Installing Culverts To Fill In A Ditch
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- Installing culverts to fill in a ditch. This is where I put in the concrete culverts under the driveway, I came back to clean out and grade the ditch but around lunch it was decided to put a culvert in and just fill in the ditch. We were able to hook the 12" plastic pipe to the 12" concrete culverts no problem. We also ran the downspouts from the front of the house to the pipe in the ditch so everything can be covered up for a much cleaner look. Also had a nice visit with Carson of Thrifty Garage he just lives down the road. Thanks for watching! #EliteEarthworks #Takeuchi #InstallingCulverts
Be sure to check out Thrifty Garage / @thriftygarage
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Brandon looking at you lifting that culvert pipe it looks like you need to have two more teeth on your thumb bucket one on each side. Just a thought looking good
I don’t think I had it in the center. I plan on getting a 4 tine. I think this one is make for 12” buckets I’m not really sure why they only put two on it
Hi 👋🏾 I’m in Georgia. I watched this video SEVERAL times. ❤ I have a culvert issue at the front of my new farm site. I would love to lay pipes and extend the 2 driveways instead of having this unattractive 350+ feet ditch at the frontage.
Thank you! That sounds like a good idea
@@eliteearthworksllc I’m working hard to become knowledgeable about the process before spending time and money. Your video has definitely helped me to understand what I need to know. Thank you and enjoy your day ☀️
@@Tiffanysfarm that’s good to hear! Go luck!
I have to agree it looks 100 percent better than having a ditch and having a mess to mow around. Keep up the great videos
I think so too and much easier to mow 👍🏻
Your channel name needs to be " change of plans" 😅😅😅
🤣🤣 that’s for sure!
Nice looking covered ditch! I'm glad you were able to make the ADS pipe work in the concrete. Good to know for the future!
Thanks man! Yes it worked out slick. Appreciate the comment
Not sure where you are located, but did you have to obtain any permits or permission from the city/county prior to doing this? I have a similar layout on my frontage, and I would like to install a culvert like you did in this video. Just afraid of opening a can of worms getting them involved if I don't need to
I’m in southwest Missouri and I didn’t need to get anything. We were just outside the city limits but we would only need a permit for the driveway culvert and approach they don’t say anything about the ditches
Great job and vid! I want to install a culvert in the ditch between my two pasture. But newbie here, question is how to choose culvert, there are steel, concret or plastic pipe in your vid, any pros cons for each type? In your vid, thr pipe didnt get burried too deep, can run truck or tractor on it? Thanks a lot!
Thank you! I like the plastic the best. It’s tough and heavy duty plus they won’t rust like the steel ones. The concrete ones are good too just not as easy to work with. I usually try to get at least 12” of coverage but that doesn’t always work
Don't you just love a 'change of plans' :-), it turn out realy nice tho. Nice job as always :-)
Lol oh yes but part of it. Appreciate you watching
Is it an optical illusion or is the street higher than the house? It looks like the water that runs off the road will run to the house without a ditch.
I think the camera lens makes that illusion, house is higher than the road, but not by much. 👍
The house is slightly higher it stills runs down the edge of the road to the second driveway then hits that ditch. It will look better and make more sense when they finally form the drive up
Yes it’s very close
Home owner made right call! Looked great. Is the third member of the crew another family member?
I agree. No he’s a firefighter that works for my dad on his days off
Owner has a beautiful house😍 But I like to have a bigger front porch in that😛
Yes he does! I agree on the porch 😁
the only thing the ditch does is collect the trash people throw out there windows when they drive down the road , or up here in NY people slide in them when they drive to fast on the snow , it looks much better filled in that is what he should have done in the first place ,,
I agree much cleaner now
It is still amazing to me that many places have actual consistent dirt instead of the rocks, sand and debris we call "soil" here.
Yeah it doesn’t happen often here 🤣
Well now... I see you have the same generous, kind, thoughtful, responsible traffic that we have here in Indiana. Had me nervous it was just a Indiana thing. I'll sleep better with this new knowledge 😎😂 thanks for sharing and have a great week.
🤣🤣 oh yes they slow down for no one. It’s like that everywhere here. Thanks again for watching
@@eliteearthworksllc what state are you in ?? I am in NY they don't slow down here either
how long does a culvert pipe last under the ground ????
