Watching you ‘swing’ the drain piping apart, I could hear Lawrence Welk in the back ground singing … ‘Ahhh one and Ahhh two … Mister Maestro if you please’ 🎶🎶🎶
@tcsdoc
2 жыл бұрын
State Engineer: “Chris, you really got the grade spot on. That laser sure helps a lot “. Chris: “What laser”? :)
@doritleis2773
2 жыл бұрын
The danger that the Dam breaching is by, through to flow of the water. You and John to begin with the construction from a new pipe and structure to the dam new, a precision work is to make. The video from this day is very instructive.
@mhack9881
2 жыл бұрын
Says Yoda.lol
@michaelmoran6861
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris It's an interesting change removing a pond. Enjoying the reverse process. Cheers Michael (from Scotland)
@grayukuk
2 жыл бұрын
Thank You for explaining again!!
@assassinlexx1993
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering how it was going to be a wet land. Till I saw the low dam in front of rock Chanel. Great job Chris getting the site looking good after all the pond water drained.
@robertjwilliams3532
2 жыл бұрын
Don't believe I have seen anyone go to such great lengths to create a cottonmouth haven.
@AncientHermit
2 жыл бұрын
What a soothing wooshing hissing noise the hydraulics and presumably the bucket walls make when you were slicking up the floor and sides of the notch. Nice video Chris, thanks for sharing it. Be well.
@keithdunlap2701
2 жыл бұрын
Hell of a Hole you got dug in there... A lot of dirt came out of there, by looking at the pile you guys got over to the side. Be a bunch of rock going in there !! Great as always Chris !! Have a Great Evening and , Weekend Man !! On too the Next !!
@rustysteel8714
2 жыл бұрын
That FORMER pond will become an official N.C. STATE MOSQUITO, and NO-SEE-EMS', Breeding Ground.... the neighbors will ❤ it! 🙈
@nathanscott7910
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@highkicker11
2 жыл бұрын
yeah just his explanation confirms my suspicions, government always has ulterior motives
@Canopus68
2 жыл бұрын
@@highkicker11 One has to wonder if the state gets a kick back from the local power company. If they had plans to install a low head hydro plant the pond might have been able to send power to the grid--maybe not much, but every bit helps. We are faced with our state trying to pull down dams across the state. Some of these dams provided hydro power to the mills for a hundred years. Why can't they produce electrical power?
@davidkettell5726
2 жыл бұрын
@@Canopus68 stop voting for Democrats and you wont have that problem .
@Canopus68
2 жыл бұрын
@@davidkettell5726 Yeah your right. Once we have a real dictator in a few short years we don't have worry about the environment.
@stevekissel605
2 жыл бұрын
From lake front property to living in a swamp.
@dianea3324
2 жыл бұрын
When you were trying to break apart the joints of those pipes I was 'wiggleling' along with ya. Nice you didn't break them so they could be re purposed.
@ZeZeBatata69
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't understand what's wrong with the pond.. until Chris started to notch the channel for the rock.. what the hell is that mushy soil right under the dam wall?!
@kirk467
2 жыл бұрын
So no repairing the dam and just because the state wants to be greedy and cost the land owners to repair it, it going to be nothing but a draining hole! That really sucks, imagine everyone and me were ready to watch you dig a core trench and repair the pond back to normal! And now that it’s considered wet lands the owners aren’t allowed to fill it in! That’s our government for you! Just a wasted piece of property now, just a mud hole! 😞😞I thought the whole time you were repairing a leaking pond dam my friend! Great job Chris, it is what it is brother! Hopefully a big repair comes up soon brother M 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 Thanks for sharing!
@cathiwim
2 жыл бұрын
So, disband the government when it gets too big! We have that right you know. Otherwise, don’t complain.
@kirk467
2 жыл бұрын
@@cathiwim you know there’s always someone that’s overly educated on here, well good luck with that! 🥸
@thepubliceye
2 жыл бұрын
From a fish pond to a mosquito pond.
