morning Chris, I hope you didn't misunderstand what I was trying to say yesterday, up here in ILL. osha, county inspectors, and others would have lost there minds if they would have seen us putting in pipe like that. Hell they would have closed the job down, and fined the bejesus out of the company, you guys always do a great job. Up here some of your method's would be looked down upon. love your videos, I watch them and think about coming out of retirement, and then my wife slaps that idea out of my head. Have a great rest of your weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My mini labradoodle Hector sat and watched most of part 1, he was fascinated he really liked the “long stick”. Sadly he nodded off towards the end but you have a new canine fan in the UK. 😍
I think it is worth noting that the “sheep’s foot” style is suppose to leave the top ruff like that so that the next layer/lift locks in with the lower. A smooth roller can make it like pages in a book. Excellent work as usual Chris.
I always look forward to your videos! I’m just a 70 yr old grandma. You make me laugh at times. Been working towards catching up on past videos. You are Really good at what you do!!! Sometimes it seems you’re short with you uncle. Very obvious. But that’s in older videos. Hopefully things are better now. Please keep doing what you do. I pray every day for you and your safety. God bless you!
You always do a great job taking the existing pipe out without damaging it Chris! So awesome an operator, I haven’t seen anyone as smooth as you on a machine my brother! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Vibratory is used for cohesionless material, such as gravel, rock and sand. Any soil that does pump is too moist for optimal compaction and too moist for the amount of work being applied to it. This soil looks a bit on the dry side. I bet one could put something like a jumping jack all day on it without any sign of pumping.
Nice display of mechanical / hydraulic dexterity using the new compactor Chris, it didn't take you no time to get that part of the operation down to a science! All I need now on this end is to install two joy sticks to my swivel office chair and I'm ready for the next pipe job.
I don’t know why but watching you work that excavator is really entertaining! Maby it just doesn’t take much to entertain me. Whatever the case, you are one masterful operator. Keep the videos coming!
I've only been watching Chris' vids for a month or so. This is the first time I've seen the mini digger. Now I know why he doesn't have quick hitches on the bigger machines. The mini has all the attachments and a tilt bucket.
The technique you used is interesting letting it compact in an uppward arch. That would seem to be ideal especially on a back side of a damn. Almost as each layer has a foot and toe.
Nice piece of work Right there.looks great man but lots To do as well.i bet when all that is done it will look awesome Chris.cant wait To See it all come together 😀. Keep Up the good work.
Interesting how you're using some flat, black rubbery stuff with adhesive and tear-off paper for pipe seals, rather than the standard round, rubber O-rings we use here in Australia. Those O-rings can be a pain in the arse. They can pinch and leak, they can so easily slip off when you're trying to fit them on the pipe. I much prefer the way you guys are doing it. Stick it on the pipe, tear off the paper, fit the pipe. Job done. Pipe layers here would be like, "Please gimme that stuff!"
My Dad was a heavy equipment operator for the state Highway for years .I always thought that's what I would end up doing but I decided I wanted to do electrical for a living .All was good until I got busted up and couldn't do it anymore.In hindsight maybe I should have been a equipment operator it definitely looks more interesting to me. Y'all make it look easy but im sure it takes alot of skill.
Once saw a 10foot diameter concrete pipe get layed. Those were big machines picking it up and the pipe sections were quite short. I believe the excavator came in on 6 or 7 trucks and then was assembled on site.
I know that you are doing it the right way!!! Great Video!!!! but at the start I would have just used a big can of flex-seal on the inside and fix the sink holes. If I was the owner of the pond.
I worked making concrete pipe for 38 years. This happens more than people realize. I had to go out to a job when contractor starts an install on 10' X 10' precast box culverts. He says we put a hole on the wrong side of the third box he put in. With loaded trucks waiting, rented crane waiting he wants to know what we're going to do about it. My boss and I get there and right away we tell he put them in backwards. You always start at the outfall with the bell end section . flow line is always bell to spigot .
I enjoy your videos and I like the skill and dexterity with which you handle your equipment. I however disagree that the pipe was laid backwards. I checked the American Concrete Pipe Association's 'Installation Manual' which states the bell end should point upstream, therefore towards the pond and the spiggot or tongue end downstream, the discharge end. The failure of this pipe and sink holes was a result of improper alignment or deformation of the sealing gasket.
