Wing Walls BIG Culvert pipe

[@PRShoup]

Great job, Mike!! I 'm an old construction guy (70+ yrs old). If I was a little younger and lived near you, I would love to come over and give you a hand! (not that you need it - it would be for my enjoyment) I love your work ethic, attention to detail, and how you are always teaching and explaining why you are doing what you do! The other bigger channels have nothing on you, and you are one of my favorite channels!! Keep up the good work!!

[@austinavery4772]

Totally agree

[@ahwootton5]

Great skill Mike and it's looking mint.

[@Meshedupatx]

I like the way you communicate with us. Great job on your work and your kick-butt KZbin channel.

[@garyklavon5298]

looks great buddy for sure thats hard work by urself

[@joe-l6c4j]

I’m enjoying watching the project take shape looks good thanks for sharing

[@waynevincent5448]

Super nice!! You have an incredible "eye" for setting stone.

[@micahpaul20]

I freaking love it! Don’t worry about the people in the comments that don’t have the vision like we do. It’s going to be perfect!

[@manfredbismark6688]

Bravo, good work! Rudi.

[@satguy]

I really like the look of this, ❤

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Awesome job DB looking amazing.

[@ericcowan7759]

Looks awesome Dirt Boss!

[@terrybergin4921]

Beautiful piece of rockwork

[@philberg9234]

Very nice! Job looking great.

[@delsimmons9684]

Looks fantastic!!!! Love it

[@ta3355]

Rock on DB! Looking good. Nicey nice!

[@maxobara1496]

Master Mason!! Dad’s very proud of you!! Great look Mike, excellent work 💪🤗🇺🇸

[@msloanofd196]

Solid work .. Solid bridge…!!!!

[@victorflores9790]

Looks amazing! Keep it up.

[@michaelsmith2723]

Looks bad ass !

[@garrycourt3274]

Looks amazing Mike.

[@markward553]

Looks good 👍

[@josephsmith7849]

Dirt Boss it’s Looking Great. I’ve been watching you for years now. Ur a True Craftsman of ur Trade. Keep building on ur Vision for ur Property.🤙🔥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@@josephsmith7849 Thanks man!

[@joehussey2693]

Nice job Mike, looks great! I call that free style, not easy by yourself for sure, a lot of trips up and down out of the machine to eyeball!

[@Prodriver790]

The project of your vision looking great lots of work involved enjoy your videos

[@froter1]

That's going to be very nice Dirt Boss 👍💯

[@Jamieclarke88]

Looks amazing mike look forward to the next stage 💪💪💪

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

Up Saturday night watching DIRT BOSS.. rocks on...WHOA YEAH!!!!!💪

[@HankinsExcavating]

Freaking awesome Boss Man!!!!

[@bobbymcbulge18]

Looks amazing, incredible job DB!

[@Ned-p1y]

Barney Rubble and Fred Flintstone would be proud of you building with rocks !

[@mikeembrey9176]

Great job Boss 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@j-dawg4015]

You are one great operator 🍺

[@sparky11772]

Wow looks awesome Mike!

[@tcb069]

another job well done 👍👍👍

[@jessbruner708]

great job looks good as it can jet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@yenerm114]

Looking great DB 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🤘🏼

[@njonebale7889]

D-Boss!….that turned out awesome…finally you get to work and build yourself something instead of for everyone else….I know all about it…..talking about fishing, what you need to do on the downstream side when nobody is looking is dig a nice pool so some fish can actually get big enough to catch….make sure it’s on a Sunday!

[@DIRT-BOSS]

😁

[@raypeoples]

Talking to rocks,beating up on rocks,stacking rocks, ya gotta say DIRT BOSS ROCKS looking good!

[@steveevans6334]

Great video…Great guy

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

Wow….i somehow drifted away from your channel and didn’t think you were putting out content. Just saw the picture of the culvert opening and was immediately attracted to it and only then saw it was you. I freaking love it. 😍 Now I gotta go back and watch everything that led up to this point.

[@myk55501]

Hey, outstanding work that covert looks really really good

[@bricktop7803]

Brilliant Vid Mike, that is one crossing done correctly. You could explain to the keyboard engineers, the culvert pipe is engineered to be very strong in compression. It is essentially a triangle with the pointy bit at top, it is engineered to be stronger with increasing load. the load is shed across the sides of the embankment. The foundation rocks on both sides of the culvert are NOT cemented. That is would b a mistake. The water is designed to flow around and out of the wall, the pea gravel facilitates this. these rocks are sufficiently large to ensure they will never be washed away. It is designed to be permeable. If it was a watertight structure it would collapse with freeze\thaw cycles. and the loads would be behind the structure instead of the front. It is a residential structure, and you can see it holds up to heavy machinery very very well. incidentally, I found a galvanised metal fence post in my back yard, its been lying buried for 50 years and it looks brand new, just off the shelf. My parents had pix of the fence being built all that time ago.

