Another Sunk Excavator Rescue!

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[@christinakirby2518]

Hello Chris . My husband who is 44yr old operated equipment for 28 yr . But in 2018 he had a stroke and it caused brain damage and left him in a mental state. So he can't work anymore. I put your videos also other creators on for him to keep him entertained. He watches every one of your videos several times. Keeps him smiling . So thank you Chris for entertaining him. Blessings to you and your family

[@jk3dad]

I wish your husband and yourself the best.

[@ACoustaDC]

Truly a cool story!

[@johnxzx9139]

What a beautiful sentiment.. I hope someone will do that for me when its time.

[@ACoustaDC]

@Kane Zion You're right nobody gives a s***

[@richardtodd6843]

I've been fascinated by some of these videos and it's not just because I enjoy seeing work being done or dirt moved around. It's clear that the operator has learned to engage his mind to understand the three-dimensional forces affecting his work and the machine, sometimes solving pretty complex puzzles to do the work. So I suspect that you, in providing your husband with these videos, are not only keeping him entertained but also helping his brain into figuring out how to work around some of the damage caused by the stroke. Good for you!

[@SvendleBerries]

- *"I wasnt stuck until I got stuck."* Been there, done that lol

[@MetaView7]

I wasn't stuck; I just couldn't get out . . .

[@doug1234dougx]

LOL

[@jk3dad]

Been there done that quite a few times. Mostly pickup trucks and a few tractors. Buried a Ford model 1920 halfway up the motor, had to hire someone with that one.

[@chetthejet3896]

The man is smart, he has a friend named Chris. Job well done and fast.

[@mortifersoldat]

"i'm not stuck, I just can't get out." Most amazing line ever.

[@GommermanHE]

I wanted to upvote, but I will leave as is (nice).

[@74jojo]

"Everything was fine until it wasn't" 😉 Great job Chris and good sport Mark 👍

[@adamorsini4585]

That should be on a shirt

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

@@adamorsini4585 seriously, I’m still laughing. At least he has a good sense of humor about it.

[@craigwavra3495]

I’m not stuck, I just can’t move. T-shirt material right there.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Sure would!

[@loverlei79]

I'd buy that.

[@DW-qs5pp]

Nice to see a Fighting Sioux fan on here.

[@craigwavra3495]

@@DW-qs5pp Gotta always represent!!

[@Rel1369]

And the "Everything was fine, until it wasn't".

[@latisimusd]

You're a good guy to help out and not be too hard on him ( even though he seems to recognize his error). Kindness pays.

[@loftonharris5632]

You don’t ever get mad, do you, Chris? I hope folks were as patient with you as you are with others! You are a good person!

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

There are those that are stuck, and those that will be stuck in the future. Anyone that’s never been stuck has never been in that kind of material. Ponds and swamps are a whole different world.

[@DomLindner]

Not quite as extreme as the last one, but hopefully this’ll be another hit!

[@panthera8115]

right, but if you want it extreme, be sure to check out "Extreeeeeeeeeeme, extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeme, extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeme dinosaurs!!!! ---> kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHrCkHiNlMuDgNU

[@thegamingeconomist3831]

"I'm not stuck, I know exactly how to get out". * Calls Chris*

[@RipleySawzen]

That there's called wisdom

[@rubecork7102]

I would enjoy seeing the power wash! It's one of those things people enjoy seeing.

[@arnoldromppai5395]

like watching paint dry

[@rubecork7102]

@@arnoldromppai5395 people actually like seeing power washing....which is WAY faster than paint drying, and WAY more obvious in progress as it occurs.

[@Skorpychan]

Fun to do, until you realise it's just going to get filthy again within a fortnight. Which is exactly what happened when I bought a pressure washer to take months of grime off my car. No point washing it until the rain stops and everything can drain away.

[@rubecork7102]

@@Skorpychan the expert in this video said it needs to be done immediately. Are you an expert saying it doesn't?

[@arnoldromppai5395]

@@rubecork7102 ya ok get were your at

[@shazils832]

He rescued a cute little baby Deere. Well done

[@gail8494]

This one looks like a piece of cake for you! Love these rescues!

[@MrAmalasan]

This shows off that his skill, not the equipment, is the key thing you're hiring with someone like him

[@BuckRodgers3]

It always amazes me seeing some types of soil just act like a liquid when enough weight or pressure is put on them.

