This is exactly what i wanted to see . Often wondered how you set up for projects like this . Thanks for sharing this with us . To me its trees and land . To u Chris its a masterpiece ready to be relieved
@@jimgraham4700 Im from Ireland so i dont fully understand making ponds and the work involved. Its a credit to Chris and his team for showing us what they go threw everyday
I agree!. Sure would like to see more of this with each of his videos. My enjoyment of these videos is trying to figure out and follow what/how he is attempting to do the job and why. While sometimes it is very obvious, other times I wish he would consider showing a simple sketch/drawing. By the end of the project it is always clear. I also appreciate him explaining the logic/calculations, the state regulations/codes (25ft rule) and the "better" way to finish the job.
I really wish him and some of the other UA-camrs gave ballpark price figures. I kinda under why they don’t, but it would be good information to most viewers. To know what something like this would cost them if there looking to have similar work done. Also could help small or new business learn how to bid and estimate jobs better, or how accurate there estimating process is.
This gonna be an amazing first for me at looking how you noodle the estimate. I can’t imagine what the Beally Good job was. Thanks for lifting the curtain to greatness!!
Wow...a big repair and design and trees going away...big job..but will be watching as always of the beautiful transformation that you do...stay safe guys...
This is going to be an awesome project, can't wait to see first day on it & completion, & thanks for the estimate tour, you got a good one on your hand's.👊💪
My goodness 😳 another big project to look forward to. This looks like a great opportunity for some awesome content. Let's hope the owner is willing to let you take on this project. Cool to see the how to process. 😎
The owner learned like us all. Not complicated says Chris, for him that is ! 😳 A lot of trees to get down, a lot of dirt to move around, looong pipes. I don't think the owner has any other choice. Not a DIY job for sure !
🇺🇸🇵🇪🇵🇷😎 I just love your channel, These behind the scenes is the reason I keep watching... I have never driven A excavator or a bulldozer,backhoes or offroad truck.. Now I have more of an appreciation appreciation for the people that do work on them!!♨️💗🚜
We've got 2 36" tiles under our drive for a small creek which only overflowed once in 34 years... But last year it overflowed twice!!! And you're right!!! Its VERY impressive what water can do!!!!!!! I spent a small fortune on gravel replacement and many hours on the tractor repairing it!! Good luck on the project Mr LD18 :-)
This is a great video Chris, appreciate you bringing us along for such a detailed walk-through. The tours of the sites before you work are always some of my favorite parts, great to see your vision for the job with you and see the zone first hand. Plus something about these old overgrown ponds-- reminds me of spots I loved riding my bike around and exploring as a 12 year old 👍
Chris -- I imagine that the various stats UA-cam shares with you bare this out, and that you are well aware of it/them, but I thought I'd reinforce what "Ben M" stated above -- "The tours of the sites before you work are always some of my favorite parts, great to see your vision for the job with you and see the zone first hand." -- is one of the two main reasons for the growth and success of your almost 600,000 subscriber-strong UA-cam venture. You've asked what "we" want to see here..... 😉 @letsdig18
So wait, you have to actually think and know when, where and how when building ponds? You don't just sit in machines all day? Who-da thunk. That's for all the "all you do is sit in a machine all day" people. This is going to be an interesting project to see come together. Thanks for bringing us along for the things most don't get to see.
WOW, this will be a huge undertaking if you get the job. Really no way to do it in phases once you start you will need to follow it through. Will be beautiful when it is finished. Good luck!
Thanks Chris for the interesting pre-bid walk through. Nice change of pace, and I sure hope you win the bid so we can see the solutions you plan for fixing it. It definitely needs your professional TLC. 😎👍
Chris thank you the behind the scenes for us YT viewers can understand the estimating side of your business. If I was doing it I would be in the poor house my first week.
Hell Yeah, Laser, Field Book, Engineering Problem. Thats my kind of fun right there. I'm up around Lake Gaston if you need some help down there. Been looking to take a vacation.
