Excavator digging technique for beginners

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@wallyblackburn 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait until the neighbor sees what you did to his yard! ;)

@benoitchartrand5772 3 жыл бұрын

Very good and especially well explained vid. I rented an excavator and tried it without any knowledge. In short your video helped me a lot. Thanks

@briantomazi9491 4 жыл бұрын

sorry neal but that is so wrong. the bucket should be flat and the teeth do all the work and you dont curl the bucket till your coming out of the ground. If you keep the bucket flat you can keep the bottom of the ditch flat, clean and on grade buy gauging of the pins on the bucket. I dont want to hurt your feels.

@MessicksEquip 4 жыл бұрын

I'm aware. My thinking was that's a more advanced technique than what a novice operator would be able to manage

@personalfunfest 4 жыл бұрын

@@MessicksEquip it would be cool Neal if you combined novice with advanced techniques... show the n00b way, then show the pro way... that would be kewl👌🏾

@manilamartin1001 3 жыл бұрын

I learned this way too

@hoffpauirconcrete.semperfidCC 2 жыл бұрын

Diggind over water gas sewer or electrical always teeth down so the spotter can see as soon as you are on or near a line

@manuelorellana3646 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video I’m planning on buying my first mini excavator. Thanks for all that great information.

@Rincypoopoo 5 ай бұрын

Good video. I bought a "retro" for my tractor. Had a blast learning to use it. Just reached the point of not thinking about what control when working. Your film would have speeded me up but I now know that I picked up no bad habits. Thank you.

@michaelhawkins5855 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, very interesting. I am a gravedigger and never before thought about pinning when the ground is too hard to dig. I will try this method.

@gregb2144 4 жыл бұрын

Nice one ,Neal. Learned something !

@johntheaccountant5594 3 жыл бұрын

Great demonstration. Some interesting good points. I am looking at buying a U35-6 in Thailand.

@wickedleeloopy2115 3 жыл бұрын

After a while digging becomes quite rhythmic & most machines are quite intuitive in there design .I don't use an excavator that often but over the last 25 years I much rather be running the pipework than digging the trench. But as I get older I'm reconsidering the easier option of digging.

@jeff7764 2 жыл бұрын

If I wasn’t on a pipe crew, I wouldn’t even work in construction. I dig every once in awhile but prefer the loader guy job. It’s fast paced and very busy all day

@BiffsEquipment 4 жыл бұрын

Another great learning video!

@personalfunfest 4 жыл бұрын

I definitely learned alot! keep doing these beginner videos! great job... love from SoCal ✌🏾

@nealtubbs9608 4 жыл бұрын

That was very informative.

@TF856 3 жыл бұрын

Some operators on the job would call this method completely wrong. You should be slicing off layers two to three inches thick going horizontally about 3 ft long until you get to the bottom of the trench. and keep the bucket teeth pointing slightly down as you're cutting off each layer. Then you move the machine. If you scrape the face of the trench from the bottom up you cause a lot of extra dirt to fall in which means it also takes longer to dig and to back fill the trench. It also leaves the trench looking ragged. Also do not use a bucket that is too wide cuz it can slow down the process quite a bit. It's also important to keep the sides and the bottom of the trench smooth and straight. But if you're digging on your own land just be careful not to hit any pipes or wires Underground. if you're not sure call your local utility company and ask them to check for underground utilities also known as USA's or underground service alerts.

@newzealandearthmover4008 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly my thought's too. Plus blade at the rear gives you more vision in the trench and no chance of catching the blade with the bucket teeth when digging deep. So cowboy taking the top layer off like the video shows aye. Rough as guts haha

@erlandhov1409 8 ай бұрын

"You should be slicing off layers two to three inches thick going horizontally about 3 ft long until you get to the bottom of the trench." I'm sure your method is good for soft soil, but for hard clay you should do it the complete opposite way, in my experience. Scraping takes forever i hard clay, and there is no reason to worry about the trench collapsing or getting uneven when the clay is hard. Therefor, if the clay is hard, you should first digg all the way to the bottom of the trench in any way you want. Then you should make the wall nearest yourself (I'm not talking about the sidewalls) as vertical as possible (get rid of the swing shape at the bottom of the trench). And then, when the wall in front of you is vertical to the bottom, you should start chipping of parts of it from topp to bottom, about a feet at a time. And then chip of a new vertical line. It is important to keep the wall as vertical as possible (still not talking about the sidewalls) for each vertical chipping round. This way, I think, will be a lot more effective in hard clay, because you need to be breaking it up instead of scraping it. Think about it as rock. You would never think of trying to scrape off rock in layers.

