I spend most of my time in a CAT 980M. I must say, if that truly was your first time you did a very good job. Minor improvements could be made of course but you are far better than most I have seen. Everyone starts somewhere! Love that machine though! (Primary tip: as the cutting edge enters the pile, give it a slight lift before curling. Puts more weight on front tires for extra traction. Once you have the traction you can put the power down to get a full bucket every time.)
After watching another RUclipsr who I wont name doing a pond cleanup. I've come to see that anybody can own an excavator but it takes passion and skill to run one. Keep up the awesome videos.
I watched the other guy's video and I'm confused, Really $3K for the job (a day and a half), that operator has 20 years of excavator experience?? I watched it twice, I thought it was some prank video.
I used to operate a Terex 72-51b when serving in the British Army in the 90s These were replaced with the Volvo 4400 then some Medium Wheeled effort from Case (bag of crap). Still miss the sound of that screaming Detroit Diesel of the Old Terex such a refined Machine when taking down barricades in Northern Ireland at 2 am on a Sunday morning after another Riot in Belfast 😉 Happy days picking up cars in the 4 in 1 bucket.... “No my friend it’s definitely a write off you need to contact your insurance” Munchitty Crunchitty 😁
I think you did good running a loader, everyone had a first time, I've run one for 15 years, and I could give pointers but you did better then some guys I've seen
Hey buddy if you had one of those loaders you could move some massive amounts of dirt and brush in a day. But you might need a couple more haul trucks. Another good video Chris as always, I look forward to the new one each day
@Flexin 4VGT cool! Our county regulations an state here in Kansass and Missery are not as accommodating. Even someone who gets a warehouse job needs a cdl to use a fork truck. Contractors who use backhoes for plumbing work need cdls to operate them.
That things a monster, I imagine the person that instructs people to drive this, the first thing they'd say is dont drive this like you would a smaller loader or you can get into some trouble quick with the tonage its able to hold , she's a beast
volvo loader are by far the smoothest loader out their ... them and cat too but only for the big loader ! the excavator i did not try volvo yet but i will have my chance lol
i watched a volvo loader burn to the ground one night at the chip mill in 2016..apparently it had electrical issues under the cab and then it went to the hydro lines and it was done for...even the fire dept said let it burn there is nothing we can do other than make sure it doesn't spread..the loader was only a couple years old...the fire chief said it was a manufacturer defect in the wiring..first and only time i ever heard of any wiring issues since the late 80's ...i used to make the harness for volvo ,deere,international,and 1 other brand that i can't remember back in the mid 90's ..i was at the solder pots just dipping my wires..i loved working in that factory but the smell was awful in the soldering dept
Jane Ames has working In that dept given you any health issues? Just wondering. I used to work a lot with wood, and always used PPE, but some of my colleagues didn’t and they are on oxygen, or dead. .
Like they say,anyone can run them (loaders)but it took me years to get good at them especially with the biter bucket and then more time to get used to the track one. I have all biter bucket on my equipment I wouldn't know what do do with two joysticks lol
Great video. The town I live in is trading in their 1991 Michigan Wheel Loader for a fairly new Volvo Loader. Hope it's not that model as their poor 10 wheeler dump trucks would be full in one and a half scoops.
I notice alot of old timer operators use the machine's massive weight and low velocity to build enough momentum going into the pile . But they probably have every movement figured out by the mining engineers .
i hauled rif raf for the corps of engineers for about 2 years it was the size of a stove up to a compact car and some bigger. tore a new one out of my double bottom box but the rate i got was well worth replacing the box 2 times.
Good loading for your first day, remember loader operators shouldn't spin or slip any of the tires, that's a very quick way of wearing the tires out and not worth it trying to get a full bucket. If it's Volvo's machine, well that's another story. :)
Chris, Could you send one of those to CT for me for Christmas. I've been Very, very good this year, Santa. You must have really got your rocks off chipping the paint out of the load bed of somebody else's rock truck. sdh in CT
It’s not full until its coming over the greedy board of the bucket 👍 like I was told when I first got in a machine anyone can drive them but not everyone can operate them
I have to say, you dropped a couple, lol! Great machine! One thing though, what’s the depth below grade can you dig with an excavator? Like the 140 - the 220?
