Digging a foundation and pouring a footing
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- Using a Bobcat 864 skid steer and Yanmar b50 excavator to dig a foundation for a 30'x34' house with a walk out basement. Pouring the footings, installing footing drains, and issues with heavy equipment from the cold weather.
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Watched this job, from beginning to end, great stuff, thank you. Problem is wife started asking if I am thinking of opening a business like yours. I told her at 74 I can't do what Andrew does but wish I had the fun he seems to have.
My grandfather is 78 and runs/owns 2 restaurants!
@@jamesschneider6136 My 80 year old neighbor was roofing his garage. I carried the shingles up for him. He said he won't do concrete work anymore though.
I'm 78 and did this work for 35 years and loved it. What's cool is that he works mostly alone, cares for his equipment, and doesn't know the meaning of an eight hour day. And he operates a helluva drone.
@Ants vtrova big difference between lecturing and actual work though. Still very cool to be active at 90. Good for him. I hope I live that long.
I’m 21 and trying to figure out how to get my hands on a excavator. Got a brush hog coming up in a few days so I’ve got a start
Working in the Arctic at -40 to -50C (-40 to -60F) back in the day, we covered our equipment with an insulated tarp and place a pile of charcoal briquettes in a long line underneath. Light one end of the briquettes and it slow burns all night. There is no open flame but keep it away from the engine area and other potential fuel drip sources and the machine is toasty warm in the morning. Now we use an oil or propane fired Herman Nelson heater, but I miss the old ways sometimes.
Thanks that a clever ( Old ) way thanks for sharing Ced
I remember this method as i watched the 'ice pilots' on tv.
Well, watching tv is a long time ago but to come back to
the story, they also use insul. tarps but an air heater.
He had power to the site. Cover equipment with insulated tarp as you mentioned and put a 110v tank warmer pad under, frost plug heater in the engine, water circulator in the engine, cab heater in or under the unit . Keep it off the ground like you did. This whole nightmare can be eliminated. A whole lot easier than fighting with the cold. The cold causes things to break.
Ah! Finally, someone who knows the cold. Thank you. So we learn from you, but who do you learn from? Necessity?
@@rogerdickinson920 He could of just took it home with him on his trailer after work and park up in his garage overnight.
No wonder you have such a varied skillset. You have to be a mechanic to just get started every day! No issues with cold here in Texas. The equipment never freezes. I don't envy you the extra work, but I do envy the skills that you have acquired because of your environment. Great job Andrew!
Up here in the north, every job in the winter takes almost double the normal time and effort because of this stuff, most guys shutdown in the coldest weather and just do snow removal.
Attitude, tenacity, inspiration, dedication, drive, unassuming, reliable, genuine, ... words that i think of when watching AC.
Edit: and resourcefulness!
I love these videos. I feel like the adult equivalent of my 5 year-old running to the window to watch the garbage truck! Greetings, Andrew, from Owego, NY (just a couple hours away from you)
Fellow Owego resident here!
@@benc3699 Awesome, where? I'm on Knauf
I like these videos too and I still go to the window to watch the garbage truck.
You mean to say some people don't? @@dominiquemiller4513
Oh owego! I lived in Binghamton Before moving to Charlotte :) I love your strawberry festival.
Enjoyed the video Andrew. I know this is an older one and you've learned alot since. When I worked in the Arctic, we would open the rear door of the skidsteer, drape a tarp over it all, stick a diesel heater inside and within an hour the machine would be warmed up and ready to operate. Battery blankets, block heaters, and oil pan heaters also helped alot.
Thanks Andrew, very happy that I found your site. I am 60 years and have been making my living from construction for 45 years. Watching this video just reaffirms that ay-gawd I do still love it so. Making something out of nothing never fails to get the heart pumping for me.
"So I got the fuel thawed but now my tracks are froze back up". Dude you kill me, I don't see how you maintain self control sometimes. Discovery Chanel should do a reality show starring you, it would be a hit. Great job as always, gitt'in er done, love it!!!
