@@AFHProjects hell i dont think i would of tried crossing it myself id feel certain i would get stuck, theres what that top1% that might actually not get stuck in this and thats apparently every comment here in this comment section lol
I was one of the beavers which was responsible fore the construction of those dams. Although I wasn’t pleased you ruining my work, me and my coworkers had the time of our life looking at you getting stuck in the ditch and your struggle to get out. For your information: the construction drawings for some new dams are already there. The actual build starts next week. Cheers.
Reminds me of the time i got stuck next to a pond, the ground was soft under the surface but looked solid on top.... was just driving and boom sunk down to the frame.
Just a tip when trying to pull yourself out use joystick while pulling and move yourself side to side to break suction while pulling also seems to give tracks lil extra boost
Yea, a did all that and I have never seen a excavator that got boost on tracks when you move your boom an tracks together. This excavator don't have extra hydraulic pump for tracks or something.
Thanks for the video. Glad you got out without too much damage. The only people who don't make mistakes are the ones that never do anything :) . How many hours did it take to get the machine out?
Having no experience whatsoever, I have a curiosity question. If it were permissible, once stuck, would it have been possible to dig the opposing bank down to the level, maybe lower, of the stuck machine? Dig under the front tracks and place the drier dirt there for a base? Do this until the tracks could get traction and clear of the mud? Is what I described even possible? I know you were relieved once you got out. Thanks for posting.
It is possible. But in this case the water is flowing through and fills the hole. But we dug out the wet clay all the time and put the dry dirt back under the tracks. Basically we did this way.
legitimate question. when you are stuck in a situation like that, i notice you kept trying to go forward and pull yourself out. why not swing around and try and push yourself out? and specific reason?
There we're a few times that if you had turned around and pushed you would have come on out of there I've been bogged down in that same situation before
Yeah, maybe. I,m tried this many times with this excavator. It helps only when you can get a right angle for boom and stick. This machine is too weak this way.
When you pull yourself you pick up the leading edge of the tracks to get up on things. In this situation you would just push yourself deeper especially in the bottom of a drainage ditch. I’m wet mud like that suction is your worst enemy.
@@FattyMatty024 Yeah, that's right. I know that well but as you see I didn't do that enough when I was going into the ditch. I realized this immediately when I reached the bottom and I knew that now probably I get stuck. I broke the bottom of the ditch with the tracks leading edge.
I thought #beaversrevenge was something that once you caught it, you'd have to go to the doctor to get fixed? Oh well, heavy machinery is cool too! Nice job getting it out!
Here we needed to remove the dam because we raised the water with pond dam and we didn't want to leave the dams under the water. Basically we removed the dams and raised water back up. So beavers got more water to live on.
To be honest that ditch did look ok to go across until you got in there my god you kept sinking but glad you got it out , I’ll remember this when I have something like that to do thanks for uploading 👍🏼
Well unlike all the experts below i throughly enjoyed watching you get out of there! ....but then i ofter have to dig myself off the sides of mountains with hand tools.
Only when you've got in a pickle like this do you become an experienced operator , if you don't push boundaries you`ll never be confident enough to know it's capabilities and make a right choice !
That’s one thing you get to learn when working with companies over the years. Especially companies that like to hire inexperienced “cheap” “operators”. 😂 when I first started in the field I worked for a few of those companies. I got to see a LOT of crazy things happen. Drug addicts blacking out at the controls of excavators. One guy slumped over the swing stick and was spinning wide open for hours. Cops came. They tried throwing rocks at the cab to wake him up. Didn’t work. 😂 he finally woke up and stopped. Cop ran up and opened the door. Guy had a needle in his arm. Scary stuff.
I have come to learn that EVERYONE with an excavator will eventually find them selves in such a situation (might not even be their fault) so seing this and what it takes to get out is a really valuable. Thank you for posting and letting us learn.
Thats one dam that would have been better left alone, the amount of making good required far outweighs any improvements. Also the removal can cause flooding damage elsewhere.