Very nice presentation of all that goes on that we never see from your jobs. Thanks. It would be nice to see your figures after you get all your estimates.
No-one in a professional line of work is going to discuss their margins, mark up, hourly rate etc on an open platform. It becomes a race to the bottom when others think they will underbid their competitors. Jealous folk begin criticising how much others are making. There is a reason folk don't publish prices and it is the same reason folk keep their families out of vid's...too many creeps and cuckoos waiting to pounce.
Great video Chris. This shows how you are the "Pond Master". Glad that you did not encounter any rattleers & moccasins - you did check for ticks after you got home. That washout did make a huge ravine. Looks like about 2 weeks and a few days to 'trim out'.
@@nattydreadlocks1973 five acres is pretty big. Most entire house lots are an acre or less. Lol Mow an acre with a push mower you'll change your mind. You don't work outside do you??
@@nattydreadlocks1973 Did you watch the Bealy Good pond build? Videos currently playing on Kris's channel and the Bealy Good channel. That pond will end up at about 5 acres.
@@travisdavis3974 Bricklayer. I push mow 3/4 acre lot. Water is measured in surface acre. It's not the same as land arereage. During summer when the water level goes down, your pond becomes considerably smaller. A small pond is twice as difficult to manage then a larger one due to water quality changes.
@@ArnieD17 It looks like its going to be a monster. Is it a surface water pond? If so, in the summer months it will shrink in size due to evaporation and the water quality will become more difficult to control. Factor in Canadan geese love shallow water and are prone to not migrate, a 5 surface acre pond might not be enough. I always advocate for 10 surface acres or more.
Wow 10 acre pond. I love behind the scenes it shows whatever goes in to calculating everything it's amazing it is what it is thanks Chris for the behind the scenes look. keep up the good work.
Thank You! Wow that sure clears up a lot of my questions about starting a project. You need one of those laser tape measures. Aim the dot and read the distance. You no doubt already have that.. :) As always, thank you Chris for helping us to understand your world.
Thank you for walking us through this project overview! Very interesting to see and it was almost like walking right beside you (except cooler and no bugs). So thanks to your buddy too!
Your Topcon Laser is nice. I know it is what you need for most jobs. But a Topcon total station (find a used one) can do just about everything you could ever need to accomplish.
This is a project I'd definitely be looking forward to, though it's likely to be many months unless it becomes a priority job. Even small elevation drops for water can generate a good size hole.
Wow that's a Big Job in the making Probly by the Looks as Big as Bealy Good Job as that ones complicated to do as its time and labor intensive to do that one OH NO MORE TREES lol thanks Great Vlog
Trees on dams is always a very bad thing for exactly the reasons you state. Cost my fishing club here in the £30,000 ignoring that when we had 70mph winds & 6" of rain in 24 hours. ETA Thoroughly interesting informative & entertaining video. Ta much.
That's the same Topcon auto level that I use at work. I definitely love the dual plane setup so you can run two different percentages in different directions.
Chris thank you for taking the time to give us a brief glimpse into behind the scenes. One question I will is how do you cover yourself price wise when prices are changing so much? Before things were a lot more stable but now prices seem to jump almost daily.
Wow !! This one kinda reminds Me of the one You and Timmy did a couple years back, The one where the pond dam was just about ready to bust , I think there was may be 4ft. holding it back when you got to it !! And You put in that really nice spillway, wasn't real Big ,It was on the side of that hill where you got your dirt to fix it, and just ran it off into that wall of trees that was in the drain creek it was running into.But, this one is that ones Big Brother !! Man, that is one hell of a hole it has dug into the ground !! lolol... Your right Chris , you get the 220 down in there, the pipe will be at the knuckle of the boom !!lolol... Damn , it's going to take quite a bit of dirt packed in there to get it back where it needs to be. And looks like there is gonna be quite a bit of trees to come out of there too Chris !! Really not that Big of a job "per say" But, what does make it a Big job is all the prep work just getting to the fixing part...lolol... a lot of tress to come out, and a lot of fill to put back in... Well, hope you get this one Chris !! Will be a pretty good job .... Dammit Man !! I hope you guys sprayed some "Deepwoods " on before you started diving off in the woods and weeds like that !! lolol... Damn tics would have packed ya off here in Western Ky.... lolol.. Great as always Chris, Thanks for sharing that with us all. Have a Great Evening, And , On too the Next !!
