Two Leaking Ponds

[@Stubbykca]

I was a Contractor for around 40 yrs, and never seen an Operator so precise and Smooth.

[@TheNoiseFamily]

Letsdig18 pond videos are my favourite.

[@billwilliams9527]

Dang Chris, no wonder you have plenty of work, you fix whatever is broke and with finesse, a pleasure to watch you work.

[@stephenkeefer3436]

“Letsdig18, THE best place to take a leak !” Glad to see ya’ll still able to work and are healthy! Stay safe Chris.

[@bobbalbirnie2478]

What a mess, tedious digging to get to the bottom of it all. The second cast iron pipe from the overflow catchment looks to be something that could be removed and just cut off in the catchment box as the lower culvert will drain it directly rather than have two outflows. Or am I missing something with it. Nice work Chris and Tim, always enjoy watching you guys work those Yanmar's

[@brianschmitt5227]

Question : what do you get with two mini's and a skidsteer ???? Answer: Another good video from Letsdig18>

[@janwellington3532]

Very frustrating but very rewarding even using all the minis. Great job. Cornwall UK.

[@seventy4jns855]

Glad to see your still working 👍🏻

[@RockBrigadeCommunityForum]

What a Mess you had to deal with Chris, the dirt was still full of water. The Volvos would not have been kind to that small area. Benefits of having the minis.

[@janvandenbos7085]

Looks very nice again Chris, no more leaking 👌👍⚠️

[@Conservative1976]

Great repair work. That pond should have been built with an outfall pipe cradle. We are getting away from collars even on new ponds now but great job fixing someone elses shit.

[@lw7212]

After 4 minutes over 500 views! That's damn good, Chris Keep it up and i hope you all stay save and healthy Greetings from Germany

[@michaelmullins1290]

My brother was one of the best operators I ever worked around. A accident 3 years ago changed that. I don't know a better operator than Chris now. Love watching the videos for sure. What's a good worker like Tim get paid?

[@RockBrigadeCommunityForum]

poor Tim will be stiff tomorrow... if he stops shaking before he falls asleep lol 17:10

[@snowblowerman5115]

Jumping Jack's arent that rough does look he is struggling at using ot tho. Could be him or that particular jumping jack.

[@williammatthews2948]

Having to fix someone else's lack of common sense job mistakes should be priced at a premium. Y'all should include a "fixing something stupid" fee in your job estimates.

[@MrRickoscar]

Tim deserves a raise.

[@kylejorgenson275]

Should definitely get a compactor for the other mini ?

[@darylb4814]

I enjoy your content and look forward to watching your videos every night, keep up the good work.

[@michaelholmes458]

That little mini sure can handle some work....tough little machine....remimds me of the machine used by Elite Earthworks....both machines are TOUGH! Chris you be HANDLIN that mini Sir!!!!

[@RockBrigadeCommunityForum]

Quote of the week by Chris "Yeah this is kind of a Mess" LOL yup... i suggest dynamite... :)

[@mattsutherland120]

‘I’m not a rock’it scientist’.... I see what you did there

[@bostonguy7877]

Easy fix dig it up pour 9yds concrete cover in dirt charge 10k and in a few yrs when it fails we will gone let the next guy worry!! U did a great job love your vids keep am up and stay safe in Boston we deal with water allday everyday!!!

[@jasonking2943]

All that concrete on top was probably their anti seep collar they charged the customer for. I've never understood people who half ass do a job. My wife gets so mad at me because I take so long to do a job, but when I do it I do it right!

[@jgoody7467]

But you never do anything . Lol jk

[@jasonking2943]

@@jgoody7467 but when I do it's right!

[@richardfenton6855]

Good work Chris!

[@markkenes4848]

They should have called you first Chris !!!! Great job bud..

[@shammi8133]

Should have titled this one "What happenes when I get outbid" then you could just email it with bid to future costumers

[@pnwRC.]

❤ Agreed!

[@RockMonster1000]

Does he get paid in costumes then too? How many costumes is he supposed to charge for in a bid anyways?

