The Future of Construction

[@Rprecision]

Neat idea, I see alot more uphill battles as it relates to insurance, liability and safety

[@js28123]

Very interesting 🤔 still working on earning seat time! Hopefully before its too late haha.

[@dirtgreaseoutdoorpeace6637]

The way you develop a feel for the machine you’re running, remote operation must be hard on the equipment.

[@IvyDistortion]

What if the sensors misbehave and cause an accident? One mistake away from a huge lawsuit.

[@kincetown]

🎉Thank yuh brother for the informative video, much appreciated 🎉

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for always watching brother!

[@lastfrontier6536]

Sounds great, until you realize they can remote work the jobs 100% to India (or any other low wage country) and operator pay drops to $5-10/hr.

[@danielgoga3848]

Operator is one thing. Owner of the machine is different thing. Be owner and you do not need to worry about the pay

[@lastfrontier6536]

@danielgoga3848 the whole point of this video was being an operator working remotely using someone else's equipment and how these systems are going to change things (for the better as he puts it). I'm simply pointing out a huge downside he overlooked... What happens when some company sets up a dozen chairs overseas (India, China, Mexico, etc), pays the locals $4/hr, and bids jobs at $20/hr? Big corporate profits, but (now) garbage wages for what used to be a good paying American job. Why do you think John Deere is moving production to Mexico? Because they can pay $4/hr vs $40-60 here.

[@mikeobenland4395]

Shared with my nephew who is a new 21 year old operator.

[@DieselandIron]

Thanks for the support and good look to your nephew!

[@programmer6428]

i own and operate a decent sized GC shop ~5m revenue/yr and this is one of the most lucrative times to be alive if you're a contractor. the amount of skilled tradesmen comparative to the demand is so disproportionate that you can see markups of around 300% just based off supply and demand alone in some areas. never a better time for construction than right now

[@DieselandIron]

It's pretty incredible to see. The trades is such a good career path

[@artagain8977]

Greed.

[@theTBwearsducktape]

Do you think cranes will be automated?

[@steventiufekchiev8896]

Good overview, my only concern would be in the case of remote operating.....where is the feel for the machine? A huge part of operating is being able to react to the machine and I'm not sure how that would translate not even being in the seat let alone thousands of miles away with a lag. The way you presented it makes me relieved/hopeful; but I have my doubts in terms of GC's/contractors outsourcing seats to the cheapest hires as was pointed out in the comments. Please let me know what your thoughts are on this.

[@kerryvinci5287]

What about when a hose breaks or rock stuck in track rollers? Or the scrapers knowing the pattern to dump and working with water and compactor and so on, laborer working on site…. There is so many different situations that happen on a construction site that makes this complicated and extremely unsafe. There is nothing like a good operator on the job and can feel, hear and recognize an issue with a machine that comes with experience. The problem with our industry is that there is a lack of talent and interest in the trade due to many years of lack of promotion of our industry by schools and such. Now all the younger people al want to play video games for work and this is how they promote it. There is a huge satisfaction being on a job site and being a part of what you can achieve this remote crap isn’t a positive direction for earthmoving equipment except maybe for haul trucks in mining or quarry operations. Technology is neat I. Concept but it is making for lazy incompetence. Go to work get dirty and enjoy and appreciate your accomplishments! The lack of competence in the work force does make this an enticing choice but it’s not the real solution. Thanks for sharing this information.

[@michaelruggiero8284]

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