You saw that the excavator was tied back with a big heavy chain to another, even bigger excavator with it's bucket dug into the ground and a guy in the cab of the second excavator using engine power to provide resistence, yes?
That chain was not designed for that type of load. Chains are relatively weak and not designed to hold the entire weight of an excavator. Furthermore that excavator is most likely a rental and they likely violated the rental agreement by using it in a risky fashion such as this.
Well, it depends on how big the chain is, but in any case it wasn't holding the whole weight of the excavator. Most of the weight of the excavator was going to the ground through the treads. Anyway, it worked, didn't it? Sort of hard to argue with success.
The operator done a good job there, no doubt if every bit of convenient equipment was available(as some viewers seem to think) he would have used it, well done!!
A high-tension wire cannot cut someone open, as far as I know. However, it WILL still completely destroy anyone if it hits them when a high-tension wire snap; enough to pretty surely kill anyone anyway.
Holy crap at 2:30. Did that guy just walk under a loaded tow cable? I've seen those things dent steel plate when they snap! Guy just took his life in his hands cuz he didn't want to walk around! Edit: Oh, and another at 2:47, I know that the cable isn't likely to snap, because it isn't being winched in, but come on guys, find a way around. Another edit: 2 more at 3:09.
my God people, you work with the equ you have available. Yea sure there are lots of equ options that would have worked better... any of you ever rented heavy equ? Geez... bla bla, so what if you could have done it faster. I'm sure that 3 minutes he spent fishing in the mud for something he couldn't even see almost broke the company. Gawd what a bunch of wankers. Go back to your call of duty video games or something
I was twitching the whole time I was watching this, the best part was him actually getting the damned thing out of the water on a single tooth, if he had just quit finger fucking it, it woulda came out with just that crappy ass hitachi... How long did they spend getting that damned thing out of the water in all? If this guy was their star operator, I can see why they need 3 machines... I was expecting something really massive, and instead it looked as if it came off a small tug or something... I've literally picked up rocks twice this massive with a smaller machine, so big in fact all I can do with it is walk (swinging is out of the option at that point). Hes running a machine capable of 30K+ pounds in lifting capacity, from how he ran it, it looked as if he was picking up something that weight 50K+ (I assure you that was NOT the case, the intire thing couldn't have weighed more than 10K). You can tell these guys have no idea what they're doing cause of the two retards that walked near the cable, plus the dead-man (the old excavator in the back) wasn't even positioned right, if any REAL weight had been put on that cable it would have easily spun that machine through the turn-table or snapped from the looks of it.
Ah RUclips. The home of "I can do it better" I can do it faster" "I can do it right" "I've been doing it longer" and my favorite, "I'd post a video of how I do it, but i'm humble enough not to" To bad most of you are 26 yrs old and never ran so much as a lawn tractor out of the trade school your mommy paid for. Shut the fuck up.
surely you're not talking to me, cause I'm 6th generation operator, 5th generation union member of the International Union of Operating Engineers and been working from that hall for nearly 10 years (logging roughly 80-110 hours a week during that time, which equates the the experience of Union hands by a factor of three, and upwards of 5 times that for non-union hands). So as to you're last comments, I could very well tell you to shut the fuck up, on the same principle, whether you yourself are an operator or not.
Two things, if the orange rig were to slip into the water they would need something to pull it out with, and they are using the other two rigs to counteract the weight of the propeller and stop the orange rig from sliding in. look closely and you can see the wires
I concur, i am not an operator but i have operated some smaller equip, its like welding, your not a welder until you have about 1500 hours behind the hood. same with operating
I think his life would have been much easier if they had given him a bucket with a thumb, lol. But that probably would have taken all the fun out of it!
So many great thinkers here... If they needed to transport a magnet or a certified diver there I am betting it would take far longer time, not to mention the cost of operations having to aquire permits for diving in the harbor etc. Sometimes not perfect is the best option.
