Draining Another Swamp
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- This is a job I looked at last year but wasn't quite this bad. These homes are right behind a commercial piece of property that was used as a dump site for road jobs in town. The contractor brought the grade up so much and is now forcing the water onto the neighbors property. The worst part the homeowners are not getting much help from the city, all they have done is install an 18" pipe for the water to drain into a ditch that runs along the property. But nothing was grading to run to the pipe, so I am coming in to cut a ditch to the pipe and hopefully get the water to drain off and things to dry up. With how slow its draining it's saturating the area around the houses and causing more damage. I only had time to get the first yard draining and are planning to come back next week to do the others. Then I will give it some time to dry then come back and regrade and seed the yards. Thanks for watching! #EliteEarthworks #Takeuchi #drainingaswamp
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This guy should run for president. The political landscape needs so many swamps drained.
🤣 yes it does
🔥you knocked this vid out of the park👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Great mix of camera angles and perfect balance of real time and time lapse. Getting better with every new vid!!!
DigginLife 18 thanks brother! I’m trying to keep it interesting lol
You’re killin man. Better vids than 99% out there
DigginLife 18 I really appreciate that man! 👍🏻
That's one big mess that should of never happened but at least they called the right guy to fix it. Keep up the great videos
Kenny Mysak yes it is. I hope I can come up with a solution. I was mostly trying to see what I was up against in this video. Appreciate the comment
@@eliteearthworksllc maybe you need to take the beautiful CEO Mrs Elite out there and get her idea. You will get it figured out
Kenny Mysak I think that’s a great idea 😁
It's good to hear you talking more and explaining the details of the job. Dirt Boss does that very well. I look forward to your videos, great job!
Mike Kopie thsnk you! Yeah I’m trying to work on that, I hate how my voice sounds on camera but I’m trying to get over that and talk more. Appreciate the comment
they have the right man on the job to make it work and look good.
junehunk1 thanks man I hope I can get it lined out. Appreciate the comment
Ewwww! wow. I bet that smelled awesome! wow. That's got to be way better! Thanks for the video! At least it wasn't sewer water!
BurningDinosaurs lol yeah it stunk something fierce! It’s draining better but it has rained all day so hopefully I can go back next week and work from the neighbors down and dig a ditch to the culvert. Appreciate the comment
Nice job buddy.. bucket working Perfect for this one!
Dirt Boss Tri-County Masonry & Excavating thank you! I love the grading bucket it’s just so handy
man that looks gooey
nuts319 yeah it’s nasty lol
Told you that bucket would get you more work. You just need tilt now. Good job. Now you know what I do most days. Playing in the mud
Larry Shedd yep it’s been a great bucket for sure
You certainly got a mess to fix, but no doubt you will get it straightened up and dried out, I think a swale will be the simple solution, you have the know how buddy
Brian Baughan thanks man I hope so it’s a wreck right now. I agree a swale should work if it will dry out
We take properties like that and do a filter fabric stone pipe perimeter drain 4 or 5 feet deep to the surface across all the back yards and run it to daylight
Todd Reynolds that’s a good idea. I’m going back next week to work on the neighbors houses and dig down to that pipe. That style of drain may be the only way to fix it
@@eliteearthworksllc we have done full development that way , as long as you got a gravity to day light. , we dig 4 feet deep. Lay standerd black fabric under and up sides and enough to flap over top. 6 inch stonevunder perf pipe then stone to top. Or if dont want spend money on top stone. Flop fabric over and fill to top with clean clean gravel. Works. Awesome done big plats. That way
Todd Reynolds nice I like that and would definitely work here
A properly designed herring bone French drain but I would be using fabric covered pipe and grade the back fill from top to bottom start of with a small pea gravel and finish at the top with 3 inch stone then cover the top of the trench with fabric membrane then a layer of coarse sand then cover with soil will drain any amount of water if properly executed
Matthew Davies that may work but the way it is now there’s about 7 acres draining off towards this yard. Really need to cut a big ditch on the easement and put a bigger culvert in where the city put that one then the water wouldn’t even get to these yards. Appreciate the comment
Need to dig the ditch out there
steve smith yes I’m planning on doing that when I go back next week
Another example of the city letting a contractor dump dirt on someone else and not following up to see if it's done correctly and the home owners stuck with the bill while they sit in an office and get a pay check probably kin to the mayor of some other city official keep up the good work
Mike Embrey that is exactly it in this case. A bunch of bs if you ask me. Thanks man appreciate the comment
Really nice job and an excellent explanation on the overview and what yet needs to be done. You have your work cut out for you, but my money’s on you to find a workable solution.
