You have to give it to the operator. He quit while he was ahead making the extraction of the excavator possible without huge cost. Every operator gets into tight situations, we have all buried one from time to time, slopes collapse, terrain varies from what it will hold in ground pressure. Sometimes you see signs of impending doom, other times it all drops out from underneath you. Operating these machines efficiently is science first, then mastered as an art with a great operator. Every job site is different and experience pays dividends.
NO we have not all buried one from time to time and the reason for that is GET YOUR ASS AWAY FROM THE MUCK HOLE!!!!!! These are huge dollar machines and rule #1 is to NOT BURY THE $$$$ MACHINE. Some ground and soil conditions just do not merit big machinery and it comes with these projects. SOmetimes the machines are simply too big and heavy for the site conditions. I have seen entire sites closed down with equipment parked on fine sunny days waiting for the soil conditions to ripen enough. Now this dude here, I have no freakin idea what he was trying to do in that muck hole to begin with and for me that would be grounds for termination.
@@kevingthompson14 Of course you are right - in theory. Problem is: apart from experience and perhaps some luck how is testing the ground conditions to be done. In the end you have to run the machine over the ground and see if it holds up. Sure you can spend a fortune with geotech, and spend days doing it, but the even then there comes a time when your operator just has to run the machine over the ground, and get the job done. Sure you can give up on the job until the sun does some drying out, but no consultant will guarantee that the ground will hold up to heavy machinery trafficking, without a very substantial margin of safety - safe for him or her that is. The real World just will not wait for this process to take place, or pay for it. I have worked over ground that held up once or twice, but on the third pass gave up on me, the machine bellied down into the muck, and the tracks lost traction. Not a disaster, but I needed a pull to get out. That's just the real World of contracting.
@@evanpenny348 The issue is not the ground at all. The issue is always doing the job as fast and cheap as possible regardless of how safe it is or is not. For that reason machine operators are forced into running these mega machines in situations where it just isn't advisable. They are not lightweight and will push their way into the soil as well as churn it up. In certain situations there are workarounds like excavators on floating barges or excavators with swamp treads. Thing is those are for more specialized situations. For everyone else when the job schedule is really BEING PUSHED, the machines go into the hole because of the site management who never ran a machine and basically don't care because its all the operators fault....right?
That could have been a much more interesting video had the person filming it actually shown the dozer operator doing all the prep work to extract the excavator instead of just quick shots and then panning over to a stuck excavator that wasn’t doing anything. Then when the actual extraction took place we got to watch it through their finger or a poorly focused lens.
349 is a big machine. not the one you want to get stuck. it is the one you use to get everybody else unstuck. The operator did know to stop. It could have been bad if he didn't
Cat 349e 55 000 KG weight :) not god to conditions for excavator like in this film, that great machine but should work in mine or other stable terrain. i work on 336e and CAT is on the first place on list of best baggers.
We had some terrible storms. One of the companies doing repairs walked a 349 off the hwy down an embankment. It didn't make it back up. Two large tow trucks and a dozer were needed.
I've driven them some, back when I was younger, I was told by several people you can't get any stuck if you know what you're doing, if I've misspoken and hurt your feelings I apologize.
As an operator, I've been fucked many times by doing what I was told by foremans. I tell them it can't be done, they insist I do it, and when it fails they blame me.
Part of being a good operator is knowing where not to go
Facts
I can watch things like this all day.
You have to give it to the operator. He quit while he was ahead making the extraction of the excavator possible without huge cost. Every operator gets into tight situations, we have all buried one from time to time, slopes collapse, terrain varies from what it will hold in ground pressure. Sometimes you see signs of impending doom, other times it all drops out from underneath you. Operating these machines efficiently is science first, then mastered as an art with a great operator. Every job site is different and experience pays dividends.
NO we have not all buried one from time to time and the reason for that is GET YOUR ASS AWAY FROM THE MUCK HOLE!!!!!! These are huge dollar machines and rule #1 is to NOT BURY THE $$$$ MACHINE. Some ground and soil conditions just do not merit big machinery and it comes with these projects. SOmetimes the machines are simply too big and heavy for the site conditions. I have seen entire sites closed down with equipment parked on fine sunny days waiting for the soil conditions to ripen enough. Now this dude here, I have no freakin idea what he was trying to do in that muck hole to begin with and for me that would be grounds for termination.
@@kevingthompson14 You ain't going to terminate nothing but Deez Nutz son. Go back to bed!
SO MAN how many machines did you bury? Dead machines dont tell tales.
@@kevingthompson14 Of course you are right - in theory. Problem is: apart from experience and perhaps some luck how is testing the ground conditions to be done. In the end you have to run the machine over the ground and see if it holds up.
Sure you can spend a fortune with geotech, and spend days doing it, but the even then there comes a time when your operator just has to run the machine over the ground, and get the job done. Sure you can give up on the job until the sun does some drying out, but no consultant will guarantee that the ground will hold up to heavy machinery trafficking, without a very substantial margin of safety - safe for him or her that is.