I find it funny that the "I can't believe I watched that whole video" comment and others like that, and I look over to see almost 3 million views. Was it that bad? I mean come on, 3 million views! I liked it myself, because I didn't know what kind of prop was being dug out. Treasure hunt mentality!
He was reaching too far out for one thing, and was trying to pick it up completely. Been much easier to grab the back and drag it up the bank a bit. Would have been easier with a thumb as well. As far as cable... 1/4'' is more than enough to cut someone in half, I've seen 5/8'' skidder cable slice through tree's like a hot knife through butter.
Divers are very exspensive as are cranes to hire, they probably had this lying around in the yard. Now would you wanna get in the cold wet sea? Or be in a nice warm cab.
They do if you don't use them often. Every time the piston is retracted into the cylinder, it gets a thin coat of hydraulic oil. That eventually wears, though, so it could rust. Though that material is made to be stainless, fyi.
first of all it's obsessively a *boat* propeller not a *ship* propeller it's way to small for a proper ship second why the actual heck are they using three excavators to get one boat propeller + propeller shaft out of the water third why aren't they just using a chain and lift the damn thing out fourth why aren't they just using a small mobile crane are they really that stupid?
+Ricardo Hompus often its not worth getting all that equiptment just for one thing, the digger managed, a bit of skill and a bit of time and the job got done didn't it?
+Dylan Tucker a light 50ton mobile crane is still way less expensive than three excavators and a crane operator isn't expansive too how do I know? because I work as a crane operator
I'm guessing none of those things were in place / had been done. You should really use a longer boomed piece of equipment for that like a full size crane because if that propeller had caught onto something in the water it could easily have tipped the digger in. The operator had some balls to take the job up though.
I don't trust 'A' chain or even 'A' cable to hold that thing out of the water and that is a really weird angle and way to rig a massive machine. My advise is get a diver and attach a crane cable.
See this is why they make those 5 story tall 20 ton cranes or however big they are. I work with em every once in a while and it makes everything so much easier cause you can just manhandle anything you want........Like a boat prop!
If you have one then all is good, but if it's going to take a week to get it onsite, (or a year if you're on some island somewhere) people will try to workaround the problem.
+Alan Brown idk. A week I would wait for. But the island thing definitely presents a problem. I'm not sure where this is to be able to say anything for sure.
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I love using rental machinery in salt water.
Yes and I love charging for the damaged caused by salt water and the idiot operating. This is stupid for many reasons.
Alan Deacon
How do you know it was salt water and how long do you think it would take to damage that rock bucket with salt water?
Alan Deacon how can you prove it
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Was anyone else just waiting for that excavator to fall in?
Yea, Booring
guy tremblay
look close,there is said big cable. No "hold my beer" moment I'm affraid.
That tether between the excavators seems mighty thin for the task it's intended to perform. Yikes.
2:57 for those of use who have other things to be doing
Thanx. But that time tag is not in blue😀
From the very start of this video I thought to myself "that excavator is going to end up underwater". I'm impressed that didn't happen.
Total skill. Well done.
I thought excavator was going to hit boat propeller and get chopped, or seriously damage ship! I feel cheated!
VanHustler I thought it would tumble forward into the drink.
These amateurs obviously don't have the right tool for the job. Why not just bring in a crane instead of risking losing the excavator in the water.
You saw that the excavator was tied back with a big heavy chain to another, even bigger excavator with it's bucket dug into the ground and a guy in the cab of the second excavator using engine power to provide resistence, yes?
That chain was not designed for that type of load. Chains are relatively weak and not designed to hold the entire weight of an excavator. Furthermore that excavator is most likely a rental and they likely violated the rental agreement by using it in a risky fashion such as this.
Well, it depends on how big the chain is, but in any case it wasn't holding the whole weight of the excavator. Most of the weight of the excavator was going to the ground through the treads. Anyway, it worked, didn't it? Sort of hard to argue with success.
