I completely agree. if you like this try ruclips.net/channel/UCUujfNBK9uv3cIW-P5PX7vA Thats Andrew Camarata. smaller machines but just like this guys channel! I subscribe to both. Andrew has a play lsit of a shipping container house/shop he made. pretty epic!
They have small bucks cause the machine can't take that much of a load with such of a long reach . Either tip over or break something. My husband did pond clean outs with a long reach for 10 years. He would dig out muck as deep as 22ft .
Driving a longreach is special but fun depending on what you're doing. Digging underwater making surface for pipes is special. Going 100% on feeling and gps, fun times 😊
I'm in the business and appreciate watching a smooth operator. Now how about the other half million views? It is calming and we all need some of that I suppose
I admire your patience with this kind of tedious jobs - it's like emptying a playground sand box with a friggin' teaspoon! I would be running away screaming! lol
In my company we dug a pool once, about 80 cubic meter (about 100 yards³) all by hand and wheelbarrow cause we couldnt get equipment to the site. This is nothing trust me.
Adam Luke there’s a “bottom” where they originally dug down for this sediment trap. It has since filled with silt from erosion. The bottom is much harder and can be felt when digging
When I was 18 years old I used to work for Caterpillar and Montgomery Illinois in building k bending tubes for excavators and wheel loaders fun times!!
Hi Chris , it's good everything lined up no powerline to screw with the Longreach. I always enjoy listening to what you have to say about what you're doing and or going to do .thanks for bringing us along 😀 like everyone else was looking forward to seeing this. Have a great one.👍 🇨🇦 Craig
I rented a Doosan dx300 long reach back in the summer to dredge my pond. I never drove out into the lake because hard bottom was down 6 feet in places so I worked from the bank that had maybe a 15 degree slope not much but when reaching out 60 feet with a full bucket and feeling the excavator tilt forward will make the seat of your pants pucker up! I enjoyed running the machine after I got a feel for it!
No matter what people say its your job do it as you want. Nice job operator moving mud and keeping the machine out of the pit. Boom shoot was nice to watch and good job all the way around stay safe.
Giday from Australia I remember these long reach excavators I got to operate the first one on the east coast of my home town Wollongong NSW Australia back in 1989 they are amazing to sit in one place and load out without moving much what i found was if you get into a tight situation they don't have the power to pull out of bog holes such as this one I'm glad you didn't sink your Volvo into the mud yeah its not worth it I do remember putting a small 215 cat excavator into a creek and the engine fan was pushing mud it would not come out and it was a nightmare's getting it out with a heavy haulage tow truck ! Cheers love the videos
Ya we don't have a Volvo dealer in the piedmont area. Should have told cat you needed pontoons. They just had a few up here from a big dredging job last year south of here. Hope you have a good week.
@Dhamah Tajwīd You can only counterweight so much before you hit the limits of what the chassis can take when the bucket is empty and the arm is tucked in.
Looks good Chris, that’s the right tool for that job. Right bucket too, nice rent. Just time and patience and fuel, you can connect the rest of the dots. Nice
Liked it so much didn't even seem like 47 minutes! You know Jeff isn't going to let you let this down! Does seem like a really smooth operating machine!
Those fence posts looked like domino's toppling....lol. You showed alot of patience on this Chris. Some of the best loading of mud I've seen. Not much spillage at all. Great job!
Very nice operating, but I think you could have put some poly mats down over the lawn to drive the trucks over so you didn't have to re-pick the mud, but that's a bigger operation ;-)
Gives playing in the mud a whole new meaning. Always helps having the right tool for the job, lol. Was thinking, when you were cleaning out around the valve a camera would have been helpful as you had it on the boom at the end but would also have to have a screen to watch. Alas, hindsight. Thanks for sharing.
That's exactly how I approached my lady's peach cobbler she just made... Used the long reach for the soupy middle and the smaller bucket for the corners!! Wait for it to cool a little first... Vanilla ice cream is KEY!!!
