Digger clears blocked culvert to save road during 100 year Nelson Flood
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2022
- 19 August 2022 - Its been a wet week in Nelson/Marlborough. State of emergency declared, thousands of people evacuated from their homes, breached river banks, roads lost under mudslides. Some reports of over a metre of rainfall in 5 days.
I noticed one of the big culverts on our shared access driveway was blocked up and threatening to overflow so I walked the digger down to clear it before it took out the road.
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Myself, as a professional excavator operator am truly impressed with his skills considering this is early model Hitachi with long stick controls. Very few realize the talent it takes to operate one of these machines. My hat’s off to you sir!
I agree with you . I used to in my early years operate these and other machinery before swivel sticks . It is an art that today some would be baffled , but we did it to put food on the table . Touche' sir for your professionalism !
@@reuben9213 So true. The first excavator I ever operated was a 418 P&H, four levers two foot pedals and had a straight pipe 6V 53 series Detroit in it. Honestly, when I had that machine throttled to max you could almost hear it running in the next county😂! No heat, no air conditioning, no stereo, ridged seat and couldn’t hear yourself think inside of it, but truly appreciated that old machine! I know exactly what you’re saying when you and I could confuse a lot of operators today. You and I built the roads that get the modern day operators to work on time👍😅
@seventeen912 damn, you were poor af. Kids toys are more complicated than these. Any 9 year old with a drone could operate this no problem.
@@pvt.reefer6163 Poor? How do you associate being poor with what was the latest and greatest machinery at the time? I would guess you’ve never set in the seat of one much less posses the ability to comment on the complexities of how to build with it. Reckon you and the kids of today couldn’t start and operate an 1874 Ruston steam shovel? Or would y’all be confused looking for the key over the sun visor? Yeah, real men operated the equipment of yesteryear, you and the kids go fly drones.
@seventeen912 I guess it was great at the time. We had one of these in the back yard just for us kids to dick around with. We were building trails with it at 11 years old. Kids today for sure could operate the machinery of yesteryear. You equipment was operated by people too dumb to get an education. Since you had no education and could only operate rudimentary machines for money, you were probably poor.
To see a digger that you pulled out of the bush doing something truly heroic like this (instead of merely way cool) has got to be the most rewarding thing ever. You ought to be proud of that machine, that's for darn sure. You're a good fella, Marty.
Marty! Try not to stick around in an area where you see water coming straight out of the side of the mountain like that. You can almost guaranty that the stability above has been compromised and you could get a slide at any time. Stay safe my friend!
That's what I was thinking, It could go at any point.
It's called a (slippery back.)
I believe that is what's called soil liquefaction? Practical engineering has a few interesting videos on the subject.
That was the feeling that I got too when I saw that water coming out of the side…..
you"re right. anyone that sees that anywhere in California is probably seeing their last sight of anything.
post 10 with an excavator
😂
He wouldn’t be an “idiot with an excavator”. “Look at the damage!!!!”
😂😂😂
You earn a well deserved place in the Post10 hall of fame! Stay safe! Thank you for making these videos.
But he don‘t like people whit excavator🤣
But he would love the whirlpool. Not to mention the exit of the culvert.
@@howardsen666 Actually, I think it's incompetent operators he hates 😆
@@michiganengineer8621 that‘s right „an idiot with an excavator“ 😅
Definitely wasn't a beaver making this clog!
Thanks for the update mate.. we’ve got friends in town who fortunately didn’t need evacuation, we’re unscathed as we live way north, but it’s been a massive downpour that will take years to recover from.. all the best Marty.
When I heard about all the rain and flooding I wasn’t surprised to see all work you would have to do. Be safe Marty and your family
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At 1:00 seeing the water pouring out of the ground like that... I don't think I would have stuck around to find out if it would slip. Stay safe, Marty.
I definitely think the work you put in after the last flood has paid off... glad there's minimal damage to your driveway
HERE is The Savior
HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
YaH is The Heavenly Father
YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
- Hebrew Book of Isaiah
Isaiah 42:8
"I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 43:11
I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
Isaiah 45:5
I am YaH, and there is none else.
Maybe it's childish but i like to think that those machines Marty saves are happy to be rescued and like to go on new adventures with marty when just everyone else abandoned them.
