diggin' hole and rollin' coal.

How to drive an excavator a.k.a.; how to run a hoe.

[@tombexy]

Pro tip: Remember to swivel both ways equally, otherwise you’ll unscrew the machine from the base

[@originalname9999]

Oh snap, I am going to have to tell the new guy that.

[@StefanBacon]

It's a feature, so you can't overwind the hydraulic hoses to the tracks!

[@Bollibompa]

Joke? I hope...

[@jayyoutube8790]

Lmao... I got a great belly laugh outta that...😅😂🤣😆

[@SPFLDAngler]

@@Bollibompa if you have to ask..

[@SeaWasp]

It's universally known that the rabbit and tortoise are regular and union speed, respectively

[@timothyball3144]

We call them bunny and turtle.

[@ericlotze7724]

@@timothyball3144 I call them paid, and well paid respectively.

[@karm65]

we called em by the job and by the hour

[@shawngoldsberry747]

No Tortuga

[@bodibrodice147]

Depends on the union. None of my equipment has a glacial setting.

[@xkav8r330]

Don't be gentle, it's a rental...

[@SeeDMT]

What's really impressive is how manages to hold the camera in his mouth and talk at the same time..

[@loddude5706]

Cigar training.

[@warped2875]

@@loddude5706 Monica never learned to talk with a cigar, ...but she could hum a few bars of "Hail to the Chief"

[@midwestfab6313]

I figured he just has a tiny hand for a dick. I too have snagged my finger in a vise.

[@warped2875]

@no privacy No kidding!!! ...ergo, she was able to multi-task, and thus, hum a few bars of "Hail to the Chief" with the POTUS's Oscar Mayer firmly enveloped within her orbicularis oris muscles, while a cigar was ensconced in an alternate orifice.

[@curtmazur5155]

@@warped2875 Really showing your age with the Clinton reference.

[@trfpvVT]

"When you crack the boom half in two, go back a quarter turn" lmfao

[@Bob_Dub]

And if anyone asks, the apprentice did it.

[@alanbunder9068]

And leave it for the night shift

[@Grug_Eat_Rock]

@@alanbunder9068 lol

[@bluevette1978]

Don't laugh...lol. It actually does happen! After about a month as an equipment mechanic for a utilities contractor, I just stopped asking how they broke what they broke!

[@redsquirrelftw]

"I was just trying to move a small rock, it was probably already cracked under the paint!"

[@Nospheratorum]

"Nothing on 1, click on 2, 3 is binding"

[@JesseCombsTwiZtedCheese]

Nit pickling lawyou're

[@jeffhurckes190]

4 is skookum as frig

[@wobblysauce]

And back to one again.

[@generalralph6291]

In any case....

[@davemackinnon6487]

When you get it.. :-)

[@newhollandtm1400]

Usually Ave is so good at everything, its fun watching something he's bad at.

[@seantap1415]

Better than most and FAF as well.

[@gypsydildopunks7083]

So good at everything? You must have not seen many of his videos. Very funny, yes. Master of all, not so much 😃

[@1992djg]

Equipment keys are the most useless things ever you can buy the key our forklifts use on eBay for 5 dollars

[@TempestKitty]

@@gypsydildopunks7083 still better than a master of none XD

[@fukju9597]

yeah, two things: excavating and welding ;) But his sence of humor is a triple 20!

[@fluffstar_]

“Hard as woodpecker lips” 😂

[@the_chomper]

gotta love when no one regens the DPF and it goes into derate then youre waiting 4 hours for a tech to get to you in the middle of nofuckinwhere just to regen the exhaust.

[@Gippetos]

It's a PIA when the machine goes into regen while you're using it...used to regen during coffee breaks. Trying to put pipe into a pile when the fucking thing won't idle down is...interesting.

[@clark9992]

No idea what you just said, but....yes.

[@daltonbrink9924]

@@Gippetos Sounds like fun!

[@ericgulseth74]

@@Gippetos Our Wacker Nueson loaders get used intermittently and don't like to regen at idle. So if it's in regen mode when we're done using them, we throw a brick on the throttle and let them run for 30-40 minutes while we're on to something else.

