It Was a Good Day to Dig Dirt in SW Pa

[@StubbyPhillips]

"KOMATSU!" "Gesundheit."

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

LOL Komatsu machines are getting to be used more and more around here Stubby, but they will never replace the Cats. It's amazing the amount of heavy equipment in this area with all the gas wells and pipelines. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@PappysPotluck]

Who can't love a big dig,, definitely a good day for moving dirt, we live these big boy toys, great share Dave

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

The big dig.... LOL Thank you my friend for checking out the digging show and may you have a very good day.

[@shirleymoore7700]

Fun afternoon watching machines work. Thanks, Dave! Hi Freddie!!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you enjoyed Shirley and Freddy says hi back. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@lewistodd9242]

Always enjoyable watching heavy equipment doing their job. Have a great day Dave.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are right about that big toys to play with Lewis. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@wtfbuddy1]

New glasses and a new video - good stuff right there, thanks for sharing Dave. Cheers

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Mrs. Dave was playing shy and wouldn't let me show her with the new glasses Pete. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@espeescotty]

It was a good show they were putting on for you/us. Landfill compactors are some really neat machines, but I don't get to see them in action very often. I'd love to catch a big one being transported. Good show, Dave! 🤠👍

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Hope you catch one sometime on the road, that would be neat. Running one of those is not a job I would like to have tho at least at a land fill. Thanks so much my friend for watching and may you have a very good day.

[@johnhobbs2689]

I operate a 325 cat excavator loading a 16 yard dump truck and then I drive the truck and dump in front of a d5 cat dozer all day every day. Two man crew building 80 miles of ranch roads. The 325 has a 48 inch bucket 4.5 scoops and the truck is full. Great video Dave thank you.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Your a man after my own heart John. Run heavy equipment all day then come home and watch videos on doing the same. I work on the RR and watch RR videos at night. :-) 325 is a nice size machine, not too big and not too small. Good for you. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@charleshodge6202]

Dave, waste management is a huge business! Dirt moving is an amazing thing to watch, or do. Enjoyed the video.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are right about that Charles, amazing the tremendous amounts of trash we generate every day. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@richardoleson7934]

Being up on the working deck of a landfill is an eye opening experience. the staggering amount of trash we collectively chuck out is astonishing. Thanks for showing people something few would not see otherwise.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

It is mind boggling the amount of trash that we generate isn't it Richard. I would like to someday go up where they actually dump the trash, but probably not be allowed to do that. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

it is neat to watch heavy equipment doing what they do best! taking hills down to the flat!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are right about that big toys to play with Barry. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@backalleyrailroading2835]

Excellent team work as the three pieces of equipment work in tandem to get the job done.. Great info. in the sub-titles as well.. Awesome video Dave !!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Thank you for the nice comment Back Alley Railroading. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Very good Dave, a nice assortment of equipment working. Have a Great Friday my friend! (Dave).

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are right about that big toys to play with Dave. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings Yes indeed for sure. You're very welcome thank you also.

[@trainman2k]

I've always enjoyed digging dirt - with power equipment anyhow! LOL! Hopefully, this small spot of the landfill will open the eyes of those who are hooked on "single use" things. Recycling is costly, we know that, but what cost (to the Earth and future generations) do these landfills come at? Okay. I'll stop 'pulpit pounding' and offer you a sincere "Thank You" for these videos, as well as the ones on your other channel. You do a wonderful job bringing the world to us. Thanks again, Dave! "May you always receive the benefits of God's graces"

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Your welcome Trainman2K. Your right about the cost of recycling and the cost to the environment with landfills but it has to go somewhere. The amount of trash we generate is mind boggling. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@4GSR]

Your opening, I thought at first this was happening in your front yard! Lol. Cool!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I've had some big toys in my front yard before 4GSR, not this time tho. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@1208bug]

Dave, at the beginning I thought you were doing more yard work! Fun to watch 👍

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I've had some big stuff here at the house when we built our ponds 1208Bug. Can tear up some dirt real quick with those puppies.Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@billclements3879]

Great video Dave😊😊😊😊

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Glad you enjoyed the big dig show Bill. We do thank you so much for visiting with us and watching my friend. Have a very good day.

