Heavy Recovery Of Two Sunken Excavators - Norway

[@localcrew]

Looks like an expensive recovery. I'm surprised that the insurance company could a-fjord it!

[@Rallykaare]

This is drinking water, thats why :-)

[@davidwpinkston4226]

points for the pun

[@elofos0815]

i think it is not too expensive... there are the divers go down up to only -20m?, the crane and the some people... i think there more projects there more expensive like this

[@nutellagnuen]

Its fresh water. So a bit of cleaning, a new engine, a new cabin and new electrics and you ready to go!

[@FSEVENMAN]

localcrew lol your funny dude

[@DrEwBaBy625]

Sucks they left the lights on on that CAT... Batteries are probably dead now.

[@feetup7628]

lol right the batteries

[@devinhaisma]

DrEwBaBy625 the Nice thing about modern batterie's is that the're rechargable

[@RealCadde]

@@devinhaisma Except when you flat out lead acid batteries they die. Forever.

[@kimchong74]

Can you start who gonna start it ⁉️⁉️⁉️❗️❗️❕❕❓❓⁉️⁉️‼️‼️❔❔❔

[@redordead3868]

lmao

[@deezelfairy]

Superb recovery and one of the most fitting uses of the Das boot soundtrack I've ever seen!

[@privatebydesign1808]

No, a superb recovery would of used floating booms around the recovery area to contain the oil and diesel clearly seen drifting off from the equipment. I am very surprised containment procedures were not used.

[@simonk4503]

What is yellow and is not able to swim? - An excavator! Why not so? - Because it has got only one arm!

[@RobShuttleworth]

250 meters is still pretty good

[@HubertofLiege]

Hold my beer, limey

[@onebridge7231]

Dad joke!

[@timl1481]

Back Ho Ho Ho!!!

[@jrodjared]

Lightly used, never left outside excavator for sale. Runs great!

[@mikehawk4517]

Always washed and cleaned thoroughly!

[@vetrieska11]

i have repaired a sunken CAT 320E from Norway. Hydraulics ok, engine stuck and must be overhauled, but most important - electronics is a nighmare. Only engine ecm survived, monitor, right panel, a/c panel and main ecm must be replaced. Cost about 20000EUR. spent 100 hours of labour on it and still i don't know what and when will stop work. machine bought as a scrap so it was cheap, but i not recommend reworking machine from salty water. all wires copper and zinc plated parts should be replaced - very expensive. what is curious - DPF after starting engine throw out water, dried and was functioning well :D

[@neilcates3499]

Owned by a little old lady that only drove it to church on Sundays.

[@dimidomo7946]

Beyond wow! Those inflatables were critical! Looked like very little disruption in, on and around the narrow two-lane roadway. The technicians and all parties involved in the recovery of the 2 super expensive excavators are to paid well, promoted and commended. Oh, how did the machines(Volvo & CAT) fare once cleaned up and overhauled?

[@felixcat9318]

I particularly liked the sonar sound effect during the underwater camera segment, that was cute.

[@Iverondud]

Ble gravemaskinene reparert og brukt på nytt? Og fikk de bommen ned når den siste sto på lastebilen?

[@EternitP8]

I thought cats could swim

[@asedecraft]

Cats don like water

[@asedecraft]

@Joakim Mathisen thx you

[@Kdschaak]

The divers who rigged those got no love in this one.

[@bbearhug]

No doubt.

[@GavinY]

That is brave , setting the outriggers that near the edge

[@flat-earther]

They trusted the bedrock

[@j.e.honiball1327]

@@flat-earther Just like the guys in the 2 excavators did

[@brrrserkr]

It's on solid rock

[@lewisk2418]

Made me nervous too.

[@randymarsh5088]

I Am Sekou dude wtf chill

[@Brad772006]

I know they got the excavators as close as possible to the edge. I am still impressed with the lifting abilities of the cranes. I have seen so many crane fail videos of lighter lifts with disastrous consequences. Shows good planning. Good operators. Nice job! Nice job filming too!

