That was a freakish amount of rain evident in the debris, but I believe the dam would have failed without the work you had done.

@jimday6076

3 жыл бұрын

Flannel I’m with you! I believe if Chris hadn’t of had most of the repair done that dam would have failed!

@Losttoanyreason

3 жыл бұрын

I agree I think the repair acted as a sacrificial patch. Of course with even more rain the whole dam would have gone. I feel bad for the neighbor with all those little rocks in his yard that was in the soil.

@chrissheathewoodguy

3 жыл бұрын

i agree.

@markenda1

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree

@williamd6967

3 жыл бұрын

Man this is my kinda luck.The neighbors probably going to take legal action at some point against the owners of this pond.

facinated by watching the machine pick up large objects and i dont know why but its satisfying to watch.

That's tight working next to that pine tree, I'm surprised you didn't remove it, especially with so many exposed roots.

@jamesrobertgrimes

3 жыл бұрын

@drop stix August of 2021 will finish it off.

@austinbeimers4440

3 жыл бұрын

It looked tipped over after the flood

@davidbriggs8076

3 жыл бұрын

@@austinbeimers4440 think we'd all look a bit tipped over in a flood if our soon of our foot had just been cut off

It’s a real privilege to see to all your work and how you do stuff Chris. It was gutting to see all that good work undone!

Looks like they're lucky the dam didn't bust. That must have been one hell of a storm.

@SallinKari

3 жыл бұрын

Might thoughts exactly. Looking at what remains all I can think is they were so close to disaster.

Ive been watching for probably 2-3months. This is my new favorite channel. One thing I’ve learned, ponds are expensive!!

time to talk them into an appropriately sized emergency spillway

@markenda1

3 жыл бұрын

After that much rain and the result, it may not take much talking.

@timlewis5096

3 жыл бұрын

Just do spill way

@wagonerjared

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, without a spillway, the dam will always overtop. Dams are not designed to be overtopped during any storm event.

@davidgriffith618

3 жыл бұрын

That is what he wants to do

@davidgriffith618

3 жыл бұрын

I do not understand owners of a company, any company, who doesn't train or test their employees on what is correct. Do a job right the first time. I get upset with, so called, Landscaping companies, who cut back trees, bushes and plants 🪴 at the wrong season. And folks who made the dam wrong. Customer service? Almost non-existant. Well, KZread has found some good company owners. Who are worthwhile.

Holy batcrap. Let me say you did a great job in that small area. I think if you hadn't done that work, there would be a large hole in that dam...larger than what's there I mean. I could be wrong, but the way that hole was, it looks like that rain would done a number on the remaining segment! Again, holy batcrap!

This is a perfect example of why you should never let anything grow on your dam. Look at all those roots everywhere making channels for the water to go. Great video Chris ! That was a crazy ending, never expected you to come back the next day and say "So...we had about 9'' of rain last night and had water come across the whole dam'' Just crazy.

That little tree had a better root system than half of the big trees you knock over.

As many houses around that pond it would be hard to build a spell-way to handle that much water. But I’m really surprised it didn’t wash the ground in front of where you were digging. Amazing how some grass can keep it from washing so well.

I love your pond videos. That was a tremendous amount of water overtopping that dam!

Chris....great job ! I’m always amazed at how talented you are with that big equipment; you’re like a surgeon....Thank you for your videos.

you can tell this guy LOVES what he does for a living .... refreshing to see people enjoying "work"

Wow! Damn! I mean dam! Thanks for taking us along.

That almost made me want to cry for you man. Hate when work gets wasted because of things like that. I’m glad you kept a good attitude about it. Lord knows I would have been a salty heifer

Well it’s good that the dam didn’t burst

@TANGUANXU

3 жыл бұрын

my braincells burst when i watched this haha

Watching you with that machine is like watching an artist with a paint brush...amazing

Good thing you had the pond siphoned down before the rain came.

Glad to see a good fluent skid steer operator on youtube this is 1 of every few channels i enjoy watching 👍

Putting a lot of dirt into perspective to. Great video. Sorry for all your hard work washed away.