Chris I bet you wish y’all would’ve got that sheep foot A long time ago because it looks like it’s doing a damn good job it sure beats the hell out of that whacker packer, lol. But anyway brother another great video and you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming man
Your pry/digging bar took hell on this job. I think you gonna have to scrap it and get a new one. No way it will ever be straight again. I've heard people say it don't matter which way you lay pipe, it's just a bunch of junk saying there's a certain way to do it and it will work either way you do it. Water will flow through it sure but it don't work forever. Exact example here of it not working. Next time I here it don't matter which way you lay pipe I will refer the person to this video. That compactor attachment works good. Have you seen the ones that are plate compactors and vibrate from the axillary hydraulic line? Great work on this pipe job. Stay well. -Wil 👍
Good to see John getting to do something besides driving a dump truck. You know if you don't let him have fun every now and then he might quit on you. lolz
I have customers that when they 1st came down here from Maryland and New York used the sheep foot bucket attachment for back filling , but now everybody uses Rammax machines with remote control for compaction around here . I can see how it would work good for you because you are such a good operator and easier than running a jumping jack tamp because the tamp doesn’t have air conditioning .
Remote-controlled trench rollers got popular because OSHA came down like a ton of bricks on scummy grading/pipeline contractors putting people in deep trenches without proper shoring.
Its a bit off putting when the compactor seems to be leaving loose dirt on top, but as you say it seems to be compacted. It looked as though it was doing a better job when you only ran the compactor over in the same direction each time.
Don't look too hard at the surface finish, but take notice of the volume reduction in the material. The level of the dirt seems to get lower with each pass of the compactor.
That type of compactor always leaves a little loose soil on the top. It's actually compacting the soil 2"-3" below the loose surface. Soil moisture looks good. Not too wet.
refilling fuel in the excavator before the weekend, idk about that... Here when you leave some type huge equipment you have 60% chance for someone to empty yours tank, 30% that they will steal your hydraulic stuff, 5% that they will steal whole machine. At least in the fields when it is there more then 2 days
Imagine driving by and seeing a state crew out there on a project like that. There would be 25 people and it would probably take a few weeks. You guys are really efficient...
What's your point? A state crew isn't doing it for profit. Plus they make way more than these two make im sure. They want to run their company razor thin with only the two of them, that's their fault for working so fast. They could hire employees to help, but they choose not to.
My point is these guys are good. A state crew making way more than these guys? You are self identifying as an idiot by saying that. Look at what these guys have and how much work they get done with ONLY TWO PEOPLE...
A state crew would have done the compaction right, because the inspector/geotechnical engineer would have their butts for doing it like this. It's got to last 50-100 years, not 15-20. This is less than half-assed work.
That pipe at 12:53 looks like it got pretty mangled. Hopefully it can maintain a good seal, but it really does look like it could be a weak point in future. Also, seems like the entire drain is off by about 6 inches. Either way, thanks for the videos, Chris.
If you're laying miles of pipe I think that's a little unnecessary unless the spigot or bell is broken but whatever works for you I guess. We just wrap with fabric.
That roller looks like it works pretty well. It is probably a lot easier on the machine and the operator than the hyd. plate compactor we have for our Doosan dressed up as a Bobcat. At worst you just have to grease the little Yanmar a bit more often.
morning Chris, I hope you didn't misunderstand what I was trying to say yesterday, up here in ILL. osha, county inspectors, and others would have lost there minds if they would have seen us putting in pipe like that. Hell they would have closed the job down, and fined the bejesus out of the company, you guys always do a great job. Up here some of your method's would be looked down upon. love your videos, I watch them and think about coming out of retirement, and then my wife slaps that idea out of my head. Have a great rest of your weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My mini labradoodle Hector sat and watched most of part 1, he was fascinated he really liked the “long stick”. Sadly he nodded off towards the end but you have a new canine fan in the UK. 😍
I think it is worth noting that the “sheep’s foot” style is suppose to leave the top ruff like that so that the next layer/lift locks in with the lower. A smooth roller can make it like pages in a book. Excellent work as usual Chris.
Wish everybody commenting about the sheepsfoot would read above comment. This is absolutely correct. Compacts the soil without having shear layers.