@stevecarter8810 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, been looking for a video at this level. Figuring out the levers is easy, but knowing what not to do is important. I would like to know more about landscaping slopes, what to do when there isnt a level spot for the excavator

@benkenobi671 3 жыл бұрын

Tracks squared up to the slope - in other words, tracks up and down the slope, not sideways with the slope (see bench for alternate) - be careful with the swing though. you can still tip if the bucket isn't close to the house and/or the swing is too fast, stops abruptly, or not a fluid motion. You can also cut a bench if the slope is large enough or steep enough. The last option is to tie off to a dozer or some other anchor point - but that is something only highly experienced operators should do. Two other thoughts - on a slope work over your idlers - so going uphill they should be in front, going downhill is the opposite. If you have a blade, put it down below the machine on the slope and gently dig it in. Where your spoil goes is also important, because it either has to go back in or be hauled away! Consult the operator’s manual to determine safe operating ratios for working directly on a slope with your particular excavator. Do not exceed these ratios!

@williemckinzie8132 2 жыл бұрын

You suppose to check your FLUIDS 😎 pre trip the MACHINE

@scottsenjo7607 3 жыл бұрын

Totally excellent, man. Thank you.

@pingpong9656 3 жыл бұрын

Great teacher - I'm familiar with the controls but this sort of experience based knowledge is gold for rookies. Any other videos of this experience/knowledge type? How do you go about learning to coordinate the boom, arm and bucket to grade/trench flat? Safest way to load a trailer would be good too - there is too much conflicting advice out there. I hope to grade and trench for house soon - any details there would be awesome too.

@ashkandi1337 Жыл бұрын

Coordination comes with hours of practice, whereas in order to load a truck/trailer i'd suggest to never swing over the cab or vehicle that's towing the trailer. The golden advice is to stay safe and get those hours in, you'll get better in no time

@alanjackson4397 4 жыл бұрын

I wanted to see your Method for filling the hole back up

@ScottyLo 2 жыл бұрын

Great explanation of how to operate an excavator

@frederickmoller 4 жыл бұрын

I operated a KH41, I maybe wrong on the model number, it's been 20 years, but this was 'underground' at a gold mine in northern Ontario, Canada. It was used for drainage ditches and clean-up between the railway tracks as drainage was 'very' important in keeping the tracks in good condition, I had this job for about 7 years. BTW, there was no training involved for me, I was just given a reprint of the operators manual and told to learn the operations on my own. I can say that operating the Kubota was the best job that I ever had, and it wasn't only used for ditching, we had the hydraulic rock breaker attachment that was used for breaking oversize muck (rock) and even freeing frozen muck at the surface crusher in -40F temps without a cab, now that was cold, but it still did the trick. Mini excavators are a really handy piece of equipment!

@LindenRanch 4 жыл бұрын

I will try these techniques. My tractor is the BX23S. It would be great if you could do a similar video for the back hoe. I tend to pull the tractor into the dig area even with outriggers down.

@TERRORoftheLORD 4 жыл бұрын

He made a backhoe video digging french drains that you can look up

@josephetchison3742 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I am a new at using my excavator and need all the help I can get. Thanks

@jeffcessna Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you sharing. I know little techniques like this make all the difference in time spent on a job.

@cyrex686 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, big help for me.

@davidray4285 3 жыл бұрын

Those spoils need to be atleast 2 feet from your trench.

@PrecisionCSGO 2 жыл бұрын

Bucket curl to dig out a full bucket, got it, thank you! I was trying to use the arm to dig and my machine was lifting up. I was doing it wrong 🤦‍♂️ Will try again!

@carlafernandez9409 3 жыл бұрын

Fell into this video and I have to say, this was extremely informative.

@grofam9888 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you for your time

@noahater5785 3 жыл бұрын

first rule of digging a hole, check for underground utilities so you you don't run into and damage underground electric/internet cables or gas/water line

@omgnothingisavl 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks.