Done a few boom and long arm stick swaps with PC1200 down in South Florida, between some of the quarries, everglades and other major setups we stayed busy.
I love the cam-on-the-stick view! I think that same view, with the camera mounted farther up the stick, close to the stick-boom pivot, would be great when you're knocking down trees.
Awwww you're no fun! I was looking forward to more 'aw crap, I almost sunk the excavator' moments! Thanks for sharing your time with us and congrats for getting the center of the mud monster cleaned out.
We just used a long teach 324 d clean out a pond and restoration and extend. It handles excellent and the guy who operated it had little experience and he adapted quick and well
Saw your video of you cleaning a canal with a long reach 11 years ago. Got me hooked watching Let’s Dig. Looking forward to more videos of you operating it. Happy Thanksgiving!
There's a pond near me that used to be run-off for a quarry. The quarry is spent so they no longer take care of the drainage. The problem is it has a brook (creek) feeding it and it's meant to slow the flow. Because it hasn't been dredged out for so long it is essentially a puddle and when it rains the water flows through fast. The dam footings are regularly washed out and they spend thousands building errosion defences to stop it, when in fact all they need to do is dredge the bloody pond!
HOA Board to the residents--We have good news and bad news. The good news is the pond is dredged and once it fills back up, we will have a park like area. The bad news is your monthly HOA dues will be going up $500 to pay for the dredging job!!!
These types of jobs are sometimes the most challenging but also the the most rewarding and satisfying. Great muck management Chris ,jobs like this need a good head .
You know watching them scoops at the end go into the truck really puts you off your dinner but great job it’s starting to take shape and with you doing it Chris it will.
Another great video Chris, lot of people don't understand the basic lever principles of the longer the arm the less you can pick up, maybe a concrete pump lol !!
I have one question. Why would a 72 year old man be fascinated by 47 minutes of watching another man transfer mud from a pond into a dump truck? I don't know why but please keep the videos coming. I want to continue to be fascinated!
Well I am retired now and I'm watching these and enjoying the heck out of them also. I used to do this type of work when I worked for a small town public works department. The difference is instead of getting up and spending all day in a machine or a truck, I get to watch this from my phone, drinking coffee on my porch and showing my 6 year old grandson what his grandpa did for a living. Life is beautiful.
I was a contract computer programmer for about a million years. Whenever I was given a boring project or I had to work for someone who would not listen to any suggestions I had to maraschino that worked really well. The 1st was 'Rate time hours' The 2nd was 'Hurt me make me make more money .' This applies to Chris' work here, sometimes you just gotta suck it up and do the job. My maraschino help!
The calm voice of the operator (Chris?) and the smooth hum of the machine makes this relaxing to watch. Chris' demeanor makes him immediately likable. I'm a new subscriber to the channel, and liking it! Thanks!
Do you take the material someplace to dry out and then sell the material as a soil additive? Seems like that sediment would be great for use on farm land and such.
If you don't mind sharing, what does a job like this price out at? Did you consider other equipment, such as a clamshell? Love the different angles, esp. on the boom. You can hear the hydraulic fluid hissing as you manipulate the controls!
Company I worked for has a 375 cat with 70 ft of reach (84 worth of steel).They build a cradle that hooks/bolts to the counnterwieght and holds two large crusher jaws and 2 small ones. It can only handle a 3 yd bucket.
@@anthonythorp7291 only,my 16 ' flat bed trailer with two 5000 lb Axel's can only handle one yard safely. And I wouldn't even get that much for hauling further than the one end of town to the other. That is at maybe 20 kms an hour if that...pee gravel anyway... I hauled way more in top soil ...
@@wynottgivemore9274 I'm not sure what that has to do with this video, but crushed rock weighs about 3,000 lb per yard so your 10K flatbed can definitely handle two yards. I have put a yard of gravel in a half ton truck, and in numerous 3500 lb single axle trailers.
Yes, that would save all that machine rental cost, but not the sort of fabrication work that Chris would be interested in, and it's Uncle John who calls the shots.