[@juniorraines1042]

Great video Chris you are the pond man

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

[@cliff4695]

17:00, My arch nemesis, the jumping jack. God do I hate those f##king things

[@ronalddavies2488]

I have complete faith that you will fix the leak,I suppose this is what happens when you employ second rate companies,it even happens in the UK.🇬🇧👍👍

[@0778drz110]

You need "pond dam scientist" as your job title. Lmao

[@greghurrell9694]

just shows how good chris is compared to others

[@erikcourtney1834]

Dang it must be nice to use a tooth bucket lol. Great work Chris.

[@oddwad6290]

Obviously , too many excavators are out of their depth when it comes to dams and other hydraulic structures. It took until the 1930's to understand the soil mechanics , hydrology , and hydraulics well enough to publish a good text on it . See Terzaghi and Peck . Thanks for the very good video !

[@morgansword]

What I take from the extra cement up on top is that the plant was in need of a plant clean up and they just wash it into trucks and dump in gullies or some job that they can bury out of sight and mind. Not necessarily illegal but sure makes a mess for the next person to get out or through. Just a different day and different problem.

[@markissboi3583]

The sound of calm Excavators engines that put u in sleep mode assured 🛌17:15 Seen a few funny videos workers laying these down & racing them

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

What a job! And all that concrete! :-O

[@stevelalondejr2183]

After the concrete collars are poured do you use anything like holeplug or benseal they are bentonite products"swelling clay" a natural earth product we use when drilling water wells. We have supplied it to local excavators here for just the same type issues you have with leaking ponds,overflows etc. Not sure if I have seen you incorporate it in other videos similar to these digs,good work ! There are formulas of mix ratios for different uses but for a seep we usually use it straight from the bag as we backfill up against the barrier.

[@leonblittle226]

Hmmm, I guess the only two options with that are ripe the lot out and start again correctly, or just encase the joints in yet more cement. Ripping it out would be a hell of job and need a full size breaker. Failing that I guess you could dig a new section and abandon this current pipe if the ends were capped. Damn good mess.

[@danieltorrens4954]

You can never have enough concrete!!!

[@jamesdiehl8690]

It appears that you may be the only guy around that knows how to build dams right! 😀😃

[@bobbymcbulge18]

Nice work Perry Mason

[@Icerthebluelion]

Hey Chris it might be a good idea when your using the mini is to put the Cam on the side of the boom or the elbow part so when you twist the whole arm to either left or right we will still be able to see the work your doing and how your doing it. other then that i enjoyed the video as i always look forward to the next one.

[@MsRaidman]

Nice video chris.looks like ur fixing other peoples Problems what theY have messed up lol. Keep up the good work man 😀👍

[@Mudmowerdiesel]

Awesome channel and video thank you

[@bigbassmaniac]

Always feel bad for the customers that hire idiots that don’t know what they’re doing. Paying the idiots and then having to pay again to get it fixed right

[@MsRaidman]

U cant fix stupid lol

[@brucemarsh4521]

@@MsRaidman Actually, stupid is probably much easier to fix than apathy. Stupid can watch this video, and just might learn something. I'm guessing the real problem was one part laziness, two parts cheapness, and a steaming pile of "This'll probably last long enough for it to become someone else's problem." I doubt the original contractor compacted the soil properly, and it looked like they didn't bother to dig below the pipe before pouring the anti-seep collar. So, there was probably just loosely packed soil below the entire length of the pipe. It seems to me that "Lowest bidder" leads to cheapness, which leads to apathy, which leads to laziness - all of which lead to shoddy workmanship and premature failure. Is any of what I said correct? I don't care enough to verify any of it. ;)

[@MsRaidman]

@@brucemarsh4521 ya all correct sir 👍

[@rogertallentire2961]

Should have got Chris on the job at the first time.

[@vinylvishrecords]

ur like that Most Trusted Canadian guy Mike Holmes, Make it Right

[@mes9260]

As a matter of fact, that sounds pretty good to me too ...

