The Gophers Are Destroying Our Tile System!!

[@dtbellamy]

Caddyshack 2.0. Dougo digs up 100 acres looking for a gopher

[@sallydunbar1683]

IYKYK

[@jackwillie2729]

Would it be nest to leave a certain amount of water in the tile to prevent this

[@rebelbullhauler]

Need a fire hose

[@3FTWJames]

Imagine what spackler could of done with access to heavy equipment 😂

[@firstamendmenttshirt4768]

They will, lol.

[@mnbednar8071]

Good to see Randy in the videos.

[@ianmckay1780]

7.08 is bang on! it runs from bottom mid screen exits right for 2/3 frames! Thanks for this very interesting wildlife episode! Chet, as is pointed out in other comments, modern tile HAS to be buried in gravel. It enables the tile to leach out the water from up and down, so makes for a better drain! Thanks for the hi tech camera and finder tech too. From UK.

[@2were5678]

There's tile with a sock.

[@dsmreloader7552]

Burying in gravel is great for a few feet but if you are putting in tens of thousands of feet not so doable.

[@Muffin_Masher]

That furry little trouble maker is FAST, he wanted nothing to do with Dougo and his excavator :D

[@bradfreer2132]

Chet here in S.W Ontario i would bet 85% of all cashcrop land is tiled, they say you can farm under a mortgage but you can't farm under water 👍

[@Timsmith-q3y]

Thanks you for adding content of your Dad and Uncle Randy it helps tell the story of Larson Farms.

[@jenniferparnell3663]

I am loving this video!!!!! When Doug gets on his rant adventures it’s always fun and funny

[@SteveNicoson-u1i]

Thanks to Randy and Dougo and Chet for a very informative and interesting and entertaining video on tiling projects. Wow. How destructive these g gophers can be- - wow. Wow. Really like that machine you have to look into the tile. That is a must have machine. Better get one of those. Gives you the great picture of the inside of the tile line. Neat. Get one on order. Oh my. Not cheap I bet. Working on tile lines is hard work. You all are doing a great job. Those gophers are hard to get rid of. Thanks for sharing all of the tiling projects with us. Was most interesting. You all take care. The Iowa farm boy. Steve Get rid of. Keep at It and hopefully you can get him to the Good to see Randy in the videos. Like his sense of humor.

[@scottmaass4329]

OH MAN THIS POCKET GOPHER CONTENT IS PURE GOLD!!!!!!!! GET EM DOUGO!!!!!!

[@YungMarc68]

7:08 middle to bottom right corner you can see him run away!

[@Doc_Roe]

holy moly good eye!!

[@stevenkruse5746]

Yelp, my wife spotted him. Probably not the only one...

[@rwisti11301962]

Yep 😂

[@denniseft6460]

Slow the playback speed down, you can see the gopher stick it's tongue out at Douggo... 😜

[@nickcottengim3417]

They didn’t see him lol

[@ronshepherd3838]

Just an old farmer from the Litchfield area, Now living by Grand Rapids, We love your KZbin videos. By "WE", I mean my 6 month old Grand Daughter and I. When I bring up one of your videos, she just goes crazy.. I think she's in love. Best regards to all..... even Dougo.

[@nathanyoung3]

Dougo went full caddyshack!!

[@Freester86]

Randy and Duggo adventures. lol I can only imagine the off camera comedy that happen between them two. #Brothers. lol

[@ilostcount]

7.07 he jumps out of the bucket and runs 😂

[@MrPaw45]

I saw that too.

[@chief3378]

I think Dougo and Randy were having too much fun today plus Randy was cracking jokes

[@gordjohnson-w7u]

Gopher hunting with the 320 Cat excavator ,ya cant make this stuff up. What a rip!! Great entertainment ....get em Dougo !!

[@shawnclark9696]

Sounds just like Marlin Perkins explaining the habitat of the mighty pocket gofer!!!

