Digging a short trench for a electric service for a new house in the winter with frozen ground. Running the conduits and backfilling the trench. Music: Prod. Rich LeFloor; Sleep Walking Prod. Rich LeFloorl; 80s NEM
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@denicefithian13285 жыл бұрын
I knew when I saw the tunnel that Andrew HAD to crawl thru it lol! 😂☺️he's an old wise soul and a silly kid at the same time! I love it!!! 💟💜
@leebastion5 жыл бұрын
I need to start at your first video, as I've been working back from the latest and watching this property slowly get unbuilt is entertaining to say the least lol
@dougcorrigan96776 жыл бұрын
Andrew, I have just recently discovered your videos and I want to complement you on having some of the finest videography I’ve seen. Your use of angle, perspective and lighting are excellent. I really enjoy the way you integrate the use of the drone mounted camera and the panoramic views at the end of many segments. Looking back at a couple of older videos, I would like to offer what I did with similar challenges. I was annoyed by tractor tires repeatedly going flat from locust tree thorn punctures. My local commercial/ agriculture tire dealer was able to fill them with foam for a fraction of the cost of solids. Haven’t had a flat in three years. As for your comment about needing a toothed bucket for your compact track loader. I purchased a great tooth bar for my 85 hp ASV CTL and now with only 2 bolts on/off I have it either way. Really improved the breakout capabilities of the bucket for only $350. Replaceable teeth make maintenance a snap.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the complement, and thanks for the tips.
@jeffhall29583 жыл бұрын
My first comment, and it is only to help. Buy a canvass tent large enough for your equipment and tent at least one. Use conduit to make the frame. Leave an entry and exit in it with a flap to cover those for the night. In those cold arse mornings when things are frozen, put a bullet blast heater, (Propane Blast Heater), towards one opening and open the other side to allow for the heat to dissipate slowly. Heat your equipment for an hour and it should not only start, but move as well. Rinse and repeat for all your other equipment. Once you have one piece going, the day isn't lost, and in hours the rest will be functioning. Just a tip from an old guffa' from Maine. Good luck son!
@prattsgreenhousefarm94736 жыл бұрын
Good work once again. Cold weather always makes things about 10 times harder. Don't sweat the criticism you have done enough to know what's practical and what's not.
@stiks6766 жыл бұрын
it's very interesting to watch your work! hello to you from Russia
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@jorgeantonioromeroespinola25144 жыл бұрын
. Hello, from Paraguay... . We have now, 37° C... .
@davidswezene11025 жыл бұрын
As always Andrew, I enjoy watching your videos and explanations of what you're doing and why that come with it. There will always be trolls That berate one thing or another that others are doing well at. Just ignore them unless there's something to learn from them, which is often to ignore them. Spot on videos, very very instructional in nature.
@johnscally2556 жыл бұрын
HARD but thorough worker does it again.Thanks sir.
@chrisbarr13594 жыл бұрын
Always great music!
@johnquinn30356 жыл бұрын
5:51 osha approves
@luacreskid5 жыл бұрын
Spent most of my adult life in PA and MI...frozen ground is a reality. Now live in Willamette Valley, Oregon. Utilities are down a foot or so and these folks just shake their heads when I talk about 48" utilities Good job
@artm52945 жыл бұрын
Didn't see any yellow "buried cables" warning tape installed when you filled in the trench. Another good video!!!
@Simonelectricfl4 жыл бұрын
Andrew that is most likely a 200 amp squar d homeline with a feed through buss bar. Because they do not make a homeline 200 amp breaker that will fit in 2 standard size breaker slot. Also they will probably remove that temporary service eventually aswell and just couple the 2" pipes together below grade. I would remind the electrician to leave a few feet of slack in the 2/0 cu thhn wrapping around the inside of the panel so they won't need to re-pull the whole run and it will make it all the way to the transformer pad it will be short if they don't do this. That would suck to waste 50 feet of 2/0 because it is a few feet short.