OMW... A major project that we shall be watching, burn piles and all. I hope you have all your batteries charged for the camera's. By when will this project start?
Cleaning out the trees could reveal seepage elsewhere, new overflow could reveal they didn't include a proper dam core,... Hope we get to see how it all turns out!!!!
Thanks Chris. It looks to me like there is so much more planning to do when you are repairing a large pond dam. So many steps backwards before you can go forward. Looking forward to seeing the end result. Cheers
Love this video! If possible can you do more like this. I love understanding your whole process and seeing it from the beginning is next level with the work that you perform. Keep up with the great videos and work!
This is exactly what i wanted to see . Often wondered how you set up for projects like this . Thanks for sharing this with us . To me its trees and land . To u Chris its a masterpiece ready to be relieved
Me too J B!
@@jimgraham4700 Im from Ireland so i dont fully understand making ponds and the work involved. Its a credit to Chris and his team for showing us what they go threw everyday
I agree!. Sure would like to see more of this with each of his videos. My enjoyment of these videos is trying to figure out and follow what/how he is attempting to do the job and why. While sometimes it is very obvious, other times I wish he would consider showing a simple sketch/drawing. By the end of the project it is always clear. I also appreciate him explaining the logic/calculations, the state regulations/codes (25ft rule) and the "better" way to finish the job.
I really wish him and some of the other UA-camrs gave ballpark price figures. I kinda under why they don’t, but it would be good information to most viewers. To know what something like this would cost them if there looking to have similar work done. Also could help small or new business learn how to bid and estimate jobs better, or how accurate there estimating process is.
I really want to see this work done. Hope he gets the job.
This is a huge aspect of your channel we fans have been wanting to know.
I agree, I know this may take longer when bidding a job but it's very interesting
This gonna be an amazing first for me at looking how you noodle the estimate. I can’t imagine what the Beally Good job was. Thanks for lifting the curtain to greatness!!
There's footage of them walking the Bealy woods laying out the initial pond.
I hope you get this project because it will be an awesome outcome for sure.
Wow...a big repair and design and trees going away...big job..but will be watching as always of the beautiful transformation that you do...stay safe guys...
This will be a cool project!! I hope you get it!!!
Everything is fixable if you have the right equipment and skill set.
This is going to be a cool project !!
Really interesting. Thank you for sharing the process with us
Hope the customer/client accepts your bid. This will be an interesting fix.
If he does not his only choice is to drain the pond.
This is going to be an awesome project, can't wait to see first day on it & completion, & thanks for the estimate tour, you got a good one on your hand's.👊💪
Awesome seeing the hydro guy again, he’s a good character to have around
Thanks for the behind the scenes look.
My goodness 😳 another big project to look forward to. This looks like a great opportunity for some awesome content. Let's hope the owner is willing to let you take on this project. Cool to see the how to process. 😎
The owner learned like us all. Not complicated says Chris, for him that is ! 😳 A lot of trees to get down, a lot of dirt to move around, looong pipes. I don't think the owner has any other choice. Not a DIY job for sure !
@@marcryvon owner maybe don't have choice. But we don't know what his wallet will say. This will be VERY expensive project.
🇺🇸🇵🇪🇵🇷😎 I just love your channel, These behind the scenes is the reason I keep watching... I have never driven A excavator or a bulldozer,backhoes or offroad truck.. Now I have more of an appreciation appreciation for the people that do work on them!!♨️💗🚜
Client-“I need you to fix my dam”
Chris- “ Can I have a burn pile?”
Client-“ absolutely!”
