They know.

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the compliment.

we move some of our labors to the operators and get a much better operator out of it.

That’s what rats do. 🤷

That is laborers work should not have to be getting in an out of the machine as it detracts from the production time of the equipment this must be a non union job

@@MrJenten10 I run loaders and crawler loaders on a pipe crew and I get out to help anytime I’m not busy. No one has any respect for operators who hang out in their cabs all day when not operating. In fact we run those guys out quick

@@jeff7764 So if i get out of my machine at age 63 to help load something, shovel, sweep, etc etc and i get injured, hit by a car, fall in the ditch etc etc, the first question the safety people are going to ask is what were you doing out of the machine loading manhole covers ??? We pay laborers 100 k plus to do that... And now i am not eligible for comp. Beyond that the laborers on my job are fantastic and there is never a need to get out of the equipment. where in the world do you work ? Are you non union?

I am glad that my videos may supply you with an escape. 🤞I hope things work out for you.

@@TheLeverMonkey thank you. Stay safe!👍🏼

🤞 relax and watch these guys work. Great digging and partnership on site ! Hope a Kidney comes along

@@suzylarry1 thank you for your support.

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Thank you

You ever pre-trench with a heavy rock trencher?

@@lnpipeline3306 yeah we do and it’s easy easier but storm drains are no fun..

We just had to saw cut with a trench tech 2300 then come back and dig it and lay 12 in water

@@brentsikes1398 How’d that Trench Tech run? I’ve been looking at a used 2700, but I don’t know much about them, other than the fact that they are mechanical. Basically look like a Trencor. Do you do your trenching in house or contract it out?

@@lnpipeline3306no a

Appreciate it

not really,,, needs to stop slappin and smackin that bucket to the stops to empty every time

Thank you for watching. check out my other videos.

Thanks

Can watch this all day long. Easy!

They are ok for a behind rig but I don't like digging with them.

I have never had any love for Kobelco. Maily the 35 tone and up. the smaller ones are on pare with the rest of the company's out there. Komatsu and John Deere are the same rigs with different paint. I have never run a Kuboter mini mostly the Takachuiche (as I call them). The company I work for has the most in the USA out of all the companies. and yes CAT has a small cab in there mini line. Back hoes have there place. but I am not a fan when you can get a mini in to places that a backhoe won't go. I learned on a old 580B CASE 3 stick and pedal swing. I know all the controls, CAT, John deere, CASE, and FORD they don't make any more.

I don't need high tech to dig. Just a good ground man.

@@TheLeverMonkey don't we all at the end of the day sticks are sticks a bucket is a bucket they'll get the job done

The last job we did had 2 leaks that were loader hand related.

Thanks for visiting

Sure thing. I do have a video on back fill with a wheel compactor. check out my 101 videos.

Over here in New Jersey we very rarely have the opportunity to work in open areas like that and it's mostly granite or bluestone. We run a totally different operation putting in water main. We just have one Hoe digging and one Loader with a side dump backfilling. And nowadays the contractors are trying to do it with one Operator digging and backfilling. A lot of us very experienced Operators won't go on utility jobs anymore just because of that. Digging and backfilling is too too much for one man. Good luck guys. Enjoy your day.

Thank you 👍

We have a Vermer trencher that only gets used on rock jobs or places that are open with no crossings to deal with. I have around 10 miles of trench time on it.

Where are you located ? I’m here in north Texas

Yep, I recognize the logo from the loader that sailed by - definitely Preston. They like to use those rotary sheeps-foot attachments for compaction too. I always crack up when I see these urban pipeline jobs, where they're using a tiny excavator and a huge loader on the same project. The loaders take up the entire street.

Thanks!

@@TheLeverMonkey I posted some "constructive criticism" previously. I honestly do like your videos. :)

@@jerrycarroll4581 Every comment helps so please post away.

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We have inspection done on some jobs not all.

@@TheLeverMonkey everything is inspected here, Seattle area.

They do both. So the equipment is owned by another partner company and we pay rent for them to be on the job. But they are company equipment, if that makes any since.

The grade was six feet for the first 600 feet and dropped to eight feet for the rest.

You say cat 101 but that machine is a kobelco isn't it

@@brianwalker1386 I hav3e had the name for years. A previous company had bought me a CAT 350 that I ran for 7 years.

We slap mainline in at 4 feet in utah

It is to protect the outside coting on the steel pipe from the rock we put around it.

Union

I am in a local union you would have to ask them. We have guys sitting at home right now.

I am not sure how it works up there. but I was planning on making a video about getting started. or how I got started.

@@TheLeverMonkey please do bro, I’ll be waiting for that one!👌🏼

@@chopboss go to your local operators engineer hall an inquire about there schooling they have thru apprentice classes here it is a year in class an out in field classes. Depending on wages there u can get with a company that does infrastructure work some do pipe an dirt work some just utilities an road work. Several different scenarios but u just got to get out an start on a pipe crew or u can pay a company to go to school. Good luck lot of different roads to go down

@@chriscolwell2963 true true. Thank you for that bro I really appreciate it.

​​@@chopboss Lots of different paths, mine was to start as a laborer for a small company that had union operators but non-union laborers. Worked hard and learned as much as I could, let them know I eventually wanted to be an operator, and after a few years they got me into the union as a journeyman bypassing the apprenticeship program. But that heavily depends on getting in with a good group of guys who are going to help you out.

Power lines aren't generally run over the center of a road lmao. As for the quick change, you can see and hear it latch and the first time he curls out after changing buckets it's over the end of the trench line with no pipe, shoring, or laborers underneath it that could get hit anyway. Armchair operator nitpicking just to nitpick.

Just because you can hear it latch doesn’t mean it latches properly

Here we go 35 year old with 50 years of experience

Why?