It's so nice to see how we do trench work different in other countries, Chris. Here in Sweden we have to dig deeper for water- and sewer lines due to much deeper frost free depth. We put fine gravel or coarse sand in bottom of trench and compact it a round plate compactor, lay conduits for all different medias and cover with more line fill and compact it. Put a marker band with different colours due to media about 4-8" under surface and if not metal cables or lines/pipes we use metal cable built into marker band. Often sift final fill material from stones or put in fresh soil/topsoil. And as a normal excavating contractor we also do the water and sewer pipework and put in cables into conduits. Thanks for a entertaining and descriptive video y'all.

Happy birthday, may you have another year of good health!

That little Yanmar is a versatile work horse. What a beautiful homestead that place is. It's going to look great when it's all finished.

You two work great together. I enjoy your videos even more so when Dirt Perfect is there.

It is far better to find a rainbow root. Than it is to find a lightning root. Especially if that lightning root is next a rain root.

Chris is very knowledgeable about what he does. Amazing!

Sadly roots grow all out past the foilage of the trees, some can spread out 2 to 3 times as far, but these are very tiny roots that help absord water and minerals for the tree. Sadly even doing this can kill a old tree BUT luckily they're doing this during fall with cooler temperatures so hopefully it will heal or still be able to handle hot summer days next year

Those tile were laid in a stone bed about an inch apart and the covered with a strip of tarpaper then covered in stone. They were used as out flow for septic tanks years ago.

There is no one in this entire world that loves running heavy equipment more than this guy

I can remember when my dad built our horse barn. He dug 48" for the water line. That was around 1979ish. Now I think it's half that and in some areas is 12". Happy belated birthday!

I remember my parents had extra fingers installed in our yard in Indiana when I was a kid. The goal was to give the septic tank a bigger leach field. The trenches were hand dug and red clay tiles like those, except they were round inside and out, were laid in the trench end to end. Each joint had a strip of tar paper laid over it and the then the trench was back filled with pea gravel to cover the pipes. There might have been a layer of pea gravel in the trench under the pipe too, I just don't remember although I certainly remember being a small kid and helping with that project. Dirt and grass seed went on top of that. Once that was done, the lawn grew back and the area stopped getting wet and smelly when it rained. For some reason, the rule in the development, built late 1950s and early 1960s, was each house had a well and septic tank. If your house had the well in the back yard and septic in the front, then the one next door had the well in the front and septic in the back. Not sure that made sense but that is how it was.

Our frost line is 6 to 8 feet up here in Northern Wisconsin

the “clay rock” you found is called shale, got tons of it in pennsylvania

Enjoying the group dynamic. And joyful over the care give the oak tree. A bigger sweep on that sewer bend means less trouble in the future, for blockages or cleanouts.

I did notice Chris, that you tend to let Mike run your machines much longer than others that have been in yours and John’s equipment. He definitely has a ton of experience and looks like his operating skills are right up there! Hahaha. Kinda makes sense he has his own business too! Happy belated Birthday Chris!!

Loving the DigPerfect tag team duo videos

That layered clay stuff looks like shale rock we have in Manitoba. It goes on many gravel roads because it lasts so long but will cut the heck out of your tires.

Happy birthday Chris 🎂🎉...

Hi Frank from Liverpool UK Watched the video at the garage dig out, ma? I love that guys laugh, and when he came out with that unintentional double entendres it had me in stitches also. Great viewing.

Well Happy Birthday Chris! 👍🎂

I swear, I'm gonna show up with a shovel and pretend to be busy, just to hang out with this bunch 😂

It must be about Letsdig33 with the latest birthday. 😉 Great video as ever. These with Mike have been really entertaining & doubly so this one with Mr B & the one the other day with Justin.

I really like both your guys's videos And Happy Birthday and many more to you

Enjoyed the video. Three guys walking around with GoPros!! Classic install. This will be the most documented install.

The Strawberry shortcake is doing a fine job Chris and I hope you had a great birthday.

When I first started digging residential water and sewer hookups and taps the frost line was 36". It was not to bad after a couple of years. When I finally got a backhoe. 12" is sweet.

Happy Birthday, Chris. It is fun watching you guys work together.

"Rainbow root", lol. I was foreman on an Arby's remodel in Sunnyvale, CA and told the backhoe operator, who was digging down to the located 115kV PG&E primary 12' under the parking lot, not to get too close, pointing out that we had a couple of young guys who loved hand digging. He comes walking up after lunch and showed me the broken PVC with cable looped out like a hernia. His breath smelled of the alcohol he drank for lunch at the nearby restaurant. I sent him home until PG&E could be notified and handle it. I reported to PG&E that our former employee had broken the conduit and they fixed it up with a transformer vault at that location. Thanks for the videos!

Feeding roots for trees are out where the tree limbs extend out. Anchor roots are close to the tree trunk

Happy Birthday, Chris. Sorry if I’m late. What, you’re 21 today eh? Happy Birthday mate 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😂

Happy Birthday Chris. Hope you have a great day

I have been watching your work on here ,about a year maybe longer. You are one of the Best Operators by far.👍🍻

Hi Chris, another great joint collaboration job . I really have enjoyed seeing you and Mike working together!! 👍👍👌 And I really do hope you had a fantastic birthday !!! 🇨🇦 Craig

First of all, Chris; a very happy birthday to you, young man. Secondly, another great video with you and Dp in; the banter is brilliant-not surprising really, tho' two genius earthmovers and entertainers. Let's hope you can work together more in the future.