Next time bring big board to make a ramp just in case , safety first ! Beaver FLAG is waving in other side ! Congrats you made it... Beaver he's back ..run and swim for your life ...hahaha
Damm good idea to lift The counterweight so you don’t swing in the mud put mud in the bucket and bounce that was awesome never thought about that been operating for over 20 years see you learn something new every day 🤟🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍
For a more spectacular dam removal - explosives. At least you got out of that ditch again. So how about a stronger bridge that can carry the machine in the future?
Damage? Moving dirt around? Since when is "dirt" a god? Sorry but the needs of ppl far exceeds that of animals. Btw; a .22 will stop any further need for an excavator.
@@DanKoning777 lol take it easy buddy. Softening all that soil in that drainage bed could lead to some major erosion problems in the future. A flood could eat that away and cause big headaches. But seriously chill bro.
Shawn Segaar-Bratsch I love watching these mighty machines and the men that operate them impose they’re will on the earth. No shame, no guilt. Just digging, rip, shred. It’s so nice to be at the top of the food chain. The fact that it triggers weakling liberals......delicious.
I once got a skidsteer stuck in some stuff like that. The more I tried to get myself out, the worse it got. I had to have a friend extend planks to me over the swamp so I could get out of the cabin. Luckily my neighbor was working his field with his big 9R with tracks, he was able to pull me out. Once nature patched in the area, it did make a nice little deep spot by the creek, kids can swim in it lol. My engine bay was hit too, full of swamp gunk, smells like a turtle's gym sock.
This remind me of the 'King of the Hill' episode when Dale and Bill get an excavator stuck in a hole and are stuck all day until Hank comes to help them extract themselves. After having this experience, you definitely should watch it because you can relate.
I'm not a machine operator, haven't even played one on TV, but I have owned pickups (and a '91 Ford Festiva, my personal favorite) that I've gotten mudded up pretty deep before. Floor mats and dry brush always saved the day. I got the Festiva in a couple situations far worse than you have here where everyone was telling me to give it up and let it RIP as it was already mostly buried, but that silly smurf blue car never let me down and always managed to dig itself out once I sacrificed the floor mats and fed it some scrub brush! Don't tell the ladies, but we know it's all worth it if you're having fun.
The best thing about getting stuck in a 4x4 especially in mud (hip deep) is having my sons along, oh boy did they enjoy it lol, we still talk about it today, 'The Day Dad Got His Truck Stuck' lol. Maybe I should write a book about it, might make a good kids story, apart from all the swearing lol
Damn, I'm glad we don't have beavers in my country ha. Have you ever thought of making a bracket for the back of the machine to carry 2-3 wooden mats, or time for the bigger tracks. I used to work on the bogs in Ireland cutting turf, drawing/windrowing peat and ditch digging and we would have massive tracks on the xe 100s and trackers, you should look up on here Irish turf cutting and Bord na Móna stuck. Thanks for the great upload. 👍
it is pretty funny after the fact when it is not happening to you. I did something similar with an excavator a couple times. I noticed how you tried to pull yourself out the way you came. When i had done it my first time I only went about half as far as you were extended, dug my bucket blade in and lifted as high as i could go up before pulling while driving. Repeat as needed. Once my tracks were about a quater on dryer soil i swung around and pushed while driving. A lot less damage. But I can kinda see that the back of your machine might not have made it acceptable.
Great video, glad you got your machine out. So do the beavers live in your pond now?. If you dont mind me asking how long did it take to get your machine out?. M. Canada.
Phew I feel ya on that one. That’s a right mess eh. If I’m crossing a questionable area... I do the bucket test. If my bucket sinks easily more than 1/4 of its height... I take the side of caution and log mat it with whatever is available.
That looked like fun. Went from safe, to about to do something stupid, doing something stupid, realizing stupid, calling in help and digging a deeper hole to get out, then your out. Congratulations. Did you learn anything? Go Beavers !!!
Thumbs are relatively cheap. Next time you might want to consider mats. The thumb would help a lot for picking the debris out too. I would have been afraid to go into a bog like that without mats. I would have sunk out of site with my narrow rubber tracks too. Anyway, thanks for sharing just how easy it is to get jammed up. Things like that make me think thrice before jumping off in a creek.
