Laying 60" Pipe with a CAT 390

Big machines in tight places takes a whole lot of skill.
This Sargent job requires a 390 due to hard digging conditions, deep pipe, and heavy structures.
The trees in the photo are considered historic, and the job spans only a two-lane city street. Chainsaws are not allowed.
As I watched the operator move the monster machine around without much issue, Herb Sargent walked up and said, “I’d let him fluff my pillow with that thing.”
He was pretty damn good indeed.
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----- Video Chapters -----
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - First job site
5:55 - Second job site
7:48 - 390 doing pipe work
9:27 - Going to a landfill
11:19 - Outro

[@harryhogan-shaw5472]

These vlogs are so awesome!!!! Love it

[@Hickman-qd4qo]

I’ve used a 335 to lay some 60inch concrete storm pipe I can only imagine how much more efficient it is to use this beast of a machine

[@joekc1nko644]

So cool to see you working with a company in my state.

[@RGB06084]

Big Pipe Layin fan Here!

[@jessiesterling4437]

Love your videos keep posting

[@barryguerrero6480]

Really good choices of equipment here, including the trench shield. No micky mousing around. Bravo. Any time you see a crew that can drive sheet piling in straight and quickly, that's a crew that knows what it's doing. Those CAT RT dump trucks are the bomb, right?

[@Crawlerkid51898]

Company I work for just bought a brand new 390 about a year ago and the first job it got sent to (and is still there) is a pipe job. 66 inch steel.

[@robertandreoli9764]

Good stuff

[@travisstonehouse4932]

Nice 👍💪

[@rpier8357]

Keep posting.

[@rp1645]

My time goes back to the beast 1266 Koehring On the big 60 inch pipe going out to beach. For outfall sewer, it had a massive bucket. The old Air control's. Swing forward and back on controls. BE made a 500-H that was huge in 80s Then be sold off all there construction side. The Cat 395 is a monster.

[@richardgauthier2155]

Flushing sewer into waterways was never a "sustainable practice". It was the technology of the day. Separation of combined flows has been a high priority for many years and not a very recent issue. It just takes time to get funding to separate the flows. Some existing infrastructure prohibits the total separation of the flows.

[@dietrichris]

More heavy civil utilities please!

[@cntslesfabrication]

We use 390s in vegas for a lot of pipe work into town not very rare at all

[@skipd9164]

In the 1980s the EPA created laws forcing cities and towns that dump sewage into any body of water to treat the waste. Some communities kept getting delays but most abided to requirements. I live in Lynn MASS and in the 1990s our city started separation. One whole section of the city went through 10yrs of inconvenience. I worked for a large gas utility in MASS and this was my area. I ran the DigSafe program and participated from boring for depths to installation. Every street got a new storm drain line installed plus new sewer lines and water and gas mains do to encroachment. It started with a 12 x 10 square drainline from the beach all the way for 1 1/2 miles. Had a branch off going 90 degree heading to the other side of the section of the city. That new part was close to 3 stories deep at bottom of culvert. They also pushed main underground for a short section ( 500 yards) below house's. These main lines required total excavation of streets. Removal of sewage lines and mains. Water and gas mains Warne secured then replaced after all storm drains and sewer mains were replaced. Sewer mains were not as deep. They had probably 6 different crews doing different parts of the replacement. 1 crew did the big main lines and another crew or crews did the connecting streets. Another crew did the curb man wholes connections to the main drains. Always work on different parts some where. The bad part was I got called when something got broke or hit. I notified dispatch and had to fly over because I was called. Sorry to say these crews gave me lots of bad situations but we never lost a building. Leaks were not my job but when they called I had to respond and usually before technicians arrived. I witnessed every step of the project and considered it a bragging point till I leave this earth

[@skipd9164]

Lynn has there own water supply and treatment center they also built a new sewer treatment plant. The project went from Lynn beach all the way UP eastern ave. At eastern and William ave is where it branched off going down the street probably 200yrds. From that point it was pushed underground till it reached Jackson str and that was 300yrds form the beginning. From there the complete length of Jackson and down Clinton str and banging a left to Chatham str. At intersection they built a big clean out structure. On Chatham it went down to western ave and every street reconnecting was also done. At that structure on Chatham and Oakwood ave it also went down the other direction. Ended up going along Adam street to chestnut street and banging a right. Most of the project blasting was required to get the depth needed

[@nathancard2059]

Your in my turf. New England born and raised.

[@joecistaro4551]

We’ll done Aaron.

[@kmcinturff1]

I’ve watched several of your videos now and I’m not trying to be rude but it would be nice to see less of you and more of the work/equipment.

[@austint7533]

Should probably watch some more, he explains what’s going on at that particular site, and then shows the equipment?

[@jakenicholls]

Agreed, I find the podcasts the same, fantastic guests, topics and extremely well put together much like the videos. But way too much about Aaron all the time.

[@curtweatherbee2523]

🤠👍

[@TheAcadianHoeman]

Haha hell yeah, at 1:25 i'm right up top in Edmundston NB!!

[@loadblock4995]

I’ve done similar work with 60” Hobbs, 25-30’ F.L., 750 HITACHI….. right through downtown Rochester Mn (2nd and Broadway) …..it was challenging to say the least but fun! Small video on my KZbin page✌️

[@chrism4008]

I agree, only car batteries belong in the ocean

[@Anandkumar-wh6uj]

I am opretor excavator I am from India give me job sir plz

[@2511jeremy]

No wonder you have so few subs 12 min video and half of it is you clowns driving there

[@AaronWitt]

thanks for watching!

[@2511jeremy]

@@AaronWitt NPC response

[@2511jeremy]

@@AaronWitt you could have said something like we are trying to make the videos of the machinery longer or its challenging to be around equipment because of safety reasons but no just a npc response from a spoiled brat

[@koda7820]

Kid has a film crew and the videos are still boring.

[@MrAlexhasker]

Arron. You channel could be so much better if you embraced the role of host and producer as opposed to being the big machine gunzle / drone op / videographer who really doesn’t look like he’s paying attention to the specialists who are taking the time to explain, in detail , what’s going on. Take an extra 60 seconds to stick a lapel mic on the people who are explaining the fascinating project and less time getting shots of you walking around looking dumbfounded at big machines.

[@eddieshabazz5603]

Rare? I do it everyday man