Setting The Last Of The Pipe And Finish Grading

[@thomascary1752]

You sir are one talented operator. I've seen allot of operators of various pieces of equipment that are dangerous. But you sir are very good!

[@derekholmes5955]

Hello Chris. As a fellow operator you can certainly tell who has a good set of hands and you have a great touch with the equipment

[@gerryjamieson1861]

Chris it's got to be very satisfying to finish a job and have it look as good as it does. Keep up the quality and service and you will never be short of work.

[@lloydatkins9698]

I can't believe how easy you make it look.Keep up the great work.

[@fhuber7507]

Rain runoff catch basin. Its not meant to hold water, just mitigate the sudden flow of runoff. We need more and more of these as people pave more area. There is a pair of 25 acre areas set up near a local high school to do the same. There's a low, concrete paved channel down the center of each and the "dam" at the end of each has a stepped slot in it.

[@bigtarheelfan]

I like the quote, I just fix the screw ups I don't engineer this stuff.

[@marcwohlmayer7897]

I agree there

[@MrCoxmic]

yep, great quote

[@CLEARVIEW666]

ya have to pick your battles

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Yep, he sure need to fix the last guys screw up.

[@davidbriggs8076]

Fair enough, but I wonder if Chris or John told the groundsman that their basin is pointless before they carried out the work

[@Safexscape]

He reminds me of one of favorite books as a child. Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel. What a great story, hell I’m a grown man and it still gets me. I love the care and talent.

[@glen3257]

I could watch that skid steer finishing for days! I love the feeling of instant gratification when working on a skid steer like this! I like the foot pedals over hand controls, and as I am watching I noticed I was moving my feet as if I was in it! I love it!!!!

[@andylarner3531]

You sure are an expert operator I find it very relaxing to watch

[@phillipbonner5215]

You should put that on a T-shirt. "I just fix the screwups"

[@christopherburbidge972]

Love watching you Chris! It’s very Calming and Impressive at the same time. Been keeping up for a couple of years now but sometimes I forget to give you the Love. Sorry, I will get better about that! Your awesome brotha!

[@ronaldmiller6520]

I thought it was easy to run those excavators until I saw you moving that thing around, my god you are using both feet and hands and your head is moving constantly, I have trouble getting the coffee cup to my mouth, nice going nice job.

[@waterbuoy9121]

Running a 360 is relatively easy - it is operating it WELL that is more complicated!

[@montygomez495]

Nothing like sitting down to get your breathing therapy and Letsdig 18 video pops up thanks Chris for making this trying times a little easier to handle have Happy Thanksgving and stay safe.... beuatiful job.....

[@philbohrman3918]

Another completion of a magnificent job, Chris.

[@geoffreystyles6783]

I spent my career in heavy Machinery. This Volvo operator is as good as any I have ever seen. Good Man!

[@craigwavra3495]

Enjoyed this one. Thought this would be a longer project but you always set the bar high. Nice job on putting it all back.

[@marcwohlmayer7897]

Nice piece of work once again Chris.everything nicely strawed in and seeded.the water Can flow nicely like it should now. Perfect Chris.your the man😀👌👌👌

[@rhyswatson2198]

What purpose does the straw do is it's to stop the ground from getting muddy if it rains before the grass grows back?

[@nickverkler9732]

@@rhyswatson2198 it helps hold the moisture in for the seed.

[@cf453]

@@nickverkler9732 And it stops the impact of the raindrops from eroding the soil until the grass takes hold. I took a 3-day storm water class, it was pretty interesting.

[@mslorry3420]

Thank you for explaining just what the function of the pipe you reversed was cause I was lost. I only know what I have learned from you on pond construction and this one just made me second guess what I thought I had learned. Thank you for explaining.

[@dansevern3291]

Thanks for explaining about the elevations, I know it looks different on video, but I would have sworn the flare outside the dam was lower than the one in the pond.

[@bobbaer869]

Great team work and it looks great Chris 👍👍

[@arthurjennings5202]

Is this thing a retention pond, or a detention pond. My subdivision uses detention ponds, they are usually dry except after a heavy rain, then they fill up and release water slowly down stream. We are in a flat area, Houston TX is 40 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, but is only 40 feet above sea level. That is why Harvey did so much damage. When you have an area like a cookie sheet, it floods. Several subdivisions in our area use retention ponds, but after watching you dip out the sediment, I'm glad we can mow ours.