I just love these collaborations you guys do. KZfaq Mash Ups or whatever they call it. Dirt Perfect and Letsdig18 have some of the best

What you didn't realize Chris was, when he took out the rainbow root, he took out the entire party line for the county. :-)

1/4” per foot of fall is perfect. You guys are right where you need to be! 👍

...frikin laurel an hardy!!! Love it!!!

Well, Happy Birthday, good Sir! I really enjoy watching you work! Simply awesome skills! And good friends at work, too. You are a lucky man! And the "Rainbow Root" was pretty good. We had an excavator dude trenching at the building site where our data center is. He found the medium voltage. Three-phase 12 kV @ 600a. Put some character marks on his bucket, he did. Thank God for UPSes and backup gensets!

Chris and Mike you both are operators I like the way you each complement each other on your skills! You two are becoming great friends! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

I remember when I was a child around 12 , my family put a bathroom in our house but we hand dug the lines and septic tank hole took about three months with both mom and dad working and the septic and lines was dug at evening and night

Our original septic field was made of those same terra cotta pipes. I remember it got clogged with roots and boy did the grass grow above it... until we cleaned it. The city came out and grabbed our property so we then had to tap into the city lines when they extended them.

A belated Happy Birthday to you Chris. Nice video, be well.

Happy birthday Chris, love you 2 guys work

Love your digging projects. Would love to know more about this old homestead and trips back to your old jobs to see how they look after a time would be fun to see

good to see Chris, you taught Mike ,how to operate a machine without scratching it !!!!

Happy birthday Chris and another great video brother I’m glad you and DP got to spend a week together so anyway you and your family stay safe and keep the videos coming

I have to admit Chris that was a very interesting video of how Lumber is dealt with a friend of mine here in Indiana had a small sawmill I never got to go through it but now I know thank you for the video and thank your buddy as well I sure learned an awful lot

Great job helping your friends

Mike should get to 100k soon with the help of bigdeal18s help. Great vidjas guys .

It's amazing how many video angles you can get, when you got a person or yourself running the camera. It's been nice. I think Chris in is still in the lead on excavator operation. DP knows what he's doing.

SALUDOS FOR BOTH OF YOU GUYS, NICE JOB WELL DONE ,ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS WORKING TOGETHER.

Well looks like another fine job Chris. Since i found your channel i try not to miss one of your videos, i sure do enjoy watching. If i was young enough to run an excavator i'd probably try because i've learned quite alot from you. Keep them coming.

Hey Chris! I believe his operating has improved since working with you for a while!!! lol!

Happy Birthday Chris even if it a little late. Little Red does a great job. That fact the blade can angle really pays off. No need for the sheep foot.

Good work, yeah that ami bucket an thumb just pops on that red yanmar, good work with the utilities Chris an Mike, thanks for sharing awesome content Chris 💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸 look forward to the next video

Happy Birthday Bud .. many more!

Happy birthday Chris ….👏👏👏

Loved seeing them rainbow roots come up. 40 years of Cable Splicer, those roots meant$$$$ to repair them. Went from 3000 pair paper cable to fiber optic....Always On a Friday afternoon...lol

Strawberry Shortcake ROCKS! Love that mini ;') Thanks for the vid.

Didn't realize the bucket could Tilt, what a super nice feature!

Happy Birthday Chris...as always a great job....

@24.36 Chris, we call that 'rotten rock', here in NZ. Bob. Belated Happy Birthday Chris.🎂🎂

Happy Birthday have another great year. Love watching your channel.

Happy Birthday Sir,hope you have many more digging years !

rainbow root I cant stop chuckling about that one

Happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear Chris happy birthday to you

Happy Birthday Chris !! Hope you had a Great one.... You guys got that knocked right on out !! Great work as always Man !! Have a Great Evening !! And , On too the Next !!

Belated Happy Birthday Chris. Oh to be young again. :>)

Happy birthday Chris!! Thanks for another great video!

Happy birthday Chris thanks for sharing

Happy Birthday, Chris!!

U guys are fun to watch. Great video 👍👍

Whoowee! That’s a pretty long drive from there to Mikes place. ( unless he flew)

Happy Birthday Chris! I hope you had a great birthday dinner with the guys!

Hi, Frank from Liverpool UK, I suspect that strange rock as you call it, may be sedimentary schale, ancient wetland.

Happy Belated Birthday, Chris!

Happy Birthday, Chris!

Nice change. You are much smoother on the machine. Happy birthday

30:58 - Hope u enjoyed ur birthday dinner... Happy Birthday, Chris!!!!

You recorded this video on your birthday and I'm watching it on mine. Happy birthday Chris!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!

Thank you for another awesome video. The three of you make a great team. Enjoyed the precise digging and back fill it looked perfect. 😀❤🇨🇦

Great video Chris with you and Mike.

What a great place, I could live there in a minute.

Belated Happy Birthday. Thanks for the tips using the grading bucket and blade.

Happy birthday Chris and thanks for the great information and videos stay safe

Very entertaining. Love watching both of you. Thanks 😊

The clay tiles around here in KS were round! They were for the floor drains, septic lines and laterals.

Happy Birthday Chris!!

Happy birthday Chris keep up the great work and entertaining us all on are time off/on lunch

Chris happy birthday! You do some fancy work with that grading bucket. Thanks for sharing.

Happy Birthday Chris.

So this video confirms, have y’all noticed when DP digs he always pulls slightly to the left! Always!

Happy Birthday Chris Enjoy All

I do enjoy the collaboration with these two.

Happy happy birthday Chris! @letsdig18

Happy birthday Chris!

Somehow, when I'm digging trenches, it's not as much fun as when you guys are doing it. It's a balance I guess, where I will spend more time working than laughing. This was a good one, thanks.

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