Pond Dam On The Brink Of Failure!

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[@obviousness8113]

Watching this is way more entertaining than any TV show!

[@bigdawg1944]

Great job Chris, seeing you in that gully tearing those trees apart I was hearing the theme music from Jurassic Park! Just waitin for something to come out of there. LoL That guy is getting more than he paid for. Once again, awesome job!

[@DIRT-BOSS]

It's good you mentioned the lack of budget.. cuz you know the haters are going to hate!! Nice work be safe.👍👷

[@randycarpenter2914]

You work with what you got. You are doing well for the mess you had. They should have fixed that a few years ago.

[@TheBrushcutter]

Now we know where all the.dirt in your epic pond dredging series came from! Lol

[@xcalibre222]

WOW, you can relly operate that machine. When scraping off that poison ivy it leaves an oil on the trunk which can still affect you so wear protective clothing when handling that lumber. I hate poison ivy,lol. Thanks for the Vids

[@billrobbins5874]

We had poison ivy but it didn't grow on Vines. That some itchy stuff! 😳

[@BryanBeast13]

Really*

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Bees! Poison ivy! Nope 🤣. Wow those pictures didn’t do it justice, pretty crazy having that much water a few feet away from you! Great job and great video!

[@regsparkes6507]

This is one of the more dangerous sites I've seen you work on in a couple of years Chris. I noticed that mud, down there, and was thinking " sink hole" ! Glad you got the upper hand here, hopefully, before that thing breaks.

[@uggy7]

Good work Chris and Tim 👍👍🇵🇪🐕❤️. You want a pond, you look after it.

[@louisianadirt2188]

Yep when you don't take the time to keep your Leeves cut and clean you get this . Good job. Stay safe Dwayne

[@saratammaro3505]

Hello mate my family owns a demolition company in south Australia, I've seen so many bad operators that dnt respect the machine there operating! Bcoz wen it breaks down they dnt hav to pay for it! Just want to let you knw that ur one of the BEST operators I've ever seen, and trust me I've seen hundreds of operators! If u ever move to south Australia my uncle said he will give u a job straight away, No resume needed!

[@letsdig18]

yeah talent is getting hard to find. I appreciate it!

[@zippydaniel85]

Three things Good, Cheap, and Fast. You can only have two if them

[@bashkillszombies]

Look up engineered earth. It will come in handy for you in future projects. You can use something as simple as fly screening, or small netting, to drastically increase the tensile properties of piled earth. It wouldn't really help in this instance but when you mentioned using a matting it popped to mind and I realised you could probably make your life a lot easier when constructing ramps or access ways for heavy equipment. The tl;dr is if you make a man sized sand castle it falls down easy if you put weight on it, but if you layer a mesh in with the sand every 10-20 cm's you can press down on it with your bucket and lift yourself without it doing more than dropping a bit of sand from the sides (which will settle and stop with repetition). It's pretty cool stuff. Edit: Did a bit of digging you can buy hexagonal carpet like stuff designed just for the purpose of engineered earth, although it's a bit pricey and MacGyvered alternatives are readily available and have been for decades.

[@marcuswyatt2849]

You do good work. Most asshats would have said "nope, let the next guy have it." Tackling jobs like this one keep a person in business.

[@keithdunlap2701]

I would say, with that mess 50/50 somebody is gonna be really Happy, I'm surprised that hadn't busted already by the looks of it..... Another Great one Chris !! Have a Great evening....

[@KooLaidblue]

You need to name these projects so it'll be way easier to actually follow them in order

[@mercman0071]

Make playlists!

[@thomasdesmond2248]

That is where all the dirt came from on that job you did a while back. Removing all that dirt from those coves. Lol God bless

[@mikegallander1754]

awesome video and operator skills,would love to see the rest of the job,that was risky

[@theguyguy3528]

You hooked the client up! Did a great job and risked a lot.. Annnd made a great video.

[@tammyweaver9197]

Awesome watching you work

[@vhostovich]

Just love the way you come up with game plans on the spot in new and urgent situations. We will see at least one more video on this situation, right?

[@black07rr]

Just started a massive dirt moving project building a Ash landfill, the company has already moved over 2.5 million yards of material, and have that much left to move, currently placing 50’ of structural fill in, and I say that as that’s the depth

[@black07rr]

38°36'02"N 85°24'01"W · 737 ft That’s the location, overhead shot was over a year ago, lots more dirt has been moved since

[@shhmule]

That bucket has a lot of slop in it! Lucky you bought that nice refurb 220 recently!