@elmess5246 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for all the comments from full-time operators saying you're doing it wrong and that beginners shouldn't even try to run machinery if they can't do it "right".

@benkenobi671 3 жыл бұрын

Well, when a "machine" contacts something or someone unintentionally, that something or someone gets crushed or killed... so there is that.

@davidray4285 3 жыл бұрын

They shouldn't! If they operate the machine to hard and blow a hydraulic line and high pressure hydraulic fluid sprays into someone's blood stream they have minutes to live. So many things can go wrong if someone doesn't know what they are doing. Anyone can run those machines few can operate them!

@mrrizz0 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidray4285 I been around guys who’s blown lines before and got hydraulic all over me. I guess you mean if you somehow have a gaping wound and it goes in your blood stream ? Idk but yea running machines isn’t for everyone

@keithb3015 3 жыл бұрын

you are an awesome dude.

@brianpritt4154 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you didn't break that good sod just for a demo

@d.a.ballou9740 4 жыл бұрын

Brian Pritt: I agree, I almost cried watching that! :) But otherwise a good video.

@craigslitzer4857 3 жыл бұрын

Demonstration and testing is part of almost any sales business tho.

@jayesh5131 Ай бұрын

Great video mate. Very useful for beginners 💯

@coreybreaux8740 4 жыл бұрын

you always do a very good job. the first thing to do is call before you did. keep up the informative videos.

@pushnpow 3 жыл бұрын

Most manufacturers recommend digging with the blade behind you (pinning, as you call it) in mini excavators, up to 7 ton. If your machine is tilting forward, it’s because you’re reaching too far out and/or you have too much weight in the bucket. Keep within 45 degrees vertical on your dipper angle and you shouldn’t have that problem. Your blade can be used to aide penetration, the counterweight is designed to balance the machine, without overloading the hydraulics. Cat made a video a while ago (which we had to sit through in a site induction once), which details how they intend their machines to be used: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbiKlbJ-1Mu4qGw.html Not trying to discredit your video or anything, I apologise if I’m coming across as a know-it-all.

@OzMate79 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know why you should dig with the blade behind you?

@2pacalypse25 2 жыл бұрын

I've never ever seen anyone digging with their blade behind them

@padraig4530 2 жыл бұрын

You're spot on mate,take it out in lairs.If a novice excavated like this on his test he wouldn't have much chance of a pass.

@Bryan46162 Жыл бұрын

@@2pacalypse25 That's because it's counter-intuitive. But it's the correct way. Otherwise you can't get the downward force necessary for lots of soil types.

@and11rew09 Жыл бұрын

Try to separate soil types ie topsoil / subsoil

@keiths-teeth 2 жыл бұрын

be interesting to have a bit of an explanation of the spec sheet

@eco_guardian 2 жыл бұрын

Really well explained thanks

@wilsonmendoza1574 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for teaching

@johndesmelyk6748 4 жыл бұрын

You may wanna emphasize calling for a utility markout prior to any excavation…

@Konigstiger 4 жыл бұрын

Depends on where you live. I live out in the country, and I have 0 buried utility lines that I haven't put in myself...

@adrianarnold1177 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video!

@lalitdhiman1389 3 жыл бұрын

Please tell me this rate/price

@terenfro1975 2 жыл бұрын

I've used one of these three times for trenching. They are good for the first 24 inches. After that it is hard Gumbo. 36 to 72 inches will require a mid-sized machine.

@MessicksEquip 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing about the machine changes magically at 24 in. Probably a change in your soil conditions.

@thomasdavis4253 5 ай бұрын

I can only speak from my experience, but being heavy with the bucket curl is a good way to find buried infrastructure. Let the teeth do the work. Rake the dirt in long shallow passes with the teeth at a 45 degree angle. Dont worry about scooping dirt till you have enough built up to fill the bucket. I find it is much easier to keep a trench flat cause you can bring several feet of trench down at the same time. Imagine digging a trench in soft dirt with your hand. Your fingers are the teeth, your hand the bucket... etc etc. You dig with your bucket, while crowding the dipper. The bucket and dipper do most of the work. The boom mainly just lifts/lowers to keep the other two in the right geometry for digging. It can get used to add downforce on certain cases but i digress.