Touches my heart just like old rescued animals finding their joy in the last Moments of their lives. Exept most of those machines will probably last longer than i will live. Im 25 btw.
Thank you Marty for sharing your adventures with us, bringing Live to machines that served humans for decades and will probably be able to do that for a century.
Greetings from Germany!
You're fortunate that you have fixed the machines needed for road work and you live on a mountain of the best road building material! Good luck and thanks for taking the time to make the video.
Love the way you rejuvenate the old abandoned machinery and put it back to work! Awesome job sir!! 👍❤️👍
Great! Another high quality content video! Looks scary though. I hope you and the family is safe. Saving that digger from the forest really paid off.
Amazing! Making your skills for repair of equipment all the more valuable and interesting to watch! ❤️
Thank you Marty for, telling us your situation and sharing the video!Yes, please be safe!!!
Thanks for taking the time to film for us Marty. It’d be the last I’d think of when facing some time critical works.
I second that!
Great work yet again, all the salvage efforts certainly pay off in these times more than ever! You and your family stay safe and all the best in riding all that weather out Boss!!
Wow that slip! Nice work clearing the culvert there Marty, it has been a sketchy week down here for sure. Our street turned into a river for a few hours but we were lucky to have no damage.
Saw the flooding on the news here in Australia and thought of you in Nelson. Glad all are safe 👍
Thanks mate, yes sounds like Nelson is a real mess. A house slid down the hill and parked in the middle of the road in Rai Valley .
@@MartyT 😳 scary stuff man
One man band. Dude u can do anything! Makes you feel small seeing and watching all the damage right in your own backyard. Flooding is every other year around here. But once and awhile it just blows your mind. Great job taking videos while working. Ty
Stay safe above all else Marty. Glad to see you still up and going. I’m sure there will be more videos of you helping others. 👍
There was I thinking that you'd put all the rocks on the road as you pulled them out of the mouth of the culvert to give it a better surface and I didn't know how bad the mudslide was. I guess its not time to carry out work straight away after a major downpour. Interesting and informative - seeing this side of things does bring it home what life can be like in NZ. Good video.
I actually sat there at home on Friday listening to the rain slam down and thought, "I bet Marty's out playing in the rain again"
Heart goes out to you Marty watching the TV1 News and seeing what you are copying with. Often had flooding of the Matai when we were in the Sounds on holiday during the 70s (even in summer!) but these once in a 100 year floods seem to be coming around too often! Great rescue - well done. Hope all our friends in the area have survived okay!
The "100 year flood" or "XX year flood" title given to these types of events is actually a bit of a misnomer. I believe the XX Years actually refers to a certain pre-decided flood-height. It's not actually that the statistical probability has been calculated and determined that X level of flooding will happen once every 100 years, its just saying that a flood that reaches X height/level is called an XX year flood.
Stay safe Marty, glad to see the old equipment you’ve recovered is paying off for you. Amazing amount of rain you guys get down there! sort of understandable with all the mountain range you’re living in. I always get a chuckle when I see you driving on the wrong side of the car. 😂 as always your videos are great. Mike from Montreal.
I was wondering how you would make it with all the flooding going on. Looks like the last cleanup you did a few months ago helped a lot.
Same spot no?
@@OboteOjok Yes sir
"hundred year" floods every few months...
100 year flood for the second time in a year! 🙏Keep yourself and family safe and well. 👍🏴
But wait... there's more.
@@aserta 😱
Wow this was a very impressive video and I doubt it even does it justice compared to the severity and how it looked in real life. The power of mother nature never ceases to amaze me, glad you and your family were okay.
That's really great how ur so equipped and able to address these serious situations such as u do.
It must b a comforting feeling, way to b.
Did you see the video of where he got the excavator?
@@KayAteChef yes I did, and it makes me think y isn't a lot more heavy equipment rescued like that?
Not to mention how impressive he is.
Impressive amount of destruction .
Glad you are ok .
Looks like your driveway fared better than the main road there .
Did your hydro plant weather this mess or is that going to need some repairs again ?
The turbine stopped at one stage with a partially blocked intake so I put on a smaller jet, running sweet now
Better than searching piles of driftwood for the remains of your powerplant , for sure .
@@robertcolinshepherd electric.
