Digging Footings For A Garage

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[@hvnfun8601]

No mud? No fires? No ripping out trees? No chain saw? Kinda like a day off!

[@matteogomez3678]

Chris coulda napped while digging that! But he won’t 😎

[@johnearhart8811]

Good as it gets. Contractor here, built over 300 houses. Never has any footers any better I don't believe. Great job

[@nelsonannett5427]

a little help from the owner work out just fine. every body is happy. cheers chris.

[@rockeerockey6941]

Sometimes a helper slows you down! My uncle had a fake (16 stick) pack of dynamite, made from cut broom sticks & painted red. He'd always pull it out when the homeowner wanted to help! "ROCKS!"

[@marcryvon]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johndeere5494]

the guy you have on the shovel work, the amount of detail you put into your projects......priceless.

[@donaldmends2244]

Years ago I had my own Backhoe business, John Deere 310A put over ten thousand hour the rig never wonce had a problem, especially with fuel pumps. The craziest job was I leveled the lots for the building pad, the owner laid footing out the structure, but was really funny the laid 2x6 20 ft along footing lines , both inside edge and outer edge of footings , back in early Seventies we only few size buckets, for backhoes, the footing called for 16 " wide minu. normal you dig it with 18 ' bucket. The home owner insisted it had to be 16" not 18" so finally had tell the home owner dig it buy had then that didn't go over well , finally the building contractor showed up and explained why. Keep the good work Chris.

[@apollorobb]

Always nice when the Helicopter is around lol. Chris: I can dig that !!!!. LMAO

[@rustysteel8714]

That Yanmar runs quiet! I can hear the bucket scrape the screenings. 🙉 One other thing....barns are like highways..... by the time your done building em'.... they're not BIG ENOUGH! 😉😇

[@drummersteveusa]

Man, and I have a hard time just cutting a straight line on a board with a circular saw. This is absolutely perfect. Great job Chris.

[@ordinarymiracles5959]

12 inch frost line sounds unbelievable . Ours is 96 inches with water lines at 120 inches. Welcome to Wesreen Canada!😀

[@stephenbarnes5341]

Another job well done, your experience always shows in the quality of work.

[@gordonshearston7590]

This is called teamwork you need both people to achieve what the engineers are asking for

[@stephenlindsey9233]

Awesome video Chris. Perfect work as always. God bless you

[@billbates9098]

You had patients working with that guy.

[@steptdnit9776]

"I can dig that" t-shirt LD18! Got to watch.

[@CLEARVIEW666]

It was great seeing Chris get interviewed on another clients channel.

[@BealyGood]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulriversred738]

Yes sir it sure was and bealy you did great ol buddy

[@paulriversred738]

@@BealyGood and I'm not sure if I got your reply on my question the other day but are you gonna film the house build also when you get it going? Because I'd love to watch that also thanks "Red"

[@esparka]

@@paulriversred738 We’ve already been watching the “build”. JB is talking about perhaps doing an addition to the 1910, in lieu of building a new house….

[@BealyGood]

@@paulriversred738 Hi Red Red. Yes, working on a video now. I plan to upload videos twice a week. Thanks!

[@OneEyeCustoms]

Looky here, two perfectionist. Yo dude, get out da way. That guy in the ditch would be me, always want to help and get in the way... lol

[@wendymorrison5803]

As kids on a farm we were always helping, but knew not to get in the way of the person doing the real work.

[@billrobbins5874]

😄😅😂🤣😭😳

[@theessexhunter1305]

I used to switch the machine off....they guy in the way would say why have you turned off the digger....So you can hear me say this. Get out the ####ing way.

[@poppypower1970]

It's so relaxing watching you do what you do , cool ,calm and professional in any task you take on Thank you

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

From this vid I learned boom up, stick in while grading with the blade keeps it from rocking and changing the grade level. Many thanks. I've only had a mini for 6 weeks. I'll never be as smooth as Chris.

[@darrengreen7906]

Should have asked if the homeowner has their certification and insurance to work on the site! 🤔😉😂 Hehehe

[@ubroberts5541]

Looks like fun when you are that skilled with the machines.

[@robertrockwell7581]

I remember this job. the garage is going too be nice when done.

