Part 3 - Climbing Into A Gondola [Excavator Unloading Gondolas at FtLaud Airport]

[@ammayapper]

What a miracle work !! Super Driver! 👌👌👌👌

[@swiftyjim2]

I was a bit skeptical of this method at first and kept asking myself "why don't they have a proper materials handler like a Fuchs or Sennebogan etc. The fact is they cost a shitload of money and with a good operator like this one a 20t track machine and a platform is just as effective. Nicely done.

[@stnicholas54]

Astonishing. Never would've thought those machines could be so versatile.

[@dezmonasg6708]

Now that's what I call a good operator ,he makes it look so easy wow

[@MarkNieting]

This guy is talented!

[@music100vid]

wow that's wild!

[@robpeters5204]

Like a champ!!! Buckle up!

[@davistalhone9482]

It doesn't seem possible to move so much equipment so effortlessly and yet... here we are!

[@tfi6279]

For everyone complaining about this . They should see a backhoe climb on and walk across.

[@michaeldewitt2230]

👍 to that operator

[@bryanworth8292]

A large set of kahuna's is a must !

[@wayfordcox8081]

That guy definitely has his shit together and knows what he’s doing

[@neckarsulme]

balls of steel

[@agentadq]

Very Nice! I always thought they had a regular ramp backed up to the train!

[@thomream1888]

You know he's good when he makes it look easy...!

[@hootinouts]

This guy is a virtuoso

[@royhoco5748]

remarkable

[@davestinson5691]

Imagine popin a track off doin that. I run excavator good bit. I'd love to try that

[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

That guys pretty decent on that machine.

[@paulgraves9864]

hey...how about a ramp?

[@toxic1venom]

OSHA would love this video. LMAO

[@doug33020]

Someone must have posted this vid to a Heavy Machinery site because I am getting a ton of hits! I would like to say thanks to all for the views and comments! Be sure to watch the other parts of this series! kzbin.info/aero/PLiIQpCltPIm82RhqxW6K7lSqjDolvuYkG

[@rdekort9273]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@stephenvesely1067]

Railroadsaregoodforstephen

[@brandonwagner3873]

Cool

[@CMDRFandragon]

If you dont think about the guy driving it, it feels very Short Circuity and Johnny 5ish. and then it digging in the gondola....like a little kid just went outside to play in the sand box.

[@artek3006]

👍💪👏

[@ВоваВова-ф5н]

😉👍🏻

[@johnl9067]

Don't scratch the counterweight

[@lewiemcneely9143]

I've done stuff like that but I'm sure not fast at it.

ម៉ាស៊ីនជីក KOMATSU ស៊ូសូមជូនពរឱ្យអ្នកទទួលបានជោគជ័យនៅក្រៅបណ្តាញ។

[@selfaware114]

What’s the reason? Circus act? What did he/ she doubt it accomplish?

[@doug33020]

He had to get on the hoppers to unload them. Watch the other parts of the series to see: kzbin.info_videos?o=U&sq=excavator

[@vantagetes]

Hmm hooking your shiny new counterweight on the side of the car before you're even finished climbing in the first car is more of a rookie move. That pro. I'd also be more impressed if he could manage to stick out while walking backwards rather than just dragging his bucket along the ground.

[@koryleague8833]

@Mr Sunshines internet experts. This operator is skilled and has nerves of steel

[@tfi6279]

He did just fine.

[@neckarsulme]

this guy is good, a professional

[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

I've seen enough of your videos to know your an average at best operator. Mostly just a loud mouth arrogant prick tho.

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

ทำให้เป็นเรื่องยากเรื่อย

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

รถร้ายก็ขุดได้

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

เอาระดับโลกมา

[@charlietanner6211]

that just don,t look safe

[@garethifan1034]

How on earth could all the H&S regulations we have in the West today allow people to still do this? Massive risks here, no second chances - add to that - a completely unnnecessary risk to put your workforce through. The law is inconsistent.

[@garethifan1034]

@D Jones the typical answer you'd expect from a third world country involved in these practices. Life is cheap there, obviously

[@jerrykinnin7941]

Looks safe to me. He got on the train safe got to the end of the train safe. The trigger was below the side rails of the car.