Very interesting what a long reach machine will do. I though you would have move the slop close to the road and let Tim load the trucks with the other machine, or do you have him working at another location.? When I designed silt ponds I always was required to also build a service road for maintenance of the ponds. Is the law different in N.C.? Thank you for sharing I enjoy watching the way you work.
Got a question that had to be well over 100. I did one of those about 3 years ago. And I'll bring you some was a quarter of the size of that 9 foot deep with 93 truck loads out of. Heavy truck loads
Question? If a developer didn't want a money hungry sediment pond to clear every few years, what are other options for storm runoff management are allowed in your area?? Here in the mountains of West Virginia, I guess we don't have the same soil conditions, because we don't use sediment ponds. Just curious...Thanks for the video's Chris....Jack Baker
@@letsdig18 I hear you, that sucks. Here in WV I guess they just let it all go down the rivers and streams and don't care about it... our soils are not much different from yours, sedimentary for the most part.Thanks Chris..Jack
Isn't it more efficient and fast to work in parallel with the regular Volvo and with the long Volvo? Use long with the small bucket just to drag the mud to the range of the regular and with the regular load to the truck?
That dump truck is dumping the air 2-3 times per bucket load. It either has a decent air leak, or a malfunctioning air governor. Possibly bad head on air compressor...
I was a pilot in the army for twenty years. My first taste of construction work was in Montana in the sixties. What kind of licence or certificates does the gov make you have to operate any private equipment?
question from someone who knows nothing about this but why not use a dozer and push the dirt instead buckets from one spot to another? It looks pretty solid under the mud layer.
I wonder if instead of scooping you used a dragging/grading motion to pile it into a ridge would that be more efficient or is that not good for the machine?
The Cat is an impressive bit of kit! I've never driven or used any of those machines, I've driven a few agricultural tractors, and loaded and unloaded one mini-digger, but I was wondering about the 'pendulum' effect of a fully-laden bucket! That bucket may not be the biggest, but it's big enough, and a full one at extended distance has got to make a difference in weight shift! You're making a good job of that though! :-)
I like the long reach its seams to be doing a good job. QUESTION why not back the truck in on the side to load then you don't have to move it so much???? how far is your dump site?????
@@rise-amorph8178 chris runs excavator controls on excavator and backhoe controls on backhoes. Gotta give to him I could never switch back and forth unfourtanley I learned on backhoe controls so that's the only controls I could use decently.
@@snowblowerman5115 I learned on a backhoe and can't run a backhoe at all but can run an excavator perfectly fine I don't know why but I can't go back to how a backhoe runs at all
If that boom and stick were a touch longer, you could've worked from home! Great video as always!
At that point, he might be able to work internationally.
Even safe for Covid! 😄
Well I can't believe that I'm watching this channel for last two days almost nonstop. It's somehow relaxing.
That's because unlike Washington, work is being done
I agree with you!
Maybe just go for a walk every once in a while 😎
@@tombrey4611 try getting out sometime. The world doesn’t revolve around politics
I completely agree. if you like this try ruclips.net/channel/UCUujfNBK9uv3cIW-P5PX7vA Thats Andrew Camarata. smaller machines but just like this guys channel! I subscribe to both. Andrew has a play lsit of a shipping container house/shop he made. pretty epic!
Your depth perception is absolutely amazing.
They have small bucks cause the machine can't take that much of a load with such of a long reach . Either tip over or break something. My husband did pond clean outs with a long reach for 10 years. He would dig out muck as deep as 22ft .
This reminds of a saying, "Even a mosquito can eat an elephant one bite at a time."
Great video and great work ethic. Jim.
There’s just something about the combination of the sound of an excavator and the squelch of wet mud ☺️
Driving a longreach is special but fun depending on what you're doing. Digging underwater making surface for pipes is special. Going 100% on feeling and gps, fun times 😊
I'm in the business and appreciate watching a smooth operator. Now how about the other half million views? It is calming and we all need some of that I suppose
I admire your patience with this kind of tedious jobs - it's like emptying a playground sand box with a friggin' teaspoon! I would be running away screaming! lol
Oh well. Digging is what he does every day.