@876_bad 2 жыл бұрын

You should be scrapping the top off first before digging like that😊

@manuelsoria5934 3 жыл бұрын

Now try to dig without busting the edges for a nice clean cut, what you're doing there is just forcing that poor little machine go 2 to 3 inches down at a time instead of the whole bucket and use the full boom towards you for a better and efficient job, and if you do it right you end up with a full bucket and much much nicer trench!

@AfricanEmpress01 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was a great explanation. My bros had one before, interesting and fun. P.E.A.C.E

@nataliewangui3256 3 жыл бұрын

That's a good job

@ehsantop2442 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice video

@woodhousewoodhouse5952 2 жыл бұрын

its a good job u only did a little trench as it would have been a proper mess

@conorodonnell1826 Жыл бұрын

Great video👍

@robpk84 2 жыл бұрын

I know this is work for a lot of guys but looks like a load of fun to me.

@rp1645 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the Teaching on small Excavator just always remember where your drive sprockets are. what way to push travel levers. If you Rented a small Excavator, never ran one. at job site. just practice extending the Dipper out as far as it will go. put BUCKET just above ground. and practice pullings in boom and Dipper WITHOUT bucket digging into ground. get smooth at both function. don't pull Levers hard. Just very slowly smoothly pull them at a together movement. the Excavator boom is different than a standard backhoe boom. Just practice on top of ground first. Everyone has there first DAY of being a operator. Take a look back at the 70s era of Excavator. The operator used his feet for Dipping and Bucker. They were on the foot pedals. the Swing was forward and back on one of the Big Levers. The other Lever was usually your boom. Why did they have Foot pedal for function. It was because of the cable drum Brake system on cable Excavator. The operator were use to using there feet back then.

@ZJYOUNG1182 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the video!

@flalingbashers2957 3 жыл бұрын

You are supposed to dig in layers incase you hit.any services.And take the grass of first then top soil in a different pile.

@larrymoore6640 4 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable and educational. Thank you for this video

@sythex92 Ай бұрын

Crazy what a few extra inches does.

@danielgreenhalgh4889 2 жыл бұрын

Just passed my digger ticket brand new on these any tips

@personalfunfest 4 жыл бұрын

why don't you have a store in Southern California? 😥

@personalfunfest 3 жыл бұрын

@Eric Wood there are kubota dealers all throughout southern California

@mikeprudenti7273 3 жыл бұрын

Blade on a mini goes behind you. Its more stable and you get a better reach.

@cadenlowery4364 2 жыл бұрын

you NEVER dig on your final drive idc what the manual says

@andrewnichols1240 4 жыл бұрын

Howdy I need a Scarifier to up root brush bring up stone and break through uneven pasture taraine berfore plowing but my dealer say none out there?

@MikeDPlxztc 4 жыл бұрын

Plenty of Scarifiers out there even after market lots of them trouble is they're really expensive I'm in the process right now building my own if you can't do that go to a machine shop and have them do it for you way cheaper than buying 1 new. I bought a used machine never been to the dealership but it sounds to me like your dealer doesn't know what the heck he's talking about

@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Neil just to relate one of the craziest things I ever saw I was working in a new house development and heard all this yelling and screaming , looked around house and here is a guy sitting in the bucket of a huge track digger being spun around in circles as fast as it could go at full throttle with the operator and guy in bucket laughing their heads off. I bet if boss caught them they would be in unemployment line.

@vladimirvlad2563 3 жыл бұрын

No.I bet the boss would say:"damn that's funny as hell!Now it's my turn!"

@Ra-218 3 жыл бұрын

That WAS the boss mate. That's what happens when you turn up late to work after a night on the grog.

@Journeyman1642 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhwhhhh 😩. That nice grass

@DanRibar 5 ай бұрын

If I need a 7 ft deep 24" diameter hole, how much can you control the machine to make the hole as small as possible?

@MessicksEquip 5 ай бұрын

Use an auger. You'll end up with a large hole without it.

@FromTheHood2TheWoods 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@khaistazenmelnisar4197 2 жыл бұрын

SIR PRICE ARE AVILABLE IN PAKISTAN

@adamr7068 Ай бұрын

Thanks this was useful.

