Repairing a ditch and placing rip rap with the Hyundai HX85A. Man the reach is incredible!

[@reddog376]

Have a blessed day everyone

[@charlesmiller7861]

You go above and beyond to get some cool shots...Thanks

[@paulr5875]

Thanks for sharing. Great video Mike!🎦

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching!

[@randallday7737]

Look at you go DP what a cool shot from inside the culvert pipe👍🏻

[@HalfCutGarage]

Loader sounds fine to me ..... musta been an urbanized beaver plugging that pipe !! 🤣🤣🤣

[@dewainwoodard4840]

Great video thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out there

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks, you too!

[@blackw0lf993]

A construction company I used to work for ran these (IT18s and IT28s ) of that make and time they were all loud like that. It’s normal for those pumps to whine like an old ally cat. With that said they very rarely caused issues as long as you kept oil mad grease in them or didn’t fall in the ditch (their brakes where never the best even new) when dumping rock in the rock box or moving the rock box to the ditch or where the excavator could reach it. We tried to keep them a safe distance from the ditches but they did excellent jobs getting around job sites and moving items from a staging point that where not close to where the job was and thus not accessible by truck even the old military 6x6 they had wouldn’t go places these would while hauling concrete pipes, culverts, sewer box’s or manholes.

[@terryclement9811]

Culverts are a full time maintenance job! Nice job on the rip rap. Love the old loader, I could that at times.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@barrb6134]

Very impressive reach for a mini.

[@markrwc6185]

The culvert shots was pretty creative. Love it.

[@randallnottingham799]

Nice job DP and the reach on the hx85a is impressive

[@DirtPerfect]

thanks

[@ave9889]

Dear Dirt, I do not know if you noticed, you will need several more tons. The first load barely covers to the length of the wash out. The way you describe it , this one load will easily get pushed around by the strong and and constant flow of the stream and floods. Thanks.

[@DocNo27]

I think that Hyundai is going to end up in the DP equipment stable :)

[@kennygray9013]

Propane tanks make good targets for large calibers like .338 lapua and .50.

[@josianrodriguez1249]

NICE JOB WELL DONE. SALUDOS FROM CLIFTON N.J ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks 👍

[@tommussington8330]

Thats that newfangled culvert pipe pyramid shaped so load on top has shorter drive over span.

[@keiths-teeth]

4:28 Loving the belly cam idea

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Mike great video, the old loader may look rough but it’s a workhorse! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

[@Biggs58]

Nice job with the rock. On the culvert you did not bend it you shaped it so propane cylinders can get stuck in the pipe.

[@kenthesparky178]

Great video, fantastic new machine.

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes, thanks

[@TheWolfster001]

I seen in an area not far from where I live (also in Indiana, West of you in Terre Haute) very similar situation, The owner put in a lot of rebar, poured concrete and mixed smaller rip rap in it, then put larger over it when it dried, that was over ten years ago and it's never eroded back after that, and they get from 8 to 15 feet back flooding every spring.. You pour concrete a lot, so you would know how to make it work right for you... Just a thought brother, I know al to well the devastation that water can do in ditches... Be Blessed.. Loved this episode and thanks for drawing attention to that problem..

[@DirtPerfect]

thanks

[@davidpayne2880]

You need to get the county and state road departments involved and possibly have steel sheet pilings installed to make the water go around the bend.

[@johnkimbrell5250]

What about puting erosion control mesh also

[@martineastburn3679]

Honestly, you have the experience. I think I would have terraced that right hand side (next to the road) and packed each Terrace with rock. I would have put heavy landscaping cloth folded down under the rock. Water cuts. I bet it undercuts the rock or bounces off the other wall. Traditional OX-Bowl shape of rivers was developing.

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

The loader is still kicking like a chicken and the new Hyundai is awesome nice work DP

[@pcranebmw]

I know that they are expensive but a tiltrotator bucket would have been perfect for this job. Just my opinion. Excellent video as always DP.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

I agree, this is the USA though. No one uses tiltrotators yet!

[@pcranebmw]

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel Check out the KZbin channel Dirt Ninja. He uses one. He is in New Hampshire

[@74_Green]

Let's Dig18 uses one...

[@ryangarrett3795]

@@74_Green no he has a tilt bucket, big difference

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

@@pcranebmw Cool, I will take a look at Dirt Ninja.

[@maxobara1496]

What a mess that river has made whe it over flows it banks! The 85 did pretty good stretching out. The old loader look naked underneath 😂 Good job cleaning up👍🇺🇸

[@tbix1963]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and videos. That’s a nice little excavator. If you let that leave your going to miss it. Wishing you and your family the best.