If that excavator had gone swimming you'd be singing a different tune.
Yes. I would be. But it didn't. So I'm not.
can't believe old mate walked under the cable holding the excavator
I thought the propeller was going to win! Shit.
He deserves LARGERLY every dollar earned. He's one helluva skilled spoon driver!
Was waiting for the berm to give out but it didnt,
kudos to the operator !!
I hate to say it, but with the price of cranes these days, this person is the hero of the company for getting the job done with what they had.
Too risky for me but they did it! Congratulations! Thumbs up!
Cool stuff. Looks like the excavator is thirsty and need to drink :)
Look like he got it without much drama.
Good job.
This is a true professional, respect!
The operator done a good job there, no doubt if every bit of convenient equipment was available(as some viewers seem to think) he would have used it, well done!!
It's not just the propeller, there's part of the prop shaft and skeg too. probably part of some long sunken tug boat or something.
Now that's what I call determination!!!
crane 1: Okay I have a rope.
crane 2: So you'll hold on?
crane 1: yeah just keep digging!
Why would you rate less than 5?
A high-tension wire cannot cut someone open, as far as I know. However, it WILL still completely destroy anyone if it hits them when a high-tension wire snap; enough to pretty surely kill anyone anyway.
Crane with a magnet OR professional scuba diver attaches chain, simple truck pulls it up :)
Or even easier, dump some gravel and let it be :D
Holy crap at 2:30. Did that guy just walk under a loaded tow cable? I've seen those things dent steel plate when they snap! Guy just took his life in his hands cuz he didn't want to walk around! Edit: Oh, and another at 2:47, I know that the cable isn't likely to snap, because it isn't being winched in, but come on guys, find a way around. Another edit: 2 more at 3:09.
That's 3 minutes of my life I'll never get back.
And the winner issssss........
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I thought for sure we were going to see the excavator in the drink.
Well done operator, you deserve a pint!
Brass? If they were going to scrap it I bet they made a lot of money.
Video was pretty cool.
my God people, you work with the equ you have available. Yea sure there are lots of equ options that would have worked better... any of you ever rented heavy equ? Geez... bla bla, so what if you could have done it faster. I'm sure that 3 minutes he spent fishing in the mud for something he couldn't even see almost broke the company.
Gawd what a bunch of wankers. Go back to your call of duty video games or something
I was twitching the whole time I was watching this, the best part was him actually getting the damned thing out of the water on a single tooth, if he had just quit finger fucking it, it woulda came out with just that crappy ass hitachi... How long did they spend getting that damned thing out of the water in all? If this guy was their star operator, I can see why they need 3 machines... I was expecting something really massive, and instead it looked as if it came off a small tug or something... I've literally picked up rocks twice this massive with a smaller machine, so big in fact all I can do with it is walk (swinging is out of the option at that point). Hes running a machine capable of 30K+ pounds in lifting capacity, from how he ran it, it looked as if he was picking up something that weight 50K+ (I assure you that was NOT the case, the intire thing couldn't have weighed more than 10K).
You can tell these guys have no idea what they're doing cause of the two retards that walked near the cable, plus the dead-man (the old excavator in the back) wasn't even positioned right, if any REAL weight had been put on that cable it would have easily spun that machine through the turn-table or snapped from the looks of it.
Ah RUclips. The home of "I can do it better" I can do it faster" "I can do it right" "I've been doing it longer" and my favorite, "I'd post a video of how I do it, but i'm humble enough not to" To bad most of you are 26 yrs old and never ran so much as a lawn tractor out of the trade school your mommy paid for.
Shut the fuck up.
surely you're not talking to me, cause I'm 6th generation operator, 5th generation union member of the International Union of Operating Engineers and been working from that hall for nearly 10 years (logging roughly 80-110 hours a week during that time, which equates the the experience of Union hands by a factor of three, and upwards of 5 times that for non-union hands).
