Volvo ECR88D+MF 8670 removing concrete floor, roots and frosty top soil!😅 Garage project - part 2!

Now that the wood work of the garage is gone, the old concrete foundation is up next to go!😋
The ground is surprisingly still frosty, something that made removal of old roots and top soil harder than I suspected..🤪😅
Company; Skåland Maskin ANS!

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

That looks like a nice property too, right next to a forest.

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Indeed, it is!😊 Gets even better in some years, when the forest is due for logging! It is not much sun here now because of all the tall trees, that’s why the ground is so frosty!😅 Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts 🙏

[@martymorse2]

Big switch from the CAT 390 to this machine. The life of an excavator operator. Thanks for posting Bernhard.

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Hehe, the difference isn’t different to notice!😅👍 However, it is kind of fun to return to my roots, this is both the kind of work I started with back in ‘01 and just around the corner from where I grew up!😋 Fun to be able to master more than one thing, and yes, this is another side of my life as an operator!😊😄 Thanks for watching this as well!🙏🙂

[@ytalatberat]

Semangat...

[@PLATKT06]

Good video

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Thank you very much, my friend!🙏😊

[@arzamumma1202]

The Volvo is the right machine for this job, where the 390 could not do this type of work, just too big.!! Where is the control to rotate the bucket, and the claw operation, is it on one of the joy sticks as we call them in USA?

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Jepp, this “88” is perfect for this job!😋👌 Each piece of equipment, each type of tasks! The controls are on the joy sticks! There are one roller on the left stick for the rotation, and two rollers on the right stick, thumb roller for the tilt and point finger in front of the stick for the claw!😋 A lot of stuff to do with both fingers, hands and legs simultaneously, but after a while it’s like writing with a pencil.😅 Several machines here in Norway, has the track controls on the joy sticks as well, and wheeled excavators have the steering on the stick as well. Newer Cats and several Volvo’s even has windshield wipers and flushing, lights, stereo volume and other stuff on various buttons on the sticks! 😄 Norwegian operators just don’t have time to let the hands of the sticks most of the time, due to insane production expectations..🤪😅

[@arzamumma1202]

@@norwegianearthmovers OK .......thanks for detailed explanations !!

[@norwegianearthmovers]

@@arzamumma1202 you are welcome!😊 There are coming several videos from this project now, where you will see more of both the MF and stick handling in this “88” as well!🙂

[@robertbarnum7541]

Any different from the 390?

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Hehe, apart of this one having the same weight as the bucket on the 390, it’s about the same?🤭😅 Jepp, this one and the 390 represent two different worlds!😄👍 Thanks for watching this small one as well!🙏😅

[@TheRonnyL]

Fine snutter disse med 88,n og Ferguson. 😊👌

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Tusen takk!🙏🙂 Morro å lage noe annet enn bare lasting også!😅

[@geirmortensrmo2025]

Topp film 👍👍😃

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Tusen takk!🙏🙂

[@maineman11]

That's a nice excavator.

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Indeed! Great in small and tight applications, perfect match between strength and speed!😋 I would rather choose this Volvo, than Cat, Hitachi and others in this size, even though I prefer to have a side mounted boom instead of this swing boom!😅

[@maineman11]

@@norwegianearthmovers I would choose Volvo in any size. Though I like Kobelco as well.

[@norwegianearthmovers]

@@maineman11 I see!😋 I have never operated a Kobelco over time, so I don’t have any experience with them.. I believe Volvo excavators in the smaller range are great, but they fall drastically behind Cat with the 300 and larger in my opinion!😄 I operated Volvo’s my first 10 years, and had a 360 BLC the last two of those. Was very satisfied, but had a reality check when I got a new Cat 336 D in 2011! Have never experienced any match to Cat in the larger range of machines since, but I really enjoy Volvo’s in the smaller range still!😋👌

[@matsevensen707]

Du er en ivrig å engasjert maskinfører 😊 blir det masse utskift ut te veien og i samma slengen ? 😊

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Hehe, gjør så godt jeg kan ihvertfall!😅 Men takk for hyggelig omtale!🙏😋 Nei, grunneier vil gjøre dette så billig som mulig, men med vest mulig resultat!😄 Masseutskifter for den nye garasjen, drenerer så godt som mulig og bygger bærelag for bygget!😋 Så får vi se hva kostnaden er til da, kan bli litt pynting med jord og singel til slutt, om budsjettet tilsier det!😅

[@matsevensen707]

@@norwegianearthmovers det blir bra😊 Driver du med eget ved siden a jobben i hæhre eller ? 😊

[@norwegianearthmovers]

@@matsevensen707 nei, jeg gjør ikke det.😄 Er broren og faren min som driver et firma med blandet annet dette utstyret!😋 Jeg bare hjelper til litt innimellom, når friperioden blir litt for lange!😅 Ble 3 uker fri pga påska nå, synes noen ganger det blir litt lenge å sitte stille..🤪 Pleier å si ja til jobber der jeg kan ha med sønnen min, han bare digger å være med og kjøre maskiner!😄

[@matsevensen707]

@@norwegianearthmovers hehe ikke sant var forbi område i Porsgrunn hærhe har jobb var merkelig stille hehe😊 er jo litt stas at junior er såpas ivrig😊

[@norwegianearthmovers]

Hehe, de driver sikkert bare på mindre synlige plasser nå da se..😅👍 Ja, det er gøy at han er så ivrig!😍 Er verdens største gulrot for ham, de gangene han kan være med!😄 Kjører maskinene fint selv også han, i en alder av 8!🙂

[@scruffy6151]

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