Holy cow. -40. & your operating with an open window. An Australians nightmare. I went to work in Adelaide Australia one freaky morning that reached -3 & thought I was working in the morgue & about to stop breathing. I just can't fathom -40. Thats just not in an Australian thought pattern. You Canadians are build tough. Great video. Love your work.
Lol I think it was only -24 that day, I had the window open so the video quality was more clear. Only wearing a t-shirt, long sleeve and hoodie but in a heated cab
@efficientexcavations lol - 24 is still a death sentence for us poor sunshine boys & girls. Canadians are a tough hearty breed that for sure. Still we do survive the biggest sharks in the world. The nastiest crocks, the most poisonous snakes & spiders. Too many forms of jelly fish to list here & dropbears. So guess we got some thing going in our favour. Your good at your gig. Thanks for sharing your talent. Cheers Bro.
I like a cutting edge doing water and sewer ditch and teeth for pipeline. Probably cause we cover so much more ground on pipeline so you encounter a lot more rocks. Also better that water and sewer pipe is on virgin ground so you don’t end up with a sag
Yup, at 90 degrees I know I got my depth. Then you can use the H bar to find that sweet spot where you’re not cutting nor healing too much that you’re not getting a grade cutting scoop
Also in Alberta Can. I’m in an Operator course to get certified on, excavator, dozer, articulated rock truck, and skid steer. Do you have any tips or prerequisites for someone looking to get in this line of work?
In my experience I’ve found it important to learn the ground first in most cases, then you know and think of ways to help the guys on the ground not have to work so hard. Scratch their back and they scratch yours, ex. Help shovel your tracks at the end of the day
I used to think that for about 10 years. I dug deep ditch water and sewer for 7 years, up to 7 meters deep. Would start at the top as wide as needed for a safe ditch and work my way down, then went pipelining and figured it was the same style of digging for 6’ foot ditch. A couple other guys would get 15 joints to my 10 joints and I couldn’t figure out how they were doing it. Turns out they were bottom diggers. I tried it one day and I eventually got up to their level, took awhile to get used to but I swear it works. If you think about it, you’re getting way more virgin dirt in your bucket, not fluffed up 30%. Give it a try one day and time yourself your way for a joint then try bottom digging and I think you’ll be surprised
Holy cow. -40. & your operating with an open window. An Australians nightmare. I went to work in Adelaide Australia one freaky morning that reached -3 & thought I was working in the morgue & about to stop breathing. I just can't fathom -40. Thats just not in an Australian thought pattern. You Canadians are build tough. Great video. Love your work.
Lol I think it was only -24 that day, I had the window open so the video quality was more clear. Only wearing a t-shirt, long sleeve and hoodie but in a heated cab
@efficientexcavations lol - 24 is still a death sentence for us poor sunshine boys & girls. Canadians are a tough hearty breed that for sure. Still we do survive the biggest sharks in the world. The nastiest crocks, the most poisonous snakes & spiders. Too many forms of jelly fish to list here & dropbears. So guess we got some thing going in our favour. Your good at your gig. Thanks for sharing your talent. Cheers Bro.
Nice Tip with the H link 💪
Thanks bud 🍻
Correction -40 is the same in Celsius and Fahrenheit
Great video!
Thanks bud 🍻
Do you prefer to dig with teeth or flat bottom? I was always told you can't cut with a fork so I always flat bottom.
I like a cutting edge doing water and sewer ditch and teeth for pipeline. Probably cause we cover so much more ground on pipeline so you encounter a lot more rocks. Also better that water and sewer pipe is on virgin ground so you don’t end up with a sag
Best tip yet!
Thanks buddy! Was a pleasure working with you the past couple months 🍻
Hell yah! Pleasure working with you to
Just to be clear, you're digging to the bottom three holes of the thumb for grade at 90°, then using the H bar pins reached out on the clean-up pass?
Yup, at 90 degrees I know I got my depth. Then you can use the H bar to find that sweet spot where you’re not cutting nor healing too much that you’re not getting a grade cutting scoop
1 to 3foot of sand then clay here in Michgan.
Nice, so do you use the sand to bed the pipe when backfilling?
Also in Alberta Can. I’m in an Operator course to get certified on, excavator, dozer, articulated rock truck, and skid steer. Do you have any tips or prerequisites for someone looking to get in this line of work?
In my experience I’ve found it important to learn the ground first in most cases, then you know and think of ways to help the guys on the ground not have to work so hard. Scratch their back and they scratch yours, ex. Help shovel your tracks at the end of the day
where’s is that H bar?
@@martygrande873 The highest pin on the bucket
Bottom digging is the least efficient way to dig ! Unless you're in sand !
I used to think that for about 10 years. I dug deep ditch water and sewer for 7 years, up to 7 meters deep. Would start at the top as wide as needed for a safe ditch and work my way down, then went pipelining and figured it was the same style of digging for 6’ foot ditch. A couple other guys would get 15 joints to my 10 joints and I couldn’t figure out how they were doing it. Turns out they were bottom diggers. I tried it one day and I eventually got up to their level, took awhile to get used to but I swear it works. If you think about it, you’re getting way more virgin dirt in your bucket, not fluffed up 30%. Give it a try one day and time yourself your way for a joint then try bottom digging and I think you’ll be surprised