That is an impressive bit of maneuvering. Those machines are also incredibly capable and hats off to the engineers who design them.

@floydfloyd3706

Жыл бұрын

PH, do you think the original inventor of the excavator ever considered the possibility that someone would want to do this? The change in the center of gravity as the bucket swings around makes me cringe every time I see it.

@swedishpsychopath8795

Жыл бұрын

@@floydfloyd3706 Did you run out of your medicines again?

@lucasc5622

Жыл бұрын

@@swedishpsychopath8795 wat

@kvykimo

Жыл бұрын

@@lucasc5622 meds, NOW

@Mammon-magazinDe

Жыл бұрын

Bravo!

As someone that played with a few Tonka toys in his time, this might be the most badass thing I've ever seen...

@mightywhitey946

Жыл бұрын

I'm 43 and wish I still had my old metal Tonka toys. They are worth a small fortune.

@RaymondBCrisp

Жыл бұрын

@@mightywhitey946 Hell yeah!

@bernhardgulker9261

Жыл бұрын

​@@RaymondBCrisp ...2pldlD

I love the video, as was said, the impressive power to climb, but gentle enough to put a table cloth on for Sunday dinner. Incredible talent from a gifted operator.

Pure concentrated nostalgia. My mom used to have machine videos like this on her computer, and I would just watch them over and over again. Good times.

YES...& Thank you!! This operator is my Uncle and he knows exactly what he is doing! As for all those thinking he was stupid or would be in some kind of trouble from his boss...quite the opposite actually. They were all very impressed and to prove it a picture of my uncle doing this is hanging on a wall somewhere in most CAT offices! Go look for yourselves. No wrong doing going on in this video people, just a GREAT operator doing his job! :)

@witchdoctor7398

2 жыл бұрын

Well, my Dad was a heavy equipment operator for about 50 years - specifically a Dragline/Crane Operator. I've seen him do some cool stuff while operating. But, he would have never ever done anything this unsafe and stupid. He would have told the guy that ordered him to climb up there to pack salt in his azz.... It's a good thing someone from OSHA wasn't hanging around. That looks like at least a $10,000 fine. And, who ever is the Safety Manager on this project he/she should be fired! The operator of the machine could have been easily killed if there had been an accident. Crushed to death under 50 tons of steel... Oh, I've seen my Dad unload Gravel from Rail Cars. He did it from a platform built of dirt and did not have to perform tricks to do it...

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113

2 жыл бұрын

I pulled my Dad's Finger. He Farted, so hard, it blew our Cat, "Ol' Trixie-Poo," into Low Earth Orbit. Guess what Ol' Trixie-Poo is, now. A "Catellite."

@ptmy8590

Жыл бұрын

I know a guy who would load a mini into a dump truck like that. You do what you have to do.

@met9072

Жыл бұрын

Uhh Witch Doctor why do you think those step ramps were built, designed so and delivered to the job?

@millionairemobydick4489

Жыл бұрын

Also my uncle thanks

What ever that very talented excavator operator is being paid, IT ISN'T ENOUGH !!! I would not have believed it, if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Amazing. Very steady hand on the twin joysticks. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.

After all the various ‘fails’ I’ve seen involving these machines, this operator appears damn impressive

These sorts of videos are always so cool! Some of these operators have a scary level of ability with their machines!

Da man! This dude knew exactly what he was doing. Not one wrong, or unnecessary move. A ballet.

@SeanChYT

Жыл бұрын

5:29 disagrees

I operate a Cat 385C, have run a lot of these machines for many years, long reaches, Link Belts, Volvos you name it. Beautifully orchestrated work, get a real kick out of this. On the other hand gotta sympathize with the Witch Doctor on a few issues as well. Break a hydraulic line, bad fuel or other split second sensor malfunction, (which modern equipment is famous for) any number of glitches can mean a quick game over. Not to mention getting OSHA or in my case MSHA involved to any degree can wreck your day entirely. Once again, cool, good skills, not always practice.

@snap-off5383

Жыл бұрын

No you don't. Lifting an excavator like that is standard operating procedure. Those jack stands aren't hair brained fabricobbled "_____"-engineering, they're engineered, made and tested for exactly what they were used for. OSHA 100% allows this.