@user-mk2ir8fk2d 10 ай бұрын

Wow ...This is interesting

@airbornestud3007 2 жыл бұрын

Can it dig a foot deep trench in hard clay soil?

@MessicksEquip 2 жыл бұрын

With a small bucket, yes

@Bryan46162 Жыл бұрын

Blade actually goes behind to provide more downward force to dig.

@wonsik-kim 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, nice to meet you 🇰🇷I support you with a wonderful video 🤝

@lion-of-lucia1158 Ай бұрын

nice machine

@benkenobi671 3 жыл бұрын

If you have to "pin", (except on a slope) then you are probably digging incorrectly. If you are digging correctly and still can't pull the material out without "pinning", you probably need a breaker or a ripper, which is beyond the skills of a novice operator. (imho)

@nurulamin2164 Жыл бұрын

Very good

@detroitdiesel12v71 4 жыл бұрын

Excavators are NOT ZERO TURN MOWERS. Maneuvering like that is extremely hard on your machines undercarriage.

@willdoe3984 3 жыл бұрын

You keep saying " tip point ", it's called the point of center of gravity. Also they make them to have most of the weight in the back to counter weight the arm!

@hhazelhoff1363 2 жыл бұрын

Can you tip it just for fun

@user-ib7le5ml5o 2 жыл бұрын

A little different on a big machine with no blade

@richgarland6170 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Awesome video mate. You look super competent. I'm thinking of undertaking excavator training, as a career change. Is there any advice, tips or general pointers you may be able to think of that would benefit me knowing, prior booking a training facility.. Anything at all that comes to mind, you may be able to think of that perhaps will help me ... Thanks very much

@danielgabriel5539 Жыл бұрын

California's watching you dig through a perfectly good lawn that they're not even allowed to grow 👀

@Ron-ds2ob 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like you killed 2 birds with one stone. You made another interesting video, AND you got your shower in for today.

@tacodriver89 3 жыл бұрын

Who taught this guy how to diggg

@JustinSeiffert 7 ай бұрын

You are actualy suposed to have the blade behind You when diging

@Gary-iy4oh Жыл бұрын

Telling u how to use it and can’t even start it 😂

@dmazz1580 4 жыл бұрын

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@francus7227 3 ай бұрын

Nice. But the ONLY thing I learned? I am 100% HIRING someone. I don't need to learn any more about an excavator than..... Not me. Get a professional. I did tap the thumbs up 👍 button to feed the algorithm monsters.

@wiliamheadwoods 2 жыл бұрын

Blades meant to be behind you when digging 🙄

@cadenlowery4364 2 жыл бұрын

no it’s not you never dig on your final drive idc what your manual calls for

@wiliamheadwoods 2 жыл бұрын

@@cadenlowery4364 Not only does it act as an anchor preventing the machine tipping back as you apply pressure in the dig, but it also allows you significantly improved visibility down into the trench, which is especially helpful when working in close proximity to live services

@davidguy8587 3 жыл бұрын

Incorrect young fella !

@victorgibson4932 3 жыл бұрын

He's not very good on that digger. He'd be pulling services all day.

@chfour83 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that I was taught to take it off the top and not dig so deep because of underground buried utilities

@SaulGarcia-jg7iv 2 жыл бұрын

Come on guys he’s teaching basics for digging not a surgical trench were pg&e and all other utilities have all ready bin marked and you would have to be digging across, above,or adjacent to water,gas, electric conduit or any other. Fuck all you guys just try finding microscopic criteria tu bring up in any videos no one is perfect!!!

@davidmgaya2609 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your explanations,

@briansmith8405 4 жыл бұрын

The reason you want to dig over the blade is because you don’t want to dig over your wheel motors. Less wear and tear on the undercarriage.

@MikeDPlxztc 4 жыл бұрын

That's true and also not, with the smaller machines especially Minis, doesn't really matter. when it comes to larger machines that are very heavy that is an issue

@miximusoptimus2413 Жыл бұрын

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@duncanscriven9565 2 жыл бұрын

shouldn’t dig like that, taking bites. you should always dig on the grade. less wear and tear. imagine there is a gas pipe or electric cable.

@bobbo9549 7 ай бұрын

Surely only an idiot would operate a 360 without reading AND UNDERSTANDING the duties chart. Let me tell you as an accident investigator a lot of operators don’t bother!!!!!