchases for Chris. When did Geoff get an elf to sit on the retaining wall - is that the job supervisor? N.C. should give Geoff an award for the most overly engineered single family dwelling.

[@Mr_Beegs]

I assume you're still using that compactor on the mini because it works well, how often do you find yourself needing a vibrating walk behind with this attachment?

[@jerrydutra3225]

We'll call it little Kimmie 😊

[@rival9417]

Gotta plug the free digger..even though they are junk😂

[@stevestrawn2919]

Is Andrew Camarata a guest today with that micro excavator 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jerryfaulkner6518]

I didn't know you owned a shovel.

[@jackman6256]

Chris I think you're using the wrong kind of ex their bud ha ha The one in you're hands lol

[@FatKidBrody]

Then ruckus rake where backfilled and wasted dirt to make ready for seed.