Thank you! I appreciate that! This place is a mess and I haven’t heard anymore if they got ahold of the army Corp of engineers to get their take on it. Appreciate you watching
You got the touch on that excavator.
Thank you!
In reading the comments at first I thought a drain would work, but you just need to get the surface to drain. I think you are on the right track. Once it drains you will just need to replant the lawn and it will be good.
Brian Gardiner yes I’m trying to get rid of the surface water now. I still need to go back and work down from the neighbors but it keeps raining so that is not helping. But yes that is the plan grade and reseed
That's called sinking your property value unless it's corrected. Good thing they have you fixing this mess.
Danny Sowell no kidding hopefully I’ll make more headway next week. I’m waiting on the last neighbor to give me permission to dig on the edge of his yard then I plan to dig a ditch and lower that pipe. But it rained all day today so that’s not going to help. Appreciate the comment
That was indeed a swamp and it was almost as nasty as some others I know about. I've been wondering how hard it would be to drain swamps and got to see the work in person by an obvious expert. I see big things in your future, LOL! Hey, you almost needed pontoons for a while! I just couldn't believe how much water kept coming up. Nice job and very good explanations.
Dale Premo thank you! Yeah it’s a mess and hopefully I can get some order in it. I’m going back next week to dig behind the neighbors. We will see. Appreciate the comment
Intresting!
West Coast Construction Channel thanks it’s something 🤣
Hola amigo Elite como siempre muy buen trabajo t felicito...me da mucho gusto saludarte saludos!!!
Ivan Cardenas thanks buddy appreciate you watching
you should call Letsdig to install a pond!
S L lol true except they want this pond dry
My guess is the out of town contractors factored in disposal charges on their job sites and costed it accordingly, then found a convenient no cost dumping solution, pocketed all the changes and sailed off into the sunset, leaving all their new elevations to someone else, what a mosquito pit........
Pete Watson you are correct. It’s definitely a mess and not fair to the homeowners
The homeowners made a great decision to bring in a professional BOSS, [Elite Earthworks, LLC] water, drainage, and sewer engineer! Work safe Brandon, enjoy your weekend brother!
Doug@ the "ranch"
lakesideranch thanks buddy! Hopefully I can get it drained off and find a solution. We got another inch of rain today so it’s not drying out any time soon. Appreciate the comment
The work was great even with all this mud and dirt sticking to your lucky machine. I am sure you take care of it very well. What if you showed us how to clean and maintain it in a new video soon, thank you so much
Tahany Jubr thank you! I could do that, they get washed regularly and stay inside a shop when not using them
Man i feel for those folks. When i moved in my house several years ago my back yard was a mud pit it took 2 years for me to get it right. Had a buddy come out and excavate bring in dirt loads. I wanted to concrete my entire yard it was so bad. I learned the wonders of recycled asphalt that solved the mud water problem. Good luck with that man.
asus12351 I didn’t know that about asphalt and mud good to know. Appreciate the comment
@@eliteearthworksllc yes sir it's good stuff get a good layer of it and compact it. It gets hard as a rock.
asus12351 nice! I appreciate that
I had a very similar job not too long ago. I rented an excavator to do the samething you’re doing but I felt like it was making it worse. So I brought a trencher out and Used it to drain the sitting water. I had to wait a couple weeks for it to dry up it was so bad but I wish I would have used the trencher from the beginning. I felt the excavator was TOO much and I was making more work for myself in the long run. Lessons learned though
RP Operations yeah I could see where that would work in some cases. I would have go a trencher stuck here I’m sure plus a lot of the grass was getting tore up anyways when we reshape the yard. Appreciate the comment
What a sloppy mess wow. Good luck with that one. So much water from all directions 😳
Arthur Turcot thsnk you yeah it’s a wreck! Hopefully I can make some sense of it
@@eliteearthworksllc You will.
Arthur Turcot appreciate that!