The real World just will not wait for this process to take place, or pay for it.
I have worked over ground that held up once or twice, but on the third pass gave up on me, the machine bellied down into the muck, and the tracks lost traction. Not a disaster, but I needed a pull to get out. That's just the real World of contracting.
@@evanpenny348 The issue is not the ground at all. The issue is always doing the job as fast and cheap as possible regardless of how safe it is or is not.
For that reason machine operators are forced into running these mega machines in situations where it just isn't advisable. They are not lightweight and will push their way into the soil as well as churn it up.
In certain situations there are workarounds like excavators on floating barges or excavators with swamp treads. Thing is those are for more specialized situations. For everyone else when the job schedule is really BEING PUSHED, the machines go into the hole because of the site management who never ran a machine and basically don't care because its all the operators fault....right?
That could have been a much more interesting video had the person filming it actually shown the dozer operator doing all the prep work to extract the excavator instead of just quick shots and then panning over to a stuck excavator that wasn’t doing anything. Then when the actual extraction took place we got to watch it through their finger or a poorly focused lens.
Wow ! I'm support you.
349 is a big machine. not the one you want to get stuck. it is the one you use to get everybody else unstuck. The operator did know to stop. It could have been bad if he didn't
It just shows you use the right tools and the right boys and the job gets done.....great work lads we’ll done
Hello, rescue bulldozer, how to handle very well, thank you for sharing
Yes,, he did well for a little bloke,,
@@russellclement2058 вежливо трактор вытащил эксковатор.
I can just hear that foreman---Now don't get your nose down over the bank again.
Good freaking video, that was awesome!!!
Cru
Hardly looks stuck, we have recovered similar machines with just the top of the cab and the boom visible!!!!!
On the bright side, at least he didn't try and swing around to pull himself out and sink that counterweight into the mud.
Been there, done that. Had to dig my Cat 320 out with my 953. But I didn’t have to pull it...
Cat 349e 55 000 KG weight :) not god to conditions for excavator like in this film, that great machine but should work in mine or other stable terrain. i work on 336e and CAT is on the first place on list of best baggers.
Thank for your information
We had some terrible storms. One of the companies doing repairs walked a 349 off the hwy down an embankment. It didn't make it back up. Two large tow trucks and a dozer were needed.
Diggers dipper stick reading full.
A job well done
Why get in that position, some people don't belong in big machines
Like you
I've driven them some, back when I was younger, I was told by several people you can't get any stuck if you know what you're doing, if I've misspoken and hurt your feelings I apologize.
Looks like the tracks are wore out
yup should never have taken it anywhere apart from dry flat ground, or just refused to take it out.
I hope he helps the dozer clean up his mess
6 way dozer did his best he needs a 4way ...
His proficiency as a Operator must be questioned....
Your credentials on yellow iron operations must also be questioned. What, exactly, makes you an expert?
@@Species5008 evidently so
You mean it won't float?
Did anyone else notice he had about 2cms of tread on his tracks?
How did he get into that position, off the road, without checking stability....
You tell me !
how do they find these operators no steering wheel attendants might suit them better
Why are all these stuck excavators from foreign countries?
All the guys in this country are too embarrassed to show it
depends where foreign is to you doesn't it?
could've cut that down in half the time if he had used the ripper!
Rookie operator
Esa máquina muy grande y pesada para ese terreno.
Les convenía más una 320
Stick to selling coca !
too bad the guy running tbe excavator don't know how to use the bucket and boom to raise the front of his unit level and push himself back.
Bad OPERATOR
Como ela foi parar ali?
Penso que o terreno cedeu e ela deslizou para a água.
haha thats stuck? we have totally different views on what these machines ca do lol
Esse cinegrafista parece que tá bêbado ou não sabe o que está fazendo
That's my dad thank God he made it a live
Richard Mercado no its not
Lmfao , he just jumped back in after that spelling
Richard Mercado
You're fired
Ya no shot. Fucking clown non-operator. Swing around and pull your self out. Then wash it then FIRED
@@bladerunner6354
Thank You !
I=ak
Worst camera operaror Ever...
Their is no imposible to excavator if it is stuck in a mud or any place the falt in only by driver
Well.......mot always but usually operator
This is operator FU
Not everyone is bright and smart like you.
@@georgeg3162
... such as you stupid ass lol
As an operator, I've been fucked many times by doing what I was told by foremans. I tell them it can't be done, they insist I do it, and when it fails they blame me.
Hhhmn, cannot just push/stick/
boom/drive reverse out ?
Or
Rotate, grab/pull drive reverse out ?
Ohhh, Mexican geniuses !
Lol !
It was off balance, if he would have picked up grab and tried to swing around, would have slide in!
Plus bucket trapped in mud by suction.