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True story ....I work for a rental company. A guy rents a trencher. The next day we get an angry phone call from the guy who complains "THIS STUMP GRINDER SUCKS!"😂

Please see this. My grandfather loved watching your videos all the time. He had binged almost all of them the first week he found your channel. Yesterday he went to heaven, so he won’t get to see your new video. I just wanted to thank you for the effort you put into your videos, it all ways made his day. Thank you for being one of the last things he saw before his time came. Thank you. R.I.P Pa (1949-2023) ❤

For anyone interested the black "finger" at the end of the trencher when lowered to the ground (it has it own hyd cylinder) will scrape the bottom of the trench clean and flat as you are driving along and trenching.

I got a real chuckle out of this one. I’m a former full time electrical contractor (now part time, my day job now is an airline pilot) and when I saw this my first thought was “that’s a hell of a lot of work for one guy”. Pretty much every pitfall I saw coming. I’m sure you learned all of this stuff along the way but here’s a few pointers I learned over the years. Always glue a coupling on the last piece of whatever and tape up over the coupling. That way all you need to do is knife out the tape and you never have to clean tape off the outside of a pipe to stick a coupling on. Never put a piece of pipe in the trench without taping it first. When gluing large pipe, just pour the glue out of the can and use the swab to spread it out. That way you never get a dry joint. When spreading glue, always glue the female side first. That way you can hold the male end off the ground till you’re ready to stab it. You were doing the best you could with only yourself but always have a piece of 2X4 and a hammer at the end of the pipe Incase you have to persuade it in before the glue sets. I’m not sure if it was a requirement or if it was just what you had but we always used the clear glue. Always order 10% over on your material. People usually don’t consider the risers when they measure out a run. The Gallion did a great job of backfilling. That’s a lot of work, especially when you’re doing it solo.

It’s so nice that you don’t have to rebuild the machine before you can use it!

This man has yet to put out a dull video. Even if I fall asleep, I rewatch it again.

Man Matt, it hurts my heart to watch you struggle sometimes. I wish I lived closer, I'd come over and give you a hand!!

Hey Matt, I’ve been an electrician for 25 years, and a lot of times when we do duct banks we use 20’ sticks of PVC. Less joints and goes pretty quick. One thing though, you should’ve added a red ribbon ELECTRICAL BURIED LINE tape roughly 12” above conduit while back filling. Nice job!

I sit down with a nice mug of coffee, and just as I turn on the KZfaqs, Matt drops a fresh video! PERFECT~!

Wow, a 45 minute video of trenching that I can’t stop watching. 2 cups of coffee later and still watching! Not many channels can do that! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures Matt. One of the best channels on KZfaq.

Here the rule is you put in a run of caution tape over the cable run at a certain depth above it...makes it harder to excavate right through cable runs

Just makes so much more sense to bury rather than a row of utility poles. I think that the poles are north of $1000 each now and every tree close to the line is a potential threat to come down in a storm and take the power line with it.

About half way through the video I was thinking about the extra time you take to film, edit and post these videos for out entertainment. It is much appreciated Matt! Keep them coming please.

Thank you for your content. Here's a little to help with the conduit project.

Anybody else ever notice how a "simple" job turns into a time consuming nightmare, for no real reason whatsoever? Matt, you sir, are a determined man who loves a challenge. Great job!

That fly in intro was great. It was nice to see where you started, literally in mud, up to the new building makes people want to think how much effort and planning you have to put into planning, filming and producing these videos. to earn what you have now and all the friends around the world that like to see you and the next project

I love how many of your toys make cameo appearances in this video! You can never have too many machines

What I like about Matt's videos is that I can click on them, click on the thumbs up icon, click on the full screen icon and lean back and enjoy them. He never disappoints me.

It will be interesting to see the cable pulled through such a long run of conduit.

Don’t know why but dirt work is oddly satisfying and you never disappoint Matt!!

It’s probably a nightmare to edit a 2-3 hour video. But I’d watch the hell out of it.