[@andrewcourt5156]

I would think it was a matter of having to recover them, no matter the cost and who was paying because of enviromental reason.. they will be full of diesel, engine & hydraulic oil.. over time they will escape and cause problems..

[@pitzz84]

Andrew Court True. Great recovery in the lowest possible budget IMO. Probably only local companies were involved

[@globalko]

And I wouldn't want 2 huge excavators in my lake

[@bevamone3147]

Not to mention that the cost can be mitigated by scraping metal and selling any usable parts.

[@tjedmiston]

I'm shocked you didn't put a spill boom around all that oil that floating away

[@nobullshit9721]

No worries the fish will eat it

[@MrLarsgren]

they have been in water over 8 months.. if you look at 00:40 or so you can see they did.. that little oil you see at recovery is probably just from a ripped hose or something minor. just 1 dl of fuel in water looks worse than this so chill.

[@Mindcroscope]

It's believed between 14,000 and 64,000 gallons of oil have leaked from the USS Arizona since the attack, and the National Park Service estimates it could continue to leak for 500 years.😲

[@joeblogs5163]

Just imagine returning them if they were on hire.

[@davidkulm6795]

imagine the rental bill from the time they were lost to the time they were returned, lol.

[@drewbase]

And now the sequel in which they repair these monsters..

[@bdseidler]

Congrats to the successful recovery. Great coverage

[@joeashbubemma]

That's really great footage/camera/drone/editing work. Well done!

[@dinos7185]

They didn't sink at the recovery spot it looks like they used floaters ( air balloons ) to float then at the best place to crane lift them ashore....

[@stuartluig2911]

That really freakin sucks, those are both nice pieces of equipment, especially the volvo.

[@gnoski100]

Ha. The volvo is cleaner..but I'd have a cat anyday over a volvo.

[@TeddyLagace-cm3io]

That crane operator is absolutely nuts , his outriggers taking all the weight are on a sheer cliff !!!

[@waltermattson5566]

I thought he was too close to the edge too. They must have checked it out before they set up there.

[@tellmesomething2go]

Beautiful area; Norway.

[@JAKOB1977]

Yeah we need it back videnskab.dk/files/styles/columns_12_12_desktop/public/article_media/kort_over_danmarks_besiddelser_siden_vikingetiden.jpg?itok=3XxyuUyB&timestamp=1491424972 Norway needs to be part of the world's oldest kingdom and the oldest flag on the planet, yet again. but so does England and Sweden and all those old danish regions.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Hi Leif! It is Jennifer from Oregon USA here... Nice to see your videos here on youtube in addition to Vim...

[@ahti29]

Even this looks like a really good promotional travel video of Norway.

[@ltdees2362]

No doubt! Beautiful drone footage!

[@sheldondrake8935]

instead of the cheesy music, maybe some geeky narration...

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

When looking at this from the water view it looked totally safe. When looking down from the birds eye view you can see if there is any rock inconsistency lifting the 329 would test those faults when the load was furthest from the shore. The crane must have been close to it's limit when out first picking the load up. That last machine even had soil on the top. It apparently rolled underwater thus cushioning the impact.

[@Vorper]

Not worth anchoring them both with a steel line? Before they went fully underwater?

[@Vorper]

Nice filming

[@daleolson3506]

Wouldn't start flooded couldn't resist

[@crushed1126]

Beautiful country

[@funkypotamus]

How did they wind up so far from the shore?

[@mikegaughan9260]

The recovery= 60k The bounty= 760k The profit=700k New=1million, the insurance company knows the true numbers, but it probably looks similar to these numbers.

[@jarnosaarinen4583]

Thats impressive!

[@dvnstone]

Amazing work!

[@patrickwhelan5703]

So how much to get them running again and what would the process be? Flotation bladders got them up? I would have closed the road down each way but that's just me.

[@ltdees2362]

That is crazy stuff...how the heck they get those excavators to that cliff and not to mention the two unbelievable lifts. That was surely a gargantuan effort 👍

[@AW-Services]

Truly amazing team work and the cinematic video is awesome

[@adamrushton395]

What happened to them after the recovery?? Used for parts maybe

[@Bennyboy46a]

Was that what is referred to as quick clay?