Its amazing how close that came to blowing out completely! I purchased a property in western NC that had a 1 acre pond, which the dam blew out prior to my acquiring. I did much research on rebuilding it, but your videos were probably the most educational for me. We rebuilt the dam and cannot emphasize the importance of a well built emergency spillway (like you said). Also the monitoring of any pond dam during a heavy rain is crucial. Oh and the NC dept of Environmental Quality take lots of pictures if you dont get a permit. Thanks for the great channel!

That was a royal mess. The homeowner should budget to widen and raise the dam with a proper overflow riser. "You'll be back"

I would recommend removing ALL the woody vegetation on the man-made embankment from the inside (waters edge) toe-of-dam, across the top to the outside toe-of-dam. Owner needs to maintain that area in grass and mow it a few times a year to deter groundhogs from borrowing into the embankment.

Hello from Conway, Arkansas. Always love watching your You Tube channel old and new!!! Be safe!!

Wow the way he’s operating the machine is incredible, it’s like an extension of his body.

Glad to see that none of your equipment was lost!

Hats off to you for your attitude and taking that setback in stride and so well. It's a testament to your character.

Just wow! Mother nature is incredibly powerful. Stay safe out there, please. Listening to you accent is amazing. I am from Australia so it is unusual to hear it. Love it.

If that much flows over the dam during a major storm, I think a small concrete spillway like a normal dam would be in order. Its only a matter of time before the whole dam is washed out.

This has all the makings of a job from hell now and a serious disaster soon. The owner needs to prepare that damn to manage flash floods ASAP! Conditions change, what was fine years ago might not be fine today. I know things are not always what we want but it would be nice to Chis convince the owner to do a complete do-over of that thing before somebody gets hurt ( or sued )

@michaelangelo8001

2 жыл бұрын

dam...

Your videos are amazing. You and that machine are truly in sync. You picked the right job. The work you do is not only performed efficiently, but you are a very safe operator!!! Thank you for sharing your adventures!

Sorry to see all that hard work washed away Chris look forward to seeing you reworking this project when it dries out some 👍👍

When you came back to the site I said “Oh No!” so loud I scared my cat. Tough one, but glad you’re making it right even though it’s nobody’s fault.

Did the phone call for this job go something like: ''we think we have a leak on our overflow pipe, could you come and look at it''. That could have got interesting with another rain storm. [Edit] That did get interesting!!! WOW.

He uses a big machine as a little machine and a little machine as a big machine. True operator

I worked for a Flood Control District. One thing nature will teach you is that no matter what you do, nature will always invent a better flood. I've seen water levels rise downstream of our pump station so fast that we could not shut our pumps down fast enough to stay within our required operating parameters. And then watched the water upstream and downstream come out of the banks with the water just going right around our structure and thru it on its own. Our structure didn't run for two days because it took that long for the tailwater to drop. Within a couple years we had a couple more pump stations downstream to move the water. Within a week of the next one down being turned over to us, we exceeded the parameters for the retention pond that it discharged into and overflowed the spillways. Sent millions of gallons of water directly into the Eastern edge of Everglades National Park. We had to keep those 5 pumps running to keep the tailwater level under 6', which was our design limit in our canal. That normally would have given us two feet to the top of the bank from the water level.

You sure do earn your money. I love seeing how well you complete each job. You are the gold standard for your industry. Well done young man. 👍

The pond maintenance professionals are on the scene, they have done this before so they know how to do it Right ! And Mother Nature still showed off her power !

@TF856

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah mother nature can be a real bitch at times. 😀

@eddiemortontapman7252

3 жыл бұрын

Yep , unpredictable and unexpected

At least the algae is gone now.

@TANGUANXU

3 жыл бұрын

the algae is damn gae

@KamuiPan

3 жыл бұрын

bright side of life.

Between you and DirtPerfect, this is “Failing dam week” on KZread.

Once again Chris is here to save the day, awesome job sir. I have noticed that I haven’t seen Tim for a while. Where’s he been

9/11/20 Brother from what I seen in this vid, you met calamity with Grace and senerenty. God bless you.

You are an awesome operator, and you always do clean work,, you have a class (A) personality meaning you’re a “worker”...!!!