I feel your pain. One thing I have learned. Take what you think it will cost and double it. Take how much time you think it will take and triple it. I find it to be more realistic. Now we know what the Vermeer was for. Awesome to see Christine at work. Great video as usual. You have been a busy guy. Looking forward to tomorrow morning. Cheers.

Great video Matt. As an electrician I would not have backfilled until the cable had been installed just in case there were any blockages. Fingers crossed !!🤞🤞

Matt, don't worry about this episode being to long. If it was 2 hours it still wouldn't be to long. We can always hit pause, get some lunch and take a nap then come back and finish watching it. It's friggen amazing how you get so much done by yourself. Just to let you know you get 2 likes every episode from me. I watch the video on my new Samsung CU7000 65" tv while also watching on my Samsung A54 phone so I can comment. Ear bud in my left ear, right ear listening to the tv so it's a neat kinda sterio. Fun part is getting them synced back up when commercials get them unsynced. I'm getting pretty goid at that. Can't wait for the next episode.

Renting a trencher??? I was expecting you to pick one up out of a field somewhere and add it to your collection!

“I don’t want to make this a 3 hour long video…” Matt, I’m sure I’m not alone in saying, don’t threaten me with a good time!

Could not agree more Matt and Andrew Camarata I could watch those guys for 3 to 4hrs every single time 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Greetings Matt. It is required to put a warning ribbon 1 foot above the conduit.

Congrats on getting power started being in. As a retired electrician, we laid miles of primary conduit. It is a huge job by yourself, but looks like you are on your way.

As a diy first time electrician you did a great job brother, as an actual electrician it’s certainly the first time I’ve ever seen primer used on the conduit 🤣

If you take a small sheet of 1/4" plywood and lay it down under where you do your conduit joints, it keeps dirt out of the glue and gives you a flat spot for your glue cans. One of my fav channels!!

Your dog makes me nervous. Also, I'm impressed with how much you get done by yourself. Thank you for the video.

Thanks Matt, we are all living vicariously through you! It seems we all had a cup or two or three of coffee while watching this. Thank you for sharing what you are up to, the rest of us wish we were doing it.

I think Matts parents bought him a bunch of Tonka toys when he was little and he just never grew out of them. Love the videos!

I'm a retired excavation contractor from Idaho living in the Philippines love watching

Am I the only one that doesn’t fast-forward on the intro to Matt’s videos? Here we go, I’m gonna enjoy this… as usual. Greetings from Romania ❤️🇷🇴

Dude if I wasn’t on opposite side of PA I would offer free help for you anytime you needed it. This would have been soo much quicker with two people. This is insane to do all alone, you are great!

This was like Saturday morning cartoons for adults! I look forward to every video and appreciate your hard work. You do a great job with the videos and timing of this one was awesome. Sat down to have morning coffee before tearing into my project and there it was. Got that happy feeling like a kid turning on one of 3 channels to watch bug on a Saturday morning! Thanx Matt!

For your information: Komatsu bought out LeTourneau Company in Longview, Texas. They have added two huge buildings and are building a huge office building in front of the plant. Looks like they like it here in the south. There are only three dome structures left on the property. Two of them were blown down by tornados. Airline pilots often referred to the view from the air as Tit-tee city. LeTourneau was a builder of huge off-road construction machines. Your equipment is middle class compared to LeTourneau's. Not to knock your equipment. Ole "Pop" LeTourneau built road building equipment, Interstate type. I-20 's river bottoms used his equipment to spread the soil for the highway.

I am loving every minute of this process. Being a lifelong city boy, I have no idea how any of this stuff gets done. Thanks for all your efforts.

Don't we all "UNDERESTIMATE" how long a job will take. I do remember telling a friend of mine that we could easily change his rear shocks out after work. Well that didn't happen since his rear shocks were rusted to the frame at the connection points. Amazing how long it took to change them after starting... Nothing ever works like we initially think. But persistence will get it done all the same...even if it take two, three, or more time than expected! Thumbs Up!

