Chris, I am a 76 yr. old pensioner from Australia. Was fascinated by your two videos. It was very upsetting when the rain destroyed everything you had done. I was impressed.......you didn’t swear once. For some reason, I find these types of videos interesting. Next time I come back, I might be a man and work with this type of machinery. I also like to see them breaking up beaver dams. I’m a nurse so I have never done anything like this. You seem to take pride in your work and you did a bloody good job. Congratulations.

I would be sweating until the grass took hold good. Great job and a lot of patience.

@WesleyAPEX

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta use sod!

@Nords555

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesleyAPEX $$$

Can you do a quick re visit at some point would be interesting to see how it faired up against the weather

What a flustercluck. They really need to just defer to your wisdom and expertise and let you do what needs to be done to get everything sustainable for the future. Well done, Chris.

@ConstructionMachineryChannel

3 жыл бұрын

"flustercluck"? Nice, I'm going to have to steal that word.

@Mephiston

3 жыл бұрын

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel Go for it. Use it in good health!

@WVdavidB

3 жыл бұрын

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel same here! I've used Bass Ackwards before so why not this one too?

@GalaxyRangerNiko

3 жыл бұрын

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel I love that one. It's great to use when you can't use the real words. :-D

@ConstructionMachineryChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mephiston Hopefully it won't get me banned anywhere.

Bless you for helping the neighbors sort all that rock out of their yard. Hell of a nuisance for everyone involved!

you need a compactor attachment for the mini

@teamidris

3 жыл бұрын

I wondered if he had an elephants foot for the rock breaker? That really whomps it down hard.

Wow you did an excellent job repairing that mess!

Another Damn Miracle! Great job Chris! And helper! No Tim, but at least he has a pulse!

Isn’t that diameter pipe to small and dam to low for the amount of water flowing into that pond?

@jameswarbrick9168

3 жыл бұрын

you got it mate

Man. Where's this channel been my whole life? Thank's Chris!

Nice to see you had some help on this job. You've been on your own a lot of late.

Best care the dam has had in over 20 years... We can tell because of the trees which shouldn't have been allowed to grow.

@hphillips7425

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The trees are a problem

@karencary3312

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not even qualified to do this but I'd knock down that big tree that's in the way and probably a few more. It needs to go.

@markpashia7067

3 жыл бұрын

@@karencary3312 That would make it worse. The real problem with trees on a dam are the roots. Once the tree dies the remaining roots will rot and cause water leak channels in the clay that are a real monster. As long as the trees are alive the roots live and are basically a disaster waiting to happen not a current disaster. Best practices are to never let the roots grow, but once they are there it is too late. It guarantees a future failure once the trees are established. Likely this dam will be overwhelmed before the trees get it, as hundred years floods are coming every year or two these days. They will lose both ends of this dam before the root leaks get it.

@markpashia7067

3 жыл бұрын

Also the ends will be lost slower than what nearly happened here. Because the ends are anchored in stable ground, they will be eaten out slower than the middle would and will likely fail but not all at once to send a massive wave down the channel below. If this thing had failed in the middle it would have been ugly downstream. Lawsuits would have been flying all over. They are lucky that Chris had it "repaired" when that storm came through, but it is sad that Chris had to take the loss on it. The customer's insurance company dodged a bullet big time!!!!

@richardschipper5989

3 жыл бұрын

@@tp8030 You know absolutely nothing, Tree roots will damage damns and levees, you should never allow them to grow. It is a requirement to prevent and remove them on Federal and public damns and flood control levees.

Chris: *ties pipe to tree* “modern problems require modern solutions”

Well, that took a whole boat load of patience, and a dent in the budget.

Ouch, it really got narrow there at the top, hopefully it will stay in place this time.The tilt asm for bucket on the Yanmar works out well.

Good work chris, man that was a hell of a hole there, that took alot of dirt, thanks for sharing

Dam those trees. I can't imagine that big one at the bottom is going to live and the smaller ones up top with their rootballs 1/2 hanging out in the wind?