Some jobs are interesting and others are boring.
Well, that's how it is I guess.
Id love it! Paid by the hour!
In my company we dug a pool once, about 80 cubic meter (about 100 yards³) all by hand and wheelbarrow cause we couldnt get equipment to the site. This is nothing trust me.
Try digging in Florida
Adam Luke there’s a “bottom” where they originally dug down for this sediment trap. It has since filled with silt from erosion. The bottom is much harder and can be felt when digging
I loved the boom mounted camera. It helps ya realize just how wet that mess is.
I bet that empty pond smells lovely, especially while stirring it up.
yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
Smelivision would drive quite a few away I'm afraid. Gotta STINK pretty bad.
I bet the hydronic differences are wild. Lots movement little stick
Smell like money
When I was 18 years old I used to work for Caterpillar and Montgomery Illinois in building k bending tubes for excavators and wheel loaders fun times!!
Back to the wet sloppy muuuud instead of the wet sloppy sand Chris 👍👏👏👏🇬🇧🙂
Hi Chris , it's good everything lined up no powerline to screw with the Longreach. I always enjoy listening to what you have to say about what you're doing and or going to do .thanks for bringing us along 😀 like everyone else was looking forward to seeing this.
Have a great one.👍 🇨🇦 Craig
I agree
I'm a woman with a desk job. When did digging become so fascinating?!? 😳👍
Because everyone should spend a day driving a digger. You should get yourself a rental and do some landscaping.
God bless you madam! I'm available for marriage
I rented a Doosan dx300 long reach back in the summer to dredge my pond. I never drove out into the lake because hard bottom was down 6 feet in places so I worked from the bank that had maybe a 15 degree slope not much but when reaching out 60 feet with a full bucket and feeling the excavator tilt forward will make the seat of your pants pucker up! I enjoyed running the machine after I got a feel for it!
No matter what people say its your job do it as you want.
Nice job operator moving mud and keeping the machine out of the pit.
Boom shoot was nice to watch and good job all the way around stay safe.
Mix that with some wood chips/saw dust and let set for a year. Mix it every now and then and you would have some good top soil. I would think.
Oh yeah !!
Great video my grandson will be happy tomorrow when he gets home from school
Thank you ... for all the trouble you go thru just so i can enjoy your videos. I’d suggest anyone can watch yours from 1-100.
Giday from Australia I remember these long reach excavators I got to operate the first one on the east coast of my home town Wollongong NSW Australia back in 1989 they are amazing to sit in one place and load out without moving much what i found was if you get into a tight situation they don't have the power to pull out of bog holes such as this one I'm glad you didn't sink your Volvo into the mud yeah its not worth it I do remember putting a small 215 cat excavator into a creek and the engine fan was pushing mud it would not come out and it was a nightmare's getting it out with a heavy haulage tow truck ! Cheers love the videos
Exactly what we subscribers have been waiting for. Thanks!!!
Ya we don't have a Volvo dealer in the piedmont area. Should have told cat you needed pontoons. They just had a few up here from a big dredging job last year south of here. Hope you have a good week.
What i hope people understand is that even with a long reach putting a lot of weigh out that far can't be to much or it can tip over.
What if all people don't understand?
@Dhamah Tajwīd You can only counterweight so much before you hit the limits of what the chassis can take when the bucket is empty and the arm is tucked in.
Looks good Chris, that’s the right tool for that job. Right bucket too, nice rent. Just time and patience and fuel, you can connect the rest of the dots. Nice
i have been waiting for this episode to come out. After you almost lost your machine I want to see you get revenge on this pond!
Nice and fast swing on that machine. I can hear every word you say in there as well. Nice going so far, Chris.
i rented a 329 like that a few years ago for a retention pond job. it was fun to run for a little bit. tough to grade a 1% slope with one though
As a 49 year operator of heavy equipment, this is one of my favorite channels.
