Excavator Busting a Huge Beaver Dam

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @DAS-Videos
    @DAS-Videos 9 лет назад +99

    The excavator looked like a living thing the way the operator ran it. Pretty impressive.

    • @davidsgarage44
      @davidsgarage44 6 лет назад +1

      Dasdfjkl i was thinking the same with precision movements

    • @TheFarmanimalfriend
      @TheFarmanimalfriend 4 года назад +1

      Yeah, if only he knew his ass from a hole in the ground.

    • @savannaswildnatureworkshop7810
      @savannaswildnatureworkshop7810 4 года назад

      not if it's your home. These guys are losers who have forgotten.."do no Harm"
      so busy making money, they have forgotten who they are and why they are on this earth.
      Destroying the homes of wildlife ain't it bubba.... take a hike..don't come back.

    • @Roger30118
      @Roger30118 3 года назад

      @@cumminsrocks1 I agree😂😂

  • @kiesha86
    @kiesha86 10 лет назад +125

    The beaver family bought this nice little property back in the days when the times where good and beaver husband and beaver wife had jobs. But because of the financial crisis beaver husband lost the job and they were not able to pay mortgage on time. It didn't take long before the bank sent their thugs to evict the beaver family with their 3 children out into the street and demolish their dream dam.

    • @BobbyTucker
      @BobbyTucker 6 лет назад +3

      Then the beaver family told the bank to keep their damn dam.

    • @AztecWarrior69_69
      @AztecWarrior69_69 6 лет назад +2

      Them black beavers couldn't even afford the loan but because obama mandated that banks give them loans anyway, the real estate bubble burst.

    • @garychristenson6370
      @garychristenson6370 6 лет назад +1

      Well said. And so true.
      .

    • @mikewhipkey6863
      @mikewhipkey6863 6 лет назад +2

      Not to mention that the beavers liked their doctor and thought they could keep him.. Beavers were wrong! Furry little Dummies!

    • @anonymike8280
      @anonymike8280 6 лет назад +1

      @otto skorzeny I blame a white, Anglo Saxon Protestant banker with a thin face and little glasses perched high on his nose. And his petty socialite wife.

  • @sciencemansandera
    @sciencemansandera 8 лет назад +8

    Wow guess it really helps when you know what you're doing. Was very impressed with the planks nice job

  • @letsdig18
    @letsdig18  15 лет назад +10

    The enitre swamo is about 1/2 mile long. I had been working all day before that. once I did bust the dam it took me about 15 minutes to mats myself back to the shoreline so I could go home!

  • @t4705mb6
    @t4705mb6 11 лет назад +2

    When I first got my certification and operators license in '93 I would have never believed how one of these machines can almost become part of you, like a living third arm and hand (or, sometimes, an extra leg and foot!).
    Nice work. SMOOTH!
    Thanks for this. I enjoyed watching.

  • @howabouthetruth2157
    @howabouthetruth2157 9 лет назад +12

    Buddy, you damn sure know how to run that equipment. Very impressed.

  • @TerryBradstreet
    @TerryBradstreet 14 лет назад

    The real treat of this video was watching you pilot that thing. You are a smooth operator. Your machine at work looked like a living creature.

  • @CatMeow24-qr7uo
    @CatMeow24-qr7uo 3 месяца назад

    Seeing this and knowing were you’ve made it is so amazing.
    I’m really happy for you and I’m very excited to see the business grow even further.

  • @ian_b
    @ian_b 9 лет назад +5

    Watching the skilled operation of the excavator in this is really impressive.

  • @CaptJohnsBar
    @CaptJohnsBar 11 лет назад +50

    Pretty comfy at the controls !

  • @sixstringfretter
    @sixstringfretter 12 лет назад

    I drive one of these for a living and I can tell you that this guy is good. He operates that beast like it is an extension of his mind, and that is the mark of a good operator.

  • @ArniethePirate
    @ArniethePirate 5 лет назад

    Man, I went from watching Jim Panke teaching me banjo lessons and Marty Schwartz teaching me stuff on the guitar; and here I am now watching beaver dam busting! How does that happen? Side note, that dude running the Volvo excavator is...GOOD!