@@AFHProjects Oh, well... you probably saved someone else a lot of grief. I had a similar experience in a sand pit with a 1 ton and trailer. Had t o drag it out with the excavator.
Yes, well the tracks are smooth. It's like bald tires, nothing to dig into the terrain. Thats really the only reason I can see why it would've gotten stuck
Have you ever considered Dynamite? ...It rids of Beaver Dams very quick and simple without wear and tear on mechanical equipment. I've seen one blown up and so I thought I'd mention this other option to you.
this might sound crazy but i've got 35000 hours in the seat of excavators. It looks like that machine has weak hydros but if its possible in a situation like that for a last resort is to lift your machine completely up onto the counter weight , rotate your rails 90 degrees and walk down the ditch till you can dig your way up the bank
Wow... The seat hours. Yeah, the suction was so strong. i tried to lift it out but... Actually my plan was to help with this another excavator to brake the suction and lift from tracks but the other excavator driver with more seat hours killed my plan. I don't know why.
@@AFHProjects hahaha yeah I could see how weak that machine is, sometimes it's not the operators fault but the machine is just too weak, happy to see you're out without any damage
@@digndurt6936 I wasn't saying to rotate the upper structure, I was saying to lift the whole machine up standing it on the counter weight that was on the bank , doing that lifts the undercarriage completely in the air and can be rotated to the direction freely
9:22 beaver behind pine tree rolling on the ground laughing his ass off. hahahaha
There is more than one.
Lol
Yeah, once the human was done, you could just faintly hear, "I have a dam to rebuild, hold my beer."
Beaver's had grand stands set up. Big Louie the beaver; in the back taken bets.
And your worried about a beaver dam? Beavers all chilln getting tips from dumb ass human what not to do.
Anyone else see the 2 beavers drinking beer and laughing at him??
Yeah... They had good time.
Бобры снимали это видео 😁
@@AFHProjects pp0009
I did. Saw the bear too...
🤣
You done the beavers a favor and dug em a nice new pond.
Don’t worry about the arm chair critics . Most operators wouldn’t have the guts to put a problem like this on Facebook , 👍👍👍
Sometimes happens. Why to show only a good things.
@@AFHProjects hell i dont think i would of tried crossing it myself id feel certain i would get stuck, theres what that top1% that might actually not get stuck in this and thats apparently every comment here in this comment section lol
@Scott Martin BEFORE THE DAMS WERE THERE
Most operators wouldn't have drove in the creek..
I was one of the beavers which was responsible fore the construction of those dams. Although I wasn’t pleased you ruining my work, me and my coworkers had the time of our life looking at you getting stuck in the ditch and your struggle to get out. For your information: the construction drawings for some new dams are already there. The actual build starts next week. Cheers.
There is a water level up already with pond dam. So you can just chill. Cheers!
Wow!! That was interesting! Lol Never seen an oscillating bucket like that before either!
been there before myself... took a lot of digging but i got it out...
Reminds me of the time i got stuck next to a pond, the ground was soft under the surface but looked solid on top.... was just driving and boom sunk down to the frame.
Just a tip when trying to pull yourself out use joystick while pulling and move yourself side to side to break suction while pulling also seems to give tracks lil extra boost
Yea, a did all that and I have never seen a excavator that got boost on tracks when you move your boom an tracks together. This excavator don't have extra hydraulic pump for tracks or something.
Thanks for the video. Glad you got out without too much damage. The only people who don't make mistakes are the ones that never do anything :) . How many hours did it take to get the machine out?
Thanks for this comment. It took all night long. 14h
I love your property! Indiana doesnt have that kind of beauty!
Thank you!
Having no experience whatsoever, I have a curiosity question. If it were permissible, once stuck, would it have been possible to dig the opposing bank down to the level, maybe lower, of the stuck machine? Dig under the front tracks and place the drier dirt there for a base? Do this until the tracks could get traction and clear of the mud? Is what I described even possible? I know you were relieved once you got out. Thanks for posting.