So you've been running heavy equipment for 49 years?? Bruh you don't look a day over 45 😂😂🤦🤦
Liked it so much didn't even seem like 47 minutes! You know Jeff isn't going to let you let this down! Does seem like a really smooth operating machine!
Already looking forward to the next part of this cleanup!
So nice to see real professionals.
Thank you
Would love to see a time laps of some of this being done! 😃👍🏼
Those fence posts looked like domino's toppling....lol. You showed alot of patience on this Chris. Some of the best loading of mud I've seen. Not much spillage at all. Great job!
Very nice operating, but I think you could have put some poly mats down over the lawn to drive the trucks over so you didn't have to re-pick the mud, but that's a bigger operation ;-)
Gives playing in the mud a whole new meaning. Always helps having the right tool for the job, lol. Was thinking, when you were cleaning out around the valve a camera would have been helpful as you had it on the boom at the end but would also have to have a screen to watch. Alas, hindsight. Thanks for sharing.
Cris I just wanted to say than you for making your videos and thanks for explaining the job. Other channels that don’t are boring. Ray from Oregon
The art is to get to know the machine you are working with, and you do it incredibly well thanks again for superb video
I just hold my breath, but Chris is a master.Why is watching this so mesmerizing?
That's exactly how I approached my lady's peach cobbler she just made... Used the long reach for the soupy middle and the smaller bucket for the corners!! Wait for it to cool a little first... Vanilla ice cream is KEY!!!
Wow! Alaska called, that machine should be digging for gold in the Bering Sea.
That certainly step up the game in cleaning out that pond great footage as usual.
Done a few boom and long arm stick swaps with PC1200 down in South Florida, between some of the quarries, everglades and other major setups we stayed busy.
It seems to be a little drier now than when you were there and taught the digger to swim.
Making it Happend
It’s just a bit more frozen, just as sloppy
WOW I got to ride on the boom of a long reach loading out mud !!! Thanks great video !!!
I love the cam-on-the-stick view! I think that same view, with the camera mounted farther up the stick, close to the stick-boom pivot, would be great when you're knocking down trees.
Awwww you're no fun! I was looking forward to more 'aw crap, I almost sunk the excavator' moments! Thanks for sharing your time with us and congrats for getting the center of the mud monster cleaned out.
Excellent narration ! I could watch you all day long... Can't wait to see the end result.
We just used a long teach 324 d clean out a pond and restoration and extend.
It handles excellent and the guy who operated it had little experience and he adapted quick and well
One thing you don’t have to worry about is mud splashing on the front window, dang that a long one. Nice job on figuring it out.
Stay safe
Dwayne
This takes me back to that old video of yours with the long reach that had frikking john deere pattern controls and how frustrated you got with it
Saw your video of you cleaning a canal with a long reach 11 years ago. Got me hooked watching Let’s Dig. Looking forward to more videos of you operating it. Happy Thanksgiving!
There's a pond near me that used to be run-off for a quarry. The quarry is spent so they no longer take care of the drainage. The problem is it has a brook (creek) feeding it and it's meant to slow the flow. Because it hasn't been dredged out for so long it is essentially a puddle and when it rains the water flows through fast. The dam footings are regularly washed out and they spend thousands building errosion defences to stop it, when in fact all they need to do is dredge the bloody pond!
Looks like thats about all the bucket you need, Some of them scoops from around the valve had the back track lifting off the ground.
Good video Chris thank you for sharing
HOA Board to the residents--We have good news and bad news. The good news is the pond is dredged and once it fills back up, we will have a park like area. The bad news is your monthly HOA dues will be going up $500 to pay for the dredging job!!!
Last time I seen you on a long reach was when you cleared the pond of the Lilly pads.
Now you got yourself a real machine....kitty cat power for life!!!!...lol..be safe
These types of jobs are sometimes the most challenging but also the the most rewarding and satisfying. Great muck management Chris ,jobs like this need a good head .
Hell Of A view with the GoPro on the boom. Sounds funny when you dump too.