[@SManninen]

Wow, that was an optimal place to scratch the paint on the counterweight, but when you were on the operators seat, I didn't even worry :) (around 17:00 - 22:00)

[@randybobandyscheeseburgerp4387]

Not a scratch on that counterweight. Nice job Chris and tim

[@oddwad6290]

Very risky work . Your skills and knowledge got you through again , but you can't only depend on them everytime you cut it this close . Thanks for the awesome video .

[@mitchham27]

Good work ain’t cheap... cheap work ain’t good. Job looks good as though 👌

[@appomattoxross6751]

Wow. What a mess. Excellent fix.

[@arkansas1336]

"Done as cheap as possible"....I thought all of those customers lived in my area!....lol.....

[@randallsmith5067]

When I was a Boy Scout some 40 or so years ago our troup had a campfire and the wood had Ivy on it and about 15 of us got it from burning it.😭

[@repentantgore9105]

i remember when I got poison oak on my hand i tell ya that was the worst pain i had before getting stung by a jellyfish

[@brianwebber7168]

Wash every thing good with Dawn dishsoap 220 , saw, yourself. Got to wonder what was there before the pond was built and if the pond or dam is leaking.

[@thelazyj8658]

That poison ivy looks like the kudzu in Mississippi...abundant!

[@hunterton4310]

Janell Joy I was just thinking that.

[@phillipward937]

Last time I was in Natchez, I took a drive towards Meadville and it looked like the wisteria vines from abandoned home places was going to choke everything down.

[@forestwolf60]

Rocky Mount district had a wildfire several years ago during which an operator who was in the smoke (before we had any enviro-cab dozers) inhaled the smoke. He had it internally in his lungs. It took him a year to recover. I don't know how many other wildfires that I've been on where operators/crewmen were wrapped up with that crap just from the smoke.

[@thisisconstruction.]

I got chills when that ivy came down..

[@wiljam1968]

I can confirm about burning poison oak, cocking on it and inhaling it. In the winter time around here there’s no leaves on it so if you don’t know what you’re looking at, it does burn well.

[@janvandenbos7085]

Good job again Chris and Tim, excavator looking good not a scratch on the counterweight.....👌✌👍😎

[@michigandogman3060]

One of my favorite videos of yours so far, almost looks like you are working in the jungle.

[@bigbucks088]

Pa. here, I'm itching just watching this, great videos.

[@johnapel2856]

DAM! Pun intended. What you are doing makes sense. I'm understanding more and more about what you are doing and why. Any day now, I'll be a KZbin Expert and I'll start telling you what you're doing wrong. Thanks for the lessons in dirt, brush, and fire.

[@DavidP-ru8bx]

Thanks for these videos, hydraulics are your friend.

[@watchthe1369]

A project I would walk away from, who is living downstream of that failing dam? I would feel responsible for them if my temporary repair was treated as a permanent repair. The way the owner is paying and lack of maintenance tells you the owner is going to pretend you told him is was a full repair and point at you when the thing finally fails. This is a project I would pull a permit on, simply to get the county between me and any lawsuits. I had family in Youngstown. My grandparents had stories about that...

[@Matthunter0767]

I know this was almost a year ago.. but i would think that he has permits for just about anything he does since he had a legitimate company

[@oby-1607]

Pretty gutsy going down in that hole with all that moisture laden dirt holding back that water. That fill looked so loose. Too bad some rip-rap wasn't available.

[@cliffcouture8382]

Send the owner a few Beavers if he wants it cheap.......

[@alexveldhuis6004]

That's gold, mate

[@678friedbed]

beavers wont fix it till there is a breach.

[@dougmcnattin386]

WHEW!!! looks like you escaped one. Heres hoping you got it finished before you got more rain.

[@donburg5125]

You are a good operator that can destroy anything and you do a good job of it

[@canvids1]

Thanks for your video . I so enjoy your videos and thanks for taking the time to show us what you are doing.

[@Toobula]

Just love that machine - Volvo EC220EL. Found one with 2300 hours on it for 97K. Now, lets see... what do I need to dig...

[@jasonwoods3384]

Need more Justin videos, he is a funny dude, with your commentary

[@ericjenjohnson]

My wife who is in the other room...Will probably get poison ivy just because I watched this video! 😂

[@brot5246]

I would agree 100 percent with your wife. I believe if you wrote the words poison oak on paper and I touched it, I would get it. Heck I've got it in winter... Use to play in the woods as a kid and then dad decided to burn some bush....