[@donaldmends2244]

Your exactly correct Chris, this why one of the very best compactors ever made was Wagner Compactor, it's feet were same as your wheel compactor. Majority of big underground Companies use those big wheel compactor on there Excavatord.

[@raywilson800]

Job well done. I've been stressing out for days because I never saw the finished job......I know I saw Chris and John set that last piece of pipe and I remember John on the mini with the giant meat tenderisor...... I finally figured it out. I went to sleep. It's a good thing I have unlimited data because I do that a lot lately.

[@johanbunt425]

love the videos you make chris and your explanation greatings from holland johan

[@gerin1946]

Truly it is a pleasure to see you working a also see the result of each job done --- congratulation and keep strong and safe ! best regards from F. Guiana !!!

[@keithdunlap2701]

Another one in the books !! Well done as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening Man ... On to the Next.....

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Superbe! What's coming next? Prepare groundfield for Santa's sledge landing? 😄

[@marcwohlmayer7897]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mikewatts3615]

I enjoy watching these videos can t get out and do it anymore ....keep up the good work

[@marial5841]

G’day Chris from Australia. I was wondering how your sister is doing, did she get everything she needed for the kids? Thanks for all the fantastic videos!!

[@thomascoman2033]

Look into the bobcat soil conditioner, you can do a lot of that finish work in a pass or 2 and you’re ready to seed . It’s definitely a great attachment.

[@dennis2376]

Strange how the straw makes it look so much better. Thank you for posting.

[@Dan-ud8ob]

you do such a nice job of finishing hills and burm's..i've watched others and you always seem to do a better job..just sayen..

[@Thermalions]

Chris did a better job here than the landscapers on my house.

[@kirk467]

Your finished product always looks fantastic my brother! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@markgreen394]

Now that your finished fixing others mistakes, it does not lighten the concept that some excavating company thought they knew what they were doing, when they didnt and a county inspector thought he knew what he was looking at when he didnt, some 20 odd years ago, that sum it up!! cheers on to the next one

[@Jdizzlemynizzle]

Id say 20 years is pretty good. I dont know that any company in the world would warranty anything after 20 years

[@mischef18]

I was thinking your grading bucket would of come in handy there and low and behold you mentioned it, gee I must be psychiatric. Excellent job as always bro.

[@EndlessSurprisesSD]

"psychiatric" 😂

[@greg9403]

When you see a job completed like this. It is no surprise why the company gets these jobs. Smart move Chris on the sheep foot packer. 💪🇺🇲💯

[@jcgoogle1808]

Good thing it's out in the woods somewhere where no one is watching, procters aren't taken and densities aren't tested. With what appears to be pretty dry dirt, some water would go a long way to help that roller.

[@mcoppock214]

That new bucket works well, good job.

[@arnoldromppai5395]

my sister is an engineer for the ministry of transportation here, she draws out all the new high ways, over passes and over looks the work, they have tried a few different types of them excavator roller packers, but they fail the MTO compaction tests. they dont pack near to what is reqired, they have to have the hard vibration with the sheeps foot, as the pack each lift around a pipe or hyw road base, she has to put this unit on the ground that tests the compaction, if it fails the contractor has to dig it up and do it again.. she finds it happens a lot when the MTO acepts a low bid to build a set number of miles of hyw, or a set number of pipes to replace that cross the hyw. the contractors dont get paid extra when they have to redo there work.. 2 years a go a contractor had to rip up 6 miles of asphalt AND PUT IN BACK DOWN that failed the MTO tests, it was all most 3/8" short of its thickness. they cant just add a skim coat. loads of asphalt is tested at random before it is put down. thats a huge loss to the contractor, same thing on bridge concrete pours, each load of concert is tested, and many loads get dumped.

[@maineman11]

Chris, I agree with you said at the end about the angle & length of the pipe. Made no sense to me either why it was designed and installed the way it was.

[@Stubbykca]

Very nice work Chris.

[@nadacommie6235]

been loving watching your channel for months now. enjoy it for some reason, like it's relaxing. but be careful you do not get labeled as fake news, you make it look too easy. ;-)

[@jambocoo]

I wondered why they put it at that angle as well, could have saved time and money on the shorter route. But hey, another screw up fixed and a job well done Chris !.

