Another Sunk Excavator Rescue!

[@christinakirby2518]

Hello Chris . My husband who is 44yr old operated equipment for 28 yr . But in 2018 he had a stroke and it caused brain damage and left him in a mental state. So he can't work anymore. I put your videos also other creators on for him to keep him entertained. He watches every one of your videos several times. Keeps him smiling . So thank you Chris for entertaining him. Blessings to you and your family

[@jk3dad]

I wish your husband and yourself the best.

[@ACoustaDC]

Truly a cool story!

[@johnxzx9139]

What a beautiful sentiment.. I hope someone will do that for me when its time.

[@ACoustaDC]

@Kane Zion You're right nobody gives a s***

[@richardtodd6843]

I've been fascinated by some of these videos and it's not just because I enjoy seeing work being done or dirt moved around. It's clear that the operator has learned to engage his mind to understand the three-dimensional forces affecting his work and the machine, sometimes solving pretty complex puzzles to do the work. So I suspect that you, in providing your husband with these videos, are not only keeping him entertained but also helping his brain into figuring out how to work around some of the damage caused by the stroke. Good for you!

[@SvendleBerries]

- *"I wasnt stuck until I got stuck."* Been there, done that lol

[@MetaView7]

I wasn't stuck; I just couldn't get out . . .

[@doug1234dougx]

LOL

[@jk3dad]

Been there done that quite a few times. Mostly pickup trucks and a few tractors. Buried a Ford model 1920 halfway up the motor, had to hire someone with that one.

[@chetthejet3896]

The man is smart, he has a friend named Chris. Job well done and fast.

[@mortifersoldat]

"i'm not stuck, I just can't get out." Most amazing line ever.

[@GommermanHE]

I wanted to upvote, but I will leave as is (nice).

[@latisimusd]

You're a good guy to help out and not be too hard on him ( even though he seems to recognize his error). Kindness pays.

[@loftonharris5632]

You don’t ever get mad, do you, Chris? I hope folks were as patient with you as you are with others! You are a good person!

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

There are those that are stuck, and those that will be stuck in the future. Anyone that’s never been stuck has never been in that kind of material. Ponds and swamps are a whole different world.

[@craigwavra3495]

I’m not stuck, I just can’t move. T-shirt material right there.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Sure would!

[@loverlei79]

I'd buy that.

[@DW-qs5pp]

Nice to see a Fighting Sioux fan on here.

[@craigwavra3495]

@@DW-qs5pp Gotta always represent!!

[@Rel1369]

And the "Everything was fine, until it wasn't".

[@74jojo]

"Everything was fine until it wasn't" 😉 Great job Chris and good sport Mark 👍

[@adamorsini4585]

That should be on a shirt

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

@@adamorsini4585 seriously, I’m still laughing. At least he has a good sense of humor about it.

[@rubecork7102]

I would enjoy seeing the power wash! It's one of those things people enjoy seeing.

[@arnoldromppai5395]

like watching paint dry

[@rubecork7102]

@@arnoldromppai5395 people actually like seeing power washing....which is WAY faster than paint drying, and WAY more obvious in progress as it occurs.

[@Skorpychan]

Fun to do, until you realise it's just going to get filthy again within a fortnight. Which is exactly what happened when I bought a pressure washer to take months of grime off my car. No point washing it until the rain stops and everything can drain away.

[@rubecork7102]

@@Skorpychan the expert in this video said it needs to be done immediately. Are you an expert saying it doesn't?

[@arnoldromppai5395]

@@rubecork7102 ya ok get were your at

[@DomLindner]

Not quite as extreme as the last one, but hopefully this’ll be another hit!

[@panthera8115]

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[@shazils832]

He rescued a cute little baby Deere. Well done

[@thegamingeconomist3831]

"I'm not stuck, I know exactly how to get out". * Calls Chris*

[@RipleySawzen]

That there's called wisdom

[@craigpridemore5831]

lol the angles you were sitting at made me think of a really bad amusement park ride where the people are yelling, "PLEEEEASE! LET ME OFF!"

[@gail8494]

This one looks like a piece of cake for you! Love these rescues!

[@thylacine1962]

I didn't believe for a minute he was stuck, a little immobilised may be but not stuck.

[@keithdunlap2701]

He knew who to call !! lolol... He said, "Chris is the Man" !! I agree you know those machines Chris !! Glad you got him out without any real problems.... Great as always Man !! Have a Great Evening....On too the Next....

[@MrAmalasan]

This shows off that his skill, not the equipment, is the key thing you're hiring with someone like him

[@BuckRodgers3]

It always amazes me seeing some types of soil just act like a liquid when enough weight or pressure is put on them.

