How to get your 14 ton digger off the Silage pit

How to get your 14 ton digger off the Silage pit - Don't try this at home :-)

[@brucew44guns]

If he was proving it could be done---he convinced me!! Good job.

[@piusjoseph1511]

Where there's a will, there's a way. And the operator had both the will and the way. Great job.

[@007TruthSeeker]

Thanks for posting this video. I suspect that this guy had done this exact thing before, since he had, it appears, just the right amount of tire cushion. The key seems to be making sure the bucket is directly down-slope, so no tendency to roll ruins your day. There are videos of such excavators going down hill, some gracefully, some fatally.

[@parrymediachannel]

helpful and informative tutorial, now I just need a 14 ton digger and a pit

[@spaghetti9845]

What could possibly go wrong?

[@HARLEYBOY33]

I should have read the comments first ! What great craic reading the comments and all the expert opinions freely given. I love , well done and as I know a little about grass and diggers - well done, get the beer flowing. Slan go foil.......

[@ScoopExcavator]

Nerves of steel right there to trust a bunch of tires to catch your 14 ton excavator! Great video!

[@MrUltraworld]

I've seen operators put these thing on trailers, but this takes balls.

[@paddyrhatigan1590]

GREAT Skill and nerve. The silage clamp looks high from the ground, but when your sitting in the cab of the digger it looks twice as high😨 and a long way down to the very hard concrete floor 😵 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@quadarinxxx]

Takes one fearless operator, thats for sure!!!

[@MatSmithLondon]

Not a question of luck. It was clearly perfectly executed!

[@mitchmoe6224]

I've had to watch many safety films in the past, and when you see some of the results from an act like this you wonder...."what was he thinking" .... Cool trick though, glad it worked out for him.

[@The9087Mark]

I love how ya said ''don't try this at home'' lmao :D

[@McDonaldExcavation]

Bet that was an interesting ride. Looks like he set it down nice and gentle, good job.

[@shvexc]

Awesome!! I wouldn't have had the balls to try that!!

[@hazgardy]

i would just like to say the reason the digger is up there is because when you silage (cut grass) and it get's haulled back to get farm in trailers on digger is on top of the grass right from the start aranging the grass in differnt area's and also compacting the to get more in and the grass then get's built around it until the end until he gets of and the end

[@Ward117MG]

Its a silage pit. As tractors came to dump the silage, the digger built it up into that pile. As more silage came, the higher the pile got and....this happened :P

[@jeffreyscottharris]

What was the digger doing on top of the silage pit in the first place?

[@olliebrad415]

Jeffrey Harris doing the job of a loader

[@steveducell2158]

LOL.......when a farmer does something crazy, he's called a good operator.....when a construction operator does something questionable, all the comments are about how he should be fired!!

[@harryjones8843]

Exactly

[@chrisstyles1980]

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[@mr132marley]

its my uncle in the digger :) and i was there behind the camera but i dont know myself how they got it up there lol :)

[@paulkelly1994]

Man of pure steel !

[@gregmoffatt]

reiligous experience at 0:33. that's an incredible operator.

[@stellbo]

Hold my beer.

[@stanleychesswas4605]

This is a daily occurance on silage stacks, or off, the digger compacts the stack the only way is down.

[@1daleym]

@w3ppy I was thinking exactly the same!! Was expecting the tracks to make there own ramp down..

[@Mrjd6520]

Not a bad idea but that lad must have had alot of balls to do that!

[@Rwededyet]

Some people tempt fate... some people tell fate to turn around and grab it's ankles.

[@kieranmorgan97]

obviously it got up there as the level of silage climed and that's not damageing nout cos it landed on tyres

[@malecat76]

Would it really only take a couple of hours to build a dirt ramp capable of supporting a 14 ton digger? I'm seriously asking, I'm dumb on this type of stuff.

[@millicenteV]

how does your counterweight look after that. hope its not a rental cause they charge for damages!

[@compmaint]

please turn on the image stabilization feature on youtube video editor! it's hard to watch this video

[@elhigh]

"What the hell...? Those tires won't stop if from sliding...oh. Hey, cool! Smart (sorta)."

[@S_neenan]

That is pure driver skill

[@lepaul26]

I wonder what would have happened when the tires on one side supported more than the once on the other side ...

[@MicroRCFiend]

Why was he on the silage pit? Just showing of or doing his job?

[@MrNumbnutmurray]

That took a wee bit of testicular fortitude! Nicely done!

[@floflo8018]

like the way you put it

[@WarBerJr02]

Great Job on getting it down. I want to know how it got up there too!

[@irenemax3574]

I can hardly believe nobody replied to this, though I’m sure by now you have figured it out, but for the benefit of urbanites: the digger’s job is to roll and crush the silage, so when the pile started, digger was at ground level. As each new load gets dumped, digger creeps about crushing it. Silage pile gets higher, and unless you have designed your pile so that it has a natural ramp, the digger will end up stranded as this one did.

[@paulgregson9220]

thats a stellar digger driver!!!

[@sucapizda]

Amazing bit of driving!!!!

[@gilby86ful]

Well done, but two tires for the front?

[@MNETHRID]

That dude has a set of brass balls.

[@IraTopp]

That's about how I get out of bed in the morning.

[@SometimesIncoherent]

But the point is that the pit is as square and as neat as possible. Clawing a ramp out of one side of it would mess the whole thing up.

[@Wayoutthere]

Now that's impressive. Obviously done it many times before right?