The plastic ones will last forever the metal will eventually rot out
First Comment!! 👍
Hi! 🙋♀️
@@mrs.eliteearthworks Hi! 🙋♂️
Nice! 👊🏼
Having stone that far up a wall is like an old man wearing pants up to his nipples.
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They'll be really lucky if that big oak tree between the driveway and road lives. It would be awesome if it does but I'm not so sure after all the work you did around it. The smaller one probably will make it since it's so much younger and doesn't require as much area to grow roots right now. Not putting much if any fill over the roots helps too. 👍
Yeah I tried to stay off the roots as much as possible but time will tell.
Looks awesome Brandon, did y'all installed a catch basin in between driveways..
Thank you! No they are just hooked together been doing fine so far with the rain we have had. Appreciate you watching
Looks a lot better. Y'all take care and have a blessed week and see you on your next vidja. Hello Erin and Gavin.
Thank you! I will do that 👍🏻
Nice work Elite. Wow that’s way Better than having a ditch there.
Thanks man! I agree will make the yard look much nicer!
The end result looks like you can almost imagine grass already there. You know, like blowing it out into the street when you cut it. lol
Lol you really can 😁
fine job,looks great...thumbs up!
Thank you!
The things ive learned about cones and traffic is, the cones are just another target for the drivers, they will hit them and keep on going. I had a lane shut down one day working in a telco manhole and a old blue haired lady took out our cones and she was dragging two of them under her car, i got on the radio to a friend about a 1/2 mile down and he managed to flag the old lady down and remove the cones from under her car.
Strobe lights only make drivers focus more on the utility vehicle they are about to hit. If you slow the flow of traffic you will get cussed out by drivers.
Wow that is true though people will definitely hit them
Elite Earthworks LLC yeah people will not slow down for anything, its gotten worse with people using smart phones while driving.
Yes it has!
It so happened that we drove past the train track job, that looked like a interesting place to work
That’s cool! I’m heading back down there tomorrow to work on some grading 👍🏻
ABSOLUTE ENDING 2 pics! Who woulda thunk it. Hated to see you take out what you did but the end result looks much better now and wait till it's landscaped! "What Pipe?" Nice work GUYS and enjoy it cuz you'll be playing CHOO-CHOO again shortly! Thank you for another & stay say! Sonny
Thank you! Yeah would have definitely saved some time if we did the pipe first thing lol! Appreciate the comment my friend
Great job Brandon. Pipes always better than ditches.
Thank you! I agree lot cleaner look
Putting in that culvert makes the yard look good 👍.
Thank you! I agree
Grading and trains are my two most favorite things in life. That's what turned me on to subscribed to your channel because you are doing the railroad grading job. You did all that work smoothing and sloping the ditch in and the man says we'll just put pipe in it now. LOL! I know it's not a big deal to you but it would have saved a little bit of time just being able to scratch the middle of the ditch out to grade, put in the pipe, then fill over it. Never fells though for something to change and not go exactly like it was planned. The sloped ditch looked great and the end results did as well having a nice flat yard. Great video. Stay well. -Wil 👍
Thank you! I really appreciate that! I think grading is my favorite thing too. I like shaping places just something relaxing about it. Yeah it would have been much easier to just dig a trench lol! Appreciate you watching
Nothing better than running a train...
Did all that work to start with only to get a "hey, there's been a change in plans". Lol. Ya gotta love it. Oh well, as long as they are paying by the hour, I guess it really doesn't matter. It turned out really well though. Good job man.
Yeah, to which BRANDON says, "in that case, there's been a change in price!" I think it does look better! Take care.
I know 🤦🏼♂️🤣 that’s how it goes sometimes! Appreciate you watching buddy
That's a nice house too.
Yes it is!
That looks fantastic, now when can you come do mine? lol
Thanks man! It’s on the list 😁
Good thing you have some spare time to do things twice 😆
🤣🤣 no kidding
I wish I'd seen this seven years ago when I talked myself out of putting a long culvert between my well-house and the barndominium, I just couldn't figure a reasonable way to get the downspouts connected. Would have made for tracking a lot less mud in the back door of the barn part. Oh well, about to build again, soon as I get this place sold, so thanks for sharing.