@networkedperson

Жыл бұрын

@@snap-off5383 The maximum OSHA fine for killing a worker is only $10,000... OSHA's ability to regulate is significantly limited by corporate lobbyists buying up legislators... Tell me that the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) allows this, and then I'll be impressed...

@kobrapromotions

Жыл бұрын

@@snap-off5383 lol wouldnt be allowed in Aust

@snap-off5383

Жыл бұрын

@@kobrapromotions Or the more likely it happens all the time there and you don't know.

@kobrapromotions

Жыл бұрын

@@snap-off5383 nah, literally no way on most mine sites. Privately maybe...

That is the definition of a smooth operator.

I've ran excavators most of my life and have done similar manoeuvres like this climbing up and down quarry walls, creek and river banks, and large stockpiles of rock and various other materials. But I would probably be a little nervous climbing up on railcars this way. Hats off to a very skilled, confident and perhaps a bit crazy operator. Cool FN video though.

@brewse64

9 жыл бұрын

i was about to write a similar post.yup this is'nt his first time.woulda liked to see that video lol but cool

@JensKCarl_Morgelgeschichten

9 жыл бұрын

Blayne Puckett This action is only totally nonsensical. So he gets the empty wagons not complete and digs Last but not even one. He should grow a grab bag unloading the wagon from the side. Therefore, he can not see, however, due to the high side walls, a good marshaller is required.

@blaynepuckett3819

9 жыл бұрын

Jens Karsten Carl I don't understand anything you're trying to say. Your post makes absolutely no sense in the English language. Thank you for trying though.

@janainaleite8469

8 жыл бұрын

lvb

@nevomix5364

6 жыл бұрын

Дастан айтыш

How cute, a cat using it's litter box for the first time.

@joeritchie7286

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha

@jefersonmenegaro4200

3 жыл бұрын

Pra na foi dirrtt

@jefersonmenegaro4200

3 жыл бұрын

Oi operador é fraco em Viseu não pegou a lança na hora que tava puxando para cima no segundo estágio e já

@Aknan

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4V7282Qpd2WlrA.html

@inulate2520

3 жыл бұрын

my names ur pfp

No hesitation, truly an experienced operator.

@danieliasevoli1711

Жыл бұрын

If you can operate one you can operate them all. I've been operating an excavator now 22 years and there's nothing I can do with it. No longer a challenge

@whyareyoulookinghere9135

Жыл бұрын

@@danieliasevoli1711yeah, I can bet there is nothing you can do with it.

@gagatoran964

Жыл бұрын

@@whyareyoulookinghere9135 yeah dude, I bet he can fly them machines to the orbit

@GlazeonthewickeR

Жыл бұрын

@@danieliasevoli1711 Greatest typo I’ve ever seen, fucking brilliant mate

The point loads and forces on different components of a machine doing suchlike work must be enormous!

@freakasis

Жыл бұрын

Steel FTW

@antonhuman8446

Жыл бұрын

@@freakasis Referring to loads on the centre pintle especially. Also swing rail and -bearing.

@freakasis

Жыл бұрын

@@antonhuman8446 now imagine those loads when I'm pulling roots out so hard that the machine stands up on the push blade and then falls back down when it breaks. Several times on a decent stump. Then I swing around and slam the bucket into a driveway that the skid steer is having trouble breaking. Grease and repeat... Every day. Fine.

@antonhuman8446

Жыл бұрын

@@freakasis Even more so. It must be ingradible!

That's an extremely fine display of operator skill, but maybe the company has never heard of this ancient invention called a ramp?

@lmost

Ай бұрын

Or, y’know, make do with what you have and call it a day.

@fedup3582

22 күн бұрын

Those are "ramps", just ones that can be picked up and moved as necessary. I watched a guy crawl up on top of a trainload of rock, hauled in for rip wrap, but his "climbing boxes" were made of heavy pipe and not as elaborate as the frames in this video. The operator was even smoother crawling up on top of the rock train, and once on top, sat perched on the edges of the train car walls. He then proceeded to load the rock out of the rail cars into dump trucks alongside the train. The hoe drove down the length of the train, crossing over from car to car, unloading the whole train, then drove the length of the train back to the end to use his "boxes" to get back down off the train. He obviously did this many times as I saw rock trains sitting at the same spot many times over the course of many months time. Having operated track hoes, I can only imagine how careful you would have to be to keep those metal tracks from sliding off those metal car wall edges.