Problem is he keeps his cool, Discovery lives on drama so he would be too composed for them. The guy at Discovery that adds the high-tension music would have nothing to do.
Whenever I feel tired or like a job is too hard, I say Andrew Camarrata would do it on his lunch break...And get back at it.
lol
roundedges2 o ye haha
His dogs and his equipment put in a good days work too.
That's a great saying
👍"What's Andrew Camarrta doing for lunch break today " "well let's get to-it" 👍
Hi Andrew! Love all your videos! Just a reminder when doing a perimeter drain, for best results, always have the writing on the pipe facing up, and avoid using T’s and 90* Elbows. Always use Y’s and 45* Elbows to make the sweep longer. This way it’ll take 50 years for them to clog up. Also, you should be adding cleanouts after each change of direction. You videos rock dude!
What’s the reason for keeping the writing facing up?
@@brandons42472 So if you are opening that section of pipe later after digging down you can ID what you have in the way of pipe
You are correct but Andrew didn’t design or engineer that system the engineer and the inspector could have done and should have done a better job they totally failed and it costs somebody a lot of money.tens of thousands
Also, shouldn’t the holes be facing down? Which is probably the same thing as the writing up.
That Bobcat is a genius tool. Whoever invented that deserves a medal. Putting the hinge right at the back and front entry for driver.
Based upon the perimeter drain laid with the holes-up (and a few other indicators and videos of his other concrete projects), I'm gonna bet this is Andrew's first time digging a residential foundation by himself. He's probably dug other foundations under the guidance of a contractor or engineer. The homeowners probably got a quote they couldn't refuse, and Andrew had an opportunity to add more skills to his arsenal. Glad to see on the second day, Andrew had some others (probably with experience) come and assist in the dig. Andrew NEVER quits.....he keeps going until the job is done...and, done right. Sure do enjoy watching his videos. Teaching comes naturally to him.
Great video, the cold makes EVERYTHING harder! I know that cold weather can be very hard on an injection pump, so be careful with that. I like the idea of a cheap car port tent that you could setup, then lay down some old pallets do drive your junk on, add 2 heaters and let 'em rip, you'd be golden. The cold sucks, but you had some great perseverance going on! Thanks for the upload!
Great idea.
From New Zealand to you Andrew you have spirit and determination , love that area man looks great development happening , all the best.
It is so satisfying watching the clearing of land, excavation of a building's basement, digging for the foundation, putting in the forms and then pouring the concrete. Later, someone will live or work there.
Watching you work getting the tracks free reminded me of all the fun I use to have in the freezing cold fixing our fleet construction equipment during Michigan winters. I am so old I had to restring cables on our Unit Crane, almost slipped and fell off the roof of it but the driver grabbed me by the back of my coat. He taught me how to drive and operate most of the equipment and when I say operate it was most time just good enough to test all things out, we use to work with the drivers because a lot of the equipment had to be setup the way they liked. I got to learn how to drive the Unit, a D6 bulldozer (cant adjust the clutches if you cant test it he said), morbark chipper with a 600HP cummins (they use to use a 18 inch by 10 feet long log like a tooth pick to shove the stuck bush into the drum), a triple nickle and whole lot more.
Need to use fuel conditioner when it's that cold. Enough to treat 125 gallons of fuel would cost you less than a lost hour of work. Thanks for a lot of good ideas.
Frozen tracks, frozen fuel intakes can't stop him. Most people woulda gone home. Geez!
@@mike86mike YOU are an immigrant, Mike. Where the fuck do you think your family came from? Unless youre an indian, shut the fuck up.
Most people get paid by the hour. Pay them by the job and watch them solve this shit too.
And people wonder why we moved to Florida!
@@Paultimate7 most people are also not willing to work in these conditions. rather be twerking on camera or doing other dumb millennial sht for money. nowadays aint the same.
@@Paultimate7 you're correct but even the Indians are immigrants as they came from Asia many 10,000s of years before.
