385C L Powerstripe loading pitrun

[@wayneherby5449]

Love how you popped out that rock at the end, great skill :D

[@Kornberger1212]

As the jammed stone was pushed out between the prongs on the circuit was still the crowning glory. Top Video wants to see more! ;-)))

[@caleb505]

I love watching your vids and half the entertainment comes with the comments, there's always someone who's jealous and has to try and tell you how to run your machine. As always though you prove them wrong. Your a great operator and know your machine inside and out. Great videos man, love watching them.

[@MrBooojangles]

Another cool video man, I wish I had your job.

[@22tankr]

man I get almost jealous when I watch your videos....I'm only an amateur operator if that..Keep up the god vids....love the 385's !

[@leeotp]

you are skilled operator..you did it smoothly.. im an tx operator too. im from philippines.. nice job....

[@69rd96]

That's a perfect excavator and truck match right there!

[@The.Chiefman]

I love that little tooth pick right at the end

[@uggy7]

hi, i really enjoy your videos, i like machinery although i've never operated any. Thanks for doing the videos, be Safe

[@Dirtnsnow22]

Great vids! keep em comin. You live my dream!

[@pmh2288]

Ha nice.. was just suprised to see you wearin that, i did a double take cause thats wear i work in PA and i saw that ur all the way up in alberta. Anyhow nice machine, would love to run one.. 345me's the biggest ive operated and the biggest we have now, used to have a a couple 65's 75's and a 85 but with the economy we had to get rid of em. Costs a shit load to move it as much as we had to too. Hope it comes back real strong cause then we might get some of em back and ill get a shot at one.

[@pmh2288]

Haha nice.. was just suprised to see you wearin that, i did a double take cause thats wear i work in PA and i saw that ur all the way up in alberta. Anyhow nice machine, would love to run one.. 345me's the biggest ive operated and the biggest we have now, used to have a a couple 65's 75's and a 85 but with the economy we had to get rid of em. Costs a shit load to move it as much as we had to too. Hope it comes back real strong cause then we might get some of em back and ill get a shot at one.

[@vantagetes]

The stick actually stays on, unpinning the cylinder to allow that little bit more "bend" is way faster than having to bring a crane in to take the stick off every time. Still goes on 2 trucks as the counterweight has to come off.

[@terraincognitagaming]

In your vids it looks like you're in a giant playground with machines.

[@littlescottisheuan]

yoo man i like how u ended that video by taking that rock out coz that would really piss me of for some reason haha

[@vantagetes]

Yeah the trick is to always have yourself in a position that you can catch yourself with the bucket.

[@vantagetes]

When we float the machine it's too high. You can either take the bucket off (pain in the ass cause the linkage flops around and you can break it if you set the boom on it) or pull the stick cylinder pin. The cable goes to the small bit welded halfway down the stick and holds it up so you can move around without it flopping all over the place.

[@vantagetes]

@redheadedduckhunter Because I was in the way while I was climbing up. As a safety precaution they don't back in unless spotted or I have instructed them to load side by side.

[@vantagetes]

@HomebrewCigarsmoker Because we're in a corner. I keep telling you that you don't know all the facts and I've already assessed all the possible ways of doing the job before I start loading. We are building a deep cell for a landfill so we can't just cut roads where ever we want, certain dirt has to be removed for structures and other material is left to be reused around pipe etc. If you keep insisting on making yourself look like an ass with your uninformed comments Ill keep calling you on it.

[@jordan1789]

vantagetes ..some people just don't understand what it takes to always position yourself just right to run the perfect cut. Sometimes you just have to do what you can.

[@paininthe10]

Best job in the world !

[@vantagetes]

@HomebrewCigarsmoker Do what I do and set it up at break. There's no box sometimes things just have to get done with the equipment you have. This was all set up to be dozed, no dozer available so away we go playing front shovel and working in corners. I can still get 85% or better production loading it into trucks as I go rather then have the dozer work for two days at a cost to push it out so we can "drive by" load it.

[@vantagetes]

@blakesbitch Only their trucks. I love both running and loading them!

[@vantagetes]

@HomebrewCigarsmoker Please do. Let me know if you have trouble getting equipment Diggin' Ditchin' n' Bitching Productions owns a couple complete rigs.

[@vantagetes]

Yes that is correct, the edge was a little high and when I spun to the truck my counterweight would have rubbed. I pulled the dirt down against my track so I could swing without losing any paint (pet peeve of mine). I have one uploading right now!

[@vantagetes]

@gimpy80 Nothing really it's just a trim level (started painting the cylinders/hood black and has the orange "powerstripe" bar beside the model number).