[@robertlukacs1762]

The loader sounds just like the one we had on the farm for manure. The dealership said at the time, the whining was from the fittings being to small for the pressure from factory.

[@bump6469]

Excellent work again enjoyed it and that Hyundai seems to be a XXXL mini lol. Thank u sir for ur time

[@maxium4x4]

You could add a 45 degree trash grate to the end of the pipe, you will still deal with trash after the water goes down but it won't plug the end of the pipe. River Life 😁

[@mikenixon9164]

Nice looking excavator. Good video.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks 👍

[@andysukosd8177]

Great video, great shots. Love watching.

[@DirtPerfect]

thanks

[@74_Green]

Dissipater pad for the culvert would help a LOT. Now that you've placed rip-rap, the bank erosion will move closer to the culvert and that Utility pole.

[@Crewsy]

I guess you missed the part where DP said he will clear the culvert and clean/pick up the crap later. So quick to comment negative things but don’t pay attention during the video to know otherwise. Do you really think DP is stupid and doesn’t know that or thinks that crap laying there looks okay? As the old saying goes. Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re an idiot than to open it and prove them right.

[@74_Green]

@@Crewsy A little of defensive...Somebody needs to get outside and away from the keyboard. Been watching DP for almost 2 years. I know he goofs, I know that he knows and I also know that he reads most of the comments because we do pick up on some things he MIGHT have missed. I would not waste my time watching, let at least commenting on a video on a channel that I did NOT like and most definitely would not keep watching for almost 2 years. So get off your high-horse and, as you rightly commented, keep your mouth shut.

[@tonycole613]

Old loader still looks like she got a whole lot of life left in her that's a good job and I know you're thankful that you got a company's that'll let you test and give your opinion on the way that their equipment operates and I'll have to say I was amazed at the reach on that excavator good job Mike

[@NotJustaTool]

I'm sure it has to do with the pricing of the job. Don't take this wrong, like you sometimes do... But removing some dirt on the opposite side of the bank, would prevent the ricochet effect during high flow. That dirt could have been used to fill the hole, that took up a lot of riprap. Yes the angle of the pipe is bad, it could be made better with an open pocket to the left, as a channel. Thanks for listening. Cheers

[@Crewsy]

I guess you missed Captain Kleeman’s video where he fixed the entire length of the ditch including where the washout occurred as evidenced by the material piled on the opposite bank. Digging out that area would work during normal water flow but as DP mentioned that area floods over the road do the water flow coming out of the culvert will continue to eat away at that bank. Is the riprap a final solution? Not likely but it will certainly protect the open bank from water running off the driveway during the frequent “normal” rainfalls they get. The best solution that won’t happen would be to replace the culvert barring that redirecting it immediately out of the culvert is next best. Anytime you try to straighten a watercourse that has any amount of current you will always have to deal with the “ricochet” as you put it.

[@hollandduck79]

from the Netherlands thanks for the video DP

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Captain Kleeman really got things set up well for you! LOVE the undercarriage shot of the loader seeing it's might & great sound. Lots of nice camera shots, MIKE. That HYUNDAI is really working out well for the jobs you hand it. Hopefully, the water stays low going forward! Stay safe, be well! Sonny

[@DirtPerfect]

thanks!

[@nelsonannett5427]

i though you were going to go down in there like you did with the other hyundai. i think she is a little steep. great job. thanks for the vids. cheers.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks 👍

[@dansevern3291]

I do enjoy all the camera angles. In addition to just the entertainment value, it shows that sometimes what it "feels like" from the seat of equipment, (or from a camera inside the cab), is not what's really happening.

[@normanbeaulieu383]

When I was going through an apprenticeship program master mechanic from Parini told me there was no cutting edges on the side of an excavator bucket .He also hated adjustable wrenches

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

I would have gone on the other side and pulled that little nip out of the water flow to keep the water flow running straight. Hope it holds for you, it looks like a lot of water running through that culvert.

[@vaughnhill3437]

I think i would drive down some rebar to help stop that from happening . That will keep the explosive containers from stopping up the culvert

[@stevelalondejr2183]

A 45ACP won't shot a hole in an 20# LP tank don't ask it was floating down the river here ,I had seen a video of them doing 1,000 gallon ones yrs back on the Mississippi after a flood to keep them out of shipping channels. Thinking they were armor piercing maybe even incendiary rounds as they disappeared in a fireball. Great reach but a thumb would be a nice addition keep up the good work !