@@KJ-kw7gh That also is why a Sheep's foot compactor had round and not squared feet. You could see the dirt trying to stick to them.
Sounds good.
The little roller seems to do a very good job.
Another investment that turned out to be good.
Working with the proper tools makes going to work almost a pleasure! It looks as if the hook up rod inside the piping is bending more day by day.
I always look forward to your videos! I’m just a 70 yr old grandma. You make me laugh at times. Been working towards catching up on past videos. You are Really good at what you do!!! Sometimes it seems you’re short with you uncle. Very obvious. But that’s in older videos. Hopefully things are better now. Please keep doing what you do. I pray every day for you and your safety. God bless you!
You always do a great job taking the existing pipe out without damaging it Chris! So awesome an operator, I haven’t seen anyone as smooth as you on a machine my brother! 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Is your work as satisfying for you to do as it is for me to watch??? Love your channel.
That sheep’s foot wheel is perfect for that soil and moisture content. Vibratory would most likely pump the water up in it.
Vibratory is used for cohesionless material, such as gravel, rock and sand. Any soil that does pump is too moist for optimal compaction and too moist for the amount of work being applied to it. This soil looks a bit on the dry side. I bet one could put something like a jumping jack all day on it without any sign of pumping.
Your right for clayey soil the sheep's foot roller is better
Compactor paying for itself already ! 💪🏼 Nice ah nice !
I recall him saying that this job is pretty much what he bought the compactor for.
Even better if it was on a tiltrotator.
One thing for Darn Sure is that Chris Never Disappoints or Keeps us Waiting until Next Week.😬👍
I live in Sweden , värmland. here they say: kommer till vecka!
Its fun watching you two. Your experience shows by the way you operate around each other and the way the job gets done with no spoken word necessary
I have never seen that "spinny wheel compactor" (technical term). Great content :D
You are an expert at laying pipe and compacting dirt, I love watching your videos.
I miss Tim, he was an awesome young coming operator and well taught by you! I hope he’s doing ok!
that little compactor wheel does it's job very well from what I could see .
Nice job Cris, I enjoy watching you work. Good working partnership you have there.
Nice display of mechanical / hydraulic dexterity using the new compactor Chris, it didn't take you no time to get that part of the operation down to a science! All I need now on this end is to install two joy sticks to my swivel office chair and I'm ready for the next pipe job.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Same here ! 🤣
I don’t know why but watching you work that excavator is really entertaining! Maby it just doesn’t take much to entertain me. Whatever the case, you are one masterful operator. Keep the videos coming!
What a great team you and John are, a professional team working together.
I've only been watching Chris' vids for a month or so. This is the first time I've seen the mini digger. Now I know why he doesn't have quick hitches on the bigger machines. The mini has all the attachments and a tilt bucket.
Johnnnnnnn !! He’s a trooper , driver, demo project ground guy, backup operator, pipe wrangler lol
Thank you for another great video. Have been enjoying all your video's.
The technique you used is interesting letting it compact in an uppward arch. That would seem to be ideal especially on a back side of a damn. Almost as each layer has a foot and toe.
After seeing how well it got compacted in this video I am more confident that it is worth the cost of doing.
Nice piece of work Right there.looks great man but lots To do as well.i bet when all that is done it will look awesome Chris.cant wait To See it all come together 😀. Keep Up the good work.
That looks like a fun project 😃. Good job 👏🏻
Always enjoy watching a man that knows how to lay pipe.
That mini sheepfoot does a really nice job
Cool video. Like that new attachment for packing. Really does speed up the job and safer. Good choice.
No need for a guy in the trench with a jumping jack compactor now. Those things suck to operate.
Interesting how you're using some flat, black rubbery stuff with adhesive and tear-off paper for pipe seals, rather than the standard round, rubber O-rings we use here in Australia. Those O-rings can be a pain in the arse. They can pinch and leak, they can so easily slip off when you're trying to fit them on the pipe. I much prefer the way you guys are doing it. Stick it on the pipe, tear off the paper, fit the pipe. Job done. Pipe layers here would be like, "Please gimme that stuff!"
Enjoy the weekend! Thanks for sharing.
My Dad was a heavy equipment operator for the state Highway for years .I always thought that's what I would end up doing but I decided I wanted to do electrical for a living .All was good until I got busted up and couldn't do it anymore.In hindsight maybe I should have been a equipment operator it definitely looks more interesting to me. Y'all make it look easy but im sure it takes alot of skill.
