Bobcat S650 Time-lapse of in-ground pool excavation

[@EvilRace]

Thanks for sharing. It is a pity you share what a skid steer loader can do and people looks for complaints about anything. I just got a second hand skid steee loader for small tasks in my plot, but I wanted to know if it can dig well in a reasonable time. Now I see it is not a big deal, of course slower than and excavator, but cheaper if you already own a bobcat.

[@glp1988]

Exactly. I own it, so I use what I have. Big excavators cost big money plus you have to spend some extra $$$$ for a cdl truck and trailer combo. I'll stick with my F-350 and 18' trailer. It works for me and allowed me to purchase a new Cat 259d3 in 2020. Hopefully those videos will be coming soon.

[@kenmarchbanks4301]

Very interesting work there. Well done. And now we know why we never ever buy used Bobcats.

[@dailyvideosfyp1]

How does this work differ from any other work you do with a machine? There bought to get beat up and do work. You probably have an old kubota tractor

[@kenmarchbanks4301]

@@dailyvideosfyp1 Not picking on the job or the machines. It was done quite professionally. No I don’t have a Kubota tractor. Sometimes I wish I did though. We have bobcats and use them a lot. Our E55 is a decent machine. Our new E60 is head and shoulders above the 55. Doosan showed Bobcat what an excavator is supposed to look like and how to build it. The depth check is pretty cool too. All work is good and all the guys who share what they do is great. I wish I was good at doing videos and publishing them on FB. We do some pretty cool stuff here in Alaska. We use our Laser Box w dual slope on out T740 quite a bit too. Also bail and load a lot of fill with our 350 Volvo and haul with old junk 10 wheelers. I hate trucks! They are a pain in the ass and would be glad to hire all of our trucking if there was anyone here to do it. Thanks for the comeback. Hope you are making it all work like you want.

[@andynichols213]

@@kenmarchbanks4301will a skid steer bucket with teeth cut hard clay soil

[@contacthigh8571]

**hits rock** “Above ground pool it is”

[@glp1988]

lol

[@zackzander425]

Arts Rental. Kentucky?

[@armandomarquez9824]

Hey man how do you charge for jobs like this ?

[@PJMarsosudiro]

I wonder: did they know they'd hit rock before they got there (by drilling core samples, or knowing the neighborhood)? I wonder how much of an impact that has on budget.

[@danekathleenbrickley-easyd7876]

yes it can cost a lot more . u can drill first but that cost money too.

[@77Avadon77]

I hope you're kidding right? That has an enormous impact on excavation. Anytime you start using an excavator to do hydraulic hammering the cost is going to go up staggering

[@glp1988]

We had a feeling we would hit rock but it becomes a t&m charge once we hit solid rock.

[@matthewowens455]

This but be up north somewere have to crack the rock to dig damn

[@corbinbenjamin7779]

What was the total time-frame for this?

[@matthewvanbenschoten445]

It looks like a long time. Unless you had a lot of time and cheap access to a skid steer, renting an excavator for a day or two would get most of it done and then switch to the Bobcat would be more efficient.

[@pjs5191]

Somebody lost their butt on this one!

[@pjs5191]

MTH Power Wash LLC that’s my point he’s using a skid steer for something that should’ve been done much quicker and easier with an excavator. Hence my point he lost his butt on this one messing around with a skid steer when it could’ve been done easier and better with an ex.

[@freema5048]

@@pjs5191 he could own the steer and maybe wants to use it you never know

[@bradhottub6015]

@@pjs5191 Most people quote these jobs as cost plus...

[@DavidJones-smiley]

Skid steer can do it but it takes to long

[@tylerhowerton8518]

I’m blown no finished product they had to bring in a mini x so much for a pond with a skid steer

[@justinlee7592]

They hit rock

[@Just_Chuck_It]

Should have used the mini excavator to begin with. Would have sped up the initial excavation. I can totally see using the skid steer to remove excavated material. But to lean on just that one piece of equipment is asking for failure. Hitting rock would have definitely changed things. If this was a contractor job, the cost of the project just doubled if not tripled.

[@tylerhowerton8518]

@@justinlee7592 they have jackhammer attachments for the skid steer also depending location you can blow it up and move right on I’m just saying the title says built with skid steer then they had a mini x on the scene

[@bobcat8439]

That's what they are 4

[@77Avadon77]

Why did you burn up all of those hours with a bobcat when you could have just use an excavator is beyond me. I guess you own a bobcat LOL

[@broughttoideas]

I guess you dont and neither do i bc there expensive asf

[@77Avadon77]

@@broughttoideas that's why you just rent one. They're not that expensive to rent

[@broughttoideas]

@@77Avadon77 yeah but an excavator isn’t cheap to rent. I don’t think you understand why I commented anyways lol

[@77Avadon77]

@@broughttoideas not so expensive that I would spend the whole day bobcating