Hey buddy looks like the government done what they always do, take something simple and complicate the he'll out of it! By letting him fill it in it probably backed up bad and just deposited silt everywhere. Some of that grass doesn't even look like it's rooted in just floating on the water and once you got flow going that culvert looked like it was at full capacity! This video could've been 2 hours long and I would've watched it all!! Thanks Brandon!
Clyde Acor that’s exactly what it is. There was more going on from the city than I talked about. They did these people wrong and they know it but won’t do a thing about it. I’ve got to go back next week and dig from the neighbors. I just had a few hours the other day and wanted to see what I was up against. I’m planning to dig a ditch down the easement to that pipe and possibly lower that pipe and see if we can get it drained down. Appreciate the comment
I know how the feel my back-yard has similar issues due to property developer buy old houses around me then building up the land then putting up town houses, now my property is lower than all the rest so I receive all the run off thankfully it only happen maybe 3-4 times a year it just takes a while to dry out.
barry hansen yeah that’s not good. Very aggravating and not much you can do. Appreciate the comment
Another excellent job Brandon !! You may want to consider getting a helac power tilt at some point if you're gonna keep doing this type of work....it's been a huge asset for me because of all the drainage work I do for the farmers around here... very similar to the jobs like you are dealing with in this video.... helac has some great videos on TH-cam.. check them out.... I didn't realize how much faster I can dredge and cut swales and ditches with this attachment.. especially when you're digging in and around culverts and and slopes.... I'm looking forward to seeing the sequel to this video.... ALWAYS a pleasure watching you !! Be safe, Tom
Del Casale Excavating thank you! Yeah that would definitely help on this job. Nice to be able to change angles without moving the machine. Appreciate the comment Tom
@@eliteearthworksllc you're very welcome buddy
An engcon tiltrotator on that TB and your work will be much easier 👍👍👍👍
Mattias Vejdeland i agree hopefully one day I can get one
Wouldn’t want to live near that during skeeter season.
Seems like the homeowners got the shaft... too bad the shaft didn’t carry water away!
Good head start on the problem... but, I’m a thinking..... It’ll be August before you can fix it properly.
William Harris no kidding they definitely got the shaft. And I think your right about it being August lol
Great video.. I cannot wait to see you work on the rest of it. It is really a mess, but you can fix it up nice. Have a great weekend.
Brent King -gmail King thank you! Hopefully get back there next week and make some more headway. Have a great weekend too
Turn it into a Landscape feature. “Dry river bed” decorative river gravel large stones and rocks water loving plants. Still establish a grade for it to drain but it would looks beautiful after. Just a thought for something better than soggy grass
Western Reserve Landcare Inc. Yeah I may have to see if they would be interested in that. That’s a good idea and would look better. Appreciate the comment
Elite Earthworks LLC from the looks of area (square footage) you would probably only need about 1/4 of the area you cleared to be converted the rest could be regraded and grass grown. I do quite a few of these, homeowners are always thrilled. If you have any technical questions let me know.
Western Reserve Landcare Inc. Awesome thank you! I will do that!
@@eliteearthworksllc Letsdig18 would have just made it a pond
All the neighbors do want this fixed right? Are they all using city sewer? Keep up the good work and videos.
walter mattson yes they want it fixed and are on the sewer. Hopefully next week I can get some more done over there. Appreciate you watching
I think I would build up/ fill in on the yard side forcing the water to the drain rather than lowering the elevation , just my thoughts.
Max And Sherry Wike I may still do that I’m just wanting things to drain off for now
I would not be paying property taxes that is for sure sue the city and the contractor that made the problem.
That is crazy I can imagine the mosquitoes in the summer.
Barry McBride I agree they should but they said the attorney was going to be $10-$15k to start which is nuts
Who ever put the culvert in at the beginning of the video caused the water issue. The culvert is to high backing all the water up into the yards. You essentially rerouted the stream through this lady's yard. They should all contact a lawyer and proceed with litigation to get this corrected the proper way.
Chris Gentile the city put that in. The contractor that filled that site in 6’ is the one that screwed everything and the city let them so they won’t hardly do anything to help these people. I dug the ditch deeper and routed towards that pipe to keep more from going in her yard I just didn’t get it all on film. The neighbors don’t have enough money together to pay for the attorney fees. It’s really on the city the whole thing is bs
That almost needs a French drain with a sumo back there. I am getting ready to do one like that here in Ohio.
