Opening Up Pandora's Box! Ripping Out The Old Pond Overflow

[@applianceman6194]

I was watching a video from 15 years ago called "the day in the life...", you were a very young man rocking to country music in the excavator. Even back then you have a seminary...a finesse...a smoothness at how you work those controls. Most are violent with handling them...but with you it a smooth orchestration of skill

[@I_Am_Your_Problem]

Oh BS. Very few beat on a machine... even fewer are violent. You've clearly never run anything. You beat on a machine it beats on you 2x. The machine is in fact tougher than you. Nobody will pay you to beat on equipment... Management will send you down to the competition... and on down the line you go. Pretty soon you are standing on a clapped out standing loader from soviet china making minimum wage at 50.

[@wtwoffroad]

I like to go back and watch his early stuff from time to time as well. Dialogue definitely wasn’t as family friendly back then 😅

[@applianceman6194]

@@wtwoffroad 🤣🤣

[@applianceman6194]

@@wtwoffroad We do all grow up...well most of anyhow

[@kubinka879]

Also looks after his equipment, so lasts longer value for money.

[@danielashford2430]

I love it when you put in proper pond overflow,great job,peace brother…

[@delwynhallett565]

This grandmother from Queensland Australia 🇦🇺 Certainly a must watch, starting my day's daily, loving your work. ❤

[@jbonegw]

Great episode. Love watching these pond refurbish projects. Especially when they involve overflows.

[@craigwavra3495]

Always interesting when you start digging into old dam!! Glad you found the pipe! Remember the leak in the dam video, that took awhile to find the leak!!

[@dplawson2366]

That off road truck must be one of the best buys you have ever made!

[@dirtfarmer7472]

I agree with you that It has certainly opened the possibilities for new & different types of work

[@karenheartoriginal3783]

Fun little project…perfectly executed of course! 👏👏👍👍👏👏👏

[@jimronchetto8592]

It's fun watching the projects as they progress. I sometimes don't realize how great the finished product will be until I see it and then think, wow, that's fantastic.

[@kayenicholls5473]

Good Sunday morning everyone I hope you all enjoy your day ❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobferranti5222]

I don't know about other people who watch your channel, but I find the noises your machinery make to be quite soothing in a odd way. Good thing your "Help" came up with the idea about putting that piece of pipe in so it can still drain and you can drive across it lol.

[@RKHarm24]

Hard to find good help sometimes.

[@Stratos53100]

The noises & sounds are great, All except for the Komatsu "Dozer" to me it sounds like a rattle trap & somewhat annoying when the Cam is on the outside At least IMO...Maybe the smaller engine i have no idea, its just my cup of tea... Even though it does a great job overall. Edit : Of all the diff machines that is....

[@RumMonkeyable]

Know you've been busy, but any chance of seeing our boy, Winston, any time soon? Ride along? Sleeping? Having fun? Well, any thing is GREAT! ❤

[@nigel1964]

The price of that pipe is something that went through the roof due to covid. You would of thought that supplies and prices should of recovered by now. I think someone is making a huge profit somewhere

[@Bill_N_ATX]

The pipe went up due to a few factors. First, since plastic is made from oil and the price of oil went up, so did the pipe. Then the pandemic caused everything that required labor, transportation, and humans to process went up. Finally, after the US and the rest of the world’s governments dumped trillions of dollars, euros, pounds, and everything else into the system to keep things going instead of shutting down, well that caused inflation. More than was needed but that’s another rant. Sadly, once prices go up, they very rarely go down. If they do, this is called deflation and it can be worse than inflation. In the mean time, the economists and the politicians are just making it up.

[@joebacarella2829]

Wow Chris, that`s progress all right, it looks so nice all graded out. It`s gonna look great once that is all filled in and no more concrete is showing and the property can be maintained much easier.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

Love your pond videos and I love the dirt education you give. This was a fun one, Chris. Can't wait for the next one.

[@johnbeam-d3v]

Super cool video. Love watching pond construction. You do a amazing job. Thanks for sharing.

[@terrybible1545]

Watching so many of your videos makes me think I'm starting to understand how you think ahead of your work.

[@martymclamb5750]

Enjoyed the ride Chris ! Nice job

[@MrWoodshoes]

I love that clickity clack of the tracks, brings back memories !

[@davidcokley1929]

Hey Chris, you made allot of great progress in this video. . . 👍 I guess you're doing this job as a warmup for that big dam repair job you have to do soon. That one's going to be a dirt moving marathon for sure. Keep up the awesome work and stay safe out there.

[@charleswelch249]

I'm glad you completely done away with the old overflow pipe. That's one less thing to cause problems in the future. That's going to be a very nice pond again when you are finished with it. I agree the 220 was the best choice to do everything. Seems small filling Barney with more than 4 scoops now 😂😂.

[@drak0v]

Looks great Chris! Good call pulling the old pipe out.

[@daniellong]

Love your pond videos.

