Digging 12 MILLION YARDS | Excavating a Lake from SCRATCH | Hughes Brothers

[@AaronWitt]

Have you ever seen a piece of equipment get stuck in the mud on a project? If so, what was it?

[@roberthumberston8803]

287 skid steer, 315 cat hoe, in arcadia fl.

[@Treehandler]

I’ve gotten my Sennnogen 718e stick in the mud more times than Id like to admit. Mostly on land clearing jobs where ground conditions can change quickly after a big rain storm on land that’s been protected by trees for decades

[@3000gtalex]

966m 966h and lots of lulls haha

[@jerediswatching6563]

This is a good video of an excavator recovery! I really had my doubts they would ever get it out of the mud, but they do! It's glorious. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbSkHqseayDY8k

[@AndyD162]

Forget which models but when the golf course close to me was being made, Cat 349 possibly, a 960 loader, rock trucks they all loved getting stuck lol. Even the tree clearing equipment got stuck occasionally.

[@samulparker3290]

I'm a computer engineer and I have no clue why I'm addicted to these videos even I don't have any interest , might be becozc superb editing and awesome video quality

[@AaronWitt]

glad we've got you watching

[@lukechopyak7496]

How do you spell because that don’t look right 🧐

[@sventearrhenius2591]

And also I'm an Organic Chemistry PhD student and don't know why I've hooked in to these videos. There is literally no similarity in between two disciplines whatsoever but who cares... Cheers!

[@AaronWitt]

@@sventearrhenius2591 big machines moving dirt is cool to anyone!

[@bscholer]

I'm a software engineer, also obsessed. Spectacular videos, this is what KZbin is all about!

[@jacobo565]

Aaron why don't you do any interviews with foreman or supers on jobs like this and ask them about issues they're having or what's going better/worse than they thought, ask how some of the equipment is performing, if they've had good weather, I mean they're cool sites it just seems like you're leaving a lot of potential content out. I would have loved to hear from the operator on that next gen D5 on how he likes it. I know you can't go from site to site and stop guys for an hour and totally hold up production but I just feel like some content from the guys on the site every day would be entertaining and valuable to hear.

[@AaronWitt]

yeah it's largely a production thing but we're working toward that. One step at a time. Just getting onto sites is difficult enough these days haha

[@3000gtalex]

He has in previous videos

[@imchris5000]

@@AaronWitt hard hat reflective vest and boots will get you a long way for getting onto sites

[@AaronWitt]

@@imchris5000 getting onto them is one thing. Taking photos and video is a whole different story

[@almostanengineer]

Stockpiling is what’s causing the shortages, I saw the same thing happening at the start of the pandemic. (I’m a retail worker, specifically in warehousing and distribution)

[@kylehills2843]

As a civil engineer, I love watching your videos! After I get done doing a design and plans for a roadway or site project, it's so rewarding to see the finished product and your videos highlight just how much hard work it takes to get these jobs done. Thank you for the awesome videos!

[@AaronWitt]

thanks for watching Kyle!

[@Treehandler]

The smaller guys are screwed because the big guys are stockpiling materials years in advance. The smallest disruption in supply creates outsized delays for companies that rely on the just-in-time market we have. Definitely some lessons in there for guys coming up, plan for the future

[@roberthumberston8803]

derek in our area of work, asphalt,pipe, big guys buying up all stock. leaving 0 for us. go to get a load of base whole damn pile sold, not available.

[@Treehandler]

@@roberthumberston8803 hate hearing that. During the height of the lumber shortages, I was on a job for a large movie company filming a movie coming out this year. They had truck after truck of lumber being hauled in for a movie set that they then turned over to the local fire department for a controlled burn training. Great for fire department to have live training drills, awful when we are still paying double for lumber a year later.

[@Adsjabo]

That's it man. We've literally got building companies going out of business down here in Nz and Australia because of material shortages whilst the massive development companies have just been buying up and stockpiling everything they can for the past 18 months. It's bs..

[@watchthe1369]

I saw 12 million yards and thought Cali and scrapers, nope cutting out a lake because the water needs to go somewhere, and you gotta find dirt somewhere to get houses high enough to stay dry in hurricane rain. Nice solution that is almost a meme like "Florida Man" you hear when watching cop cam videos. Soft ground means no scrapers, perfect sense due to traction.

[@AaronWitt]

Cali has some monster dirt jobs too

[@michaelshafer2996]

Awesome videos, only thing wrong is they aren't long enough 🤣 definitely earned a new sub and keep up the good work

[@AaronWitt]

we're working on making them longer I promise! Thanks for following

[@TsunauticusIV]

Your vids are amazing. Thanks for sharing all this with us.

[@UncleHillBillyBob]

I'm surprised they didn't have their articulated high track dozer out there. It's a hell of a dozer.

[@wandaj.guzman9874]

Thank you Aaron for another video special here at Orlando Fl

[@selky_smooth]

Venture north of the 49th parallel, check out how you do in in the rock muskeg and snow

[@FMDRCConstruction]

awesome operation🤩 high groundwater can def be a real challenge.

[@justgator1]

Right up the road from us! We are doing a 1 million sq ft Amazon warehouse in groveland Fl!

[@ryanwebb9099]

Y’all need a helicopter to put anything on the roof?