It is possible. But in this case the water is flowing through and fills the hole. But we dug out the wet clay all the time and put the dry dirt back under the tracks. Basically we did this way.
Amazing how the tire machine was able to come to the rescue of the track machine!
It didn’t drive in the muck
Beavers for the win!
legitimate question. when you are stuck in a situation like that, i notice you kept trying to go forward and pull yourself out. why not swing around and try and push yourself out? and specific reason?
Hydraulic is stronger that way and you can lift the front same time.
There we're a few times that if you had turned around and pushed you would have come on out of there I've been bogged down in that same situation before
Yeah, maybe. I,m tried this many times with this excavator. It helps only when you can get a right angle for boom and stick. This machine is too weak this way.
When you pull yourself you pick up the leading edge of the tracks to get up on things. In this situation you would just push yourself deeper especially in the bottom of a drainage ditch. I’m wet mud like that suction is your worst enemy.
@@FattyMatty024 Yeah, that's right. I know that well but as you see I didn't do that enough when I was going into the ditch. I realized this immediately when I reached the bottom and I knew that now probably I get stuck. I broke the bottom of the ditch with the tracks leading edge.
No Dam Beavers were harmed in the making of this video. Makes this guy a home wrecker.
Great vid and great shots. Great getting it unstuck!
Thanks!
WOWZERS! That turned out to be a mess. At least you had another machine with witch to extract yourself!
Where is this filmed.. it looks like a beautiful place
In Estonia.
AFH Projects .. very nice
I thought #beaversrevenge was something that once you caught it, you'd have to go to the doctor to get fixed? Oh well, heavy machinery is cool too! Nice job getting it out!
Houston Firefox Houston you actually made me spit my coffee out when I read your comment ,thanks for the laugh.
Excavators: your finished..
Beavers: Hold my beer! haha.
Just love it when a beaver dam is destroyed. Love seeing the water flow the way it should.
Yes, I destroyed the dam because the water level is going up here due to the pond that I dug before.
Another fine mess you've gotten into Ollie.
Were the beaver dams causing damage to homes or roadways? Can you maybe explain why destroying their habitat was necessary?
Here we needed to remove the dam because we raised the water with pond dam and we didn't want to leave the dams under the water. Basically we removed the dams and raised water back up. So beavers got more water to live on.
BEAVERS AN OTTERS are considered to be pests + they chew down trees so u can't hug
👍 Handsome excavator!!Pretty boy!!👍
To be honest that ditch did look ok to go across until you got in there my god you kept sinking but glad you got it out , I’ll remember this when I have something like that to do thanks for uploading 👍🏼
Thanks 👍
That my friend was a big ole’ mess. Glad you got out although it must have been so frustrating.
Yeah, that was stupid thing.
Well unlike all the experts below i throughly enjoyed watching you get out of there!
....but then i ofter have to dig myself off the sides of mountains with hand tools.
NEVER underestimate the power of a Beaver in making a guy do stupid shit . . .
Beavers were having a good laugh.
I believe this video will be a good lesson for beginner excavator operators on what not to do with an excavator.
That rapid's project is exactly the kind of noise that beavers make dams to stop. They'll be back.
Only when you've got in a pickle like this do you become an experienced operator , if you don't push boundaries you`ll never be confident enough to know it's capabilities and make a right choice !
It's true. I learned a lot.
That’s one thing you get to learn when working with companies over the years. Especially companies that like to hire inexperienced “cheap” “operators”. 😂 when I first started in the field I worked for a few of those companies. I got to see a LOT of crazy things happen. Drug addicts blacking out at the controls of excavators. One guy slumped over the swing stick and was spinning wide open for hours. Cops came. They tried throwing rocks at the cab to wake him up. Didn’t work. 😂 he finally woke up and stopped. Cop ran up and opened the door. Guy had a needle in his arm. Scary stuff.
@@TsunauticusIV jeez what a story to tell, people are bonkers !
Your right you posted a problem, that’s a plus for you. Let’s see it put back
That was freaking awesome, truly 2 very professional operators, not their first time behind those LEVERS.
