A couple of guys were standing in a really bad place. They need to stay clear in case a chain, cable or something else breaks. God bless

@W1LLB0

Жыл бұрын

Thought the same thing. The guy at 0:15:30 was rushing.

@CATA20034

Жыл бұрын

@@W1LLB0 yep, an idiot.

@billvandorn5332

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't help but worry for them to! This underscores the need for a mandatory team safety meeting of what's going to be done and what not to do

@kjkolkowski

Жыл бұрын

Even after the cable snapped there was no apparent sense of the real danger as to how bad that could have been. Fantastic video otherwise!

@stuartofJax

Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more. They can be deadly when they snap.

Love the guy standing under the raised backhoe bucket. We call a bucket being in the air for no reason an "Asshole Magnet", and they are. It's amazing how, out of all the room on a job site, some people are just attracted to the spot under a bucket or suspended load.

@simpleminded5215

15 күн бұрын

Because hydraulics never fail. Almost as dumb as standing next to a cable with that much tension on it. Because cables never break either.

@diverdave4056

4 күн бұрын

this looked like the Three STOOGES at work = YIKES !

The guy running toward the tight cable, waving his arms....Darwin Award candidate.

@mgriffin42455

Жыл бұрын

Totally. You should have been there in a lazy boy. Everyone reporting for duty directly to you oh great one. GTFO.

@macsloan58

Жыл бұрын

🤪😁🤪That’s funny.

@unclej7842

11 ай бұрын

Mistakes were made but they got it out. Suffice it to say my dad wouldn't have been happy if we did some of the things they did.

@Boss-hg6ul

11 ай бұрын

To many supervisors and the common sense isn’t so common😂

@margarita8442

11 ай бұрын

loose his head or worse, his walnuts

A little hint. With this many people watching and helping. Hand-held air horns are a must. They can and WILL save a life. Someone sees anything wrong, one blast on the horn and everybody stops.

@jamesrobinson2255

Жыл бұрын

❤🎉😢😮😮😅

@Drottninggatan2017

Жыл бұрын

They must agree on that honking the horn means stop and not floor it.

@Mike-01234

Жыл бұрын

Headset radios best use for recovery.

As I’m watching the beginning of this pull I’m looking at all those bodies that are standing in probably some of the worse places they could be standing in, should anything (like a cable or that block) come apart with all that pressure that’s being put on all those things!

@jimmybean6090

Жыл бұрын

One does break at 8.44 by the sounds of it …

Cable snaps with those folks just standing around so close...Could be a bad day..I know you gents know this...Enjoyed watching.

I cant be the only one thinking, SLIPPED OFF A SHELF!!! That thing was out in the middle. Wtf! Lol Hey unfortunately for him it made for some good content. DGS got it done. Thanks for sharing

You should always stand directly beside a cable under tension...

That D8 is going to need some new grousers about 30 years ago.

The 8 putting in work!! 👍👍She sounds so good!

good video /a lot of bosses doing what they do best.waveing there hands around /supprised and very lucky that someone was not cut in half by ropes breaking in half ./ all is well got it out and running CHEERS😃

I always keep my track shoes over 50%. It amazes me how many machines I see running slicks.

All those Guys standing near the steel cable while pulling ? And the nomination for the Darwin Award 2023 goes to : "The grey hoddie guy with the Smartphone filming" !!

Excellent piece of recovery, hope the engine on the excavator isn't damaged. I concur with what others say about keeping people out of the hazard zone if a cable/chain breakes.

@user-hu9qr3vd8m

6 ай бұрын

It is damaged for sure, they shouldn't start the engine.

Awesome video Brandon, thank you very much for bringing us along on this fantastic rescue!!!!

I like the guy standing under the excavator bucket...

It is always impressive how robust these machines are build.

A lot of Chiefs, an awful lot of Chiefs... i liked it when one of the Chiefs was yelling at the Excavator operator to shut her off, only to see the Excavator operator get it up and out of the water. Experts are generally only as clever as they assume they are!

@dancarter482

Жыл бұрын

Like docking a boat with bystanders desperate to get involved ... . ... ...

@peterbalac1915

Жыл бұрын

My dad used to say to me ,,,your only as important as you think you are,,,,your not important to me,,, he said that go many a smart arse like father like son !!!