I like your way of thinking.. you always have a great solution for any problems that needs to be resolved. great videos. thank you for sharing.
Hi Andrew just a helpful tip in the future when you have a long project you should deliver yourself a mini container a 10 foot container and hook up a little electric space heater and store your machine inside the container.
Also they make commercial electric blankets and you can wrap the engine compartment in an electric blanket
I've become addicted to your video's. You've got mad skills there, brother.
Would it save you time if you were to drape a tarp over your machine at the end of the day with a small electric heater under the tarp with just enough heat to keep it from freezing since you had electric at the job site. Just park it close to the meter.
Coming from a Canadian, all you need to do is make sure you clean the rails well. Every once in a while you see a frozen roller but the tiger torch takes care of that quick.
Next episode: Andrew Camarata repairing an electric heater.
@@thetizzleforshizzle I was curious about 2 things here. You might be the person to ask.
If the track is frozen solid, why is he just putting heat on the gear(sprocket)?
And wouldn't a spray of kerosene keep the ice from sticking to the surfaces?
@@alext8828 a lot of guys get the flow truck to spray diesel but my understanding is that the power delivery is spread across all teeth. So you need to make sure that the travel area is clear so they can compound torque and clear frozen material packed into areas that can be hard to get to.
That's why track shovels are shaped that way, so you can clean between sprocket teeth..
Putting heat on the final drive could potentially damage seals and shit in the hydraulic system inside. Ballsy
@@alext8828 in heavy industry the machine never stops but if you park for the night clearing the undercarriage is incredibly important. Sand just keeps dew ice from forming
Husband and I enjoy all of your videos. I have subscribed and Love them...your knowledge and work ethic are amazing for as young as you are... God bless you and your parents whom did a great job in raising you..
It's "who" not "whom" and there is no god. God is a figment of gullible people's imagination.
Man, the struggle is really! I see now why it's not a great idea to do construction during the winter. Thanks for sharing.
This dude is a genius. What a big blessing to be able to do so many things
Thats laughable
Drains: holes goes done. Drains with 2 holes also go down, with holes at '4 and 8 o'clock' and the text line on top.
That's the way I do it too (holes down). If you put the holes up the pipe will start floating as the water rises. I've heard guys say they've seen drain pipe float right out of the ground.
Guust In WWII an uncle of mine was on a warship in the PTO whose name was if memory serves *Gust.* Legend has it he was Swedish. Seven brothers all went USN. The family all come from north of the Rio Grande. Might you be from down yonder? Wow *you & me could be kin. Almost scary ain't it?* Dec9 2018
Why 3/4 no minus gravel UNDER the drains? That's going to fill those spaces with water.
@MrBobnokious just lower than slab is needed
@@ElectricDanielBoone Classic mistake... Andrew does amazing work... hope he is reading comments.
Andrew gets the camera right in there so we can see exactly what he’s working on. Appreciate that very much. Wish other channels would do that.
Tyvm for the incredibly valuable video Andrew.
I just love the self effacing comments, “I need a toothed bucket”. I live in Australia and find it hard to comprehend the amount of work you do in the snow and icy conditions. Well done.
Yeah agreed. In the Pilbara and wondering about some of the building concepts needed. They were heaters we saw earlier???
Andrew, your freaking awesome bud. High five on your work ethic and video editing skills. Bet those callouses on your hands are worn proudly.
Didn't clean the tracks on my Case 1150B good enough one time and ended up breaking the yoke on the track tensioner. Never made the mistake again. Enjoy your videos!!!!
that bobcat was like i aint worken today ... but andrew was.. oh yes you are ...lol great vid good stuff!!!!
Here in Ontario Canada you would never pass inspection if you have the holes up on pipe like that.
However most people use a roll of perforated pipe with the sock (filter fabric) on it already and it is perforated all the way around.
In your high corner Andrew the ground water could potentially be as high as the basement slab though not likely with the 3/4” clear stone.