[@smackflack5771]

Doubtful

[@thomasdesmond2248]

I thought I saw the Volvo inching from all that poison ivy.

[@makingithappen9722]

LoL

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Awesome video Chris, Thanks!!!

[@jamesrasmussen7819]

Years ago I had to rush my neighbor to the emergency room due to breathing Poison Ivy smoke...He was so swollen I couldn't tell it was him. After that I nick named him Jack O Lantern.About ten years ago I got it so bad on my right leg I spent a few days in the hospital, They treated it like a third degree burn....Every day they would debris it (remove all the dead skin) that was a picnic...Stay away from the Ivy. Love the video's keep them coming!

[@toddreynolds8875]

Years of never taking care of a damm. Gets the owner that result

[@toddreynolds8875]

@Geo Thomas well obviously that one didnt with 40 year growth growing on it and in it. And over it. That could happen in one hour. If we got a monsoon and the damm was 1 day old with no grass on it. Oh boy oh boy oh boy.

[@SailorAllan]

Timmy ! get some gloves , grab some poison ivy , go over to the Volvo and work out your new hourly wage with the boss........

[@darkwoodfarms1040]

I believe that is called extortion. It's a great bargaining tool. Lol

[@darkrevenger04]

Would the two trees be good for reinforcing the pond to prevent erosion?

[@fhuber7507]

A few years ago, a couple of loads of rock might have prevented the erosion.

[@colinwalters5281]

Great video Chris,enjoyed it

[@Oldyellor]

Just watching you in the hole and hoping that Damn don't break with you in it. That would be just a complete WASHOUT

[@jerryrolen9639]

Careful with that poison ivy. I was dozing off a creek back one summer day that was covered in that stuff. Had on a hat,glasses and long sleeve shirt. I looked in the mirror couple hours after I was finished and was broke out in red rash every place that wasn’t covered. Itched for days

[@robertrockwell7581]

i half expected it too fail while you were there. but you saved this guys butt.

[@johntatro37]

I'm starting to itch just watching.

[@bazzinbulgaria4826]

That whole washaway needs filling with a few hundred tons of decent sized rocks, properly placed, and held in place with a concrete spillway, poured and shaped over the top. I repaired a similar overflow about 30 years ago and it still works as it should...the pond/dam was much bigger than this one.

[@ssnydertrucking1121]

I reckon you know now where all that dirt come from that you dug out of the big lake dredging project! Bees and poison ivy it just dont get any better than that!

[@ajc7166]

You were right not to put the compactor in there, could have been real risky. By the way watching the machine in the pit moving twigs around looked like a great ole bird building a nest.

[@2badger2]

My older brother got poison ivy in his lungs as a kid. In the 1940s in CA, you could burn in your backyard and some neighbor was burning and my brother breathed it in.

[@63256325N]

GD grand canyon! 😉 Thanks for the video.

[@HotAxleBox]

Im always amazed at how that 220 appears to be an extension of your limbs.

[@williamkelley7654]

I wouldn't take a job like that, now they owner will try and pin any future problems on their property on you. "low budget" = rich person too cheap to do anything right..........

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Can't blame the owner in this case. Blame the hack of a contractor who will take any job and cut every corner to "make the budget".

[@fastbamaz]

@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb hack? probably one of the best heavy equipment contractors out there.

[@Esuper1]

That is why contracts exist to put it on paper that any problem may arise from halfassing it is on the property owner.

[@brentbarnhart5827]

@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb Stupid ass comment from someone who has clearly never ran a business in your life.

[@sir_weltschmerz]

Yikes. I'm getting itchy just watching the removal of all the poison ivy lol

[@southernhomesteadtransformatio]

When the Volvo is a rockin........:-)

[@cathiwim]

Southern Homestead Transformation i was thinking the same thing!

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

I got here too soon. Only 360p. Good thing that dam didn't decide to break while you were in the hole. Is there a good way to repair a dam on a budget? Maybe that dirt went downstream to one of the retention ponds you clean out.

[@chrissmith2744]

Timmy!!!!!!!! Timmy back YAY!!!! Im itching just looking at that poison.

[@galehess6676]

Ivy X makes 2 products for that, it is legit. Become a dealer so you can get it in bulk for a low cost.

[@stevenharrison95]

Awesome videos. I’m already eat up with poison ivy from watching. And it is true what you was saying about burning poison ivy I had it so bad from it being burnt I was in hospital for several weeks.

[@MikeyDunn]

Crikey, that was a gouge and a half! And this folks, is why if you have a dammed up pond on your property, you really need to have a contingency fund in case something like this happens.

