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.
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.
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
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 UA-cam rabbit hole Hope all is well
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How many hours does that machine have on it now? We just got a ‘14 io35 with 800 hrs on it. We’re still waiting on the yanmar dealer to get the thumb on it so I haven’t even laid eyes on it yet... we’re sure excited and really hope it’s a good machine.
Oh ok, how well has the under carriage held up in that amount of time? And was that the first set of tracks y’all put on it? 3500 hrs isn’t bad at all for a set of tracks!
2 questions: What is the makeup of the soil that eats what appears to be a 20 year old piece of culvert? Normally that has a lifespan of 60+ years. Second; do you ever just form up the outside and pour a concrete block to hold the new culvert in place? I see that done here in the Pac NW all the time, It seems to make a better seal so I have been told.
More than likely its whatevers running through the pipes into stormwater (more than likely salt water from road de-icing and stuff like that) than the soil makeup, which looks mostly like dirt. Also, corrugated pipes tend to rust and decay to the point where its quite common. That's why most pipes these days are plastic or concrete.
knotbumper looks like 80% clay, 10% marl(at the bottom, the gray stuff) and 10% topsoil(dirt that came from digging the pond?). Thats what it looks like to me, anyway. Clay soil is acidic.
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.
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
@@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
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.
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.
Donald Triumph HERE HERE.....US YANKS JUST HAVE NO COMMON SENSE.... DONT FORGET WW2 WHERE WE CAME ACROSS THE POND AND SAVED YOUR ASS.... YOUD BE SPEAKING GERMAN. HAHAHAHAHAHAH😁
Hey Chris, WTF was up with the original engineer or contractor on this project? I'm pretty sure I've watched most of the videos on this project, but don't understand why the drain was laid with so little fall. And as always thanks for all the videos and I'm still pulling for Tim's raise...
@@letsdig18 I wondered if this building was originally built for another purpose OR, deep enough for expansion of the building on top of the buried utilities and drainage. Maybe the retention/detention pond used to be much deeper and has filled in??
Jim M i would be willing to bet the dirt dug from the detention pond became the hillside the building is sitting on. So when the pipe was laid, it might have been only 6 feet deep, but by the time the pad was finished and hillside graded, it was 20 feet. Just a theory. Our pond dam was created when our across the street neighbor built his inground swimming pool and needed a place to put the dirt. Win, win.
That's a really good question. From the video and info given, no utilities in the way, like the two 12in pipes into the manhole, looking at the tailwater level and the invert elevation, probably not a good design. Last thing you want to do as an engineer is use a manhole that deep unnecessarily. Especially that small of diameter. Unfortunately shortening that manhole can cause some HGL problems, and your unable to upsize the outfall pipe cuz of the manhole size.
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 !!
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
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 !
@TheOtherBill either way any marked utility line should be hand dug till verified. You should include the hand digging at the utility line. CYA your insurance company rates could be effected. If you're a contractor that only cares about speed and not safety your premiums are sky high. As a former district inspector for a large gas utility watching this video i see you do it correctly. But more video of hand digging could help you some day to verify your work ethic. An insurance company will always try to blame a contractor to get out of a claim. Your trenching method is a great way to safely comply with the shoring requirements. The angle of repose most people don't understand. As a person who on a daily basis encountered many contractors and some incompetent ones. When something bad happened it was asked of me to give input into my experience with a contractor. I learned in my documentation and photos to note possible evidence good or bad. Hoping i would never have to give it. In my state Massachusetts a gas utility had a major incident involving over pressurized system. In government evidence there is a picture that shows the contractor and utility worried about a possible problem. Utility blames lower management and contractor. Management blames documentation and contractor blames utility. The fact is everyone knew that there could be a problem a big problem. They set up a group of gages to watch for the problem but didn't tell the crew monitoring what to expect. Meaning the workers didn't know what to watch for and I'll leave it there There concerns were correct but the crew doing the monitoring didn't understand what the setup of pressure gages were for. The situation could of been stopped rite away but wasn't. Cover your ass CYA
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.