Looks to be some pretty well drained soil that showed no signs of pooling inside your excavated area even though the surface areas were quite muddy. The Bobcat did a great job of the excavation considering the lowside was at grade.
are you gues unionise over there ? in quebec we have to be in a union
@@znarcuss , In Ontario everyone has the right to work in construction , not just unionized workers, construction Unions are useless, especially International Unions which do not properly represent Canadian construction workers, just money hungry american outfits.
@@floydfan5993 well in quebec if you want to work in construction on residential commercial or industrial you need a ccq carde that prove that you know what you are doing yes they have a union but at the end of the day the employee is back up he cannot say oh i dont know ! and we have a very high salary for it ! a labor start at 27$ hour an excavator operator starts at 38$ an hour .... union is not really a money graber is the employee is making 100,000$ a year
Clean tracks really good in winter
The job site is taking shape. You’ve got some great patience and fortitude. Good tips for guys in the frost zones.
i always love your time lapses with the music
Holes go down. From bottom to top I do...
Stone
Fabric
1-2” Stone
French drain
Stone
Fabric
Stone
The fabric will stop dirt and let the water through and with the holes down the base layer of fabric won’t let dirt come up into the French drain. It’ll stay clog free for a lifetime.
Nice video. Welcome to the world of track loaders, you have to clean behind the sprockets really well or that'll happen every time. A small crowbar cleans it well. An 80" 4-in-1 bucket with teeth is the best.
I take it going for a drive out of the soup doesn't clean it enough before finishing for the day?
Seems like a whole lot less effort would be expended if a bit more end of day maintenance was done
Well he buyed a 4-in-1 bucket, but it seems that his bobcats were not capable of using it with all functions. But since he has his IHI skidd steer, who seems to be a bit bigger than the bobcats, he can use that bucket too.
I cant help but think of Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel while I watch this. Especially at 13 minutes. Thank you Andrew for all your videos.
BUILT TOUGH NO FROZEN FLOAT, TRACK OR FROZEN BOBCAT SHOVEL NOR ICE CAN STOP MR. ANDREW FROM FINISHING HIS WORK. LOVE THESE VIDEOS. BEST TH-cam CHANNEL.
The good ole tarp tent over the machine with a torpedo heater works for me. Set it up then go get a coffee, she'll be fine when you get back.
Nice job, thank you for sharing your amazing video. God bless you and your family. Happy new year
Andrew, great vids...in Ontario we are mandated to put a substantial footing below frost line...usually 4ft below finish grade.....and almost all flat work (concrete) is poured on top of a grid of 10m rebar tied on 2' centers....concrete is great in compression but sucks under tension...which is why concrete always cracks without it...I cant believe you guys dont have to put rebar anywhere....good job...
Pretty cool. The skid steer is a beast of a machine. Its all about getting the job done with What you have.
Makes me glad I live in California! But the weather is about the only good thing about this place.
I agree with you on that. California is great except for the people that are making it a SH*T Hole. If I could afford to move away, I would.
You guys are funny. Spend a winter in Ontario and you'll want to get back down there to the bikinis!
IM just taking notes because this flipping weather cause by global warming down here in Tex/NM. Better be prepare than sorry.
Another sunny day here in San Diego. It did snow here when I was in 4th grade-ha! I actually get tired of the sun. It can be too much. I do like a cold(58degrees), gray day…
I thought it had gone up in flames.
gotta love the cold, makes everything ten times harder
Not everything. If your trying to get down a hill and have a pair of skis it is much easier than walking down
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for sharing, very informative, for me, ref an inside the warm factory welding engineer.
Enjoying looking through your videos.
Best regards from the UK.
I love that property. Upstate New York is so beautiful.
I thought that this house was going to be a bit larger, but I guess you can't really tell by looking at just the foundation.
Hey Andrew,
Thanks for sharing the great videos. I am always impressed at how much trouble you go to in order to show even the smallest detail like a frozen fuel line. Kudos !!