[@brianvanderploeg3780]

Lol 7:08 the gopher takes off running! 😂

[@Lakes-in2hv]

I seen that too!

[@michaelsurratt9593]

It took multiple attempts but, I finally saw it

[@kevingordon7426]

Love the input from Randy. Nice brother team.

[@cw93711]

Had to get below the frost line to stay warm. He was a hardworker.

[@jeffmcbride469]

Chet and Dougo, appreciate you laughing while assessing a bad situation at the same time!

[@mikenaumann2987]

When we install tile we put pea gravel around our tile. It protects the pipe and helps filter the water

[@garyjanssen6441]

Nice to see Randy and Doug working together!!

[@lukedesselle2491]

Reminds me of Bill Murray in Caddyshack, ,the younger members of Larson Farms have probably never seen the movie Caddyshack the need to watch it, Dougo is the greens keeper lol

[@SIGINT007]

You’re the man, Dougo! Bring out the heavy machinery for a gopher 😂 Caddyshack II - Larson’s revenge

[@stacymontgomery7879]

We pattern tiled one of our fields with plastic tile 20 or 30 years ago. It originally had the low spots tiled with clay. Where ever we crossed the old clay the field mice in our area nested in it and chewed holes in the plastic to get water. Needless to say, we fixed about 10 to 15 blow holes per year in that field for the next 5 years. So I feel your pain. Good luck.

[@lonestarace5351]

Yep, I saw it running left to right when you dumped that bucket full at 7:10

[@cw93711]

We use to have woodchucks, skunks abs raccoons get into the 6 and 8 inch irrigation pipes. A shotgun was the best way to clear the pipes. We laid so much of that pipe every spring and then picked it up again each fall.

[@jkmcp45]

You fellas need to invest in a 3/4-1 inch jetter they can pull over 500-1000feet of jetter and they meaning the jetter will evict anything in your tile lines usually you get a skin with a head we have wood and rock chuck woods do the most damage but the jet system has changed how much re digging or ploughing we do we never use single wall it seems to be a less expensive but doesn’t last

[@rayanderson4119]

People have no idea how much different a pocket gopher is from a striped gopher. The mounds of dirt can get ridiculous, especially if they invade your lawn. Hope you get the varmint. Ray from Dawson.

[@P_Rund1952]

Fixing tile is a constant part of being a landowner. I see our latest tile work every time I look out the kitchen window, pattern tiling 4" every 30' to drain a couple of annoying wet spots. We do not have the problem with gophers in the tile, hope we never do. The way our weather has been going the past several years makes me wonder if the money should be put into irrigation rather than drainage, our tiles have rarely had water lately. (WC IN)

[@frosty8563]

Man it would have been great to see Randy and Dougo chase that gopher. Enjoyed seeing Dougo and Randy getting er dun !!

[@drslick7]

Have you guys ever tried stone pockets on your tiles where you think there might be a dirt blockage? Dig down and expose the tile maybe 3 or 4 ft wide hole around it and then just fill the whole back completely with 3/4 clear stone. It acts like a Venturi funnel from the sky right down to the tile and kind of gives it a natural water blast gently clearing any blockage. We do it frequently on our farm and it pretty well keeps all of our tile maintained and clear

[@lespeterson3426]

Good to see Randy on the video, one of these days you're gonna have to introduce everybody, how you're all related or not related,, something on that line that be good, including your wife's, brothers, sisters, cousins, all that stuff, in-laws and outlaws yeah that would begood.

[@evangelicalcatholics]

YEP! 7.08 he was there running off to the right of your pile.

[@howardhendrickson2933]

It's very entertaining when Dougo and Randy work on a project together! I think you boys need to get the 22s out and go hunting gopher lol

[@michaelsurratt9593]

I was thinking the same thing

[@dalehatch]

Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. That works on the Larson farm.

[@knlstam]

Dougo channeling Bill Murray in Caddyshack is pure gold! Seeing the corn makes me think a rat found a pocket gopher hole for his new home.