[@fuzz992]

@@clark9992 I assume they are talking about the filter cleaning system. I think they burn more fuel when active and that causes the idle to jump way up on some equipment. I think that would also cause the hydraulic systems to be very jumpy.

[@scottibass]

I know you Canadians are most excited by the curling action

[@jeffhooper3447]

well played sir.

[@markschwarz2137]

Around five minutes: I think it was one of Milksop's Feebles: The Rabbit and the Turtle. One or the other drowned quickly and the other became a senator for Kentucky. The dead one won. But nobody is yet sure which one that was.

[@mattberg916]

Just rented one myself. Destroyed the front yard looking for my sewer.....found it. Also found my water supply that some pecker snot installed with sprinkler tubing. Good times!

[@Gippetos]

That was my spring..."exploratory excavation" finding the pipes that feed the field. Drawing by the contractor for the permit application had no resemblance to what was in the ground...but still somehow passed inspection? Fun times.

[@mattberg916]

@@Gippetos because probing around with an excavator is extremely productive and never mind the mountains of clay that will settle for years.

[@wjanis1]

You found your front yard with the rental?

[@mattberg916]

@@wjanis1 sewer. That's the word you missed

[@klk2270]

AvE goes full Camarata. Next: Recovering a tipped CNC

[@glenjamindle]

Oh man, I audibly gasped when it started rolling backwards and he bailed. I felt so bad.

[@asdasd-ni8eg]

Wasn't that last month with the skid build.

[@livewires8637]

Only if TOT buys the crashed remains and rebuilds it

[@clark9992]

@@asdasd-ni8eg His crane lost power, and brakes for some reason, while on a hill. He had to bail. It was nasty.

[@seantap1415]

Camarata is an absolute treat.

[@HorochovPL]

Remember, never do 16 counerclokwise rotations, because it will unscrew your cabin from undercarriage! Always remember how many rotations you're from the origin point and don't forget to note it in the onboard journal at the end of a day, so the next driver wouldn't need to callibrate it (turn clockwise until slight friction, then go back 8 turns).

[@another1commenter770]

If you lose track of how many turns you have done you can check the "counter gauge" located at the rear under the counterweight.

[@davalar1188]

I'm gonna be that guy, and laugh/piss take if you see fit: is that actually true? All of my mechanical head says no it isn't, but I've never operated one of these machines before, so it still could be true?

[@foty8679]

@@another1commenter770 Actually? I have no idea about that stuff. Is he serious? Or is that a joke, kinda sounds silly.

[@richardmarkham8369]

Doesn't it just unwind when you get out, if you leave the handbrake off?

[@HorochovPL]

@@another1commenter770 Actually it depends on manufacturer to mount counter gauge. Older excavators doesn't have them, thus mentioned calibration routine is preferred because it'll work on all models. Also it fits rule "do something for a few minutes and save yourself from seconds of thinking".

[@alejandronicodemusdelavega5096]

I believe the proper nomenclature for such a machine is "Digger.". Thanks, from FLA. As we were able to vote this year, I believe that makes me an expert in just about everything. Except punctuation, obviously.

[@PhoenixThunderheart]

I'm an equipment operator and this hurt and had me cracking up all at the same time! "stick goes in, stick goes out" 🤣🤣

[@jackmehoff2363]

I wasnt an operator before i seen the video. Now im an expert. Ready to see me trench 10000 feet in a day all by myself.

[@EdenAbove]

And me. Painful but funny

[@generalralph6291]

“Can you operate this thing?” “Well, I’m very familiar with making a fool of myself.”

[@gillbujold1918]

You took the words right out of my mouth. I constantly tell my guys that if they climb into a new machine they only have 3 minutes max to figure it out before people think you don’t know what your doing. 😁

[@gregorythomas333]

You also use the blade as a kickstand when you're needing some extra leverage or to keep from rolling down a hill.

[@timothyball3144]

Also good for cutting a slope or cutting flat on a slope.

[@rustyclaymore1105]

Also crushing beer cans.