[@omegaparadigm22]

I bet these guys break shit constantly. Don't get me wrong, it was pretty cool..lol...but It definitely ain't a BMX bike. Why not go down the way you went up? Cause I'm pretty damn positive there is a nice slope cut somewhere.

[@MythOfEchelon]

I wonder if cranes get off of the top of buildings in a similar manner.

[@TheSadjoes]

I know those Daewoo are soft but I did'nt think they could bounce! lol.

[@06T1400]

nice one,,, as a wise man once said ''them boi's have balls like bengali tigers'' ... drive her like ya stole lads !!!

[@Aviewoflondon]

How many times did you have to try this to get it right? I hope only the once!;)

[@brendan4ever]

Well Done! very impressive lads

[@garde2k10]

is this on donedeal.im pretty sure its says brand new and has the number plat with"12-C-1

[@jeetenzhurlollz8387]

balls of tungsten alloy the size of a planet

[@andersarre7723]

Good job! Very well done! Skilful! :-)

[@dieselfunk65]

A cheap and cheerful bouncy castle !!!

[@anman424]

I've seen hundreds of silage bunks and worked in several and I have never seen an excavator on top. What the hell was it doing up there to begin with? Also that's fresh silage there so there's obviously a ramped edge from where the bunk tractor has been pushing the feed. And what was stopping you from just digging yourself a ramp? You could have easily spooned on the loose feed from the ground and put it back with the bucket...and even re-packed it!

[@GGorman177]

Grand job Like!

[@MMRT01]

Feckin' mighty,but how the hell did he get it up there!!!!!

[@blanch38]

deadly balls!! fair play to u pilot!!!

[@JayLookie]

Oh shit, it worked. I thought it would tip over.

[@Nirotix]

Larry: So how do we get our $900,000 14 ton excavator off this 16 ft cliff ?!? Moe: I think building a temporary ramp with gravel, sub-base or dirt would be the best way. Curly: No way, takes too long. Just need 11 random tires stacked up to do it. Larry: Alright, you stack the tires and I'll drive our expensive equipment off the ledge. Moe: You sure this will work? Curly: Heck ya, gravity will handle the rest. We just need to cushion the 14 tons of pricey equipment falling 16 ft. Moe: =(

[@tribri93]

how did it get on the silage pit!

[@emmettwalsh00]

Safe pass course "this is what you dont do" :P

[@malecat76]

I laughed..... laughed pretty hard actually.

[@bornfirst]

How did it get up there.??

[@marvlousmarv0412]

Ok mad skills but why was your trackhoe on the pit it wouldn't work good for tromping it maybe spreading it around but that s loader thing

[@crazyoutlaw1989]

Nice I'm training for a 360 excavator just now and my boss dose that with the boom too real cool

[@Bostonclassics1]

very cool! Great job.

[@Armystuntman]

Who cares about tires, when we have caterpillars!

[@kalishe80]

que excelente operador¡¡¡¡ muy bueno ¡¡¡¡¡

[@thomasstewart6782]

is that the knok hill in the back ground

[@sgtsebas]

i actually work an excavator and trust me.. your boss always want you to take the shortes way to go somewhere if u skilled enough

[@ConsideringPhlebas]

Ah, I've always wanted to know how to do this.

[@xfInN90x]

In Ireland silage pit packs digger.

[@Scrambler85]

That took real balls.

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

When it works, it is impressive. When it does NOT work…...

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

nt0xic0m I disagree. It does not LOOK funny, it IS funny! Thanks for the smile, nt0.

[@Heath75032]

This looks like north eastern corner of Ireland, maybe county Louth or Down.

[@petedillon6802]

thats pretty awsome bud do it again go on

[@spukduk5632]

Watch out, we got a badass over here!

[@rudedogg06]

Now THAT was cool. Bet he was 'tyred' after that.

[@hines862009]

How'd he get up there in the first place?

[@mrmegasteve85]

Yes, It is Nephin

[@CrossfireRepairsByPaul]

would you do this with YOUR machine?

[@BigJake901]

exactly what I was thinking.

[@Jerone5740]

lol that's just gettin' off right there! lol

[@BobCatRoham]

That looked awesome though, wow!!!

[@tellmesomething2go]

REAL GENIUS. THAT COULD HAVE GONE REAL FAIL.

[@mahahaha017]

stack them tires back up its my turn,, lol,, that was pretty cool

[@7810ftw]

oh there goes 2 track rollers !

[@wildo69]

is that Pendle Hill in the background?

[@orlandothx]

That's ART.

[@offroadinshawty]

14 ton.. that's adorable

[@silver130TD]

you are AMAZING !!!!!

[@meady200]

If you could stabilise this clip in the youtube settings, 400,000 more people won't have headaches soon! :-)

[@123456ripper]

my old boss do this daily at work, in his hitaci digger 25 ton.

[@krrrruptidsoless]

I was hoping to see some sort of pyroette off the top like putting all the weight on the arm and then twisting the cab and hydraulically stabilizing the whole trackhoe atop the arm and then slowly and carefully lowering it in a graceful ending to the ground all the while doing something kooky in the cab like some sort of weird country style dance move that is only known to a few people in that area and he was debuting it actually and not the tractor to go against gangnam style. But it wasn't.

[@liver9100]

some driving skills

[@hotmail4501]

Even the tires shat them selfs

[@jayfbee]

lol...brilliant.... this has to be an irish farmer.

[@Yunners]

I want to see the video of how it got up there in the first place.