Digging Utility Trenches At The Homestead

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@uppsalahazzemarkstedt2759 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@ranger2316 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@BealyGood 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@PromLesbian 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bones2610 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jillinidaho 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@nelsonglass6 2 жыл бұрын

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

@sharonaltman3133 2 жыл бұрын

Chris is very knowledgeable about what he does. Amazing!

@j.c.linden 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@wendymorrison5803 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jenniferbutcher8393 2 жыл бұрын

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

@chosen1one930 2 жыл бұрын

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

@trippie9312 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jimarter8188 2 жыл бұрын

we also have tons of it in Oklahoma it will pack tight and make a good road bed

@paulprigge1209 2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought. Mike Morgan has a lot of that. Lol! He also has a lot of expensive nice equipment for what he does. But entirely different financial ZIP Code

@tylergrooms8137 2 жыл бұрын

We have a lot of shale here in western New York

@shitloveaduck 2 жыл бұрын

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!!

@jeffreyneihart1614 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@nickmastroianni5557 2 жыл бұрын

The septic drain line in my 1952 home was constructed with those orange clay tiles laid end to end - Orangeburg pipe I think it was called. When I dug it up 40 years later, it had held up very well over the years.

@frankhurley9684 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Fedharrison5634 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Chris 🎂🎉...

@jerrybrock5335 2 жыл бұрын

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

@augustreil 2 жыл бұрын

Yikes !

@jasongarcia9219 2 жыл бұрын

Well Happy Birthday Chris! 👍🎂

@hilmaallen1302 2 жыл бұрын

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

@henrycole8705 2 жыл бұрын

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

@charleslloyd4253 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@GARDENER42 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@garyyoung5368 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@stunna7807 2 жыл бұрын

Fellow Manitoban!

@DMCDragon 2 жыл бұрын

Same this way, Northern Ontario has lots of Shale Rock formations

@craigwavra3495 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Stratos53100 2 жыл бұрын

Rare that the landowner gets that involved, Yes due to it all highly documented.

@Jacked97Ram 2 жыл бұрын

Loving the DigPerfect tag team duo videos

@gayle4804 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rolf_pedersen 2 жыл бұрын

"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!

@imthisdepressed 2 жыл бұрын

115kv underground?

@rolf_pedersen 2 жыл бұрын

@@imthisdepressed Pretty much. It was a high voltage primary. The power utilities transport electricity at high voltage over long distance as the voltage drop is less at high voltage, ergo less power is lost. At points of distribution to customers, a transformer is installed to kick it down to house voltage for residence or 3-phase for industrial installations, etc. You can see the same arrangement overhead on power poles.

@michaelkonstantellis3075 2 жыл бұрын

I’m a power lineman, man. Just never heard over a 115,000 volt Powerline running through someone’s yard. Pretty sure you meant to say 15kv which is also an uncommon voltage so it was probably more like 14.4kv. Thanks for educating me though.

@michaelkonstantellis3075 2 жыл бұрын

I’m also almost 100% certain that 90% of transmission lines underground are either fluid filled or gas filled which is a huge deal for contamination and you would know if it was hit because it would be more than just a pg&e fix they would probably be slapping a giant bill on your desk too.

@rolf_pedersen 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelkonstantellis3075 Thanks. My first try to reply got scrubbed. I guess it was links to the pdf I looked at to refresh my memory and to google street view. The gist was, this happened about 40 years ago and I found a PG&E document with typical high voltages. 115kV stuck out, could have been something else. I did say the conduit was 12' under the parking lot. The shopping center was at the corner of El Camino Real, the main drag from San Francisco to San Jose, so overhead high voltage might have been higher than what runs through residential, idk. Street view showed everything's been undergrounded but there's still high tension lines running on towers a mile away alongside Highway 85, fwiw. I don't recall fluid or gas involved 40 years ago and I did not deal with billing, just a foreman.

@paullewis6612 2 жыл бұрын

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

@DJ2CM 2 жыл бұрын

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

@Johnditit 2 жыл бұрын

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

@SuperIanjohnson 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@johnblake3863 2 жыл бұрын

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

@kevinkenyon7045 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jamjames1971 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Chris. Hope you have a great day

@gravelydon7072 2 жыл бұрын

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

@julieenslow5915 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not to that on the video I think. "rainbow root" is a new term for me.

@gravelydon7072 2 жыл бұрын

@@julieenslow5915 I took out a 32 pair one with an auger once. Took 2 AT&T linesmen more than 4 hours to repair. Our drawings said it was dead, their drawings said it was dead, when I put the auger in it, it was dead. 4 foot gap between ends.

@julieenslow5915 2 жыл бұрын

@@gravelydon7072 LOL! Well I knew what it was the instant I saw it. I have to admit "rainbow root" really does describe it once you find it in the ground. A nice little surprise if no one tells you it is there!

@dalecherry4044 2 жыл бұрын

I remember party lines.