As a Caterpillar employee it is good to see the Cat. 😊
You know watching them scoops at the end go into the truck really puts you off your dinner but great job it’s starting to take shape and with you doing it Chris it will.
Lol, there is something satisfying about the consistency of that mud jiggling in the bucket.
Another great video Chris, lot of people don't understand the basic lever principles of the longer the arm the less you can pick up, maybe a concrete pump lol !!
all that lovely mud full of nutrients. yum. In a perfect world It'd go on a farmers field/paddock
I have one question. Why would a 72 year old man be fascinated by 47 minutes of watching another man transfer mud from a pond into a dump truck? I don't know why but please keep the videos coming. I want to continue to be fascinated!
Who needs national television when we have Chris and others...That's entertainment!!!....Jack
Me Too Pops, just a few behind you. Reliving My Tonka Toys days in a sand box I guess.
Well I am retired now and I'm watching these and enjoying the heck out of them also. I used to do this type of work when I worked for a small town public works department. The difference is instead of getting up and spending all day in a machine or a truck, I get to watch this from my phone, drinking coffee on my porch and showing my 6 year old grandson what his grandpa did for a living. Life is beautiful.
Probably the same reason a 42 year old man is interested lol
Rick, never grow up brother.
At my former job at a limestone quarry I saw a D10 dozer get stuck in some overburden that was mostly clay and sand after about three days of rain.
I was a contract computer programmer for about a million years. Whenever I was given a boring project or I had to work for someone who would not listen to any suggestions I had to maraschino that worked really well.
The 1st was 'Rate time hours'
The 2nd was 'Hurt me make me make more money .'
This applies to Chris' work here, sometimes you just gotta suck it up and do the job. My maraschino help!
You can use the Volvo + John to load the trucks. Until you work with the long-reach bringing the material to that loading spot.
The calm voice of the operator (Chris?) and the smooth hum of the machine makes this relaxing to watch. Chris' demeanor makes him immediately likable. I'm a new subscriber to the channel, and liking it! Thanks!
Chris, I love the closeup loading shots! They give a better perspective than even the Drone does!
You got the right machine for the job Catapillar No.1
Do you take the material someplace to dry out and then sell the material as a soil additive? Seems like that sediment would be great for use on farm land and such.
where the sweep of your reach goes over the grass put a layer of dry sand it makes cleaning up afterwards easier.
If you don't mind sharing, what does a job like this price out at?
Did you consider other equipment, such as a clamshell?
Love the different angles, esp. on the boom. You can hear the hydraulic fluid hissing as you manipulate the controls!
It reaches so far that you can’t use a big bucket or the weight of it could flip ya.
WesleyAPEX aw really
@@gregshearer423 Leverage is a bitch sometimes.
Company I worked for has a 375 cat with 70 ft of reach (84 worth of steel).They build a cradle that hooks/bolts to the counnterwieght and holds two large crusher jaws and 2 small ones. It can only handle a 3 yd bucket.
@@anthonythorp7291 only,my 16 ' flat bed trailer with two 5000 lb Axel's can only handle one yard safely. And I wouldn't even get that much for hauling further than the one end of town to the other. That is at maybe 20 kms an hour if that...pee gravel anyway... I hauled way more in top soil ...
@@wynottgivemore9274 I'm not sure what that has to do with this video, but crushed rock weighs about 3,000 lb per yard so your 10K flatbed can definitely handle two yards. I have put a yard of gravel in a half ton truck, and in numerous 3500 lb single axle trailers.
Even with a long reach like that which exaggerates every movement mostly for the bad , u still make this machine run smooth as silk. Nice job chris
Chis you have "the touch, man!" I'd put a catch tarp on the ground next to the dump, however careful and good you are, some will spill off.
He has finesse.
You swing the "baby bucket" like a toy! ;-) Best regards from Overseas.
