Digging Some Frost Footings With Takeuchi TB153fr

[@chrislangdell117]

The offset digging capabilities of that Takeuchi come in handy. Nice work

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Chris Langdell yes it comes in extremely handy.

[@bluemtnsman]

"We'll make it work.". Best attitude ever. Thanks for another fine video.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

bluemtnsman thank you! I try to have a good attitude towards things.

[@mrandrewdennis1]

Like I tell my students a good operator might complain about stuff a great operator just gets the job done. No complaining here just getting it done. Good job Brandon !!👍🏻

[@eliteearthworksllc]

andrew dennis I appreciate that! To me there’s no reason to get all bent out of shape. The task still has to be done and I can assure you it’s more difficult when you’re mad! Thanks again

[@mrandrewdennis1]

I enjoyed

[@SkidderKev]

A basement!!!! I knew I would see one on here eventually!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Skidder Kev lol! They are few and far between but they do exist!

[@anthonyjcarolan3161]

You have done a good 👍 job on the Footings I love ❤️ your video 📷 the are best thing I can't wait for the next video 📷

[@eliteearthworksllc]

me In leather jacket and pants good thank you. Thanks again for watching

[@topnotchexcavatingllc5193]

Fun Fun ! Always a Adventure in the winter time !😉

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Top Notch Excavating LLC yes it is! Thanks again

[@DirtPerfect]

That’s a video is all to familiar to me them can be a real pain nice job as always

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dirt Perfect thank you! Yes you have to get a little creative on how you dig them out!

[@melaniew77msn]

Nice work thanks for bringing us along!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

tdej80 thanks for watching

[@louisianadirt2188]

Louisiana Dirt approves how you unstick yourself! Tried and tested . Thanks for sharing Stay safe Dwayne

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Louisiana Dirt 218 lol! Thanks man! That happens sometimes. Thanks again

[@burningdinosaurs]

Y'all look like you're in summer there! All I've been digging is myself out of the snow! Nice work on all the different angles! You're stepping up your editing game! Well done! And what a tight spot to work in! I hate to say it, but I think DigginOK might have had some trouble in that spot! Thanks for the video!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

burningdinosaurs yeah you guys have been getting hammered with snow! Thanks I had so many angles I thought I would try something different with them. I bet he could have figured something out! Thanks again

[@uggy7]

Like the different camera angles. I also like your videos. 👍👍🇵🇪🐕

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dermot Byrne cool thanks for the feedback!

[@DirtPerfect]

Watching you struggle at Times with that single axle truck don’t make me miss mine at all 🤣 I know there handy in some place but don’t get around worth a 💩

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dirt Perfect 🤣 I believe it would get stuck on wet grass! They’re handy just don’t drive them off road!

[@DirtPerfect]

Yup you got it 😜

[@SkidderKev]

@@eliteearthworksllc our work truck when new had milage specials on it. It literally would get stuck on wet grass you would have to put it I 4x4 hahaha

[@mightymoeexcavating754]

Nice stick handling, scores! Thanks for sharing

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Mighty Moe Excavating thank you!

[@dalepremo3695]

Those two side/angled footings were pretty routine but going across that opening looked like a real pain. Dragging back and angling as you did it is no fun. But you worked through it and got it completed. Nice job, for sure. BTW, I thought those video effects were a nice touch. I know you've been working on a mic, so look forward to that. Thank you for sharing.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dale Premo yeah they usually tell me they have to retaining wall or stem walls they need and don’t always mention the one in the middle lol. This one was fairly easy, I’ve done that before without no room for the machine. Thanks I find little things that are new in my editing software and just want to try it out. Sometimes it works sometimes it’s a pain lol. I appreciate the feedback and comment

[@trickmytractor7187]

At least we had some sunshine today👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

trickmytractor.com yes! It was beautiful today! Thanks again

[@johnstegall4119]

Dig all the frost footings you want just dont come to Raleigh and dig rain footings lol

[@eliteearthworksllc]

John Stegall LoL! That sounds like it would be even more difficult!

[@jplunkett3647]

totally LIKE your different videos views

[@eliteearthworksllc]

John PLunkett thank you! Trying to change it up and keep it somewhat interesting. Thanks again

[@dirtmover6190]

I’ve done that several times, pull in when it’s froze in the morning, when your thru ground unthaws truck moves a couple feet and it

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dirt Mover oh yes always fun this time of year!

[@Digginok]

The single axle trucks suck in the mud, but if your haulin' a hoe it don't matter! I pulled Lil' Red a 1/4 mile by myself once! Fun stuff.

[@e.l.construction5945]

Digginok sure you did! Was it uphill in the snow too?

[@Digginok]

E.L. Construction why yes it was! -33 degrees so cold my gloves ended up stuck to the chain! Nearly lost Lil’ Red to the flood that was coming down from the high plains of The badlands. This was before the video phone so no known records exist!!!

[@melaniew77msn]

@@Digginok Fun stuff when you get advice and sarcasm from people who's diapers you have changed!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Digginok LoL that’s true sometimes you have to do that!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

E.L. Construction 🤣 both ways

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

I’m tired of winter. Could you maybe dig some sunshine footings or something instead? 😂💗

[@mrandrewdennis1]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks for sure here in NY it started in October.🥶

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Mrs. Elite Earthworks lol! I wish I could I’m over winter!