[@Jimleben]

is it me or does anyone else have trouble figuring out how this basin functions? Nice work on laying the pipe though!

[@nicholashawkins5384]

Guessing its a storm water retention pond. Could be wrong though.

[@briangardiner1015]

I prevents oil and dirt for getting washed downstream.

[@Jimleben]

fully aware of why and how it is supposed to work.. Chris explains it later in the video. the outlet structure will rarely have any water flow through it because the pipe invert of the pipe that he is fixing are close to the same elevation of the outlet structure. if it does fill up the pond and outside the pond will be totally flooded.

[@JamesB_JamesB]

He actually explains at 15.30 that the design is fundamentally flawed and will not work. You are correct with your comment!

[@stephenhunter70]

@@JamesB_JamesB To me it sounds like the inlet of the outlet is higher than the level required for the water bypass the pond through the forest.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Looks great! Jon is liking that Felco wheel 😁

[@inekelassooij840]

Groetjes uit Holland 👋🏼 TOP gedaan ✅👌👍

[@danielashford2430]

Get yourself a power rake for that skid steer. Although you get it fairly clean great job Chris…

[@raymondsyphers4239]

Happy thanksgiving to you and your family. Nice job too. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one wondering how the pond was going fill up. Ray from Oregon

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

Like that. The right way. No sink holes

[@PAUL-ci9fc]

Great job Chris you have a lot of subscribers here in the UK KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[@melissadyche8325]

Looks great Chris good job as always

[@stephenhunter70]

If it never flows out the overflow, to me that means the overflow needs fixing too! In the suburb I used to live in there are several flood mitigation basins, they're all setup so that more can go into them then what can flow out of them. And with those ones the pies are all underground.

[@leol1682]

Very good job young man ..

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

NICE JOB CHRIS AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

[@eugeneenslow8563]

Excellent job! Fascinating videos 🙂

[@warnerrobins8542]

It sure is nice of your Uncle to be helpin you especially being he is a elderly Man.

[@daneclark3161]

Elderly?

[@warnerrobins8542]

@@daneclark3161 yea he's got to be in his 50s at least??

[@daneclark3161]

@@warnerrobins8542- That's hardly elderly.

[@johncampbell6382]

Brilliant job Chris 👍

[@stefanaxelsson513]

Well done guys 👍

[@GARDENER42]

Having "teeth" on the roller means the psi weight applied to the ground is much greater than a smooth roller, probably 5x higher.

[@davidbird4771]

Cohesive (clayey) soil needs to be compacted by the kneading action of a sheeps foot roller. However, you need to compact the soil until the roller walks out of the clay and that did not appear to be the case for the backfilling shown in the video.

[@julieenslow5915]

@@davidbird4771 I don't think they had much clay in the soil there.

[@brucebenson9651]

Thanks for explaining what I'm sure many of us where wondering. I know camera angles can be decieving but looked like the Strangest engineering on a retention pond. An over built inflow to an extensively large retention that has an overflow above grade and required an emergency overflow that will never by design be needed but must be installed. Sounds like you were on a government job.

[@stephanweinberger]

I wouldn't blame the engineer straight away. Maybe the pipe's gradient was laid incorrectly in the first place, or the overflow was installed incorrectly. After all they managed to put the pipe in backwards - who knows what else the f'ed up. Also we don't have the bigger picture; the basin could be part of a larger scheme.

[@lsellclumanetsolarenergyll5071]

Question on this @1700 you mentioned it will never overflow this pond.... how would you measure the height difference with this dam in between so your grade is always correct? I know you can run a lot by eye but ..... I know a pipe level would work but what else could you use?

[@SpeedSmith]

Nice job there Chris.

[@robertlonsdale3826]

it seems to me that the water both enters and exits the basin through the same pipe therefore if water is indeed flowing in both directions will the reversing of the pipe sections make much if any long term difference?

[@martymclamb5750]

Looked great Chris !! Great job

[@StereoSpace]

Awesome work.

[@evilbrat5376]

Nice job Chris, not sure why they have the pipe in bottom of catch basin. Looks like it will never get a chance to fill up the way it is set up, but what do I know. .