First time dam clearing for sure?.................stick with what you know.
Seeing you save your toy was awesome.
Thank you!
Watch letsdig18 he’s always working in muddy ponds gotta have mats
I know, but I didn't get any because I thought that all is fine.
It happens and will again its just part of it
puts some serious tracks on that "whatever" scooper..,.not slicks but some serious plates....that dig in...
FLYBOY123456789 Was thinking this myself.
Tracks are just fine.
MR. EXCAVATOR /great job NICELY DONE!
I have come to learn that EVERYONE with an excavator will eventually find them selves in such a situation (might not even be their fault) so seing this and what it takes to get out is a really valuable.
Thank you for posting and letting us learn.
Thank you!
Cool you made your own dam
Thats one dam that would have been better left alone, the amount of making good required far outweighs any improvements. Also the removal can cause flooding damage elsewhere.
Next time bring big board to make a ramp just in case , safety first !
Beaver FLAG is waving in other side !
Congrats you made it...
Beaver he's back ..run and swim for
your life ...hahaha
Whats the tracking back and forth doing to do except dig you deeper
If you try to lift the tracks out from mud then you have to move them to brake the suction.
I would have a new fur coat after having to go through all that. :-)
What is geotextile used for? Sides will move with the wind
To prevent erosion.
Doggo having fun. No worries.
Looks like your dog is enjoying the water.
Just wait til the beavers get one of those TV shister lawyers for removing a dam without environment permit
Thanks a lot for the laugh man right on good call
Love the flip-flops
Damm good idea to lift The counterweight so you don’t swing in the mud put mud in the bucket and bounce that was awesome never thought about that been operating for over 20 years see you learn something new every day 🤟🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍
Yess... Something good in my video. 😃
Very nice work!
Thank you! 🤣
Well that is another fine mess you got me into Stanley - now get on the horn and get someone down here to get me out!
i guess you won't be making that mistake again any time soon. lol
Damn it! You were really stuck
I like your ambition you did not give up good work
For a more spectacular dam removal - explosives.
At least you got out of that ditch again.
So how about a stronger bridge that can carry the machine in the future?
I will make a dam for beavers and that will carry some heavy equipment too.
looks like you found the deepest and muddest spot in the entire ditch to get stuck in haha
Almost.
Y'all did more damage than any beaver could have.
Looks like that yeah.
Sucks when it happens but it happens. I got a skid steer buried once. What was worse is it got stuck in cow crap!lol
Damage? Moving dirt around? Since when is "dirt" a god? Sorry but the needs of ppl far exceeds that of animals.
Btw; a .22 will stop any further need for an excavator.
@@DanKoning777 lol take it easy buddy. Softening all that soil in that drainage bed could lead to some major erosion problems in the future. A flood could eat that away and cause big headaches. But seriously chill bro.
Shawn Segaar-Bratsch I love watching these mighty machines and the men that operate them impose they’re will on the earth. No shame, no guilt. Just digging, rip, shred. It’s so nice to be at the top of the food chain. The fact that it triggers weakling liberals......delicious.
Hola !! menos mal salio ....todo tiene arreglo, pero perder una excavadora no...saludos!!
@Chiloé Indómito Gracias!
I once got a skidsteer stuck in some stuff like that. The more I tried to get myself out, the worse it got. I had to have a friend extend planks to me over the swamp so I could get out of the cabin. Luckily my neighbor was working his field with his big 9R with tracks, he was able to pull me out. Once nature patched in the area, it did make a nice little deep spot by the creek, kids can swim in it lol. My engine bay was hit too, full of swamp gunk, smells like a turtle's gym sock.
Yeah, I try to stick with the rule that if you cant make it better with in a hour then it's time to stop trying and get some help.
How nice! You destroyed the beaver ponds but then made them a nice new one under the bridge.
Yep... Need to fix that one day.
Did you think about going up stream to where it is not so steep to get out. Sometime our lack of looking at all the solutions limits us.
I did, but I can't turn the tracks to go that way.