[@casycasy5199]

it looks amazing.your pops taught you well.hes looking down and smiling.i love rock walls

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

Totally …it is clear that Dirt Boss has a passion for rocks and stones. If he spent all his time on that, it would piss me off. I can think of nothing more glorious than using them in a way that looks both natural and beautiful.

[@kennethhume8628]

Usual terrific video .

[@henryg683]

Great job Mike can’t wait to see you in the next one!!!! A man of true vision and it’s going to look great!!!

[@huckjames213]

Nice work Dirt Boss, I love stone building, it's in your blood. Keep up the great work.

[@victorthomas6782]

Love the long videos! Let ‘er rip!

[@williamfluke450]

Great job you definitely have the touch. Nice tribute to your pop’s & entire family

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Thanks

[@davedavis662]

This turned out spectacular, nicely done.

[@annbilling7036]

Very nice job

[@memyselfandifarmer]

What a masterpiece Mr Picasso.

[@Ropeman302]

Nice work 👍 I’m always impressed with your work 👌

[@TheEggeee2]

That’s sharp Boss!

[@TheEggeee2]

Snake habitat

[@pmiller7886]

I hope you are pleased with the results, that was a big deal getting to this point, its going to end up pretty awesome. Now that I know you were a stone mason, not just a mason, the way you placed the rocks with a crow bar all makes sense. I watched and thought, oh man hes done this before, that is some trick technique to maneuver large stones in place. Happy for you Mike.

[@ErwinMaas]

I think your skills are awesome and that culvert is top notch, everything about it! Here in Portugal they do things completely different but it would be a huge win if we would have somebody like you around here...

[@Jnr-Ecosse]

Sammie is gonna love it sitting next to the gurgling water, listening to the birds. We know your work ethic mike, it is outstanding. Good you got your haters out there, good to know their venom turns on themselves. Keep it up mike!

[@margaretckamaka5552]

Just like an artist, looks great🌺🍍🌴🇺🇸✝️🤙🏽

[@buckzillakiller]

Looks good brother. Be safe!

[@GlobalistJuice]

It's a beautiful thing!

[@larrywall1642]

Looks fantastic.

[@johngaster7020]

Man I gotta say that came out freaking awesome. Good work!!!

[@dansullivan2954]

Mighty fine Mike, mighty fine indeed.

[@jamesbailey586]

Another good video

[@kevingardner4737]

Awesome video thanks

[@wingman8447]

Beautiful work! That will be there forever. Every generation contributes to the next. Good memories. Put some Brookies in there, I’ll be up.

[@dotknieciemgly]

Perfect

[@TheWrena440]

Hi Mike!

[@peadenl]

Beautiful work and the squashed pipe was a great idea. You get more flow with less height. That rock work is an art and you did a great job. You ever consider slapping up one of those backup cameras to be your second set of eyes? Can’t wait to see some videos of the family fishing in the creek. We lived off a creek for most of my childhood and you probably don’t have water moccasins up there.

[@sandblast5636]

excellence work America.

[@JamesCarnes-s3o]

Nice job

[@joebacarella2829]

I liked the video so much, I subscribed to all, well done sir it looks fantastic.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@@joebacarella2829 thanks

[@davidj4662]

Nice stone work there, big guy. Top notch.

[@BoiseTDI]

This looks amazing! I wish you were in Texas, I need something like this built. 😊

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@@BoiseTDI I could be for the right price lol

[@Dab-sh6tw]

DB rocks!

[@lifetwolive]

great job

[@Ned-p1y]

Back on site !

[@alexosborne5629]

Oh my word 💪💪💪😎😎😎 That is one fine looking retaining wall, Mike !!! Watching you throw those stones around as if they were pieces of cheese, I could tell you knew what you are doing. It is annoying that certain people feel the need not to listen to your voice, you have clearly explained what you are doing, people forget that the camera does not give a true representation of width, angles, height etcetera....... 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@DIRT-BOSS]

💯

[@davecrable1356]

As an FYI for future reference, the Army Corps of Engineers did a study of all pipe materials back in 1986. Concerning corrugated metal pipe and applicable coatings, they concluded that aluminumized coated cmp (not straight aluminum) outlasted all other coating types by 2 - 6 times the servicelife. It's better than galvanized and around 5% more cost.