Chris- “ When can I start ? How bout now?”
We've got 2 36" tiles under our drive for a small creek which only overflowed once in 34 years... But last year it overflowed twice!!! And you're right!!! Its VERY impressive what water can do!!!!!!! I spent a small fortune on gravel replacement and many hours on the tractor repairing it!! Good luck on the project Mr LD18 :-)
This is a great video Chris, appreciate you bringing us along for such a detailed walk-through. The tours of the sites before you work are always some of my favorite parts, great to see your vision for the job with you and see the zone first hand. Plus something about these old overgrown ponds-- reminds me of spots I loved riding my bike around and exploring as a 12 year old 👍
Go get a shovel job with an excavation company, get off your butt son
Chris --
I imagine that the various stats UA-cam shares with you bare this out, and that you are well aware of it/them, but I thought I'd reinforce what "Ben M" stated above -- "The tours of the sites before you work are always some of my favorite parts, great to see your vision for the job with you and see the zone first hand." -- is one of the two main reasons for the growth and success of your almost 600,000 subscriber-strong UA-cam venture. You've asked what "we" want to see here..... 😉
@letsdig18
Nice, enjoyed the process of this!
So wait, you have to actually think and know when, where and how when building ponds? You don't just sit in machines all day? Who-da thunk. That's for all the "all you do is sit in a machine all day" people. This is going to be an interesting project to see come together. Thanks for bringing us along for the things most don't get to see.
Well, hell yeah that’s what I always thought as well… hahaha…! “Not”…
Design is key to anything before you start work on doing anything. I know I am designer but not of ponds.
Thank you for sharing, I can watch your videos for hour's, you are a skillful operator
WOW, this will be a huge undertaking if you get the job. Really no way to do it in phases once you start you will need to follow it through. Will be beautiful when it is finished. Good luck!
Thanks Chris for the interesting pre-bid walk through. Nice change of pace, and I sure hope you win the bid so we can see the solutions you plan for fixing it. It definitely needs your professional TLC. 😎👍
Meant to say its good to see you Chris walking about, normally its just your left ear in the cab...
Thank you Chris for bringing us along, can I suggest you get a remote Mic so we can hear you better when away from the Camera? Great Video.
Chris thank you the behind the scenes for us YT viewers can understand the estimating side of your business. If I was doing it I would be in the poor house my first week.
Hell Yeah, Laser, Field Book, Engineering Problem. Thats my kind of fun right there. I'm up around Lake Gaston if you need some help down there. Been looking to take a vacation.
All the years that Chris has been doing videos, he still doesn't own a microphone.
Very nice presentation of all that goes on that we never see from your jobs. Thanks. It would be nice to see your figures after you get all your estimates.
No-one in a professional line of work is going to discuss their margins, mark up, hourly rate etc on an open platform. It becomes a race to the bottom when others think they will underbid their competitors. Jealous folk begin criticising how much others are making. There is a reason folk don't publish prices and it is the same reason folk keep their families out of vid's...too many creeps and cuckoos waiting to pounce.
Thanks Chris. I like to see all the different aspects of your craft!!
Hoping you get this job. Can’t wait. Keep em coming
My dad was a surveyor and loved those topcons
Awesome video Chris. Now it's time for Magic Man to do his Magic.
Hope you get the job! Would really love to see how it turns out after you're done
Thanks for doing this type of video, MORE PLEASE! Any videos on how & why you do what you do I would find interesting!
Appreciate this video Chris.
Great video Chris. This shows how you are the "Pond Master". Glad that you did not encounter any rattleers & moccasins - you did check for ticks after you got home. That washout did make a huge ravine. Looks like about 2 weeks and a few days to 'trim out'.
@ Bob Matthews...Double that time and add another week, minimum, possibly more.
Yes, guesstimating is the number one thing that can make or break any contracting business. Thanks for the peek behind the curtain! :)
Hope you get this project, it will make great videos.