  • @letsdig18
    @letsdig18  13 лет назад +21

    @EskiLdn yes I was 21 one this was filmed over 2 years ago. I've been running equipment my entire life and I'd say been on a excavator since I was 12

    • @triciap1874
      @triciap1874 3 года назад +3

      ...and here we are, ELEVEN years later! Still enjoying the videos. 👍👍

    • @rcb1717
      @rcb1717 3 года назад +2

      Man I gotta comment my papa passed away I grew up on the farm running equipment I was only grandson and he had three daughters. He willed things to me I told em I didn’t care about $ it was sentimental and I loved it got caught up in court they got it all and sold everything I lost my job at CSX railroad after 10years shop was shutdown and now I’m starting over $13/hr to run one cause I have zero connects outside my county or wherever on where to go or get an opportunity so saving every dime I can hopefully buy a small one in a few years work for myself part time but I’m 33 now and starting over after railroad shop bellied up If anyone needs a trustworthy man and reliable and can at least pay 15-17 and a motel room I’ll run one around the clock and got dozer experience just not much opportunity here in sc that I know of. Been trying indeed but don’t hear back from any companies out west ..just thought I’d give it a try on a RUclips comment haha God bless fellas

    • @timwilkinson2797
      @timwilkinson2797 3 года назад

      @@rcb1717 Good post n Good luck !!!! Mate Wishing well from the UK

    • @rcb1717
      @rcb1717 3 года назад

      @@timwilkinson2797 back atcha boss man and I Preciate bud!

  • @kevingambrell
    @kevingambrell 13 лет назад

    What a good operator! now that's how it should be done. Thank you for putting the video up.

  • @tshorse
    @tshorse 11 лет назад +19

    a little C-4 would have made short work of the damn dam. that operator is pretty good at working the machine.

    • @CSSIandAssociate
      @CSSIandAssociate 10 лет назад +5

      My Father in Law blew up a 150' beaver dam with dynamite!

    • @huckstirred7112
      @huckstirred7112 4 года назад

      ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel ,or any explosive is so much more fun

    • @savannaswildnatureworkshop7810
      @savannaswildnatureworkshop7810 4 года назад

      a lot of c-4 on your home would be really fun to watch.

    • @huckstirred7112
      @huckstirred7112 4 года назад

      @@savannaswildnatureworkshop7810 when you have timber going under water , trees 5 feet in diameter dead from them chewing on it , your house floods because they dug a hole in the levy . Lady you have no Idea how destructive they are .

    • @huckstirred7112
      @huckstirred7112 4 года назад

      @@savannaswildnatureworkshop7810 save a tree eat a beaver

  • @danwilson8692
    @danwilson8692 10 лет назад +68

    the beaver will have that fixed by morning

    • @bobbybell2674
      @bobbybell2674 5 лет назад +2

      nah beavers were killed first

    • @derekfreeman1505
      @derekfreeman1505 5 лет назад +3

      Sadly prob they woulda .. this is bs they doing there job to support a healthy ecosystem. Learn to work with the beaver not pull a dumb human move n need more land to put up a sub division or some shit

    • @derekfreeman1505
      @derekfreeman1505 5 лет назад +4

      Current Batches I make logging equipment for a living lmfao so let’s just keep breeding and building until there nothing left and I can’t sit back n watch everyone fight over a drink of water 😂

  • @robwilsn3219
    @robwilsn3219 2 года назад

    Now thats a man who knows how to operate his machinery ❣️

  • @qbikrubik
    @qbikrubik 11 лет назад +16

    is this excavator operator very skilled, or maybe i just dont know anything about excavator work?

    • @MT-oh8vi
      @MT-oh8vi 6 лет назад +7

      Really good operators make it look easy...but it really isn't. This guy is very skilled.

    • @redmeat2ndamendment695
      @redmeat2ndamendment695 5 лет назад +1

      I think it’s a bit of both. But mostly, this guy is awesome.

  • @MrSmurfbug
    @MrSmurfbug 7 лет назад

    Very impressive. Was bored and came across the pond video and ended up watching several😀

  • @MrTotalAhole
    @MrTotalAhole 7 лет назад

    I enjoy watching excavators to their thing.
    But even more so I enjoy watching someone who really knows what they are doing.

  • @thetourist6567
    @thetourist6567 4 года назад +1

    I always miss the before and after video. would like to see what it looks like the next day 👍

  • @dunna321
    @dunna321 12 лет назад

    i have to say, this guy is a fairly good operator. in and out in 6 to 7 minutes. nice work

  • @Gman6755
    @Gman6755 9 лет назад +46

    235 beavers did not like this video apparently!

  • @quickdeuce
    @quickdeuce 6 лет назад

    Enjoyed watching the skill of this excavator operator,, once the dam was breached, Mom Nature took control and he had to scurry to get the hell out of the way,, he did that quite successfully, good for him and his equipment. Pretty cool

  • @Livinghighandwise
    @Livinghighandwise 10 лет назад +5

    Nice work! That dude treats that excavator as if it was a third arm...