[@iare19]

no, just clay surface slipped into the lake under the excus. Probably soft bottom lake also.

[@mattseymour8637]

Cool. This would be sonething would love to do. Lift diggers put of water. How heavy were these? Did they work after?

[@ares679]

That drone shots was awesome..

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

Love the DossBoot music. One of my favorite compositions by Class Muler.

[@MojoDevirus]

Was it a 100 ton mobile crane used there? Anyone can answer this. Thanks

[@turboconqueringmegaeagle9006]

Mojo Devirus they used different cranes for each excavator

[@freeman2399]

How did they get so far into the lake if they fell into the water next to the shore?

[@taco8v]

Do they ever put back to work again. It be nice if there’s a second video part on the re starting it. I will love to see it.

[@pashmaster]

Blue/turquoise line attached to the arm of the excavator being earthing line to ground to avoid any arcs or so?

[@santinoharvey4555]

pashmaster it’s a tag line for ground crew

[@santinoharvey4555]

How’d they get so far from where they sunk???

[@Xxsnip3r126xX]

Santino Harvey water is the most powerful thing there is think about it it cut threw the Grand Canyon them two machines just got washed away

[@TheMightyKinkle]

So did they float it to the shore?

[@sergeant5848]

What? I thought this was going to be one of the those "Recovery crane falls into the water" videos. Bugger. Kudos to the crane operator. Knows his stuff!.

[@regsparkes6507]

Yes it was an amazing recovery and so was the videography.

[@iffy_too6465]

Thats some big budget movie soundtrack you got going there.

[@fiddibelow]

a das boot remix

[@einarvindenes.6636]

Ble de begge overhalt og satt i ny tjeneste en plass?

[@edwardcarberry1095]

Yes okay. How did/ why were they out there? Ground gave away they should? have been closer? The lake didn't look that steep? Or was it, how long were they down?

[@theID2]

ok your comment? is really really weird? how does/why would you, or is it, what are you? trying to say?

[@Lotr2987]

This must've been a mammoth task for sure. Imagine what the recovery would've been like, if the excavators were well buried in the lakebed

[@claasjaguar960]

How did they put the arm in from the Cat for transport?

[@koubia]

nice vidéo

[@rogerdavies6226]

get 1,000s of lengths of bamboo and place under machine then lift. The bamboo are made of hollow cells and act as lifting equipment. Durring the time of the Flying Tigers in China during WWII, one of the planes went down in a river. efforts were made to recover the plane by cranes and "modern" methods. No luck. the local villagers asked if they could try, having nothing to lose the military said OK. Diver after diver took bamboo down and put under the wings. They then passed a long rope under the aircraft and pulled. Soon the plane popped to the surface. Newer aint always better

[@goaldigger9815]

Very interesting. Nature always has a way.

[@vp5]

Great story

[@TheRoyalHabibah]

powerful crane

[@brucedavenport1324]

Were there any fatalities because of the landslide or did it happen when no one was working ?

[@danielramsey1959]

New batteries, flush out the fuel system and i bet they start right up. Replace all the hydraulic oil and possibly any bad electrical components.

[@harveysmith100]

Take the injectors out before first start, the cylinders will be full of water.

[@warrmalaski8570]

There scrap. Wwater damage rally dues a number on the electrics.

[@georgepawlak6806]

great job really nice very professional very dangerous so close to the edge with that Big Crane very dangerous

[@had2galsinthebooth]

Looks to be solid rock.

[@dawidziomek3175]

There is a lot of oil on the water. Good job. Very precision...

[@mojoxide]

The epic music got me very excited about this.

[@nomusicrc]

What was the cable/hose attached to the first excavators bucket

[@montewestlund8195]

the tow rope

[@ian-sc3fu]

How long were they in the water for?

[@jamespalmer5407]

How did they get 600 ft. Out from shore? Were they on ice?