Lol I wasn’t sure how it would work either. But it should be pretty slick now. Best of luck on the next one 😁
Looks much better now it was worth the extra time and money to do.
I agree much cleaner look
Is it necessary to pull a permit with county or city to do this?
Nice job🔥
Not always. Some counties don’t require them. This one didn’t need one cause it fell under the permit they had for building the house. Thank you!
Thanks for your info Elite!!🔥
@@bryanmarroquin98 you’re welcome
Looks so much better being grass covered. Easy maintenance. I love bridges, culverts & drainage pipes with proper covers. I don't like ditches for a very good reason. My daughter almost drown in a fast running irrigation ditch in front of Dad & Mom’s 40 acre farm house. Shortly after she started walking, she started running fast every where. I had asked her father to watch her, while I checked the mail. I reminded him when I looked, before jumping the ditch. She was still standing beside him, as I glanced again after jumping the ditch. As I turned to check the mail box, same spot. Of course this Mom was so glad she was paying attention this day & just how fast things can go wrong.
Looked in & grabbed the mail. I look up again, as I turned to jump back across the ditch. She was almost to the ditch in seconds. Instead of jumping across the ditch, I jumped into the ditch. Just catching her under her arms, as she went underwater. Not quick enough to prevent gravity from working & her from getting wet. She was okay, just wet & crying, not coughing. I was soaking wet & so was the mail. We would all dry out. Needless to say, I was not happy with her father. Which had seen what was happening, taking his first step 30 ft. away as his daughter stepped into the ditch.
But, day got worse, when Dad called. Same day my Dad’s dog got out of the house & run over in the road. I had to accept the blame for happening. Which, I regret happening to this day. Tad was my favorite of all of Dad’s dogs through his life. I loved the little mop of patchy colored long hair. Tad & Dad was such a joy to be around. Bless Dad’s Heart. Dad was very upset with me & I didn’t blame him. I was the one responsible to make sure Tad was in the house, before we left. I had failed him so bad. I didn’t have the heart to tell him, his granddaughter had almost drowning in the front ditch.
Wow I’m sorry to hear that. Very glad your daughter was ok though. That’s scary I’m sure your dad was glad about his granddaughter making it and understands stuff happens. Appreciate you sharing that
@@eliteearthworksllc I never was brave enough to tell Dad about his grand daughter. I had already really screwed up, getting Dad's dog run over. After Dad had warned me, Tad had become a artist at slipping out. Told me to be sure he was in before we left. I didn't want to fail him again. It would have just made it worse, Brandon. Maybe not, I was so ashamed.
@@eliteearthworksllc Thanks, Bless Your Heart. Its amazing how old memories are triggered. That has been almost 50 years ago, when I was a young parent. Stuff happens so quickly.
That's why it is important to keep filming. Just give it to us in time lapse. Works for me, too fast I just slow you down to .25 speed & mute.
I was hoping to see how you cut into the main drain line from the down spouts. I saw what it looked like after & pretty much understand the how, I think.
That’s understandable for sure!
Yeah I was hoping to film some of that but they just used a 4” hole saw and drilled into the culvert then we concreted around the pipes so they wouldn’t leak
Why do they have a yard hydrant so close to the road? As usual great job!
It was for the masons and other subs I’ll take it out when we are almost done with the yard. Thank you!
@@eliteearthworksllc Gotcha! I was thinking it was an odd place for it.
That looks so much better than an open ditch! Well done.
Thank you! I agree
Nice job
Thank you!
That was a lot of work and after seeing the results it’s worth it
It wasn’t too bad been easier to know about it before hand lol! Thank you!
Good afternoon Brandon, I really do like 👍 how your customer on this project has decided to go with the full culvert, instead of a partial culvert and an open ditch, however this new look at the end of this video is a much better plan and the yard maintenance is going to be a lot easier without the open ditch.
Once again Brandon you have posted a video that is of interest to me and I really did enjoy watching it and I would also like 👍 to say this that those concrete culverts work really well and until next time TaRa for a bit.
Thank you! I really appreciate that and you watching! I agree it’s a much cleaner look now
Nice job, really looks a lot better than the ditch.
Thank you! I agree
nice.
Thank you!
Cute, even gave the road sign a Brazilian wax!!😂😂😂
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Awww, just watched to the end... Road sign and "feature" got the full wax. 😂
@@mrs.eliteearthworks I think he meant BRANDON is cute!
