38 mins, hold on... Just grabbed a beer, a bag of beef monster munch and a pepperami(UK Stuff) for the show. I even took my slippers off and put my feet up. Love the longer content Chris :D Thank you.
I worked on a military installation for thirty some years and we did gas, water and sewer. When I first started we had two operators, one had the feel and never tore up anything. We always said he could not only feel everything below the ground when digging he could also tell you what color it was. Then again the other operator couldn't feel shit and he always put everything on top of the ditch so we could see what he tore up.
For what ever reason I was thinking the cable would be bigger, the industrial type. Great skill set not breaking it, hell even seeing it! Great job. Glad the rain held off. Thanks for the videos.
Nice Job, nice reuse of old concrete and decorative stone. Looks natuaral, the forrest will add the final touch and a level driveway! Good example of call before you dig! and a spotter with shovel. Hand dug many a whole with 3/4" stone and 36" below railroad tie with line bar.
Alignment ribbons are part of EU directives. So in Germany too. if there is no electricity, gas or water then the cable is yellow with black inscription
About three months ago our road commissioner called in three locates so he could replace or install new culverts, and they marked the old line in all three locations. Took out a 25, 50, and 100 pair phone lines all in one day.
Really like the longer videos. I'm guessing customer didn't wanna spend extra $ for a hammer. They can always fill in hole litt n summer. Amazing how these people comment on stuff. Most have no clue what it cost or work involved n ur line of work. U have a reason u do things the way u do. Like concrete thing. U gotta do whst u csn in time u have an budget
Eddie, it would have been a close thing all right. Chris was pretty damn pleased with himself for threading that big pipe under the cable, so if a new cable went in at the same depth, I guess it would have scratched the top of the culvert. Even if they'd ripped a wee crack it wouldn't have mattered being at the top of the pipe. What I was wondering about was power cable. If you watch Andrew Camarata's channel, he often mentions power going right down the center of the long drives he puts in for new house builds in NY state. I was also looking for the warning tape you see them put near the top of trenches when back filling over power and propane pipes at least. I have no idea what the regs are for NC, or how they might have changed since that drive and property was built, but I'm thinking it must be relevant. It makes it more interesting as well.
@@TrevorDennis100 If they have 4 dead phone lines, 1 live, and they put a new one in each time it got cut; I'm guessing for burying cable they've got a buddy who can do it cheaper.
Quality work and finish as per usual Chris great to see the Guessometer in action prior to slipping that pipe under the cable can only guess you had a face like a Lottery Winner when it slipped under first time 👌🏼
shouldn't that have been a fair bit deeper???? there seemed to be a good bit of standing water still after you added the 48 inch line for it to drain through... You would think that with a pond that small and a line that large it would have cleared out a little quicker. Water is still going to settle there especially when that culvert starts building up a little sedement as all culverts eventually do.
Tim standing their beside the pipe after the back filling he looks like a state worker leaning against the shovel!! 😂😂😂 sorry tim had to say that!!! Because I’m a state worker!! 😂😂😂
Chad Isett I was a city worker too. Somebody came up with an idea to make a stand that would hold a shovel up. But no one liked it because the stand would take their job.
He should walk in the front of the pipe and have a tag line attached to the pipe .not near the tracks of the machine ,just a segestion to improve your safety on the job .old jimmy x rigger west australia your doing a grand job all the same a small rock hammer would have been handy on your yanmar for that concrete you couldn’t get out
Plus his buddy was walking in front, real close to the tracks, and then he goes fussing about with his phone taking pics. My butthole was puckered at that moment, I don't mind tellin ya.
I love Andrew's videos, and he is about to overtake Chris with his number of subscribers. Chris and Andrew have different skill sets, but what gives Chris the edge IMO, is that I'd much rather have him for a buddy than Andrew. Chris cracks jokes, and does great banter with Tim and Justin, whereas I don't think I have ever seen Andrew crack a smile, and I have seen all his videos, and a lot of them twice. He does have some good friends to be fair, as evidenced by the help he got building his container building. I'm just glad that they both keep uploading great content, because I am going to keep right on watching it all.
