One Leaking Pond To Another

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[@glenndolph]

I know it's been a while since you did this repair. Do you warrantee the pond dams ore is it a brake light period? It'd seem pretty expensive to have to eat the redo...

[@donbraden8533]

Now that was some serious PROFESSIONAL SKILL especially for not having a spotter very nice work Chris always a pleasure watching you work my friend 😀👍👍👍👍

[@danlarkin460]

I must tell you your a pleasure to watch not because you do great work but you take care of your equipment and explain ever thing you do cheers Dan

[@duanecarter9850]

Love watching the digging and the dredging videos most but I enjoy every one!!! Thanks for the time you take to make and share. 🙏 ✌ from Va. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

The section of property just west of me has three dry ponds on it... all dug by the same outfit. My neighbor was looking at having his little pond enlarged. .. from a 1/4 acre to almost 1. A guy showed up to bid the job... When he used the other three as a reference, my neighbor said he was really looking for someone who knew how to build a wet one! Needless to say, he had someone with a little better reference do the work. Keep diggin... I’ll keep watchin!

[@wymershandymanservice9965]

Yes I can sure understand that finding something to at least give you an idea of how the water is migrating away from the pond would at least give you the piece of mind that the problem was found at last. Problems happen and we all want a fix that lasts. 👍. Great content as always.

[@lindamitchell-fox1926]

Lordy it’s beautiful in your area. It has so much rolling land. I live in East Tennessee about 30 miles west of the Smokey mountains and it beautiful here too..but I love the rolling land there

[@sprintcar2n]

Awesome operating skills you guys all have. It’s great watching you all!!

[@DirtPerfect]

Glad you enjoy the pond work they make me pull my hair out sometimes

[@oddwad6290]

A rock path would explain why the backside stays wet and hasn't eroded away into a catastrophic blow out from water running under the dam and eroding soil .

[@kens.3729]

You obviously work on plenty of Pond jobs down there in North Carolina. You do a Great Job. 👍

[@TonyGeneseo]

Remember the pond. Thinking it was the experiment with forks and the bags of bentonite. Funny how grass on a property totally changes the overall look of things. Anxious to see what the wet spot u found leads to. Gotta b that ledge u got into when digging the core. That is my vote.

[@mandy8211]

Sounds like the pond is sitting on an aquifer or old mine shaft. We lost a pond to an old mine. We filled the hole with lots and lots of concrete.

[@tucobenedicto109]

Lost audio at 21:00 and picked it up at 24:00 :( Love to see the next video. Love your video's .

[@bdailey9945]

Thats long lost audio from a legend in the field!

[@arkansas1336]

The water may be following the 'underground rock path' all of the way from the upper inlet area. I'm impressed with the 250, it moves a lot of dirt fast!

[@rickjohnson1632]

Man , your deep . Putting any guys down there and it’s trench box time . That clay looks pretty nice . Up north the good stuff is a grey / blue .

[@johnapel2856]

Stupid pesky dam. It's fascinating to learn about the intricacies of dam construction. Thanks.

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

About using hogs to seal the pond... first, you have to have them inside the pond with no water down to the level where the water exfiltrates. In this case it’s apparently at or near the bottom. And it will take several weeks to compact enough for a seal. Tough to do without diverting rain water. If it is a stone seam, hogs aren’t likely to work. (Chris said it was a major leak.) However, hogs are a possible fix for minor leaks.

[@jeffkelley3419]

The property of swelling also makes sodium bentonite useful as a sealant, since it provides a self-sealing, low permeability barrier. It is used to line the base of landfills, for example.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentonite

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Nice work locating the pipe! 👍🏻

[@larrylittletonjr9644]

I'm glad to see a grader man dig around something. Lol I do water distribution so I do it every day. Good job and vid

[@ksboy123abc]

I hope y'all ain't eating the cost on this. It's not your fault the land is Rocky and the owner wants it to be x number of feet deep this striking rock that inturn causes the leaks through the rock. I suppose core samples would pay of from time to time if there's shallow rock like that around.

[@BRI33NOR]

Hey maybe leave some of the trees lying around the leaking area and try if anyone has any beavers you could introduce . They are supposed to be good with dams ?

[@kapperoutdoors]

Great video, unfortunately I watched it a tad bit too late because I've already tore one or two pipes LOL thanks man

[@jamesashley3827]

Watch for ticks in that tall grass

[@63256325N]

Hope you're able to fix it. Thanks for the video.

[@jamiemale27]

bet that pond is very full now with the year of rain you have had

[@phillipbonner5215]

The grass is coming up real nice

[@TTThebookofsorrows]

Hey did yall ever think that the reason the pond ain't holding water might be because its sitting on top of a giant sinkhole? It wont matter what kind of rock or soul or really anything you put in the bottom of the pond it's still gonna leak out the weight of the water will just keep pushing anything you put at the bottom of the pond down into the sinkhole as well as the water itself and it wont stop till you hit bottom of the sinkhole and the space is completely full.