[@martinusmagneson]

Quick-clay is perhaps the most scary one. This one was filmed in Alta, Norway last summer where luckily no one was killed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIiypHqgf9SSpas&ab_channel=AroundNijkerk. There also was one this jan. 3rd at Gjerdrum where 10 people lost their lives when a quick-clay landslide took out a part of a village. It's stable until disturbed, then it just liquefies as this demo shows: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKVdXutdpppbLs&ab_channel=NVE.

[@calebm.5698]

@@martinusmagneson that first landslide had my jaw on the floor- imagine the entire fucking neighborhood where you grew up just casually sliding into the ocean.

[@davids9520]

Now you know why your mom is always telling you not to play in the mud! You get stuck and you have to take a bath, afterwards!

[@rdblan2]

Was using my E35 bobcat back in the fall cleaning around the pond. Looked pretty solid. Scraped a few saplings and such down and looked out the cab and couldn't see my tracks anymore. Never felt the machine sink, guess I sat there too long. I promptly backed out and decided "Nope...central VA is too far for Chris to drive to get this outta here." When I get brave again I'm cutting logs and taking with me...when it's very very dry.

[@InformationUnavailable]

I now understand how people in Europe are still finding whole tanks buried in fields.

[@ngtflyer]

"I wasn't stuck until I got stuck" Pic of it sunk on a T-shirt! I love how you weren't hard on the guy, just helped him get it out. Good stuff.

[@learninghowtodothis8062]

Nice work and cleverly done. Helping him out is a good way to make a friend for life.

[@leonardmilcin7798]

That is some professional level mud fun.

[@timmyfrierson2684]

It’s always good to have someone like you Chris that will go help people like him that really don’t know much about equipment but another job well done brother and as always you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming man

[@robertsimpson772]

Chris's excavator recovery services. Business is booming.😂😂

[@stevenr8606]

And Chris said he didn't like mud.

[@Skorpychan]

@@stevenr8606 He likes money just fine...

[@davedavis662]

Years of experience shines through, excellent of you to help a friend out like that.

[@bmac1629]

Hm a this point is he just going around in the middle of the night stashing machines in the mud to farm views? ...Because Ill watch them all! lol

[@paulculbert1281]

Chris needs a "Warning, Not an Amphibious Vehicle" sticker to give out after these recoveries.

[@cat637d]

Twelve minutes for that one, I'm stunned yet again! Just amazing........

[@jasonstarr6419]

he's right.. You da man, Chris!!!!

[@notch7139]

Very impressive. I like the way Chris treats the machines gently, it came out with no damage and with economical movements. I imagine if you keeping trying something that's not working, you could just get stuck in deeper.

[@Paul_Gale]

Just goes to show... "there's no substitute for experience"... great job!

[@StonyRC]

Bravo - it's like watching a skilled surgeon at work!

[@Dimythios]

Mark... When it comes to those big boy toys, you are "Da Man".

[@richardtodd6843]

I just realized that excavators can use their two treads combined with the arm and bucket to climb in a similar way that parrots use their feet combined with their neck and beak. That's why this talented operator will someday be able to climb a tree with his excavator, if he can ever find a tree big enough and with the kind of branches his beak... I mean bucket... can grab onto.

[@The_A_Cast]

“I wasn’t stuck. Until I was stuck.” “You’re not stuck. You just can’t get out.” 😂 😂 😂

[@mp3625]

Friends helping friends

[@craighiebert3384]

When you get that Deere-in-the-headlights look...

[@TheArchangel38401]

Actually the issue was the 'Deere' , they're very weak

[@truckerman-01]

Great job 👍👍👍👍

[@jdlives8992]

Oh Mark, been there done that. No better way to learn than painful reality ! Love this channel. 1800dial8

[@catgynt9148]

Thank god for power washing. Great job of extraction.

[@JPGuay]

Like he said: You're Da Man !

[@davidclaudy4822]

Chris made that look almost casual. Barely 8 minutes into the video, and he had the machine well on its way to being free. That is pure experience and knowledge of the machines in general. Good short video. Plus...continue with the good fortune and success of the channel. I’ll possibly be out of videos to watch after the snow we are supposed to get over the next 3 days in Maryland. Keep them coming Chris. 👍🏻

[@SmithyScotland]

You think this video will reach 5.6m views like the last recovery video? Here hoping.....

[@jamesfarnham1976]

Good thing to know that the machine won't lift it's own weight...makes getting out near impossible for a novice. Nice job Chris!

[@jlew5545]

It's probably a good thing it wasn't colder overnight.

[@ThomasDTY]

Square bales are the best thing I’ve ever used getting stuck equipment out. Mud, sinkhole, anything as long as you can get the tracks up to shove bales under them or even pieces of bales and pack it in it will come right out

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

“I wasn’t stuck until I got stuck”. Sage words my friend. ;-)

[@kapperoutdoors]

Excellent recovery as usual!!!