@@robertcolinshepherd Marty turned an old washing machine and number 8 fencing wire into a hydro-electric power plant that allows him to be off grid.
I’m glad you asked this because I was wondering the same thing.
Wow! Another extreme rainy season for you. Please be careful! Hope you and your family are safe and have what you need until the roads open up again, and you can get into town. Thanks so much for sharing. We’re actually having a bit of a drought here in Upstate New York. Not like California of course, and we’ve had a shower here and there, but for here it’s a bit dry. Just a light rain for a day would help the farmer’s crops. Thanks again for sharing.
Big request, if you would please have close captioning it would help a great deal. Thank you.
Some years ago, there was a major flood here in Maine. It washed out roads and bridges and made a major mess of everything. Hoping you get cleared up quickly.
I at first thought it was Nelson, British Columbia, Canada due to the terrain and plant life.... I discovered Nelson/Marlborough is on the Southern island of New Zealand... what I refer to as the Canada of the Southern Hemisphere.
The skill at which you use that shovel, I would not be surprised to hear that you can thread a needle with it!
Floods are nothing to scoff at, the Fraser River flood of November, 2021 claimed five lives and caused untold misery and destruction... be safe, cheers from Canada.
Glad to see your on it Marty, it's a mess here in Nelson 👍
Calamity is never welcomed but it is a great teacher for both our Physical and Spiritual well-being. Good fix on that culvert! Ron PTL USA
Classic Kiwi understatement 'what a bloody mess'! Couldn't sum it up any better mate. Keep safe and dry.
STAY SAFE Marty, this brings back memories of what we copped earlier this year & we are still cleaning up after it. Northern Rivers NSW Australia.
It rains like that here in the south of Chile all the time but we have been getting rain like that for 1000 years so it rarely floods. Some valleys here get 8 feet of rain a year. Good to see you are ok. Jim
You guys get the same system that pass over Marty
Just a few weeks later
@@ionracer24 If you are in some of the valleys here along the Andes you will see that much rain. We are way way in the south in the Los Lagos Region and this area is a Temperate Rain Forest. It is cool and wet year round. 85 F would be a really hot day. We have seen 100F but that was only once or twice in 9 years. Snow only once in 9 years. Jim
@@fowletm1992 Yes weather travels from West to East. I guess the other way to look at it is that Marty gets the same rain we get a few weeks later.
We actually live in a Micro Climate here in the micro. So because of the Humboldt Current and the Andes we see our area as a mixing climate where the warm moist air from the north and the cold dry air from the south pole mix. The Humboldt current moderates the climate so we do not see really hot and really cold and the Andes Mountain Range blocks the heavy moist air from moving east. So for instance in Argentina, directly east of me 50 to 60 miles, they are an arid area that sees very little rain. They rely on the snow melt from the Andes and not much rain.
So we have a unique weather pattern but yes all weather travels west to east as the planet spins. Sorry to get so deep on this but my training in the U.S. Navy was weather related and I was an official weather observer for NOAH in the former USA. Also I had to continue my weather education as a Commercial pilot after my Submarine Service in the Navy. So I had to live and breath Weather for a good part of my life. Thanks. Jim
Great work there Marty, those mudslides are insane! Stay safe out there buddy.
100 year flood.
Mrs. T- "Thank god he has content for the next month and no more tractors"
love from Canada
Am amazed this came again so soon , your efforts on the last go-round have allowed you to at least keep some access going on your shared road .
Glad you got through with bugger all damage. The whole Nelson Marlborough region seems to have got pretty smashed. We have sent a few lines crews up there from down here in North Canterbury to help clean up.
When I saw this was front page news in Canada, I wondered how you were making out with things. Good thing you got the tools to handle it!
Hey Marty. Love watching your stuff, I hope you all get back to normal soon and stay safe.
Thanks Marty ! Really enjoyed this ! Your a legend man that’s a lot of rain ! All your forward thinking , planning and saving that excavator has defo helped you here hey. I’m not very good with words but take my hat of to you chief did some great work on that culvert very tidy
Your neighbours are so lucky to have you Marty.
I bet the Mrs. won’t give you too much grief now about all the equipment you’ve dragged home.
Great video, you guys down South had an enormous amount of rain there. Auckland was wet, but Nelson got absolutely drenched in water. Take care. A lot of damage with those land slides.