[@louisianadirt2188]

I second the sunshine!

[@mrandrewdennis1]

I tell my my wife she is the only sunshine I need in the morning.😍

[@trickmytractor7187]

Toes in the sand therapy on the beach Would be good for sure Dennis 👍

[@VideosByAl]

Still quicker than digging by hand

[@eliteearthworksllc]

VideosByAl definitely! That would have taken forever

[@Cannastrophic]

1.washing dishes 2. Watching paint dry 3. Watching people dig with escavator

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Cannastrophic LoL! Love it!

[@shootersoptiontargets]

Hope you charged extra for all that travel time with the mini, lol. Great video Elite!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

shooters option targets thanks! 🤣 I get paid by the inch!

[@melaniew77msn]

@@eliteearthworksllc That sounds like an adult swim topic!

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

tdej80 I’ll blow his adult swim whistle later for that one 😉😂

[@e.l.construction5945]

Is that going to be a house? Glad I don’t deal with symons forms anymore! Good video!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

E.L. Construction yes big walk out basement I believe. Those forms look like a pain from what little I know about them. But this guy has a ton of them. He does the majority of all the basements in town

[@e.l.construction5945]

Elite Earthworks LLC they are back breakers for sure, but they are worth a lot of money, and if he’s the only game in town, then he’s making a killin

[@eliteearthworksllc]

E.L. Construction I know he has enough of them forms to do a 100,000 sq ft building with 16’ high walls. He did that last year and it was one pour

[@e.l.construction5945]

Elite Earthworks LLC he probably leases them out all over the state, last time I used them we did a 8’ stem wall on a 75x250 building and I was pretty much sick of them when we got done. That’s why I’m sold on the ICF blocks now

[@eliteearthworksllc]

E.L. Construction that’s true I didn’t think about that. They look like work to me. I know enough about concrete to know I don’t want any part of it 🤣

[@shortridgeexcavatingllc]

Never underestimate the power of a tickle my coochie lol Great job man!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Slim S lol! That’s right! Thanks again man

[@dennisocallaghan1380]

Nice work is the ground frozen

[@eliteearthworksllc]

dennis ocallaghan thank you! It freezes and thaws here. The most it has frozen so far this is about 6” down but then it rains or warms up and turns to a mud mess. Thanks again

[@sandy1653]

So forgive the silly question from the Florida boy, but what's a frost footing for?

[@mightymoeexcavating754]

If it is not dug in to the ground the frost will get under it and heave it up,Our frost depth is 4ft min in Cambridge Ontario Canada

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Sandy I think it’s just a footing but the concrete guy calls them frost footings so I guess it’s a thing. I’m not really sure 🤣🤷🏼‍♂️

[@sandy1653]

@@mightymoeexcavating754 Ah. That makes sense. That's one of those considerations we just don't have to take into account down here.

[@cookiesservices4552]

Sandy here in NY the frost moves our bridges, roads and pretty much every thing it comes in contact with. In the winter they have to close the train tracks going through the mountains due to the frost our frost footings are about the same as Mighty Moes. Water service are buried a min of three feet and five or six feet under driveways

[@farmingwithbryon9846]

I hate digging chopped up house footings and basements it’s a pain why can’t we just do rectangles

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Bryon 6180 lol no kidding I mean come on think about the excavator

[@michaelford4547]

I would have grabbed that piece of timber there layed it on existing footing and sat my tracks up on it and leveled machine with blade maybe

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Michael Ford didn’t want to take a chance and break the new footing plus I needed to be able to track to move my spoils

[@RetiredCanadian]

Like your video's, just wish you could improve your audio level, when you are inside the cab, with the engine reved up. I am only getting about 50% of what you are saying. thanks

[@eliteearthworksllc]

RetiredCanadian yeah sorry about that I’m working on getting a mic. The engine noise drowns me out so bad. Hopefully have something this week. Thanks again

[@dalepremo3695]

Hey, ELITE, I found one of the videos that Rick Janisse & I referred to where Andrew Camarata pulled a boom lift up an incline using a track loader at the same time - ALONE! It's entitled "Cutting a tree off a cliff" from June 11, 2017. You'll get a kick out of it, I'm sure! The action starts around 45 seconds in: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5unqZRpidSAeqc

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Dale Premo cool I’ll check it out thanks!

[@thederrick1966]

hate frost and nice way to get yourself from being stuck

[@eliteearthworksllc]

thederrick1966 yes it’s a pain. Thanks again

[@thederrick1966]

@@eliteearthworksllcI have dealt with it when I was in Michigan .. real hard on teeth

[@eliteearthworksllc]

thederrick1966 yes it is, it’s a huge pain!

[@Brian-jm2xr]

Can't hear you that well when your talking in the cab. Too much engine noise. Otherwise great videos. Keep up the good work.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Brian yeah I’m trying to find a mic to hopefully make that better. That’s one reason I don’t do a ton of in cab videos. Sorry about that I appreciate you watching though