[@shannisgeorge]

Yes most people in comment 1 can't do this type of stuff and 2 most can't afford it, I enjoy watching people do this stuff

[@sonnyblazer5504]

*NOTE* See *MIKE reports to DIRT BOSS* thus the constant aesthetic eyeball measurements! This whole effort is looking really good and *KENWORTH in RED* made its appearance a few weeks back! Another person yeah but what you want is *IN YOUR HEAD* so YOU have to do it (like your DAD would have!) Nice *BIG GUY* ! Thanks!

[@davewarrender2056]

I did some landscaping, building some steps into my shed, using just stone and soil. They lasted 20 years before they needed repacking , I luv what you done with the culvert.

[@brotherbruce]

Although you are skilled with that bar I am still very grateful for hydraulics. I like basalt for walls as opposed to limestone or sandstone. Good job.

[@thestoneforestchannel]

Excellent video, I subscribe to your channel, I work in the quarry and I also rebuild very old stone walls. Greetings from Barcelona.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Thanks!

[@montymc450]

A masterpiece Mike. Rustic kodak moment good. Ignore the naysayers

[@bricktop7803]

You got the ripper Mikey, and there will be bedrock exposed at various points on your property. You can create your own collection of mined rock to add to the project.

[@Pawinterservices]

Nice to see core and main giving out free shirts with $7000 pipes!

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Haha

[@BigFella73]

You could drift sideways across that!

[@SirensC3]

I love how people are trying to tell this guy how to build his project. He has obviously been doing this kind of work for a long time. Mind your own business and enjoy the videos. 🤣😂🤣

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

Don’t fret about the people who make those comments….its all good (literally). Everyone who comments helps the channel and if they are controversial comments which get others to respond…so much the better. I myself, will rattle the cages a bit every so often ….just to make sure everyone is awake 💪

[@rustysdirtworks8398]

Well Mr smarty, some of those watching have experience in these issues, it has nothing to do with wings, the object here is enough flow of water, compared to how much water he will get, if the road gets topped due to higher water flow than his culvert will carry, road failure will happen.

[@SirensC3]

@@rustysdirtworks8398 nobody cares. Seriously absolutely nobody cares. The guy that built it doesn’t. It is done and filmed and posted. And nobody else cares about your comment either. 99.99% of viewers are never gonna build something like this. And those that do probably already know how. This isn’t a video on how to fix a broken mirror on your car. So nobody cares.

[@Rasputin-p4e]

​@@rustysdirtworks8398shut up boss. Nobody cares.

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Boss man… set your admission fees… I’m seriously considering an evening in that hammock! It’s beautiful bud.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Lol thanks SV

[@jordanbraren9658]

Where did you get that culvert pipe from?

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Lane Enterprise out of Ballston spa New York

[@jont9903]

Mike where did you get the pipe from?

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Lane enterprises

[@silverknight1044]

How about adding a camera on the boom and a screen in the cab to give you a birds-eye view of the bucket when you can't see it.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Not realistic that would get ripped off pretty quick just got to go with the touch

[@CITYNEWSSUPPORT]

" This was for me to get over here and I'm over here now" Why are guys named Mike always badasses?

[@rafidishak7801]

Hi mike...how long that egge shaped culvert corrugated pipe will last with continuous passing of heavy equipment on top of it ...correct me if iam wrong...why it is egged shape rather than circular shape...hope all is good .

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Google got the best answer for that

[@jamesa.rodriguez8598]

Geotechstile and 4" cobble - sweet. Obviously, this ain't your first rodeo. It may not have been on paper, but it was/is definitely in your imagination.

[@Miguel199117]

Me dedico a la excavacion , el trabajo de las rocas esta bien , se podria mucho mejor , pero ese tubo de agua esta muy debil , para la excavadora no esta mal pero no quiero saber lo que pasara cuando lo cruce un camion o traktor bien cargado.. me da miedo

[@tedohio3038]

You working for a very particular customer. HA

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@@tedohio3038 Very true 😂

[@plowkingf15]

Your rock looks like rock I have in NH.I see other youtube contractors in NY.Their rock looks like shale and falls apart. Maybe upstate NY.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Albany NY

[@MyCracker1234]

Very nice job, but that's what you expect from a stone mason, we have walls in the UK that were put up 100's of years ago, no mortar that are still standing strong today, it's what stone mason's do.

[@chrisoakey9841]

Why not move the excavator so you can see? And you should use some concrete with nylon reinforcing fibres to stick between the rocks. And if you want it to last forever, use the pipe as your firm, and concrete it with waterproof fibre reinforced concrete. Then when the pipe rusts no problem as the concrete will last.