Love your vids, and great content ive been watching for 7 years
wow ur hero of the day nice compaction effort yahoo, now 110 percent affective nice
Team work makes dream work thanks for the videos
A good quality ball bearing swivel hook is really nice for the bod on the ground , mine cost a fortune but worth every penny .
Everything I would be doing, you are doing. Fabric over the joints. Excellent work.
Your make that look so easy! You got game, brother!
Masters of their craft always do hey. This guy is a fine operator.
Once saw a 10foot diameter concrete pipe get layed. Those were big machines picking it up and the pipe sections were quite short. I believe the excavator came in on 6 or 7 trucks and then was assembled on site.
Blimey! Tim has let himself go a bit! ✅
You an$ John make it look easy. Thanks for sharing. Kevin
I know that you are doing it the right way!!! Great Video!!!! but at the start I would have just used a big can of flex-seal on the inside and fix the sink holes. If I was the owner of the pond.
Nice job Chris ! Looks like the compaction wheel is the cat's meow. Happy Thanksgiving !
Good morning Chris I would like to say have a great Xmas and a happy New year in 2021 just love your videos keep up the good work
Well done and you're mate is sure a big help! :)
9:15 Love the teamwork.
I worked making concrete pipe for 38 years. This happens more than people realize. I had to go out to a job when contractor starts an install on 10' X 10' precast box culverts. He says we put a hole on the wrong side of the third box he put in. With loaded trucks waiting, rented crane waiting he wants to know what we're going to do about it. My boss and I get there and right away we tell he put them in backwards. You always start at the outfall with the bell end section . flow line is always bell to spigot .
Looking good , thanks enjoyed watching
I enjoy your videos and I like the skill and dexterity with which you handle your equipment.
I however disagree that the pipe was laid backwards. I checked the American Concrete Pipe Association's 'Installation Manual' which states the bell end should point upstream, therefore towards the pond and the spiggot or tongue end downstream, the discharge end.
The failure of this pipe and sink holes was a result of improper alignment or deformation of the sealing gasket.
Felco for the win 👍🏻 nice job as always
That mini sheep's foot side does a slick job.
Y’all always make it nicer and better
Awesome job Chris man you need a roller for the big machine to pack the dirt
Chris I bet you wish y’all would’ve got that sheep foot A long time ago because it looks like it’s doing a damn good job it sure beats the hell out of that whacker packer, lol. But anyway brother another great video and you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming man
Watching John in the excavator, now I know where you picked up your "brush stroke" technique with the bucket. Great video Chris!
I bet Uncle John likes driving the excavator better than a dump truck loaded with tree trash.
Looks great, have fun with Winston
Hurry the hell up !
If you ain’t runnin’ your falling behind !!!
Pipe !
Love the Pipe
Great decision on getting that compactor
Another very informative video on u tube thank you
Looks great.
Your pry/digging bar took hell on this job. I think you gonna have to scrap it and get a new one. No way it will ever be straight again. I've heard people say it don't matter which way you lay pipe, it's just a bunch of junk saying there's a certain way to do it and it will work either way you do it. Water will flow through it sure but it don't work forever. Exact example here of it not working. Next time I here it don't matter which way you lay pipe I will refer the person to this video. That compactor attachment works good. Have you seen the ones that are plate compactors and vibrate from the axillary hydraulic line? Great work on this pipe job. Stay well. -Wil 👍
I see your truck driver is not just a truck driver. I havent seen him driving other equipment too much. Good stuff.
Like your new roller. It would make a hell of a meat tenderisor. LOL
Ah, but does it talk to you like an oriental masseuse while giving a back rub???
@@markpashia7067 never been to one
O.o you boys are on a hot roll today aren't you. 😅😂😅😂😅😂😂 lol
Good to see John getting to do something besides driving a dump truck. You know if you don't let him have fun every now and then he might quit on you. lolz
That little sheeps foot for the Mini is pretty cool .
Enjoy your weekend and many thanks for sharing :-)
Excelente como siempre el mejor gracias saludos de charley desde colonbia good
Roller Attachment - the sequel , equally impressive
Awesome video and awesome job 👍 pretty impressive
Ya buddy another great video Chris.
