It wouldn’t have kept the pipe from rotting, but pipe that size and depth should have been installed with a fairly large envelope of stone around it. It should have extended to the spring line. I would wager there are as many areas of collapse as rot. I would also bet there was unacceptable deflection from day 1 of install with no bedding detail.

A new Olympic sport: synchronised Volvo excavating! That’s one heck of a hole. Cheers from Australia. Jeff

And the academy award for best choreography by 2 excavators goes to letsdig18.

If it fits, It ships! Now lets see you squeeze the 250 on the Tag for a bit of off road hauling.

Damn thats a lot of digging bet you wish you had a 50 ton machine, that make quick work of it.

What’s next Chris? Re-dig the Panama Canal?

Really cool with both machines working together. It’s always a pain when you have to dig down as far as the excavator will reach

I never liked jobs that had multiple dirt moves but it has to be done occasionally. I had to install an 8" sewer line at 21' depth one time the deepest I ever had to install drains/sewers. Stay safe and thanks for the video.

Two excavators moving mud reminds me of that synchronized swimming in the Olympics.

Those 2 excavators working together is the closest I want to get to watching Ballet. It was mesmerizing and shows the skills and awareness of both operators. I don't know how much exp Tim had on machines prior to this job but he has sure learnt a lot from you I bet.

I'd bet that pipe was put in prior to the building and they dug the foundation and just spread the dirt out to save on hauling it away and now its ridiculously deep.

Watching two huge machines work together like that is just mesmerizing! That's a wonderful commercial shot for Volvo.

Rent a few trench boxes will save you a ton of dirt you don’t have to move. Stay safe!

Looks to me like the whole system needs replacing with more permanent material as the steel piping is going to corrode through in another place over time a big job.

I swear those old pipes look like the creatures in the movie tremors.

I hope that inspector lady that found your mud pit that time does not find this hole.. she might not ever be seen again .

JESUS! That is turning into a MAJOR project fast!

It's a shame you can't get a heaping bucket full of water. It would go quicker if you could.

Tell Volvo you need a 750 to demo 🤣

With 20ft of water you might need to rent in some serious pumping gear if that comes back all the time.

Would have been interesting seeing what the original lay of the land was at the time that drain pipe was installed. Makes you wonder if it that deep originally or if fill for the present business situation continued to cover it for a level surface grade. Great content 👍

If you are a good boy I hear heaven has dry dirt!

Your synchronization is amazing to watch!

When you boomed down into that sink hole my jaw hit my phone. 😂😂😂 I didn't think that hole was that deep. Sweet video I really enjoy the content.

13:00 Olympic synchronized digging team!!! A thing of beauty. Why can't I get the words, "Tonka toys", outta my head? Darn you all to heck!

“Hey,Todd! We reached bedrock in the glory hole!” screams Jack.

It's great they had your experience to do this work on this project

Greatest Line Ever..."But that's what a 30 foot deep hole looks like." that made me laugh!! Awesome Video...Again!!

The problem is obviously with Chinese pipe since you have dug well beyond halfway there.

Wow. How's that for understatement. This is getting very interesting. Thanks.

Synchronized excavating should be an Olympic sport. Only thing missing is music & Speedos

Woah, that's a deep hole. Almost to China. Those conditions are starting to look a little dangerous. Stay safe.

What a mess! I can't even imagine digging all that just to "check" on stuff underground.

When you pulled up to the sink hole….You had me grabbing the arms of the chair saying “whoa…..whoa”…back up Chris….lol..🤣 I hate sink holes….They can really run deep and swallow up anything close…lol. Working holes like this, I would imagine North Carolina operators are a lot like those Virginia boys….”Hey You-all…Watch this…..🤣😂😳 We gotta see the next video on this one…lol.

As bad that piece of pipe looks that company should go ahead and get y'all to run all new pipe.

Love your videos ! I worked for a really big Road Construction company in Eastern Kentucky, They got paid by yardage . So if you wasn't a good operator you didn't last there but a couple of days. Everyday was like a road race ! My mine job was Production drill operator 6 3/4 inch holes to blow away these big Eastern Kentucky mountains. I could run everything though, I've been retired for serveral years now, is the reason I like watching your videos puts me back in the operators seat. No one ever thinks they'd miss that job, until they're gone from it for some time. It's was always fun for me out there , playing with the big Toy's. So think for all the good videos !

In many of your videos, which I enjoy thoroughly I wonder if you can somehow vid the final result. Like the 1acre dam that you did.

that digs so much better than the cable operated version a few weeks ago.

Two excavators, one digging deep handing muck off to the other. Kinda like two stages to orbit - NASA excavation.

The 220 and 160 digging in sync looked awesome

wow that pipe was deep. amazing what heavy machines will do

Chris, you've taught Tim well, he's matching you scoop for scoop.

Chris, your efficiency of motion is incredible.