I usually don’t comment but I’m cheering for you kid!! I just retired at 60 and still in my shop but you remind me of myself younger, I took on everything for my family, it beat me down 24/7 at times but stay focused on your reward!!! Don’t stop working!!

Three homes ago, I had a 2.5 acre piece of land in Knox county, TN. The drive from my house to the private road was 365', and the road was 600, to a main road. the drive and the road was gravel like yours. After 17 years of raking gravel after a heavy rain, and trying to shovel it out after a snow, I swore to never have a long gravel drive again. My current home in Soddy Daisy, TN is 25' long and takes 5 minutes to blow clean. Thank God for small miracles!

Takeuchi, (the little skidsteer that could) to the rescue. That thing deserves a medal 😃

Another reminder that me and my body are not a 30 something anymore! This after watching all the energy, drive and enthusiasm Matt demonstrates each week working on his farm. Now in my 50's, I've found that I enjoy watching people do that work more than doing it myself these days. :)

Glad to see the ol' gal (Gallion) out and earning her keep! Have NEVER watched a vid like this! Awesome! You're either very talented, having fun or, you accidentally put diesel in a gas tractor and the fumes got ya! 😜

Big roscoe the coolest boss dog on youtube. He should wear a gopro and have his own channel i would love to see that boss being a great foreman watching matt work ❤❤❤❤❤

Between matt dropping a video and vice grip garage dropping a video, today is a great day to watch youtube! Never a dull moment.

Man, does this ever bring back memories! When my late wife and I were getting ready to have electricity hooked up to the house we had moved from town to our property out in the county, I rented a Ditch Witch to dig a trench 200 feet long and four feet deep. We had to allow an extra couple of feet for telephone and cable. Everything went well, the trench was deeper than the electrical company called for but we were happy. Then Mother Nature stepped in to remind us she was still the boss! Before they could deliver the conduit, we had a nasty rain storm come through. The dirt was really sandy and every inch of our trench caved in! So, we had to get out the shovels and re-dig every foot of the trench! We got it done and just in time for the conduit to be unloaded. The power company came out, inspected the trench and the conduit, gave us the okay and we added the conduit for the telephone and cable with enough clearance that the inspectors were happy. Once every inch of power cable, telephone wiring and the conduit for the cable were in place , we buried that whole mess. I learned one nasty lesson from that ordeal. I will never dig another trench until I have everything on hand to finish the job just in case Mother Nature decides to be nasty again!

As a electrician with 40 years in all I can think when I read the title is wait till you have buy the wire.

Another fantastic video. You are "living my dream" ! 79 years. Thank you and may God bless.

So Matt, even if you don’t need one, You Should have an old Side Boom! I pipelined as well…414 miles of 30”and 24”.

Matt, I'm surprised the utility co didn't want you to use steel sweep 90's so they don't get cut by the pulling cable during the wire/cable pull.. all my years working electrical duct banks and underground pulls they would spec steel 90's. GREAT PROJECT!! Thanks for sharing.. OH is this going to be a 3 phase service??

Man, that's gotta cost a ton of money. I'm surprised you didn't go with solar.

Always a lot more work and expense than expected seems to be true for all one time projects. I rented a fairly large trencher a few years ago from the orange box store and dug about 60' from my house to my old shop and it was the hardest ground I have anywhere on my property. I would never have done it with a shovel in my lifetime. Thank the Lord for the people who developed hydraulic driven machines!

Matt wheelin was a Blast. Jeep did well. Your videos are Rock Solid. Time and expense is part of life. Part 2 please..

Looked like the skid steer was struggling to get the trencher un-stuck. I could hear Matt thinking “don’t make me get Fat Allis”! Great video!