I just knew either the pine tree was going to fall over or you were going to fall of the edge when dumping the dirt!! It was nail-bitter episode! 🤪

Wow - That dam wouldn't have survived without the work that washed away. Are you going to ask the client to pay some if not all of the extra material needed?

Glad to see you're not a good ole boy who just starts shoving dirt in on top of all the vegetation and debris and call it binder. Very professional and well thought out, Wow, some gully washer. Those folks need to put in an additional wide concrete spillway to supplement that over flow pipe.

I'm so sorry for you and all the effort you put in to see it destroyed 😔

They rain that we have had to deal with is UNBELIEVABLE!......

Luck that the whole dam didn’t fail! Geeze!!!

I will never again complain about the rain we get in this country, that is ridiculous.

HOLY Muddy Mess ! I guess it still is 2020. He's lucky he still has any pond left. sdh in CT

Does anyone else hear the soothing music of machinery? This has potential for a relaxing soundscape. Off to tractor supply with my recording equipment tomorrow.

That rainstorm was from the remnants of Hurricane Laura I believe! 9" is a heck of a storm. _Very lucky you did the work the day before, otherwise looks like the dam would've broke!?_ Very interesting project!

Man you lucky your equipment didn't get destroyed be careful out with that pond do not let your guard down. Take care stay safe god bless

That's got to be a hard one to tack after all the work you had put into rebuilding dam and overflow pipe and now you got clean up the nabougher's back yard as well, best of luck Chris yet another great video until the last 5/10 minutes.

I think you need a LD18 Mini thumb!!

Chris you are my favorite english Teatcher 😄 i start understand little What you say but not easy you speak speed. Hi From 🇫🇷🇫🇷

@TANGUANXU

3 жыл бұрын

teacher its okay you can learn more

@catertp

3 жыл бұрын

TAN GUAN XU 2020 it’s not easy but i try ! ;)

Another awesome fix by Chris hey Chris shouldn’t the over flow pipe be a little lower in the ground seems like not that much dirt on top of the pipe coming out

That just stinks😩 but yet you’re so calm👍🏻 I was Sick seeing all ripped apart again.

You are one with the machine. Such smooth operation.

water is a very powerful thing it s amazing the dam is still there good luck with it chris

The left track on the skid steer looks like it needs some tension

No spillway to cope with the freak storms? Surely a disaster waiting to happen?

@SlackerU

3 жыл бұрын

Freak storm season ends in November.

I love how he takes a mess and makes it beautiful He's The best !

No pond dam FAILS after you fixed it. The person who made the pond didn't have the dirt high enough around the pond. Can't wait to see the next video.🙂

By watching you move the mini and the Volvo up and down hills and slopes I can see what my dad did as he worked the dragline up and down the mountains of Pa when he worked for a strip mining company in central Pa. That piece of machinery was much much bigger than the 220 and must have been tricky getting it from one mountain side to the other. I know he used the bucket both going up and down. Thanks for your videos!!!

They have major problems there and will soon have to be addressed.

At least your machines got a good bath!😄

Everthing that I saw of you work has been very professional & curtious!!! & I been watching along time. I wish you were in South Ga. Around Douglas ,Ga. I need a pond!!!! Martin in South Ga

Big Yikes!! I/m glad the whole lot didn't just give way!!

WOW! That was insane! You're doing great man. Keep up the great work Chris!

That is crazy right there, the one job you didn’t need rain on.

Always takes a pro to fix a cowboys mess & great skills

Damn Man, that's not my job but it sure makes it gut wrenching!!! Sorry Chris, it's gotta be worse for you!!! Thanks...Peace!!! Bill

Holy cow - I guess you guy's got some rain!

I’m wondering how many more calls Chris will get this week from people needing their dams fixed after that storm?

Awesome job Chris. Love the little Yanmar. I had a vision of that little machine with the same type of thumb as you have on the 160 and 220. Of course on a smaller scale. As always a awesome job brother. God Bless you and the family.

Up here in rural Maine we all have ponds.. one good thing about them, is we get the local FD to install a Pump Fill station, for fire trucks, and our insurance company ( home owners ) gives us a huge discount ( distance to nearest fire station is a insurance liability question they ask up here)- do you all install or use Fire Truck fill stations at the ponds, down there?? They are really simple pipes.