  • @prydin
    @prydin 10 лет назад +78

    Whoever is operating this excavator, please give the Hoffman Crew on Gold Rush a lesson! I'm so tired of them getting stuck all the time! Please? Pretty?

    • @desertmulehunter
      @desertmulehunter 10 лет назад +7

      Lol...yeah Todd and his crew, never a day without major catastrophe!

    • @blakestiehl6814
      @blakestiehl6814 7 лет назад +4

      Pontus Rydin it's all in the drama in Gold Rush. I still hate it though.they need to learn how to operate an excavator!

    • @brertt8350
      @brertt8350 6 лет назад +3

      gone fishin it’s almost like they get more views when they mess up

    • @davidmorse8432
      @davidmorse8432 6 лет назад +3

      @@brertt8350 Now you get it, these reality guys screw up on purpose to get people to watch. They disgust me and I will not watch such nonsense.

    • @rabbidjones8174
      @rabbidjones8174 5 лет назад +3

      They are actually a construction crew out of Salem Oregon they operate heavy machinery all the time once I found that out I quit watching the show

  • @deweys
    @deweys 11 лет назад

    Pretty smooth with that machine dude. The people who operate these things are like magicians to me.

  • @davidrobins4025
    @davidrobins4025 4 года назад +3

    Beavers - the engineering geniuses of nature.

  • @GMtransmissiontech74
    @GMtransmissiontech74 3 года назад

    Love the vintage videos just as much as the new stuff

  • @Khamomil
    @Khamomil 13 лет назад

    What a delicate touch with this big machine! I'm very impressed, it was fascinating watching this. Bravo.

  • @komitadjie
    @komitadjie 8 лет назад +3

    The part that impresses me here the most is the use of the heavy planks to keep the excavator afloat! I would have been afraid that one slip and my excavator would vanish forever into the bottomless goop!

  • @navy_vet493
    @navy_vet493 11 лет назад +1

    cool video , I love watching a skilled operator on an Excavator. Id love the chance to operate one some day

  • @Superdugge
    @Superdugge 7 месяцев назад +1

    man chris you mentioned beaver dam in todays video, so i searched in your name i got a lot of new videos to watch...

    • @GrumpyOldGrandfather
      @GrumpyOldGrandfather 7 месяцев назад +1

      Just having a coffee ☕️ and did the same 😮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @jennyoreilly5980
    @jennyoreilly5980 3 года назад

    Watching this in 2021 is very different to when this was videoed. Quite exciting to watch.

  • @isantimn
    @isantimn 15 лет назад

    i have seen alot of people operate but this guy is skilled good job thinking ahead..

  • @burgerbunns
    @burgerbunns 14 лет назад

    This guy is BEAST!!!! I've never seen an excavator in action.

  • @SpidermanRun
    @SpidermanRun 13 лет назад

    Ive allways liked doing beaver damns by hand, theres alot of fun in it

  • @PeteDraganic
    @PeteDraganic 14 лет назад

    The beaver dam was no big deal but the way this guy operated his machine and got in and out was impressive.

  • @challzgivesnofux3221
    @challzgivesnofux3221 11 лет назад +9

    That fellar there can run a Excavator, can't he? Damn!

  • @roli252520
    @roli252520 11 лет назад

    awesome operator and humble too. he didn't even show his face on camera.good luck and stay safe.

  • @tedpenlee
    @tedpenlee 14 лет назад

    You really know how to work that excavator. A couple times it look like you were close to getting it stuck. You have incredible spatial perception, hand-eye coordination and touch receptors. I couldn't see those boards, much less remember where you placed them. I don't think I would have risked losing that equipment.

  • @tscholent
    @tscholent 14 лет назад

    great skill and imagination.... (I'm a landscape contractor) hats off to you....

  • @VincentVega44
    @VincentVega44 8 лет назад +1

    holy shit. This guy is like a master controlling those metal platforms.

  • @sharpsh00ter111
    @sharpsh00ter111 8 лет назад +3

    this was the first video i saw of yours Chris, this is what got me to subscribe to your channel. you know what you doing with that trackhoe.