[@vantagetes]

@chieftanzzz Thanks in that pitrun I had to do that at least once a day so I was getting pretty good at it. Trick is picking the right time to do it otherwise the truckers get all confused and think you want something haha.

[@jserra17]

I'm a wanna-be. Retired desk jockey that never got over the Tonka Toys. Last week, an old friend in the excavating business called to say he needed an operator, would I like to give it a try. I did - ran an excavator and wheel loader. What I've learned - no video, cause every body probably can do it better than me!

[@vantagetes]

@HomebrewCigarsmoker The engineers design where the channel for the pipe zone goes, we dig it out. Unless you have a way to float trucks either down a 150 ft 1:1 slope or over the vertical edge for the dividing berm on the right you'd have to do it the same way. Sure a truck or two may be not exactly where I'd like but you have to leave room to scratch at the hardpan and with no radios its faster to just load them where they stop then try to get them moved.

[@jordan1789]

vantagetes ..the truth

[@lue1975lue]

Damn, u get some wicked angles on that thing. I guess you use the bucket for stability?

[@vantagetes]

@markdmy Yeah in quick you lose power which makes it slower with a large bucket like that. It's alright if you're using a cleanup to smooth things of or something but not the greatest for heavy digging.

[@LordEthan2]

your a good operator.. ill be doing this soon one of these days, any tops for a novice headin out to the mines to work much the same as you are? / safety pointers?

[@Modellbagger]

very nice Videos. I like it

[@skizmog]

awesome vid! how much longer is the stick on the new 385 than the old one?

[@vantagetes]

@MattijsDeSmedt I threw a bucket or two in from ground level before I climbed up, but that doesn't explain the pull away part of his comment.

[@vantagetes]

@constructionfan Not this one but if you add a quick attach or a longer bucket (say trenching) you probably could. Best not to find out anyways! There's no reason you should be that close anyways.

[@CATMUSCLE]

Nice!! You got a fair bit more to move there yet??

[@AndrewHagler418]

cool i live near bass lake in california and they are always working ion the dam they had some machines like this

[@terraincognitagaming]

btw how safe are the bobcats (and the volvo equivalents if you've been in any) if you were to drop, or land on the side or your head.

[@JimBruce42]

great video man, Kind of a tight bench you got yourself propped up on there huh?

[@vantagetes]

@airsoftsniper06 It was? Look again there is dirt up to the top of the greedy boards on both sides.

[@redheadedduckhunter]

Why were tge trucks far away from your bench before they backed in?

[@johnnymurff4137]

Big scoops of material being loaded

[@vantagetes]

@Mitroglou Have never gotten the pleasure of running a Liebherr yet so I cannot fairly say.

[@gavinwurm3097]

Yeesh! What type of dirt are you guys working in. We don’t have anything like that down in Minnesota.

[@vantagetes]

Gavin Wurm Pitrun? It’s (river) gravel before it’s run through the crusher.

[@vantagetes]

@henry15forever Ever run the big Cat hoes? Cat doesn't build a lot of swing speed into them especially the 385. Especially when you're swinging a big bucket on a long or GP stick most people will pull the stick in and whip it out at the truck. It will help increase swing speed by recycling some oil into the swing system and bringing the weight in closer to the machine makes it more stable and means you're swinging 20k lbs of dirt 10ft from center instead of 30ft from center.

[@25mfd]

Interesting story. You remind me of the "walk-ons" in college sports. You know... the guys who didn't get the BIG scholarships but came on the team via the backdoor. Put up a video. I'll make the you tube community to swear not to criticize it :)

[@vantagetes]

@LordEthan2 Look before you swing, use your mirrors and always do your walkaround before you get in. As far as operating, get good before you try to be fast. You have to be smooth on the machine before you are going to be quick on it. Anyone can fling the joysticks this way and that but only someone who knows how the machine moves can be quick and smooth.

[@sirlandsalot]

Yup, good operating, people just don't get how to load trucks, noth'in pisses me off more than a dirty counter weight. You are nice and level, full buckets and short swings....

[@mustafachannel5545]

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[@airsoftsniper06]

how comes the first truck was half loaded and pulled awa from the bench?

[@vantagetes]

Haha just wait until I upload the one from today Popcorn! I had about 6" of clearance when I swung the counterweight around.

[@JTFRACING13]

how many yards is that bucket

[@vantagetes]

@huggysthejellyfish Thx mate.

[@johnnymurff4137]

How many tons were loaded??

[@vantagetes]

Around 3600 I think, I will try to remember to look tomorrow. That number is a pure guess haha.