@dirtfarmer7472
2 жыл бұрын
That’s what they wanted so now they have it
@unclespongehead
2 жыл бұрын
To each his own. Some see a wetland area as a positive.
@thepubliceye
2 жыл бұрын
@@unclespongehead Not all wetlands are created equal. What do you think is worth more, a lake front home or a swamp-front home.
@snarkymcsnarkles3493
2 жыл бұрын
This is a prime example of what happens when you cut corners and do things the wrong way. The repair work a few years back should have been done right.
@ranger2316
2 жыл бұрын
Boy, the landowner got hosed on this deal didn't they?
@billyshears9918
2 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your videos. Would it be possible if you made a video where you go back to some of the projects you've done? Show how they look like one year later or so?
@robertthomas1061
2 жыл бұрын
Have you been back to big pond project from couple years ago, pond was divided by road belive it had 3 acres one side 2 on other
@charradragoness5332
2 жыл бұрын
Thats a really pretty shot near the end, with the sun glinting off the digger against the blue of the sky
@tomtomsolvic
2 жыл бұрын
They should have pushed the dam in the old pond to regain some usable land.
@jasonmckee5030
2 жыл бұрын
Well, that's one heck of a big catch basin now! Looks like a good place to grow Cypress trees though. Good video Chris. Thanks for sharing.
@r1mein54
2 жыл бұрын
More great teamwork by Chris and Uncle Jon.
@learninghowtodothis8062
2 жыл бұрын
That was an expert job in getting that pipe to separate without destroying them.
@Schmendrake19395
Жыл бұрын
Chris, I really enjoy your videos. I have started making a game of watching, by counting the number of times you say “Pond Dam” keep up the good work.
@glennspreeman1634
2 жыл бұрын
imagine the equipment and work that it took to build this originally
@Stratos53100
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah no joke, Its quite the chunk of dirt no doubt.
@BamaDega
2 жыл бұрын
I'll bet you could pick up an egg, with the bucket... Place it back down, and place the bucket on top, without cracking it. Mad skills you have, sir.
@rodger337
2 жыл бұрын
moving dirt like putting butter on toast!
@HoneyDoHomestead
2 жыл бұрын
I feel so bad for this guy; losing his lake. I'd be furious. It's too bad he couldn't just make it smaller and have grade out smoother. But I guess, once the state gets involved, the price doubles.
@rgoers
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe be even more. Imagine if it had to be a concrete dam....
@dylan8285
2 жыл бұрын
20 years from now that will be all thick with trees and you wont even see any of that, cause I'm sure the land owner will just let everything go and that rock will silt all in
@samuelkeystone
2 жыл бұрын
Instead of draining the swamp, you're putting the swamp back in.
@bobjoncas2814
2 жыл бұрын
...good one, keep safe and have a great week..
@donnaflanagan6612
2 жыл бұрын
Seeing John & then the 250 at the bottom of the channel really shows how deep it is & how much dirt had to be moved. Take care & cheers from 🐨🦘🥰
@michaelmullins1290
2 жыл бұрын
The skills to dig a near perfect straight edge from a angled position says alot. Especially with a 250. I was hoping you was gonna start cutting off the top of the damn, and chunking it out into the old pond. Have a refill situation.
@GKsGS400
2 жыл бұрын
Anyone laughing at Chris saving that 6 inch ring fit PVC should go price it right now. LOL He saved almost a whole days pay.
@seanlathbury5410
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that the owner didn’t just opt to shove the damn walls into the pond.
@warrenmichael918
2 жыл бұрын
State was involved , thats always a good indication things will be stupid and stupid expensive without much thought or insight into what should actually be done.
@dirtfarmer7472
2 жыл бұрын
Govt probably wouldn’t let them. Govt specs gota love ‘em
@fhuber7507
2 жыл бұрын
20 times the cost... No measurable benefit.
@petenolte4192
2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised there aren't 10 state "engineers" watching you so you do it to there "specks" Great video and stay safe
@nathanscott7910
2 жыл бұрын
I know right. Just think someone trying to tell Chris how to build or destroy a pond.
