i was in construction for 50 years I like your videos first one I watch every night really like that you don't play loud stupid ass music

The trust you and Tim have with each other around that moving machine is admirable. The forklift operators at my work scare the crap outta me.

Excavating for collars will test your operating skills....however, you mastered it! Installing pipe was one of my most favorite part of road construction...I guess it was the $$$$...lol.

My name is William. I live in Cincinnati Ohio. Like your channel. Thank You for your Service.

It will be another masterpiece brought too you by Lessig18 and Tim

Pretty amazing how delicate you can be with such a big piece of heavy equipment.

Great work guys, love the longer videos too. Thanks Chris. 👍👍🇵🇪🐕

Great being able to see just what goes into setting the overflow, cheers.

Best pond footage yet 📣👍

Great video Chris!!! Thanks for sharing the experience and knowledge.

Ready for the next pond video.. Awesome work man..!! 👍👍

That water is coming in quick that's for sure, won't take long to fill when you're finished.

Nice installing the pond overflow Chris, looks like pipe connections built in.....system 👌

Now that was a lot of pipe nice work 👍👍

Letsdig18 rocks👍💪

when r we getting the entertainment of the 2 way radio lol ;)

I love how you are able to get a nice almost flat bottom to the trenches. I dont think I'd ever be that skilled if I ever learned how to operate an excavator

Amazing how precise you can be with that excavator.

great videos , keep them coming

u should also do a reverse roll video where tim is in the excavator and ur on the shovel ;)

You can always tell a pro from an idiot when chris takes his hands off the controls when not running the excavator. I've seen more careless guys hurt good people by refusing to let the joysticks go and then leaning on them and hitting somebody or dropping something on somebody. Way to go chris.

Good job Chris

i bet you kill at video games hands of a artist with that machine!!

Great Videos!

Lookin' good!!

I like this video Chris

Now that’s some care and concern right there! Not worried about running over your uncle, just worried of running over the new machine! Hahahaha

Nice job

your a artist Chris, before you know it I been watching you a hr and I go,,, wtf I have to get something done myself, HA! HA!

Great work

Very cool video

Your uncle is not as useless on the job site as I once thought. Is there any chance we could get him on camera for an interview by you? It would be very interesting to get his perspective of us KZfaqrs. :D

All good operators eat chick fila 👍🏻

thumbs up letsdig18 . Sad 1 thumbs down on this amazing video probably some over priced contractor who failed to get this job on bid and wishes he could only do half as good as letsdig18

Important question: what kind of fish will be in this pond? 🎣

Do you think that one pipe will do? How do you calculate what size riser and pipe to use?

Hey Chris what holds those pipes together we used to use college but I don’t see you using any kind of collar on him

Nice.....!!!!

I bet it feels good to finally be making good headway on this project after all of the wet weather delays?

Nice to see how you Americans do it! Whole lot different than we dutches do.. they wil laugh at you here if u use a teeth bucket.. but u do prove it works! Good job

Hi I really like your videos. I am a new prescriber on your channel. I just discovered your channel a few days ago. Keep up the Great work. I don't your name yet. Lol

You need to be calling Tim on his new radio even when he's right in front of you, ask him what he's doing...

Chris, I just bought a used Yanmar VIO55-5B for my farm. It is coming with an 18" bucket. Wondered if you had any advice on what the biggest bucket it will handle, for upstate SC dirt which is primarily red clay. Thx in advanced for any advice.

Finesse; the reason many of us watch Chris. Women may watch for a different reason.

Will you install some bottom drain pipe with valve you can open if the pond needs to be emptied? Such as in the lake dredge project.

What kind of laser is that? What was the slope of the pipe? I assume the slope was programmed into the laser.

We don't put our overflows in like this but I'm going to start! Do you still put antiseep collars around pipe through the dam?

Enjoy the video Guy's thanks .

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is there a pond engineer to tell you what and where to do it, or do you just know from experience

Tim, what type of sealant are you applying to the seams of the pipes? Your project is massive :)

Just out of curiosity why did you not put stone under and around your structures and pipe?

Yeah the three of you together do some really good work. Is that a glue substance you're putting into joints or just a sealer?

tim standing there looking like a traffic cone with that jacket

What kind of laser is that? What kind of slope did you have on the pipe? I assume you just programmed that into the laser. What size was the pipe?

Just wondering if you guys traded in the old yanmar.or kept it..?

How to check the accuracy of your new laser tranist - go measure something that Chris has dug or graded.

