I lack patience. I was tired of waiting. Digging with Takeuchi TB235
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- Spring means mud. And I lack the patience of waiting any longer. Breaking ground on the ditch / trench to bury power and water to our 40x60 pole building. Finally - starting the process of getting real power into the shop. Digging with the Takeuchi TB235-2 mini excavator. #purplecollarlife #miniexcavator #takeuchi #ditch
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My yard is full of quartz boulders bigger than your excavator. Your distance in my yard would be over a hundred hours : /
You'd have to get that jackhammer attachment for the excavator. :)
I think you were just itching to play with your new excavator. It is a nice MACHINE
You're not wrong, Kyle. :)
Nice work, Chad! I would definitely go with 50-60 amps to the building if you can. Then you can safely plug in and run your RV a/c if you park it back there.
However, I had a 30a sub panel in my former garage and was able to run 220v welders, air compressors, and anything else I needed. I even ran my rv a/c with a dogbone adapter. So, again, I think 50a will give you all you need.
I’d also run a water line and either 2” conduit or 2-3 lines of direct burial cat6 network cable.
I'm so glad I did a 50 amp line to the building. Thanks for watching, Ed!
@@PurpleCollarLife did you run water and network line?
@@MyClutteredGarage We ran water, but not the Ethernet. Wireless keeps getting better and better. So I figured no sense in running the Ethernet cable out there.
Run enough pipe for everything. Electric, water, ethernet, etc. Great digging.
Thanks! You'll see in tomorrow's video - we ran the electric and water. I ended up not doing the Ethernet. Our wireless router currently sends a signal out there nicely - even into the metal building. So I imagine routers of the future will be even stronger.
Keep Up Your OUTSTANDING Videos Sir and Yes No More Snow in your town !!! I'm still hitting -4 f !!! Having a larger bucket is easier to empty a humid mud and not getting stuck inside the bucket !!! Cheers !!!
Dave - you bring up a terriffic point! A 12-inch bucket would probably fill with that clay and be about impossible to empty out. I hadn't thought of that.
We did have some snow again just today. We've had a pretty easy winter - but I'm ready for the ground to dry out. Have a great weekend!
@@PurpleCollarLife Snow blizzard and deep cold until Monday and then Spring Lady is back !!! Cheers !!!
Try digging from the top down. About 4” to 6” at a time. It won’t blow the top of the ditch out, and you’ll have less chance of breaking an unknown utility if you come across it. It also breaks up the soil better and makes for better backfill.
Like previously mentioned call 811 aka call before you dig and get the utilities marked. It’s free to call in Pa. Not sure about other states?
Great tip!
Count me among the "Instant Gratification" crowd Chad...I understand completely!
Thanks, Chris!
The problem I've discovered with the Chinese mini excavators is they are really jerky. When you move the bucket, boom and stick, the movements really shake you around. It could have something to do with the type of hydraulic pumps they use or that it's a gasoline engine powering them. If they could improve that, they would be much better in my opinion. The trench looks great! Good job! Thanks for sharing, Chad!
You bring up the point I was going to mention in a future video! :)
The hydraulic smooth operation in this commercial-grade mini excavator is amazing. It beats my John Deere tractor hands down - no competition. When I use the loader on the little tractor now, I'm constantly feeling like it's jerky (and weak and slow) just because of the comparison.
I had to chuckle at the title as I suffer from the same circumstances - lack of patience. We lost our barn and 1/2 our implements to fire over the weekend and my wife had to drag me away from the rubble and debris until the adjuster arrives. Watching your video was good mental therapy!
So sorry to hear about your barn! You'll be in our thoughts and prayers. I'm glad the video was enjoyable under the circumstances.
Ford Ranger!
It was in the background. :)
Call before you dig! :)
Great point. Since we built this house on land that had not previously been developed, we're aware of where all our lines are. We did call the one-call and they determined there were no buried lines in the area we were digging. But that's a great point that I should have mentioned in the video. Thanks for the reminder in the comments.
100’ with the machine you have in the soil you’re digging in should be 2 hours tops.
That's good to know. I thought 12 hours seemed crazy. So I wasn't too bad at under 3 hours. :)
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I’ve spent a good bit of time in the seat of different kinds of equipment.
Time in the machine is the only way to get better at it. Good luck.
Looks good. I’m sure you already know of this, but you’ll need a separate ground rod at the pole barn, and 4-wire. Do a voltage drop calculation with your length and you also need to take in account your voltage drop from your existing house to garage. Excessive drop will make motors difficult to start (locked rotor) among other things and isn’t good. Plus for a large building like yours long length interior wiring adds to the problem. Keep it as low as possible.
I don't know if you can see it in the next video (coming out tomorrow) - but we did put a grounding rod in at the pole building. You're right - it was a necessary item. Great point about the voltage drop over distance. The distance is significant. Probably only about 20 feet from the basement to the garage. But then 38 feet across the garage, with about a 10 foot rise/drop on the walls. Then 100 feet from garage to building. And then internal wiring is about 100 feet long in some instances (outlets on the back wall). All things I need to consider as I determine what I can and can't do in that building. I've been considering a 120V welder - and learning to weld. But maybe those projects would be better suited in my main garage than in the pole building.
Nice job, there is times I would not mind having on
Thanks, Larry. Sometimes I wonder if the massive investment was worthwhile - it's a lot of money sitting in my building that I don't use every day. BUT - then you work on a project like this and I'm SO glad to have the right equipment. I imagine my grandparents probably would have dug this trench by hand - and would maybe wonder why I waited 10+ years to do it with a machine. :)