[@noway5930]

“The Tortoise And The Rabbit” AvEsop’s fables

[@timjustis33]

I've read that story a hundred times and that turtle wins every time

[@Chewee394]

You gotta love those warning labels. There's one at work where the dude is using the PTO shaft like it's Friday night and rent is due in the morning

[@bf3949]

As an experienced operator, licensed and all that, I found the video helpful. More than anything, the endless jokes keep my attention; something that half the class was actually sleeping through. Too bad teaching doesn’t pay better: you’re a natural.

[@Laplagaable]

Does this mean that I’m certified to run an excavator now? I feel like I am

[@b.a.lineman7582]

YES... let’er rip tater chip

[@ordinarydevin]

You're more qualified than the truck driver that delivered it to your jobsite most likely.

[@PhilR0gers]

I had excavator training and certification. There's surprisingly little more to it than what's in this video.

[@TheAndre8900]

Aw yes, hitting 240 volts power lines with the boom, witnessed that. Produced a rather nice arc, guy was fine just browned pants, excavator was unhappy fried the engine cpu.

[@christophersines8238]

Hello tractor my old friend, I’ve come to sit in you again.

[@thegamerEcho_419]

brother.. im waiting on the teardown and rebuild of the hoe ... what makes er so thic?

[@Norweeg]

This video is like watching Andrew Camarata after he had a few, or twelve.

[@myselfremade]

Just watching Andrew is like watching Andrew like he's had a few.

[@Norweeg]

@@myselfremade Especially since he just uploaded a video about a crane tilting over the other day. Perfect timing. 😆

[@seanmurphy2302]

@@Norweeg "crane tilting" That was the tiltingest crane I ever seen!

[@LifeofAedan]

All time best comment

[@justinfabricius1597]

How did you comment 3 days before this was posted?

[@nicostenfors5690]

"The thumb unlike your thumb does not go in your bum" Im dying laughing🤣

[@satyris410]

"only two shakes. More than two shakes and it's jackin off"

[@XxShantilisxX]

One time in highschool, we took a field trip somewhere that had a bunch of heavy equipment setup all over the place. They let us take turns one everything, digging holes and filling holes. It was great because it gets rid of any kind of nervousness you might have had towards heavy equipment. Now I'll jump on anything.

[@madmike_9343]

I remember that day, ole tommy went missing

[@kenjett2434]

That's how I learned I started work in the oilfields as a teenager and I told the boss I sure would love to learn to operate all this equipment including welding. He said there it sets jump on and just do it so I did and that became my life. I am retired now and as odd as it sounds after a lifetime on the machines I still miss being out there. Of all the many things I ran being a cable tool driller is my best passion.

[@petcatznz]

Your not alone there. There are many who will jump on anything given half a chance!

[@redflthcui]

@@petcatznz manwhores.

[@richardlincoln8438]

@@kenjett2434 darn fine story. thanks for sharing. few people know what the heck a cable tool is or what it does. 👍💪

[@paahl1572]

I love that you can tell AvE watches The Simpsons.

[@H2R5GSXR]

Great Video. That is one of two machines I have not operated and really want to. Now I can study up so when I get back to Las Vegas my one hour digging a hole may go better. Thank You.

[@douglasmayherjr.5733]

Just got done running one today. Had to dig a grave. Not the place to be messing around. Should have played this video and told the customer “hold on, I have to watch the instruction video to learn how to operate this machine”. Thanks for the videos. Always a laugh.

[@boboften9952]

" Caught In The Honey Trap " " Hold My Beer , " "I'm Reloading The Shot Gun "

[@AdamWilberLikesBeer]

First time KZbin notifications have been worth clicking on.

[@gunguy2808]

It’s been a bit

[@madmaniacloony]

Ah a new subscriber

[@boboften9952]

" Danger , Danger Will Robinson "

[@AdamWilberLikesBeer]

I've been subbed for a while, this is the first time a notification for KZbin has been for one of my subs instead of whatever they put in the trending playlist.

[@ssss-df5qz]

You have a lot to catch up on!