That would probably help here it’s always wet. Appreciate the comment
I have got to see how this works out. Where does that much ground water come from.
Michael B. It has 7 acres draining into it right now because the contractor filled it up so much. The job is on hold right now because they are talking to the Army Corp of Engineers hopefully be back on it soon
Looks like a mess! How did you bid this job? Did the city give you plans and you hard bid? Or did you give a lump sum price to fix it and the results are on you? Or are you doing t&m at their direction?
Neal O'Russa it is. I gave them a price on getting it drained off then we are going to look over it once it dries up and see what we are working with. Then get a price from there. This mess was caused by the city so they are not helping at all it’s on me to come up with a solution and get it to work. No pressure right lol. Appreciate the comment
Sometimes you have to play the hand you're delt. I'd dig it out. Line it with stone. And make it a water feature.
ben napier that’s right. Hopefully I get a ditch dug in the easement and it won’t even run to the house anymore. This job is on hold for right now, they are talking to the army Corp of engineers since the city won’t do anything. So we will see
@@eliteearthworksllc they are talking to the right people. The Corp gets things done
ben napier I agree
You could be there awhile ..Looks interesting..
Mike Nixon yeah it’s a mess I just had a few hours to kill the other day so I thought I would see what it’s going to take. Hopefully I can come up with a solution
i like our talks over the job in hand. but this looks like a temporary fix to a permanent problem, i can see the piont of doing this so the ground can get rid of the overflow, but get fix it u need go deep...
I agree but this is a much bigger issue than I showed on the video after further looking at the job. There’s about 9 acres draining into this area. They are now talking to the Army Corp of Engineers because they are getting no where with the city so the job is on hold
Should heal up once you get a good invert or flowline to that culvert, should line it with rap to stabalize the ditch.
Dennis Brown i hope so this job has turned into a mess there’s 9 acres draining over to these houses. They are actually talking to the Army Corp of Engineers because the city won’t do anything about it
Looking good man. Those jobs can be tough when your trying not to tear to much up! You do a lot of ditch work it seems like. Have you looked into getting a wrist for the ditching bucket? I was hesitant to buy mine because its was like $3K or so but man has it been a game changer. You don't have to track around as much tearing up stuff to get a nice graded ditch! Anyway, keep up the awesome videos.
Benjamin Curran thank you! I have thought about it and would love to try one. Be really nice for a job like this. Appreciate the comment
Tough to dry them type of soils out , like shoveling sh__ against the tide lol
Todd Reynolds 🤣 that’s how I felt too. And it keeps raining so it’s not drying up
looks like that pipe is too high. dropping it a foot and half looks like it would help a ton.
Al S yeah that pipe is way too high. I think the city did that hoping to slowly drain it im planning on lowering it too
Would like to see more of this job
Yeah I’ll hopefully go back soon it’s been out on hold but they are eventually going to have to do something
Yes , what a mess !
K 2 yes it is!
Nice slurping sound
david bailey lol yes it is
Look's good but how do you get the mess out of the yard??
Let it dry then come back and throw it over the fence and load it in the truck
Hey bud, will you eventually post an update in this project? I’m very interested to see how well it worked, thabks!
Yes eventually the job is on hold right now. They are talking to the Army Corp of Engineers so it may be awhile
Elite Earthworks LLC I’ve done landscaping for 10 years, the project seemed overwhelming. It seems like resolving one water drainage issue would create another. Hard to get the whole scenario from a video, but it seems as though you were tackling it from the perfect angle. Good luck, looking forward to seeing how well it does over the course of the next few months or so
Andrew Seitz yeah I’m anxious to get back to it but I haven’t heard anything else. It’s quite the job
Perfect job for Mr.AJWorks, that guys a water management guru, check out his channel
Gliderider cool I will do that. Thank you!
Whats that movie “ A River Runs Through It”? Maybe this is what they were referring to! Is there a spring or two in there?
Baby Catcher 🤣 that’s true maybe so. Possibly but all this water use to run to the ditch behind before they altered the land
Hi, just watching it Jan 21, any news from the Army Corp?
I’ve never heard back from them. I’m not sure what is going on
LetElite18 doing some pond work.