[@gregbickal5151]

I plan on using 15" RCP to make my pond spillway similar to this one. I was considering filling the entire trench in with concrete around the pipe. Good or Bad? Do I have to worry about the pipe floating up in the concrete? At minimum I was going to pour a anti-seep collar at each joint

[@donburg5125]

You just like watching tim get his brains shook out. But anyways good video

[@gwpsr58]

Looks like that huge blob of concrete was maybe a sinkhole that had formed and they just backed a truck (or three) up and started filling til they got within a couple feet of the top of the dam. That's one way to "fix" it I suppose.

[@95thousandroses]

Tim earned his paycheck that day

[@anthonycash4609]

Chris what causes the water to start going under the pipe , is it due to the installation and the dirt not being compacted when installed or for not using the right dirt to build the dam. That's wild how the water will eat it's way under the pipe when the least resistance is threw the pipe. I realize that the water has to reach the level on the overflow before it runs into the pipe it's just wild how it eats its way under the dam and the dirt don't collapse in on its self and sort of fixing it self and stopping the leak.

[@letsdig18]

not installed correctly I think it was laid on a layer of sand and we all know what water does to sand

[@BlueLineLandWorks]

Thanks for sharing. Is this just bad luck or was there an oversight in the original construction. Both ponds look like they have been there for quite some time.

[@Dave_9547]

That is the first pond on your channel that has clear water.

[@HughzieTube]

Bodge it and scarper pond services obviously couldn't be arsed to dig under the pipe so just used the spare concrete on top to make it look like they had.

[@erikcourtney1834]

Did the inside of the RCP look ok and undamaged? Wonder if the previous people busted it or cracked it. Being why they dumped concrete all over it. Just curious and a though.

[@jwdickinson643]

with so many dams you’ve built and fixed hundreds of others, do folk refer to you as “that dam guy”? 😁🤣 super cool videos!

[@jamiemale27]

my little girl calls him the lake guy

[@eugenedanylchuk7856]

J W Dickinson dam right

[@jwdickinson643]

eugene danylchuk 🤣🤣

[@jwdickinson643]

jamiemale27 😁👍

[@jamesashley3827]

Jumping jack is fun ha ha👍

[@mshilko]

Showed the final before the progress. I was like, what happened. Editing faux pas!

[@letsdig18]

haha a late night editing is what happened

[@chinesepugs-bestbreedofdog7254]

We’re still fixing 2 leaky ponds right now!!

[@marcryvon]

"faux paux" Mikey " It's Faux pas, man !

[@mshilko]

@@marcryvon Sorry, had high school french many moons ago.

[@arbiter1]

maybe the pond was bigger and that used to be another overflow or something? Or they tried to make a dam?

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Keep it up and they'll have a concrete damn. Lol God bless

[@stedder8436]

Good video, Chris

[@corn_fed_ls4920]

Why wouldn't the low flow inlet just dump into the riser? Wouldn't that be easier and less risk of leaks in the dam?

[@jonschneck4559]

i think that is the way it should be done

[@LiLGooZ21]

One more time on this job and I think it would need a total overhaul you got going in right direction though👍🏻

[@HeavyEquipmentFactory]

Greeat video

[@timfreeman476]

does your state require permits on ponds and inspect?

[@jamesfarnham1976]

When you bid a job like this, do you just charge by the hour so you don't get burned?? Great videos!! Jim.

[@bigmikex2333]

Does the boom swing side to side in addition to the rotation of the pilot house?

[@Tafs315]

Why would a company pour that much crete to waste it? I now this stuff is high here in Texas just to pour a pad site for my shop. Thanks for all you do for your viewers and stay safe in the virus world

[@bourbonthebiscuit]

These two jobs where definitely try the rest then call the best to fix them right 👍

[@mikez4132]

I learn more here than in 8 years of digging lol

[@Mike.Howard]

Is the problem with the second pond due to poor design or poor installation (or both!)?

[@briangardiner1015]

Poor installation.

[@melissareynolds8691]

❤❤❤

[@papaw5405]

You mentioned red clay. We have plenty of that but we also have some white clay. Do you ever encounter it and does it make a good pond dam?

[@firesurfer]

It's used for cosmetics and stuff, so I don't think so.