[@Fedharrison5634]

As always good job Chris..

[@paulsautocm]

Looks like you got yourself a good helper. :)

[@rickhenderson6441]

What a cake walk, 72" minimum footing here in northern Maine with rock's and ledge to deal with.

[@honthirty_]

Don't go getting ahead of yourself Rick.

[@markbesserman7523]

Chris did ya ever finish YOUR GARAGE? Would like to see an update on that as well as the FARM! Great job though!

[@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441]

Down there you do a lot of the work different than they do up here in Canada good stuff though something different something new. 👍👍😀🇨🇦

[@flannel872]

I got my HDASMR fix for the day. It's amazing how many yards came out of that relatively little trench.

[@rabid_1]

Dude in the hole is killing it, flawless work!

[@stevewallis661]

We use a trencher on a bobcat for our footings when we can. It's so damn quick. Good job tho guys!

[@kenprevatt1267]

That is the cleanest footer dig I have ever seen . And you were hitting grade by eye you and my buddy Rick are the only 2 I have seen do that .

[@njonebale7889]

i liked the grade check where homeboy adjusted the stick so it would beep!

[@marcryvon]

🤣🤣🤣

[@WyrGuy2]

And Chris didn’t chew him out… just went on following the CORRECT grade. His ‘eye’ is almost as accurate as the laser anyways!

[@johnypitman2368]

Hey Chris I always put 2ft tails on my spray paint lines so I never loose the building line after it is dug.

[@Skynet-1]

That was one clean footing!

[@mischef18]

Another great video bro. Safe travels

[@AlabamaBeeGirlz]

Chris may have found someone that's as much or more of a perfectionist than him.

[@glm777]

That's the neatest footer I've ever seen dug by an excavator - you an artiest!!!

[@michaelbooth1097]

A keen young man there. I thought for a min he was adjusting the laser stick. Haha I’m like nooo it’s set bro.

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Chris & Co. playing in the sand - sweet! 😆

[@glenjohnson9505]

Love your work and channel Chris, but i have to say, nice to see something that isn't a pond

[@HorsleyLandy88]

Glad you had good banksman keeping the edges tidy.

[@wendymorrison5803]

That screenings set up nicely. Good packing has made it hard. Almost looks like it didn't need a concrete pad at all.

[@Mike7478F]

Rain ☔ erosion, yea,,,,

[@kevinmcaloney4792]

Hourly rate $75 Homeowner watches $100 Homeowner "helps" $200

[@richpackman4216]

That comment made my day...reminds me of my dad when he ""helps""!

[@kirk467]

Lol 😂

[@leonardorodriguez9919]

Shit my dad asked me to help him remodel the restroom at his house 6 days later of him pretty much watching me telling me """how to do it""" I was like look old man go to the other room ended up cutting, laying and installing everything myself lol god bless fathers 😆

[@deernutOO]

But the homeowner enjoys every moment of it.. worth every penny not to have to dig it by hand.

[@rustysteel8714]

Nailed it, Kevin! 😂

[@bosshogg3850]

great job buddy and great video as always 😎👊🏻👍🏻

[@piecesofpete5921]

🤙🤙👍 did a footing today for a "bouncing pillow", fancy name for a big ballon,33x55,footing was 22"wx36"deep in Ga shale and red clay,took 3 hrs

[@christoph72761]

"Just the mini," but when you see side by side how much (little) material is moved by a shovel, it puts things in perspective... Yay! Technology 😁

[@RumMonkeyable]

Dream-size garage! Impressive trailer! 👍❤️️

[@justinlarrabee7932]

Dozer work with a mini lol nice 👌

[@kevinwise982]

That is the nicest building site I've ever seen

[@mikewatts3615]

Great job!

[@kirk467]

That looks like that property where you cleared it and finished root raking and grading it in the rain! Now it’s looking good out there! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Digginok]

And there I thought you used the bucket to make that inside edge! 😂 I’d say it turned out pretty nice, especially in screenings.

[@DirtBrute]

That came out good 👍

[@Todd.Roberts]

Always good to watch your videos especially since I’m sitting in the hospital

[@cathiwim]

Hop you will be better soon!

[@Todd.Roberts]

Thanks

[@daneclark3161]

All your customers are going to want to be on camera now!