FishFind3000 🤣 yep
Just WOW that’s a freaking mess
ken sala yes it is I wasn’t even sure where to start 🤣
Are they trying to turn that area into somewhat of a retention pond for runoff?
pjs5191 I’m not really sure. We may have too in that area that’s the easement. I yard I worked in they are hoping to just have a swale and just take it back to grass. Hopefully I’ll get back next week and know. It’s been raining the last two days. Appreciate the comment
This is just like jobs here in Louisiana makes you go humm, how we going to do this without tearing everything up. 😂
Stay safe
Dwayne
Louisiana Dirt 218 lol yes I was like I’m going to destroy anywhere I drive 😁. Appreciate the comment
Man that ground is saturated.
Yeah a out of town contractor really messed things up here.
@@eliteearthworksllc Trapped ground water from running off by raising grade around that area, you got an eye for fall, most people i have worked around would shoot elevations to get fall. which if your good don't need that.
Dennis Brown thanks I really just didn’t feel like walking around in that crap to set up a laser 🤣
Elite Earthworks 1, mud hole 0, great job!
Man With A Plan lol thanks man
You got a ton of water out of there.
Hey Brandon would you be interested in a concrete breaker for the takeuchi I just came into some wealth and figured I would share.
Junovay Plays I appreciate the offer but I don’t plan to run stuff like on my machines. Seems like they are really hard on the equipment. Thanks again
G'day
Murphy Law G’day buddy!
Hey Murphy!
@@burningdinosaurs G'day mate
Is there a video showing your completion of this task?
Not yet the job is on hold right now they are getting the Army Corp of Engineers to look in to it so it may be awhile
@@eliteearthworksllc Thank you. As you mention at the start of this video, perhaps if they had completed the original task correctly the first time they had a go at it..
frantic storm7 exactly it’s turned into a real mess
I could smell that water from my IPad 😷
Make sure you wash that machine before you bring it in the shop
MAB Construction SRVC 🤣 yeah it was bad 🤢 I washed it for sure cit was a mess
“Torn up” not “tore up”.
That’s a job that requires you to wear many hats, and I’m not even referring to the great looking distressed Dirt Perfect hat either.
First off the obvious of being a very skilled excavator operator then you need to be a plumber to know $#!+ flows downhill then you need to be an archeologist to understand what you’re digging through and then you need to be a detective to figure out where all the water is coming from in the first place and finally an engineer to design a drainage system to keep the water out and away from the customers yard.
Being able to figure out what the previous contractor was thinking might require psychic powers if you want to go that far.
Wayne Crews yes it does definitely a lot of parts that go into it. Lol you nailed it on the psychic powers too 🤣. That is no lie. Appreciate the comment
Anymore videos coming with you on this job? First time seeing any of your vids.
At some point the job is on hold right now because they are talking to the Army Corp of Engineers because the city is not doing a thing to help out. Appreciate you watching
Brandon you need my xl5200 Gradall
Larry Shedd lol probably so
Ha! The last thing you said was what I was thinking watching the whole video. That is a HUGE mess. That's going to be a continuous problem unless they are willing to hire you to ditch the water away permanently. Any way to get grade on a ditch to prevent the water from even getting to those yards?
Blackdog Tractor/Excavator 🤣 I kept saying that the whole time I was digging. Yeah I’m planning to dig a ditch in the easement to drain towards that pipe. It’s a wreck for sure
Where I'm from it's illegal to impair the drainage around homes that are already in place prior to the new construction.
Eddie 1967 it is here too the city allowed them to really screw this up. It’s not right at all to the homeowners
@@eliteearthworksllc the Army Core of Engineers are the enforcement authority that can compel the city or the property to fix the runoff issue, not a fast process but they are very effective
Jon Schneck yeah they would definitely get it handled
Do the homeowner's ever experience septic issues?
Richard Johnson their on city sewer but I don’t think they have yet
Is this near Joplin or are you in Louisiana swamps. Good luck with that mess I am sure it will be better after you finish
H Phillips lol it seems like Louisiana. Thanks I hope I can get something done with it
That’s a pure mess
Yeah it’s a huge mess
Why not run field drainage
Brewery I was just trying to strip the grass off that day and kinda see what I was dealing with. I need to go up to the 3rd house down and start there. It can be reshaped and get it drain just need to get the water off the surface first
Is the water table that high or is the ground impermeable? I'm lucky to live on sandy soil.