How would I go about getting a job driving these machines? I have been watching your channel for a while and just noticed you are in Wendell, I live in Archer Lodge. I have always thought it would be awesome to to be a heavy machine operator but never could figure out out how to be come one. Spent 15 years remodeling houses and have been looking for a career change. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
No Worries check your local community college, like Vance-Granville or equivalent. Southside Virginia Community College in Alberta VA started a truck driving/heavy equipment school at Ft. Pickett. It was the first in the state in 1998.
why don't they mount into loaders one operating joystick like on jcb 4cx with back forward and left right movement?Wouldn't be easier to operate the machine?
You can use both. The CDC (comfort drive control) is an armrest on the left which you pull down and hit a button on the armrest to activate it when you wanna use it. Then you got steering, kickdown and Forward/Reverse control on that armrest. You can still grab the wheel anytime you want, and to deactivate the system you just pull the armrest up again. You're limited to 30kph as long as the CDC is active.
So, how do you operate that joystick control? Specificley the left one Is the transmission hydrostatic, or torque converter with powershift? do you use a foot Throttle?
1st tine i got in a modern 4 track i got a 30 second run down and off i went. I had never drove a tractor like that before so i waa timmid. 2 weeks later im hauling 120,000 across the middle of a field at 25mph to 2 waiting semi trucks 🤣
Even with this massive bucket. I think it would handle an even bigger one! The rear steps got pretty close to ground when you drove up on rock pile. They do not look Logger Wade proof at all. What is the weight of this machine? Would your equipment transport be able to handle hauling it? Overall...very impressive and thanks again for sharing!
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I spend most of my time in a CAT 980M.
I must say, if that truly was your first time you did a very good job. Minor improvements could be made of course but you are far better than most I have seen. Everyone starts somewhere!
Love that machine though!
(Primary tip: as the cutting edge enters the pile, give it a slight lift before curling. Puts more weight on front tires for extra traction. Once you have the traction you can put the power down to get a full bucket every time.)
100%
Conozco bien lo 980 h 980L muy bien
Every time you pick up rock, the frame rate drops, its like the camera cannot take in the majestic awesomeness of it!
After watching another RUclipsr who I wont name doing a pond cleanup. I've come to see that anybody can own an excavator but it takes passion and skill to run one. Keep up the awesome videos.
that was a joke I just watched it haha
you wont name him, but will you give hints to who it is? because the only equipment operator i watch is letsdig18....hence why im watching this video
It’s cringe worthy
It is worse when someone can rent one.
I watched the other guy's video and I'm confused, Really $3K for the job (a day and a half), that operator has 20 years of excavator experience?? I watched it twice, I thought it was some prank video.
Does Volvo have any plans in the works yet for the Letsdig18 signature edition, with factory tint, camera mounts and wet bar???
dont forget the dents :P
that wii have to b an upgrade
@@jlhighfield9116
He deserves the recognition with his own series!😎
He deserves the recognition with his own series!
Love the joystick steering and I'm just a volvo mechanic. It's so smooth and comfortable once you get used to it.
@Bjørn-Martin Fladvad and why is that Sir?
Cool. One of my favorite pieces of equipment I love to operate.
I used to operate a Terex 72-51b when serving in the British Army in the 90s
These were replaced with the Volvo 4400 then some Medium Wheeled effort from Case (bag of crap).
Still miss the sound of that screaming Detroit Diesel of the Old Terex such a refined Machine when taking down barricades in Northern Ireland at 2 am on a Sunday morning after another Riot in Belfast 😉
Happy days picking up cars in the 4 in 1 bucket....
“No my friend it’s definitely a write off you need to contact your insurance”
Munchitty Crunchitty 😁
Duncan Mcfadden I
I think you did good running a loader, everyone had a first time, I've run one for 15 years, and I could give pointers but you did better then some guys I've seen
Everyone needs to play with toys sometimes! Nice job first time in the seat.
just like riding a bike
That L350H, was a real nice looking machine, and quiet too by the sounds of it, 'Volvo' have done it again..
They must have one heck of a company to have the equipment they do.
I bet that Volvo equipment is expensive. Beautiful machines though.
Now that's a loader .It's a very nice looking machine to...Thanks for sharing buddy
You know it's a huge machine when it takes a staircase to get into the cab.
Dang, Volvo's building some sexy equipment.
Those guts at the gravel/dirt/sand places have been using them every day for years. It takes time.
joystick steering on any loader is so, so much nicer than a wheel, or foot pedals if you are the track type. haha! ergonomics are great!
A life sized sand box. When I was a kid, I had a sand box in our spare room full of loaders, dump trucks, dozers. We used flour instead of sand.