@barrybarry5803

Жыл бұрын

@@peterbalac1915 ~ My Father used to say to me "If you don't brighten yourself up a bit i'll shave your ass and teach you to walk backwards!"

thats a fine mess he got himself in good to have friends with big toys

great job, but seriously the guy standing right next to the cable under crazy tension..lol

Grew up in a construction family with heavy equipment. Started working with my dad when I was 10 and when he had to use a cable he made sure me and my brothers knew the danger if it broke. He once took a piece of cable about 6 foot long and laid down a watermelon and swung it so hard it cut it in two. He then look at us and said, "That was child's play compared to how fast that cable will come at you if it snaps. Just think of that watermelon has your head" LOL We stayed clear.

This looks a little sketchy. Why was he even close to the pond 😩.....??

@josephhertzberg2734

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, nothing weird about your excavator being right in the middle of the lake....keep moving folks nothing to see here...

@MegaFakedude

Ай бұрын

Guy standing under the excavator boom!😅😅😅

I could not believe how deep it was in the water! you really know how to properly rig the equipment to be able to remove it from the water w/o damaging or tipping over. great job getter it done

A nice rescue! I hope he doesn't have to go through an arm and a leg to repair that guppy

good job... once you started helping the tracks by pushing with the bucket, it moved on out... nice😁

Great job great video great recovery thanks Brandon

Now could you just imagine what it would be like with one of them new Volvo electric excavators, there would be no hope in hell of it starting unlike diesel power

Crane operator should have raised the boom and let out more cable there was way too much Deflection on the cable and cam damage the boom

Nice job. Thanks for the videos.

The stuck excavator doesn't sound healthy. Hard to tell with all the other equipment running but I believe it is knocking. Great job getting it out.

@Pulse87dotca

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they ran it that long with what was likely a crank case full of pond water.

@Utubegofukurself

Ай бұрын

Its a Detroit, it will be just fine.

Those diesels are truly amazing ... submerged but soldiering on with minimal fixes.

wish i could give more than one thumb up that video is worth a bunch of them. the cat sounds good.

@dirtgrainsteel

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Yeah I love it's sound!

Great job All you men. Brandon that seems like a good bunch. 👍 Ed from Chicago

OMG, standing WAAAAY too close to those cables and chains. Hate to see anyone lose a leg or worse. Seen A LOT of BAD whoopsies that way in my 49 years. Be safe out there.

Great job everyone he was lucky it didn’t hurt anything I was surprised how far in it had slid

It's great to see all these people & machines come together to try & help someone out

That looks like an old Northwest model 41 dragline.

well at least it is fresh waster !

getting it done right! hope that it does not need a over haul.

Can someone explain why of all the places to stand he stands under a raised bucket really I don`t understand must be some good reason right

Awesome video! Thank you.

all those guys walking around those tight cables.... not good even that far away with the length of the cables they would still get cut in half.

nice video,bravo a toute l 'équipe..

I've run these machines in the past, but I can't remember putting them THAT DEEP in the water..?

Submarine rescue. Work your magic. New to your channel

@dirtgrainsteel

13 күн бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Great recovery!! The 8 didn’t even have to pull hard! Y’all did an awesome job!! I also enjoyed seeing how smooth dad is operating!! Thank you for sharing!!

Awesome job and teamwork!!

Ole 8 sounding great sir sitn there purrin like a kitten 💪💪

can not believe it came that well, worried the guy closest to the pull line might get hurt as cable has no feeling for man

Awesome job guys

@dirtgrainsteel

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Example of someone who should not OPERATE A BIG WHEEL

Hell yeah! Great job!

Nice job helping out a friend in need Brandon. He will be embarrassed about this accident for the rest of his life. That's why he kept at it when Dad was telling him to shut it down. Your buddy just wanted it to be over. Poor guy.

I have been a heavy equipment operator sense I was 14 yo. I run excavators on construction until I retired and I never done anything like this in my life. Common sense is uncommon. I always can sense a dangerous situation and avoid it. Know you machine and know your ground. Anyone who puts a machine in a mess like this can run the machine but is not a true operator.

I was septic electronic and engine don't like water but when I saw the engine and hydraulic run is good

Literally unbelievable- I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I love this channel

WOW Brandon that was simply amazing to see 👍

Coming soon to an auction near you. 1 recently washed 892 excavator 😀. Good job guys. A few years ago a company was trying to clear a floating bog from behind a dam and swamped a similar sized excavator. That took a dozer and 3 heavy wreckers to pull it out

It concerned me to see people standing in the arc of the pull cable swing.