[@jimharvard]

this video was posted in 2012, it's now 2019. i can't imagine that this insanity is still going on now. i can't believe this kind of activity was allowed in 2012 at a location close to the Ft. Lauderdale airport. as a personal injury attorney, these are the kind of videos that end up as "Exhibit #1" in a worker's comp case or a wrongful death on the job case. no corporate CEO with half a brain would allow this kind of "ultra-hazardous" work-place practice. if a company had an operator in his mid-40's with a wife and a couple of kids and allowed this practice and the guy got killed, the jury or Court award would vastly outweigh any "equipment purchase and investment" that doing this job the "right way" would have cost.

[@doug33020]

So being a personal injury lawyer means you know all about operating an excavator? Can you please explain 'the right way' for us? I hope a plumber does your next colonoscopy!

[@jimharvard]

@@doug33020 well, actually i have operated an excavator before as i am now retired and flip houses for something to do. i am not a "skilled operator" but i do have a good idea of how to run an excavator. as to why a "personal injury lawyer" would have any ability to comment on the above activity of unloading train cars as the video shows, my 30 years of training and experience as a lawyer allowed me to examine scores of cases where "bad things" happened to people doing "stupid stuff" - like the above train car video. any "safety officer" or "OSHA investigator" could list a page of safety violations on how the above operator was running this excavator. apart from the human tragedy of this operator getting killed or seriously injured from this STUPID work activity - i would LOVE to be the lawyer representing this guy if an accident did happen. one suggestion on a safe and "simple" way for this unloading operation to take place would be for two raised platforms to be constructed where the train car could run between the platforms allowing the excavator to be on a level plane when it was unloading each car. a cover plate could go be placed over each car by the excavator to sit on and this cover plate could be moved backward to each car to be unloaded. even if a cover plate wasn't used, having a raised platform on both sides of the train cars would remove the chance of the excavator toppling over. as this idiotic practice is being done, any slippage of either track off the side of the train car will result in an immediate falling of the excavator and probably serious injury to the operator. there isn't a lawyer in the entire United States that would advise the Corporate client to continue this practice.

[@easternwoods4378]

@@jimharvard These operators do it on a daily basis climbing into and out of holes. They're trained and skilled at what they do. Minimum wage and untrained, yeah I'd be worried, but not this guy

[@jimharvard]

@@easternwoods4378 as someone once observed: "just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD do something."

[@CAT972]

For the people in the darkness..... this still goes on THESE DAYS all the time. Professionals do this

[@huseyinbulut5536]

Hüseyin bulut

[@อาคมมากบุญ-ภ7ฐ]

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[@anothermonkeyproductionino2331]

Certainly didn't see any unloading of anything, rock dirt whatever it was. Looked more of an exercise of the ego than anything else. Seriously if my guys were box jumping in a $300.000 machine I would be beyond reproach no matter his skills.

[@doug33020]

Here is the unloading part of the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGbZY3itmLeWj5o

[@asapslide8441]

you must be having a hard time finding guys to work for you lol asshole

[@briangardiner1015]

He starts at the end of the train and works his way to the front then starts unloading the cars. It is actually a smart way to do it.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@briangardiner1015 2nd this. What's he going to do? Start THERE and go empty and just flop out at the other end? Some folks.

[@mikspapa]

I'd love to see what OSHA would say if they saw this shit going on. I'd hate to see the insurance bill this company pays if they're caught unloading this way.....

[@billrey8221]

That is dumb. Got to be a better way to unload those cars, .

[@doug33020]

First of all, did you watch parts 1 & 2? Secondly, what is your not dumb idea?

[@chrisv3863]

I work on railcars and trust me there is a reason why companies do things a certain way....

[@johnniewelbornjr.8940]

It's the all too common "not thinking before opening the mouth " syndrome prevalent in the world today. One of the reasons social media and vid sites often suck, because the sheeple see a glimpse of something, don't understand it, then spout off about how "dumb" it is. The same sheeple never ask if it's a single-project set up or bid the costs involved in doing it otherwise. Rey, if it's so dumb, why not do the bidding for some transload sites and tell us all about it... smh.