@julieenslow5915 2 жыл бұрын

@@dalecherry4044 Officially, I am too young to have ever encountered them.

@williamharvey697 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@johnthomson9558 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jmwilson614 2 жыл бұрын

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

@cs_fl5048 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@paulacarli1181 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rickarmstrong3674 2 жыл бұрын

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

@AncientHermit 2 жыл бұрын

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

@stupiddems9422 2 жыл бұрын

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

@cyndig9915 2 жыл бұрын

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

@timsellars15 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ronaldclark1178 2 жыл бұрын

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

@timmyfrierson2684 2 жыл бұрын

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

@assassinlexx1993 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@kristystaats8390 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Chris, love you 2 guys work

@georgedavidson1221 2 жыл бұрын

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

@snappingbear 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that's why trees are so easily killed when you excavate or move soil even though you are 15 ft from them. The general rule is the feeding roots extend out at least as far as the tree's longest branches.

@cathiwim 2 жыл бұрын

@@snappingbear how many times can I like this? There may be enough around the rest of the tree to keep it alive

@derrickpettit3489 2 жыл бұрын

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

@matthewwisniewski1276 2 жыл бұрын

Great job helping your friends

@richardstrocky2926 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@daddybob6096 2 жыл бұрын

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

@clifforddgreen1296 Жыл бұрын

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

@winstonwong3326 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Chris ….👏👏👏

@Yosemite610 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MikeCookMusic 2 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelmullins1290 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@billwilliams9527 2 жыл бұрын

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

@BealyGood 2 жыл бұрын

“Homestead Project” 🤣🤣🤣🤣😁

@ko9446 2 жыл бұрын

You charge him for the media property shooting space right

@BealyGood 2 жыл бұрын

@@ko9446 It’s free if he would just say “Back at Bealy Good Farm” 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣🤣

@keithdunlap2701 2 жыл бұрын

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 !!

@derrick9635 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rayshutsa6690 2 жыл бұрын

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

@spdergod 2 жыл бұрын

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

@frankhurley9684 2 жыл бұрын

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

@garywalton7176 2 жыл бұрын

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

@josianrodriguez1249 2 жыл бұрын

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

@bigal2298 2 жыл бұрын

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

@rileymccagg498 2 жыл бұрын

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

@MrFrankturbo1 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Bud .. many more!

@dansevern3291 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@jackiesiebrass3321 2 жыл бұрын

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

@ww3ok 2 жыл бұрын

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

@stephenkeefer3436 2 жыл бұрын

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

@markpashia7067 2 жыл бұрын

Hop skip and a jump. Maybe ten hours. I drive an hour to St. Louis and then another 8 or 9 to Atlanta all the time to visit my daughter.

@annafraley5388 2 жыл бұрын

That was some FUNNY stuff there on them calculations you three did to come up ⬆️ with the Fall in the septic line from the house to the tank 10,275 feet away 🤷🏻‍♂️😂🤣👍 just as long as it 1% minimum fall off 😎✅

@asarand 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jimshoe6828 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Chris 🎂🎉 It's looking Beally good 👍👍😉 Rainbow roots are becoming rarer all the time, which is a nice thing. You and Mike make a good team, sort of like Laurel and Hardy 😏😁😂

@jameskaufmann4260 2 жыл бұрын

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

@phillipjones3342 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Chris thanks for sharing

@jasonmckee5030 2 жыл бұрын

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

@jenniemcclish3559 2 жыл бұрын

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

@dennymarreesr6187 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Chris!! Thanks for another great video!

@loishodd8579 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Chris!!

@tweetiepooh2001 2 жыл бұрын

Did DP ever say whether he liked your mini? Another banger vid with you two. Can't wait for you to get to DP's place. Will have the popcorn ready 😁

@cathiwim 2 жыл бұрын

Lord have mercy, can you see Chris and MBTS bantering? They’ll never get anything done! Lol

@havgdo4445 2 жыл бұрын

Very entertaining. Love watching both of you. Thanks 😊

@achum2sum 2 жыл бұрын

rainbow root I cant stop chuckling about that one

@annafraley5388 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a Rainbow 🌈 Root.😱🤣😂 now that’s funny too. To bad Mike can’t run your excavators...!!! 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔😎

@navychiefpastor 2 жыл бұрын

Happy happy birthday Chris! @letsdig18

@edwardmyers3277 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Belated Birthday, Chris!

@robinl.a.matheson1838 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday, Chris!

@rupeepaul4411 2 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday chris hope u live to see many more healthy and happy years to come and keep up with the great entertainment 💯👍

@Sexitoes1 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. Happy belated birthday and many happy wishes for the coming birthday. So enjoying your channel !!!

@johnhornback7878 2 жыл бұрын

That's great ... Been watching for a minute .. enjoy watching.. I've done sewer an water mains for a construction company in Arizona.. I like how you just roll , never no yelling lol