@petenolte4192
2 жыл бұрын
@@nathanscott7910 that would go over like a lead balloon
@anderleof
2 жыл бұрын
...their spec's.
@petenolte4192
2 жыл бұрын
@@anderleof really?
@helenhelps9619
2 жыл бұрын
You can see how deep that is when John is standing in the bottom.👍👍💞
@TermitesRGood1
2 жыл бұрын
That was a private pond the state has no business in dictating... my opinion.
@chrispy104k
2 жыл бұрын
What the hell is with people posting porn links? I've reported about 50 of them.
@letsdig18
2 жыл бұрын
Man they are a daily hassles
@richardschipper5989
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, I report every one
@SirBoden
2 жыл бұрын
When you were wagging that pipe to separate it I could hear AvE saying “carefullying”. My wife was upstairs watching him.
@Scottieam
2 жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂👍
@erikcourtney1834
2 жыл бұрын
Even with a little topsoil mixed in, your cofferdam was way more compacted than the original dam ever thought about being.
@Outeniqua_Hiking
2 жыл бұрын
Its really only when one sees John there that one realizes the scale of the work
@maxmacdonald7174
2 жыл бұрын
Chris is wet lands, a nice way to say mosquito(skeeters) pit?
@bennetts-revenge_2
2 жыл бұрын
Any day with a new Chris video is a good day!!!
@jamesogorman3287
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, almost every day is a good day for you!
@mistydover3726
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh! Pulling that pipe apart had me cracking up!!
@BeytekinConstructionMachinery
2 жыл бұрын
Another day in your working life and we're with you. But @24:24 that's not the best position for loading a dumper Chris! 😲
@melissachilders8386
2 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT! 14 thousand views in 1 hour...😉 When your good your good!👍👊
@mischef18
2 жыл бұрын
Makes sense to make it into a wetland as the bottom of the pond will have the nutrient's in it to start with I would say. Enjoyed the video bro. Safe travels
@oldfart7552
2 жыл бұрын
10 years from now the county will be paying the land owner to build the pond back...Bet a quarter on it.
@stevekissel605
2 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍👍
@craigwavra3495
2 жыл бұрын
Looking good. That’s going to be a sweet channel with that stone in there.
@terryrogers1025
2 жыл бұрын
I watched day 4 before day 3 and it was interesting to see how you got the grade set for the ditch and all the prep work that went into the day 4 rock. Again thanks Chris, nicely done sir.
@trebornesregrot
2 жыл бұрын
Dam nice work you do! Always a pleasure to watch ! Looks like fun for us folk in suburbia.
@dan8353
2 жыл бұрын
Hhmmm. “Wet-land” plants. Yeah don’t they mean frog and snake habitat….
@kirk467
2 жыл бұрын
I’m ready to see the big girl doing some crunch-n-munch trees! lol 😂🤣🤣😂
@budlistar5312
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, I thought you were going to remove the whole dam. I see now. As big as it is I bet the government had a hand in it way back when.
@andyjones1310
2 жыл бұрын
@ 4:20, all I can think of is "helicopter, helicopter"...🤷🏼♂️
@dalecherry4044
2 жыл бұрын
You groom the ground better than I can groom my hair.
@rayshutsa6690
2 жыл бұрын
Chris it is very interesting process of taking a pond out. Enjoying the video's looking forward to see the transformation. 😀👍🇨🇦
@jamesmorton8431
2 жыл бұрын
Damn State Inspectors… What a waste of a nice size pond! I bet 100 years from now that dam would have still been holding
@honthirty_
2 жыл бұрын
Now it looks like a good place to grow kudtzu and chickweed. State interference with private property!
@kevinkenyon7045
2 жыл бұрын
Chris great video thanks for sharing! Kevin
@eugened41
2 жыл бұрын
That's right,SKILL,love it,can watch this all day,AWSOME!