Honestly who thought a metal pipe 20ft in the ground was going to last? that far down its constantly wet,which = a rusted out collapsing shell of a pipe. Like sewer pipes are that far in the ground and what do they use? Concrete because it lasts.
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.
Depends on the soil. For every foot deep it should be laid back a foot. So for a 6 foot deep ditch it should be 12 feet from each side at the top. I’d say this hole is safe it’s just not pretty lol. Can tell bore pits and ditching isn’t his forte lol.
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
Well now apparently that guy didn't realize he was dealing with a PROFESSIONAL team of dealing with underground utilities you go let'sdig 18 or maybe he's in a bad mood because he can't find toilet paper 😂😂😂 nice work guys 😎👍👍
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
Why couldn't you get a slightly smaller bore pipe and thread it inside the old metal one if it's a straight shot... Saves digging up for a new one . Also being unsure, shouldn't you put pea gravel underneath the pipe so it is supported, before the earth goes on top and round the side?
That is how a lot get fixed with a plastic hdpe pipe that is fuse welded and shoved in. Unfortunately, and maybe it's the case here but most old pipes rust and sag not letting you push in a sufficient sized new pipe. Cheers!
the old culvert was probably that deep because it was laid before the land was filled...that reddish fill looks acidic to me....galvanized metal culverts are prone to disintegrate in that... Ever heard of "side tamping"???...I mean, if you're going to make videos...(???)
Francois Lepine well he did say the roof of the building was draining thru the MH and out to the pond. So it doesn’t make sense that it was put in before the land was filled. Unless that MH was there previously and they raised it to grade....
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...:-)
If that is gas it should have a copper tracer wire above pipe for location. If wire is cut location can only go as far as cut. If not fixed they (gas co.) could charge you for them fixing it down the road.
those arent really that noisy , camera mic makes it sound much louder than it was. I core drill up to 18" cores with a Hilti core drill and its not that loud out in the open. In an enclosed space it can get a little worse and require ear protection but not too bad.
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.
Was quite common to see road workers doing that here in NZ 20 or so years ago so people just called it breast feeding their shovel. Stay safe bro
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.
Showoff.
Love the bucket flip digging under the gas line.i have done that myself digging under footers for geothermal pipes
I appreciate your cutting back either side of the manhole, reducing the risk of collapse and killing the hole boring guy
@Wall Cutter Dunno, water and some lube?
Wall Cutter most likely water to keep dust down and I’m guessing to act as a lube. Our drills got water hookups
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.
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
Frithgar I didn’t know you watched these videos. Stay safe and healthy.
@@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
Hes probably already deaf and doesnt notice the noise
Legends say his ear still bleeding
Love watching these..
And a new one every day..
This is fantastic..thank you
one can only watch so much digging then skip a head to see what comes next
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 UA-cam rabbit hole
Hope all is well
I bet Chris makes that engine noise when his tracks move cause he loves what he does so much. Great job man
Very good job Christ and Tim .
And THAT, folks, is why he gets paid the big bucks! He and Tim make a great crew working together!
You really do some interesting work, nice job !
It's a toss up if I watch Dirt Monkey or watch Chris. Oh hell to be honest I end up watching you both.
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@Skyler Wilder instablaster :)
When digging around utilities the operator is only as good as the spotter on the ground
It’s really amazing the amount of people that don’t wear hearing protection on the job with a saw like that.
What you say ?
Its called being a real man.
Real men are def? Sorry what I can’t hear you? Haha
@@formhubfar Real men look after themselves. Foolish men don't.
@@W94urndks9urneos you must be blind as well as I didnt say a word, I typed it looool
Excellent job. Congratulations👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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.
Hey! Your videos that are multiple videos should be in a playlist...
Cheers
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.
That's what the step backs were for.
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.
They don't mark out private property. That would have to be done by the owner or pay a locating company to do it.
