How to Climb a Pile in an Excavator

[@da3driccax327]

This is easily one of the most underrated KZbin channels hands down. Been watching you for about 6 months now and how you don't have at least half a mil to a million subscribers blows my mind. Know your subscribers seriously appreciate you please never stop doing what you do.

[@dirtgrainsteel]

It’s because KZbin won’t promote our videos because they aren’t “Trendy” enough and we are not half naked doing what we do lol

[@da3driccax327]

@@dirtgrainsteel If that ain't the truest shit

[@DieselandIron]

Thank you for watching and thanks for the compliment, it means a lot! That's the goal, to help as many people with this content as possible. Will definitely keep it coming

[@johnrobichaud2776]

Dirt perfect has the same way he has great stuff and I think subscriber counts low

[@dean3726]

Good lesson. I would add that when I do these movements there are a couple things I note in addition to what you did. First visual note is that the ground is wider than the track bottom rollers. This keeps the tracks safely on the rollers. This becomes more important with older worn or loose tracks. Having said that without a blade I keep the final drives down slope so there is no slip because there’s no ground pressure to ensue the teeth don’t skip on the tracks. Finally when I slew I keep the bucket low as if I may need to arrest a side shift of the machine. I will also move the bucket loaded out full circle but close to the ground to test the stability of the machine on the surface. If it tips or slides I know when I can be ready and the buck is close to the ground to arrest a tip over. These other procedures are more important as the risk increases. You are in a machine that can make the work surface level and safe. Use that its faster to be safe that have to right a rolled over machine. Safe operating.

[@DieselandIron]

All sound advice dean! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the community!

[@pattrudeau2335]

You are an amazing natural teacher. Thanks again

[@DieselandIron]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the compliment!

[@TNZKN]

Thank you SO much for these videos, they have been a major help

[@DieselandIron]

You're welcome, I'm glad they're helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@JJimmy647]

You’re exactly right! I remember thinking there’s no way you can climb straight up with a shovel but after you try it a couple times the nerves just wash away and before you know it you’re laughing at your boss when he tells you to be careful while you’re 40ft in the air sitting sideways

[@DieselandIron]

It is funny how the intimidation Factor goes down with time. I still remember tracking up to my first pile and thinking to myself there is no way I'm going to live through this experience 🤣🤣

[@craigvanhousen559]

Great job explaining the climbing up and down a hill or pile.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks brother!

[@centerbuilder7677]

Wow amazing video. Learned quite a bit, can’t wait to try it out.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching, let me know how it goes!

[@davidjackson4112]

Excellent explanation! Thanks

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@StefanBacon]

Fantastic stuff. I forgot I had another loader question yesterday, but I'll stick it on one of your loader videos. Maybe I missed it but I don't remember if you had anything on load & carry operations.

[@StefanBacon]

Found your old WA320 video from 2017...

[@DieselandIron]

Did it answer your question for you? At some point I need to get my hands on a loader again and do a whole series of videos. Edit:. Never mind, I just found and responded to your other question

[@andrewg8759]

ive worked for companys that removed the seatbelt out of their machines or leave them unuseable. i left them pretty quickly as an operator I like to have mine on when climbing

[@njonebale7889]

Great tutorial, definitely like tracking up backwards, it’s easier to jump off pushing the foot controls forward, just feels more natural for me at least…that’s my two cents.

[@oudonbail]

its the way to do it some machines will still flip backwards even with boom all the way out

[@DieselandIron]

I generally don't have a preference for which direction the final drives face as I climb pile. I've gotten so comfortable with my feet that I don't even think about it. If you reach out and actually grab a nice chunk of material you should have plenty of weight to prevent you from tipping backwards

[@njonebale7889]

@@DieselandIron word! It really doesn’t matter if you know what your doing, but you know as well as me that’s not the case…

[@oudonbail]

@@DieselandIron I am not a pro operator but I'm conformable climbing piles . I'm curious why you pull yourself up and not push ? Iv flipped a machine pulling myself onto a trailer once in my early days so now I always have boom behind to push or just stabilise

[@DieselandIron]

@@oudonbail you want to be able to see what's going on as you climb the pile. Most of the time the pile is loose so things can shift and you need to be able to see that.