[@kevinmurray7135]

Looking better and your plan turned out to be a good one shaping up nicely for you 👍😎🇺🇸 NY

[@IR-nq4qv]

When you see the small overflow pipe and the broken bits of concrete, you know right away, Chris didn't build this Dam. Awesome video and content..

[@The1337Rainman]

after all these years I still enjoy watching your videos ! keep up the good work, its great fun to watch you completing jobs and buying new equibment. greetings from a self employed landscape gardener from germany

[@donnamullins2089]

Cool trick loading the pipe. Moving a lot of dirt. This time it will be packed correctly to last another 50 years and ready for a new life. Thanks Chris.

[@henryzabel1746]

That was defiantly a pond that really needed Doctor Dam . In case you were not aware , many of us subscribers think you are a top notch operator .

[@tomzerbyjr9783]

He nailed it❤😊

[@goodness-mercy]

Another day of AWESOME!

[@heatherlane9270]

Collapsing clay even when it is of good quality - just goes to show proper compaction is absolutely necessary. Old pipe was working fine - the old 'school house' was the blocker. Many elements in this video - great as is always evident with LetsDig18 channel.

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@pamelabowling7959]

Great job love pond projects❤

[@paulcooper9135]

Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@bosshogg3548]

Great job buddy 👍🏻 love how you said love it when a plan comes together 52:36 I think I saw a fish jump love how you said dirt bonding department it sounded like you were going to say burn but you corrected yourself you stuttered a little bit 😂 I thought a wad of grass was a snake 😂

[@joeberanek6653]

👍 This going to be a great pond. Love watching you video learned a lot. Keep it up.

[@GlobalistJuice]

Got to appreciate a man with a plan!👍

[@michaelmullins1290]

That was very nice to the see that pond side stand pipe come out. Before long. Itll look awesome around that pond.

[@chrisgreenway4875]

Good stuff mate ✌️

[@poste49]

Love your videos Chris you constantly explain what your doing and the reasons for doing it’s great to see a hard working guy succeed 😁👍🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@johnhodge2788]

Chris, you’re the idea man, the implementation man, salesman and accountant. I’ll add artist after all my time watching your channel.

[@philipberry2704]

Looking good Chris You are definitely the right man for the job

[@terryrogers1025]

Coming together, you made great progress, a lot accomplished to date, going to look great when your, nice job of grade as usual, thanks for the update, enjoyed watching.

[@ronthacker211]

WTG Chris... good problem solving skills. Can't beat experienc,e and good ole On The Job Training.

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Looking great Chris

[@ianmurray9201]

Thanks Chris enjoyed the extra stuff loading etc.

[@wayneullman5079]

You’ve had quite a challenge with this job. Great video! Fun!

[@tomford5149]

Looks great as always

[@davidbanks7155]

Damn good job again getting all the pipe out and rebuilding the dam

[@remiewatkins8032]

A great video as always thanks for posting Good job Chris

[@dennisreed3382]

I love that " great idea Chris. " It's a poor dog that doesn't wag his own tail.

[@deplorable_2024]

When we had our pond built, we got $10,000 from NRCS. But by doing that we had to build it “their way”. That included making the outlet from 24” smooth 1/4” wall steel pipe, with all joints welded 360 degrees around. It needed to be 130 ft long to meet their specs for the dam face slope. That pipe and fabrication was $8,000. Almost as much as they contributed to the project. If I hadn’t taken their $10,000, my builder would have used the plastic pipe like you did, which would cost me less than $3,000 (3 yrs ago). Because of that and a couple of other things they required, and we had to correct/change two years later, I would have been better off not taking the government money.

[@BuckMasterNorm]

Great job. Looks great thanks

[@ramtuff2007]

good pond video

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

Getting that old pipe completely out removes the question of future headaches seeping through later (from that). It was obvious from how the sidewalls were peeling off that the dam was NOT properly compacted but counted on having great material to seal itself well. As much concrete that you were working in, I was fully expecting to see an old car, a refrigerator, or a soda machine get uncovered.

[@kenore4003]

Maybe Jimmy Hoffa too?😅

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

@@kenore4003 😎

[@melissareynolds8691]

❤❤❤ Great idea, Chris! Yep perfect!

[@haroldhawkins9370]

Nice video Chris.

[@pappamcgoo]

Hi Chris, awesome videos. Can we see a few of you washing your machines down after a good day in the mud.

[@AnonyMole]

That was a good couple of days. Seems to be "re-imagine from the start" is the rule.

[@jonnooney7102]

One of my helpers that had a lot more experience with utility work than I did suggested having a lifting hook eye welded on the top of the dipstick for occasions when you can't raise the dipstick like going down under trees. Supposed to lift about twice as much due to the pure geometry and physics of the arrangement. Wouldn't use it much but certain situations it could be a lifesaver.

[@leolarocque-v5v]

Like this video Chris and your explning whate you do .