So as to you're last comments, I could very well tell you to shut the fuck up, on the same principle, whether you yourself are an operator or not.
ReadOrDieDW "im a blah blah blah 6th blah blah operator blah blah blah blah blah blah" NOBODY GIVES A FUCK
maxdestroyer123
hahaha
Everyone's an armchair warrior....good job...we run excavators a lot in salt no big deal if you wash off and grease etc.
If that's a brass prop, this little bit of effort is well worth the time.
It's like watching Peter Griffin trying to throw a frog out the window.
Two things, if the orange rig were to slip into the water they would need something to pull it out with, and they are using the other two rigs to counteract the weight of the propeller and stop the orange rig from sliding in. look closely and you can see the wires
i dont understand why i ALWAYS end up watching escavator videos !
good thing they had it chaind to the one in the background:)
They do make Claw attachments for that bucket lol, but awesome job nonetheless!
the task was to fish out the propeller with a excavator not to hire a diver with crane. so yes, good job
I concur, i am not an operator but i have operated some smaller equip, its like welding, your not a welder until you have about 1500 hours behind the hood. same with operating
I thought ship propellers were supposed to be under water...
that's the prop and the rudder assembly ... easily three qaurters of a ton ... versus an un-manned excavator . fair match i'd say .
Easy to find fault when you are not there!
+MPHans1214 They are just YT morons.
Will I ever get these 3 minutes and 24 seconds of my life back.
Not what he had in mind when the boss said "Ok, guys, we're going fishing."
I knew it was never going in, you have to look around and see the cables from the other excavators holding it there so it wouldn't go in.
This reminded me of Peter Griffin trying to pick up the dead frog.
geez, good case of bullying. The put the smallest excavator down there. I guess the least valuable one and a rookie just in case it went in the drink.
For a finely balanced and engineered piece of steel, that prop took a hell of a pounding.... :o/
Seems like a crazy way to pick up a propeller!
I think a electro magnet bolted to the shovel would have helped immensely :)
woah this is as deep as I've ever travelled back in a youtube time portal
Would have sucked if the excavator fell in, but it would have made this video about ten times better.
This was epic!
Very skilled operator (and damn stubborn too!) who knew what to do.
need to keep fishing till you get a bit , Good job.
geeesh that was really risky stuff, surely if would have been better to drag it out after the bucket had located the prop, much safer as well !!
Thanks for saving me three and a half minutes.
i'm thinking that little chain just got the work out of its life lmao
all in all I think the operator has skill. Working on a zero visibility situation like that, with an object of unknown weight
i love the guy at 2:30 who walks right under that chain
I think his life would have been much easier if they had given him a bucket with a thumb, lol. But that probably would have taken all the fun out of it!
@scootdog5 Exactly my thoughts. I kept thinking how frustrating it must be for this guy to have to work without the proper equipment.
What I would like to know is who was driving that boat and How they did that lol But that was some mad skills right there
So many great thinkers here... If they needed to transport a magnet or a certified diver there I am betting it would take far longer time, not to mention the cost of operations having to aquire permits for diving in the harbor etc. Sometimes not perfect is the best option.
You mean propeller and shaft. I can't imagine they would be any good after that beating.
I find it funny that the "I can't believe I watched that whole video" comment and others like that, and I look over to see almost 3 million views. Was it that bad? I mean come on, 3 million views! I liked it myself, because I didn't know what kind of prop was being dug out. Treasure hunt mentality!
He was reaching too far out for one thing, and was trying to pick it up completely. Been much easier to grab the back and drag it up the bank a bit. Would have been easier with a thumb as well.
As far as cable... 1/4'' is more than enough to cut someone in half, I've seen 5/8'' skidder cable slice through tree's like a hot knife through butter.
hey those guys and machines did a terrific job
man that felt like FOREVER! why did i watch the whole thing haha! good job though man
We've likely thrown a rudder, that's the jolt you felt, ma'am.