[@martinusmagneson]

Quick-clay is perhaps the most scary one. This one was filmed in Alta, Norway last summer where luckily no one was killed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIiypHqgf9SSpas&ab_channel=AroundNijkerk. There also was one this jan. 3rd at Gjerdrum where 10 people lost their lives when a quick-clay landslide took out a part of a village. It's stable until disturbed, then it just liquefies as this demo shows: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKVdXutdpppbLs&ab_channel=NVE.

[@calebm.5698]

@@martinusmagneson that first landslide had my jaw on the floor- imagine the entire fucking neighborhood where you grew up just casually sliding into the ocean.

[@leonardmilcin7798]

That is some professional level mud fun.

[@robertsimpson772]

Chris's excavator recovery services. Business is booming.😂😂

[@stevenr8606]

And Chris said he didn't like mud.

[@Skorpychan]

@@stevenr8606 He likes money just fine...

[@Dimythios]

Mark... When it comes to those big boy toys, you are "Da Man".

[@The_A_Cast]

“I wasn’t stuck. Until I was stuck.” “You’re not stuck. You just can’t get out.” 😂 😂 😂

[@keithdunlap2701]

He knew who to call !! lolol... He said, "Chris is the Man" !! I agree you know those machines Chris !! Glad you got him out without any real problems.... Great as always Man !! Have a Great Evening....On too the Next....

[@timmyfrierson2684]

It’s always good to have someone like you Chris that will go help people like him that really don’t know much about equipment but another job well done brother and as always you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming man

[@learninghowtodothis8062]

Nice work and cleverly done. Helping him out is a good way to make a friend for life.

[@rdblan2]

Was using my E35 bobcat back in the fall cleaning around the pond. Looked pretty solid. Scraped a few saplings and such down and looked out the cab and couldn't see my tracks anymore. Never felt the machine sink, guess I sat there too long. I promptly backed out and decided "Nope...central VA is too far for Chris to drive to get this outta here." When I get brave again I'm cutting logs and taking with me...when it's very very dry.

[@cat637d]

Twelve minutes for that one, I'm stunned yet again! Just amazing........

[@doug1234dougx]

wow, hats off, you made that look easy. Thanks for sharing.

[@notch7139]

Very impressive. I like the way Chris treats the machines gently, it came out with no damage and with economical movements. I imagine if you keeping trying something that's not working, you could just get stuck in deeper.

[@ngtflyer]

"I wasn't stuck until I got stuck" Pic of it sunk on a T-shirt! I love how you weren't hard on the guy, just helped him get it out. Good stuff.

[@bmac1629]

Hm a this point is he just going around in the middle of the night stashing machines in the mud to farm views? ...Because Ill watch them all! lol

[@paulculbert1281]

Chris needs a "Warning, Not an Amphibious Vehicle" sticker to give out after these recoveries.

[@ThomasDTY]

Square bales are the best thing I’ve ever used getting stuck equipment out. Mud, sinkhole, anything as long as you can get the tracks up to shove bales under them or even pieces of bales and pack it in it will come right out

[@davedavis662]

Years of experience shines through, excellent of you to help a friend out like that.

[@richardtodd6843]

I just realized that excavators can use their two treads combined with the arm and bucket to climb in a similar way that parrots use their feet combined with their neck and beak. That's why this talented operator will someday be able to climb a tree with his excavator, if he can ever find a tree big enough and with the kind of branches his beak... I mean bucket... can grab onto.

[@jasonstarr6419]

he's right.. You da man, Chris!!!!

[@planeanddirtsimple]

Small machine and big wash job. Good video.

[@craighiebert3384]

When you get that Deere-in-the-headlights look...

[@TheArchangel38401]

Actually the issue was the 'Deere' , they're very weak

[@StonyRC]

Bravo - it's like watching a skilled surgeon at work!

[@Paul_Gale]

Just goes to show... "there's no substitute for experience"... great job!

[@davidclaudy4822]

Chris made that look almost casual. Barely 8 minutes into the video, and he had the machine well on its way to being free. That is pure experience and knowledge of the machines in general. Good short video. Plus...continue with the good fortune and success of the channel. I’ll possibly be out of videos to watch after the snow we are supposed to get over the next 3 days in Maryland. Keep them coming Chris. 👍🏻

[@thylacine1962]

I didn't believe for a minute he was stuck, a little immobilised may be but not stuck.

[@brucemorris6319]

Nice recovery guys good job.

[@funnyfarm5555]

Chris's mini pads for a mini excavator. Almost like it was choreographed. I love my outside faucet that comes out of the basement so I can mix the water to the temp I want.

[@craigpridemore5831]

lol the angles you were sitting at made me think of a really bad amusement park ride where the people are yelling, "PLEEEEASE! LET ME OFF!"