[@603MX]

As AVE said, it takes 30 minutes to go from zero to hero! Getting really good takes time, but the average joe will get it in 30 mins and save a fortune!!!

[@7.3bronco]

Great video! More informative than any msha training. As a dealership shop foreman, I would have been super peeved getting that machine back if it is a rental. We used to unhook the regen cancel switch. Its only there for underground mining. If the aftertreatment is working correctly you won't notice it doing its thing.

[@JustAnotherGuyInTheComments]

From as early as 14, I operated some of these. I'm no professional, but I got good enough to rearrange a woodpile's guts and give Mother Nature a weight reduction surgery. Honestly, backhoes and excavators are very nice to have around.

[@SupermanJH68]

As a university trained industrial engineer, and a card carrying heavy equipment operator from down near Chicago, This is absolutely hilarious. Pure entertainment. Lol

[@DaOnlySurferStanding]

I swear a good operator can open a carton of eggs with the bucket and not crack a single one. The control those folks have with such a huge machine is insane

[@Frosty_Saiyajin]

My brother just recently flattened a field to build his shop on, took him almost 3 months and 50 grand but he did it all himself

[@janderson8401]

@@pr0xZen back in the 80s my boss built a warehouse for his son’s moving business. The excavation took months, partly because his machines were a 20 year old John Deere track loader and a Case 580C backhoe/loader, partly that the hole was about 60’ by 60’ by 8’ deep, and mostly because he and his son would only go dig when they had free time. An excavating contractor working on a neighboring project offered to finish digging the hole for free and would pay a certain amount per yard for the gravel. My boss turned him down cause he thought the gravel was worth three times the offered price and he needed some of it for one of his other projects. This came back to bite him in the backside when the shell of the warehouse was almost complete. Due to certain circumstances the building was slightly changed from the original plans on a verbal ok from the head building inspector. This inspector was then fired over some sort of corruption charge. The owner of the neighboring property, evidently still mad that her contractor hadn’t been able to get cheap gravel, reported the discrepancy between the actual building and the plans to the new building official and got our project stopped. Probably cost the boss 30 grand extra to get the building finished.

[@trevorchadwick5479]

pretty sure that turning off the auto regen, will cause the filter to plug, and put in in limp mode

[@--_DJ_--]

That's the next guy's problem.

[@blubb7711]

Just do a quick agr and dpf delete and enrich the fueltable for more powaa.

[@garretr4488]

that's exactly what it'll do

[@brettwalkom948]

It'll have a warning alarm that goes off. Then you're supposed to trigger s burn with the switch

[@shrdinc]

It’s a rental

[@ClitRubbs]

😂 love getting reminded that I hate watching people run equipment!!

[@nicknick1974]

All the same key, 20$ and you can get in a 17 up to a 450. Don’t need the lock picking lawyer here

[@--_DJ_--]

I always thought that was odd, but it is handy when some goof from another company leaves a machine in the way and it just needs to be moved. I never leave the yard without a Cat and a Bobcat key.

[@seanmurphy2302]

Or just pull down the sun visor and one key magically appears in your lap. Allegedly.

[@timothyball3144]

Same with backhoes, graders, wheel loaders and the funky green machines all the same key. We used to have homeless guys with keys and they would fire up the machine and sleep all night in there.

[@superczech69]

Nothing on 1, got a false set on 2, nice click out of 3......

[@graham2631]

Yup l go drinking with a few keys myself ever seen the bucket on a cop car? Priceless

[@seanpatrick3047]

I started a new job this month as the mechanic for a concrete company. I just learned how to run one of these excavators. All those BOLTRS are finally paying off too as I've torn apart as many drills and saw and such in the last month as AVE has in 4 years.

[@CVP-og9pw]

Ignition keys on most of agricultural and dirtwork machines are a joke, most of the manufacturers used the same key for all their machines, especially in older stuff, for example if you wanted to start a jcb just use whatever jcb key you find. My tractor can be started by inserting a nail in the key hole, guess it's still better than nothing

[@MozTS]

Famous bill gates story is exactly that. He knew this in college, got drunk and stole some bulldozers to race them

[@boboften9952]

It's To Stop / Slow Down The Kiddy Winks Under The Tender Young Ages That Would Take It Off On A Rampage .