@@sonnyblazer5504 😂
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Howdy!
What's up!
@@sonnyblazer5504 a whole lotta nothing 😁
@@mrs.eliteearthworks OH?
Howdy Boss Lady, hope you both had a great weekend. 😃
Sup! 😁😘
great job buddy and great video as always 😎👊🏻👍🏻
Thanks man! 👍🏻
@@eliteearthworksllc you are welcome buddy 😀
What is that thing sticking up out of the ground at 28:51
If my property, had to have a drainage ditch like that . I would build a retaining wall as closet to the road. The dog out and taper to the wall, asphalt ( closed mix) the ditch line from road edge to wall. Making sure good grade so no water held in ditch. No more maintenance needed!
That’s a good idea 👍🏻
@@eliteearthworksllc yep you know that pipe is going to plug water will run over driveway, yard will flood, wash over other driveway. Just see a lot of more work down the road. Also day light the roof drains at wall easy to jet clean, put a slight swell into the yard so drains to ditch, can put in a stair step/ channel in wall for yard drain in ditch . Put up small decorative fence, and gate at step , at the retaining wall to isolate yard from ditch would look really nice, no water drainage problems. Just rake out ditch if needed! Also give parking to guest and keep out of drive way maybe?
Looks great 💯
Thank you!
Looking good.👍👍
Thank you!
Very nice job!!👍👍
Thank you!
@@eliteearthworksllc you are welcome!
Change of plans always seems to be on the menu 😆
🤣🤣 every time it seems like
I couldn’t tell... does the house have enough elevation to shed water? Or, are you going to have to put in a swale to keep the street water out? Not having ditches or curbs brings its own set of issues.
In the end, it looks cool!
I am going to Diamond on Tuesday for my haircut... if I can, I’ll stop by and get some footage of the track.
I’m catfishing with Brady in 30 minutes... can’t wait!
The house is barely higher than the road but not by much. Yeah it really needs a curb. Oh cool I should be down there. We are setting the bell tower tomorrow so that should be fun. Look forward to seeing you 👍🏻
That turned out awesome!
Thanks man!
Great job Brandon.
Thank you!
Soo much better looking Brandon!!
That’s a nice option where you live as it’s very unlikely to freeze up. Could be an issue here in Canada!! Hahaha. I would definitely prefer mowing that vs a half day heeling over from one side to the other!!
I don’t have to mow on my 2 acres anymore, it’s all natural mountain/prairie grasses and granite! No more than 5” tall grass, generally, and it’s sparse. In the side yard we created for our dog we have a 40 ft x 40 ft area of artificial turf! She took a bit to adjust to it, but now she tears around an rolls on her side flat out and slides!!! They are such athletes when they want to be. 6 ft chain link fence to keep the deer out. One tried to stomp her already! Small doe. Just grabbed her front feet after she whacked me a few times (it bloody smarts getting kicked with those little feet) then dragged her to a shallow ditch and rolled her in. Off she went! Haha. There’s a hot wire on top for any bears that may feel the need to climb over. It’s a new development and we are at the end of the road. Wildlife was affected, definitely by our property, but then we are part of nature as well really.
We have pressurized irrigation pipes down far enough in some areas to keep from freezing and then homeowners can o pull household water out year round. It is treated and filtered in the home. It’s pretty clear going in the home so UV light and a sand filter is usually enough. Our place is on a water co-op! My runoff goes into a valley about 40 ft down and 4-5 miles across. No more water issues for me, ever!!
Sorry, rambling. We were definitely fortunate finding this place and when I see the water issues you have to deal with there, it reminds me of the frustrations the ranch could have as well, when we were there. We didn’t leave any projects needing to be done regarding runoff for the land we sold for the new owner. If only he knew how it went back and forth over the 55 years I lived there. Hahaha.
Fun to watch how the project could change and be accommodating for the client. You are a good operator when you are willing to allow the homeowner to change their mind and go a better route. Well done Brandon!!
See ya in the next video!!
That’s cool I would imagine those pipes have to be down deep. Wow I would say your good on runoff then 🤣 it’s neat hearing about your property and how much you had to change it sounds like a nice place. Appreciate you watching and commenting as always!
Looks great
Thank you!