Wow Marty!
You sure make it look easy.
Outstanding job!
Bloody hell mate - isn't this your second "hundred year flood in the past 6 months.
You keep an eye out as hillsides that saturated can come down all at once.
Good project for the excavator would be build a thumb on the boom, maybe even a no hydraulics needed adjustable unit. It would help you out a ton when trying to move stuff like trees/logs. Living in a rain forest in Alaska I know the struggle all to well. We get on average 12 feet (3.65 m)of rain a year.
"average 12 feet (3.65 m)of rain a year." Holy cow ! 😱 Do you get as much as damages??
This is my first time on your post. WOW, that out of the Hill, mudslide waiting to happen. I hope not😢😢. Thank you for this video.
Oh dear, theres all the water we're missing in Central Europe and its already the second flood this year in NZ. Stay save Marty, all best wishes to you and your family!
Good to see your managing to keep on top of it at your place - but what a change from a week ago - we were out near Bulwer / Homestead Bay last weekend and it was glorious weather. Looks like we got back home at the right time (and won't be heading back up next weekend as planned).
Holy Moly! Isn't this the SECOND major flooding you've had this year? (Where I am, we're in a widespread drought...)
Newzealand and australia are suffering though a la Nina weather pattern, so we are getting a deluge of wet weather, where as the northern hemisphere is in drought
Climate change sucks :(
Scientists been telling us for a looong time this is (more extreme weather) coming, here it is. Funny all the dumb pricks who are surprised by it, people who listen to politicians with an opinion over an expert. Anyway droughts suck more than floods I reckon so all the best
@@squidiz496 This has all happened before.
@@ferrumignis Exactly
Last year's culvert upgrades have paid off big time, Marty!
Wow! So nice you got all this equipment to maintain you roads!! Hope things slack off and give you a break soon!
We in Britain have just had a heatwave of almost unprecedented length and you guys are getting the rain we haven’t gotten. It must be heartbreaking for all involved my thoughts are with you 🏴
Your heat wave is just a hot summer in Gisborne. We get 40 degrees usually 1 or 2 days a summer
@@mattyallen3396 Nice. We’ve never had 40 ever before in the UK until recently
Yeah but Gisborne is at latitude 38 London is at latitude 52. That’s like having 40 Celsius on Campbell Island!
@@crookedpaths6612 I’m in the far north of Scotland 🏴
@@ewanstewart8011 If Scotland was in the Southern Ocean it'd be surrounded in winter sea ice right down to northern England! South Sandwich Islands is the closest place in terms of latitude comparable you'll get, i think.
I appreciate you being careful with the culverts and not the "idiot with an excavator!"
Post10 would be proud!!!
Wow Marty , what a Hell'uva STORM !!! Your hard work and efforts on the equipment that you have restored has really paid off !!! You're an AMAZING GUY and I APPLAUD YOU for what you have accomplished !!!! Your Videos are Awesome , Keep e'm com'in !! From North East , Maryland , USA , DIRT HAWK YA'LL !!!!!
This Jaffa is feeling bloody sorry for the level of wreckage down the other end of the county. I learned all about what a flash flood feels like last year out here in NorWest Auckland but it's nothing compared to the massive costs & amount of work needed in repairs by the look at the level of damage in your neighborhood... Glad you are OK great to see your 'vintage' gear doing awesome work in time of need Matt!
Someone needs a much bigger culvert! Looks like a great deal of fun to use that equipment :)
That’s a great job 👏, nice to see the rescued digger earning its keep! 👍
Good job Marty, hope you and the fam are keeping cosy with the weather
Thanks for sharing your experiences, wish the best for you folks.
Keep us updated Marty and stay safe
Why arent there any drain holes in the bucket?
Because there aren’t any? Next
There are buckets that come with drain holes but they're not common
Good job 👍👍👍Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourselves, be safe, and healthy 🇨🇦
My empathies to you Marty, also hope everyone downstream(in town) safe & ok. Sorry you have deal with two of these events this year.
Mate! We were at our hut on the Bealey River in Arthur's Pass during all that and it was wild. You've got all the good gear to get yourself out of the shit. Cheers for the update. I was wondering how you were getting on.
