Dam busting with a backhoe,

[@brandonm4344]

Man oh glad to see you post a video. I was just fixing to check in flight prices to come see what was going on. Awesome video as always, glad to see you back & doing well.

[@lovejcdc]

Great video and it's good to see you back on KZbin.

[@tectalabyss]

Great video and happy to see you back. I was wondering about you Yesterday. Liked,shared. All my best.

[@mikegriffith8972]

Nice work frank. Glad to a video from ya.

[@bonniedobkin6948]

Uncle Tony & I say : NICE WORK. You are an artist with that machine 🚜 ! A lot smoother than a dynamite 🧨 job LOL 😂

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

One thing for sure.... gonna be enough clay to patch her closed! A few years back... My neighbor rented a backhoe to drain a mud hole in his pasture... he started digging at the water and fished for mud in muddy water for about 100yds. Then he figured out that it would be better to turn around and dig the last 25yds the other way! He considers that one of those life lessons he only had to learn once. Glad to see you diggin’ up OK again!!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Where was this video last week so I would know how I needed to bust that beaver dam 🤣. Great job Frank!

[@99mann]

Thanks for sharing. I have a LB75.B and have learned a lot from your videos

[@leojunior7589]

Excelent job Frankc

[@alexosborne5629]

Oh dear Frank, did you get that draining feeling??? Good video sir 👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Are we doing to get to see you make the pond deeper too?

[@kengamble8595]

Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍

[@scruffy6151]

Just a question do people on the job site's you go to every say anything about B's stack and sound. If you want to reach out further you need mat's. Playing with unwanted trees seem to be a habit lol.

[@greggb3079]

It has already been said here, but it is good to see you back. Was kinda gittin worried about you. Hoped you were just too busy working to get some videos up. Always look forward to your videos. If your dad does bring out his dozer, on this pond enlargement, would love to see some of that activity in a video. Thank you sir.

[@DC-1]

Dam good work sir...... 👍🇺🇸

[@stevewarner4844]

Good video Frank. Been wondering what you had been doing. Those old mechanical dredges/cranes were man killers for sure. Not for snowflakes, especially when they were steam powered. In a can with a boiler and live steam. I can’t imagine it

[@stedder8436]

Good stuff man!

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

We haven’t heard anything out of you in a while , I didn’t know if the corona virus had slowed your work down or not ? Glad to see that you are still kicking .

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Thanks for sharing stay dry 👍🇦🇺👀

[@greghurrell9694]

nice sticker on the boom

[@richwielechowski5191]

I’ve heard the way to deal with willow trees is to pull them up everyday to check the roots.

[@Digginok]

Good plan!

[@johnm.evangelis693]

Great video!!!

[@Digginok]

Thanks

[@steveaguinaga3821]

Beautiful roads... What a job.... I gotta move out of L.A. 😩

[@blackdogexcavator21]

Frog gigging with a B95, that should be an Olympic sport. I think you would do well. Stay safe Mr. Frank.

[@Jpaydirt]

Hey Carl, I got an idea, you go drain all the ponds Chris digs, "Dam Buster OK"

[@timadams3486]

THAT will keep you busy lol

[@yopage]

I don't like those spots on a dam. I don't have enough experience for that. I was hoping you would show how you switch the buckets. I'm awkward at it on my Case 580c

[@digndurt6936]

Do you have a quick disconnect or just PINS that came in it? Sounds like PINS if it's awkward to you. Work the snap rings off with heavy screwdrivers unless you have the pliers made for E ring removal. Need HAMMER also. Take the tapered end ring off with bucket resting on curl of bucket, drive out pin with 3 pd hammer and punch if needed. If it doesn't move lift boom slight, watch for feathered bucket movement the knock pin out. Remove be bucket cylinder e clip drive out pin. Bucket off, swing over other bucket and lower stick into opening trying to line up holes look to see if close to opening of stick to bucket hole, Make sure to install pin that came from that hole and replace lock ring. Extend piston into hole of choice, speed or power look in manual if you don't know which is which. If I remember the first hole is power point. Once pin is in and ring in place grease both pins only till you see grease move between the ear of each pin. That's plenty. Good to go. Run it!! My first utility position operating backhoe was on a natural gas crew. Early 80's had a brand new 580D to break-in. Hanging 6 inch yellow wrap steel pipe for the welder. Once tacked and down on skids over ditch I'd sand and backfill last section and load out SPOIL. Awesome position, hanging doubles 80ft lengths best!! Hope my advice helped.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

Catch me some fish Frank🤣 Uh, crawdads and turtles only🙄

[@jeffthomas6158]

That red dirt sure looks like western ok or southern is this in Oklahoma?

[@Digginok]

Jeff Thomas just about the middle Mulhall area.

[@jeffthomas6158]

Digginok knew it. I live in bixby. But have been all over this great state

[@dirtfarmer7472]

& I’m in WW county

[@dalepremo3695]

Too bad there were no Beavers like Brandon had last week. Diggin' out from the back is definitely the way to go, though.

[@royives2469]

willow tree , great for making cricket bats ,

[@Digginok]

Well them must be some small bats for hitting crickets 😂

[@larrymacdonald4241]

No cover for exhaust pipe when floating ? Burns turbo bearings and puts road crap into it.... you either load a backhoe in reverse, or you cover the exhaust pipe, plug it with rag... lots guys use an old coffee can..... but on a nice chrome stack, at least put a flapper....

[@Digginok]

Have hauled this machine all over Oklahoma with out a cover, 10700 hours no turbo failure. My previous machine had 8600 hours when I sold it, it is still going strong last I heard. Watch this video and tell me what you think kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3bZg4drq7h_h6c

[@timebert6141]

Sorry I am late. Been super busy lately!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

What is it with you & Mr. Elite making poor little beavers homeless lately? #TeamBeaver

[@DC-1]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks Hi! 😁

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

D C Hi! 😁

[@brandonm4344]

😆😂😆😂

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks I would never make your beaver homeless 😁

[@brandonm4344]

@Elite Earthworks LLC........ I knew that comment was coming sometime another. Well played sir!!!!!! That’s the reason for all my laughing faces, I just couldn’t help it.

[@stumppiler1002]

Wondering how you were, turns out you've been fishing.

[@jonathanhudson9189]

You are good with a backhoe and I know that's what you like me I would drive that backhoe in the pond and buy a excavator I have both and forget that backhoe

[@Digginok]

What backhoe do you have?

[@jonathanhudson9189]

@@Digginok it's a older international 260a nothing as nice as yours but I have dug a lot of stumps with it but I got a 50g Deere and don't think about the backhoe anymore you are the best operator I have e very seen keep up the good work be safe from NC

[@Digginok]

Jonathan Hudson thanks! I would prefer a 50g over an old backhoe. The newer backhoes are way different than the old ones.

[@kennethdodds2323]

I was afraid you'd either had something terrible happen or had decided you'd made enough videos and it was time to do something else. Another nice-looking day.

[@chandlerdirt8158]

I’ll loan you bantam dragline

[@jlbush8249]

I was disappointed when the music overrode the diesels music. Let us here that big diesel roar!

[@Digginok]

Jl Bush it’s tough to get good audio of the truck with wind noise sorry to disappoint.

[@jlbush8249]

Digginok I thought the big diesels audio was great! Bad diesel audio is better than no diesel audio! Good vids and keep them coming.

[@Digginok]

Jl Bush it was good till about the time I cut it off, wind noise is not desirable. Thanks

[@jlbush8249]

Digginok I understand.