The thing i love about this channel is your not afraid of hardwork and always step up and do as much as you can by yourself, look forward to part 2

Anyone else think that was satisfying to watch? It was awesome to see the Gallion in action.

for 12k you could be 100% off grid there . i invested les than 10 k got a solar system with 8kw in panels 25kwh battery storige. i can run my welder all day in the workshop even mid winter.

matt i would love a 3 hour video, seriously doing a great job, putting many to shame, keep it up.

Best content creator on KZfaq love the channel Matt. Needs more vids can’t get enough.

Am I the only one who wouldn't mind watching a 3 hour video of this? I wish these videos were longer.And when they drop like other people have said it is like Saturday morning cartoons Back in the 70s and 80s. I dread the ends of these videos

Respect. We did miles of underground TV cable here the Rockies. What brutal chore. Destroyed brand new Ditchwitch.

Matt, that is a gigantic job for solo work!

Make it as long as needed. We love seeing it.

What I think I like most about your resurrections of old iron , is that you use them! They are not trailer queens

Who needs Saturday morning cartoons when you've got Saturday morning diesel creek!

Having recently completed a similar project (mine was about 1/4 the distance) I about laughed out loud at “I under estimated how long this was going to take…..” me too Matt!

I’m always impressed with your content, editing skills and your music Matt, everything is awesome! Your videos are never boring my friend, always keeps my attention and interest! 👌🏻👍🏼👍🏼

don't need primer on grey PVC love your channel matt been an excavator for 50 years I admire your energy Randy w

that big pallet of pipe brought back a memory of snow plowing after a giant bllizzard at an electrical supply house, was told "be careful over there, there's pipe on pallets under the snow" ok, no prob ... then in a completely different part of the lot WHAM and the truck's facing the other way from a lone pallet they unloaded the day before the storm and left behind.

I sold electrical supplies a few years back (McKeesport, Pa). Isn't obscene what they charge for PLASTIC PVC conduit !!! The schedule 80, 3 inch, 36" radius [elephant tusks] were rediculous $$. The electric utility always wants oversized conduit for an easy pull. Actually this is smart as you don't want damaged wire. Always a great video. At 72 I can hardly remember having the energy and strength to do that kind of work. Thanks

Matt, electrical dirt work always takes 2 or 3 times as long as you think it will. You're off to a better start than most. Looking forward to the next video.

Matt, A few words of advice about running conduit. Since you are a long distance from the last electric pole, good chance the electric company will run high voltage (7,500) from the pole through the conduits and put a step down transformer near where your work building is at. You should check with the electric company to see how many wires they will put in 1 conduit. You may need more than one for the job. They will need 2 hot wires, 1 neutral wire and 1 ground wire ... Also in most areas, conduit has to be at least 3 feet below grade for frost protection and to protect against digging. Before the final layer of dirt is put back in, about 6 inches or so down, you should have Buried Electrical Wires Warning Tape in the trench. This warns diggers about it before they hit it.

Comment from 73 year old electrician. They sell an expansion coupling. You should have put one every 200 ft. It will let it expand and contract with the frost. Was it schedule 80 or 40 ? Was it 4"? Is it for primary or secondary voltage/ You always do a good job. Get a helper.

Excellent work, great to see your progress on the farm. Thanks for sharing the journey with us 👍

man, as someone who has had to manually dig a trench or two (much shorter, but still) i have to say, god bless heavy machinery and the awesome people that build, repair and operate them

LOL, The guy with I'm guessing 15 - 20 acres, of land @ 16:24, saying I don't have any place to put it. That's rich, very rich. LOL. Next up, no trees on the property.

In Australia we bury cable a bit different. Directly in the ground. There's higher current carrying capacity due to better thermal characteristics. Trench, sand on the bottom, lay cable, 200mm sand on top, orange/black danger tape, then back fill. Even if you use conduit it has to have danger tape 200mm above it before backfill. Yes even on your own property. And you can't even dig before you've notified the power, water and communications authorities. It's called "Dial before you dig". Dig something up on your own property and you're liable. Brings a tear to you eye when it's fibre optic cable or telecoms. True story, ask me why I know.