[@kapperoutdoors]

Excellent recovery as usual!!!

[@tlaubner]

Letsdig18 Excavator Recovery Service. No Excavator is too stuck for Chris. I think he loves the challenge!

[@markbrown6236]

Another great rescue. Well done.

[@stmrev]

He rescues burning landfills, he saves excavators in distress. I imagine he leaps from tall buildings and is faster than a speeding bullet too.

[@wdwerker]

Difference between an operator and a master is that a master can fix his mistakes!

[@andrewallason4530]

Did the exact same thing with my Komatsu at a mate’s farm. Turns out I’d tracked through an old filled in duckpond, and sunk to the tailpipe. Added a couple of bags of kitty litter to firm up the mud a bit and managed to see-saw up on cribbing, and tracked back out the way I went in.

[@JCBDozer]

Wow Awesome Mini Excavator Backhoe Working, Nice Video Brother Keep it up Brother 😍

[@SmithyScotland]

You think this video will reach 5.6m views like the last recovery video? Here hoping.....

[@davids9520]

Now you know why your mom is always telling you not to play in the mud! You get stuck and you have to take a bath, afterwards!

[@ehinton4006]

I ran off a public ditch about 6 feet on either side in my dads backhoe, called my uncle with about 40 years of driving behind him and he had it out in about 10 min. Up until then I was proud of my driving.

[@donnac1279]

Chris, I came back to your sight to share something with you...if you havent already seen...little southern brothers...go watch some of the most recent videos. It will do your heart good. Their daddy is a logger but these boys are precious!

[@rickharper1497]

Good friends are truly a blessing!!

[@JPGuay]

Like he said: You're Da Man !

[@lenny108]

now that's some awesome excavator rescue work there

[@matthewcauthorn3948]

We sank an excavator about every third day in northern New York. 60’ big sticks. Clay was like Jello when you got into it. Mostly got them out right away but One we had to leave for six weeks. Had to mix cement into the muck to get it firm enough to scoop it out and then extract the excavator.

[@sam.fridayyy]

“help step excavator i’m stuck!”

[@davidbroad4834]

Good job. Thank for sharing.

[@ianbarnes8593]

Lucky it was a compact radius machine or that stump would’ve made the task a lot harder. Nice trick of powering the tracks whilst powering down on the boom to raise the machine. (You get the higher track circuit pressure 😉).

[@lesliebauer1248]

Good rescue job once again. 👍😎

[@jlew5545]

It's probably a good thing it wasn't colder overnight.

[@johndenardo2184]

Good job 👍 He definitely was happy once you popped it out 😎

[@jamesfarnham1976]

Good thing to know that the machine won't lift it's own weight...makes getting out near impossible for a novice. Nice job Chris!

[@weets69]

Hope you were paid well!👍

[@trellenrussey6293]

I wasn't stuck until I was stuck...yep, that's the kind of muck, just enough clay to stick...you can be walking in a little mud, and next step, sink ankle deep, it will pull your shoe or even boot off trying pull it out balanced on one foot, pretty much always going to have to step down on your sock to keep from falling...if you are real unlucky the other foot has now also sunk...and it never looks that bad!

[@docbrown6550]

A friend of mine showed me a picture of a supposedly he said was a Caterpillar D11 (This was him explaining what kind and the Construction Co. he was working with.) There was a Landslide in the area of the Construction one night and when they showed up the next morning all you could see were the exhaust and part of the Cab. Supposedly he said all the had to do was get the dirt away from it and pull it out that it wasn't damaged because how well it was designed.

[@catgynt9148]

Thank god for power washing. Great job of extraction.

[@jdlives8992]

Oh Mark, been there done that. No better way to learn than painful reality ! Love this channel. 1800dial8

[@mortifersoldat]

on top of what i've seen in the vid... if you grabbed the log with the bucket and used it as a fulcrum, you would have gotten out without a hitch. grab the log with the clam, and use it's surface area to lift you up, pull you out. i've had to fell a tree just to make that happen - but that is the best way to unstick yourself.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

“I wasn’t stuck until I got stuck”. Sage words my friend. ;-)

[@brianmeattey4151]

Great job and well done ..never had a doubt . Godbless and stay safe

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Call 911? Noooooo!!! Call Chris 'n team. 💪

[@Waylonvalnes]

What an amazing operator!!!

[@FormerlyKnownAs_Stan]

I love these rescue videos so much, lol.