  • @38Highbury
    @38Highbury 13 лет назад

    not what I expected from the subject title. A beaver dam and the subsequent deluge was much more exciting in my mind ;-)

  • @johnsteffen5908
    @johnsteffen5908 4 года назад

    This is the first video of yours that I saw. Been watching ever sense

  • @AndrejPanjkov
    @AndrejPanjkov 9 лет назад +82

    Off to one side, a beaver is watching this and declaring, "Of course you realize, this means war."

    • @tannervogan6238
      @tannervogan6238 9 лет назад

      hahaha

    • @studinthemaking
      @studinthemaking 6 лет назад +2

      Andrej Panjkov Good one bugs.

    • @alan30189
      @alan30189 4 года назад

      Andrej Panjkov - A pair of beavers will fix that little hole in one week. They better put a cap in some beaver’s butts!

  • @TL64329
    @TL64329 4 года назад

    Takes nerves of steel to do this. WOW!!!

  • @techsguild
    @techsguild 10 лет назад +2

    Impressive operator. Good job.

  • @fxstsozz
    @fxstsozz 15 лет назад +1

    That was awesome! You can really operate that machine. Hoping to get into my local training school in October good to be able to see someone run that thing and show how to use it right. Not being scared but safe seems to be key!

  • @kenmakowski9422
    @kenmakowski9422 5 лет назад +2

    Dam good operator he knows what he’s doing.

  • @diannaa6189
    @diannaa6189 6 лет назад

    Man has some mad skills behind that excavator.

  • @James-pc1ku
    @James-pc1ku 9 лет назад +8

    My man has absolutely bossed it !

  • @jack19931970
    @jack19931970 11 лет назад

    Wow! Smooth operator! Sad thing is, the beavers probably repaired the dam that night. They are becoming a nuisance around here to.

  • @Kalimerakis
    @Kalimerakis 14 лет назад

    WoW looks like the excavator is part of your body. nice skills!

  • @georgej7077
    @georgej7077 4 года назад

    You were good back then no doubt, but the more mature Chris is smoother and more calculated in risk his risk taking. I thought you were going to slide into the abyss a couple times there. Nicely done!

  • @chainsawearl
    @chainsawearl 12 лет назад

    no beavers were harmed during the filming of this motion picture........smooth operator too nice

  • @amberbryeans114
    @amberbryeans114 6 лет назад

    Damn right that’s how you do it, impressive the way you handled that machinery!!

  • @johneastmond9092
    @johneastmond9092 13 лет назад

    So the video starts out and I'm thinking; Man, he seems to float up above that pretty good, I'd thought he'd sink! Seems to me it would be pretty soft." Then I see the lumber. This guy knows how it's done!

  • @smalls884
    @smalls884 12 лет назад

    dude that thing is like an extension of your arm. you make the machine look like its alive.

  • @TheLastPhoen1x
    @TheLastPhoen1x 13 лет назад

    You are pretty good with that excavator.

  • @25mfd
    @25mfd 6 лет назад

    man those little buggers are pretty damn good structural engineers. that damn dam was built pretty damn good.

  • @dlovesbeck
    @dlovesbeck 12 лет назад

    Fantastic use of that machine! WOW!

  • @youtubegarden4735
    @youtubegarden4735 7 лет назад

    Don't know if you are interested in making a trip to southern Illinois but we just had the Dakota access Pipeline go through here and they left behind Stacks and stacks of Cull mats and they are free for the taking! They have some wear but there are lots of them!

  • @IamTheCajun66
    @IamTheCajun66 11 лет назад

    Our company uses Menzi Mucks for busting dams. Great job and I love the power thumb. I wish we had one.

  • @BobbyTucker
    @BobbyTucker 6 лет назад +2

    You made short work outta that, damn beavers will have that partially dammed up again tomorrow! lol.

    • @chipsterb4946
      @chipsterb4946 3 года назад

      😆 my first thought was “How long until the beavers have that opening closed back up?”
      Extremely impressive equipment operator though. At a couple points the machine started sliding sideways on those swamp mats - no panic, just rotate to compensate, adjust the mats and carry on.

  • @letsdig18
    @letsdig18  15 лет назад +5

    you gotta know what your doing!

  • @mikechief510
    @mikechief510 8 лет назад +2

    That driver sure can manipulate that excavator!!!

  • @FrJcsc
    @FrJcsc 9 лет назад +3

    With such a narrow gap in the dam, wont the beaver just fill it back in?

    • @DAS-Videos
      @DAS-Videos 9 лет назад +2

      FrJcsc That gap is bigger then it looks in the video. The machine he is using is huge.