[@TheBurnsStuff]

I've been wanting to get a dump trailer for a few years. Sucks ass now since they are 1 and a half times the price and not available. Seeing that perfect rectangle was satisfied so many OCDs lol.

[@karintippett753]

wow, only a foot. Frost line is 4 feet here and a few years ago it got so cold over 3000 homes had their water lines freeze and the last one thawed in July.

[@patrickwest8404]

I am so glad I don’t live where you are speaking of in above comment. Lol. Good night I would freeze. I will take the heat of the south.

[@karintippett753]

@@patrickwest8404 It was like -22F for 6 straight weeks that year. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Funny thing is, we have already been over 100F twice this year. You would get used to it.

[@oddtechman]

You should get a magnetic attachment for the laser level meter and put it on the boom Chris when you dig out footings or to a set depth.. that way you can see at a glance if too high, too low without having to stop / start all the time to check :)

[@bryanlamb319]

I found your channel just prior to buying the exact Yanmar machine here to use to clear my farm. I wanted to learn your operating techniques to help me become more efficient and maybe make the learning curve not as steep. You have no idea how much you’ve helped me operate my mini ex more efficiently! I must say that, for me, the hardest task to do correctly is to raise the boom as I’m trenching. Keeping that hole level ain’t the easiest thing for me. I’d love to hear your thoughts as you’re doing a job like this in the future. Any and all help is greatly appreciated Chris! Thanks!

[@augustreil]

If there was ever a superior teacher, Chris is the man !

[@bryanlamb319]

@@augustreil indeed!

[@captainkirk7702]

Come on Chris let him play in the sand box too!

[@IR-nq4qv]

If I ever build a castle.., I'll know who to call on to install me a good moat, very neat indeed Chris, that's a gift to anyone laying out the footings. .

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Chris what a clean looking job! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

[@augustreil]

Beautiful work Chris, thumbs up !

[@stephenandrew1809]

Great videos

[@LIFEISHARDSTUPID]

Bro you're in the WAY👍👍 let the man do his magic and you just WATCH👌🤣🤣🤣👌

[@d6joe]

12” frost line......Hahahahaha. That there is amusing to someone from up north.......shoot, I have frost heaves in my pole shed that are 5” or better most years.

[@augustreil]

That's the benefit of living in the South !

[@ninjawasher]

Chris you are a master of digging, your better than Tiger Woods is at golfing You should have 4 Brown Jackets with 1st place trophies. Digging footings like a surgeon, keep the shiny side up.

[@deernutOO]

Chris just doesn't stop until it is "perfect" !! Nice..

[@Duvstep910]

There's something calming, mesmerizing, captivating; about watching chris operate an excavator... hi from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@matthewwisniewski1276]

Another great job chris

[@thatsanawesomevideo]

Beauty dig, home owner on the shovel was a nuisance but an artist as well.

[@donnaflanagan6612]

Good job. Wonder if he’ll change his mind again. 😂 Take care & cheers from🐨🦘👍🏼

[@Gangstercub]

Im pretty sure you could take out my appendix with that excavator.

[@TCB4119]

My Dad's an Architect, and if you want to piss him off just call them footers. To really get him going, call them cement footers.

[@morganlanigan58]

YES! Likewise!

[@larrywalker7759]

Yeah, if somebody says they know how to do "cement work" for your slab project, don't hire them.

[@WombleUK]

Wow the difference in building codes around the world. Here in the UK the minimum depth for footings is 1 metre & in soft ground like that or clay it's not unusual for building inspectors (local authority here in UK who have to sign off work) to make you go even deeper to 2 meters & sometimes even deeper (especially in clay) seen 3m on more than a few occasions.

[@joekosak9131]

Frostline in Wisconsin is 48 inches.

[@r1mein54]

"I can dig that" - sounds like something we said as teens in the early1970s. Good you are using the Yanmar Mini today and hopefully you are having maintenance done on the Volvo or Takeuchi. Put my LD18 sticker on my "hydraulic shovel" today. Good work on that little project.

[@sandybarnes887]

Can you dig it?

[@thatoneguy9660]

You make it look so easy your customers are going to want a cut rate.