[@madjack1748]

try to always keep the idlers in front of the direction of travel, climbing and digging. most machines are designed to work this way and your undercarriage will last longer. idlers are cheaper and have a spring that can take the shock of the hydraulic force applied to it, sprockets and final drives aren't designed to take that amount of force regularly and they're much more expensive to replace and fix.

[@reaver357]

Great video man. Watched experienced operators do this only to ride the bull at the top 🤣🤣

[@DieselandIron]

The more you gain confidence the bigger the piles get and the steeper the slopes. You eventually realize that these machines are capable of some pretty extreme movements as long as you stay in control

[@michaelmccord5764]

Great video and thank you very much!

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@ashbyw7755]

Good info, here’s my $0.02 with. Win your on the edge of your limits keep as much track on the ground as possible, don’t jack the machine up with the blade or the boom to where tracks are in the air it may be more comfortable but not as stable.

[@DieselandIron]

Great pointer! Thanks for the comment Ashby!

[@flipjox533]

Awesome vid, but any recommendations when climbing a steep pile and needing to readjust your bucket without a blade?

[@DieselandIron]

You can let yourself slide downhill a bit with your bucket still planted in the material as an anchor. As you start to slide material will build up behind the tracks a bit and create a backstop.

[@flipjox533]

Beautiful, thank you for being the guidance for us newbies. 🤙

[@DieselandIron]

@@flipjox533 Anytime!

[@YUHNBRO]

I remember doing stuff so steep and long the finals quit turning. Pulled myself up inch by inch with the bucket curl.

[@DieselandIron]

That's it. When the finals give out just yank her up the hill!

[@bobbyrabagliajr6214]

Good stuff, B!

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@leslubiesdetienne]

Thank you for this!

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@farmerbob728]

Great advice...

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks brother!

[@derochehope]

Thank you

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@jg3685]

Thanks very much 👍👍

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@randyscrafts8575]

Nice course. 👍 Kubota KX71-3S here.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks! This was a quick thrown together series of videos because the conditions were perfect for it. Those kubota's are nice machines

[@JeffreyZorzi-hi7rl]

Could you please show how you slope a ditch/trench.

[@DieselandIron]

Let me see what I can come up with here in the near future.

[@stevebeck9470]

Great tutorial but not gonna work with any mini ex without track pedals

[@brianshovlin5758]

Needs to be in peat to show properly i have had it go down in peat and you need to know

[@pshodean]

Far out ! tks

[@ryangarrett3795]

It’s definitely intimidating at first but after a couple climbs it just becomes another movement

[@DieselandIron]

100%! It's just another thing after you've done a handful of times

[@EverythingEverywhereAIIAtOnce]

👍🏽

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for watching!

[@master_vator]

You shoukd mention to, bukcet out, while pullliing yourseld up

[@DieselandIron]

Good tip!

[@pastorkeri]

Show in a machine without the pedals

[@DieselandIron]

Every excavator has travel pedals

[@pastorkeri]

@@DieselandIron lol not where I come from ....

[@DieselandIron]

@@pastorkeri where are you that excavators don't have foot pedals? I've never seen that

[@pastorkeri]

@@DieselandIron it’s in wales uk , midi and minis here it’s only an option, the company I work for don’t have them on their 2 hitachi zx80s

[@DieselandIron]

@@pastorkeri how do you travel then? Do you rifle something with the joysticks?

[@middleway1885]

Boop

[@DieselandIron]

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[@madjack1748]

never worn a seat belt in a hoe. if I ever had to track or work over something that was unsafe or could result in a machine tipping over I'd try to make it safer with the hoe or go look for a new job lol

[@jameslindsay9443]

How long have you been a excavator operator

[@DieselandIron]

I've been running equipment for around 13 years now

[@jameslindsay9443]

@Dieselandiron Can I drive a heavy equipment excavator