    • @The_JEB
      @The_JEB 8 лет назад +3

      +FrJcsc
      and if they are smart, they trapped all those stupid bastards before doing this

  • @xgi36
    @xgi36 7 лет назад

    Great operator skill show here. Thanks for the video.

  • @Nancytoday
    @Nancytoday 14 лет назад

    Amazing the preparations you had to make to be able to pull on that solid dam wall! We have a dam like that in the ravine at the side of the hill we live on. Huge.

  • @dayradebaugh
    @dayradebaugh 10 лет назад +7

    That is how you do it. Nice job!!!

  • @danmoriarty6678
    @danmoriarty6678 6 лет назад

    Good operator you earned your money here

  • @doug1234dougx
    @doug1234dougx 7 лет назад

    Holy crap, that is a lot of water. I'd be pretty worried about getting out of there.

  • @jasonnewell2523
    @jasonnewell2523 10 лет назад +1

    I enjoy watching a good operator run equipment good job man

  • @ejhickey
    @ejhickey 6 лет назад

    I love watching this guy work. handles that excavator like brain surgeon uses a laser scalpel.

  • @ursusbruno
    @ursusbruno 15 лет назад

    super.... excellent job....
    very quickly to escape......

  • @zizek
    @zizek 12 лет назад

    Exactly what I was thinking. Cheaper too.
    But this is impressive.

  • @hphillips7425
    @hphillips7425 5 лет назад

    That big boy toy looks fun👍

  • @quercus4730
    @quercus4730 11 лет назад +1

    Bring your road with you. Good video Thank you.

  • @VituMV
    @VituMV 14 лет назад

    you know, beavers are the second most influential creatures to the enviroment... and this video proved why humans are number 1 lol

  • @RUHappyATM
    @RUHappyATM 6 лет назад

    Man, these beavers are real smart.
    They even use sawn lumber.

  • @MetaView7
    @MetaView7 14 лет назад

    you've got the job done in less than 7 minutes !

  • @hentycatsanctuary2951
    @hentycatsanctuary2951 2 года назад

    your a braver man than me gungadin, nice video

  • @Gasteraner
    @Gasteraner 14 лет назад

    Still one of my for me most important favs
    i love to see the water goes and drain the land!!!!!
    You could hire to swamp loggers LOL
    Take care
    Alexander

  • @Cynicelectronic
    @Cynicelectronic 13 лет назад +1

    It's a great jobb! Congratulation!

  • @Plattyplaysyt
    @Plattyplaysyt 14 лет назад

    DUDE! you really know how to use your equiptment! wd, the driving skill was better than the dam destriction lol

  • @Gasteraner
    @Gasteraner 15 лет назад

    Man-
    I think you have been born allready with two joysticks in your head !
    Really good operating !
    By the way can you tell me how expensive
    those excavator matrazes are ?
    Thanks

  • @TheMontanaDave
    @TheMontanaDave 13 лет назад

    +1 For you operating skills. Damn you will be making $65+ an hr when you get to like 25. Keep it up sir.

  • @boatsplanestrainsNEC
    @boatsplanestrainsNEC 13 лет назад

    I love the Volvo excavators. Kamatsu is all that comes close in my opinion.

  • @dps347
    @dps347 11 лет назад

    Obviously not your first rodeo. Well done. I need a basement dug out in Missouri, what ya doing this weekend? Beer's on me.

  • @azxgffff
    @azxgffff 15 лет назад

    great handeling that hyd thumb really comes in handy for job's like that

  • @scottlaws39
    @scottlaws39 15 лет назад

    that was a fantastic bit of driving well done you

  • @tomd9275
    @tomd9275 3 года назад

    Always enjoy your personality and work.
    A couple of questions, would you be kind enough to describe the great video set up (camera etc) is and what you would recommend to construct several wooden pads that I am sure have changed in design over the years.
    Thanks in advance for your generosity..Regards, Tom D.

  • @davidknows3320
    @davidknows3320 3 года назад

    And we revisit the beavers in 2021. Lol. Soooo many excavators ago.

  • @garywilson2755
    @garywilson2755 7 лет назад

    i have to say them beavers are pretty dam good at what they do !

  • @talon93pete
    @talon93pete 12 лет назад

    That is an operator. Smooth.

  • @cuzzeyecan
    @cuzzeyecan 12 лет назад +1

    Like a pro! Nice work.

  • @davidknows3320
    @davidknows3320 3 года назад

    Hey Chris, you were a lot more aggressive then. You have much more finesse now. Good work outta you.

  • @ChosenWon
    @ChosenWon 11 лет назад

    Good job.