Wow ty explaining that very well and it will be interesting to watch it unfold and renew 👍😊
Thank you for sharing this video with us sir, I found it very interesting
I'm really glad to see this video. I just bought 200 acres and I have a 1/3 of an acre pond but I want a 5 acre. I always appreciate your videos.
5 surface acres is not really that big of a pond.
@@nattydreadlocks1973 five acres is pretty big. Most entire house lots are an acre or less. Lol Mow an acre with a push mower you'll change your mind. You don't work outside do you??
@@nattydreadlocks1973 Did you watch the Bealy Good pond build? Videos currently playing on Kris's channel and the Bealy Good channel. That pond will end up at about 5 acres.
@@travisdavis3974 Bricklayer. I push mow 3/4 acre lot. Water is measured in surface acre. It's not the same as land arereage. During summer when the water level goes down, your pond becomes considerably smaller. A small pond is twice as difficult to manage then a larger one due to water quality changes.
@@ArnieD17 It looks like its going to be a monster. Is it a surface water pond? If so, in the summer months it will shrink in size due to evaporation and the water quality will become more difficult to control. Factor in Canadan geese love shallow water and are prone to not migrate, a 5 surface acre pond might not be enough. I always advocate for 10 surface acres or more.
Wow 10 acre pond. I love behind the scenes it shows whatever goes in to calculating everything it's amazing it is what it is thanks Chris for the behind the scenes look. keep up the good work.
Awesome video love to see the actual thought process behind the job!
Thank You! Wow that sure clears up a lot of my questions about starting a project.
You need one of those laser tape measures. Aim the dot and read the distance. You no doubt already have that.. :)
As always, thank you Chris for helping us to understand your world.
Thoroughly enjoyed that, often wondered how you start on a job. Hope you get it and you take us along for the journey. Xx
Thanks Chris, just what I have been waiting for. Now I know what is involved in the quoting . Greetings from Australia
I hope you get the job. Thank you for the tutorial on how to figure out height of the dam.
Thank you for walking us through this project overview! Very interesting to see and it was almost like walking right beside you (except cooler and no bugs). So thanks to your buddy too!
Thanks for the video Chris! These are very informative and any more videos you make like this would be great!
hope you get the job, looks like a crazy cool project .... to watch
Your Topcon Laser is nice. I know it is what you need for most jobs. But a Topcon total station (find a used one) can do just about everything you could ever need to accomplish.
Love my rite in the rain books; on volume 4 need to restock!!
Thanks for the behind the scene video
Great video Chris. Explains so much of what goes into making an estimate for a job.
Great project, cant wait to see it get underway!
Nice to see this side of the business, wouldn't mind more of these videos
This is a project I'd definitely be looking forward to, though it's likely to be many months unless it becomes a priority job. Even small elevation drops for water can generate a good size hole.
Great video to show the "behind the scenes" calculations to fixing a pond dam. Thanks
Chris amazing video, it’s great to see what it takes to just work out a price for a job like this! Thanks for sharing! Kevin
Wow that's a Big Job in the making Probly by the Looks as Big as Bealy Good Job as that ones complicated to do as its time and labor intensive to do that one OH NO MORE TREES lol thanks Great Vlog
wow is all I can say. this will be fun to watch. thanks Chris for all the details. stay safe.
Thanks for the great video Chris!
👍👏👊
Not even halfway through video, and I cannot wait for this project to start!
Trees on dams is always a very bad thing for exactly the reasons you state.
Cost my fishing club here in the £30,000 ignoring that when we had 70mph winds & 6" of rain in 24 hours.
ETA Thoroughly interesting informative & entertaining video.
Ta much.
That's the same Topcon auto level that I use at work. I definitely love the dual plane setup so you can run two different percentages in different directions.
That's a hole alright! hope you get the job so we can see it from quote to straw and seed.
Well, that's crazy but the pond doctor is ready for surgery to fix that major problem. Thanks for sharing, Chris.