Be thankful that you aren't dealing with Drought and Fires!
give it six months ;-)
Marty be safe in all your endeavors keeping your family and friends above water!! We're getting "rain" here but nothing torrential like you have. (Coastal South Carolina)
aloha Marty sorry to see you fighting the rain so soon after the one a couple of months ago. I could tell it's pretty bad don't usually ever hear stress in your voice but I could tell this week was a really tough one. My kiwi friend was just telling me Nelson area was having a 100 year flood and I said wait didn't they just have a 50 year flood a couple months ago sure but this one was worse. Checked to see if you had posted a video and sure enough I can see what you're going through again. Stay safe and glad to see your culvert work earlier had made an impact but this looks to be a real mess for awhile.
Floods are scary stuff. Glad you are ok
Reminds me of 2000. We had severe flooding in the UK and the millennium Scout camp we were attending took a lot of damage.
They said it was a thousand year storm. We had a further 3 such storms over the proceeding 18 months.
I have lost count of the number and rapidity of 100 year weather events we have had in the UK in the past few years!!
WOW!!! Crazy winter rains down there! Hope the roads hold up. Stuart
I always think of you when watching Rob.d channel and he talks about NZ. Especially this last weeks episodes focusing on your area and his call that more was coming keeps me hoping you guys are ok. Stay safe!
Here in the UK we're set for a third consecutive heatwave predicted, we broke our record at over 40c and have had weeks where it's been 35c consistently every day. France, Spain and Portugal have had wildfires the likes of which haven't been seen in generations, the Loire and Rhine rivers are damn near running dry. This year was a guidestone on the path forward, scary stuff.
Thats all true, but the wildfires in Portugal we had worse and they are not weather related, they are corruption related!!! Since the airplanes and helicopters for fire fighting become private instead of the Air Force we started to have way more fires.... There had been some people caught in arson!! The weather does not help but people dont too
@@organiccold That's such a shame, my condoences to your country suffering the stupidity of individuals.
Prayers are with you and your neighbors, Marty.
What a disaster... I am glad that nothing bad happened to you and your family. All the best and greetings from Germany
Was in Nelson on Thursday and wondered how you would be holding up... good to see your upgrades paid off.
Where was this?
It seems like New Zealand can’t catch a break from the record breaking floods this year.
Awesome those sticks blocked that pipe, I hope everything is okay as yous have a lot of rain lately, feilding, Gerald.
Glad your culverts kept flowing. Been thinking of you with the chaos down there. Pleased to see no major slips or issues you need to deal with.
Didnt we have a video like this from Last Year I think we are all going to have to get used to these scenes while we here in Europe are suffering Drought like never before Well Done Marty
Yeah that water gushing out from the hill is not a good sign, saturation was at its limit there and hill slippage very possible
Sorry for all the wet mess you have going on. We’re in a pretty heavy drought in Texas so we would happily take about half the rain. Without the undesirable part. Prayers to your family; friend and neighbors. 🙏🙏
WOW! You could send some of that rain my way, we are in a drought. The brook behind my house has dried up. I've lived here since 1960( Gloucester, Ma USA) and that has never happened! I use that brook as an emergency water source for my koi pond since city tap water would kill the fish. I do have a 55 gallon rain barrel which feeds the pond with its overflow, when it does rain. I'm about 3 days away from tapping into the reserve to bring the pond level back up. Best Regards , Jay
I hope you and your family stay safe.
Glad you are safe
Damn that’s a good bit of rain , I’m glad you and your family are staying safe and well.
Post10 fan here, wow thats amazing work, what a massive flood!!! Thats Reed Timmer level flooding!!
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It's like the end of days, I take it this is not normal, I remember you fixing the culvert last year but this seems much worse.
Wow! Thanks for sharing all this. You and the family stay safe.
That’s some epic rain. And that mudslide was a chart-topper.
At least NZ does not have beavers like post10 has to deal with. Forestry slash and debris create just as much a problem in these extreme weather events
I hope you all stay safe. Will be thinking of you all. Please when you can post an update. Cheers
Yank here from Philadelphia. Ever since I began watching the "Dr. Blake Mysteries," my exclamation to things like your driveway is "Bloody Hell!" And then again at 12:34.
Hope you are are safe. Been through a similar situation about 10 yrs ago. Not good. Great video as always