[@michaelcarlson1528]

I finished watching the video and I go to give a thumbs up and noticed 4 thumbs down. Why? Never ceases to amaze me. If you don’t like that kind of content then go watch something else. I just don’t get it. Thank you for sharing Chris!

[@gardenman3]

I would like to se the thumbs down people do a better job.

[@markpashia7067]

Chris just laughs all the way to the bank. Any click pays money. KZbin counts a thumbs down the same as a thumbs up. They both get counted as interaction, and raises the value to get recommended more, so more eyeballs. If they really hate it, they would do nothing and move on. Thumbs down, thumbs up, comments good or bad all help Chris so keep on clicking and commenting folks.

[@ericbaker9546]

Awesome, you know your way around the mud pits!! Thanks for sharing! Eric from NH

[@cs_fl5048]

Again, Chris has problem solving skills and experience that are quite phenomenal. Even managing sinking conduit under multiple wires.

[@reneemakesthings]

That was gnarly! Crazy excellent work.

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Chris, you're wizard. That's a great way to recover a vehicle without getting mud on your own equipment!

[@johnpullman3227]

reminds me of pictures of them building the AlCan highway. Bury one dozer and build the road right over top of it. One man's panic is another man's dinner. Nice work Chris.

[@neillmcdonald2723]

A similar extraction by Chris is getting good coverage by other professionals on the Heavy Equipment Forum.

[@johncasey1020]

My excavator running experience is green as it gets, but I even know not to get next to creek running into a swamp/pond. Nice rescue, nice of you to not call him out to harsh on marblehead move.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

6:04 That stump seems to be in a great position... As long as all you want to do is scrape mud off the machine...

[@mjalco7410]

Chris to the rescue AGAIN! Nice work i hope he supplied you some adult beverages👍

[@jinxterx]

Amazing skill and knowledge.

[@woodcutter6235]

Wow. Little smarts go’s a long way. When we uses to go 4 wheeling always made sure we had off road jack, and a chainsaw.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

The only way he's getting that mini back out there without getting stuck again by tomorrow is if a LOT of gravel is first dumped into that mud pit... Either that, or pump 45-50 TONS of Liquid Nitrogen into the mud and freeze it solid...

[@fulltiltgrading8366]

He should be fine going back in there by late tomorrow! LOL nice job Chris 👍

[@beachside1]

LOL Look at that thing. I really wish people would leave the work to the professionals. That excavator should not even have tried to get in that mud until it got cold . That poor lil excavator. Chris to the rescue....Again

[@fhuber7507]

Nice little lesson in getting a mini unstuck.

[@richardmartin6533]

The sad part about all of these "stucks" is that they actually make amphibious excavators that work in these swampy conditions. such as the Waterking WK-20 and Wk-55.

[@saliemi1]

Real sticky situation the little one was in. Great work..

[@harveylong5878]

frozen ground is deceiving isnt it. looks rock hard, feels rock hard. on the surface maybe 3 inches anyway. lulled Mark into false sense of stability and boom sucked that mini right in. Im still amazed that with few logs and hell alot of patience, you get these stuck SOB's out

[@thebmac]

well at least he knew his limit and stopped when he did and of course, great skill on saving it. Working at an equipment rental place, watching some of the things you do really helps.

[@ronaldgaska4480]

Wow! Another amazing rescue.

[@jquicksilver008]

good work, put a smile on my face when you got it out

[@chrisgleeton6823]

If a machine can get out under its own power, it's not truly stuck.

[@FRENCHDRAINMAN]

I've been working dirt for 35 years for the last 15 years I know 🤔 when to let a site sit and set up. Economically it just isn't worth it. It completely takes the profit out of the job And make something that makes you happy and that you love Turn into a miserable experience

[@brucehuff5566]

The recovery team did an amazing job. Stay safe

[@kenfolked]

Great operator, having operated excavators on a hobby basis myself its fun to watch. A small comment on your comment on lack of power to lift the excavator with the blade behind it. I'm pretty sure the engine delivers enough power on the radial piston pumps. I suspect the issue here is the way the hydraulic piston is mounted on the boom. You get a lot more lifting pressure on the boom for the up side, then on the down side since the piston area are reduced on the down side. (the rod are connected to the piston, reducing the piston areal on the down side.) The relief valve is opening, dumping oil back to the return line. My question is : why don't the excavators run a tandam releif valve, one for each movement? if the cylinder can handle the pressure, the force applied on the boom will be the same with 2 different settings for up or down to compensate for the reduced piston areal on the down movement.

[@DJinOcalaFla]

You just continue to impress with each and every video. As Mark said, "Chris IS the Man!"