Such an impressive loading job by this operator! This is how you load an excavator to the top of a rail car perfectly! Fantastic video!

@DEADIKATED

3 жыл бұрын

IKR I seen someone trying to put one on a boat from a hillside with planks and they ended up sinking the boat and machine!

@guidoaquilano8119

3 жыл бұрын

99

@zakirhossain3240

3 жыл бұрын

Nice,,jakir,excavetor,Bangladesh,

@sukrukilicalp1728

3 жыл бұрын

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@Jean-PaulOLESZEK

Жыл бұрын

​@@guidoaquilano8119 as AA

Haha awesome! Heavy machines fascinate me. I can watch one all day just about! Bloody clever. Such powerful machines, but a skilled operator can be so gentle and precise too, for example, those couple of moments there, very delicately rearranging the load in the car as he went. Instead of taking big ungainly swipes as you might expect, it's all so very smooth and fluid. As was the rest of the operation. They become an extension of their own limbs almost.

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Жыл бұрын

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Trust me, cats can climb anywhere no matter how they weight

That was really amazing! A lot of talent, skill and precautionary insight. Thanks so much.

This operator knows his machine very well. Impressive skills ,with such heavy equipment. He made this look easy!👌

Reminds me of trying to get up my front steps when I've had a few too many drinks.

@janej3600

3 жыл бұрын

That took me a second or two to get it but once the image was in my mind that really gave me the laugh I needed today. Thanks! 😂

@maryantomaryanto2211

3 жыл бұрын

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@adakantangdirumah_official3187

2 жыл бұрын

@@janej3600 ...

That ole boy has some SERIOUS skills man!! Hell of a job!

Thats one hell of an operator if people talking shit never operating equipment or been on a jobsite that's what he did is showing the capabilities of a machine with a great operator

fantastic! That operator deserves a gold star for the day. Wow, really impressive. I would have cried when the tracks were on the second level by about half a meter and the weight of the machine was precariously balanced on the bucket!! Simply amazing thanks for sharing.

The operator is unquestionably skillful but what is the end game? Why is he up there atop a coal carrier or whatever it is? It would be nice to know what is so darned important for him to perform this maneuver.

@Ransetsu

Жыл бұрын

Because it's cool.

Hats off to that driver, to the people who designed those CAT cars, and to the people who planned to put those platforms.

Have seen backhoes climb onto the flatbed of trucks this way. Fascinating process.

Ive drove 360s for a while but never on top of steel brave man highly skilled,but watch out for poles and power lines,not only fear of steel sliding from under weight of machine,well done im impressed with driving skill Darren uk england

good operator, even better spotter. very dangerous with the power lines so close and rough on the equipment.,

@martinteglbjrg9980

7 жыл бұрын

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@kenoliver8913

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, all round really stupid. Man is a jackass.

@digi3218

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenoliver8913 I don't think the power lines are that close and even if they are.. You got to do what you got to do.. How is he the jackass lol still better than being an asshole I guess.

THIS DRIVER IS AN ABSOLUTE BADASS!

@waldemarserafin8240

4 жыл бұрын

@green oi

Great skill, you can tell he's taking it skillfully by swinging the boom around slowly

@javiersarmiento1726

4 жыл бұрын

Lo

Those 2 "steps" are much easier to move around than a large ramp for a decent size loader with forks on it, not to mention that would be a long ramp and would have to be pretty intricate to hold that weight. Also, steel tracks on a steel ramp can be very slippery and any little slide could be.. shall we say "very bad".

I don't get no better than that. That is a smooth operator.

For a 319D L N made possibly around 2008-2009 it works fairly well. I’m impressed how you made it up there with an excavator with no blade on it. And finding a European based machine in what I believe is an American railway facility is quite rare

And thus the Cat Excavator climbs the rail cart to lay its eggs and ensure the survival and safety of its offspring! What a majestic beast!

@TheMrDarksouls

9 жыл бұрын

Ahahaha

@OcRefrig

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@omertelekom291

6 жыл бұрын

Athena

@JonathanPaulson

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@vilnursadiqov3582

6 жыл бұрын

+Omer Telekom sesin niye gelmir 6-@⅞@@---+. @ aàhbwbds

Wow what an operator with nerves of steel, I am confused though as to why he needs to get up there in the first place.