Also, when I lived in what I considered "cold country" which is nothing like your neighborhood, I would use a hot water pressure washer to get all the gunk, snow and ice off the vehicles, dry it up a bit with a leaf blower and cover it up with a tarp to avoid further build up. A good blower heater under the tarp in the am was enough to get things cooking again !!! :-)
"There's plenty of room for the primary and reserve field".... famous last words eh, Andrew. 😉
i blame the engineer lady who signed off on the original design
In Europe, we put geotextile straight upon drainage pipe, otherwise, gravel could block the pipe holes. At least two corners must have a well, therefore, you can maintain the drainage pipe through wells if there be any blockage. Drainage pipe must be at the same level to the lower point of the footing.
pleasure to watch even with a few construction errors-, very good editing.
A hose hooked from the exhaust used to blow on the tracks could help unthaw them it would have to be metal though...
Unthaw means to freeze. His skid steer is already frozen. You meant to say "thaw" the tracks?
I don't have a dog in the race of right or wrong way to do things! I just enjoy the shit out of your video's!!
Great Ice Adventure. Keep’em coming.
I never would have thought a skid steer would be used to dig a foundation. Learn something new every day!
Yeah, they used to use track loaders to do it before excavators became popular.
"I can pull air through this now" haha. couldn't blown into it
I was thinking that if you set up a tent structure to shield your gear while its on site, may keep it a bit warmer when not in use.
Great video dude. A trick I learned from the old timers. Wa s put a bit of alcohol in the fuel. " with older diesels", and always clean and top machine off before going home. Stops condensation and saves time, money, ect. Stay busy
Cover the machine with a tarp down to the ground . Put the gas heater under the tarp for 1/2 hr before you start work . Love these vids . Australia watching
Andrew, regarding the grease gun: "I'll put a link in the description where you can get one"
Me: *immediately goes to description to look and see if it's there even though I have no reason ever to buy a grease gun.
Also me: *annoyed there's no link to said grease gun :)
Here it is: amzn.to/2XHnsYZ
And I fixed the video, thanks.
@@AndrewCamarata I was just joking around but I appreciate you added that!
Drain pipe holes down... or are there holes on both sides?
Holes on top works but raises potential water level by a few inches and the standard regulations call for holes down.
The drainage pipes are up at one end to lead the water away from the house, with holes down, the base of the house would be soaked in water.
I see you do a lot of work and a lot of fixing things when you buy equipment and that’s really good that you do that and you’re a very good mechanic and you do a thorough job when you do a job and that’s respectful. But on the other hand there are a lot of things that I see that you could use help with. Properly inspecting and taking care of equipment every day before and after using it is such a timesaver in the long run and a money saver
Greetings from Vaughan On Canada. Love your videos. Try an old windex bottle with diesel and spray the metal areas you had a problem with. Right after a really good track and bucket cleaning.
Hey Andrew i had the same frozen track issue last year. I used a flexible drain pipe placed on the exhaust and used the heat to melt the dirt around my drive motors. Took 5-10minutes per side.
That's a great idea. Love it
thats clever !!
I like your part of the project Andrew, but I cannot say the same for "The Mason"... I'm not sure what the code is in that state, but I would personally have put a lot more rebar into the footings. That's apart from the fact that he simply dumped the rebar on the soil, and pored over it. So he might as well have saved himself the trouble of putting rebar in, because, sitting at the bottom of the concrete, on wet soil, it won't do anything and will simply rust away. What a cowboy...!
I am sure he pulled the rebar up into the concrete as he went along . I dont think Andrew caught it on tape .
Not a chance.
You can tell the rebar is supported and likely 3" above the dirt.
Pretty sure theres chairs in there looks like the rebar is up. 2 bars is pretty standard on good dirt like that. Rebar is best placed in the lower 3rd of the footing anyway thats where all the tension is.
Jason Waters yeah im not sure if some of these guys watched the same video
From somebody in Florida, I shudder when I see the weather, but thanks Andrew a very good instructional video, plus I must commend you for your excellent camera work.
Enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from them, but I worked 38 yrs in plastic drainage industry as a manufacturing mgr. and have been to many jobs in the northeast over the years, where our pipe was being installed. Engineers insisted that 2-hole @120 degrees or 3 -hole pipe be installed holes down regardless of application.
Just idea Idk if works at all not from cold or been in very cold but why not buy one of those cheap car tents wouldn't that keep it warmer inside and those aren't that expensive
Hi Andrew, I was thinking the same thing. A tent around your bobcat, that way if you have to heat it up with propane the heat stays inside the tent so while your freeing up the tracks the fuel filter might just get warmed up too. Looks like your solving problems and making sure they don't happen a second time. Epic video length, love it. Hope you are enjoying the holidays. Cheers, Bill
holes on pipe down or lettering up
Richard moore came to comment same thing.
I always put the holes down and writing up as this is how the perforated pipe manufacturer designed it.
It is designed in such a way as the water level in the trench rises, it gets to the level of the holes in the pipe and is carried off. The holes on the bottom equal a lower water height in the trench. Having the holes on top makes the water 4 inches deeper before the pipe begins to work. I set the pipe on 4 to 6 inches of stone and then bring the stone just a over the top of the pipe and then cover the entire trench with filter fabric and then backfill.
yes lettering up
I always enjoy your videos! I like how you speed up the boring parts and I love all the angles you include. Wow down here in Georgia we don't have to worry too much with the tracks freezing...crazy! Keep up the good work!!!
Thanks
You chipping your bobcat out of the ice and using a blowtorch to try and get it started is why I like Tennessee! :)
Hey Andrew,
Why didn't you put the filter fabric in the ditch before you put the gravel in like a French drain and then wrap your gravel completely
in fabric keeping the soil out?
Whats the permafrost wall for? On the footer drains shouldn't the holes be down? Thats to catch the ground water that comes up from the bottom an run off with holes on top its got a better chance of plugging up an not being as effective on bottom. I know people do both ways.. love your vids!!
The frost wall is there because that's going to be a walk out basement there. So it needs a deeper footing on that one wall. I always put the holes up. That way any water that gets into the pipe will run out, if the holes are facing down, the entire ground will be saturated with water before any water can run out.
Andrew Camarata that makes sense to... you make everything look so easy lol love your vids!!!
What if you put holes in the top and sides.
Placing the holes up is a common misconception usually encountered when homeowners are trying to do their own work. A professional should know better. Many States require an inspection prior to backfilling... and holes up would never pass.
I LOVE your simplicity😎😊
In Mass, we do a lock in the footing and the rebar every 24'' vertical Andrew invest an oil fired torpedo heater makes quick work out of warm-up also your using heating oil you need diesel winter blend 60% #2 and 40% kerosene. And add an anti jell additive to your fuel.
Why not dig the foundation with the cat 955 loader ? Great machine !
I was wondering the same...if he has one.
Can you explain the logic behind his measurements and manipulations with laser? I quite didn't get how he set it
Gotta clean your tracks at the end of every day to prevent freezing. Cool vid, I watched at 2x
The cold weather is the major problem for you lets hope it warms up a little, excellent vid as always cheers from the UK.
Your 955 would have been great for that. I know the bobcat is more agile but i know a guy that basically built his excavating business around digging basements with highlifts. Used 850 case till they stopped building highlifts. Then went to 953 cat. Never looked back. I am sure you got your reasons for not using the cat. Great video !
I believe that big boulder was an "erratic" left from a glacier that melted at that spot.
Anonymole Glaciers are in the mountains and are much smaller, ice sheets from Canada are what brought the rock and they were several thousand feet thick.
Bury the thing.
I can't get over the very little amount of steel in those footings. As in Australia they would have over a ton of steel in those footings
Shawn Boland I was thinking the same thing having just watched this and in the process of building a warehouse and seeing how little reinforcing steel was in the trench compared to how much my builder used, big difference 🤔
@@johnfisher747 i was thinking the same. Where i live we never leave more than 20 cm between rebar rods. On surfaces usually mesh up to 20 by 20cm spacing. And if the surface is thick enough, two layers of mesh. All the videos in the US seem to show very little rebar. Maximum we just use thinner diameter where less strengh is required.