[@notajp]

Just like older lawn mowers that all used the same Indak key......

[@leewilson1368]

AVE now that you’ve mastarrrrd the JD mini, c’mon up the Alaska highway a bit and jump into the JD 790 at the au mine. It’s a treat because the Reverse Polish Dyslexic Mechanic put the pilot controls from SAE into John Deere style but upside down and backwards! Rapid cognitive dysfunction ensues. Cheers and a Molson!

[@danielrouw2593]

You not running electric buckets? So much fun when the higher ups decide you can run 2 on a transformer rated for 1. Just alternate they says. Someone forgets their coffee, gets out of synch, crater where the transformer used to be.

[@dethmaul]

Upside down and backwards is easy to fix. Just rotate the controls 90° clockwise.

[@leewilson1368]

@@dethmaul 😹

[@rockandmeatroll]

I know how to operate a excavator but this is the most entertaining training out there :)

[@cptpinecone]

Somethin about the "hard as woodpecker lips" comment got me to spit my lunch laughing all over my keyboard. Man this dude still got it.

[@zackmorrison470]

A wise man once said, "Pimpin' ain't easy," but honestly, neither is "hoeing." =)

[@jacobcastro1885]

Crime doesn't pay... but neither does volunteering.

[@WeaselJuice]

I’m reminded of AvE’s experience graph. It definitely applies here. 😊

[@DavidBelliveau]

They call them excavators, but they're really the best exoskeletons money can buy.

[@igolfgod4]

Now an adult I miss Saturday morning cartoons, I thank the interwebs and Ave. haven't laughed so educationally ever.

[@johnt1815]

If you're real good at pull'n your stick, mobile equipment operator might be the career path for you!

[@georgemcmillan9172]

When pondering as to why the boss doesn't want any hoeing in the mornin', reffer to the "Cheese Whiz" sandwich...

[@4sl648]

Knowing nothing when you climb in the cab of one of those can be better than knowing the wrong thing. I spend high school running my dad's machine with John Deere (SAE) control pattern. Many years later I rented a small excavator with Cat ( ISO) control pattern that I could not switch. Muscle memory made me look like a tard for hours to unlearn the other pattern.

[@michaelbonade4667]

I love learning with Uncle Bumblefork....best Thanksgiving Weekend Ever

[@michaelbonade4667]

Lock Picking Lawyer....😉nice reference...a tip of the cap, thumbing of the nose, pinch of the ‘ol ass how ya doing there

[@bryanpoole3036]

Did you just invoke the ghost of George Carlin? "He LOVES me" haha

[@ericlotze7724]

I fucking love AvE's irreverent, yet also damn wholesome humor.

[@bryanpoole3036]

@@ericlotze7724 exactly.. .and "virgin prairie"?? There's no prairie in the desert, AVE! hahaha.

[@jamminwrenches860]

I enjoy hanging out with you. Always a good time. LPL is one of the gang too, get us all together and we would be an awsome crew!

[@dumbo800]

You aptly described the timeline of my first use of Bobcat attachments. I simply got annoyed at how long it took to scoop some gravel/salt mix with sequential actions that I quickly started using multiple functions at once, with about 80% of movements being purposeful towards the end goal of scooping shit for snow cleanup.

[@boahumada]

Love your videos. You make me laugh and I learn at the same time. You rock! Thanks for brightening up my day =)

[@Mr69abody]

Honeydo: why do you stop everything when the notification comes up? Dickbeater: He gets me......

[@aaronhogan2371]

*harder than woodpecker lips* :tears of laughter here:

[@lonhoschar1943]

I've run a lot of equipment in my behinder years. Tractors, trucks, ditch trenchers, vibrator-rollers, tractor backhoe, road grader, crawler loader but never a track hoe. Even took a couple of flying lessons. Skid loaders were complicated enough for me. Nice "thumb"wave for the good-by at the end! LOL!!

