Water will continue to undermine the pipes, you placed them too high. Always dig down about a foot into the river before placing the culvert. Over time a small portion of the bottom of the culvert pipe will fill with sediment to create a new river bed inside the pipe as a result of placing the culvert deeper. This will not clog the pipe. It will also help in retaining the culvert pipe. When filling, the proper way is to use small rocks on the sides of the pipe as they will help drain soil water down and away from the culvert. Adding a bit of the rocks to the top of the soil dressing will help in compaction and able to carry the weight of larger vehicles. Always have about 2 foot of soil on top of the culvert to ensure during very high water levels there is enough downward pressure to not dislodge the pipe. Most of the decisions taken are ways of cutting costs, but i would never just place culvert pipes on top of a moving body of water, always cut down at least a foot as mentioned earlier.

You gotta love the south... people are just so laid back and in no hurry to do anything they will just sit up under a tree all day and watch you work!

Thank you 😊! If I can convince my husband that watch this then he'll have a admit that I actually have the best ideas to deal with our similar creek culvert issues 😃😁🇺🇸

personally i like your longer videis, ilike seeing start to finish

Long videos are better than multiple part ones. Just found you, sofa room so good.

My boss owns a excavating business and I swear you sound just like him...."that's some good dirt right thar!" Lol

I prefer longer videos too. Enjoyed thoroughly and learned alot.

I appreciate the explanation on how to do things such as picking up the trees and moving it in position to track to where ever you are gonna dump it. Those sorts of explanations are very helpful for people that don't have much experience (in dirt work). Also I appreciate you putting all of one job on the same video even though it is longer that way.

It's inspiring to watch how much control you have over that excavator... and stopping to save the turtle was great. Thanks for posting.

Love the full video of the job start to finish!

Loved this video...very instructional...Got one on order...Can't wait to start on the steep learning curve ahead!!!

Ive watched and learned so much from your videos. Thank you. I actually did my first large culvert this past weekend and it went like clock work and looks great. Happy customer. Thanks so much.

I like the longer videos versus broke up.

Best channel I've found he explains more than most eyes can see. Awesome stuff

Amazing how you can take a long video and make it totally interesting. That’s the importance of intelligent narration. There is nothing worse than a long video without narration. You tend to fall asleep. But you kept me interested throughout and taught me a few things as well. Way to go.

You are a smooth operator. I don’t have enough experience to eyeball a culvert install like this. Measuring and marking the rough area to excavate and keeping track of depth and slope along the way would give me more confidence on the outcome of the job.

Hey , another totally awesome video ... I like the long video's because so many times it's hard to get the sequence in order . Your doing a great job . They camera work and equipment usage is spot on . Kep it up . I know it takes a tremendous amount of extra work to create this kind of quality . Thank you for all the extra efforts .

Love to see the whole job, like to hear you explaining things. We are in UK and sometimes struggle with the US accents, but you are very clear and easy to understand

Yep Todd , OCD can be a useful tool when your in business for yourself. You do nice work and your a good machine operator. I plan to watch more of your work.

I prefer showing us the whole process in one video, regardless how long the video is. Clicking around looking for videos so that I can watch them in sequence is not always easy.

I too like to see a job through from beginning to end in one sitting. I passed up a movie on Netflix to watch your video and I was thoroughly entertained with your dialogue, I need the full details. I am a homeowner in the Tehachapi mountains that are located in California. I recently bought a house (April 2021) that was built in 2006 and most likely has not had any excavation up keep since it was built. I'm mostly likely in over my head for the excavation I need to do but your videos give me enough tips that I'm willing and looking forward to doing some digging. Good stuff, thanks!

Teenager wanting to have my own excavation business this is very helpful!

I am working on putting two culverts in, I picked up a couple of things that I had not thought of. I really appreciate your videos

Love start to finish videos and your very informative thanks.

Love the detailed explaination of your job / project - the length of the video was great for learning.

Thank you. I enjoyed it. I'm doing a similar project at my house. I learned some things and got a couple ideas.

Turned out to be a good looking project.

Great job! Great explanation with tons of knowledge.

This video has saved my life! I just purchased a home and my backyard has been hijacked from me due to a creek this gives me hope that I can one day have the back yard I dreamed of having.

Awesome content as always. Appreciate the detail and explanation you provide on each job!!

New subscriber. Thank you for the info. Getting ready to move to a place with a creek and a drive with problems. Just what I was looking for. Thank you.

Really enjoy these videos. Lots of good advice.

Outstanding Video. I 💘 the long videos. Great class I'm learning thanks!!!!

good work! love the lawn chair watching!