@barryshisler3720
2 жыл бұрын
Great job Chris Always spot on
@dennis2376
2 жыл бұрын
The opening had me hang on, do not break the pipe. :) I do believe you could do take the pipe a part. When you where working the slope I was able to see how deep that cut was, wow. "Quit the channel." :)-
@charlesswhitlock
2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video, I love watching the 220/250 moving dirt.
@dennisryan7487
2 жыл бұрын
So Chris! Is it Ariat Jeans and Boots weather? We don'see any Krocs or stocking feet!
@ignacio9552
2 жыл бұрын
So much Clay! What a waste to just leave it there, oh well.
@fhuber7507
2 жыл бұрын
Common for the area. More cost to truck it than you get for selling it.
@raywilson800
2 жыл бұрын
I feel so silly. I sure didn't know the state inspected ponds on private property except retention ponds at developments and apartments
@cathiwim
2 жыл бұрын
The state thinks they own all the water
@robertthomas1061
2 жыл бұрын
Dam shame could be a beautiful pond
@jblhunter
2 жыл бұрын
The People’s Republic of North Carolina making these folks pay thousands to remove their pond!!
@dennisryan7487
2 жыл бұрын
Lookie there. " Shadow Dozing "!
@freddythefrog
2 жыл бұрын
lol… love the shaky, shaky 🐸
@pamowens3009
2 жыл бұрын
Chris, after draining the pond, why wouldn’t you push the dam into the pond? Love watching your videos.
@letsdig18
2 жыл бұрын
State won't allow it
@michaelbraga9620
2 жыл бұрын
You can’t fill in wetlands, big no no with the state.
@audsp98
2 жыл бұрын
Did the state pay to have the pond dam removed?
@paulkelly2882
2 жыл бұрын
Just loving these episodes of this dam work, great stuff dude :-)
@ginabearden5646
2 жыл бұрын
It’s heartbreaking that it will not be a pond again it was so pretty. But I can understand why
@charleslloyd4253
2 жыл бұрын
So they are going from a pond. To a full mosquito and gnat breeding ground
@cathiwim
2 жыл бұрын
But the CDC has a plan for that!
@stevenphare5455
2 жыл бұрын
Finally, back on the volvo! What a difference!🤣
@randywhelan8944
2 жыл бұрын
Well with John walking around in the channel area you really get the feel of just how much and large of a job that is , just sorry to see such a beautiful pond be reconstructed , such a WASTE they should have called you in originally.
@allenbeaulieu7077
2 жыл бұрын
Super nice job Chris. That is definitely you hallmark. Can’t wait for the next video.
@marknunya3035
2 жыл бұрын
Chris you and Mike are both chasing a leaky dam you are probably doing it within the past week Mike however is showing us his july-august Job 😂😆😂.
@donaldtrabeaux5235
2 жыл бұрын
Looking awesome Chris, man that's a lot of dirt
@george8873
2 жыл бұрын
The way John is walking down the slope @ 15:30 should give a person an idea how steep the slope actually is. Almost like he is walking down some stairs.
@jjpeeps9995
2 жыл бұрын
I would be pretty upset if I was one of those home owners and had lake front property that turned into mosquito invested wetlands!
@youtubeonly7541
2 жыл бұрын
For the people that missed it, this is why it was breached: kzitem.info/news/bejne/unl_sp-rf3x_fYI
@chosen1one930
2 жыл бұрын
I think the state was reaching, adding in several overflows a better spillway and whatever else they wanted done would of been enough to make this a safe pond but thats how it crumbles sometimes
@lanceloyer9147
2 жыл бұрын
4:10 does If you shake it more than twice, your playing with it still apply?
@paulhammond7489
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much money was wasted by building that dam, then repairing it when it started to fail, then having to pay to have it removed and return it to wet land. Basically don't ignore State engineering requirements, it can be a very expensive lesson.
@ranger2316
2 жыл бұрын
Good point. I suspect they changed as the area and road network changed over the years, making this a high hazard dam.