[@vantagetes]

@PaTrIcKat1995 Mining you will always be doing the same thing, every day. Plus most mines are in the middle of no where so you end up either travelling a lot, or doing camp work so you won't see your family much. Construction you do this that and everything between so it changes. You can end up out of town but you're usually home every night for the most part. Mines are not dependant on the weather but construction is. Plus mines you would get paid more.

[@TheOutdoorsman790]

How many cubic yards/meters does that bucket hold? P.S. I love your vids

[@manuelcat320]

nice video! where are you from?

[@AndrewHagler418]

is this a newer excavator

[@vantagetes]

Nah we'll be done by the end of the week.

[@vantagetes]

Any cool videos or pictures to share?

[@25mfd]

HA!!! Wishful thinking,man. These vids are like BLOOD IN THE WATER for those who LOVE to criticize.

[@pmh2288]

whered u get the AI safety vest?

[@vantagetes]

I lied. 2339.1 when I turned it off today.

[@dieselsmokeisgood]

i want to run one of these. thats alot of metal moving around to the right of you lol

[@vantagetes]

@HomebrewCigarsmoker Then post up a video of you doing it the most excellent way since you are quite superior to what we do.

[@vantagetes]

@fishingcanada1 Already have both!

[@THUND3R63]

Guess it gets pretty shaky in there huh?

[@jesuspachecocastillomanuel4863]

Good cat machine

[@glens1690]

dude you got a haircut!

[@vantagetes]

327.6 gal/1240 L

[@devonevans]

@airsoftsniper06 The first truck was full if he put any more on it would have just run out the back anyway and probably left goiters on the haul road.

[@jovusw5813]

What does Powerstripe mean?

[@MrBiggreedy]

You misunderstood my comment about the drive by, and using the dozer to set it up. I know you actually did this about five years ago and I would be impressed if you even remember the circumstances. However what I was referring to was not pushing the material out rather simply use that dozer IF POSSIBLE to cut a bench next to you (this would elevate the trucks and put them in a drive by pattern) and continue to load and manage your material from where your at. Dont get me wrong I know Im not there,cant see it all and respect your skill, just jaw jacking really.

[@vantagetes]

I do remember. There are a couple reasons. The pitrun didn't go very far back so by the time a dozer got up and leveled out the clay on the right enough to safely drive the trucks beside me I would already be finished loading. Loading them on the clay bench would also be slower (boom up time as they would now be at the same level as the excavator) so the cycle time would be similar to waiting for the truck to back in. The other reason is I had to sit in the middle of the pitrun cut to reach both sides. If I sat over by the clay to reach the trucks I wouldn't be able to reach the left side.

[@jacobniece]

Hell yeah thats rough on your swing drive.

[@vantagetes]

@JTFRACING13 Same as other one, 8 yards.

[@brianmcbride99]

@HomebrewCigarsmoker do you really see any way to do a drive by haul pattern at this site? -There isn't one. And his company DOES implement them, look at some of the other vids.

[@bubbaryan1492]

hey man iam thinking about getting into open pit coal mining buisness does operating an exacavator take alot of math?

[@PaTrIcKat1995]

do you like your job or not i was just wondering if i should get a mining job like that or not im still in high school and should i get a summer job excavating? my boss now says that i am a natural at running a cat 416c back hoe but should i go one step further?

[@semecristian]

that shit is kool

[@Exclusive_Criminal]

Most anyone can hog dirt, let's see you pull some grade.

[@vantagetes]

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[@vantagetes]

Miles haha!

[@sc10crashtestdummy]

i think i know what my job is gunu be when im older

[@royalrajput5663]

Is this passion is good if yes then I want join this passion

[@vantagetes]

8yd.

[@electricdes]

50% of the reason i watch ur videos is to see u own people in the comments

[@vantagetes]

Yep.

[@sgtbill5978]

No one with vision issues should cut their own hair

[@vantagetes]

@pmh2288 I stole it!

[@AndrewHagler418]

unfortunaly no but if you go on cranevalleydamproject(dot)com there is some photos

[@UntamedPeanut]

you drive on 10 ? wtf!

[@jserra17]

Just once I'd like to watch a heavy equipment video without some yea-hoo sayin he could have done it better!

[@jeremydorn5168]

Boing

[@MegaHitachi1]

HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! Loader?? you???

[@peoplehaterable]

youre have a nice mashine, but you cant operate with this, lerning by Doing ;-)

[@ahmdserhan8751]

hlo

[@seanlogie3802]

typical rattly horrible cat ,man your quite rough on the machine ,your still slewing when the bucket hits the ground ....tut tut