[@averyw.3939]

Good to see that you have the right control pattern. The turtle and rabbit are just for track speed, but when you're walking full speed in rabbit it takes a lot of power from the other controls. Also next time see if your rental place has a machine with a linked thumb. Somebody did some geometry and figured out that you can make the thumb go a lot farther with some extra pivot points.

[@cristiancruz1972]

I never went to lizard man school so I adapted, naturally, into an awkward man child lizard thing...

[@cristiancruz1972]

@@notsofresh8563 Trump is probably my favorite president so far. He gets everyone's goat without even having to try haha! I can respect it. So many people care so much about the dude that their lives have been occupied with all things Trump, good or bad. I wish to be the foremost thought on so many people's minds the way he is.

[@NicksStuff]

The tortoise is for damp ground, obviously

[@AaronAlso]

"...there's a word for that, that escapes me. Expensive!" IDK why, but that really tickles me. I don't think too many people can wrap their brain around that one first time around.

[@sparga]

I get a whole bunch of information I will probably never use, and still get thanked for watching. Now that's service

[@Bigmanlittleboatcatfishing]

Last time I come this early I ended up with a daughter

[@joseywales3789]

@Robert Moose......... to us "Mere Mortals" it seems that you came 3 days early!!

[@briangarrow448]

Safety stickers are great places for leaving messages to the night shift. Usually about their sister and what she's charging nowdays.

[@aaronbritt2025]

Driving the REALLY big stuff is what I did for 23 years. Cat 980 and larger loaders and Cat D11 dozers. If it's a rental, turn off the regen. If you own it... Diesel costs less than replacing a DPF, leave it on. Got a video of my 988H on my channel.

[@0xbaadf00d]

Rabbit -> Rapid, Tortoise -> Torque. Rabbit is for moving "fast", tortoise for digging.

[@GavCritchley]

Next up, Letsdig does a tear down of a Makita drill.

[@nox_chan]

This is as close as were going to get a gundam review

[@Eric998765]

Can concur about the learning curve. I rented one of these things about six years ago, and at the time it was probably only the third tractor I had ever operated. The rental place didn't ask me my experience or anything, I just handed them $250, they loaded it on my trailer, and off i went for the weekend. After about 30 min I was comfortable enough with the controls that I was scooping and dumping in a very fluid motion. I contributed it to my thousands of hours of video game experience but maybe it's just that easy. It wasn't nearly as nice as this one though. Zero stickers about safety or controls and no seat belt, not that I would have used it anyway.

[@videogalore]

This video makes me want to get a full set of new bushes for mine - I always forget how smooth they're meant to be before they get whallered out!

[@NotSureJoeBauers]

Saftey first? No _profit_ first!

[@andyreid7274]

Safety 3rd.

[@daltonbrink9924]

@@andyreid7274 Safety is a factor

[@eDoc2020]

Or as my old teacher always says: Fun First, Safety Second.

[@RustyDockLight]

@@andyreid7274 mike rowe is a wise man

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Will we get junkie christmas reading this year? I really missed it last year and I can't remember if you posted it in 2018 as well. Its one of my personal favorites to watch even though I have watched it 3 or so times before.

[@igolfgod4]

Please Uncle Bumblefuck please junkey Christmas junkey christmas or maybe the years recap with Sasha.

[@ianpercy7464]

Finally, something I know more about than uncle bumble! I always thought along the lines of if the machine hasn’t tipped she can handle the lift!!! Seriously though it’s not fun when one goes over

[@Rottidog68]

LPL, another fav! Have fun in the excavator!

[@dustin9035]

Looks to be about 6' deep. Does the apprentice have covid?

[@Greshapa]

gentle mans

[@jubajuice]

Never thought I'd learn how to operate one of these by watching KZbin, but here we are

[@69dildozer]

Operator for 35 years here and he's about 95% correct. Give or take.

[@at6683]

Hey right on, that's one of the things I've been looking to see if anyone mentioned, because I was going to if not. I would have saved a LOT of time if I'd have seen this back when I started. 95% would be plenty accurate for a refresher class, pausing the video as needed to look for and point out what should or could be done differently. Plus the boys in class would actually be awake and paying attention.