@phaedrussmith1949

Жыл бұрын

$20.00 bet.

@myronachtman4304

Жыл бұрын

He didn't want to take the bus.

@silverXnoise

Жыл бұрын

Pranking the 2nd shift operator who went to lunch.

@efabiano82

Жыл бұрын

Because man

Just got recomended this. And nothing more satisfying than excavators climbing up stuff.

I've seen some impressive stuff in my life, but this was awesome. Mad skills.

Staggering skill for the operator/drver, just a wonderful thing to see, pure man/and machine, love it

@sembarangsembarang2408

5 жыл бұрын

..

They should just build a fucking ramp.

@Mr1SUPERdoodle

8 жыл бұрын

+Tighty Mimbers anybody could use a ramp, this way they get more hours lol

@LucasGresham610

8 жыл бұрын

Ramp would be very long to meet the height of the car plus a ramp would be very difficult to transport

@ArnoldsDesign

8 жыл бұрын

+Tighty Mimbers I couldn't agree more.

@chasingadream51

8 жыл бұрын

+Tighty Mimbers A ramp would take a day to build.... this guy did it in 5 minutes.... Id say, his way is better. lol

@KnobCRICK

8 жыл бұрын

Gannon Hollywood Incorrect sir. They spent $ and time fabricating and engineering 2 platforms for this machine to climb and rest on. That alone - less the awkward climb makes a ramp superior.

Thats what I call a skilled operator!

What an expert driver!

Brilliant stuff, I never watched a machine like that climb. Thanks for the vid upload :-)

@ginolinari7898

2 жыл бұрын

90

i worked heavy construction for 30 years and know many operators capable of this,,but is it worth the risk?

Operator you're incredible...❤❤

Nothing but impressed with this operators skill and iron nerves in doing this. I know I wouldn't have the cahones to attempt this.

@prebenjaeger

Жыл бұрын

Cahones

bad ass... excellent driving skills, I didn't think you could get that much traction with that heavy Caterpillar. way to go!!!

Got to see a rail crew moving excavator from car to car one day. Crazy what a skilled operator can do with em. They were using it to set off new cross ties. Later came back and loaded old ones.

Even this cat is a great climber climber!

That takes some major skill… very impressive.

It's amazing what KZread have offered up as a homepage featured video

can tell he is totaly cool with it not his first time... ive hopped trenchs n climb cliffs with my CAT 320 .. but aleast there is dirt to grab to.. a thumb attachment would make it a lil more confident if that were me doing that

Imagine what it feels like to attempt this for the first time. You got to have nerves of steel for this job.

I still love this, 13 years ago, top mam, RESPECT

this is how the CAT gets into its litter box to take a shit.

@thehojackline

8 жыл бұрын

Don't disrespect CAT like that man. They make quality equipment. And, how else are they gonna unload the rock ballast hoppers there without the excavator?

@karolduncan370

8 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@OcRefrig

7 жыл бұрын

lol.

@Creeperboy099

6 жыл бұрын

I get it XD

@Creeperboy099

6 жыл бұрын

It's a joke, chill :)

When a ramp just won't do.

Well done..... Thanks for the video!

It's actually easier than it looks for a skilled operator......he's a bit slow but is smooth , which is the important thing when you have steel on steel! Sudden jerks is what will make the machine slide!

Hi Kyle Eastwood =), Thank you for taking the time and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family. I hope you have a nice day! =).

I think he just voided the warranty.

That’s one skilled operator! Good job!

It's strange. I can't possibly think of anything that could go wrong with this.

Excellent operator deserves a medal

some have seen him on the top of the Himalaya last week

@bharatjithakorkuvarshi5325

5 жыл бұрын

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Wow! Super skills! The overhead wires would scare the heck out of me. Would love to see how he got down.

I had a great time with you guys tonight looking forward to many more. Happy memorial day weekend

@user-ly6wx4gx5t

4 жыл бұрын

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Im-Pressive!!! WOW! That is one cool operator.

