CAT 329E L Controls & Basic Operation

Requested video of the controls of the CAT 329E L excavator.

[@24bosoxfan]

Man did you guys deliver on this one!! OUTSTANDING video!! Exactly what I wanted to see. Thank you! I love this machine.

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

24bosoxfan Thanks! I am glad you liked this one. I will have my husband do some more like this, with some other equipment, once our weather allows for it!

[@24bosoxfan]

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION or if you could do a video on the fleet of all the equipment you guys own would be cool also. Thanks!

[@MiniatureWorldYTChannel]

Awesome video man,I hope you take another with CAT 329E :) see you :)

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

***** Thanks! I will try to get another video....it is hard sometimes when they are not working close by! Heather

[@MiniatureWorldYTChannel]

thank you very much man! See you,from Italy :)

[@kennethyoung7614]

@@Blackearthexcavationandtiling I am renting the same machine can you tell me how to change over controls to backhoe controls?

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

@@kennethyoung7614 if I remember right ... left side door by the battery's is a selectable valve body ... and by left side door I mean behind the cab

[@huntermoser800]

How many machines do y'all actually own? I've followed for a while and seen that some things have come and gone through the years and new things have been acquired. Love the videos, thanks!

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

Thanks you for watching and for the comment. We have worked our way up to newer better machinery and along the way found what works best for my operation .... Here is a list of current heavy equipment .. I am slowly working my way into doing video's of each item .. and there will soon be a few additional pieces of equipment on the way .. 1. 2012 CAT D6T XW crawler dozer 2. 1980 CAT D8K crawler dozer 3. 2006 CAT 973C LGP crawler loader - (which will either be getting sold or traded for another dozer) 4. 2013 CAT 329E L excavator 5. 2004 CAT 312C L excavator 6. Hydramaxx 2710 trencher (for drain tile) 7. Case 590 SM+ series 3 loader backhoe 8. CAT 621 pull scraper 9. LaPlant Choate 314 pull scraper 10. 07 Peterbilt 386 semi tractor - used to pull a 2012 Fontaine 55H MDSR lowboy and a CTS 28 ft Rock Master end dump 11. 1987 Kenworth T600 dump truck 12. AM General M925a1 6x6 truck converted to dump truck, 13. Eager Beaver tag along trailer 14. 3 - newer Chevy 3500 crewcab 4x4 pickups 15. PJ triple axle deck over GN trailer 16. (6) drain tile stringer trailer 17. Various other tiling equipment / supporting trailers / tools / etc. 18 Big G SD1818 construction disk

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

And a CASE 465 series 3 skid loader (which i forgot and left off my first list)

[@huntermoser800]

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION Very informative, thanks. I saw a coupe of videos back you had a brand new Cat D8 LGP configuration, was that a rental? And what size dozer might you replace the 973C with?

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

Hunter Moser thanks for the reply... the 973C will either get sold and not replaced or it will be replaced with another CAT D6T XW or possibly a 6R XW, just not sure yet... The D8T LGP was a used machine, had short of 2K hours on it when we purchased it. We used it on a couple of bigger projects then sold it. It was a very nice machine!

[@huntermoser800]

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION Is it feasible to acquire such a large machine for a few jobs and then be burdened with having to sell it? I guess I would be concerned about having to line up a buyer or be stuck making payments on it. Thanks!

[@2001yz250rider1]

What happened to the 345B?? Sold?

[@Blackearthexcavationandtiling]

Yes we sold the 345BL

[@fakharalamkhan6323]

I'm operatier

[@poorassfrmboy]

First large excavator thumb I have seen where the it "meshes" with the bucket teeth. I hope it doesn't crack or break when you pick up concrete and rocks. Nice momentary switch to activate the thumb. It looks like you ordered the excavator and Caterpillar built it to your order, instead of a dealer piecing it together. Nice finished product. You dropped some grit off your shoes you should go back and clean up. Keep it clean and neat!! ;-)))