I like you commentaries.... I also like the long videos.... This was a great job and will look nice with the grass.. Cannot wait to see the followup. Have a great day and a great vacation. Stay safe.

good camera work, good bucket work, good ideas expressed...a pleasure to watch...

I find it very helpful, you explaining what your doing and why. Your doing a great job! As far as I'm concerned, don't change anything!

I enjoy the longer videos and the fast forward part time. Talk and music fine but mostly machine work. Well done..

Love to see it from start to finish in one video. It's hard to find the videos in the right order. Thanks ur doing good jobs and I like how exsplaining what ur doing is great. Keep up the good work and videos.

Well done again! I always get concerned about some of these drainage pathways. I was assisting with a small drainage path/creek that was similar to this, but very winding. We had to build up the embankment using gabion baskets filled with large rap, but it wasn't designed/installed properly and the gabions were not pinned...we had huge Texas rain storm and the gabions were all washed out. Back to square one...the moral, never underestimate the power of water. lol....great vid as usual dude!

I like the start to finish job in one video.

Thanks for explaining 2 pipes vs one…especially the price of pipe vs extra day of digging. That creek bed looks like it can rise pretty high seasonally!

Thanks for publishing this

I like the longer videos that are start to finish.

Thanks for putting out all These videos! You give me and I bet a lot of others inspiration. thanks man

Very helpful -- I have a similar project down the road a few months ..... now I have an idea of how to approach it. Thanks!

Dropping a comment for the algorithm brother. Have been watching many of your videos learning how to clear land for my own building project.

Lookin’ good

i like it when yoou explain what is going on, its helps to see the overall picture, thanks for doing so.

I just picked up on your channel here in Feb 2021. I'm a Swimming Pool Contractor and a lot of your work has business potential with most of my pool customers. I appreciate the long play video with fast forward. I usually set my video preview speed at 1.5 or 1.75, depends on how fast the talent actually talks at normal speed. I can come back to the video when I want and pick up where I left off on the long play the videos. Go Sic Em!!!

I love the excavator. Good work.

Looks great.

I'm in agreement with some of the previous comments, the pipes could have been a foot or so deeper. You manned up, agreed and owned it. Total respect. I'm sure there are many of us in the trades (honestly) that walked away from a job that didn't meet perfection and knew it. You are clearly a skilled operator who backs his work. Subscribed!

Awesome job, thanks for the tutorial, it helps a lot.

The end result looked great. I don’t mind watching the longer video’s. Keep them coming.

Great video, i learned a ton of stuff seriously.

Keep up the good work i like how u explain stuff thanks todd

Great video with some very useful tips.

I like culvert videos and the longer vids good work

Really like watching and learning ...thanks

That's the way I would have done it. Good job

I had to read that twice. I thought you said the turtle was unARMED. I was like man, they have to worry about armed turtles up that way!! 😂 Fantastic job!! I always appreciate how you explain why you do things a certain way. It helps to learn new approaches and techniques for getting things done. It's always fun when someone pulls up a chair and watches you work. LOL!

Longer complete videos are the way to go great job.

Nice work, I enjoyed the longer length video! Not sure why people would say you talk too much, your giving away good info about what your doing and about the job.

Awesome work! Lots of great information!!

Looks good

I don''t mind the longer video. Don't change your commenting style, it's unique and separates you from others. My take on it anyway. Appreciate all the knowledge you provide...keep up the good work! Enjoy your vacation!

Like the long videos. I have learned a lot from your techniques

Great job

Great excitement and educational 😅

That’s great a video from start to finish, I rather see the whole job!

Great job!!!

That water is going to flow for many years now, well done.

Learning video tks!!!

That creek looks a whole lot better with the tapered bank that you did! Good job

I like the talking it helps me understand what you are doing.

Enjoy the explanations, thanks!

Awesome great job

Don’t mind a longer video. Enjoyed start to finish 😊

Good eye saving the turtle 👍🏻🇺🇸great video and awesome job

Awesome instruction construction…

I like the videos thanks for taking the time to do them

Love the videos. Keep up the amazing work!!

I like the complete video. You did a great job with the camera placement.

Great videos. keep it up explanation helps

Thanks it will be great help for when I do the same job .

Nice job !

Excellent work, Great Job!

Enjoy your vacation!

I like the long videos also. I can stop and start it any time ,to see what happens next. ( like a contractors soap opera lol)

enjoying your videos, very informative!!!

Your commentary is perfect! Those who don't want you to talk at all can just mute their device!

Great informative video! Finished product looks good. #SaveTheTurtles

My new favorite channel! I live in Maine the soil here is mostly rocks and very difficult to work with. Your narration is awesome keep up the good work.

Like start to finish

Very nice compaction work

Quality work!

Whole job video is a great idea

Start to finish is good !

Great work as always