That’s unreal! Was going too smooth

Great video Chris. Hope you have a great day.

Wow the power of WATER!!! 👍 AWESOME VIDEO

your blade must be sharp you cut through that pipe real quick lol 🤣😂😅 nice led back up lights on the skid steer

Can you imagine if you had not repair what you did before the rain come..

Glad to see the equipment survived! That would have been a dam shame.... Lol. That is cool of you eating the cost on that... No one around our area would ever do that... You and your uncle are good people Chriss👍👏

I always feel like I did a day's work when I'm done watching one of yours. Interesting camera angles on this one and good editing, never got bored.

It's just amazing what a water will do nothing you can do about it.👍😀☔🍁

I swear you must live in a rain forest!! Dang rains all the time it seams!!

Looks like your packing job below the pipe held up pretty nicely.

Wow. I really enjoyed watching you do that job. Sorry it worked out with the rain the way it did.

Watching and listening to the sounds of the machine. Dawned on me the engine on that thing seems to be a giant oil pump. I was a Lineman for 22 years. The rig I drove, even though it had 10 speeds never went more than about 50 mph. Was really just meant to drive to the site, park and work like that loader.

Love watching your videos, very therapeutic, wish I had done this line of work, your skills are many...carry on the good work....

Wow!! Didn’t see that coming!

_"Have no fear, Chris ...err um, I mean, _*_Underdog_*_ is here!"_

Wow the original clay held! i will wait for more video!

Dang, now that's my luck right there! I can't wait to see the rest of the video.

Just discovered this channel my father was an operator, you know the difference between a driver and a operator. He left me with the ability to operate pay loaders{front end loaders}, bobcats, and forklifts. That being said I can see your skill and can only guess the number of years you have been at this.

Holy hell.That could have ended up even worse the b4 you started from the looks.

This pond just needs a spillway at this point lol. Or make it deeper because it clearly is too small a pond for the amount of watershed it has.

@Tom22Lr

3 жыл бұрын

WesleyAPEX Ye spill way is the best in this situation if built properly very little maintenance to non

@MultiTurbospeed

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tom22Lr my family pond we drained the pond by 50-75% depending on how much and how big the storms system is and we never had an issue. Some people can't afford the concrete

@StofStuiver

3 жыл бұрын

This is a really badly disigned 'pond'. I presume he started when it had been dry for some days. Then why is the white pipe needing to drain, before the heavy rainfall? You can see at the start the pond level is about 3 feet from the top of the dam. He says it rained about 9 inches. 100 feet of the dam was underwater, he says As he gets there, the water level is stil equal to the top of the 18" drainpipe, fully draining A log washed over the dam Covered his bucket, so at least a foot deep, he says, on top of the dam Washed away 20t of dirt, incl several pound rocks, so it was violent aswell. If it rained 9 inches as he said, and the pond collected only its own surface area, the waterlevel would have risen 9 inch. No more. So it raised 48 inches, that is at least 5 times its own furface area, while with full drainage AND violently going over the damn over a width of 100 feet Which means thats not just a pond, it must be in the drainage of at least 20 times its surface area. Probably a lot more. Which means, with a noobish dam with trees and stuff and only this 18" pipe, its going to keep giving problems. So if you actually want a pond there, you'd have to make a better dam AND indeed make a spillover construction. And considering the amount of water, you probably have to guide it away in a decent manner, bc it will erode off a lot at the other side (to the neighbours it seems) Making it deeper has no effect, as it is about the incoming water over time period. What they could also do is lower the water level of the pond (a lot), so it can act as a buffer. And start draining right away, so with a pipe at ground level of the 'pond'. But then you wouldnt have a pond there, just a buffer area that is a pond when there is a lot of rain. Either way, this thing is a failure as is.

@Master-ls2op

3 жыл бұрын

spill way and raise the dam...

@bruhzooka

Жыл бұрын

I think it needs more hooters.

Had the same thing happen with a couple culverts I installed quite a few years ago. Found them approx 2 miles down the creek. Been there. Damn that sucks