[@jquicksilver008]

good work, put a smile on my face when you got it out

[@johncasey1020]

My excavator running experience is green as it gets, but I even know not to get next to creek running into a swamp/pond. Nice rescue, nice of you to not call him out to harsh on marblehead move.

[@alansmith4734]

Could a power winch, attached to the excavator, have helped get it out, like a 4X4 stuck in mud or on a boulder? Big excavators in Canada get stuck in peat bogs!

[@dennis2376]

Did you see Highway Thru Hell when Quiring recovered an excavator from the bog?

[@alansmith4734]

@@dennis2376 Yeah! He brought in Plan B. (written on the cab of the Caterpillar).

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

6:04 That stump seems to be in a great position... As long as all you want to do is scrape mud off the machine...

[@DJinOcalaFla]

You just continue to impress with each and every video. As Mark said, "Chris IS the Man!"

[@weets69]

Hope you were paid well!👍

[@phillipjones3342]

Nerve-racking I can’t imagine your job thanks for sharing

[@funnyfarm5555]

Chris's mini pads for a mini excavator. Almost like it was choreographed. I love my outside faucet that comes out of the basement so I can mix the water to the temp I want.

[@jasonking2943]

Wife goes into labor I said wait babe Chris just put out a new video

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Yea right, lmaoooo

[@andrewallason4530]

Did the exact same thing with my Komatsu at a mate’s farm. Turns out I’d tracked through an old filled in duckpond, and sunk to the tailpipe. Added a couple of bags of kitty litter to firm up the mud a bit and managed to see-saw up on cribbing, and tracked back out the way I went in.

[@sam.fridayyy]

“help step excavator i’m stuck!”

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Call 911? Noooooo!!! Call Chris 'n team. 💪

[@wildbill3224]

Don't piss him off, he's packin

[@jimmymckay73]

An armed society is a polite society.

[@Skorpychan]

Defence against snakes, but sadly not against physics.

[@jimmymckay73]

@@Skorpychan?

[@jimmymckay73]

@@Skorpychan is that a line in a movie ?

[@brucemorris6319]

Nice recovery guys good job.

[@george8873]

Lol... love it when they can laugh about it.

[@michaelcarlson1528]

I finished watching the video and I go to give a thumbs up and noticed 4 thumbs down. Why? Never ceases to amaze me. If you don’t like that kind of content then go watch something else. I just don’t get it. Thank you for sharing Chris!

[@gardenman3]

I would like to se the thumbs down people do a better job.

[@markpashia7067]

Chris just laughs all the way to the bank. Any click pays money. KZbin counts a thumbs down the same as a thumbs up. They both get counted as interaction, and raises the value to get recommended more, so more eyeballs. If they really hate it, they would do nothing and move on. Thumbs down, thumbs up, comments good or bad all help Chris so keep on clicking and commenting folks.

[@oldrustycars]

I would get calls on rental machines in this predicament. "Oh, by the way, the track came off."

[@potsy9973]

Spring thaw mud = always use railroad ties or you will get stuck. Lucky for them the rescue is as smooth as a surgeon with an excavator.

[@williamjackson2084]

As my Daddy said, "You Can't Beat A Man At His Own Game", Great Job!

[@lesliebauer1248]

Good rescue job once again. 👍😎

[@b4566bb]

I can't get enough of this! I told my wife that I'm hooked on "Excavation porn"! Subscribed!

[@doug1234dougx]

wow, hats off, you made that look easy. Thanks for sharing.

[@CentralNH]

Did he call you or were you at the right place at the right time?

[@FormerlyKnownAs_Stan]

I love these rescue videos so much, lol.

[@glenjohnson9505]

Why was he even out there in that muddy mess??

[@thehappyclam3942]

I could explain but you still wouldn't understand.

[@HubertofLiege]

Where’s our sandwiches?

[@NBSV1]

Cause that’s where the work was.

[@ericbaker9546]

Awesome, you know your way around the mud pits!! Thanks for sharing! Eric from NH

[@Californians_go_home]

Bets anyone on view count this time? I’m going 6 million

[@JM-js2kp]

Maybe Long Reach worthy. I’m going 22 mil.

[@bnice5821]

Both wrong. Hey one old guy was talking to another old guy and he asked him what type of underwear he prefers. Boxes or briefs. The other guy thought for a moment and then said. Depends. 😀

[@johndenardo2184]

Good job 👍 He definitely was happy once you popped it out 😎

[@enjoylife1176]

Is that snow on the ground? Just like the postal service, work in rain, sleet, or snow...

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

Snowed 3” here Thursday and still had some in my yard this Saturday morning waiting on some more , but I hope that was it for the season! It’s been too wet to work except in the street of parking lots for us .

