How To Grade With An Excavator-tips and tricks-pad for Kids Play Set

[@aaronburford5701]

Todd you can do anything with an excavator! You are the best! Commentary is great too!

[@123danks]

Halfway through and best excavating video I’ve seen. Thanks

[@DaleDirt]

Hey Buddy , Thanks for the ride along .... I am working toward doing what I call neighborhood dirt work .Keeping it to a close 5 mile radius until I get more experience ..over the past 10 years I have a F-800 Dump truck , a JD 410 Backhoe a JD 301 with a brush hog and a Bobcat . I hope to aspire to the purchase of a 7 to 10 ton Excavator very soon . Since this will be my fun job not my primary for now , wish me luck . I am originally from Harrisburg N.C. Now I'm in Hawaii for the last 25 years . I love playing in the dirt too.

[@DigginLife21]

Best of luck. Sounds like you’ve got the right equipment to track just about any job

[@mikewhittemorejr]

Todd, i sure do appreciate your videos. I'm 2 years in part time grading business in North Georgia. I keep busy, this winter did not slow down at all like it did the year before. I really need to officially go full-time grading, just worried. I bought a Kubota KX40 that I do all my jobs with. I mostly do driveway grading and drainage ditchline work. Your videos add value to my life.

[@DigginLife21]

Best of luck! You will always worry until you just go for it. The only failure is not pursuing your dreams

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Love the videos. Commentary is great

[@jimmyfavereau]

Yes Sir! A honest days work. Appreciate the bid ballpark info...

[@lloydr.6271]

For the work we do on the farm , currently a pad for the trailer sawmill , log handling and drying. I'm self taught but still a beginner and this is one problem I have. This has been very helpful. Many thanks from Wales , UK.

[@DigginLife21]

My pleasure Lloyd

[@ildozacariasribeirojunior6222]

Thank you for the video, could you mock up 2ft and build a house pad about 40' x 60' with this machine? I also have to remove some 42" stumps from the ground!

[@iamtimko8103]

My grandfather dad and I just started up an excavation company, we do trenching pretty much for plumbers or electricians, we run a bobcat e35 and a case 580 for our machines, that’s a nice sized mini

[@daveyjones9604]

Would you consider making a video with a list of equipment and the order you would purchase that equipment as if you were just starting in the excavation business today? I have a truck and a little twin axle 16ft car trailer and I was wondering if I could advertise for excavation jobs and rent the excavator by the day or week and use that set up until I was aware of the demand for such services in my area? That would also involve getting an LLC and insurance before I even worked the first job correct? Thank you for the quality videos and information btw.

[@robertsantimauro9406]

What kind of commercial license , do you need for the truck you drive ?

[@ryanatkinson5059]

Love your videos. Great attitude. Learning alot👌 ... ? Will they need to put a retaining wall on the high side?

[@DigginLife21]

I ended up redoing it and sloped the back at a 2 to 1 grade

[@markcomstock5099]

Nice job

[@johnstrong2129]

Awesome video man I'm 57 years old I've been a carpenter my whole life I got sick of it was sick and running up and down flights of stairs so I just bought a mini excavator Bobcat 324 would I be able to do that job I know it would take a lot longer but would I be able to do jobs like that with that little machine

[@jambaby7913]

Absolutely

[@cd1168]

Where do you advertise?

[@abikerinpa]

Welcome back brother , I missed my reality tv show the last 4-5 days ❤️😎

[@DigginLife21]

abikerinpa it’s always good to get back at it

[@darrenegginton9842]

What equipment do you have

[@DigginLife21]

Kubota tractor, Mack and Ford dump trucks, excavator

[@thereynolds2725]

One of the most important parts of estimating any job, and so very often overlooked by beginners, is to stop basing your price on what someone else might charge for the same job. Just because the other guy has a price doesn't mean he has the right one. Your costs are yours and his are his. Price according to your costs and add a comfortable profit, and forget the other guy exists. You have no competition. There's enough work for honest craftsmen who care about their trades and a severe shortage of honest craftsmen. If you're good at what you do, you will always have something to do

[@axe609]

You want a quick measure of the back wall ahead of time. run a string or tape out from the back to the front and level or adjust to grade and that string to the ground would be the height of the back wall.

[@DigginLife21]

Thanks for the TIP!!!

[@jamesdees4604]

Sooo true my friend, I got a small job to level a place for a pool for $300, only a 1/4 mile from office and only about 15’ square.

[@DigginLife21]

I love those jobs

[@t-man-7450]

welcome back, missed your videos! hows the garden going?

[@DigginLife21]

Haven’t been able to work on it yet. Lol . Gonna have to make time I guess

[@bozobennett]

Love your vids!

[@DigginLife21]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@tray8411]

They way we operate is if we find a good company (honest great work) no need for bidding..... Im an amateur ex operator btw..Thanks for the tips!!!

[@RandyJoyce1960]

You have helped me a bunch especially on how to bid jobs. I respect what you do. But you really need to get a laser level. I bought a Topcon but I wish I'd got a Bosch from Lowes or Home Depot. Half the price and just as good. Lot of my friends have them.

[@DigginLife21]

DigginKY Randy Joyce I’ll keep it in mind!!! Thanks for watching🙏🏻

[@max_nordest]

"SPECTRA" laser level forever!

[@jdub229r]

Jealous of that nice dirt, I have nothing but powdery silt & shale rock down here in Cabarrus County NC. You’d have had to brought a rock breaker to have dug that at my place.

[@philliphogwood9934]

A nice video looks like you had a good time on that job. Thats the way i would do it nice job

[@DigginLife21]

Thanks Phillip

[@leroyaultmon2533]

Are you going to get you a D5 dozer

[@DigginLife21]

A dozer is definitely a possibility in my future

[@ronlawrence5021]

I wonder why the guys making these "Excavator" videos never hit those bus sized boulders lurking 6" below the cover soil like we have here in Arizona?

[@kristystaats8390]

That's not good leaving your bucket up in the air

[@DigginLife21]

You’re right

[@terrylutke]

I'm guessing that the bigger excavation companies have overhead cost that makes their pricing on small jobs unattractive. Nothing against employees (we all were employees at some point), but employees pile on costs and complications to an otherwise simple, low stress and profitable business. I like how you think:)

[@DigginLife21]

Terry Lutke yes sir!!! Great to see ya in the comments Terry

[@kimhanson2570]

I don't think that bucket is a cubic yard. I like that you talk about the business side of your co. Nice video thanks

[@bighammer587]

This does not look like a mini excavator... 🧐

[@jlbush8249]

Ones his size are unofficially called midis.

[@jeremyeaker7362]

Todd why don't you respond to messages on Instagram? You say you communicate with your subscribers but I beg to differ.