[@anthonygostling]

You do like the pond dam job's, great or small it put's food on the table & pay's toward's the bill's....!

[@SirBoden]

I’m trying to figure out why the overflow is underneath (below water level) the low flow. If anything I’d run the low flow inside, sitting on the bottom of the overflow. That said I hope everyone has a wonderful day today stay positive and remember to take your vitamins

[@SemiErnie]

Tim you got more energy then I have to bulldog that tamper , you made it look easy . But why in earth would you pour cement on top , dam was that a slab of concert . Nice work not moving the mini and arcing it to dig , but there at last the boom was in the way . But how was you to know .

[@MonsoonEast]

How many inch lifts do you do on a repair like this?

[@letsdig18]

6-8"

[@garygentry583]

I would guess all that "extra concrete" is from somebody miscalculating and burning it up on the dam face thinking it will help.. I'm glad to see you're doing it right! Keep up the good work! I wish you were closer to Southern Indiana, and I'd have bunches of work for ya!

[@ohhpaul7364]

I think that the giant mass of concrete is them attempting an anti seep collar on the wrong pipe. The did a knock out job, it was just on the wrong pipe.

[@firesurfer]

They don't want to find the real source of the leak. They just do a patch job. Dig, dig, dig until you find out where the water is coming from.

[@timdemarco5079]

Just keep digging Just keep digging 🐠🤣

[@jamesdiehl8690]

It's a wonder little Chinese don't pop up out of those holes cursing at you! 😆 😆

[@mischef18]

Crikey someone or some people sure did a mickey mouse job on that second pond bro, nice job on the first pond though from you and Tim. Stay safe

[@USSBB62]

Do you think the previous contractor didn't jet the backfill with water ? So you have the void next to and under the pipe ?

[@TonyGeneseo]

Should've called u the first time ! Dont they know who to call for ponds ??!!!! Lol

[@mes9260]

OK. I'll send $6.00 plus tax to feed Tim 2 Bojangles chicken biscuits per day. They are on sale this week. He needs to eat!!

[@ramtuff2007]

good video

[@ROTTK9]

the other people who fixed it ( or the original builders ) charged by the yard of concrete used... what ever it was for it was covered with dirt to be out of sight.. close enough for government work. build / installing half a collar is just laziness, glad you do a complete job.

[@ogreatmaster8334]

How do you guys decide which one of you gets the new tight enclosed mini and who gets stuck with the loosy-goosy open station. It seems that Timmy usually has to run the left overs... ???

[@Dontworryboutit315]

OGreatMaster It only makes sense to have the more efficient/experienced operator in the newest equipment.

[@ogreatmaster8334]

@@Dontworryboutit315 I realize that, but I am just stir'n the pot....so to speak.... :^)

[@thespook9808]

Gotta love amateurs. 70% of my business is fixing things they did thinking they were saving money. Seems like there's never time to do something right, but there's always time to do it over . . CHA-CHING!!

[@clydeacor1911]

Hard to tell in the video but was that good clay that they used? It looks like it has quite a bit of sandy loam in it, just hard to tell from the video. The cheapest bid definitely doesn't guarantee the best job but I've also seen shoddy work from expensive contractors. At least you have years of video proof of the work you guy's do!

[@brandonl3215]

More concrete more better! 🤣

[@royceanderson7522]

Remove everything anyone else has done and do properly. Only way to know it's done correctly. Did you inspect the entire inside of the Pipe ?

[@protectoroffaith]

Man chris I wonder how many people you piss off when you call out there mistakes......personally I love it lol

[@letsdig18]

I wish they would just stay home it would make my job easier LOL

[@clarenceparker9860]

But, but, Chris, if no screw ups no new dig it and fix it videos. Lol

[@doubledarefan]

Looks like the place was used as a dumpsite for leftover concrete.

[@notyou1877]

Did you see a big catfish? That's Sam, he's a friend of mine...

[@kimmramer7779]

LAYERS AND LAYERS cause someone didn't know what they were doing!!

[@dmadere1]

Concrete everywhere except where it needs to be, all around the pipe guys what the heck!!!!!