Thank you! It's definitely tough to sit on a competed video that is only waiting on rain before I can upload it. But I really think it's worth it to wait.

@@GCFD We ALL think it is worth it man :D No rain? No bueno :P

well put.

Exactly what I was commenting about I love it. I was thinking the whole video I hope he gets some rain footage and...... BAAAMMMM rain footage there be. Keep up the AMAZING work Shawn love your attention to detail that's how you give 110%

@@GCFD definitely worth the wait!!

Yes! I love seeing the work in action and actually solving the problem. It's a huge pain to get the after footage but so worth it I think.

I do love the money shot!

Thank you!

thank you! I think so too

that's my favorite part! Seeing the work doing what it is supposed to do. 👍

This one took forever and a few trips to catch it during a good rain. that's why there was a lag in posting

Thank you Fugly. Thanks for watching and commenting - Shawn

thank you!

thank you Dave! I've been trying to make better videos for sure. This does not come naturally to me at all so it's been a steep learning curve.

Thank you Mark! I've been trying to find ways to show the bigger picture and I think the drone is a great step towards that.

Thank you! Good luck with your project and remember to mind your fall 👍👍

Same!

Haha for sure! It was a lot of work on this one so I brought a lot of help.

Thank you Bob!

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Thank you. I enjoy the work for sure.

Thank you for watching and commenting Ricardo!

Yep! It took a few tries to get some good rain footage which is why there's a lag in the timing when I uploaded.

Thank you! I like those too for keeping the flow and the story going. 👍

Thank you!

Thank you! I've been trying to do more with the drone stuff.

Thank you Brent

I will try to do that for sure. Our job from last week has a ton to talk about and I will make sure to include that.

Thank you Jesse!

Thank you Leah!

thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you Joseph!

Thank you!

i forgot to mention how and why I positioned things where I did. I basically let the water tell me where it wanted to flow and then added the channel there.

Yes it's been working very well.

Hahah I love that too! 👍👍

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Thank you jim! It's my favorite part

Thank you!

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Yes! We could also easily add some of the extra riprap to the end there and fan it out a little more.

What was that black fabric they used?

Great idea. That would be moralle boosting to have somewhere to sit properly and eat. Plus the table could be used for plans and maps etc. When working. And mugs of coffee etc.

They may get to comfortable and not want to go back to work. I brought a coffee maker to a job once for the help. They spent more time drinking coffee than working. It disappeared. When I started in construction, home building, in 1975 we brought our own sandwiches, coffee in a Thermos and drinks for the day. If anyone smoked, they had to bring enough for the day too. No running to the store. Keep in mind that it was back when gas stations sold gas, not coffee.

Thank you Tracy! I had to turn down the volume when that rock was dumped because it was ear splittingly loud.

Yes some contractors spend more time "going to the store" than actually working. Luckily my crew doesn't do that.

@@GCFD ... oh my word, of course it would have been loud! But it did sound great though...on the video, anyway! Tyfs and lowering the volume 😊

Thank you!

Yes that might be the ticket for sure. We have the riprap still on site!

Thank you ben!

Thank you!

Thank you Dylan

Thank you! This was an interesting one for sure.

I didn't know I could do playlists like that. I'll check into it.

Will do!

Thank you Roy. This one took awhile before I caught it on a good hard rain.

The objective is to get the water into the pond as slow as possible. It is a retention pond, it smooths out the peak of a flood so that there is less flow at one time downstream. If the water gets into the pond faster, it will fill up faster and over top and still flood downstream. The business would not want to pay to have the pond enlarged to retain more water.

@@johnclements6614 Now I understand, thank you

@@royordway9157 In most cases you want to get water off your property as quickly as possible. Shawn should have explained what a retention pond was in the video. If you look at 0:37 you will see that the outlet structure has a grating over it to drain the pond when it fills in a storm. There will be a lower small pipe to drain the pond when the flow is low. I also notice that the bottom of the pond may be in two sections, there is a line of weed across the pond which could be the top of a berm. If it is a berm, it could have been used to help keep the area outlet "dry" during construction and future maintenance and could be to catch silt in one end of the pond so that it can be removed.

All depends on the budget too tho. I'm sure a culvert mightve cost too much

A culvert would have cost more and affected the fall. But the major thing I was working with here was an unknown amount of water. Bu cutting an 8' channel I felt like I could handle whatever amount could possibly be coming across the driveway. I go for 100% results so I am always looking for major capacity in my solutions. 👍👍

Then the water gets to the retention pond quickly. Too much water and it will overtop rather than retain and flood property downstream.

Hahah my stabilization software did that and I reasoned it was better than the whole thing being shaky.

@@GCFD yeah, just hella funny 🤣

Thank you! I've been trying to get better with the drone drainage shots 👍

thank you! this was a pretty interesting project for sure. This was my first time loading a full size dump truck too. I spilled some dirt onto the cab a couple times because i failed to level the bucket as I raised it up.

@@GCFD Heh, its a little higher than the Ford, Certainly needed this, No way it could have been done w the Bobcat

Hi Steve!

Thank you! It's always difficult to find music that I like and I think everyone else will too.

👍 Thank you!

Haha Ry! I noticed that today too!

Yes I think so too! I have thought about trying to do more of the planning and showing what's going on in a diagram. I may take a stab at it.

For sure! It took a few visits before I hit a heavy rain.

@@GCFD always appreciate the follow up rain video, 100% what we want to see

Yes I had to get my pile of dirt ready for when the hauler arrived and I wasn't sure how things would go. Everything went well on this job.

Wow it sure does! Pretty cool for sure

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As a retired chef I'm sure you're aware of the terrible American diet that people refuse to change.

@@gangisspawn1 very aware of the food options of convenience. I was trained in the military. We had/have good exposure to healthy menu options while not deployed.

@@johnhamilton9229 luckily there are ample varieties of dried, canned, and frozen vegetables/fruits that are cheaper than any meat. Americans don't to cook or even eat decently. It's not food insecurity that makes people over weight. These workers(average Americans) eating pizza for lunch is fine, until you look at their breakfast and dinner, every single day for their life. The only veg they'll eat is corn and potatoes, which nutritionally is no different than cheap white bread. I eat and cook with mostly canned and frozen veg/fruit. Fresh I buy for some things, but I cook for just myself. There is no excuse for the American diet, and alot of harm from it. Moderation and health literacy isn't in the vocabulary. People get cancer in their 40s and blame everything but their lifetime of a poor diet. No one needs to be a vegan health nut, but it's proven you need to eat decently most of the time.

@@gangisspawn1 There are many ways to intake calories. I personally juice vegetables with apples for the majority of breakfast and lunches. Dinners come from around the world depending on what the taste buds say. Time and routine. 👍

Yes I need to solve that better. I just bought an Olight which I'm hoping will work better. I'll look at your suggestions too.

Yes that would be even better!

Or make a ditch.

Yes I have gotten some new equipment! It makes a huge difference.

That volvo is an amazing machine and the one arm is soo much better than two. I'll see if I can get an update video on it.

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We did that a little at the end but it could use being wider. The beginning didn't need it because the water was telling us where it was jumping off the parking lot.

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They were using it with the mini skid to fix the sod at the pond.

it might be to install Sod. Sod is as instant fix.