Watching from Australia ready for bed! Always love a diesel creek drop

A couple of questions just out of curiosity from an outside. Is it mandatory that you have to use pipes for electrical cables also? that has to drive up the cost tremendosly compared to just using a ground cable. Other one is, I didn't see any stripe laid down over the pipe. Here it's a requirment that a bit above the cable / pipe you have to run a warning stripe (usually read or yellow with electric written on it) incase someone is digging in the future and dosen't know about the cable. I can also say it helps alot, didn't now about a fiber cable run over my property and that stripe prevented me from a bill on a couple of 1000

That has to be a long, tedious, and expensive little part of the development of the property, but once completed it Will immediately start paying for itself in the convenience aspect of being able to work in and around your buildings and on projects. That conduit had to have been like burying gold in the ground, looking forward to part 2 sir, thanks for the update.

Watching the motor grader pour the dirt into the trench was very cool. It was almost mesmerizing.

Absolute game changer for the channel. Super happy for you Matt. This is going to be fun.

Better that it takes two or three days to upload it than it giving you stress Matt... I know I speak for all of us when I say that we are happy as and when you upload and non of us would see you with added stress = ) Semi`s are killing it with the music for the channel, it always gets the foot tappin !

The dead tree just disintegrated as you barley pushed it over and exploded into peices when it hit the ground Wow Matt Lots of progress though 13:00 @Diesel Creek

Interesting to see the difference. We don't generally use conduit when laying power cables, they are just plowed straight down into the ground.

That's a lot of trenching with a ditch witch. I worked as an underground plumber for years and a thousand feet was common. You have some perseverance my friend.👍👍

Great to see the Gallion at work, it looks and sounds fantastic.

Matt, Thanks for another great show! BTW, if you feel bad about the cost, get an estimate from the utility company. I'm sure you will feel better about all the money you saved.

Even though i am 56yrs old I’m sure you were like me as a kid and played with Tonka Trucks in the backyard except now all your Tonka toys are full real life models. Lol most of us or all are jealous 😅 keep up the good work I will have to order a T Shirt from you.

As soon as I start watching Matt’s videos I hit the like button. I know I’m going to have a good time

That's a hell of a project for one guy to tackle. Awesome progress though. Around here, that would likely be a pole-line and overhead conductors, with a pole-top transformer in the yard somewhere. The other option would be direct buried cable and a pad-mount transformer. Underground conduit is a great way to go, gives you flexibility down the road, and storm resistance, but it's expensive. Was this a local code requirement? Great video as always.

Hey Matt, - Do you need an independent electrical inspector to inspect the conduit before it is covered? In my rural area in upstate New York we need a certificate of an independent electrical inspector if we ever hope to get fire/liability insurance from any insurance company. - Because PVC electrical conduit expands and contracts with temperature changes in the ground, how often did you install the special slip/expansion joints? Every 5 sticks? (100 feet) or did you stretch it out to every 10 sticks (200 feet) The continual movement of PVC conduit can cause problems, you might be surprised how much PVC conduit moves - forever. The use of sand as fill reduces the wear on the conduit and also keeps the conduit from wearing against all of the rocks as it petulantly moves in the ground. People usually put a bed of fine, clear sand, then the conduit, then enough sand to cover the bedded conduit several inches. -Does your electric utility company also inspect before you back fill?

We're about to move to a family owned property, and since I'm the first to pick a spot, I choose the one right along the driveway, with the existing three phase 7200V power feed. I'm going to save a bundle on not laying a new driveway or having electricity brought in.

Great work Matt! I’m interested to see the next vid. Also keen to see how the cable goes in. I used to put rope into conduit first to help haul the cable thru. Will be interested to see what trick you have up your sleeve! 🍺

I absolutely love watching these videos on Saturday morning!!!

Great video! I didn’t think I was going to enjoy 45 mins of trenching but it was very fascinating! Very well put together Matt! Looking forward to part 2!