I haven’t watched the original video when this lake was built so my question is did they leave the cut in the dam or did it wash out. Second question how well does a dam made out of sand hold water, does it need to be wider than a clay dam to hold water I always thought sand was to porous to work as material for a dam. Love the videos great content!
That was another Unbelievably productive, long, tiring, educational and most importantly ENJOYABLE day that I will never forget and I We, (Wendy, me & David) are so appreciative!🙏🙏🙏 My perspective is scheduled for 8 am tomorrow....David's 33rd Birthday in Heaven...He's forever 29 🎂🙏🙏🙏
Yeah turned out all right. Guess he's glad to have you as a friend to give him a hand and do the work. Good job. He's going to really appreciate it. I'll tell you. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Great job Chris and Scott. The lake is going to be gem when finished. Kudos to you Chris for help your friend finish up his labor of love. Salute to you Scott and family for your service and sacrifice for this country. God bless !!
Another pond gets the Chris Letsdig18 treatment and absolutely no doubt that his friend Scott is one happy camper to finally have it almost finished. Can't wait to see the overflow put in and the last grooming done next episode.
Chris, that’s the first time you’ve been on a dozer for that long a period in any of your films. All of the finish grade work and sir I want to tell you, you are the master.
I can’t praise Chris enough for helping to get this lake closer to being finished. It is a huge job for one man. Chris is all about working efficiently. That is how he can make a big change in a short amount of time. I’ve always ragged on Chris’s baby dozer. It is really too small for most of the work he does but in the hands of a good operator it can get the job done. Working around this lake that little dozer really shines.
Was crazy how much water was flowing out of there , when you started filling it in !! Wow !! And the way that sand, clay mix ?? or whatever it is, looks like it gets pretty hard after you spread it on out !! But, seems to be working pretty damn good !! And you guys got it looking really good so far Chris !! Scott has a beautiful place there, and really starting to look really nice with it dressed all up around the lake now !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening, And, On too the Next !!
Wow, Scott might have to go out and buy some more sand in order to fill that all in. Good job Chris and Scott, now its starting to look like a nice lake with sandy beaches all around.
@@southernhomesteadtransformatio I started a small job a few weeks back & wondered what I was going to do with all the stone & subsoil, as all I needed was enough for a few paths. By the end, I was scratching around for sufficient to finish what I planned.🙃.
I don't understand how Chris being an excellent operator and so knowable about what he does had 2.4K views and only 368 likes. Only takes 3 seconds to hit the like button and help him out with you tube stats. Just saying.
You can see how tight that compaction was getting even without a roller and just using the dozer, after a couple of passes the tracks were hardly apparent, good job indeed.
That dry sandy soil is what is needed to grow the Arbutus tree, a tree that is currently only growing in 1 region of the world and is protected from logging for it's brittle hardwood.
Here in Australia the builders called it brickies sand,it has a higher clay content than any other sand varieties,once dry it stick together better due its angular shape molecule and clay content hence repel water or better water resistance.I can see that your kind of sand might be similar to what we have here,the bricklayers love it here due mainly to its higher moisture resistance,certainly suitable for dam building.
Surprising that sand holds water in some instances - wonder why - I will have to do some research for the answers. Watching you work the dozer and excavator is like watching a beautiful field of grain or pasture swaying in a gentle breeze - exquisite.
From personal experience, sand is a great filter medium and traps all small particles. Like any filter, it finally becomes blocked and nothing can flow through it. If you make your filter area wide enough and dense enough, the flow rate with be too slow to erode and will also block up faster. From this point, as long as you build your overflow system in a well established and solidified area, a sand dam should hold just fine.
Chris, I could just well imagine if the Volvo 550e and a haul truck was doing this ,,I think Scott would blow his mind at what could be moved with them
That's why Chris is best for even I had to watch video twice too..this is going to be an excellent nature area..geese love I love it..great team work..UK out
The difference of operating speed between your Volvo and this excavator is unbelievable. It must have felt like you were working on this in slow motion!
It's going to be a really nice pond. I would plant common daylilies all over the place. They'll live in any soil conditions, fun sun or shade, and will help to make the pond into a more natural and beautiful lake.
That looks so much better, over time Scott and Davids dream has come true. Their hard work really shows. Thank you LetsDig18 for helping make their dream a reality. Have a great day and thank you for sharing. PS Question was that dirt you top the dam with?
Thanks Chris for this very interesting Video. How You the Pond flowing off to close and the Dam to build up. This in layers Structure and then the complete Dam to raise on the inside and outside, and this in perfection. Thanks for this Video, and I gladden my of the Continuation., 💪👍👌
@Southern Homestead Transformation I'm sure the majority of us wish you could go back to that day. I for one am sorry you can't. I have no doubt though that David is watching and happy to see this transformation. I am sending you a big ((((hug)))).
Me too! And to see that dragline in the pond, i wondered how you were gonna get it out of there, but you did it! Love watching your work! Did i tell you that we are copying how you did your greenhouse for when we build ours? Ours is much smaller.
Could possibly be the pump cavitating, my uncle had and old military dump with less that 7k miles on it. The pump would make an ungodly sound when engine was revved up, it was a massive pump but only had a 2” suction but had a reducer from 3” down to 2” at the pump and the tank, we drained it put a 3” nipples and hose on it couldnt believe how quiet it was or how much faster it dumped
@young11984 I was thinking something along these lines. If it isn't the inlet sizes, filters it is probably some private left the pump on driving down the highway and toasted a bearing which now acts as a relief valve at higher rpms (vibrates allowing oil to bypass the pressure side of thr pump).
I hope he's lined up a landscape contractor to hydroseed the pond! He needs to use a wood fiber mulch at 3000 to 3500 lbs per acre with tackifier and fertilizer with about 250 lbs of seed per acre. The heavy mulch and tackifire will hold the sand in place and allow the seed a good start to prevent erosion.
Chris I know you dont respond to comments. But I am truly curious. Will that sand grow enough plant material to keep the rain from eroding the embankments? Also in a couple of those locations I would have been afraid of rolling that dozer in the water. Nice job to both of you.
I'm betting this fills up faster than the Bealy-Good 5 acre did even though it's 3 times the surface area (possibly 5 times the volume) just from the rate of flow we saw in the cut.
The taco has a reputation for rough pump volutes and impellers gear facets and more .its not that thay dont last its under proforming that becomes the case. We pull the pumps and give them a "port and polish"clean up the rough spots align the valve body and it quites it down with out the annoying loss of flow& RPM survey paths can be fun on the dirt bikes & Quads . Great content thank you!
A while ago I asked dirt perfect when does a dozer just nope out and fall over on a side slope, he said about 35 degrees. You must have been pushing that, looks terrifying lol
I am amazed at how that dozer doesn't sink when turning it on that loose, wet sand. I was working under the assumption that water would tend to pump up from underneath when running over it.