Tired old mechanic no it’s not that high, there is a lot of dirt in this area but with them changing the grade they have created a bowl and the water has no where to go and it’s saturating the ground around these houses. I’m waiting on permission from the last neighbor to cut a ditch from their house to the pipe and drain this area off
I bet it does stink, all that standing water with grass, oh ripe it is.
Oh yes 🤢 it’s terrible
Before I purchased my first house i rented a house that had a swamp for a front yard and the state came through and widened the road and put storm drains in, but in my front yard they dug a hole 20 foot deep and filled it with large gravel and we never had any trouble with standing water or mud after that. Maybe that could be a good solution to her problem.
barney south that may be something I will be doing here. Needs that clean rock to drain things out
Need a bigger bucket ;)
Oliver you buying? Haha yeah I should have got the 48” that’s a 42”
LOL that's what she said
Rick Janisse 🤣
Rick Janisse I was absolutely itching to say there’s nothing wrong with 6 more inches 😂
Oliver haha so true !
OK Brandon, who do you think you are, Trump? Draining the swamp?? LOL Sure would be nice to have a tilting bucket like biddeal18 in this situation huh? :D Cool video, I look forward to yours a lot.
Badgermatt75 2016 🤣🤣 I never even thought when I titled this! Yes the tilt would be nice! Thank you appreciate the comment
Looking at that mess directly before the pipe, I was thinking you needed his mats as well.
Spud Gamer lol I thought I did too for a min I drove off in there and the tracks disappeared 😳🤣
Did that myself as well Monday. Drove off in a silted up ditch, pulled a bit of a stupid, and buried myself over the tracks. Almost didn't manage to find solid enough ground to pull against with my bucket to get out, either.
Spud Gamer oh fun got to love that. I was pissed with all the mud I had in the tracks lol
It looks like you might have to shoot some grade and if you have enough fall cut a swale through the area with some fabric and rock and make it a decorative part of the yard and when needed it can drain the water through the yard to the pipe.
Scott Kuykendall yeah that’s probably what I’m going to do when it’s all said and done. They are always going to have water run through now
Yummy....that stagnant water smell 😂🤢
D C yeah 🤢 it was rough
D C Hola mi amigo!
Mrs. Elite Earthworks hola 😄
hell you should ask her if she wants to put in a pond in backyard ????
KEEPER B. Jr 🤣 I thought about that. It would be easier
Who hired you to do this job...homeowner or city? This is clearly an error that the city should be responsible for. Tough luck for the homeowners but great content for your videos.
Keith Brettell the homeowners did. It’s a big mess with the city, the city okd the contractor to dump there but won’t do anything to fix the water problem except that little 18” pipe. And the homeowners don’t have enough money to come together to hire an attorney. It’s a bad deal all around
Hope a Philanthropist sees this video and pitches in! That would be an awesome story and maybe embarrass the city into being more proactive in the future! Now, if I just win the Lottery this weekend, move to the USA and pretend like I’m a nice guy,,,,,,,Hahaha. That last part is the hardest part!!!
I look forward to seeing the end result!
GT500 that sounds be awesome! Yeah the city wouldn’t be happy but they knew they were in the wrong. Appreciate the comment
@@eliteearthworksllc There's gotta be a lawyer who would work on a contingency fee....if/when they win he/she gets paid.
Keith Brettell that’s what I was thinking I was going to call a couple I know cause this whole deal is bs
That's the smell of money
Larry Shedd exactly!
Turn your idle down on your machine or u will end up over working your hydraulic pump
I don’t usually let it idle for too long so I don’t clog the filter.
Mine has been a lil buger lately letting it idle as they say filter clogs days over haha
5:36 on the left hand side is that her storm shelter?
Clayton Hartin yes it’s her storm shelter
Kind of look like it is has a vent like it could be? Tornado alley?
Dennis Brown yes it is it’s an inground tornado shelter. I’m in Joplin Missouri
@@eliteearthworksllc Oh wow, i have never seen a tornado, a little dust one, i live in Washington state 40 miles North of Seattle, lots of rain especially this year, i have seen videos of bad F-4 & F-5 one was in Joplin, and a nasty one in Moore Oklahoma, has to be scary. I love you videos, i can see how good you are, i have been in the paving industry for 40+ years, building roads and highways from dirt subgrade to top of asphalt. I love it.
