I Flooded The Farmer's Fields

[@dand33911]

"you're never really stuck, when you have an excavator" That's too funny. When I was about 10yrs old my parents built us a new house. The guy doing the sitework buried his truck trying to drop septic pipes in a mud hole. He said, "there's no such thing as stuck when you have equipment, if you think you're stuck, you just need bigger toys". He then picked up the back of the truck and yarded it out of the mud with an excavator. He ended up teaching me how to use the excavator and dozer. Been hooked ever since.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Great story! It works as long as you don't get your biggest machine stuck, lol 🤠👍

[@JelenOutDoors]

Things are really getting cleaned up there Sam! Wow, that is a lot of water that collects and flows through. Definitely, a detention pond will assist with the overflow, great idea. Have a good one!

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thanks Paul! It's a lot of work but I think it will pay off in the end 🤠👍

[@ewanstewart8011]

You are the best kind of neighbour anyone can have Sam and you are to commended for your selflessness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏 I really appreciate that 🤠👍

[@ivorscruton5121]

My farm is a 15-acre strip, approximately 125 meters wide and 500 meters long, that slopes down to a seasonal river. Water runoff from neighbouring farms can be excessive at times. To slow the flow, I have a series of ponds and rice paddies that store water over the dry periods. The farm is in northeastern Thailand, so it is a very different climate. Where exactly are you located? Perhaps there is an aquatic or semi aquatic crop that could be grown. My excavator, a Kubota KX 033, and tractor Kubota 3036 SP are the tools that I use, I too am a single operator, so I understand the difficulties, but I preserve none the less.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! I live in Northeast Ohio. An aquatic crop would be a very good solution for use of the land. Right now, I just want to get things to where I can maintain it. A mowable ditch is the easiest solution I could think of. Maybe someday in the future I'll do something different 🤠👍

[@coolhandluke7760]

Hi Sam, Great project. Its good to see other people doing the same things. Just one small point, please don't use the excavator to push (or as you did slam) the pipes using the swing. If you break the drive motor pin you will not be a happy bunny!!.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! I appreciate the advice. No, I don't want to break anything 🤠👍

[@Van-Diesel73]

Great work again Sam. Aside from reducing the likelihood of flooding further down stream, consider the positive contribution to the bio-diversity that your pond will make.... its a win/win in my book 👌 🇬🇧

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! I think you're right. This is the best plan so far. And it all started because I wanted to be able to mow around my barns!!! Lol 🤠👍

[@dempseylauderdale2198]

another great video. have an idea for you could use the water way for some hydro power for lights in the barns .

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! Others have suggested that too. That would be pretty amazing 🤠👍

[@charleswelch249]

I think you have a plan that will work. Just make sure you're exist pipe is smaller than the entrance to the drainage pipe. The back presher is going to move way more water than will flow into the drain. The place is looking better especially with the pad cleaned off.

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! I had previously chosen 15" double wall corrugated pipe at the advice of our county engineer's office. It definitely was not adequate enough. So, I am switching to 18" which fits perfectly into the existing 24" concrete culvert. It's going to be the best I can do and we'll see how it performs 🤠👍

[@outdoorsinthe608]

Man that’s a lot of water! Great job Sam, you sure stay busy👍👍

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you Jeremiah! It's crazy! Mother nature is amazing 🤠👍

[@stuartkorte1642]

When I saw the video where you improved flow, first thought was flooding or wetlands issues. Flooding for the win. 😊 look forward to your retention pond build.

[@samsdoinstuff]

100% agree 👍 it works just fine as is for typical rains, but that one we got Saturday was doozy! 🤠👍

[@stuartkorte1642]

I imagine that’s the same front that brought tornadoes to Tallahassee on Friday

[@samsdoinstuff]

@@stuartkorte1642 Most likely

[@ScrewdriverTUNING]

SAM.!! Very good research, DRY pond, PA was giving tax breaks to anyone who put them on there property. I’ve said it once before, THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL on your land. I would recommend building a stream, wet pond, and dry pond that could hold 2x the amount as flooding conditions. We here in the city build them to hold 4X the amount as the average flood conditions. PS. The sun is waking up rains will increase. ☀️🧬❤️‍🔥🦾

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! A tax break would be awesome! I'll have to look into that 🤠👍

[@richardschaffling9882]

Looks good and I was waiting for to see if you were going to get stuck

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! I would have made it if I didn't have the ballast box... of course, I could have flipped it without the ballast box. 🤠👍

[@chriselliott2364]

Sounds and looks like you got as much rain as me mother's day weekend!