Hey buddy if you had one of those loaders you could move some massive amounts of dirt and brush in a day. But you might need a couple more haul trucks. Another good video Chris as always, I look forward to the new one each day
That would be a big time saver on the lake projects
That looks like so much FUN! I don't have a cdl to operate machinery or I would have been doing it for years
so u know . there is no need for a cdl in mining . i've been an operator all my life without one
@Flexin 4VGT cool! Our county regulations an state here in Kansass and Missery are not as accommodating. Even someone who gets a warehouse job needs a cdl to use a fork truck. Contractors who use backhoes for plumbing work need cdls to operate them.
That things a monster, I imagine the person that instructs people to drive this, the first thing they'd say is dont drive this like you would a smaller loader or you can get into some trouble quick with the tonage its able to hold , she's a beast
your smile at the end, like a kid in the candy store..
That's a big ass loader and pretty sweet that you can drive it with joysticks.
You gonna get one huh, huh, huh? There have been jobs I've seen you so that one would have been handy. Especially, those clearing jobs with big rocks!
Very nice driving the Volvo loader three skoops to load a 60 ton rocktruck Chris
volvo loader are by far the smoothest loader out their ... them and cat too but only for the big loader ! the excavator i did not try volvo yet but i will have my chance lol
I sure hope "Betty" doesn't find out about your escapades with Miss L350H! haha ha!
Those are some BIG toys.
I love the way they steer. It fills a little odd.
sounds like a studio audience clapping when the overflow rocks fall :)
Good job Volvo loader
i watched a volvo loader burn to the ground one night at the chip mill in 2016..apparently it had electrical issues under the cab and then it went to the hydro lines and it was done for...even the fire dept said let it burn there is nothing we can do other than make sure it doesn't spread..the loader was only a couple years old...the fire chief said it was a manufacturer defect in the wiring..first and only time i ever heard of any wiring issues since the late 80's ...i used to make the harness for volvo ,deere,international,and 1 other brand that i can't remember back in the mid 90's ..i was at the solder pots just dipping my wires..i loved working in that factory but the smell was awful in the soldering dept
Jane Ames has working In that dept given you any health issues? Just wondering. I used to work a lot with wood, and always used PPE, but some of my colleagues didn’t and they are on oxygen, or dead. .
The quarry near the old shop had an articulated cat loader with a 15 yd. bucket. Filled tandem dumps with one scoop.
Chuck Stevenson , this one can load a railcar in 5 and a semi in 1 1/4 buckets
Its a beast, so different from what I ran in the 80's Cat 992
Like they say,anyone can run them (loaders)but it took me years to get good at them especially with the biter bucket and then more time to get used to the track one. I have all biter bucket on my equipment I wouldn't know what do do with two joysticks lol
You sure looked comfortable in it anyway
Very cool videos and cool loader keep it up
I could see you driving that down the road from one job to another and giving someone a heart attack because you get one inch to close ta them
Great video. The town I live in is trading in their 1991 Michigan Wheel Loader for a fairly new Volvo Loader. Hope it's not that model as their poor 10 wheeler dump trucks would be full in one and a half scoops.
🤣🤣🤣that's just a little one that's a good size loader you did pretty good in that monster Chris 👍
I notice alot of old timer operators use the machine's massive weight and low velocity to build enough momentum going into the pile . But they probably have every movement figured out by the mining engineers .
No, no't realy, just experience😂
i hauled rif raf for the corps of engineers for about 2 years it was the size of a stove up to a compact car and some bigger. tore a new one out of my double bottom box but the rate i got was well worth replacing the box 2 times.
If you are going to tear anything up, it just as well be theirs. Drive it like you stole it!
chuckle
I prefer the term, put it through its paces
letsdig18, or test its durability?
Good loading for your first day, remember loader operators shouldn't spin or slip any of the tires, that's a very quick way of wearing the tires out and not worth it trying to get a full bucket. If it's Volvo's machine, well that's another story. :)
Ok Jimmy here we go again, I’m liking your comment
No steering with the wheel? I guess it’s dual steering controls, joystick or wheel?
its a small joystick on the left side of the seat:)
Nice video to relax too .
Wow, that thing makes quick work of moving rock!
Nice equipment, little different look
What does that machine cost ?? 1 hella a bucket load - WOW
Love the loader in new it runs very smoot .
Essa máquina e bruta viu😮
Chris, Could you send one of those to CT for me for Christmas. I've been Very, very good this year, Santa. You must have really got your rocks off chipping the paint out of the load bed of somebody else's rock truck. sdh in CT
boy you love volvo, do you get special discounts for buying their products?