Dennis Brown i bet you fo get a lot of rain. Yeah we had F5 in 2011 it destroyed a ton of stuff. That’s cool glad to hear you are enjoying the content I appreciate the views and comments! 👍🏻
I think I would contact the army corp of engineers, I don’t think it’s legal to change the terrain and back water up on someone’s property. Even though it is the city, or its contractor. Just saying, my 2 cents worth.
Machinemover Man you are correct it’s a state law here. They have talked to the DNR too don’t seem to be getting any where. I’ll find out about the Corp of engineers. Cause this whole thing is bs and not fair to the homeowners
Elite Earthworks LLC thanks Brandon, get the Feds involved, they liked flexing their muscles.
Machinemover Man that is true
I don't know if u watch letsdig18 he does that work too
Tj Merrigan yes I watch Chris I’m actually going to work with him next month
@@eliteearthworksllc nice
Herringbone shaped french drain would sort that mess out! your a good worker and I enjoy your channel but what you just done was not needed! and a waste of time imo!
Andy Powlesland I don’t think a french drain would do much for the amount of water that is there and is coming out of the ground. Need to get the site drained off first. Plus you can’t walk around on most of it with sinking to your knees.
I hear ya, hard to get a real feel of the ground through the video! Be good to see how you tackle it ;-)
Who's going to pay for this? The landowner that caused it should. IMO
I agree it’s bs it’s a big ordeal. It was a shady out of state contractor
Sorry sewer..
I’m not sure of the budget for the homeowner, but a bunch of fill along the shed and tree side and create a distinct ditch that is sloped on the sides such that it can still be mowed. Make sure it has about a 3 or 4 ft wide bottom so it doesn’t erode too much when there are heavy rains. The higher level of the dirt will keep the tree and shed on ground that’s a bit less soggy and also there is no place for the water to pond up. The yard can be better used and maintained as a result. The fill would have to go back into the gate and along that side of the fence and then the water only enters the yard at the back for about a 3 or 4 ft swath, even when it is deep, it could only be 5 ft across and constantly flowing instead of seeping??? So long as it doesn’t have a place to pond up, it will dry out really well.
That is how we would dry out fields and pastures in the foothills so they could be better used, create ditches that control the flow of the water so there is no ponding happening. Could free up as much as 5 - 15 acres with 300 - 500 feet of ditch being built up. It was expensive but the land you gain was worth so much more! The frogs and snakes etc were none too happy mind you.
This idea may be too expensive for the homeowner though.
It really is kinda shitty of the city to only do a half assed job. There needs to be a proper ditch along the back of those properties so the water just bypasses them except for flowing out the new culvert and already existing pipe in the homeowner’s yard. I bet there was an actual ditch in that yard at one time but over the years with erosion and a bit of land settling, that marsh area developed. That’s too bad for the homeowners there.
GT500 that’s a good idea too. Yes I was planning to cut a ditch in the easement with hopes of the water never getting to the houses. I really should have started up at the neighbors but the last two houses wanted to be home to get a better idea of what I was going to do. I think they’re a little hesitant with people after fighting with the city which I understand and didn’t want to start digging and make them mad when they got home. I’m planning on going back next week to work on that. Appreciate the comment too!
Elite Earthworks LLC - it was a shot in the dark. It worked on a much larger scale on the ranch. It saved us from having to bring in dozens upon dozens of loads of fill which would have been cost prohibitive. The ranch was quite far out in the country.
It worked so well in southern Manitoba, Canada that it almost killed Lake Winnipeg. They cut all kinds of ditches and the water went into the lake directly instead of being filtered as it crossed the land and grass marshes. It destroyed one of the largest grass marshes in the world in a few short decades. It took millennia to create the grass marsh!
In our case, at the ranch, we always worked with Fish and Wildlife. They would verify we were diverting the water responsibly and not taking away vital habitat. Great bunch of Officers there. Whatever you do, I am sure it will work. Different soils, different regions. You will know best. I look forward to watching!
GT500 that’s true about different soils and such, I’m hoping to make more headway next week if it stops raining. The good news is it can’t get much muddier 🤣