When you see this throw a paint brush in your tool box. You're welcome

Hey Chris, how long do the teeth on the bucket last you?

Chris nice to have two way between you and Tim he might here you now no more sign language haha !!

While he is standing there. he should count the ribs and divide it by 2 on that pipe

Teach that boy what middle is LOL

23:23: Dangit! Did he get the right corrugation?? ;)

in Canada we call a jumpin jack a newfie stepdancer

are those stumps in the pond for fish

You should hold the pipe a bit higher so your uncle doesn't have to bend over to shmear on the sealant. Just saying. Excellent work as always. Thanks for the video.

10-15min prep work with a tape measure and a can of spray paint and you will hit the center point of those pipe lengths every time. just saying

Ones that swim

What has watching your videos done to me Chris! So far I'm only 15m into the video and I've watched 2 ads for construction equipment and just now a 3min ad for Volvo trucks. The weirdest part is I found them interesting.....fuck knows why!. I'm a 'mature' haha not, 50+ female living in Qld Australia that has nothing to do with construction (maybe it's a secret passion) though I love driving, I have really enjoyed watching your videos as I find the change you make from start to finish interesting.

Hey Chris is this the biggest job you've ever done ?

I remember well the days of having to use that pipe butter to put the gasketed pipes together, it didn't matter how you did it, that crap got on everything and everywhere- it messed up some good work clothes. One day we were doing some irrigation work on a field and had to tamp the pipes to 100% compaction. After we had left, they called and said we didn't pack it well enough and had to go back. The next day, at the end of the day, the boss sends me and the Guatemalans to rent another tamper and pack it better. We pick up the tamper, get to the job throw it on our ditch and turn it on. The tamper hops about 5 times and the motor comes off of the tamper and into my hands. WTF, I am thinking as I take a look at what caused this. They must have just worked on it and had failed to put any of the bolts back in at that vital connection point. How inna hell it was man-handled into and out of the truck without falling apart, I have no idea. So we stuck it back in the truck, drove back across town to the shop and had to do it again the next day. That was a damn frustrating job getting the pipe packed to their satisfaction. They even made us rent a conveyor trencher so we didn't leave loose dirt on top of their field; had to shuttle the dirt off, then shuttle it back to backfill. This was all for the irrigation on a professional soccer field/track and field sporting complex.

Might be an idea for Timmy to count the ribs from the end of the first pipe when he finds the point of balance on it. That way he finds the sweet spot every time 😉 Time is money ...

Chris can you draw out on paper all the components and terminology of building a pond like this so we can get a lay of the land while your working.

WHAT'S PRETTY DAMN KOOL ABOUT YOUR VIDEOZ 📹 HERE CHRIS IZ .... IN 100Yrz FROM NOW WHEN ANY TYPE OF MAINTENANCE or UP'GRADE FROM 100Yr.0ld. FUTURE PRODUCT IZ NEEDED. THEY'LL HAVE YOUR 👈🏼 VIDEO HERE TO LOOK BACK ON. Pretty Frick'n Kool 👍🏼 ( KNUCKLE👊🏽BUMP ) Letsdig18/Chris

Have you ever dug that hole for the collar in the wrong place, Or misjudged it

Looks heavy

Do you own or hire all the diggers? Just looking at your videos you have a digger for every job 👍

Why is this pond being built and who is paying for it , private or miscpacal?

20:26 that’s what she said

4days for concrete... think its time to look for a new supplier...

someone cracked your windshield

Better editing good

He has robotic arms and hands to operate the Volvo....hehe

I pure despise running a jumping jack

Chris I cannot understand why you can work in sloppy mud and everything else and your equipment stays so clean but everyone’s else’s I see going up and down the road is dirty muddy and everything else

Call me stupid if I'm not right but shouldn't that Culvert company put a line at dednutz center of the Culvert so people can see where to hook the chain quickly or strap whatever they're using anyway they need to put a align dead center of that Culvert of all of their Calvert's there should be a line yep I'll say it again there should be a line in dead center of the Culvert so you know where to hook the strap or the chain

Did you do any math what diameter the pipe should be? Seems a bit small considering inflow and rainfall into the pond on heavy rain.

Why plastic over concrete? I figured concrete would be more reliable

that dragline is sure coming in handy today

Get you a 9630 John Deere with double scraper pans you could do ponds so much fast

chris do you get along with your uncle?, seems like sometimes your kinda impatient with him, prob just like everybody is with family

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need to end every comment to Tim with "OVER".....proper radio etiquette plus you could aggravate the sh!t outa him.

to much glare