[@trentonbartley6417]

Another pond!!!!! Hell yeah!!!

[@BrianLudwig53]

Sand vein. Always exist where rocks are at. We deal with them all the time here in illinois. Sometimes they run for miles before they surface. Had one core trench we had to dig 12ft deep to get through the gravel to good clay.

[@ricklittge4438]

Put a fence around it and run some hogs in it. We had one like that when I was a kid, my dad put 6-8 shoats in there and they fixed it for us.

[@hillbillyb4u]

Love the 250. Tree destroyer

[@ohhpaul7364]

Chris, I don't know what happened while you were digging out the pipe there at the end that had you cursing so much you just had to remove all the audio. It looked like you were handling it just fine. Maybe your mic died (less likely, but possible). Thanks for the videos.

[@MrDaniel3105]

It has happened to me before on the entire video. I think it is KZbin I stop playing it then start back up and it's fine

[@davidgriffith618]

Chris, You have said that dirt will smother a fire------that is why camp 🏕 fires are smothered before we leave. My question is why are firefighter planes not dropping dirt instead of chemicals?

[@jamesbond9873]

My favourite truck!

[@CaptKirk1701]

Another Dam day huh? 😂😂

[@watchthe1369]

How many Loraxes cry when you come to town? Poor trees. :P

[@randymaylowski2485]

Good work Chris! thanks for showing how to unberry a berry pipe👍with out hand shoveling it...lol but if you don't know? At 20:01 20:24 no sound form your device, but good work but yeah that was my guess it's probably leaking form the rocks which depends on how many, cuz they do make more weaknesses if it's like pit run or even road gravel something that has a lot of rocks, then what like you say then what clay is. So inerways again good work a's always Mr Chris..

[@jeffscott1288]

This is why we can't have nice things Timmy!!!! LoL

[@Todd.Roberts]

Well they always say third time is a charm

[@johnscott2849]

Another spring? Under the dam making the dam leak.

[@johnschmidt1988]

You should do a review on the 250 someday.

[@leol1682]

Like the video Chris thanks for edit, it.

[@martymclamb5750]

Know that’s gottan be aggravating!!!

[@jerryc3050]

What did the beaver say after he slipped in pond? Dam it.

[@chrisanderson9856]

In a situation like this who pays for you having to redo the dam? What's your warranty on building a pond dam and is there one? Did anyone else lose sound at the 21minute mark???

[@DsHardWoodCreations]

Chris Anderson yes lost sound

[@janvandenbos7085]

One leaking pond, trying to fix it, good luck Chris 👌😎

[@barryhansen6854]

This must be a first for you Chris having a dam leak?

[@alansmith4734]

A can of Flex Seal should stop that leak! =P

[@nathanmullaney6946]

Alan Smith I sawed this dam in half to fix it with flex tape !!

[@michaelb.5345]

Is a leak like this under any warranty or not. If so it would sure slow other work to be done?

[@augustreil]

Do you ever use liners for ponds ? If not, how come, price too much ? Thanks.

[@dennis2376]

Thank you.

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

I’m too tired to think of something witty to say, so I’ll just say hello 😁

[@leecooper7374]

There’s always going to be that one job where you just stand and shake your head and say what the hell. Then you say alright now let’s fix it. Saddle up buttercup here we go.

[@watchthe1369]

A foot a day, you got a set of tunnels somewhere. Drill down and pump in some grout.

[@mischef18]

Well that is a bugger but is making it a good video so far bro. It sure is a case of where is that dam leak coming from.

[@dieterschlegel1816]

Lol I remembered the video “ 1 acre pond” this pond was the first real job and pond job for the 220

[@autiger621]

Chris is this a situation where a Geotechnical investigation of the damn after the first sign of problems could have helped you?

[@dwightjones5826]

Well maybe this time will fix it

[@mentalsid3701]

someone forgot to put the plug in lol !! Could explain a little about the dirt testing prosess please ? interested!!

[@michaeltechroom]

if you don't start up the gopro in the correct way audio will be missing

[@stevenclark6209]

Grass has come very nice did you reseed the grass ...

[@bradleymincey6905]

Find the damn leak!! Lol

[@michaelb.5345]

Either way it’s a great video doing the work you do to make it right..

[@georgemitchell9222]

Chris at time stamp @21:00 their was no sound so I couldn't hear you what happened?

[@toddreynolds8875]

Where its leaking out looks pretty minerally color. Ide put $100 bucks on your right. Its getting down thru that big rock. And going under your damm for that water to stain like that its gotta be running through rock

[@brownwarrior6867]

Do you ever use Sheet Piling Chris?