[@kenc2707]

Dougo was Elmer Fudd hunting down a wascelly wabbit.

[@anne-mariehenry2903]

Was that a Minnesota Golden Gopher???😮😂

[@JohnNorris-z4x]

Pump anhydrous through the tiles lol

[@ross7684]

Haha...Dougo got the gopher and let it get away...so funny! I used to trap those buggers when I was a kid for the county's bounty money of $.50/gopher. With the cost of tiling, it seems I was under paid. Grandfather, who farmed in SW MN, taught me how to trap them. Great memory.

[@williamtynan6484]

Minnesota Golden Light ! Chasing Gophers

[@tomryan7464]

This is great keep the content coming Dougo

[@markbowling3475]

Does anybody remember the movie Caddy shack ? I believe your digging for a bigger or a varmint crew with that much of corn and amount of debris. Dougo said he's digging half way to China 🫢😂 Time to call in the Calvery Dougo and varmint crew !! Can you say Caddy shack lol I believe this might need some underground demolition lol

[@Crudusum]

Dougo to the gobher: "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for winter nest, I can tell you I don't have no more tile pipes for you. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my tile pipes go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will feed you some pellets." ;) Dougo the John Wick of excavator drivers

[@johnparuleski1738]

At 7:09 in the video just as you dump that scoop Dougo, I think your little friend goes running off to the right!!

[@rosselwood6208]

Yep there he went

[@FilomenaMckerley]

Each video is better than the last. You’re unstoppable!

[@dominicdahlheimer6861]

Wasn't it Caddyshack that had a problem with pocket gophers? I didn't know that there was a connection between Caddyshck and LarsonFarms til now!

[@pede1958]

They called it a string line and it was on targets, had a guide on the machine that the operator watched and adjusted depth. In the early days plastic wasn't very good and did crush easy, certainteed was bad. You don't need rock around the tile but the inlets would benefit with washed river rock.

[@DustinSchafer-w2v]

Looks like a good job for an open anhyrous tank.

[@bryanmayfield7423]

At 7 minutes into the video when dougo dumps the bucket. The gopher exits stage right. At the bottom of the screen

[@timmiekrause4930]

Chet keep up with the great videos I surely enjoy watching them

[@suzanneharris278]

Dougo makes my day and yes your videos are great 😀

[@bobcaleyrealtor]

You are right Dugo! They used to pour concrete curbs with a machine that feels the string as it goes.

[@DewiJones]

I was expecting Duggo to do his best Caddyshack impersonation “In Order To Conquer An Animal, I Have To Think Like An Animal, And Whenever Possible, Look Like One.” Carl Spackler/Bill Murray 😂

[@davidkimmel5153]

I worked on a wheel machine laying clay and cement tale in the fall. Some of the cement was 10 inches. You would go through a pair of leather gloves 2 pair a day. They were heavy also. I think you can google then see how the old machines works.

[@johnrademacher4122]

Awesome video guys!! Them farm critters.

[@ClayBennett-c8j]

I saw something run out of the pile when Doug said he has never been hunting with an excavator.

[@fleece192]

You guys rule. Very informative stuff. And very funny 😄

[@DuaneGault]

Did you see the SQUIRREL take off RUNNING as you dumped a bucket of dirt DUGO !!!!!! LOL

[@ericduarte4307]

More Randy. Guy is hilarious

[@steveneal2706]

Awesome video guys. Thank you

[@eaglemoose56]

Dougo, I don't know if this works for gophers, but in prairie dog towns, you pour a cup of gasoline into each hole and throw a shovel of dirt into it to plug it. The tunnels are all inter-connected. At the last one, you toss a match into the hole and quickly plug with dirt. It will consume all of the oxygen, and they will suffocate.

[@colorado1088]

I've seen where farmers put a small engine near the hole and run an exhaust hose in the hole for an hour.