[@EddieTheGrouch]

Headlines: Piscene Prison Break Plot Foiled! Local flora and fauna breath a sigh of relief.

[@martincorbitt1979]

Looks like the land owner needed some help badly!!! Lol

[@nfarnell1]

As cheap as possible!!!!!! That is just such a surprise, damn got to keep workin!

[@jrbpa5775]

Not sure if the wood is worth the chance of getting ivy from head to toe.......

[@jameshall1691]

I would have to agree with that statement

[@ryanbbew4947]

Jrbpa 57. zanfel will cure it overnight or even sooner

[@komitadjie]

You're not kidding about burning that stuff, I can *personally* confirm what you heard there. Dad and I when I was ~6 tore down a whole load of poison Oak (very similar) and heaved it in the burn pile not knowing. Both of us were laid up for several days, it was *abysmal*. Don't EVER do that, man, it seriously sucks.

[@joebledsoe257]

Trees growing on an earthen dam are usually the source of the issue here. Water finds an easy path around the roots and then there it goes. Do you ever see trees on any Corp of Engineers earthen dam, tis why. I wouldn't touch this unless it was a complete replacement.

[@Graeme408]

When you have a situation like this will sandy silt soil and 4 feet of dam remaining AND an owner who wants to do it on the cheap do you put your findings in writing so you are covered if this goes south after the first rain storm.

[@toddreynolds8875]

You just park the machine on high ground. If it starts raining

[@MyOLD36chevy]

Video

[@randymaylowski2485]

Good work Mr chris!

[@timgarvey8638]

And for those who are new the channel what is the display on right side infront of the right hand control stick that has 3 small half moons and 1 Large half moon?

[@lorenzogipson878]

Love your videos men

[@marczalewski6120]

That shit finds me wherever I go

[@galehess6676]

For the poison ivy, a neighbor gave me some Ivy X and that stuff is 100% legit. IF I do happen to start itching , usually on my arms or lower legs in middle of night, just get up, wash with the soap (put the sauce on dry skin, wash 2 minutes with lightly damp wash cloth), and that, right then is the end of it and it does not come back. Sometimes I get a couple spots but they don't itch. Become a distributor like I did and you can save $$, I think it is about $8/each for 10 ounce pre-exposure lotion, and then a bottle of after soap to wash off after working outside. It is simple, it works. For running chain saw or digging or grubbing, I use it on my face (not eyes), front/back of neck, halfway up arms, lower legs/ankles feet and 100% success rate. Darn cheap to make sure you don't spend a few sleepless nights and have puss juicing everywhere. Key to success is, don't put your hands/gloves anywhere on you, ever, when working outside, apply and wash often, don't work 8 hours before washing, although I have not had problems, I suspect it is better to wash off and re apply more often, rather than less frequently. Good luck.

[@Highvoltage764]

I bet if that customer would have called Criss about 20 years ago he could have saved a lot of money.

[@JCourts2k23]

Dam, that was a good video sir.

[@Brian.N]

I'm the same about poison ivy, if I look at it I get it.

[@smackflack5771]

No u dont

[@kerrypope767]

I hope the customers budget will not result in the " sting " of returning to the site multiple times to fix it right at your expense .

[@duanecarter9850]

Poison oak. I caught it cause you said it. Believe it or not I'm more allergic to that English ivy. That stuff that crawls up the house and what not. My arms and hands looked like the lizard man. Lol. God bless and peace from Virginia. 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@3611136111]

how about just getting a herd of beavers... LOL

[@GratefulNachos]

You know it’s a pretty serious situation when you rush so much you get your machine dirty!!

[@trentonbartley6417]

That washout went FULL SEND lol

[@zupmeoff]

I breakout when I hear someone say poison ivy 😂

[@billnict1]

A kid in my son's Boy Scout troop years ago did his Eagle Scout project in the woods and it required a lot of clearing of trees and undergrowth. There was poison ivy just like that vining up the trees and they didn't realize it until the kid's mother broke out with it all over her face, in her eyes, mouth, nose, etc. Very nasty stuff!

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

I'd have stayed away from the bucket for awhile too!

[@TheHOOfan1]

Save money now probably means spending more later

[@DolganoFF]

The owner will sell by then

[@rickcrooker2407]

Poison Ivy is really rough on humans but the cows love to eat it.

[@Rwededyet]

If there's ground water outside the dam, doesn't that mean that the pond has found its way under the dam? Maybe that's why there was so much washed out and this whole job is like trying to put bandages on internal bleeding?