@dirtgrainsteel

Жыл бұрын

They got back when I really pulled hard nice thing about cable is it don't really fly like chain will its goes straight and falls quick

Been there Two machines Able to salvage one , the other not so good pull it out and then part it out

oh my god a d8 lol friends uncle had a d8 forester with the extra heavy hood... the thing pushed over 5 foot thick tree's lol amazing power

cudos to the person who attach the chain underwater in the mud.

O' holly CRAP .Ya got it out. great job. RUIN THE ENGINE WITH ALL THAT WATER IN IT. BET YOR GLAD IT IS NOT YOURS. Great video Thanks.

It would have been much cheaper and easier to dewater this small lake if you were allowed to pump this water over the outlying area. Placing a containment around the machine would have collected all the oils.

Holy crap he was determined to get her out. It sounds like when the piston dead headed it may have bent a rod, with all the smoke and clatter from the engine this little jaunt may hurt his behind.

The baby is alive it is a miracle that awesome!!!!!🫢great job!!!!!🔴🫢🤫that is new to me !!!🤫

Nice job. Poor machine. They don't like to swim

This whole thing was amazing to watch.

that motors rappin like 50-Cent, shes done for im sure of it, they dont knock like that.

When D,G,S post a video you knows it’s going to be good. Put that D8 to work.

good video

Great work because it takes real skill to work three together! My hat is off to you all!

Gotta LOVE Old mechanical Equipment!! Still runs great lol 👍👍

They're yelling at that operator to shut the machine down and he's like "Nope. It's coming out right now" and it sure did.

Hope they managed to shut the engine down before it went under. Great recovery!

You can’t kill those 892s I’ve got two of them myself great machines

Nothing like cat fishing in the pond

Good job on the recovery. That Deere saline like it has a bit of a knock in the engine. I hope they didn’t hurt anything too badly

@craigadair128

Жыл бұрын

Seems pretty well destroyed

@eleanorecopet4090

Жыл бұрын

It’s total loss ever since new after all it’s a junk Deere ,,,can never make a silk purse out sows ear ,,,!

Such a pleasure to watch these machines being run by skilled and experienced operators! Well done!

I hope the engine on the excavator was not trashed!

Great job!

@dirtgrainsteel

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

You guys are scaring the crap out of me. I spent 20 years in the Navy and have seen many lines and ropes part. You had guys standing in the bite of the ropes, guys stepping over ropes under strain, guys standing directly in line with the direction of pull where a parted rope will travel, and guys in the work area who really did not need to be there. Please take more care in the future parting lines and ropes are no joke. They will literally tear body parts off. (before anyone makes a dumb comment, if it's made from fibers, it's line, if it's made of metal it's rope)

Better than watching the Barnum n Baily

@dirtgrainsteel

Ай бұрын

I just wish we had a monkey or a elephant

I wouldnt tension the cable untill spectators are safe distance away

get that guy in the black coat taking pics the hell out of there. if things snap he will be dead before he knows what hit him.

Too many drivers and not enough operators.

Pulled up by it's own bootstraps!

That ground gave way? Shocker... I feel for the guy... but damn.

@dancarter482

Жыл бұрын

Contaminated water would like a word.. .. ..

that 270 hitachi looks nice

WOW can't believe you got that out and it started impressive nice work fella's

So many people trying to die if that cable snaps on the first pull have been driving the tow tracker when this has happened the rollbar saved me with some quick reactions dangerous business well done getting her out

@blanchae

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. I took a mine site safety course back in the 70s. Nobody should be standing near the pull cable.

What needed to be done to get it back in working order? Was the engine ok?

that thing weeighs half as much as an M1A1? holy crap!

Good job, dangerous visitors

“Dead” MACHINE!! I am so relieved that your thumbnail wasn’t speaking of scooping up drowning victims… Enjoyable video though; I always gravitate to watching and doing work with mechanical advantage

@dirtgrainsteel

Жыл бұрын

Oh I definitely wouldn't be videoing something that there was a death involved with that would be disrespectful....thank you for watching!!

no wonder the shelf sank! it's all sand + water + vibration = liquefaction!

I know the pecking order, can be confusing. But pull 3 ft, talk about it 30, min. pull 3 talk 30. They will eventually get it out.

HEY!!! You can't park that there! WTH? Emotional damage!!!

Great job. Please let us know what repairs you did had to do. Thanks and keep them coming..

It is a very bad idea for this guy to stand next to a cable under tension, if that cable snap and get him, he will be dead and not the excavator. It is a good practice to throw a heavy coat or a wet blanket over the cable.