@tltsw6 жыл бұрын
Andrew brother you do know how to run a mini and skidstear. Again thank you taking us to work with you again. Im just starting out to be a operator and I've gotten pretty good on our mini excavator and loaded.
@joeyoliver5794 жыл бұрын
Two things: where was Inspector Levi for the tunnel, and there had to be a lot of settling after the ground thawed.
@Military-Museum-LP6 жыл бұрын
That was a first for me! Tunneling.... good job.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, me also, thanks.
@scottsmith85465 жыл бұрын
Great job brother! Next time, tell them it costs double past November 15th. :0) PS - the home owner should hire you again to place that giant bolder you moved earlier from the foundation dig, in front of the transformer on the high side in case somebody goes a sliding down the driveway.
@AlejandroLapeyre Жыл бұрын
In spring there will be more demand and the price rice too 😀
@bsm67766 жыл бұрын
Queue the KZbin “master” builders with their holes up comments. Andrew does this for a living! He knows what he is doing.
@MrHayabusa545 жыл бұрын
Andrew, impossible is done immediately, wonders take a little longer 👍🇩🇪
@davidgenthnerjr49956 жыл бұрын
Seems like the engineers and that picked a crappy time for you to be doing earth work. Usually during the winter months due to the ground freezing mos general contractors in my area will not do any earth work once the ground hardens up.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I agree. Its was suppose to start much earlier in the year. But everything took longer than it should have, so I'm fighting the cold now. Its in pretty good shape, for the winter now though.
@user-nw4di3pf3g4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes they dig a grave in the frozen ground to the full depth. Who will be lucky.
@SantaClaw5 жыл бұрын
You shold really get yourself a basic ripper-tooth for your excavator to deal with the frozen ground more easily :)
@TruckDynasty5 жыл бұрын
Better than letsdig18
@tamenui-nuseb87586 жыл бұрын
I digg your musical tasre on all your videos Budd. Its like the corresponding to each video.
@leol16826 жыл бұрын
Good job Andrew like it specialy the tunnel .
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, yeah, that was cool.
@treeclimbing77986 жыл бұрын
That’s one way to skin a cat so to say. Thinking outside the box Determination Wins again.
@twofeathers65402 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video
@aldimore6 жыл бұрын
BRRR. I am glad we don't see freezing like that down south. Ij am learning a lot watching you. I hope to get a small excavator to play around on soon.
@dansbrown13135 жыл бұрын
No yellow caution tape Andrew?
@chinaski20205 жыл бұрын
Guess it's not necessary as it's obvious the wire's running from the box to the house.
@scott57474 жыл бұрын
Did I miss something or did you not back fill the tunnel?
@CPguyinON4 жыл бұрын
Once the ground thaws it will sink and he can fill on top of it
@glenngoodale17096 жыл бұрын
You sure know how to use your machine to get the job done !! Must be really cold there....
@josephpulse25372 жыл бұрын
I love how no little thing like a frozen track stops him.
@loupiscanis94493 жыл бұрын
Thank you ,Andrew
@stillX25 жыл бұрын
You have the ability to endure hard work
@rustrtal Жыл бұрын
That is most likely a pass-through panel where there won’t be any additional breakers for the house. The house will go on and off with the main.
@KiotiTractorNL6 жыл бұрын
Amazed at all the ignorant comments Andrew, people should watch and learn and if they have only negative things to say they shouldnt say anything at all. Great Channel, one could only hope to have all his own equipment and be his own boss like yourself, for me being a excavator operator and alot of my fellow co workers that is the dream. Keep up the great work man
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, yeah allot of "want to be building inspectors" on here.
@brendaphillips45503 жыл бұрын
'Bout froze my toes off trying to watch this series. Kept having to stop and go make hot chocolate. I live in South Texas. We don't get frozen like that. Brrrr!!
@smokinjoesmoyen18996 жыл бұрын
Your a good operator. Cool tunnel.
@mysurlytrucker75104 жыл бұрын
Hope you dont mind me saying but when your digging your blade is better at the back it makes your machine more stable.