@cathiwim
2 жыл бұрын
When that pond was built there probably werent any specs. Thats a fairly recent, post WWII thing. Especially since the 1970s. The EPA got created and got their noses where they really didnt belong. disband the EPA!
@paulhammond7489
2 жыл бұрын
@@cathiwim The overflow's that were seen in this episode and the 1st episode are modern. I guess it is possible that they may have been added during a repair that the was undertaken before Chris and his uncle got involved with it. I can't recall the date of the original construction.
@j.walker3498
2 жыл бұрын
so sad, maybe sell the clay to offset the cost of deconstruction.
@Brutalford
2 жыл бұрын
I do have something to say I personally think that there could be a better way of dealing with that and it shouldn't fall completely on the owner it should follow the company that previously built the dam because the only one that's paying the price right now is the owner unless of course "I'm not informed of the previous company having to pay for the damage that they've caused" considering that the dam was expected to fail and that it was a possibility that it could blow out. but I know that in Florida and Texas that they don't build any state highway without building proper drainage and if there's a pond or a damn near the roadway they account for that and a build proper contingencies in case of in case of blowout. And I would hope that the state wouldn't build a hiway below a water table and then put the possibility of flooding or damages to a hiway onto or the responsibility on the owner of property of that pond that was built before the re-engineering of the hiway was done. In other words in video 1 we saw the destruction of the ditches along side of the hiway. Erosion and poorly designed high bank ditches on interior side and low bank on road side is always a bad design. Not to mention that so much dirt was moved into place as a dam, why wasn't it inspected the first or last time it was a potential problem or was one? I know I'm complicating the matter and I know it's not Chris's problem to worry about but the money spent repairing it previously had to be monstrous to build a dam that huge and that big. I'll admit I did see #4 video and I know Chris you have explained the issue. But makes no sense for the state to rule on that issue and the potential payee having to have to clean it up the way you did and it to look like it does. That's the states fault for the shape of the states property along the side of the said state hiway. From what I saw is they havent done enough to ensure that roadway is safe in the event of a flood without the risk of the dam failing. And why couldn't they have paid or employed Chris to come in and set up a proper drainage and flood control system? looks like they were controlling millions of gallons of water with a few plastic pvc 6in pipes something that shouldn't have been approved and could have saved thousands of dollars..no offense Chris. But I know in the state of Florida and many other states you can't build a storage building in your back yard without permits and inspections how could a job as large and important as that go without state county inspections? And again maybe the state is paying for it idk but I think it should fall on the state to pay for it and maybe that's why they chose to be cheap and destroy a homeowners land value to put in a future mosquito haven. Instead of having Chris fix the problem which I'm sure he could've without losing the pond maybe I'm wrong idk but that's a lot of water and property value lost to mosquito lagoon. BTW Chris love the work you perform everytime you do a job...
@MrNobodyAkaCraft
9 ай бұрын
I think you are great, but an confused when you said you would explain again when you already explained a couple times before (why this project was being done) .... Was said couple of explanations cut out of the final videos? Did not see either in first 2 of this series.
@montygomez495
2 жыл бұрын
Chris why didnt they just empty the pond out and fill it up with the dirt from the dam and make a nice piece of land instead of making a mosquito breeding ground??? hell of nice job like always...
@letsdig18
2 жыл бұрын
It's being turned into wetlands
@chasebodiford4363
2 жыл бұрын
great job buddy and great video as always buddy 😎👊🏻👍🏻
@charlesmisiak4926
11 ай бұрын
Your excavator reminds me of my spoon at dinner time. LOL.
@fenceman53
2 жыл бұрын
So sad for property owner losing curb appeal,property value and money all in one fell swoop.
@westerry7528
Жыл бұрын
Such a big loss. A big pond gone. The state and it's ruling even surpasses the grandfather clause?
@tanyaknight8197
2 жыл бұрын
I was hoping that you were putting down fabric. When you have redone someone else's work from decades earlier you learn how important fabric is.
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