[@brianbickley8368]

I've worked in and have always been interested in landfills!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

This is a big one Brian. Landfills are so necessary to our world, far better than dumping all that trash in the ocean like they once did. Thank you my friend for checking out the digging show and may you have a very good day.

[@opieshomeshop]

Got to wonder if the Japanese really lost the war... LOL. .. When I was a kid, I had tonka everything. Dump trucks, graders, excavators, loaders and the list went on. Growing up in the desert I had lots of bare flat dirt that got worked over. I made battlefields for my GI Joes. Race tracks for my hot wheels. Roads and rivers and even dams which would get blown to bits with the firecrackers my dad had in his tool box. If there was any toy that made me happier it was those tonka toys. And the ones I had are vintage now. Not like the garbage they make today. Not sure what it is with big equipment. I suspect it's the same thing that draws us to trains, ships, rockets and race cars. Just a lot of coolness! *_BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!_* 👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I have some of my old Tonka toys still David, they were indeed fun to play with. Sure was a lot of fun playing with those toys in the dirt. Japan might have gotten blown up in the war, but I hear we rebuilt it for them. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@michaelcase8574]

Big boys' toys,Dave! I bet you would get an itch to be out there with them!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are right about that big toys to play with Michael and for sure would love to be playing with them. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@Christiane069]

Nice change of pace.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Big boy toys to play with Chris, I got a ton of excavating videos to show this fall. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@beverlymichael5830]

No trains but you found some really big toys.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are right about that big toys to play with Beverly. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@clarklindquist8137]

I'll never understand KZbin sometimes. It keeps unsubscribing me for some reason. But along s I'm notified, I'll be here soon as I see it... Awesome video. Stay safely blessed my friend

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

That is very strange Clark, not had too many folks tell me that before. I'd certainly hate to see you miss a video. Hope you can get that straightened out soon. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@wilburroth5150]

Nice change of pace. It`s a shame we produce so much trash though. I like watching excavators and rock trucks working. I was waiting for that dozer to slide down that bank, lol.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Same thoughts I had Wilbur, that dozer was going to slide off. Got a bunch of excavating videos to come out this fall digging dirt and stuff. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@mikeashely8198]

Once the landfill gets filled up are they gonna put a ski slope on it

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Who knows but guess they just bought a couple of big properties next to them to keep on filling Mike, They may be in business for a long time now disposing of all the stuff we buy from China ....LOL Thanks so much my friend for checking out the video and may you have a very good day.

[@cedarcam]

Cool watching the machines working. I thought they were taking the earth to cover the trash but seems they are extending the site, we throw so much away it is shameful. We are recyling more here now but still bury a huge amount, some goes to an incinerator in my area that generates electricity which is better. Have a good day Dave

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I think we would have more incinerators but they produce more CO2 than coal does from what I hear Cedarcam. Yes we throw a lot of stuff away here too. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@cedarcam]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings You could be right reading the comment from Sweden that says they conveniently forget to mention the amount of CO2 produced

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

@@cedarcam 😊👍

[@dorothycole8611]

Some oversize Matchbox Toys working in an oversize "dirt hole"!!!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Your right about that and they cost a lot more too! Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day.

[@PlanetMojo]

When I was young, they had dumps. We used to take our BB guns there and shoot bottles, and get to bounty on rats. They got a good pile going then burned it back then. The old dump we hung around at back then is now a nature center. Last time i went there, I saw bedsprings sticking out of the side of a hill 🥴

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I hear that, bed springs sticking up.... LOL Back when I worked at the power plant we had our own dump and I would sometimes take garbage up there, the rats over ran that place. I stayed in the truck! Thanks so much my friend for watching and may you have a very good day.

[@jz1340]

CAT...The King of Dirt!!! CAT D11T... The King of Dozers!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Our mine has several D10 dozers JZ, neighbor mine Baily has an 11, but I've never seen it, one of my friends used to run it at Baily. I like Cat equipment, they do use a lot of fuel compared to a Case or John Deere but sure do get a lot of work done. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@jz1340]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings CAT D11 is the weapon of choice for large dirt/coal/etc. New D11s burn less fuel than the old ones. Fuel consumption for large projects is a minor cost factor. Thanks Dave...