[@burchelgibson]

I like the way you think Chris you try to stay ahead of the game been watching you for about 3 years is Clint Eastwood would say you make my day

[@garymessina1609]

Always a great job and video thanks Chris and Robert

[@BealyGood]

👀

[@StoicThrower]

😂😂😂

[@RKHarm24]

After watching the 350 filling Barny with 4 scoops, The 220 seems slow, but Mike filling Bubba Dump with the CASE 140 at 15 scoops, is like SLOW MOTION. LOLOL

[@tomwolf9420]

Remember how the 500 filled the truck with one bucket to the brim? This was a monster!

[@snakerancher]

You are absolutely right, that wall collapsing is exactly why you don't get in a trench. How much do you think that section weighed? Could be used as an OSHA video. Looks firm, collapses in an instant.

[@richardellis3141]

nice work

[@assassinlexx1993]

Here is a perfect example why you bench. Just how dangerous it can be. Someone crushed with that cave in. Chris you turned a problem to a fix💯

[@I_Am_Your_Problem]

What's with the trumptard emoji?

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS ❤😊

[@JohnRaffensberger]

Great video

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

you may not of built this pond dam Christ, but your giving it that special Chris touch, and just know everyting will be up and working in no time after you are finished with it all. SOME of that Concrete can be used as Rip Rap?? as long as it is there, can use some of that to shore up the inside wall of the pond dam🙂Forever learning from you Chris. Great video!

[@inthedarkwoods2022]

Is it me or is your subscriber count going down? Don't know why.. Your content is great. I've been with you since the beaver dam videos

[@wayneullman5079]

Nope it’s going up slowly. Just recently hit 678

[@inthedarkwoods2022]

@@wayneullman5079 used to be well over 750K

[@michaeldhenderson3160]

Chris watching you load Barney with the 220 really shows how big the bucket is on the 350

[@doritleis2773]

Chris, You open the Dam, from this Pond. You make this with all Your Routine. Then by the Opening make You the preliminary to lay the Drain, and to put the Overflow. And how You this Dam repair. This is a Perfect Work, for a long Time. Good Video . Thanks. 👌

[@malcolmyarnold6172]

Good job mate love your work

[@Luffchild]

With your great ideas dealing with water we should nickname you "Archimedes".😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@terrypomatto907]

Just think someone though putting broken cement on the backside of the dam was a good idea. The truth is that it would be a problem down the road if the overflow started leaking and needed to be replaced. Chris, I am sure, will install the new overflow properly so if someone has to work on the overflow won't have to deal with broken concrete. Doing the job correctly the first time would be the least expensive...

[@harveylong5878]

all that junk buried on backslope made for half decent fill to some degree. as Chris said, dam itself isnt done quite best practice but its held this long. least all that concrete wasnt in dam itself mixed with sandy soil/top soil

[@ronaldfierro9986]

Very enjoyable to watch...rhanks

[@nigelhales874]

I was thinking that the other people doing this pond dig were cowboy builders chris and u come and put it right 👍

[@MichaelHolloway]

The puzzle is coming together.

[@FrankMeiser-yv4rn]

It's always a good idea When you think of it yourself I believe You have the experience to do that Good job.😂👍🇺🇸

[@hydraulic-hum]

nice work, looking forward to the next video

[@hippyman9060]

Looking Good..soon it will be Perfect

[@jacquesb8927]

Well done, that concrete is a pain in the a**!

[@stephano6793]

Buried concrete always gets discovered 👍

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

That ditch almost raised the PUCKER FACTOR! 😱😁😝🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇸

[@bammersmith5993]

I think muskrats will avoid that dam with all that concrete lol.

[@ranger2316]

Good day's work!

[@timl3605]

"I love it when a good plan comes together" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamielee9350]

Looking a lot better ... Like you said "Never go in open trenches".... That "Bit" of clay what caved in probably weighed about a ton and a half ...

[@stevenhorne5089]

That is just so cool the way you can spin the bucket around. Why did it take so long for them to engineer that?

[@jimfetzer996]

If you have enough dirt flat not big spot out behind the damn little bit you can make a nice picnic spot

[@garydillon3960]

Chris, I passed by your area today on my way to the OBX.

[@roseannvolrath2271]

Good morning my friends ❤️😂😅😊

[@larryemery1554]

Make good use of the concrete. Eyed, use it for rip rap for the outflow.

[@dennishill3463]

Thanks 👍

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

When I was 15, I had a neighbor who was SMOKING HOT. 😵 She was about 35. She was Playmate hot. Her name is Pandora. Every time I hear the Pandora's Box thing, takes me right back to 1986 and all the crusty towels.😬🙆 😅😁

[@DarrenStewart-x7z]

28 inches of rain wow you have had a wet summer compared to last year.

[@mr.notsure9679]

19:56 I've been almost got trapped in a trench like that one time. The dirt was hitting my heels as I was running and climbing out. Scary day.

[@princeofdeath7696]

After hearing your name tossed around by DP and Mr. Digg I figured I'd check out the channel. Have to say this is the content I like to see.