@mussellnz86406 жыл бұрын
bro that wos epic digging under that frost iv never sean any one do tht with a digger ,
@Billsbob4 жыл бұрын
The frozen track shuffle makes it look like your excavator has worms.
@terrybryan19326 жыл бұрын
Putting the at the back gives you digging power my friend
@bjbeardse4 жыл бұрын
I'd belike FUKIT! Im moving to DIXIE!!!!!
@Oceanism5 жыл бұрын
What if you hook a tube fram the exhaust pipe, and let it blow exhaust on the frozen track?
@cat637d6 жыл бұрын
Nice job Andrew, especially the novel way you got around the frozen ground! Also there are way to many armchair engineers in the comment section, just ignore them!
@1944chevytruck3 жыл бұрын
thanks 4 video..... be kind.................
@Chicagoman365 жыл бұрын
They should sealed that wall before back filling with that black stuff... Even if its middle winter!!! that spot can still leak...
@jaycahow46672 жыл бұрын
I noticed that a well, seems like a waste to seal the whole foundation and then punch a whole in it, roughly patch it up and then not reseal it. The hole they patched around the pipe is the most likely spot to leak in the basement.
@davecalvo19396 жыл бұрын
That's very cool Andrew, you always find a way which makes you successful in your career. As a licensed electrician in CT I know what a bitch it is trenching in the winter time.
@TF8564 жыл бұрын
Can't hear the tractor. All I hear is that music. 😟 Have to turn the audio off until the music stops. I wish you could signal us somehow to let us know that the music has stopped so that we could turn the audio back on. 😁
@rjlandscaping78536 жыл бұрын
Hey what's going on my name is Rocco I really enjoy your videos Im from CT don't exactly know where you are located in NY must be upstate your videos remind me of working with my dad doing different projects that had to be done. Well keep the videos coming we all appreciate them thanks Rocco
@JeffLT30305 жыл бұрын
Nice work! Awesome channel!!
@DustyBiscuitFilms6 жыл бұрын
Do you own all this equipment?
@robhenderson93203 жыл бұрын
Brilliant worker and great videos, but so unsafe. Imagine if that tunnel collapsed and he was underneath
@johnm.evangelis6935 жыл бұрын
You know Andrew you have to invest in a Jackhammer digger for the Yanmar so it will help you dig better!!!
@Ramdodge5826 жыл бұрын
125 amp max sub panel breakers if i am not mistaken. it's a small house so that should be OK.
@randallhutchcraft40393 жыл бұрын
Is Jesse Muller your friend, he does the same thing you do, I can watch him sometimes, I've seen most your videos, so far except the very first one's I suppose.
@South_Texas_Fail6 жыл бұрын
I have a couple of questions. 1: Do you place bids on these projects, or people come to you? I'm under the impression that you are an independent contractor, and not a subcontractor. 2: Where do you find all of the music that you use in your videos?
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
People usually call me, lots of repeat people. Mostly the KZbin audio library, but these came from here: soundcloud.com/wreckagerecords/sets/free-instrumentals-d
@South_Texas_Fail6 жыл бұрын
Cool, and thank you for responding to my questions!
@jorgeantonioromeroespinola25144 жыл бұрын
. Me imagino, que esa casa habrá costado una fortuna, para hacer todos esos trabajos, y construir totalmente terminada... . No es para cualquiera, una casa de esas, no señor... .
@nedloh175 жыл бұрын
No marker tape over the conduit
@AndrewCamarata5 жыл бұрын
No one is going to dig that up. You can see the conduits going into the ground on the house and on the meter pad. But ill make sure to always use tape to set a good example. The reason why its been left out in the past is because people don't want to pay for it, and keep talking me down on prices. I am going to be more firm and try not to deal with cheap customers any more.
@jdub229r5 жыл бұрын
Nothing in the NEC about caution tape over secondary (post utility transformer). I'd bet the utility company requires tape over the primary. In NC, most of the local utility providers bring direct burial cables to the transformer. Contractor only has to install twin 6" sleeve under pavement.