[@douglasrenkema]

I think Hyundai needs to make you the best deal of your life on that machine, you speak so highly of it you deserve it

[@loganhurst992]

Skid steer for clean up with the C8500?

[@jasonchapman6058]

I've put some hours on those older Cat loaders (not so old when I did) and your IT28 sounds right to my ears. I hope your rip-rap holds up. The stones look a bit on the small side for the size of that culvert pipe (just my opinion).

[@CMDSR]

It’s amazing what floats down a river when it floods.

[@SparkysGarage]

13:23 really cool shot DP, nice work!

[@DirtPerfect]

thanks

[@jamesdiehl8690]

If you could get to the other side of the ditch you could dig it out and straighten it a bit.

[@raypitts4880]

i thought that as well water is going to hit that soil and go to the right and head for the rip rap rather than follow its line,

[@Crewsy]

Captain Kleeman did that with the 120 and just in the driveway a bit there is a way to cross the ditch to get the other side. DP also did that when he brush hogged the ditch with the 120 last year as well. You can still see the material that Captain Kleeman pulled up onto the bank across from where DP placed the riprap.

[@jamesdiehl8690]

It just makes sense that the path of least resistance is the straight path.

[@cyndikarp3368]

Yes Little Bugger is very sweet. When her other attachment gets here, she will be even sweeter. Whats for sale?

[@dignation216]

22:46 for some reason I found that view hilarious, good lookin work man .

[@stevestormssr5492]

Not complaining. I enjoy watching your videos. Both of you guys mentioned the flow direction voting out of the culvert, but neither one did anything to relieve the pressure off the left bank. Just wondering why you maintained that same curve!

[@vladislavkolarik8019]

Hi there i am watching you work on your family farm where you placed those rock all good but you need to clean out other side of the chanel to give the water straight run otherwise it will wash those rocks away.

[@DirtPerfect]

Good news work well after several hard rains the last few months thanks for watching

[@vladislavkolarik8019]

Thanx

[@donnajarrell7615]

Is that a private road? Why didn’t the county do that

[@DirtPerfect]

Private

[@chriscolwell2963]

You need that huge riprap i can not recall what they call maybe revetment not sure this pieces ar like 3ft 2 ft in size or take flowable fill on top of dirt but its all pricey

[@johnmorgan5377]

Hi guys iv been doing ditching today ten loads of hard core to hold see back it’s 1st September Wednesday so mid week carnt do it other times holiday makers on beach they have now gone home must get on chat soon best wishes phill Morgan England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@roberto33812]

You need more buckets fine digger though 👍👍

[@tomgreen5788]

BTW do u have left and right swing on the boom arm

[@johntolbert4566]

i see that 5 gallon bucket that went in river came back to you

[@Jameson4327]

Mr D P I’m willing to bet you could use another two loads of rocks to protect the side from eroding away. The next time you have any old concrete place along the side. Next time you have a load of stone delivered have someone there to place the further back.

[@jeffhitchcock3368]

What a ditch of a job!🤣

[@stashoski2675]

That Machine looks great with the reach fit the job perfect

[@ericwilkinson1771]

looking at the picturefrom the tunnal point why not just widen left side

[@tgiacobbi]

Great machine, I see one in your inventory very soon lol Great video Michael 👍

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks 👍

[@dennisryan7487]

Mike! Good Morning. All the " IT " models sound like that !

[@darylb4814]

Mike, would it not have worked if you were to put a bit of the Riff Rap at end of the Culvert were the water comes out into the ditch on the farm side to, just before where you put it. That would stop some of the force of it as it entered into the ditch

[@jamesdiehl8690]

Now you just need one of them 950 Volvo and a D10 cat dozer.

[@rhacker3058]

Good Morning Mike, Is that a 916-918 Cat, that's the machine I started my 30 yr career in, brings back GOOD memories. I hope you had your seatbelt on, that Rip-Rap will knock FILLINGS out of your head!!!! Even drivers of 992-994 pit loaders say it's the worst stone to move!

[@DirtPerfect]

That’s awesome roger

[@thomasyerbey337]

Great video Mike 🇺🇲

[@wolfdaddy5630]

Did you make MBTS shoot the covert angle on the dangle? He is just the right man for the right height. Been watching for awhile and I keep seeing the same places popping up over time. I’m CONFUSED, are you really good and people call back for more work,or are really not good and have to go back to”FIX” a new problem? HA-HA. That’s for MBTS! Love the channel, love the love between you guys. Have a good holiday.