Love the way you rock in those pipe ends. The Downstream rock looked GREAT on this one. Not sure why you mentioned you think there won’t be any water in the pond anymore after it silts one, since there’s clearly been water in there for a while and it didn’t silt in yet. But that old concrete headwall definitely caused an issue. “Unforeseen circumstance” Guess the homeowner didn’t want to pay for the time to remove it to get the culvert set correctly? Anyway, looks great
Your works excellent mate but I will say one thing. Guys in the trenche need hard hats. Iv seen first hand what a fist size chunk of clay with a rock in does to a man when it comes unstuck from the back of a bucket. Resulting the guy suing his boss and winning. .
Wish you were close to me. Had a similar situation on my driveway. Fixed last week. My 35 yr. old metal pipe collapsed. Nightmare job. Instead of power line, we have our water line in the middle of bridge. New 30 ft. 42" plastic pipe. 2 loads new rip rap, 1 load #4 rock, 5 loads new hard clay, 2 loads crush run. Lucky found some real pros to do it, but expensive.
Hello... do u think moving up from a 12 inch corrugated pipe in yard for flood issues....to a 18 inch will solve the over flow of the 12 inch??, , it happens in heavy flooding rains, thanks,
Dang Chris you are much loved and watched when I started watching only 3 people had liked now none had watched the video yet, and now 1 hour later over 230 comments 3 thumbs down and with 2350 views
When I Hauled Heavy Equipment I had 4. 1/2" chains that were 35' long. They were for cross tieing Large Steal or Iron frames and Chassis. I bet that chain you are useing was a Logging transport chain and is 25 to 30 feet long.
I’ve got to replace a 36” galvanized culvert. It collapsed on the inlet during the last heavy rain. Don’t know how that happened. And looking at the exposed outlet it’s got holes in it( rusted through) but it’s only 12 years old at the oldest. Plastic for me this time.
Can you try change up ur video camera angles wanna see that excavator work , its nice to have the go pro in the cabin but not all the time, keep up the good work !
Sorry if this is a stupid question but have you done a video on how to operate an excavator? I saw the one on how to run a dozed but I havent seen one for that.
Did you take a picture of that concrete wall before you started cutting on it? It was a piece of history from some time back before the road was built higher. It was in good shape too.
Chris with all the stuff you guys have why don't you have a hammer attachment for your excavators? I have seen a few of your vides where you could have used one. So what's up with that?
ahh... now you're in my world... cables everywhere, don't know what's really what. Except with me it's usually fiber and they aren't feeling so free about it.
@@chetthejet3896 To bad he didn't get the pipe lower to drain the water all the way out. It will remain a mosquito heaven but you have to understand; letsdig18 was getting dirty and he can't have that! Staying clean is more important to him than doing the job right!
@@saltygreek3870 OMG, silt would fill in!! Sure in a few hundred years!! "Concrete was taking more time" Irrelevant!! The pipe should have been installed at the correct depth to drain the pond. If it was on your property, George Georgiadis , you would want it done right and if you say "no", your a liar.
Can you tell me the estimate for that project? I bought 2 acres land but it has a long creek in there and I would like to put the culvert pipes and cover it like that
Get yourself a good quality electrical tester so you will know what's live also would it be easier if you had a non toothed bucket for removing the rock?
You should have plenty of fill and road base for that. The dang pipe is almost too big for the trench lol. God bless buddy from south east texas. Your probably thinking this dude just dont know when to quit
Too Bad about that pond you're fixin' to drain! Were you able to determine if there was Catfish and Snapping Turtles off in there? What State are you in? If it's *Oklahoma* , I'd be keeping an eye open for slippery wet Cottonmouth Water Moccasins as well.