@paulwhited1176 жыл бұрын
Another well done video. Check out Wain Roy quick change system. I have that on our Excavator and has been amazing. 3’ bucket with no teeth which we use the most but not for digging. And then a 2’ and 1’ but I’ve also made forks, a rake and 20’ boom. Just is sweet to pull one not greased up pin and change.
@TrailTrackers5 жыл бұрын
That tunnel was AWESOME Andrew. I've never seen that done with an X before. Have you thought about renting or purchasing a hammer for your X? I live in Utah and we have frozen ground here too during the winters. When I dig in that I've rented a jack hammer attachment and it works really good.
@jlf99996 жыл бұрын
Place concrete cover type mats over you entire rig when you know it going to freeze hard and then place a 40 watt light bulb mounted to a piece of scrap wood under the oil pan. Ask your concrete guy if he has some old ones or they are available at the construction supply place.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Cleaning the tracks out keeps them from freezing.
@jaywillow99275 жыл бұрын
You need a ditch witch dude. A ditch witch with a trencher and plow blade. Get a ride on. They are the bomb for digging trenches. They'd have dug the trench 5 times as fast as the excavator and the frost would have been no problem.
@AndrewCamarata5 жыл бұрын
Think so? I rented one once and I was not impressed with it. It was a 2 wheeled walk behind machine, and mobility was much of the problem. Maybe if it was a skid steer attachment instead.
@mysurlytrucker75105 жыл бұрын
Good work especially considering the climate your hammer if you had it at the time would be useful in the winter.
@marioprzepiora5 жыл бұрын
Try using the pushblade behind the excavator. Lower it and you'll use the total weight of the machine to dig.
@swampwhiteoak14 жыл бұрын
As far as frozen tracks are concerned, I would deal with it properly or stop until spring. Actually, i would do both.
@MegaBait16165 жыл бұрын
I had to put on the chipper to break up the frost line about 8 yrs. ago putting in a 1" water service 4' below the ground was sooo frozen . lol. Then back to the bucket to remove the chunks. The town wouldn't let me fill with the frozen dirt even with copper tubing so had to bed it in sand and wait till soft again to refill. Also had to tamper the ground every foot with a jumping jack. Held up everything 6 weeks :(
@MegaBait16165 жыл бұрын
and i'm only 2 hours south of you.............
@rusosure73 жыл бұрын
I've seen dogs do that when their butt glands get clogged lol
@jerrysparks13085 жыл бұрын
wait till summer when your tunnel caves in lol
@nicholasbausman9995 жыл бұрын
No sand on top of that pipe or red caution tape...
@williamlvanstralen4 жыл бұрын
Sure doesn't seem to mind workin' in the cold...
@paagronomoff25 жыл бұрын
Why don't you spin both tracks at the end of the day or clean them with a steam cleaner?
@DVTY16 жыл бұрын
Try hammering those tracks with a sledge hammer
@iiFoogie4 жыл бұрын
Over where I live, they out there electric meter on the house and put the breaker inside.
@cat-pd1di6 жыл бұрын
Hydraulics are awesome!
@Hatya056 жыл бұрын
I borrowed a ripper tooth for my 60 mini ex today, its on my must have list now.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
For doing frost? Did it help much?
@Hatya056 жыл бұрын
Andrew Camarata Its was very helpful I had about 12” of frost in some areas, it was a chore but it was a job that had to get done. I think it would work great on 4-6” of frost, 12” of frost on hard clay took me quite a while to work thru. I finally got the hang of it and realized if I scraped a line over and over until it broke free I could move over and scrape another line about 8 - 12” to the side and it would break up after about 6 scrapes. I would say 12” of frost was too much for my 12k lb machine. I borrowed this one from a fellow excavator friend, my dealer priced me a new one at 1100, i will be looking for a used one.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Ok, good advice, I few people said the same. I might have to pick one up. It would be much more fun having different accessories for that machine if it had a quick change bucket. Its a little annoying to change that bucket by removing pins.