3:07 at first I thought you said “there’s a body down here” and I thought “he really does not get fazed by much, does he” 😂

Addicted my friend. Your expertise with your machines is pretty damn impressive. I'm glad this finish video came out. The first one was awesome. Better job second time around. Feels like you're givin mother nature a reply for that flood...lol. I kinda like the sound of the track too. Reminds me of being in a tank. Watching and learning sir. As always be blessed and safe. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Chris You need some of that material from the other job. Yikes what a mess. Glad to see a extra person there helping things along.😉😁💯💯💯💯

“JUST SOLVIN PROBLEMS WITH MODERN DAY SOLUTIONS” YOURE A MACHINE YOURSELF SIR

In southern Missouri where I live there is some ponds that drain such a big area that they put 7ft spillway pipes in 2 acre ponds, I have seen those ponds overflow a time or 2!

They really need you to do some tree clearing on that damn Dam !

@davemi00

3 жыл бұрын

august - yes, Remove All Trees from Dams

@augustreil

3 жыл бұрын

@@davemi00, Yes Sir !

@TrevorDennis100

3 жыл бұрын

That tree in the hole is surely going to die if left there. I'm @8:00 so it might go by the end of the video.

Couldn't you lower the inlet of the pipe by a foot aswell to help in flash floods to help prevent water going over the top of the dam

Please be extra careful when you're working alone. Great job. They should have hired you to do more maintenance at the same time.

Really been waiting for this one. I felt so bad for you after you had done all that work fixing things and all your work was destroyed by flood from the storm.

You are just working smarter not harder. Love you videos. Makes me wish I had gone into heavy equipment and not driving a semi. But both are good jobs.

You are going to have that section of road well packed.

Very nicely done, thanks for sharing !

Unfortunately the Huge Rain occurred, Flooded Area making Additional Work. You made it Right.👍

For seeding I would use Clover as it has very deep roots and grows where most grasses won't .

Looks good, that pond needs a lot more maintenance, trees off the dam and around the pond if not it will become a swamp .

Yep that would pi** me off! Well done Chris👍👍

That grading bucket on the knuckle is just an awesome tool

Holy moly, it looked steep where you drove down.

Chris you are always Semper Gumby! Always flexible. Great job

Great job again Chris. If that washes out again then that is some serious rain!! Take care and be safe. Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧♥️

It looks like another first class job completed... Good work..

Man that pond levee needs to be raised all around and let you do what you best. great job

Nice job Chris hopefully they won't get any rain for awhile 😎👍👍🇺🇸

Looks to me like there has been many years of neglect when it comes to that dam, all those bushes on the water side and the trees on the other side, my understanding is the root system in the trees is harmful to the dam, plus you get rodents and such burrowing around the trees and bushes.

@xoxo2008oxox

3 жыл бұрын

IIRC, the drain had a section of fencing (gone with last flooding) and not a professional culvert/drain/strainer. Water mitigation is a science and that pond has some issues.

@rabidbigdog

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I was unsure as to why Chris had to wear the cost of a second repair? Surely it should be 50/50.

Just consider the first time a practice run 😉 You made it much better this time 👍 I am hoping that the customer(s) compensated you for all the extra work. If you hadn't done the original work, there would not have been a dam to fix, it would have been a build from scratch situation.

Hopefully the rain won’t come to Seed sprout up and take care of that washout. That is a beautiful job. 👍☕️🍀

You need 5 of those pipes side by side for that amount of water the 300 mm 12 inch pye square x 5 would be a major improvement on the over flow maybe a water engineer could give you some accurate data !

Looks great Chris hope you are having a great week

Nice to follow your jobs to completion.

When you have trees in your dam. You have problems.

@blacksheep9734

3 жыл бұрын

Usually they’ll keep them together and lock them in

@savageboner

3 жыл бұрын

​@@tp8030 A properly constructed earthen dam is weakened by trees. There's a reason you never see trees on earthen dams of any significance. A small pond is a different story. A dam isn't a river bank. www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1446-20490-2338/fema-534.pdf

@johnb8956

3 жыл бұрын

Tommy Phillips gras roots maybe not 40’ trees ffs

@WesleyAPEX

3 жыл бұрын

Blacksheep 973 the problem is when the trees fall over the roots will break apart the dam...

