How I Made $6000 on This Trailer Demo -Bobcat e42 Excavator

[@t54760]

I really enjoy your videos and appreciate you taking the time to film and narrate. I subscribed after the first one I watched a few months ago. In the beginning of this video I noticed how easily you bent the I-Beams on the end of the trailer being demoed. I thought on the long ones you would put the E42's blade down on a section to pin it and use the bucket & thumb to bend it. Work your way down so the entire beam would fit into the trash container. Probably easier said than actually doing it I imagine. Anyway on that last section I wanted so bad to try it :) Got to tell you it was painful watching that little saw cut lol.

[@josephpassley5385]

I like your videos so far, but I'd suggest getting a grading bucket. It will leave a much nicer looking site when done.

[@Mr.Digger]

Thanks for the suggestion, Joseph

[@BattleForEden]

Thanks a lot for sharing this

[@Mr.Digger]

Thanks for the comment. Always enjoy hearing from you guys.

[@Thenickayers]

Use a concrete saw. That’s all we’ve ever used takes about 10-15 minutes to cut the frame up small enough to put it in our dump trailer.

[@Thenickayers]

Also invest in a 36inch or 48 inch root grapple. Much easier doing the tear down with that. Then clean up with a finish bucket or track loader

[@Mr.Digger]

Hey Nick Root grapple! I could see how that would work great.

[@hudsonvalleyhealth9758]

I can't wait to get my mini!!!

[@Mr.Digger]

Hi Hudson I know right! Lol

[@PremiumFuelOnly]

Now that you have experience, Have you ever considered going to a larger unit like an E60 which might require a CDL and bigger truck?

[@Mr.Digger]

Hi Premium Sure did. But I would have to get a larger truck and trailer. I’m retired, 69. I do this, mostly just to supplement my Social Security. If I was 30 years younger, it would certainly be a Do! Thanks so much for your com five minutes behind time is. And please subscribe. Thanks.

[@samuelshoemaker2244]

Great video! What size bucket is that? 30” or is that the 36”

[@Mr.Digger]

Hey, Samuel, Yeah, it’s a 36 inch. My go to Demo bucket. Works great for cleanup on the ground also. Like a big garden rake. Hope you subscribe. And thanks for the comment.

[@jessesmith1181]

Concrete saw with metal blade. It would take less than 30 minutes to cut into 8ft pcs. Then scrap the frame it would pay for itself 1st or 2nd job

[@terrypapineau6993]

I have torn down a few small barns and sheds. Tear it down and break it down with your link or backhoe and pick it up with a skidsteer and grapple. Will cut your time in half. Would likely be worth it to rent the skidsteer after you have the project all torn down

[@Mr.Digger]

Hi Terry I have a t66 with a grapple. But sometimes if the demolition is too confined, I don’t have enough room to move around, so I use this method. But I do use both depending on the job. That Skidsteer grappler definitely the way to go

[@WaynesAdventure]

I want me one of those excavators

[@Mr.Digger]

I’m really happy with this E-40 two. I wouldn’t go with anything smaller, you just can’t get the leverage and pull to do what I do in these videos. And anything smaller won’t handle a 3 foot bucket full of pond muck :-)

[@Mr.Digger]

Hey there Wayne. Lots of fun. I just wish I could do more digging and not have to get jobs. Pretty time concerning.

[@torkelsenhus]

Can I ask about your rate? Do you charge by the hour?

[@Mr.Digger]

Hi Tork Rates in Oklahoma are $125 an hour for a mini excavator. But we can usually do a little better if we bid the jobs. We try to bid the jobs. Like this trailer was $6000. It took me three days and the dumpsters were about 2400 so I did make just over $1000 per day and that’s about six hours of EXCAVATOR time on the job. Hope that helps you.

[@torkelsenhus]

@@Mr.Digger that’s great. Thanks man

[@Mr.Digger]

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[@banjax80]

Why demo it onsite. Wouldn't it be cheaper to haul it to a landfill and let them flatten it with their big dozers?

[@Mr.Digger]

Hi there 80 Trailers are typically 60 to 85 feet long so you have to cut them up small enough to either put them on a trailer or put them on a dumpster. The scrap metal is only worth about 80 bucks so it’s almost not worth dealing with if it’s very far from the job site.

[@BillBukersr]

Did you realize that the trailer is on blocks

[@Mr.Digger]

Yes, most are put on blocks and they even take the wheels off

[@robertbrookshire165]

You seriously gotta spend some money and buy yourself. A good name cutoff saw. It would’ve made easy work cutting that frame.

[@Mr.Digger]

Well, I tell you how I look at it. I’m retired and 70. I worked with tools all my life and I just hate dragging those big suckers around. This thing is so small I can almost put it in my pocket. Takes a little longer, but I’m enjoying it.

[@banjax80]

A battery powered sawzall with a carbide metal cutting blade would cut that frame easily. Cuts mild steel like butter.

[@Mr.Digger]

I do have one. But I actually think this is better. At least for me.