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Another great video Chris, what did John think about the sheep foot packer because I think that’s the first time he’s run it but anyway brother you and John and yawls families y’all stay safe and keep the videos coming

[@martineastburn3679]

I think some missed the object of the pond. The pipe he reversed is the inlet. The overflow has a stack to the upper left of the end of the pipe. The water must flood the field and just drains in. Must not be very deep but we don't know the topo of the land.

[@kirk467]

Another great job Chris

[@csnelling4]

You did a great job there Chris , I notice there was a third guy working with John , Chris?

[@stephenbutz2621]

Proper instalation of bell and spogit pipe , the flow goes spogit to bell .

[@jamjames1971]

I'm so jealous of you chris you had bojangles I miss bojangles

[@michaelmullins1290]

Great job. Glad you had a little extra help.

[@riccroft710]

could you do a close up of the control panel on the 220? There are some readings on there that I'm not clear about and it looks like a useful thing, especially with the back up camera feature.

[@donaldalexanderrichards4422]

Nice work Chris hope you and your family have a great Christmas and a happy new year in 2021

[@larrylittletonjr.5305]

I like to watch Big John work he's a go-getter

[@josianrodriguez1249]

NICE JOB CHRIS WELL DONE LIKE ALWAYS.

[@michaelcarlson1528]

Chris, I have been watching your videos for a year, but I know John does driving of the dump truck, etc... so who is John in relationship with you? I hadn’t been able to make the connection. Thank you for sharing!

[@spudgamer6049]

John is his uncle and the current primary owner of the company. Iirc, the company was started by Chris's grandfather.

[@stevieky]

Chris, you do good work.

[@terencechevalier5756]

Lol this be weird but first thing i look at in your videos is what kinda cup is in the cup holder lol, like episode of freinds with the drawing board on back of door, different every time. Awsome videos keep em coming

[@bikerboy7126]

Great job. 👍

[@Car-dash-Ian]

Hi Chris I was thinking would a farm tractor with a straw shredder blower on the linkage be handy for the drawing part of the operation or maybe you can get on that fits on the skidsteer. You us machine operators don't like to much manual labour!!

[@bfin]

actually they'll know due to it no longer having sink holes form after a heavy rain

[@StreakingTiger]

So if I understand this design, it is for a retaining pond or something that can never overflow? That pond cannot possibly get more than 2-3' of water IMO. The water will simply flow thru the pipe and around the pond like he said. It took until the end for me to even imagine why anyone would want a pond that cannot possibly fill up (unless it is just a retaining pond). Love these videos of him doing things that I cannot imagine trying to do (and making it look easy).

[@BigDawgCleveland]

Nice work Chris!!!

[@mofatgreasmo]

Thanks for posting. The old set-up only lasted 20yrs. How long should the right set-up last? 80yrs? Thanks again.

[@kjwoodlief]

Another 20 years. Lol

[@jackiesiebrass3321]

Your so artistic and professional...your video's are so interesting to watch...what state are you in?

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊

[@bourbonthebiscuit]

That's another awesome job done by ld18 👍

[@jackstinson9343]

very enjoyable to watch,

[@blainerueckwald]

I think we have seen more of Uncle John in the last month than we have in the last 5 or 6 years.

[@Tiffy552]

John is like the proverbial swiss army knife.

[@peterlosangelos4108]

A tilt, grading bucket would be very usefull to finish this project :)

[@bobjoncas2814]

..good one,,stay safe...

[@hillbillyb4u]

7:33 That stick has to be driving Chris nuts... 7:46 There he gets it...

[@george8873]

I didn't think about the overflow being so much higher than the culvert coming in until you pointed it out. Really is an odd design. Don't think it really mattered which way the culverts were placed on this job since the water will eventually flow back out through the culverts anyway.

[@palladini9718]

A good, easy job, well done!

[@randykuhns4515]

What is it about the pipe that it can be backwards if its fitted together and smooth inside with a concealed gasket?

[@davidvaughan1293]

Nice job!

[@LLImprovement]

It must be nice to be able to do dirt work this late in the year. If someone was doing a project like this at this time of the year up here you'd be destined to fail because of the cold.

[@tylerbachman4315]

Chris why did the flare on the inside of the pond go so far in. Couldn't the flare of ended a little past the bottom toe.

[@johnnyholland8765]

Chris when y'all seed and straw what kind of seed do you use?