[@alexosborne5629]

Canny little whine from the loader, it is only the transmission working, must be a hydrostatic drive, still earning its keep !! Water will always travel in a straight line until it hits an object, then it will deviate either left or right, depending on which way has the least resistance. 85 is proving to be very useful, maybe too big for what you need in a mini but you can't complain about its reach !!! Gas cylinder was quite at home in the ditch obviously knows where it is better off, and I think the plan did come together 😁

[@bobjoncas2814]

..lookin' good, have a nice day..

[@augustreil]

Looks great, a few more loads might have helped ? Thumbs up !

[@thomasdesmond2248]

Yeah I agree that urban beaver blocked your culvert up. Lol God bless

[@greggb1416]

20,000hrs, that is pretty crazy... Rip Rap work looks good.. Thank you

[@HawaiianKLR7380]

How does that Hyundai compare to the others you have operated in the past ?

[@DirtPerfect]

Very good

[@johncoxhead8706]

is there a reason you don't put large stones or a concrete collar around the ends of your pipes a stop them from going out of shape?

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes wast of time and money thank

[@playingdirty3719]

I love that Hyundai 85. I want to demo one

[@kevinmhardie842]

Hey Mr. perfect can you get it so well I want to do it tomorrow

[@berkoskilandscaping4247]

what would you suggest the smallest excavator that won't be all jittery like the 304? We have the 304c e2 and its def. powerful but looking for more stability.

[@littlefinkle7757]

306 is a nice CAT machine

[@DirtPerfect]

Man I love the little Hyundai’s

[@scottperman6495]

You put a someone that thing it works pretty good

[@justinmills8084]

The three most destructive things in the world 🌎 we can not live without?

[@chrishodges8246]

That 85 does seem to be a very nice machine and the reach of definitely surprising. I wouldn't blame you if you ended up with it in your fleet. You could've brought some of those big boulders you dug up on a previous job and placed them in the bank there. Just a thought. Unless they were sandstone, I don't remember.

[@daveschmidt5713]

Would recycled concrete be good for a situation like this?

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes

[@mikethedirtjunkie1601]

Still say you should work out a long term review of the Hyundai 1 way or another

[@charlietanner6211]

love the camera angles good job love that road too from tellcity to louisville is the prettiest drive inthe state if i may say you can,t kill those cat machines just take care of them

[@arnoldromppai5395]

i can tel you right now from experience that rock a lone is not going to stay, with the size of that pipe and how it is set, the only way that rock is going to stay with that force of water is gabion wire baskets filled with that rock.. or the concrete blocks you get foe retaining wall.

[@guido2110]

Never known there was a good way to move rip rap 😂 Looks good !

[@travismarett7100]

Is that machine considered a long stick?

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes

[@oldrustyconstruction890]

Are you very far from greensburg

[@DirtPerfect]

I am near tell city in

[@charlesbearden3978]

You need about 19 more loads to do it right.

[@garysalatino5284]

Yes about 20 more loads of 24 inch boulders should do it , I think that small rock is just going to wash down the ditch.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

When did they start making culvert pipes egg shaped. Must be for better flow. Lol God bless

[@rhacker3058]

Just one suggestion about fixing the water flow issue, take about 20-25 bags of concrete and stack them up in the pipe opening, the next time it rains, problem solved!!!! P.S. The county or state might like it to much!!! LOL I would almost bet they wouldn't figure it out for months. LOL!!!!

[@charlesfreed7834]

That old loader is still a good piece of equipment

[@davideuton5361]

Props on windmills are not degrading in land fills. Wonder if they would make good riff raff? finding some who would ship them to you at their expence?

[@DirtPerfect]

Good ?

[@AntoniEmanuel7328]

What ever happened to grandmas front yard project ?

[@DirtPerfect]

Check today’s post

[@casycasy5199]

nice job.was this video late posting it was well past 8am est.

[@kittty2005]

Beast of a loader? That's a baby, an acquaintance in a nearby town has a light green Terex loader with a bucket big enough to park yours in it. He helps out the city department to move snow in the winter.

[@fredshiltz6189]

What’s that noise coming from on the Hyundai.

[@DirtPerfect]

You tell me I hear nothing

[@fredshiltz6189]

@@DirtPerfect the noise starts at 15:45 in the video. Does it three times. Almost sounds like an alarm.

[@DirtPerfect]

Just listen to the video again and I still here nothing out of the ordinary sorry