[@samsdoinstuff]

It was a bunch of rain in a very short period of time! Typical for May, I guess. Hope I can get it figured out and fixed 🤠👍

[@projectswithjw]

You call them snakes. I'll stick with nope ropes 😆 Nice video

[@samsdoinstuff]

🤣 "nope ropes" love it 🤠👍

[@brianwooley5189]

I would dig parts of the creek deeper and that would act as a catchment as well

[@samsdoinstuff]

Good idea! That's actually how I'm going to start. It's obviously going to take a loooong time to dig out that much detention and a deeper creek will look nice 🤠👍

[@OBD01]

stopping the water in the "detent" is fine but should add more rocks on the down stream side. If the detent does flood over the pipe the rock down stream will help it not to erode it away IMO

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! That's a great idea. 🤠👍

[@user-scooter1965]

Great job Sam, you're a good neighbor. " You're never really stuck if you have an excavator ". Just don't get the excavator stuck!🫢😂

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thank you! Yes!!! Just don't get the excavator stuck!!!! 🤠👍

[@barrygrant2907]

The drainpipe at the barn may be full of silt, reducing the flow capacity. Not sure what could be done about it.

[@samsdoinstuff]

That is possible and you're right, not sure anything can be done about it 🤠👍

[@projectswithjw]

@@samsdoinstuff Pulling a junk tire with a rope or chain through the pipe makes a good pipe cleaner

[@markhale3493]

Snakes ! Why did it have to be Snakes ! Words of wisdom from Indiana Jones

[@samsdoinstuff]

Hahaha! Great movie! 🤠👍

[@outdoors-fun]

Are you saying, if your brother picks up the scrap metal "he can have it"? 🤣

[@samsdoinstuff]

😂 I see what you did there 🤠👍 I really wish he'd come and help me clean it up, but he has a landscape business to run

[@robertrhodes9123]

All that water came from another not so good source. By not so good I mean from other properties that run it all your way to your property. Better management is needed before it gets to you (county - township )!!

[@samsdoinstuff]

Wow! So, coincidentally, I was just talking to my wife about how I need to give the county engineer's office another call 🤔🤠👍

[@Harry-qf8gh]

What would we do without our toys, er i mean TOOLS? 🤣🤣

[@samsdoinstuff]

Haha! It is a ton of fun 🤠👍

[@robertzapatka1082]

Where was it going before your modifications?

[@samsdoinstuff]

Great question! The majority of the water stayed on my property and turned the area where the cat tails are into a swamp. Then it flowed through that drain I showed. When I dredged the creek, it allowed the runoff to flow freely which overwhelmed the drain. 🤠👍

[@wldmcmullen]

Why couldn't you build a normal pond and then let it flow into a dry dam that way you get the best of both worlds.

[@samsdoinstuff]

I could create a "shallow pond" with room for it to rise to accommodate the excess water in a large rain event, but there's a lot more engineering involved.

[@robbobcat7286]

silt is going to be a be issue.

[@samsdoinstuff]

100% My brother said the same thing. Still workshopping that 🤠👍

[@orkidknog4147]

i think you in over your head if you do not know what the grease fitting is for to tighten the tracks then you should be no where near one that's for sure, you will need bigger digger than you have to dig a pond unless you going to be digging it for the next 2 years then there's all the soil clay to be moved i think you a dreamer with no clue

[@samsdoinstuff]

Hey thanks for being so encouraging. I think you're a pessimist with no hope. Best of luck to you 🤠👍

[@philhammond5908]

Just watch out you don’t get caught up in litigation over wetland issues .

[@samsdoinstuff]

Good advice. I have a call in to the county engineer's office to talk about my options. I'll shoot video of the conversation and put the liability on them 🤠👍

[@user-bq8gx7le2e]

Way, way too much talking and not enough "doing".

[@samsdoinstuff]

Thanks for your input 🤠👍