Beavers are remarkable animals. Big machines are cool but for something so small it really alters the lwndscape
This remind me of the 'King of the Hill' episode when Dale and Bill get an excavator stuck in a hole and are stuck all day until Hank comes to help them extract themselves. After having this experience, you definitely should watch it because you can relate.
could you add a winch to the excavator for when you get in trouble..get yourself out?
Theoretically, you can do that. Everything is possible.
Beautiful country but painful to watch, glad you made it out and shared.
Glad you enjoyed it! I will fix this place soon.
LOL.That dog can smell beavers . . .there somewhere round here. . .close.LOL.
I'm not a machine operator, haven't even played one on TV, but I have owned pickups (and a '91 Ford Festiva, my personal favorite) that I've gotten mudded up pretty deep before. Floor mats and dry brush always saved the day. I got the Festiva in a couple situations far worse than you have here where everyone was telling me to give it up and let it RIP as it was already mostly buried, but that silly smurf blue car never let me down and always managed to dig itself out once I sacrificed the floor mats and fed it some scrub brush! Don't tell the ladies, but we know it's all worth it if you're having fun.
The best thing about getting stuck in a 4x4 especially in mud (hip deep) is having my sons along, oh boy did they enjoy it lol, we still talk about it today, 'The Day Dad Got His Truck Stuck' lol. Maybe I should write a book about it, might make a good kids story, apart from all the swearing lol
Yup it happens sometimes. Luckily you had help getting out. I thought you could make it. More grip on the tracks and you would have probably made it.
My plan was to get it the other side and put some more logs under the tracks, but this solution wasn't my idea.
the tread on that thing looks to be very smooth and i don't think it is just mud filling in.
It has at least 50% left. Thats not the case here. Yeah, the new ones are more sharp but it is what it is.
Damn, I'm glad we don't have beavers in my country ha.
Have you ever thought of making a bracket for the back of the machine to carry 2-3 wooden mats, or time for the bigger tracks.
I used to work on the bogs in Ireland cutting turf, drawing/windrowing peat and ditch digging and we would have massive tracks on the xe 100s and trackers, you should look up on here Irish turf cutting and Bord na Móna stuck.
Thanks for the great upload. 👍
Thanks for this comment. Some wooden mats would not do any harm, but so far not much needed. Maybe I will build some one day.
I was thinking, a lot of the dam could have been fed under the machine with a dollop of hindsight.
That was so funny!! Thanks for the clown music too!
and that all for an beaver dam wowww
it is pretty funny after the fact when it is not happening to you. I did something similar with an excavator a couple times. I noticed how you tried to pull yourself out the way you came. When i had done it my first time I only went about half as far as you were extended, dug my bucket blade in and lifted as high as i could go up before pulling while driving. Repeat as needed. Once my tracks were about a quater on dryer soil i swung around and pushed while driving. A lot less damage. But I can kinda see that the back of your machine might not have made it acceptable.
I agree there was a couple times he could have turned around and pushed and come on up out of that hole
Not enough power to push!
Y'all make it look pretty easy.
I had a pain just with a bobcat mini excavator
Yea, it's so easy to drive in there and get stuck 😀
I can hear the Beavers laughing now😂
I heard them also when this happened
That was very peaceful...
Looky there! Beavers 1, man 0. Way to go Bevers
Nothing that a .22 won't take care of ;)
Better days to come. 👍
Great video, glad you got your machine out. So do the beavers live in your pond now?. If you dont mind me asking how long did it take to get your machine out?. M. Canada.
Thanks! Yes they live in pond now. 14h of hard work!
@@AFHProjects Really 14 hrs, i thought it would of been like 3 days. Well done. Thanks for replying and sharing. Take care ,stay safe. M.
Yeah, at the evening around 16:00 I messed it up and at the morning 6:00 it was done. 8:00 I have to start another 24h shift at main work.
@@AFHProjects wow!
Beavers 1 excavator 0.
I enjoyed watching him dig in deeper by moving the tracks back and forth like it was going to magically get him out!