I watched the whole video but throughout was thinking of what I was going to have for dinner.
Nice Hitachi Excavator in action
well, there's three minutes and twenty five seconds of my life I won't get back.
The rocks under the excavator looks like its gonna give way any second....
well done u got it in the end
I was waiting for that makeshift landing to collapse.
Divers are very exspensive as are cranes to hire, they probably had this lying around in the yard. Now would you wanna get in the cold wet sea? Or be in a nice warm cab.
@TheBumcum really... i would never know. They also makes some real quality electronics. Why it surprised me so much.
They do if you don't use them often. Every time the piston is retracted into the cylinder, it gets a thin coat of hydraulic oil. That eventually wears, though, so it could rust. Though that material is made to be stainless, fyi.
first of all it's obsessively a *boat* propeller not a *ship* propeller it's way to small for a proper ship
second why the actual heck are they using three excavators to get one boat propeller + propeller shaft out of the water
third why aren't they just using a chain and lift the damn thing out
fourth why aren't they just using a small mobile crane
are they really that stupid?
+Ricardo Hompus And the splace chosen to anchor that Hitachi. Oyvea!
+eline65 I know right that's just asking for troubles
j7
+Ricardo Hompus often its not worth getting all that equiptment just for one thing, the digger managed, a bit of skill and a bit of time and the job got done didn't it?
+Dylan Tucker a light 50ton mobile crane is still way less expensive than three excavators and a crane operator isn't expansive too
how do I know? because I work as a crane operator
3 plus minutes not bad at all for whats on site.. doesnt appear to be easily changeable in terms of a bucket... he got it.. good enough
That is the stern post minus the rudder. The prop would be large enough for a fishing vessel.
LOL took me 3 veiws to notice the cable hooked up to the orange excavator. Nice eye
THis video has soo many hits!!!!
Excevator , are you ready?
Propellor , are you ready?
BEGIN!
I give it to the prop on points!
I thought they were struggling with something from a liner at least, not that piddling little thing
I'm guessing none of those things were in place / had been done. You should really use a longer boomed piece of equipment for that like a full size crane because if that propeller had caught onto something in the water it could easily have tipped the digger in.
The operator had some balls to take the job up though.
when it said excavator vs ship propeller i was thinking like an excavator being pulled into one, not and excavator pulling out one lol
job well done that, must of been well hard to do that
It slipped... it slipped... gotta fight that big thing in the water... it slipped... it slipped... will it go? will it go? GOT IT!
Scary and un safe if that chain break. Good operators take no chances.
I don't trust 'A' chain or even 'A' cable to hold that thing out of the water and that is a really weird angle and way to rig a massive machine. My advise is get a diver and attach a crane cable.
Man dat boy dun good der wid dat thang. Dun real good. Wish i'da had a vcr recorder vdeo thanger to recoreded that good stuff man. Dun real good.
Why the f is this so interesting. Its boring when you think about it but i couldnt peel myself away. I needed to know if he was going to get it out.
wow this is like watching the crane game, except you dont pay for the prize someone is paying you to get the prize lol
Ya,I like the tiny little cable hooked to the back,that'll keep a 12 ton prop from flippin that thing,and why wuld you try and use a bucket??
It's called a crane. Wrap some chain around the prop and LIFT it out onto the bank
Machine Man done
@henrybwang got to admit ti was funny tho watching him try and get the frog out the window haha
Good work!
See this is why they make those 5 story tall 20 ton cranes or however big they are. I work with em every once in a while and it makes everything so much easier cause you can just manhandle anything you want........Like a boat prop!
If you have one then all is good, but if it's going to take a week to get it onsite, (or a year if you're on some island somewhere) people will try to workaround the problem.
+Alan Brown idk. A week I would wait for. But the island thing definitely presents a problem. I'm not sure where this is to be able to say anything for sure.