[@TrevorDennis100]

You say how nice the clay is, but it looks very loose when you dig it out. With the negative comments some people make about compacting the dam dirt, I'd have expected it to have put a bit of a fight with the excavator.

[@theshadow1559]

Question : Was this some sort of guaranteed job/work and if yes, did you have to do the work for free. I am asking because it is obvious that three times of repairing the same frustrating problem could get quite aggravating and expensive.

[@paulc8581]

Did you use powder or pellets? Think pellets are better you can fill a quart jar a inch and put the same amount of water and it will fill the jar. Just wondering if you put that on the rocks and if it would stop it? Used to use all three types of beniote when I was drilling environmental Wells . Some wicked shit I'll tell u

[@paulredinger420]

Dam leak!!

[@regsparkes6507]

This is how you learn,...isn't it? If nothing went wrong, then you'd never know how to handle a problem when one does show it's ugly head I guess.

[@TrailTrackers]

I wonder what happened to the sound beginning around 21:00? It returns at 24:25.

[@letsdig18]

Camera quirk

[@lfsheldon]

He turned the camera off and didn't restart the sound when he restarted it.

[@jameshall1691]

Ya I remember this project you worked you're ass off trying to fix this pond

[@Todd.Roberts]

Well when your good your good

[@cameronhouston803]

CHRIS DONT YOU USALLY MOW THE GRASS BEFORE YOU START OR

[@southernhomesteadtransformatio]

The Pond from Hell......

[@bradmorgan1234]

Well damn! That sucks!

[@doubledarefan]

21:00 Dirt Whispering❓

[@nellermann]

Did you shine your tires on the Volvo? haha

[@macsloan58]

Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.........lost audio at 21:02. Darn!!!

[@keithdunlap2701]

Ya !! lost sound at 21:10 ?? Can barely hear ya threw my ear buds just barely ?? 24:21 sound comes back on?? You done messed around and hit the mute for a few min. there...lololol !! Good one anyway !! Thanks for sharing Chris.. Have a Great Evening..

[@SierraGM1]

Just ponder those lost dig-it-isms.

[@robertsherry1880]

I want your job!

[@Wsd4life]

Lost audio at 21:00 and picked it up at 24:00

[@vhostovich]

Does not seem to be your copany's fault but never know how things are perceived by customers. Will these extra attempts be considered warranty?

[@benrandomly2016]

I lost sound at 21:00 mark. Am I the only one?

[@eric-ph5uy]

Yeahhhhhhh, #679 viewer!!!.....LOL.....Best wet grass ive seen all year.

[@1armedguy4]

Would it not been cost effective to have the rocks drilled and blasted ? Cheers !

[@ROTTK9]

< assuming it is a warranty fix > keeping costs to a min, and providing a lasting fix is the best option. but I like the way you think, when in doubt blast it out, but being a videoed process he could not do it " off the books " when it comes to blasting. - side note. if it was the only way to fix it, then yes it would be effective.

[@smcox1991]

What kind of grass seed do you use?

[@jeffprice8250]

Somebody gotta do it

[@randytravis3998]

Chris when you use other peoples equipment thats when it breaks and cost big dollars ,, it might of been going all ready but you were using when it happened it sucks .. been watching a lot of the videos feel like i am on the job with you till friday comes around and no paycheck from you lol keep up the great videos .. love watching them ..

[@charlesdowdie121]

Speaking of machines, do you plan on getting anymore machines? If so what would it be?

[@stanpatterson5033]

Hafta get up mighty early to beat those lowboy drivers.

[@scruffy6151]

They move alot of equipment this time of year. Can't make money laying in bed.

[@12ozbuds]

If you are good enough to go without a spotter today, then why would you need a spotter any other day? You have said in the past "you are the man".

[@GuessWho-uc5uq]

Hadn't been this early for a 360p video in a while.

[@jeffkelley3419]

This comment may not apply to this video. However, I will leave it here. Do you use special heat-resistant hydraulic lines and cylinders when burning wood and brush? Also, do you find you have to lubricate your stick cylinder more often due to the heat? It must cause some damage to your bucket, as well. I'm going to repeat my comment on your latest video.

[@ccraig4247]

Jeff Kelley The fire isn’t hot enough to hurt the bucket at that distance, but I have seen an excavator burn to the ground on a job site from burning brush. The hydraulic lines caught fire and the fire spread over the whole machine within a couple minutes.

[@jeffkelley3419]

@@ccraig4247 Thanks for the info. I would check to see what type of hydraulic lines are best when working around fire. I would think the fluid would need to be changed, as well.

[@jacobschmidt3178]

Where’d Tim go?

[@billycrockett886]

😁😁😁

[@harryhogan-shaw5472]

Lost audio at the end of the video