@@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.
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.
Is the old metal pipe sitting flat? Looked like the pond level would cause it to permanently hold water judging by head wall on the pond side.
so sweet of you helping timmy carrying that piece of concrete,
Besides a clean working area. Do you make the area wide so Shoring isn't necessary ???
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.
How many hours does that machine have on it now? We just got a ‘14 io35 with 800 hrs on it. We’re still waiting on the yanmar dealer to get the thumb on it so I haven’t even laid eyes on it yet... we’re sure excited and really hope it’s a good machine.
3500 everything is original but tracks 100 hours ago
Oh ok, how well has the under carriage held up in that amount of time? And was that the first set of tracks y’all put on it? 3500 hrs isn’t bad at all for a set of tracks!
2 questions:
What is the makeup of the soil that eats what appears to be a 20 year old piece of culvert? Normally that has a lifespan of 60+ years. Second; do you ever just form up the outside and pour a concrete block to hold the new culvert in place? I see that done here in the Pac NW all the time, It seems to make a better seal so I have been told.
More than likely its whatevers running through the pipes into stormwater (more than likely salt water from road de-icing and stuff like that) than the soil makeup, which looks mostly like dirt. Also, corrugated pipes tend to rust and decay to the point where its quite common. That's why most pipes these days are plastic or concrete.
knotbumper looks like 80% clay, 10% marl(at the bottom, the gray stuff) and 10% topsoil(dirt that came from digging the pond?). Thats what it looks like to me, anyway. Clay soil is acidic.
2 years using my mini and I never thought of filling the bucket to tamp the dirt easier.
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.
It's the first time that I see your videos after few seconds *AMAZING*
Nice work Chris 👍💯
Turning the bucket around was impressive
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
R M you would be surprised at the lack of documentation!
Hey Chris. You do a Damm good job. I love your mini x she does a great job. I love your videos. Keep them coming. Thanks.
This is the exact reason they only have concrete and plastic pipes in europe. You can't even buy a metal one...
I believe it's no longer allowed to in America as well .
You would be wrong in that assumption.
You can buy metal pipes in australia they are approved by all the water boards. And only used when theres less then 600mm of cover over the pipes
@@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
That was cool at 24 mins into it flipping the bucket around and going backwards. Go go go :)
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.
Only works with certain couplers
Great trailer 👍👌😎
You are a surgeon with that thing!
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.
This is surprisingly satisfying to watch.
I so wish i lived in the states and worked with you mate, i love outdoor work like what you do 😁
You gotta admire the yanks enginuity.. metal pipe to run water.. genius absolute genius...
Donald Triumph HERE HERE.....US YANKS JUST HAVE NO COMMON SENSE....
DONT FORGET WW2 WHERE WE CAME ACROSS THE POND AND SAVED YOUR ASS....
YOUD BE SPEAKING GERMAN. HAHAHAHAHAHAH😁
Everything in Europe must be perfect. No need to repair anything. Unemployment must be high.
paulthesoundguy1 try looking north dummy
dpeagles wouldn’t have a clue..common sense would say use plastic or concrete.. METAL REALLY......
Yanmar is the only company i know that put a piston protection on their excavators. I appreciate this feature
Hey Chris, WTF was up with the original engineer or contractor on this project? I'm pretty sure I've watched most of the videos on this project, but don't understand why the drain was laid with so little fall. And as always thanks for all the videos and I'm still pulling for Tim's raise...
Nobody knows why all the drainage is laid so deep
@@letsdig18 I wondered if this building was originally built for another purpose OR, deep enough for expansion of the building on top of the buried utilities and drainage. Maybe the retention/detention pond used to be much deeper and has filled in??
Jim M i would be willing to bet the dirt dug from the detention pond became the hillside the building is sitting on. So when the pipe was laid, it might have been only 6 feet deep, but by the time the pad was finished and hillside graded, it was 20 feet. Just a theory. Our pond dam was created when our across the street neighbor built his inground swimming pool and needed a place to put the dirt. Win, win.
