Gas line reminds me of when I was working for a lawn sprinkler company putting in a system. The place was marked for all utilities. The person operating the machine to drag the pipe underground was headed to where a gas line was marked so I waved for him to stop. He said : "Don't worry, the gas line will be deeper than this drags the pipe. He cut a 6 inch gas main. Fortunately he got the machine shut down before it started puling in natural gas. You can't even get some people to avoid the utilities by properly marking them AND telling them to not hit it just before they hit it. This is probably why that supervisor was worried when you were digging near the gas pipe.
This is a sweet number bro, had a giggle when I saw Tim breast feeding the shovel it reminded me of road workers in the past. O'l Betsy is just right for the job. Stay safe up your way guys
Haha, lol!!! Breast feeding a shovel.....I've never heard that saying, & I've been in the business for over 20 yrs. Love it. Great solution to a problem Chris.
Straight corrugated metal pipe should only be used for temporary conditions, like temporary stream crossings and such. If a person is going to use CMP, it should be Aluminized, Type 2 Coated CMP. Army Corps of Engineers did a pipe material longevity study of the topic back in 1986 and found that ALCMP, T2 outlasted all other metal pipe coatings by 2X - 6X.
For me it's the different equipment used.. and the different ways of doing it. Mind you I am the same with watching drains being cleared.. that RU-vid rabbit hole Hope all is well
So amazing watching you dig without hitting boulders, here in Newfoundland, Canada you don't get 6 feet without hitting boulders and the 6 feet you do get is just about all rock.
This big boys use that method too, just not very often. The last building foundation I worked on was a 10 arce building for Microsoft's world headquarters in Renton WA. As they progress down the hole, they turn the bucket around like that to fines the dirt out of the way for the cribbing crews.
That dude doing the core drilling got no ear defenders? Just the thought of trying that is making my ears bleed, don't know how he can stand that noise! I'd be in agony on the floor from that trying to cover mine up
@@westonhoffman9710 Nice to have something that doesn't need a lot of focus and attention playing while I'm doing my editing, helps to keep the boredom at bay! Besides, watching an experienced operator like this at work is always good, can learn little tips and pointers from watching him that I wouldn't have otherwise thought of
i dont mean to be offtopic but does anyone know a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid forgot the password. I would love any tips you can offer me
we have installed 100s or 1000s of sewer and storm pipes into manholes and have never seen one done that big with a drill only 4 to 6 inch with drills.. rest are done with cement saw and a sledge hammer. Grout after pipe is installed and done.
Damn it, my hands and neck are sore from pulling on the same leavers your pulling on.. I'm and old wore out operator that just loved to do that kind of work.. Nice job finding that Gas line , No BOOM today, See Ya Texas
I was going to ask if the yellow pipe was a Natural GAS Line. I waited and you confirmed. The core drill, That was very interesting. Knew there had to be a way, just didn't know HOW.
Good smooth operator really knows how to operate that excavator. Must have a lot of experience operating equipment good smooth Job some guys dig a two ft trench and it winds being four foot wide !
Great video as usual. Really enjoy the time lapse. Not worried about that ditch sliding in on the kid? In that clay soil he would be finished. A little shoring goes a long way. Just a thought. I’m a retired fireman and have seen that end tragically.
2,4,5, comes to mind watching this. 2Ft spoil pile and tools away from trench, 4Ft when ladder is needed, 5ft when shoring or benching is needed and you have 1 of the 3 took care of.
Believe you are gonna be back there many more times Chris, They didn't want to spend the money awhile back when ya had a 30 ft. Deep hole dug checking all that junk pipe but, they are gonna have to spend it , just like on that section... with many more to come i'm afraid.....lololol...They should have just broke down the first time and had you guys fix it all then !! That's ok too !! Instead of one Big Job , just gonna be a bunch of smaller ones on that site it's looking like... Thanks for sharing !! Have a Great Evening... Stay Safe !!
im sure you put in a short pipe already at that pond head wall and poured cement around it . maybe it was on the other part of this same job, as it had 2 places
that owner might have been antsy around that gas pipe but i bet he was dam impressed after the digging was done. dam these guys know what the hell they are doing i bet he thought.
Hell of an electric line.Amazes me that these places get built and no one knows exactly what utilities are where.No excuse.Building owner /supervisor should have maps of where everything is located outside .Would have been a bad day for you to bust that ,even though you were assuming electric was there.Nice job working around it
That's why we watch this. to learn these awesome tricks :) And it seems so trivial in hindsight, but damn that would have helped me when I was putting my pipes in.
Big fan of your videos. Not to be an armchair operator but that trench is awfully deep for that kid to be in their. Not to mention your soil pile is right on the side of the ditch. Would hate to see you get fined over something that simple.
@@justbe4481 -- Maybe so; maybe no. A cmp (corrugated metal pipe) is quite strong and routinely used for driveway connections. In the case of large openings, the culvert is delivered in large sections. They are assembled on site. With the thick cross section of the steel and a good galvanizing they have a LONG (perhaps indefinite) life. They may outlast reinforced concrete culverts because these fail when the re-bar corrodes.
@@GilmerJohn all storm sewer pipe lines and man holes are 48" cement pipe with epoxy coated wire screen. under ever city street, to drain water off, the see more salt then any were here in Canada, they last for ever.. no plastic, cant even use lastic for drive way crossing, must be steel, you pay for it once and if it ever needs replacing the town ship takes care of it, but you must get a permit to install one and were they stake it to go
The guy watching from the insurance company? (I'm guessing a gas line, as they're yellow here in the UK). ETA and two minutes later - you gave the answer...:-)
I am just curious why you don't have the area marked for utilities. The state where I live a contractor blew up a good portion of a downtown area and there was a fatality where it happened. I noticed that you had someone making sure that you didn't hit the gas line. Also I know that you know what you are doing with the machine. They even encourage the homeowners to get the utilities marked. It is a free service.
@@nealgramento2055 Wow. I Wisconsin they will mark any public utilities and the owner of private property owned electric and water and drainage is thiers to mark.
They will mark the gas, electric and telephone cable TV on your property for free. They want you to give them a call even if you are planting flowers. And if you would accidentally hit the line without a hotline you could be charged for the damage
Okay I know that it had be dug up I don't see any of the markings in the video. The reason why I was I work for a municipality and we didn't put anything in the ground before it was marked.
There was a time when at my home I had a sewer lateral that was blocked by trees roots. The contractor that I had to do the work was not really happy if they had to dig it up. There is a city tree, in the sidewalk is a 12 inch Waterman then a electric duct that is before getting into the sewer. I was lucky that they tried before the digging started. They got a huge lateral snake and got through the blockage. I was very happy a the contractor was happy also.
question, does that mean that you will have standing water in that concrete junction below the new pipe? If so wont that wate leach out of the old pipe and possible cause a wash-out or sinkhole near the retention pond where you cut it?
Their going to fill the catch basin with concrete up to the bottom of the new pipe, the old metal pipe will get filled with flow able fill witch is similar to concrete in that it get hard
Nice job Chris! :-) I'm wondering, how many times do you dig up something that shouldn't be there? Not like a dead deer or cow or something, but more like a car, or chunk of aeroplane? :-O
Hope you had an engineer verify the Hydraulic Grade Line (HGL) when you shortened that manhole? Otherwise you probably will have a fountain ⛲ instead of a manhole, among several other problems like backflow. But hey, it's cool to see a manhole cover fly into the air when it rains.