Nice footage, do they take it to a crusher and turn it into gravel or aggregate and road base material? Keep up the good work
You got a vest on you look like you on a real job
It’s not full until its coming over the greedy board of the bucket 👍 like I was told when I first got in a machine anyone can drive them but not everyone can operate them
Mmmm love the smell of diesel in the morning great vid
I have to say, you dropped a couple, lol! Great machine! One thing though, what’s the depth below grade can you dig with an excavator? Like the 140 - the 220?
Lol at the giddy up n go comment... sure sounded like it shifted nicely
I hope a backup camera is standard ,you need it.
Are they using the first gear button? There's way too much wheelspin.
Nice machine
How would I go about getting a job driving these machines? I have been watching your channel for a while and just noticed you are in Wendell, I live in Archer Lodge. I have always thought it would be awesome to to be a heavy machine operator but never could figure out out how to be come one. Spent 15 years remodeling houses and have been looking for a career change. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
No Worries check your local community college, like Vance-Granville or equivalent. Southside Virginia Community College in Alberta VA started a truck driving/heavy equipment school at Ft. Pickett. It was the first in the state in 1998.
we like your new machine
Things a beast
Nice machine!
Does this loader have a scale inside that shows how much is in bucket
So how long till one of those replaces the skid steer? You could put in an entire gravel driveway in a single scoop!
You're good though, you'll get it! Your skid loader and excavator can't load that much!
why don't they mount into loaders one operating joystick like on jcb 4cx with back forward and left right movement?Wouldn't be easier to operate the machine?
damn that looks like fun !!
Looks like it's a bit faster than the old 988 I used to run.
i see you is hands free when turing left or right
That going too be your next new toy
very, very nice video... thank you....
How much in cdn dollars?. We want one for a mine in the Yukon. . ps the truck should be 45 degrees to the loader and parked way closer
Wow. Great video. It's so quiet inside the driver's cabin. So does the driver use the steering wheel? This driver was using the joystick all the time.
You can use both. The CDC (comfort drive control) is an armrest on the left which you pull down and hit a button on the armrest to activate it when you wanna use it. Then you got steering, kickdown and Forward/Reverse control on that armrest. You can still grab the wheel anytime you want, and to deactivate the system you just pull the armrest up again. You're limited to 30kph as long as the CDC is active.
@@Within1980 thank you 🙏
Tonka Trucks, for real!
More counterweight or more power... for maximum loading and efficiency?
Gzz those check valves have got 2 be screaming when that bucket has got a mouth full
new bucket design makes ya look good dunnit
The position of the rear wheel arch makes that machine look really front heavy
So, how do you operate that joystick control? Specificley the left one Is the transmission hydrostatic, or torque converter with powershift? do you use a foot Throttle?
That thing is huge
very Grate Volvo 350
nice machine right there
Bring it over!
Sure seems like you guys should have a grinder.
That bucket looks like it's the size of a 30 yard dumpster no kidding with a little extra height but in the buckets case it would be depth
How much does one of those things cost?
I can't get too excited about a Volvo wheel loader since I worked and retired from Komatsu
Jake Schisler even they weren't built like an Allis Chalmers
Love the 430 and 500wa best ones so far I do like a old school 980 or 988 but the high flow of the WA 👌
I run a komatsu every day would love to try my skills on that
14:06, that was a full bucket!
The 350 looks like it has come a long way since the 320 days!
i drive these. looks like an 8 yard bucket or so they hold around 15 ton of material
That looks strange not using the wheel to turn the machine. It looked fun though.
Armon Stewart it would save your rotator cuffs, not having to turn the wheel.
So this is the new machine! Jk that might do a bit of clearing in a hurry.
You’re working to far from the truck, never take it out of first. Doing well for no experience. R4 Rip rap is very easy to dig.
1st tine i got in a modern 4 track i got a 30 second run down and off i went. I had never drove a tractor like that before so i waa timmid. 2 weeks later im hauling 120,000 across the middle of a field at 25mph to 2 waiting semi trucks 🤣
What do you think about the single ram on the bucket?
Hey Chris, is there a particular reason(s) you favor Volvo so much?
Ive had really good luck with them
Even with this massive bucket. I think it would handle an even bigger one! The rear steps got pretty close to ground when you drove up on rock pile. They do not look Logger Wade proof at all. What is the weight of this machine? Would your equipment transport be able to handle hauling it? Overall...very impressive and thanks again for sharing!
56 ton