[@thegoldensteed]

That's super awesome 👌

[@jrexcavatingsons]

Great Videos keep it up!!

[@benjamintangen8838]

Love the videoes, but they are to short. I would love more info. Want to se it all!😍

[@davel4708]

1/ Why are they digging a lake? 2/ What are they doing with the material they've removed from the hole? These are the questions that popped into my head as soon as I started watching this clip. Constructive criticism: You're good at answering How in your vids, but I'm often still in the dark about Why and What. I reckon if you make a point of answering those two questions then you'll take what is already a good channel into a great channel.

[@AaronWitt]

Nice really solid criticism. Thank you. We will do better

[@ral3178]

In central Ohio, the Inspectors check the build date of the pipe and it has to be less then 1 yr from date of manufacture.

[@nepaoutdoors8536]

This is like documentary quality you should make some documentary length vids

[@soflaav8r]

Cool video. One small gripe, if you mention something like the giant piles of manhole covers, or whatever, it would be cool if you actually showed them. It also would have been cool to see what they were doing with the dirt they were hauling away.

[@AaronWitt]

this was an old one. We're getting better with the newer ones. All should be longer

[@PixelSham]

how the heck do you have so few subs

[@michaeldelarm1630]

well all you small contractors.. you know where your materials are now.

[@loadblock4995]

Florida has the greatest governor

[@justinmoore9921]

Would you ever be interested in coming to Indiana to record soil stabilization ?

[@raituano849]

Hey Aaron when will you do an actual oil and gas pipeline I think you’ll enjoy seeing big inch construction

[@rustyshakleford5230]

That looks like some tough soil to dig lol

[@brucewillis7135]

How many 349s are on site

[@first_last01]

Where exactly in Orlando? wouldn't mind seeing this in person

[@Joe-mf4jx]

What’d they do with all that dirt?

[@crazygood150]

Wow 12 million yards for a pretty pond in a sprawling suburb. Crazy how the money is justified in this.

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

Looks like another Stepford then.........................

[@jimsvideos7201]

What do you do with that much fill?

[@AaronWitt]

spread it out amongst the site haha. They're hauling a lot off too because it's unsuitable

[@andrewg.3434]

I don't think I would call this a subdivision, I think it is just a division. . .

[@yippikiyay197]

I just found your channel and love the premise but your videos need wayyyy more content about the equipment. It's like only a tease. They should be like 25 min or something so we can learn about the equipment.

[@AaronWitt]

all the newer ones are longer. These were put together many months ago and we're just getting around to publishing. Working on it

[@yippikiyay197]

@@AaronWitt awesome looking forward to it!!

[@jameslafave3605]

Ames Construction is moving 24 million yards of dirt for a new EV Toytota plant in Greensboro, North Carilona See if you cant check them out

[@jameslafave3605]

It sits on something like 1600 square acres and theres over 180 pieces of equipment moving almost 24/7

[@AaronWitt]

yeah they told me to beat it haha...

[@jameslafave3605]

@@AaronWitt shoot. good to know you tried😂

[@taniavizcarrondo6870]

Are u hiring?

[@volvtech7773]

I'd imagine you could run Terramac trucks down on the floor of the pond 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@netz1450]

way too small

[@volvtech7773]

@@netz1450 try I'm just not use to that size of goings on

[@fredygump5578]

So....shouldn't you talk about what this "pond" is for and what they're doing with the dirt? Are they digging it to build up the surrounding ground? I can only assume. I didn't get anything out of this except, "Hey look, machines digging dirt."

[@AaronWitt]

I get so distracted by the machines digging dirt that I forget what I'm doing often

[@johannes7835]

I didn't get why they dig it

[@Nic-te3vq]

To make a pond

[@3000gtalex]

I would assume in effort to raise the grade surrounding

[@rustyshakleford5230]

Its 2022. They are called personーhole covers.

[@nathanping5729]

Hey Les see one these giant equipment run pure electric lol also not sure why they need subdivision n homes ppl live on the roads driving all the time they use there for a place to shower n sleep that’s it

[@jhhuntingproductions9496]

People are moving to Florida because it’s a red state with a great governor

[@raganusmc]

Hay look at you getting adds lmao

[@jamescaliendo1030]

Get out of blue states while you still can

[@paultasker9759]

Just don’t bring that blue state BS with you.

[@Ryan-ki3pw]

This is on of the most inefficient ways to move material. From what I seen push pulls would have worked just fine, or dozers and scrapers. A 349 is too small of a machine to move that much material. A bigger excavator disperses it's weight with bigger tracks and excavators aren't constantly tracking back and forth to load trucks, if it sinks a little who cares. Excavate what you can reach, pull yourself back and continue roughing in the grade. Let the dozers and blades take care of the rest

[@AaronWitt]

if it were inefficient they wouldn't do it this way. Scrapers would sink and larger machines would too. They've tried it. Tracks aren't that much bigger on bigger machines, the ground pressure is still much higher. Not only that, but then you have issues with availability and mobilization on bigger machines

[@michaelmaas5544]

Yeah I’m sure this company has no clue what they’re doing, you should drop them a call and fill them in Lol

[@raganusmc]

This guy want youtube video come to a real job

[@bozoone4464]

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