[@chrystlemoore7340]

I hate to say it but I've never seen anyone control a machine like you. I think your skills would be a godsend in florida.

[@charliekelley2720]

Hey Chris great video. Any videos coming up working at your place and see Winston lol

[@ricklane8554]

That dirt looks like Portland Beamix lol... never seen this before in Holland :)

[@williamd6967]

Not dirt. sifted stone.

[@davidtrick8323]

I want to know how their going to put form boards up without caving in the footer?

[@davedavis662]

Tried his best to get smacked by the bucket! Only make that mistake ONE time. I do have to admit that’s the cleanest footer trench I’ve ever seen.

[@erniewhite1365]

Must be so nice to do concrete where there is little to no frost. Those footing depths would never fly here in NH. We have to do four foot frost walls.

[@dudestuff3352]

Liked the new helper, first side you were teaching him how to run that Chinese back hoe, by the last side he was telling you how to run the mini; great to have good help.

[@ronniethorsen3458]

That guys being a "Noid", PITA....whichever you prefer. Lol

[@michaelmartineau1373]

The guy in the trench would have drove me crazy. Good buy the hour job cant count how many times you had to stop lol

[@paulriversred738]

Now on to the next one ol son lol

[@michaelridenour8054]

I remember when you did this lol

[@justinmckee2256]

12” frost line, man. I was like “wait what” when you said 12” footing for monolithic. Here we have minimum 4 foot depth of footing (southern Ontario)

[@shitloveaduck]

Same here in Southern Alberta! In fact it’s not uncommon to go 8 ft. I know of guys doing a crawl space under their home and it cost the same as a basement! Once you go down 4 ft, another couple for a basement is cheap!! Very inexpensive square footage for a home. I know it’s no good for a shop, just a comparison though. My current home has a basement walkout where the “digging” was with explosives!!! No frost footings here! Built into the side of a mountain!! So to speak. It’s all pinned to the solid stone base. My shop is similar, but built up on one side due to the slope. They just set the footings directly on the stone and set concrete walls to fill with 3/4 crush and then once compacted the slab went on that! Very different for me to see. I’m sure I didn’t explain it well. I watch all my contractors so I can learn some skills, but do so at a distance and don’t help. It has also saved me when the contractor was not as professional as Chris is,,,,,. I didn’t watch the asphalt contractors on my home before this and it became a mess when it turns out they skimped on the asphalt and only made it look good. I was mean enough and willing to spend what it took to bankrupt them if I had to. Once they knew that, they came in and fixed the issues and went above and beyond in doing it right. It doesn’t hurt to be there some of the time. The contractors that are honest don’t mind because they have nothing to hide. Don’t just bother them though, they have other clients waiting. The contractors that have something to hide will try to get rid of you, or mess up right before your eyes. Then the uncomfortable part begins in discussing their shortcomings. I hate that but have only had 2 instances in about 40 years on the ranch. I think it is harder today. If they don’t like you there, set up a camera!!

[@stevemartinez6757]

LOL. Here in Florida if you go down 4' you might be in water in many places.

[@duncandmcgrath6290]

Well that would be a frost wall . I’m in SSM and monolithic club foot is 12” Outbuilding vs dwelling is drastically different

[@MuskokaFreerider]

couple hours north of you, 95% of the garages we do are a slab on grade

[@s_p7231]

Very cool

[@patrickkelly7085]

Working for Wimpey in the sixties and seventies all strip footings were dug via a spit and shovel.

[@patrickkelly7085]

@cindy curt Yes they imported me.

[@46rambo49]

12 inches??????????????????? holy crap our frostline is 4 feet !!!! can we have some of your rain too??? thanks for sharing the fun

[@fredschultz8267]

Smooth Operator

[@laurelherbert2879]

and everyone thought you were a perfectionist

[@gusduff7158]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 tidy footings👍

[@bigears4426]

Experience makes things look easier than they are

[@deanganske1297]

Ya needs to put that Kentucky Backhoe in the back of the truck lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

It’s crazy seeing you dig footings doesn’t happen very often lol

[@Mike7478F]

Neat video.

[@george8873]

Didn't think 180 foot trench just a foot deep would yield so much material. Guess that shows how well that stuff compacts, eh?