@WesleyAPEX

3 жыл бұрын

William Baker grass and shrubs is what you want

The lack of proper compaction of the soil during the reconstruction of the embankment resulted in the blurring of the heaped soil during rainfall

Good job as usual but this dam won't last another 10 years before it fails completely. I know I wouldn't want to be on the downstream side when that happens.

As many ponds I’ve done I stay away from culverts they plug up and seem to always wash out around them . 👍 put in a natural spill way with lots of rock problem solved . Unless you get a lot of rain hurricane rain then nothing is safe😉

Should have built a spillway to the side of your pipe ditch and lined it with d rock for a filter to slow the water down and it wouldn’t hurt to add some over your pipe ditch as well but great fix loved watching

Another great video Chris that was a shame that all the work you done the week before wash down that creek after mother natures freak storm that night 9 inches of rain is a lot of water falling at one time oh brother you and John and yawls family y’all stay safe and keep them coming

You are a surgeon with this machine!

After mother nature tried to stuff this job up for you you fixed it up well bro. Y'all stay safe

Can I ask why you don't put stone instead of dirt , as the last load washed away when dam overflowed 🤔 I do enjoy your videos 👍

Filling and fixing the Dam, "deja vu" Seems I saw you do this a week ago.

I thought you had a new Timmy there for like 10 seconds in the beginning then he disappeared.

@Tiffy552

3 жыл бұрын

Think he's a bit shy.

This may be a stupid question, but here goes, when you are using the bucket to hammer the dirt into corners and really anytime, why don't you use the bucket full of dirt? It seams to me you are beating the shit out of the machine to do this, but with more weight in the bucket, you may not have to beat on it as hard!!

@lamwen03

3 жыл бұрын

With less weight he has to punch it more times, but with a lot less shock to the mechanisms each time.

@randywilson6869

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know about that answer? I am with Steve on this one except for 1 thing. I don’t think th there is stupid questions but it seems there is a lot of stupid answers sometimes but now I have a question... is this something u could turn in on insurance

@Thrash155

3 жыл бұрын

I've operated similar equipment, when you have a bucket full of dirt, you can sometimes lower it faster than gravity and your just basically using the bucket weight+machine force at that point.. The weight of dirt doesn't really help that much. You can pack dirt pretty well with a bucket crown. Chris is also pretty easy on equipment and doesn't beat it to death or shock the hydraulics. There are some Sheepsfoot wheel attachments IPO the bucket that can be used to help pack dirt lifts too.

@JohnLaco

3 жыл бұрын

Your hydraulic speed/functions slow down with a full bucket. You wouldn't gain much. Maybe in a different scenario you might, but for what he's doing it would just slow him down if he tried to get a bucket every time he packed.

If we had that many trees on our dam DHEC would go crazy!

Leave the bottom step on the staircase on dudes and just Bury it in concrete. That would make it even more stable. Great content, loving what you dudes are doing.

Very good! Congratulation from Brasil!

It looks great. So without a spillway what prevents this from happening again?

@DolganoFF

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing

been watching for 4 hours cant help it. amazing channel. keep up the good content.

Wonder if it would help hold the coupler to the pipe if self taping screws were inserted.

looks like your loven that new bucket great job

''We do it right because we do it twice!'' Just kidding, that job really did get stuck by lightning twice!

Very nice good job Chris as usual.

Small bucket on the mini, fill with dirt then pound the snot out of the ground. Extra weight, extra compaction.

@Rickimusic

3 жыл бұрын

How about a real tamper? The one John has has too small of a foot so it is a bear to use. No idea where he got the thing.

That guy needs a 3-4’ wide emergency spillway that’s 2” or so below the top of the drain pipe so the water never gets above the pipe level.

@brotrucks7784

3 жыл бұрын

WesleyAPEX your right

@McBuggs.

3 жыл бұрын

Or save enough to change and go to something that can handle those huge storms... It needs better backup for something major. Such as like this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qIWcpKuEYcS6iKg.html

@doingitwithnothing

3 жыл бұрын

Needs all those trees taken off the dam

@bancroftexcavating7208

3 жыл бұрын

Need a compactor for that machine. Maybe a concrete overflow box and cement in and grout. Money is always a thing tho. Had fun watching! Great job

@arneanka4633

3 жыл бұрын

Or you stop being greedy and have a small pipe 4 ft lower down so a rain has those 4 ft to fill before causing problems. Like a retention pond...

