Knocking Down Dead Trees with a Mini Excavator

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@KevinCoop1 Ай бұрын

Enjoyed the video! Always watch LD18. I’m 69 and have wanted to try one for years. So, few weeks ago, I had a parking area to build. I needed to get the trees away from my 30x60 shed. So I rented a Bobcat E32 for a week. That was a whole lot of fun! Thanks for your video!

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

It’s every little boys dream to run an excavator! Glad you got your opportunity!

@OneEyeCustoms Ай бұрын

Excavators are so much fun!! Nice work

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

Every little boy's dream is to own an excavator!

@robert.brokaw3829 Ай бұрын

Glad you didn't get stuck. Stay safe.

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

That would have made for a bad day!

@robertseter4329 Ай бұрын

Nice job removing the dead trees! A piece of advice about the thumb and picking up logs or trees, try to minimize getting the log or tree between the fingers of the thumb at an angle. I have a 35P JD excavator, and I was picking up some trees and logs on an angle and bent the right finger out when I was cleaning up trees after the hurricane hit NC. As thick as the fingers are, i would have never thought that was possible. These machines make easy work of smaller trees! Take care and stay warm. 👍

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

I saw that happen a couple times during this project, and I didn’t love it. But I will say, when you’re in the zone, sometimes there’s no stopping and you just get the job done. I’m sure that’s exactly what you experienced as well.

@davidedwards3734 Ай бұрын

Great video!! You're getting very experienced with the excavator! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@lyleharkness-rv5vf Ай бұрын

Good video, I'm liking the dual view portions of your video. Good machine operating 👍

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

Thanks. I’d like to figure out of view to show you guys the controls without staring at my ermmmm…legs…the entire time…

@kelljw53 Ай бұрын

View is good for me.

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jrcrandall6047 Ай бұрын

Good video. You must have known you were going to knock that camera over at least once. How much snow did you guys get?

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, camera placement is always a risk! We have like 16” so far and still coming

@andrewperry8389 Ай бұрын

What cameras do you use they look great?

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

The camera in the cab is a DJI Pocket 3 and the camera outside is a DJI action 3. Shooting in 1080p and 60 frames a second

@JodyAli-vv7jq Ай бұрын

Greetings from Marilla and our 14 inches of snow.

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

You guys were getting slammed last night when I was coming home from my parents. I ended up with about 16” and it’s still coming down today.

@chevyjennings3404 Ай бұрын

Great video. No snow yet here at Eastern Wa but soon. You got your take home chained up yet??

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

AWD on that. Chains are on the tractor though, we got some decent snow

@chevyjennings3404 Ай бұрын

@@EverythingElliott Here where I am at, if no 4 WD you stay home until April. We only chained up our Crown Vics. What do you think about chaining up the fronts of our Kabotas? My John Deere 4100 kept eating front hub shafts.

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

@@chevyjennings3404 I think chains on the front is a bad idea...you need to have some give in the system somewhere. The front tires slipping are the best place for that to happen

@outdoorswithlarryrobin Ай бұрын

👍🇺🇸

@MrBrewner Ай бұрын

Hey Elliot. How did your food plot do and did you get a deer this year?

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

If it were a competition to grow grass, I’d be in first place. I just can’t seem to get much to grow back there besides clover and grass.

@MrBrewner Ай бұрын

@EverythingElliott lol I have the same problem.

@d6joe Ай бұрын

What? No “timber” when the tree goes over?

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

I feel like yelling that isn’t as effective when I’m not cutting the tree down, but I may be wrong, I’ll try it next time!

@tomki6asp Ай бұрын

Do you ever watch Biff’s channel?

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

I do, and I’ve talked to him a couple times. We don’t live far from each other.

@normhowes2975 Ай бұрын

I know exactly what kind of tree the first one was. They were the second known species of tree since trees started growing. It's called...... DEAD. (Sorry bad Grandpa joke) OK back to the previously scheduled program. I would like a machine that size but my truck and trailer won't handle it so I will stick with my 1.5T unit.

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

It’s actually not too heavy, I think it weighs like 10,500#. Easily hauled with a 3/4 ton truck. Buy the machine, then you’ve got an excuse to buy a new truck and trailer!

@normhowes2975 Ай бұрын

@@EverythingElliott I was looking for a 3/4T truck but this 1/2T was in my price range. The fact I'm hoping to retire in 2025 and what prices are even for rusted/worn out 3/4T not happening (always have my eye open tho). Enjoy the mid 40s temps this week.

@njonebale7889 Ай бұрын

Your looking good…hope your learning properly and run excavator controls…don’t be like these dopey new operators that run backhoe controls and don’t understand why nobody wants them running the machine when they are in the hole….be aware of all your hoses so you don’t catch them on stuff like the branches or concrete wire and whatever…or you’ll be out of commission real quick and that sucks….I love those mini’s , I use them the most.

@EverythingElliott Ай бұрын

People that run backhoe controls also eat hotdogs from the side. No sense in it. I’ve been running excavators for years, but I’m humble enough to say I’m still learning.