[@markbowling3475]

I would agree but after that then the thing really plugs the tile line . Best guess is some sort of natural explosion😂🤭😂 I am just kidding

[@vincenthopkins6345]

All I have running through my head is the song from Caddy Shack

[@peterbenson3776]

Tiling videos are always fun.. to watch.

[@garyforney9421]

🦫 " I'm alright, nobody worry bout me " 😂

[@pedrogunner9750]

That gopher thought he was going to have the best winter any gopher could have! 😂

[@stevenkaras4562]

Doug is on a MISSION! Varmints beware.

[@LesWaikato]

You Tube needs to park you guys in the comedy section . Chasing aGopher with a Cat that big is pure slapstick.

[@lylebrandt70]

I farm here in the eastern part of Washington state. We deal with pocket gophers all the time. There are traps for pocket gophers that really well and they use no bate. You open the gophers run and place a trap at the opening the gophers do not like an opening in their run and will push soil ahead of them to close the opening that is what triggers the trap. I am talking about "pocket gophers " (not moles a different animal ) almost all ag stores sell them! Mole traps will not work on pocket gophers. Give them a try! Digging up the farm is a waste of time to solve your problem. LyleBrandt

[@davidkimmel5153]

That is very interesting. Video thanks for sharing. 😊

[@147ernestas]

just now see new intro looks very good

[@deerslayer2424]

go back to 7:20 he ran across the pic frame bottom of Fram

[@scottrakestraw351]

Hook up your truck exhaust and just fill the pipe out for 30 minutes

[@barryshireman]

This would make a good movie, maybe on a golf setting.

[@tonymurphy3524]

He ran off in the second bucket lol

[@FalconXE302]

Caddyshack... Larson farms style...!

[@jcrowder33]

I can't wait for the episode with the C4

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO Chet and Dougo

[@PeterWenzel-yn7fn]

Waving a hand from texas

[@robertgorsett1586]

that's awesome, I have never been around 3".........Chet man, comon...

[@tjorgensen89]

Gopher ran out of spoil pile at 7.06 time stamp.

[@asquithmainlines699]

The new Larson Farms rapid transit subway system.

[@Marty1985class]

This episode reminded me of the Loony Tune cartoons as a kid with the gophers. Good memories. Bad for Doug

[@justthings6405]

that's the same camera that my doctor used on my colonscopy last week!

[@djy0025]

Good to see Randy!

[@randymutch4315]

You guys need one of those guys with a ferret...ultimate rodent control. You can find them online everywhere

[@MrMinkey11]

If you pay attention in the video between minute 6 and 8 you can see the gopher run away in the bottom right hand corner of the video as soon as he drops the bucket of dirt. He is light brown in color. Doug was to busy talking.

[@lstone.09]

Awesome video guys. It's always kool to see Randy in the videos with you. 🚜🚜🚜

[@doggonedk]

Dougo going to prosecute that gopher with extreme prejudiced. 😮😅😂

[@michaeltablet8577]

Did anyone else hear the song " I'm All Right " playing in your head?

[@joelrust6647]

Elmer Fudd ~ New Job for Dougo ~ Professional Gopher Hunter!!!

[@userDominic_78]

Survival of the fittest Dougo, hope you got him

[@carlportland]

nice ride along

[@gerryjohnson9163]

Dougo serving the LAST SUPPER

[@SkunkMonkey14]

I saw the gopher run in front of the excavator.

[@LarsonFarms]

Your eyes are unbelievable I had to rewatch it like 15 times to see it. It almost looks like a rat to me!?

[@richardlug6139]

@@LarsonFarms I don’t think it was a pocket gopher either they don’t move that fast and they don’t collect corn or other feed stuffs from the surface. They eat plant roots.

[@peterbenson3776]

Bill Murray. “Caddyshack”😂

[@WiLLiAMOnline]

This reminded me of the national lampoon film - with the rogue gopher! 🤣

[@PgP736]

❤ from Norway

[@kenhamner8626]

Dogo and an excavator are always fun🎉