That's a really good question. From the video and info given, no utilities in the way, like the two 12in pipes into the manhole, looking at the tailwater level and the invert elevation, probably not a good design. Last thing you want to do as an engineer is use a manhole that deep unnecessarily. Especially that small of diameter. Unfortunately shortening that manhole can cause some HGL problems, and your unable to upsize the outfall pipe cuz of the manhole size.
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 !!
You should just take a link out of the fence and open it up. Then replace it when your done. It's not hard.
Like the quick attachment turned the mini into Mike Mulligan steam shovel! Just would love to see some steam come out. Need a whistle too.
That was some skill and talent digging around that gas line. Shame you can't put a cab on that mini with AC.
Nice job on the gas line. I've popped a few of those in my time
The mini in high speed reminds me of the old Gumby cartoons! Thanks for the chuckle.
Yes lol
Was that area filled after the drain was installed? It's about the only reason I can think of why they went so deep.
Chris do you guys not use rock around the pipes when you back fill. That is common practice here for all sewer/drainage pipe installs
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
where was the 57 stone bed for the 18" pipe .
12:37 Craig's list bargain, used corrugated pipe needs a little TLC serious offers only 😄
Fun watching old videos. I don't have to read, *"where is Tim"* in every new video. :)
That drill worked pretty slick! Putting the new pipe in a lot shallower was definitely the way to go.
a lot of water off that huge roof for that size pipe, and a much smaller now reserve
Is that a gas/propane pipe you are working gingerly around?
Yah
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 !
@TheOtherBill either way any marked utility line should be hand dug till verified. You should include the hand digging at the utility line. CYA your insurance company rates could be effected. If you're a contractor that only cares about speed and not safety your premiums are sky high. As a former district inspector for a large gas utility watching this video i see you do it correctly. But more video of hand digging could help you some day to verify your work ethic. An insurance company will always try to blame a contractor to get out of a claim. Your trenching method is a great way to safely comply with the shoring requirements. The angle of repose most people don't understand. As a person who on a daily basis encountered many contractors and some incompetent ones. When something bad happened it was asked of me to give input into my experience with a contractor. I learned in my documentation and photos to note possible evidence good or bad. Hoping i would never have to give it. In my state Massachusetts a gas utility had a major incident involving over pressurized system. In government evidence there is a picture that shows the contractor and utility worried about a possible problem. Utility blames lower management and contractor. Management blames documentation and contractor blames utility. The fact is everyone knew that there could be a problem a big problem. They set up a group of gages to watch for the problem but didn't tell the crew monitoring what to expect. Meaning the workers didn't know what to watch for and I'll leave it there There concerns were correct but the crew doing the monitoring didn't understand what the setup of pressure gages were for. The situation could of been stopped rite away but wasn't. Cover your ass CYA
He had the tape, just didnt play it here.
Do you cut the trench wider so you don’t have to legally shore it?
Step backs were dug. Didnt you notice them?
Its like playing in the SANDBOX !! Wait, they didn’t have GAS lines in our sandboxes back then !! Lol. nice work Chris
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.
My thoughts also. It's much more interesting to watch real professionals doing their jobs than to watch a newby klutz learn by mistake.
That guy is still telling the amazing story to his buddies.
No metall pipes in Europe Chris, nice job again 👍👌⚠️
Honestly who thought a metal pipe 20ft in the ground was going to last? that far down its constantly wet,which = a rusted out collapsing shell of a pipe. Like sewer pipes are that far in the ground and what do they use? Concrete because it lasts.
Dylan amen!
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.
and all that fancy compacting with no stone under haunches will cause that single wall to squish over time
Not single wall lmao
Yea, what he (pipedoc russo) said
6:46.., who else checked their phone?
I wonder what the retention pond outflow pipe looks like?
Been waiting for you to go back to this job!