[@leif-kareeikeland5209]

Kvikkleire ras utløst av gravingen til gravemaskine

[@abrahamgoldsmith1684]

why no oil booms? the sheen on the surface of the water is clearly visible in many of the shots...

[@NICK-uy3nl]

A factory service partner can make them like new in a month, definitely worth the recovery.

Nice clean low impact recovery, nice

[@arefeshghi]

1- How come they ended up 250m from the shore in a span of 10 months only? They are extra heavy machines! 2- What about the oil spill?

[@XA-JJKILLERs]

Water is verry powerfull

[@FSEVENMAN]

I love how they have Johnny deep sea diver and they portray it is though he's 60 fathoms down in the ocean when in fact he's two feet underwater in some fjord

[@Bread996]

FSEVENMAN by the time they got to the machines they were out in the middle of the waters depths, not by the shallow waters of the shoreline.

[@robenhenni8463]

Beautiful pictures, good filming 👍👍👍👍👍

[@RedSiegfried]

Oddly enough, I enjoyed the first song in the video more than the video itself because I first heard it probably close to 20 years ago on a goofy surreal flash video about a submarine and had no idea it was from Das Boot. Auslaufen.

[@jamiecollins228]

Did they ever clean them up and get them back on the road

[@astrazenica7783]

So the inflatable buoys held up the lines?

[@tom5051666]

great choice of music. Das Boot!

[@louisaconnolly3889]

Please update us: what happened to the people who were inside the excavators at the time of the mudslide?

[@donaldtriumph1682]

Hi Louisa They got wet... but survived to die another day. James Bond style..

[@infl]

It’ll buff... just splash some sea foam in there and top off the coolant and it’ll run fine

[@MMXPyro]

Beatiful rescue!

[@garyfallows1123]

I'm suprised they recovered them, surely the recovery cost would have been more than what they were worth, great video though, as a former diver, would have liked to have seen them rigging the air bags

[@gratefulplatypus2977]

Amazing video, But I'm wondering how the boat bloody pulled them

[@gratefulplatypus2977]

Dinghy** or was it attached to the rig

[@xaviermiracle2323]

Cat fans, don’t be mad. The only reason they pulled the Volvo out first is because they knew it couldn’t last any longer, unlike the cat.

[@243WW]

No triple takes, repeats, dramatic music and bullshit, just a well done job! Nice.

[@rev3]

Plots twist: landslide gets the recovery crane

[@ZakuKazama]

How they end up in the middle of the lake?

[@chris6200]

A combination of sliding down hill and being pushed by water.

[@jeremyw5231]

Imagine driving by as you see a crane lifting an excavator out of the water

[@Manuel-np7dp]

What kind of truck was that with the rotator

[@ChrisRiley3D-Everything]

Dam thats a busy road !!!!

[@ianwilkins9010]

A good wash and brush up, bet they came out cleaner than when they went in.

[@dennisgannon]

Great sound track too from Das Boot.

[@TuffBurnOutTeam]

Its good to see somebody knows what there doing most tip the cranes over you got my Like

[@jamespaluch3481]

Wow sunken excavator machines under water for a long time I wonder how they got stuck out there

[@adrianmircea4474]

wonder what will they do with them after the rescue

[@crisnaoficial6572]

Be careful in your work, sir, keep your sefty, I am an excavator heavy equipment operator too ... Greetings, steel nails And greetings, two hands, sir, let's support each other

[@ludwigvanosselaer4179]

what they don't show is how they brought those cranes up from 22 m depth and ho they are bringing to the shore where they were lifted up

[@bennjj4478]

How did it get in there in the first place?

[@carleynorthcoast1915]

Why not do this earlier before the cylinder walls started to rust?

[@warrmalaski8570]

They had to find them first.

[@sanmcnellis94]

The one guy stated they change fuel with new batteries and they started immediately.

[@mialmagama]

Que buen trabajo👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MrSaemichlaus]

They were started right up and were hauled to the next job. Wouldn't that be a nice Volvo commercial!!

[@seancollins6524]

Watching in Ireland 🇮🇪, very cool video 📹