[@Nobody-U-Want-2-Know]

Only Canucks would have caught that Friendly Giant reference...

[@krenwregget7667]

and I'll call Rusty...

[@Nexus-6]

"Look up, waay up.."

[@stevewaldorff4327]

Naaaah. Us border town yanks got to watch it too!

[@monkeywentbananas]

Went over My head! I'm American!

[@TempestKitty]

no... Australians get it to.

[@ShedTV]

I’m sure a heard an innuendo. Must’ve been accidental.

[@kmech3rd]

An "innuendo"? Isn't that Italian for "Suppository"?

[@ShedTV]

@@kmech3rd For a moment there I was transported back to my youth and the golden years of British television comedy!

[@ShedTV]

@@kmech3rd You know where you can stick comments like that?

[@kmech3rd]

@@ShedTV somewhere the sun rarely shines, I suspect! Somewhere in Lancre, as I recall.

[@ShedTV]

@@kmech3rd Ah ha Binky.

[@wendyyunanto2279]

Safety first?! Have you never work before?...ITS COFFEE FIRST!! 😂😂

[@elpenguinofeo1072]

This reminds me of when I first started working for a truss company delivering. I rolled up on a jobsite and there's nobody there so I call the super and he tells me everyone has left for the day but they left the keys in lull for me. Now, I had never even saw a lull before but I grew up on a farm and it kinda resembled a tractor so I thought sure I'll give it a try. Turns they are not like tractors but are still quite a bit of fun. Until you get overconfident with what they are capable of picking up. That's when figure out how to use the outrigger arms real quick! Ah, fin fun times.

[@marcscotland7120]

Let me go get the pick that bosnian bill and i made...

[@noc8076]

Bout time you got a excavator. And if you don't run the regen, you end up with big and expensive problems down the line. Seatbelt is to keep you from falling onto the controls when doing tippy things.

[@--_DJ_--]

Ah it's a rental I think, that is someone else's problem. If you need the seatbelt to keep you off the controls you are doing something wrong.

[@thefirstmissinglink]

For when the Southport runs out of vacuum!

[@talisolin]

after digging my own trench with a mini ex this vijeo really spoke to me. especially not knowing why it wasn't starting at the beginning.

[@jimmydcricket5893]

When it's hot, check fuel level, turn on A/C and radio to mellow tunes, slide seat back & recline all the way, take nap, fatigue management is important on 12hr shifts. When cold, same as above but turn heater on.

[@RustyorBroken]

You are wise to be weary of the stringing along. Whatever you do, don't pull on it. You won't like what you find at the other end. Don't ask me how I know.

[@aarongardner279]

I was gonna bring up a story of a sticky foot pedal, but I digress.

[@brantfurr986]

As an operator, after years of watching you weld, fabricate, and machine things that I could never dream of bringing into existence, I can attest that this video delivered immeasurable satisfaction, as I watched the proverbial monkey mount the proverbial door knob and thrust away... I've learned so much from what you've brought to the Tube of You; but today, I thank you for delivering a significant amount of smug... I assume next week you'll resume your usual diatribe of, "look at what you learned this week..." This will certainly contain useful information for some, but for this Dorito crunching operator, thank you for making me feel 10 feet tall and 9 inches long. I'm better than AvE at one thing. I can die satisfied. More than the my lady friend can say.

[@groermaik]

My bride would NEVER allow me to have that much fun...

[@harveytr7106]

Happiest couple of days of my life were when I was in possession of a hire digger and zero instruction. And my wedding day, obviously.

[@loddude5706]

Digger eh? - must have been some cake . . .

[@samueljardine3402]

We're all friends here, you don't have to pretend.

[@clark9992]

I do like the idea of a long haired, blue eyed, arab hippie in the sky watching everything I do, because he LOVES me.

[@aluckyshot]

I have met a blue eyed Arab dude, he existed, not sure about the one you're talking about.

[@lacarpetronpinkerton9114]

you have such a positive impact on my life, thank you.

[@NaxRydan]

Awesome info sir...particularly that last bit!