Chris thank you for taking the time to give us a brief glimpse into behind the scenes. One question I will is how do you cover yourself price wise when prices are changing so much? Before things were a lot more stable but now prices seem to jump almost daily.
Fantastic video! Definitely enjoyed how you estimate jobs. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Love this video Chris, good to see behind the scenes , looks like a fairly big job will be interesting to see this one cheers for now mate
Wow !! This one kinda reminds Me of the one You and Timmy did a couple years back, The one where the pond dam was just about ready to bust , I think there was may be 4ft. holding it back when you got to it !! And You put in that really nice spillway, wasn't real Big ,It was on the side of that hill where you got your dirt to fix it, and just ran it off into that wall of trees that was in the drain creek it was running into.But, this one is that ones Big Brother !! Man, that is one hell of a hole it has dug into the ground !! lolol... Your right Chris , you get the 220 down in there, the pipe will be at the knuckle of the boom !!lolol... Damn , it's going to take quite a bit of dirt packed in there to get it back where it needs to be. And looks like there is gonna be quite a bit of trees to come out of there too Chris !! Really not that Big of a job "per say" But, what does make it a Big job is all the prep work just getting to the fixing part...lolol... a lot of tress to come out, and a lot of fill to put back in... Well, hope you get this one Chris !! Will be a pretty good job .... Dammit Man !! I hope you guys sprayed some "Deepwoods " on before you started diving off in the woods and weeds like that !! lolol... Damn tics would have packed ya off here in Western Ky.... lolol.. Great as always Chris, Thanks for sharing that with us all. Have a Great Evening, And , On too the Next !!
¡Un proyecto grande!
You sure know your business when it comes to making everything right to make the dam alot better than it is right now!! 🇺🇸🏅
Love to see more of that breaking down into more depth
Definitely worth the wait Chris, I really enjoyed behind the scene hope we get to see more
Often wondered how you go about quoting for jobs like this Chris. Thanks for the insite. 🇬🇧👌👌
Hope you get it, be nice to see you do this job.
Damn, I hope you get this job, Chris. This will be fascinating to watch. Thanks for showing part of the estimating.
OMW... A major project that we shall be watching, burn piles and all. I hope you have all your batteries charged for the camera's. By when will this project start?
Hey Thank you Chris!
You may have seen my comments on this. Really appreciate any information.
Is this the walk through on the 10-acre pond you finished 4 months ago? If not, the similarities are there. Thanks for the video.
Very interesting video bro, gee hard to believe the water discharging out of the pipe did all that erosion. Safe travels
Great video chris. It's good to know how this stuff happens so thank you
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
Cleaning out the trees could reveal seepage elsewhere, new overflow could reveal they didn't include a proper dam core,... Hope we get to see how it all turns out!!!!
The pond god will make that nasty pond damn into a masterpiece worthy of a let’s dig 18 rebuild yup Chris is the pond god stay safe my friend
I’m a surveyor in NC and love these videos. Keep it up
That will be a huge project!
Chris this project to be done by you or not. Love to see this
Thanks Chris. It looks to me like there is so much more planning to do when you are repairing a large pond dam. So many steps backwards before you can go forward. Looking forward to seeing the end result. Cheers
More for repairs than regular installation especially with all the roots which are like mini highways after they rot out
Yeah that'll be a fun job to see in the future but yeah I'd like the way you did that and showed the basics
I know it has been said before but "this one is gonna be a doozie" !
That would make a great project...
That pond and dam is a mess . You have got your work cut out for you on this one .
Woo hoo! This another fun dam project to watch.
Thanks for the insight Chris 👏👏👏👍🥰🍺🍺🇬🇧
That hole looks 10 to 15, maybe 20 yards wide by 20ish feet deep.....home alone 2...WOW what a hole.
A welcome new twist to your channel Chris Trees mud and fires are starting to be a little repetative, still watchable but this is way better
Love this video! If possible can you do more like this. I love understanding your whole process and seeing it from the beginning is next level with the work that you perform. Keep up with the great videos and work!
Really enjoyed this type of video!