*What a pain in the ass for you but it was one of my favorite videos! It's not often we get to watch both of them going at the same time!! Thank you!!*

Full load +++ . I imagine the previous contractor faced the same problems . A difficult set of problems to be faced with . Nice video !

The zeros on somebody’s checkbook are starting to run like a gas pump bout now.

With all of the bad sections of pipe it won't be long before the rest of it is in the same condition. It might cost a lot more money but they'd be money ahead to abandon that drainage system and start over with a new one. Just my opinion.

OMG, that's one right all mess your in

It's starting to look like the Sarlacc pit from Star Wars.

Amazing machines! Thanks for sharing!

Now that's one hell ofa ladle! :D

Need a big ole water jet to hurry that mud down to the lake. Clear out the existing pipe and clean up the uphill section!! Geterdone!!

Cool. Had my daily fix of someone else playing in the mud.

Great video Chris thanks for sharing have a great day and stay safe out there

Looks like it’s gonna be a big job

Very cool. Imagine doing that job with a CAT 6015B though!

Talk about playing in a sandbox and then some! Dam Bertha!

that dirt is amazing - zero rocks. can't imagine that here in the northeast. and now I'm thinking...just keep digging, just keep digging, just keep digging, just keep digging...

Killer Shot of both machines at the 10:36 mark, then at 19:38 at the 30ft. mark you said !! Little sketchy there on the Deep Hole it looks like....lolol.. Great job Chris !! Thanks for sharing !!

Looks like you do a good job working with and training Tim . You seem like a good boss .

Enjoy your shows watch them all time

With as much dirt you have to move I'd say your other 220 might be needed to help speed things up. So far so good though. Thanks for the video.

Is that pipe just for draining the parking lot? Why so deep? Abandon it and lay in new.

Break out the draglines laying out in the back paddock, then wait a bit. ;-)

Syncronized volvos!!

I am positive that I seen a Chinaman stick his head out of the bottom of the hole .lol 👍 great dig

The 290 would have been great on this project

Everybody keeps telling him, " Use trench boxes!". He's around 25'-30' down to the pipe. Volvo 220 only has a dig depth of about 21'. The 250 is only gonna be about 2' deeper than that. He has to lay back the sides and work his way down to be able to dig deep enough efficiently. He knows what he's doing. If they replace the pipes and then have to have a man in there, then he can maybe get some trench boxes. And renting a bigger machine ain't gonna cut it either. A rental doesn't pay for the machines he already owns.

Time for a 700 excavator!! lol

Awesome job guys

Chris is the best operator ever!!! Still need a response about Bradyhill...lol

May be just me from loading my equipment. Anyone else bother to watch the backend of the dumptruck to see when it starts to sag? (balancing the load on the trailer)

Need the 250 down there

new olympic sport synchronized digging

You know its a big job when you got both excavators on one hole. Interested to see whats decided..

This weeks PBS episode of the South Carolina Excavator Symphonic Ballet has been brought to you by Volvo and the Letsdig18 Foundation for the Performing Arts!

I was always told when unloading things just to go for it, it's got to come off somehow. In the end whether it fell off or got drove off without a hitch, its off that was what wanted to happen

Wonder how much of the operational cost is Diesel related...

“Don’t fall in that hole” 😅🤣

Time to get you a big and/or long reach excavator!

Synchronized excavators new X game sport.

That looked like a job for the 60footer man that’s a deep hole stay safe my friend

Now that's some diggin ! Looked like synchronized digging for awhile! Lol. For all the things u do and encounter I think Tim has been a good fit !

The 250 wouldn't have fit on that trailer, eh? Thought it was funny when you showed it after you had the 220 loaded. Dwarfed the trailer.

The 220 is so much faster.

Heading toward it being cheaper to lay a new pipe 6ft down? I have no idea how deep ribbed pipe can go, but there is a lot of push down there just from ground water pressure.

So if they’re already collapsing and rusting away. would it be in their best interest and cheaper to just replace all of it. put brand new pipe down and not so damn deep

Simple explanation of what the project entails would make so much simpler!

Don't know if you review all the other subscribers comments but they are almost as entertaining as the video.

Pucker factor x100.

Why not bring out the 250 for this much dirt?

By the size of that dirt pile, someone feeling this deep in their pocket. Lol. I had a project with an underground culvert that wasn't all the way collapsed but getting ready to fail and they had a guy come in and line the inside with fiberglass. It's like a sock they blow in their, pretty neat process.

Yessssssss been waiting

Hey, Chris, this would be the perfect project for some drone footage.

Often wonder if the workers who put these machines together ever watch these videos. Seems like they would beam with pride watching their machines do the jobs they were meant to do. I would.

is there a follow up video to this project? thanks

Thank you

I see one problem. Your soil down there doesn’t have enough big rocks and boulders in it. I’d be happy to sell you a few hundred truckloads to blend in with it,

I believe you, i saw that arm reach down that shit is deep.

I wanted to see the trailer come off of that curb lol