I did a stitch in Indonesia after the Tsunami. there were columns in the 4 corners and they were tied together with barbed wire. I have pics. The rebar supplied was never used. The buildings were smashed by the waves and chunks of concrete laying on the ground. Religion stands in the way of progress. They will always be in the dark ages. Corrupt politicians and non existent building codes.I've got 187 pics plus video, you people would roll your eyes in disgust.
I’ve enjoyed all of Andrew’s videos he’s a very interesting fellow and I am getting my first excavator this. Year. Keep up the good work Andrew.
THANK'S A BIG BUNCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECORD, EDIT AND POST ALL THE VIDEO'S, I don't know how you find the time.
This is my favourite channel now, I have a decent sized project that I want to get going on soon and all the info I get from your video's and even the comment's section are going to be a super big help.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK CHEER'S AND ALL THE BEST FROM IRON ROCK, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA,
P.S GUESS WHAT KIND OF SOIL I HAVE TO DIG IN. HA HA ON ME !
I HAVE YET TO PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND MORE THAN 3" WITHOUT HITTING A HARDBALL SIZED STONE.
Andrew, great job with your videos! We’ve watched them all. There has been much debate about which way the holes go in the footing drain pipes. I noticed yours face upward...I always thought they point down to collect ground water that is flowing up? We’ll be building in a couple of years, so your input would be appreciated. Again, thanks for the great videos. Steve from Connecticut
Most dedicated french drain installers will tell you to point the holes down, This makes most sense since water will flow from bottom up.
It depends on what type of water removal you're doing.... AKA water coming up from the ground or water flowing across the ground..... Been there done that
Holes go up.
It is easy to make any statement, but without a reason, an opinion has no value. Holes go down: 1) dirt will fill the pipe eventually 2) water will find the easiest path 3) eventually the pipe will settle unevenly, so with holes up water will accumulate and sediment will move to the lowest area of pipe and cause blockage. The pipe will have to be dug up, rather than rooted. Also, with the holes up, water will pool around the pipe, so you will have four inches of saturated soil that can not drain.
Andrew I learned so much watching your channel and i find your videos very helpful as well as entertaining. However, ill have to disagree with you on this one. Water will trickle through the gravel and raise up from the bottom. I'd like to refer you to apple drains TH-cam channel he is one the few channels dedicated to this type of work.
No filter fabric over the drains?
It will, I want to backfill more with gravel once the walls are poured, than ill add the fabric.
That pipe will be full of dirt in no time with the holes up like that and no fabric between it and the gravel..the holes go down also, idk about where you live but that’s how the inspectors here want them.
I lived in Schoharie County for 15 years . The summers were fantastic and the winters were brutal. The brutal overwhelmed the fantastic and I left for warmer climes. Great video of you dealing with the cold. Good luck
A trick we used up North to start up equipment quickly on very cold days. We used an old semi exhaust pipe with a curve at one end and stuck a tiger torch in it. The flame wouldn't hit the engine but the hot air sure thawed it out quickly so we could start it. We used what we had, unless we had a Herman Nelson. Also use fuel conditioner, Diesel tends to gel when its cold out.
Dirty and smells like diesel
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In locations with down to below -50F temperature, you put several kerosene lanterns [4 or 5 for you] under the machine and cover it with a tarp that night. Works for Tanks too. With small equipment like yours, you may need to dig a trench for the lanterns to clear the underside of your tractor. In extremely cold conditions I drained the engine oil and replaced it with kerosene so that the engine would turn over to start. The drained oil was heated and then I replaced the kerosene with the heated oil after the engine started and came up to temperature, but before the oil gage started to drop because of the thin viscosity of the kerosene. Low temperature fuel additives were necessary too. In an emergency situation I used gasoline...very dangerous, but necessary. Risky yes, but necessary in very extreme conditions. Ah yes...don't ask. HaHa!