I like the way this machine sounds while operating, it's almost musical

Necessity is the mother of invention! Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

Well, it looked like it took a little less time the 2nd time 🤔 Hopefully there won't be a 3rd time Nicely done 👍👍

Your video is very well shared, wish you success.

I read below some offering suggestions to long term solution. But repairing the dam will just be until the next flood. The pipe is not providing sufficient drainage. I honestly would come up with a better solution than restoration or I would walk away.

Am I the only one that thinks it’s in my best interest to go out and buy a skid steer and track hoe. Every time I see these videos the urge gets greater.

I'm thinking that it needs at least 2 pipes that size or more. Maybe do that when they call you back for the next dam failure.

@michael84549

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you

Old Mother Nature just wanted to make extra sure that you really wanted a pond dam there.

You do AMAZING work

You do a fantastic job sir

Welldone , lets hope it dont rain none soon

Really was a mess. Looks great

They would need some sort of concrete spill way down to stream to stop the big floods or get rid of the pond.

Good job and to the next one .

Problem? Ha! No problem for Chris! :-)

Chris put Rock's in with it

Should use boulders to build in that area and hide the pipe looks better and no worries of washout. Or at the very least some good compacted clay.

I bet it feels like the movie groundhog days dumping the dirt from skid steer ,it’s identical to your earlier video before collapse lol

Chris, it looks like a boom mounted plate compactor is in order for these types of projects.

@davidnichols1363

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think Chris will use one, the stress on the boom isn't worth the cost of repair on the pins , you'll get stress cracks and shortens the life of the machine.

I have been waiting for this

Yeah he needs a spillway for the run off for this pond I'd say 5 to 6' wide or lay some epdm rubber liner and fill it with rock to make a flow back transition line. It would have to be pretty good size 15' X 35' down the slope. Not sure if that would be enough to handle that amount of over flow but it sounds like that rain was a one off gusher. At least it would wash away but it doesn't take much when you have fresh dirt until it starts getting grass to root it in. I need to get me one of these, Looks much easier than a grader but a little harder than a bobcat. I suck at a grader I had to move one. Tons of levers with no markings, took me forever to find the right controls.

A dam failure again. Wow, how many dam failures are there. Lol. Great job man.

Deja vu all over again!

@markpashia7067

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, Yogi. LOL got it.

Hey there Chris. When you are ready to take a break, come on over to Craig Colorado, and do some fishing or elk viewing

I bet your glad to see the DAMM thing done. I don't know if they make one but a Hydraulic jumping jack that fits on the mini would be handy and not such a hammer field day packing dirt with the bucket!

Is the thumb always manually disconnected with the grading bucket or do you have a flow diverter switch in the cab? It seems that the thumb could be valuable to be operational all the time.

I’m not there but I think that punching with the shovel probably isn’t enough to creat a resilient clay mass. The earth in the new fill probably isn’t as compacted as the earth in the rest of the dam. It will sink a little over time. It will stop erosion on the core of the dam though, so it’s probably ok. Also I hope you scraped the organic topsoil of before you added that top layer of clay. Further I would strongly recommend that all trees be removed from the dam wall and replant with researched shrubs that won’t root through the dam to the water. Good luck.

Fun to watch👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I would guess that the fill clay is too dry as it doesn't compact, I have heard 22% moisture is good from several sources but don't know. I would be using one of those two ft flat compactors, haven't been a fan of the jumping jacks. And yes a spill way of some size to remove the excess water when it comes.

The worst part about all this, is when that area gets another heavy rain event, you'll be back to do it all again. The owner really needs to spend the money and solve the basic problem...build a decent spillway or add another 6, or more , overflow pipes. The outlet (overflow) needs to be able to handle at least double what the inflow rate is...otherwise the water will keep coming over the top of the wall.

Win-win for us. If it rains, we get part 3.....😜🙄😂👍