All that work was well done, and the rest of the road needs more of the same. Great video production and good informative commentary. Keep diggin’.

@sonomalandworks

Ай бұрын

Thank you and will do!

NIce little job. Fun to watch and end result is great!

@sonomalandworks

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

also love the safety rounds, was going to say nobody is going to take the rounds, but people take everything.

@sonomalandworks

Ай бұрын

Yes, the rounds made a perfect supplement to cones for this backwoods road. Thanks for watching!

Great job, Patrick! Way to point out the shovel use next to the electrical as well... we all tend to forget!

@sonomalandworks

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Nobody likes getting shocked.

Quite a job with the hard clay!

@sonomalandworks

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Nice work fixing that section of the road. Wow, that whole road is in bad shape for sure…

@sonomalandworks

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I wish I could fix the whole thing, but you know how shared driveways can be. Some neighbors want to fix, and others don't.

@tristardiggin

2 ай бұрын

@@sonomalandworks Yup, that is right! Been on several jobs like that for sure…

You are a pro. CMAC83

@sonomalandworks

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

watch 2 , full watch

@sonomalandworks

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice video, enjoyable,,, my question is way a steel pipe over a double wall plastic one, with is stronger/ better and what's the price difference on pipes, or is the metal one used because it is smaller( seens a plastic one would larger hole to be made to fit)

@sonomalandworks

2 ай бұрын

We have a lot of forest fires here on the west coast and people are trending toward steel pipe because it does not burn. Recently some forest fires in our area burnt up thousands of plastic culvert pipes leaving roads and driveways un-passable. The downside to galvanized steel pipe is that it will rust-out eventually especially where the water caries sand and gravel through the pipe. The sand and the gravel will eat away at the galvanization and then the pipe will rust. But this takes 20 to 40 years. Another option would be to paint on a protective coating every 10 years or so. Pricewise they are similar enough. I think the HDPE double wall pipe needs 18 inches of soil cover to be considered traffic rated. Not sure though. I will have to check. Also, If I used HDPE pipe, I would have wanted to bring in imported bedding aggregate for the bottom half of the pipe. This would have added cost, and the job was low budget. Good questions and thanks for the comment. Be safe out there.

@user-md6pt9my2t

2 ай бұрын

@@sonomalandworks thankyou for the answer, I'd never thought of fire.

Why don’t you have a laborer shooting grade and doing most of the hand digging ? In our world operators only climb in and out of the cab for breaks .

@sonomalandworks

2 ай бұрын

For this job it was easy enough for me to hop off and on the excavator and I don't mind a little digging. The job was low budget, and an extra man was not needed. Sometimes it is nice to have the company of others but that's what you guys are for! Thanks for watching.

Found wires like that, that the phone, cable companies seek in. My employer thought they were going to make me pay 10 percent of the cost to repair it. Found out one year later that those wires were placed illegally and should have been near or at the fence line that divides our right of way and the private property. Didn't even an apology out of my boss, all he was interested in was accusing someone before he knew what he was talking about. Glad I'll only be with this employer 2 more years, then its retirement sort of. My employer never backs you whether you are right or wrong.

@sonomalandworks

2 ай бұрын

Hi Rob, Locating existing underground utilities can be tough and sometimes we find them the hard way (on accident). Hang in there and keep doing the best job you can. Thanks for your comment and be safe out there!

How you doing today

@sonomalandworks

Ай бұрын

Doing great.