Of course with my above comment said, i would have never got that machine out.
well i guess the Beavers have now got an steel Excavator Damm.
Couple excavators more and it's finished.
Phew I feel ya on that one. That’s a right mess eh. If I’m crossing a questionable area... I do the bucket test. If my bucket sinks easily more than 1/4 of its height... I take the side of caution and log mat it with whatever is available.
Yea, I didn't do that for no reason.
Wow I see now that was a cluster ....*thank you for the videos I'll keep watching. Where is this located?
In Estonia. Cheers!
@@AFHProjects I'm OHIO,USA.. freedom
@@AFHProjects glad to meet you friend 👍✌️
@@AFHProjects below Finland, neighbors with Putin
Yeah, but I Love Estonia.
That looked like fun. Went from safe, to about to do something stupid, doing something stupid, realizing stupid, calling in help and digging a deeper hole to get out, then your out. Congratulations. Did you learn anything? Go Beavers !!!
It's called experience. Learning the limits. Learning the hard way.
У нас в гозпроме такого экскаваторщика близко к экскаватору не подпустили.
Совершенно верно, я бы тоже не пропустил
That looks like something i would do. And do it anyway knowing what would happen. Good video someone will learn from your mistake. Probably me.
Thumbs are relatively cheap. Next time you might want to consider mats. The thumb would help a lot for picking the debris out too. I would have been afraid to go into a bog like that without mats. I would have sunk out of site with my narrow rubber tracks too. Anyway, thanks for sharing just how easy it is to get jammed up. Things like that make me think thrice before jumping off in a creek.
Yeah, that was hard lesson for me too.
@@AFHProjects Oh, well... you probably saved someone else a lot of grief. I had a similar experience in a sand pit with a 1 ton and trailer. Had t o drag it out with the excavator.
You have forever changed the land in that spot
hyd seam to be pretty weak on that thing
Feels the same to me. But it's not a new machine and the pumps may worn out a little.
---- same thing I was thinking: most excavators can lift and load themselves on a flatbed - that one couldn't even lift the tracs
yeah i use to work on them for living, after 5 years of working, they either need a pump or the pressure reliefs are going bad.
It can lift itself easy, but this clay suction is quite strong too.
Lol I can't imagine how many digger drivers are shouting at the TV. Fair play mate you took it on the chin. Your a trooper.
Absolute carnage 😎
Yes, well the tracks are smooth. It's like bald tires, nothing to dig into the terrain. Thats really the only reason I can see why it would've gotten stuck
Tracks are just muddy not flat.
Have you ever considered Dynamite? ...It rids of Beaver Dams very quick and simple without wear and tear on mechanical equipment. I've seen one blown up and so I thought I'd mention this other option to you.
It's not so easy to use explosives in Estonia. You can't just buy it an use it.
Did the beavers thank you for the pool you installed for them
I think they did. I destroyed they're dams, but I raised the pond level up there again. So they have now big open water. I think they are happy now.
When you were in ditch before was that before beavers turned it all to mud .
Could have sloped sides put dirt in ditch drove over then dug it out
Yes, but there was water in it. When I lifted the bridge in then yea, I put a little dirt into the ditch and dug it out later.
Great save
this might sound crazy but i've got 35000 hours in the seat of excavators. It looks like that machine has weak hydros but if its possible in a situation like that for a last resort is to lift your machine completely up onto the counter weight , rotate your rails 90 degrees and walk down the ditch till you can dig your way up the bank
He couldn't break the suction enough to turn his carriage.
Wow... The seat hours. Yeah, the suction was so strong. i tried to lift it out but... Actually my plan was to help with this another excavator to brake the suction and lift from tracks but the other excavator driver with more seat hours killed my plan. I don't know why.
@@AFHProjects hahaha yeah I could see how weak that machine is, sometimes it's not the operators fault but the machine is just too weak, happy to see you're out without any damage
@@digndurt6936 I wasn't saying to rotate the upper structure, I was saying to lift the whole machine up standing it on the counter weight that was on the bank , doing that lifts the undercarriage completely in the air and can be rotated to the direction freely