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

@@jz1340 👍😊🫡

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

@@jz1340 👍😊🫡

[@trottermalone379]

Shockingly few people appreciate that the world runs on diesel fuel and would quite literally stop if it became unavailable. Blessings Dave!

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are absolutely right about that Trotter, trains, trucks and equipment and we rely on all those everyday to keep our power on, homes heated and supply us with goods. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@ricmeister73]

Great video. Always cool to see heavy equipment in action. I saw recently on YT channel Practical Engineering, the real engineering involved to have a landfill. It might interest you Dave. Have a great day.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Yes that would interest me Ric, I'll have to check it out. Thanks for sharing that.

[@chrisduprey7283]

We are witnessing the circle of life in the USA. Items go from China, to Wal mart, to houses, then to the landfill in short order. The longest part of the whole thing is probably the boat ride over in the container. Seems like everything is made to break and get thrown out these days.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

You are pretty much right about that too Chris. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@fredm365]

They are expanding that landfill ,They bought or buying land up to the next crossroad , I have heard they bought a farm and a hunting club so far . Tyey are trying to buy across rt 21 to . There is another dirt moving job about a mile east of that to,, right next to Black Diamond

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I saw that Fred, what is going on there? If you go around the bend there towards McClellandtown there is a church on the left. One of our train operators is pastor of that church as a side line. There's a lot of ground on other side of 21, I bet they eventually end up owning it too. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@fredm365]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings The sheet metal shop across the road is expanding , not sure the use yet , my understanding is that building will cover that field , they bought the old crane company building to

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

@@fredm365 🫡😊👍

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Using a drone would have given a good overwiew.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

Your right about that Stefan, someday I will get me one of those guys. You can teach me how to run it. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@billstarr9396]

Hi Dave, an unrelated question. I told you a couple of times that my grandfather used to work for the Pennsy out of the Aliquippa yard. Heck he even took me there to meet all the guys a couple of times when I was a kid. I live in Upstate New York and I haven't been down that way in years. Does the Aliquippa yard still exist or did NS incorporate it into their Conway yard?

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

NS Aliquippa yard is no longer there Bill, you are right it got incorporated into Conway. CSX has a yard in Aliquippa but I don't know much about it. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@jughead8988]

I've operated a Volvo truck about like that but it was rigged as a water truck to keep the dust down on the mine road.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

The mine has a Cat water truck they water the haul roads with Jughead, old machine and I'm sure it is a pretty rough ride. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.

[@jughead8988]

@@ThatsDavesOtherDoings it was most definitely a people shaker but at least it had AC in it. I ran a D10 pushing a stock pile for awhile that didn't have AC and very little heat. That thing was miserable. The best piece of equipment I ran above ground was a CAT 993 end loader. They are huge but they are like running a spaceship. By far was it the most comfortable and powerful machine I've ever been in.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

@@jughead8988 👍😊🫡

[@chrissnyder821]

Just out of curiosity, how many acres do you say that landfill covers?

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

I have no idea to get an accurate answer but it's at least a hundred and they just bought a couple more parcels to expand it Chris.

[@kevinfranck6520]

Sad in a way to see landfills. I've lived in Sweden for the past 18+ years and they have zero landfills. They have incineration power plants. They do have various recycling stations where card board, plastics, etc are separated, but ultimately is all goes to the power generation plant. They have built sophisticated systems where most all particulates are removed from the power station chimneys. Unfortunately they also release as much CO2 as the dirteist coal plant. They don't like discussing that here. However, I still like the concept of refuse burning plants for energy. Many things through CO2 into the atmosphere and many of them are labled eco-green alternative energy. As long as the world has inept leadership, nothing will improve.

[@ThatsDavesOtherDoings]

We have a few incinerator plants in the US Kevin. I always wondered why we don't have a lot more and burn this trash instead of burying it. We generate an untold tremendous amount of trash every day in the US.Pretty cool you live in Svenska. I have several viewers from there and surrounding countries. My grandmother came over from Sweden in 1903 and our family has a rich Swedish history. Thank you my friend for checking out the big dig show and may you have a very good day.