@paulwhited1176 жыл бұрын
Wain Roy quick change system would be an amazing investment for you in the long run. Check them out. I have it on our excavator and has been wonderful to have. But as always everything costs money so I understand that.
@buelowexcavating5 жыл бұрын
I started in an asphalt road then ripped thru a good 7' of frost with my John Deere 710 backhoe with a frost tooth on it in about six hours for a sewer line repair. I have a coupler on the hoe so I would rip about a foot of material then remove it with the bucket. A bucket won't even touch that kind of frost. When have time I will put a ground thawing machine on to make it easier on the machine. I also have a vee bottom frost bucket that I use, the frost tooth is much more aggressive than the frost bucket. I also have a Ford 655 with a ripper tooth, It probably could have cut thru that frost above your tunnel in about 1/2 hour or less.
@JuhisTube5 жыл бұрын
Buy a ripper on that excavator. Really good with icy ground and wood stumps.
@edwardgarea76504 жыл бұрын
JS 81 Andrew is the type that will make his own ripper. Why buy when you know how to weld?
@HughzieTube6 жыл бұрын
Have you tried a bit of insulation around the idler sprocket to try and prevent freezing? Should throw a Tarpaulin over each track when you finish to reduce the exposure and it might be less of a ball ache when you start on a morning.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
It just needs to be shoveled out at the end of the day.
@rasmAn26 жыл бұрын
is it mainly the drive gear on the tracks that gets gunked up and freezes? or is it more the idlers and the entire track? in the first case, diverting the flow to the motor and running it trough a couple of bulky restrictors might make a good heater for it. steel tube next to the track after a restrictor might do it for the track to, but i'm guessing not so much. coolant's better but you'd have to plumb it trough the swivel, which would be a can of worms i'd leave closed. no such worries for the skid steer though. seems like it's costing you a lot of time each morning now, might be worth the effort. pipe chasing might do the job to, but that's lacking the power to get you running quicker than you are now methinks, hydraulic heater gets you all the power you normally drive with.
@briangardiner10156 жыл бұрын
Andrew, have you considered at rpper tooth for your excavator? I used to live in Tucson Az and saw a contractor tunnel under sidewalks and driveways installing a water line. Back then they could water jet to compact the soil. They used a long steel pipe with a valve on one end. Then they would push the pipe into the ground and turn on the water and push the pipe as deep as it could go. Now they do lifts and compact.
@jonathanbartron36584 жыл бұрын
"It's hammer time!"
@marlenesmith60023 жыл бұрын
you should have used a jackhammer like you do for big stones to break the frozen dirt
@zzz13zzz174 жыл бұрын
I live in Russia. The depth of frozen earth where I live after winter is from 1 meter 20 centimeters to 2 meters. So don't worry, be happy.
@johnpaterson81045 жыл бұрын
I love watching your videos Andrew, but the choice in music would make an onion cry.
@PatrickWagz5 жыл бұрын
m u t e button
@0778drz1106 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they didn't move the electrical meter to the side of the house? I would've though that temporary pole was going to get ripped out when they finished. Seems kinda half-assed and an eye sore.
@MaverickandStuff6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing.
@arkansas13366 жыл бұрын
0778drz100 --- The power company's transformer is/ends in that area. Just hide it, landscapers need jobs too.
@jwg194446 жыл бұрын
Could be part of a larger plan like adding a back up generator with automatic switching; keeps the noise away from the house. Could also be an electric utility requirement since the meters are now using a wifi type mesh network for recording usage data.
@odc430546 жыл бұрын
In my area it's driven by how far the utility will extend a line and transformer off their "main" line. They have a limit. If you go further, they require you to pay for the whole thing. If you can get them to extend it as far as possible, saves a lot of $$ in buried line costs.
@tux19685 жыл бұрын
Not to mention anyone can just shut off all your power from outside with the simple flick of a switch.
@chris182285 жыл бұрын
I would take the whole entire breaker box and put it inside I would not have it outside
@ZacVaper6 жыл бұрын
You forgot to bury the electric underground warning tape.