[@enjoylife1176]

@@eddiemortontapman7252 Wow, just can't imagine...here I am in Houston and I think its cold at 60 degrees...lol I have my girlfriend fly down from RTP on the weekends instead of me flying up. Private aviation of course.

[@Skorpychan]

Small businesses don't get paid if they don't work. And if they don't get paid, the equipment doesn't get paid for, so they can't work...

[@freedomfan4272]

That's probably ice with frost on top not snow. It's rare for Chris to get snow in the eastern part of NC. I live in Western NC. It's not impossible to get snow around eastern nc but it is very rare

[@mjalco7410]

Chris to the rescue AGAIN! Nice work i hope he supplied you some adult beverages👍

[@rangepro]

THE "Master" had to come and take care of business!

[@markbrown6236]

Another great rescue. Well done.

[@MTTURNING]

Perfect timing

[@donnac1279]

Chris, I came back to your sight to share something with you...if you havent already seen...little southern brothers...go watch some of the most recent videos. It will do your heart good. Their daddy is a logger but these boys are precious!

[@jameshibbard7048]

You need music theme from mission impossible "Mission Impossible 18"

[@ehinton4006]

I ran off a public ditch about 6 feet on either side in my dads backhoe, called my uncle with about 40 years of driving behind him and he had it out in about 10 min. Up until then I was proud of my driving.

[@thebmac]

well at least he knew his limit and stopped when he did and of course, great skill on saving it. Working at an equipment rental place, watching some of the things you do really helps.

[@matthewcauthorn3948]

We sank an excavator about every third day in northern New York. 60’ big sticks. Clay was like Jello when you got into it. Mostly got them out right away but One we had to leave for six weeks. Had to mix cement into the muck to get it firm enough to scoop it out and then extract the excavator.

[@ianbarnes8593]

Lucky it was a compact radius machine or that stump would’ve made the task a lot harder. Nice trick of powering the tracks whilst powering down on the boom to raise the machine. (You get the higher track circuit pressure 😉).

[@ignacio9552]

Chris: "this gooey clay is not going to dry out within the next three weeks" Other guy: "I'm thinking about late tomorrow I should be able to get back out here" Chris: "OK, let me know how that works" Other guy: "yeah I'll let you know" Chris: "Ok send me another picture. Maybe you can get out there a little farther, get it up to the seat, maybe" Looks like he'll be keeping Chris busy for awhile longer and be power washing the excavator again. I think Chris just invented a new 'Disney" ride 'letsdig18 excavator' with steep 45 degree angles and fast turning zero cabs. Caution: If you're pregnant-can't take Dramamine-have a heart condition-brain disorder-vertigo-or any other medical issues; do not board this ride.

[@ronaldgaska4480]

Wow! Another amazing rescue.

[@stmrev]

He rescues burning landfills, he saves excavators in distress. I imagine he leaps from tall buildings and is faster than a speeding bullet too.

[@danyarbrough7847]

Good to have friends , right?

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

Chris, you're wizard. That's a great way to recover a vehicle without getting mud on your own equipment!

[@planeanddirtsimple]

Small machine and big wash job. Good video.

[@trellenrussey6293]

I wasn't stuck until I was stuck...yep, that's the kind of muck, just enough clay to stick...you can be walking in a little mud, and next step, sink ankle deep, it will pull your shoe or even boot off trying pull it out balanced on one foot, pretty much always going to have to step down on your sock to keep from falling...if you are real unlucky the other foot has now also sunk...and it never looks that bad!

[@docbrown6550]

A friend of mine showed me a picture of a supposedly he said was a Caterpillar D11 (This was him explaining what kind and the Construction Co. he was working with.) There was a Landslide in the area of the Construction one night and when they showed up the next morning all you could see were the exhaust and part of the Cab. Supposedly he said all the had to do was get the dirt away from it and pull it out that it wasn't damaged because how well it was designed.

[@tlaubner]

Letsdig18 Excavator Recovery Service. No Excavator is too stuck for Chris. I think he loves the challenge!

[@ShredPile]

Chris, you need to start taping these rescues off with Letsdig18 monogrammed crime scene tape when you're done :-)

[@JCBDozer]

Wow Awesome Mini Excavator Backhoe Working, Nice Video Brother Keep it up Brother 😍

[@mortifersoldat]

on top of what i've seen in the vid... if you grabbed the log with the bucket and used it as a fulcrum, you would have gotten out without a hitch. grab the log with the clam, and use it's surface area to lift you up, pull you out. i've had to fell a tree just to make that happen - but that is the best way to unstick yourself.

[@beachside1]

LOL Look at that thing. I really wish people would leave the work to the professionals. That excavator should not even have tried to get in that mud until it got cold . That poor lil excavator. Chris to the rescue....Again