They had electric on site, electric heater under the rig with a tarp over top of the rig would have worked.
The cheapest and easiest way to do it is plugging it in at night and he will never have any issues. They have heaters for gas tanks, oil tanks and hydraulic tanks. It would be a good cheap and most cost effective way to do it even if he had to replace them once a year
For anyone reading that, do not follow that advise. Putting gas in you oil is NEVER necessary. I live and work in Fairbanks Alaska. -40 during the winter is normal. You use low temp oils and lubes made for the arctic weather. Almost all outdoor equipment (including virtually every car and truck) up here is winterized, meaning that they have special heating pads and such on the battery, oil pans, engine block ect. Typically to thaw a frozen piece of equipment, you just use a bullet heater on the ground pointed at the engine block with the hood closed. A lantern at our temps will not do a d@mn thing. Adding gasoline to the the engine oil is incredibly stupid. There is a high risk of fire and/or explosion AND engine damage will happen very quickly and it won't even help you start the engine. The #1 best thing you can do when your car is too cold to start is to warm the battery BEFORE you kill it trying to start the car. Also, adding a bottle of heat helps pass water though your lines (pro tip, a full tank of gas can not condensate).
@@lobes187 Saw a guy mix gas with his oil to thin it out in cold weather. First start it blew the oil pan half off and burned the wires under the hood. Not to smart.
No dude, you don’t drain the oil an dout kerosene in. That’s stupid.
Just run a generator at night and plug in the block heaters.
Nice project. Looking forward for the next video!
Good honest hard work well done Andrew!
Again I'd work alongside you for free just to pickup your ways real respect
Don’t think I’m criticising you but how come you don’t use your ex100 to do this job I’ve never seen a skid steer do a job like this before. over this side of the pond it’s Excavator and dumper for this type of job
I did not use the ex100 because this job was very far away, and the skid steer was already there. The ex100 would have done it a little faster, but I feet the skid steer was easier to use to get a perfectly square and level hole. 60 years ago when track loaders were much more common than excavators, this is how foundations were dug. I've had a few old people tell me this and I wanted to try it. I would do it again.
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It’s a good job Andrew. FairPlay you have serious skills with that bobcat like I’ve said before you have an excellent Channel
You're a good man Andrew!
From you......I have learn allot....thank you!!
OUR bull did not freeze like that and we are in the cold here in Ontario Canada and I put block Under gariage .and it was clean day even summer .
I've never seen someone set a laser height in such an awkward way lol. You could have blown that whole excavation out in one day using the excavator I reckon.
We just purchased a 2d laser setup for our 5 tonner so we can set heights and see them in real time from the cab
Yeah digger would've been a lot quicker id say.
And the cost of acquiring equipment would be what?
There is a balance between the amount you expend in equipment and how much it will be used. If Andrew did jobs like that more frequently, there would be a point where it would be economical.
I've seen people go out of business with lots of debt because they grew too big, too fast and then couldn't pay for the equipment.
Better to pace yourself and as you can pay for what you need, or know you had lots of work to make it pay for itself, acquire more and better equipment.
odc43054 not necessarily saying he should get that 2d laser setup, just threw that comment in there not sure why really haha. Was mainly just pointing out the excavator being more efficient for that application
From what i have heard a trimble or topcon setup on a excavator with all the sensors and shit your around 30k.. But concert guys love them can save them a lot on money in the long run not having a big varring slab from 6" in one spot to 10" in one spot.
Jaegen K I bought the iDig setup which was $15k nzd so probably around $10k usd and does the same job as the trimble setup but wireless so I can easily swap the system between my two diggers.
The marketing material for it online is shit and tacky so I'll likely make a few videos of it
Great video as always. Can't hardly wait for the next one.
Thanks for the drone shot. I thought you were in the wilderness, 50 miles from civilization.