Might not work for this but maybe you should make a super stick like dirt perfect, think it will help for your pond jobs
Yes, that would save all that machine rental cost, but not the sort of fabrication work that Chris would be interested in, and it's Uncle John who calls the shots.
who's dirt perfect? his channel any good?
Not long enough
@@CaptainKleeman LOL. Next time you are out in a lake within reach of Mike and his 'big stick', you might want to be wearing a life jacket. 😉 💦🚣♂️
Loaded 740 Cat trucks with a cat 352 for a few years. Pretty cool.
42:35 looks like scooping up cow manure and dumping it in truck lol
Looks like dinosaur droppings.
You would struggle to see the Bucket on a foggy morning! :-)
Very interesting what a long reach machine will do. I though you would have move the slop close to the road and let Tim load the trucks with the other machine, or do you have him working at another location.? When I designed silt ponds I always was required to also build a service road for maintenance of the ponds. Is the law different in N.C.?
Thank you for sharing I enjoy watching the way you work.
we have been waiting for you to return to this site
Got a question that had to be well over 100. I did one of those about 3 years ago. And I'll bring you some was a quarter of the size of that 9 foot deep with 93 truck loads out of. Heavy truck loads
Question? If a developer didn't want a money hungry sediment pond to clear every few years, what are other options for storm runoff management are allowed in your area?? Here in the mountains of West Virginia, I guess we don't have the same soil conditions, because we don't use sediment ponds. Just curious...Thanks for the video's Chris....Jack Baker
they dont have a choice, do a pond or no subdivision
@@letsdig18 I hear you, that sucks. Here in WV I guess they just let it all go down the rivers and streams and don't care about it... our soils are not much different from yours, sedimentary for the most part.Thanks Chris..Jack
I've always been taught to load from door side. That way its not going over a cab or anything else
Isn't it more efficient and fast to work in parallel with the regular Volvo and with the long Volvo? Use long with the small bucket just to drag the mud to the range of the regular and with the regular load to the truck?
This is the best machine the long boom wow ,seen some used on Polish vids work done quick precise,well done
That dump truck is dumping the air 2-3 times per bucket load. It either has a decent air leak, or a malfunctioning air governor. Possibly bad head on air compressor...
William Davis or that.
I was a pilot in the army for twenty years. My first taste of construction work was in Montana in the sixties. What kind of licence or certificates does the gov make you have to operate any private equipment?
question from someone who knows nothing about this but why not use a dozer and push the dirt instead buckets from one spot to another? It looks pretty solid under the mud layer.
Wow, like emptying a swimming pool, with a bucket. You will be there a month of sundays. Your doing great, keep digging 18.
That unit will come in very handy!
I wonder if instead of scooping you used a dragging/grading motion to pile it into a ridge would that be more efficient or is that not good for the machine?
The Cat is an impressive bit of kit! I've never driven or used any of those machines, I've driven a few agricultural tractors, and loaded and unloaded one mini-digger, but I was wondering about the 'pendulum' effect of a fully-laden bucket! That bucket may not be the biggest, but it's big enough, and a full one at extended distance has got to make a difference in weight shift!
You're making a good job of that though! :-)
This cat is a LOT quieter than the volvos. You can almost hear him clearly in the cab.
B Harmon cat cabs are silent
I like the long reach its seams to be doing a good job. QUESTION why not back the truck in on the side to load then you don't have to move it so much???? how far is your dump site?????
Every time I see a long reach I remember the ass backwards controls lol 😂 good video bud!
that was one of my favorite videos i laughed so hard at that
The only reason it has ass backwards controls is if you used to operate a backhoe all excavators are normally on standard
@@rise-amorph8178 chris runs excavator controls on excavator and backhoe controls on backhoes. Gotta give to him I could never switch back and forth unfourtanley I learned on backhoe controls so that's the only controls I could use decently.
@@snowblowerman5115 I learned on a backhoe and can't run a backhoe at all but can run an excavator perfectly fine I don't know why but I can't go back to how a backhoe runs at all
@@snowblowerman5115 and that excavator should be a standard excavator position unless they change the hoses out on it