Serious skills

@michaelcastellano5924

6 жыл бұрын

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@michaelcastellano5924

6 жыл бұрын

Classic movies

@NovsightAutoLighting

6 жыл бұрын

But why not just a ramp? www.novsights.com/

@cosmecerqueira1706

6 жыл бұрын

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@cosmecerqueira1706

6 жыл бұрын

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Some mad skills right there....

excellent...! rarely seen large machine extreme operating skills displayed.... respect and congrats from tasmania

i so do love watching skilled operators

Am I the only one wondering how he's going to get out of there with no crushed rock to climb on top of when the car is empty?

@titaniac3037

Жыл бұрын

yes

@Islandwaterjet

8 ай бұрын

We go to the far end of the car and dig, work your way back to the stands.

Very skillful driving!

@drkillerxx239

10 жыл бұрын

Theres no skill in this at all

@drkillerxx239

10 жыл бұрын

Im not saying that I can do it im saying that if he messes up he can break the whole vechile

@HyperionGamingTOPKEK

10 жыл бұрын

that's why he has skill. because he can do it without breaking it.

@zanyredonkulous

10 жыл бұрын

drkillerxx239 your comments make no sense. Get off the crack pipe

@maalsy

9 жыл бұрын

I can drive one and I'm 9 idiots

If you think you can, or think you can't... Thanks for sharing.

Amazing video and it was super skilled operator!!

Someone give this man a cookie!

@vexzarkov7791

9 жыл бұрын

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7 жыл бұрын

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This is what playing with Tonka as a kid will give you years later: MAD SKILL!!

Someone should inform CAT about this amazing new technology, it's called a 'ramp'.

That is a very skilled operator.

"Damn, forgot to fill up with diesel first"

Made me think of a cat scratching around in a really big litter box

Glad this video had a happy ending. So many things could have gone wrong and then the title would have been...'so things were going really well, until they weren't' lol

That never gets old

This on and off loading, climbing, working at steel inclines, is pretty much normal. The CAT is a moving ramp itself, Hydraulic power and combined skills are very far from understood by the general public...

all the effort to build that scaffolding why didn't the just make it into a ramp?????

@nivid01

8 ай бұрын

Haha, yep!

I appreciate the art of this!

One day somebody suggested they build a ramp but management shot the idea down. "This is how we've ALWAYS done it!"

so it did make sense to put random construction vehicles on my model trains as a kid..

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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3 жыл бұрын

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I had a dirt bike that never climbed as high as that.

Amazing equipment but more so, the Amazing abilities of the operator! I've worked in gravel pits, excavation job sites and in heavy machine recovery in the past. I 've watched an operator comb the hair on a frog with an excavator! Now that's some fine work!

I'm impressed 👍!! That's amazing control..

give that man a beer.....

*applause*

'Congratulations! You've just won a railroad car full of gravel! Well...good luck unloading it!'

@LEO1WOLF

7 жыл бұрын

Rimrock300 - - Ha-ha, obviously he'll have NO prob with that!

I can do that, hold my beer... (gets in excavator) Wheres the key? hic'

Who signed off the Method Statement? Or do you not do H&S in the US?

@davem.3309

6 жыл бұрын

barbelmeister nah our safety more lax

@usernamesrlamo

3 жыл бұрын

Dah fook you mean by method statement? This method is called American.

Neat vid, I've been running heavy equipment for 10 years, and this is ridiculous! Highly unsafe. Don't get me wrong, we all do things that we probably shouldn't do from time to time, or things that we will look back at and think "I can't believe I got away with that". In fact, if nobody were looking, hell, I might even do this myself. That being said, as a supervisor for a semi-large construction/mining company in Canada, I would never let something like this take place. There are simply too many variables in the equation. At the end of the day, we all have families to go home to. Again, not dissing this vid in any way, just my two cents.

@GnonplussedGnome

9 жыл бұрын

Been watching this for over twenty years in real life.

@JaySybrandy

9 жыл бұрын

My dad can do it he use to load his tiny 7 ton on to the back of his truck

@justinlee8392

5 жыл бұрын

This is how rail cars are unloaded on a daily basis check out the HERZOG website.

@TheSabhia

4 жыл бұрын

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@TheSabhia

4 жыл бұрын

@JM G u

not sure exactly what i just watched , but it was amazing and im adding this into favorites ✊🏽

absolutely amazing!