@Miles-mf9kg5 жыл бұрын
when he installs the pipe he buries it with the tape. If the electricians are installing the pipe its their responsibility i think.
@toddreynolds88755 жыл бұрын
First put back a foot and half or so of dirt then lay tape out and finish covering it. It dont do know damm good if its down near yhe conduit. But thats how most yhe idiots that dont know no better do it.
@tmoomoo425 жыл бұрын
Just wondering how you filled tunnel in?
@AndrewCamarata5 жыл бұрын
When the ground thawed it collapsed, than more dirt was added on top.
@Kharnellius5 жыл бұрын
@@AndrewCamarata Sounds safe, lol.
@OpenSesame0016 жыл бұрын
Funny, 0:15 reminds me of my dog dragging his butt across my carpet..
@WAVETUBE844 жыл бұрын
You can DIG!
@kirkschellhammer65933 ай бұрын
Cool 😎
@waynep3436 жыл бұрын
i can't imagine not running the tubes all the way to the bottom of the ditch all the way to the ends instead of sloping them in. coming up within a foot or so of the foundation wall so you could get your ells in. and how do you keep the water out of the open ends and filling the middle of the tube runs with water or ice..
@morgansword5 жыл бұрын
I seen the one you refer to installing service to site. Its amazing how fast a building goes up in any weather, any condition that is humanly possible for mankind to go forth. Husband team working on service... possibly home owner as it is your responsibility to do after the breakers. Short fast and sweet
@excavatorfun62656 жыл бұрын
how many hours do you have in a excavator seat? nice job!
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, how many hours, that's a good question. I bought that first one in 2010. I would have to say 4000+ hours.
@tux19683 жыл бұрын
I hate how easy it is for someone to walk up and shut the electricity to the house off. Seems like those outdoor meters are very common in your area though. Here they're all in the basement with electronic readings collected remotely. Only in case of a dispute does someone have to come in and actually look at it.
@jaycahow46672 жыл бұрын
Actually the trend will be to put your power panel outside in the future. This is so the fire department o emergency worked can kill the power before they spray water in case of a fire. How would you like entering a live building being flooded with with water that conducts electricity real well. I too have issues with the panel being outside but I think some places require it already.
@latheman235 жыл бұрын
I can't understand that in such a cold climate, that the electric is on a breaker panel outside. Why isn't it inside on the basement wall or even upstairs in a utility room? Also why didn't you bury the electric line before you backfilled the footer on that side ? You dug up the gravel then backfilled with dirt. i realize that's the high corner but still?
@henrythompson75954 жыл бұрын
won't that tunnel cave in when the dirt thaws?
@seantap14156 жыл бұрын
Funny how driving over the ground makes the frost so much deeper.
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
Well it was because the snow was plowed off that area, and there was no snow there to insulate that spot, so the frost was deeper.
@seantap14156 жыл бұрын
I live in the land of frost and your right the snow can insulate the ground against frost but nothing can make it go deeper than driving on it...
@oby-16076 жыл бұрын
Where I live, the frost can go 8 feet deep if you drive on it. That digging in frost is hard on a machine, like breaking up difficult rock. Good camera work. Loved the tunnel.
@nanathannvw6 жыл бұрын
I was under the impression that frost lines go deeper due to the air pockets being squished out from the soil. Making it worse for insulating. I’m not sure how much truth there is in that but it seemed like a plausible explanation.
@stanpatterson50336 жыл бұрын
This might seem sort of like a dumb question, but with that rubber track setup on that Yanny, couldn't you use the arm to prop up the "frozen" side, then use a hammer/prybar to beat the track loose from the frozen spots, or is the problem all right there around the drive sprocket?
@AndrewCamarata6 жыл бұрын
I tried that, it didn't reach. I just need to clean it better.
@AdolfKitler5 жыл бұрын
Yoga pants walking around with hands in pockets --- FIRED!!!
@RipVDub4 жыл бұрын
From 7:10 on...I feel like I’m listening to a scene from the 1979 classic movie, “ The Warriors.” Nice. Did you fill the tunnel?