Awesome video Chris I was wondering about this job and what they decided on doing to fix it enjoyed watching
Fun to watch this one.
Thanks for the entertainment!
Thought refs was any ditch over 6 feet had to shored up when workers are working in it, am I right?
Benching every 4 ft is acceptable in most soil
Depends on the soil. For every foot deep it should be laid back a foot. So for a 6 foot deep ditch it should be 12 feet from each side at the top. I’d say this hole is safe it’s just not pretty lol. Can tell bore pits and ditching isn’t his forte lol.
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
where the hell did tims hat go? looks quite odd!
How did you know the gas line was there? Does the new line have fall to it?
What is the reasoning behind digging each of the sides of the trench down a bit too?
Safety. The walls are much less likely to cave in when benched like that.
I am surprised you do not have a tamper for the excavator for stuff like this. This was a cool project to see.
Well now apparently that guy didn't realize he was dealing with a PROFESSIONAL team of dealing with underground utilities you go let'sdig 18 or maybe he's in a bad mood because he can't find toilet paper 😂😂😂 nice work guys 😎👍👍
Don Braden Well it was his first day on an ex making a line crossing...😊
Nice Benching of the trench!
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
Thank you, Betty could have helped on this job. :)
Why did you use single wall pipe?
Nice placement, of Timmy. You wanna try it? I know he wanted to help, sometimes not helping is better with a great operator. Great job by all.
He was talking to the lookie loo.
a lot of dirt to be moved for this pipe keep working hard
How can you tell if a stormwater drain is failing?
If it rains and nothing comes out
@@jarroddraper5140 Seems logical.
Good work, again!
Timmy lives!
Why couldn't you get a slightly smaller bore pipe and thread it inside the old metal one if it's a straight shot... Saves digging up for a new one .
Also being unsure, shouldn't you put pea gravel underneath the pipe so it is supported, before the earth goes on top and round the side?
That is how a lot get fixed with a plastic hdpe pipe that is fuse welded and shoved in. Unfortunately, and maybe it's the case here but most old pipes rust and sag not letting you push in a sufficient sized new pipe. Cheers!
Thank you all for the replies.. I always say you should learn something new every week..
And I am.
Hi, do you use full throttle on this excavator?
Why don't you let Tim dig and you watch,it would be a different video and time for a change
Wish u had a rotating bucket. Would make tht job super easy especially the filling in part.
Wow....what a great job
the old culvert was probably that deep because it was laid before the land was filled...that reddish fill looks acidic to me....galvanized metal culverts are prone to disintegrate in that... Ever heard of "side tamping"???...I mean, if you're going to make videos...(???)
Francois Lepine well he did say the roof of the building was draining thru the MH and out to the pond. So it doesn’t make sense that it was put in before the land was filled. Unless that MH was there previously and they raised it to grade....
amazing video!!!
You certainly get yourself into some interesting work.Is that yellow pipe in the trench a nat gas line.Never mind,you answered it. Thanks
Oh Great Scott ! A gas Main !
Hopefully he fixed tracer wire that runs above 4" main. If not $$$$$$
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...:-)
Ooo that makes a change, black soil instead of clay/sand.
AKA organic rich soil.
When you and Tim, CT3, were in Vegas, Tim showed a Kubota 80 excavator and a tilting & angling front blade.
Core drill guy must have those new fangled invisible ear protection devices......
He was wincing. Known to reduce hearing damage by 3.
Say HUH, Wat did ya Say?
If that is gas it should have a copper tracer wire above pipe for location. If wire is cut location can only go as far as cut. If not fixed they (gas co.) could charge you for them fixing it down the road.
Why do you care. It’s his hearing and choice to loose it.
those arent really that noisy , camera mic makes it sound much louder than it was. I core drill up to 18" cores with a Hilti core drill and its not that loud out in the open. In an enclosed space it can get a little worse and require ear protection but not too bad.
Do you not have codes regarding the fall on your pipe where I live it's one eight inch per foot.