26:30 I think this gentleman’s unwittingly set quite a high bar for himself. I fully expected the bucket hook to come free on the first try
Love watching your videos
That phone ring at 14:00 made me check my phone.
I changes my ringtone nobody better be calling me at 12:15am unless they are vleeding, been in an accident, dying or dead. Lol
i need the roller packer to pack the hole in my pond dam that would work perfect
Beer on Ice ..Enjoying !!Cheers!
I have customers that when they 1st came down here from Maryland and New York used the sheep foot bucket attachment for back filling , but now everybody uses Rammax machines with remote control for compaction around here . I can see how it would work good for you because you are such a good operator and easier than running a jumping jack tamp because the tamp doesn’t have air conditioning .
Remote-controlled trench rollers got popular because OSHA came down like a ton of bricks on scummy grading/pipeline contractors putting people in deep trenches without proper shoring.
Great video bro, I know it is a fixit job but still enjoyable to watch.
that tankers bar has seen better days, lol
This guy must be real good at fly fishing
I like the Mini sheeps paw
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO CHRIS 😊
WOW the bucket shore has a lot of pin and bushing ware
Its a bit off putting when the compactor seems to be leaving loose dirt on top, but as you say it seems to be compacted. It looked as though it was doing a better job when you only ran the compactor over in the same direction each time.
If a compaction test was done it would not pass. Simple physics.
Even a vibratory sheeps foot leaves loose dirt on top. It's the initial compaction is all that matters.
Don't look too hard at the surface finish, but take notice of the volume reduction in the material. The level of the dirt seems to get lower with each pass of the compactor.
@@OldDunollieman You are 100% on that, it would not pass
That type of compactor always leaves a little loose soil on the top. It's actually compacting the soil 2"-3" below the loose surface. Soil moisture looks good. Not too wet.
i have never seen a roller like that...pretty cool
its like watching dinosaurs grazing
refilling fuel in the excavator before the weekend, idk about that... Here when you leave some type huge equipment you have 60% chance for someone to empty yours tank, 30% that they will steal your hydraulic stuff, 5% that they will steal whole machine. At least in the fields when it is there more then 2 days
That good old team work look at the result.
Imagine driving by and seeing a state crew out there on a project like that. There would be 25 people and it would probably take a few weeks. You guys are really efficient...
And only two people actually doing the work!
And remnants of 3 broken lengths and a busted end flair.
What's your point? A state crew isn't doing it for profit. Plus they make way more than these two make im sure. They want to run their company razor thin with only the two of them, that's their fault for working so fast. They could hire employees to help, but they choose not to.
My point is these guys are good. A state crew making way more than these guys? You are self identifying as an idiot by saying that. Look at what these guys have and how much work they get done with ONLY TWO PEOPLE...
A state crew would have done the compaction right, because the inspector/geotechnical engineer would have their butts for doing it like this. It's got to last 50-100 years, not 15-20. This is less than half-assed work.
Good job Chris
That pipe at 12:53 looks like it got pretty mangled. Hopefully it can maintain a good seal, but it really does look like it could be a weak point in future. Also, seems like the entire drain is off by about 6 inches. Either way, thanks for the videos, Chris.
Chris, at it again. Laying the pipe on the other side
Love your channel
Looking good 👍
We always cement all the way around our joints on rcp even with a rubber gasket. They dont leak
If you're laying miles of pipe I think that's a little unnecessary unless the spigot or bell is broken but whatever works for you I guess. We just wrap with fabric.
It was code , and manufacturers spec , even after the. The pipe went to gasket. So. Us old schooler learned that way. And still do it
That roller looks like it works pretty well. It is probably a lot easier on the machine and the operator than the hyd. plate compactor we have for our Doosan dressed up as a Bobcat. At worst you just have to grease the little Yanmar a bit more often.
Your Doosan compacts better than this mini sheeps foot roller. Check the p.s.i. stats.
When you started on this job, that steel bar was fairly straight. Not so much now LOL.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. He is definitely going to need a new digging bar!
Enjoy every minute of the video .
The weird thing about this is that you can learn how to operate a exscervator watching 👀 these videos I'm interested
Chris, why don't you add water to the dry dirt to get the moisture for soil compaction?