FYI to people saying no shoring! Shoring system includes Sloping (depending on soil type, 1.5 to 1 type C, 1 to 1 Type B, or .75 to 1 Type A, Trench Boxes or Shield, Timber Shoring, Hydraulic Shoring, etc. Anything 20 feet deep or more must be approved by registered professional Engineer in that state. They say they had letter, but I don't see how they could classify it as type A soil....Most soil is type C and B.

Done it for 12 hours a day, on night shift to boot. 8km long tailings dam for a mine in the middle of nowhere, had to stay in the machine for the entire shift, piss off the tracks and hope you don't have to take a dump. 8 hours a day is more than enough, 6 even better, spending too much time in the seat really makes you hate doing it. I love all the armchair quarterbacks in the comment section though, as if nobody but them has ever dealt with slopes and Worksafe/OSHA compliance.

@skliros9235

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that must be brutal sitting that long. And how about them hemorrhoids? 😬

@backwoodsbuildingandfixing9223

3 жыл бұрын

@@skliros9235 Camp food makes that area so toxic even hemorrhoids can't exist, great lifestyle!

Man I’ve seen so many videos of trenches like that collapsing. I would never be down in that hole

@mattcan69

2 жыл бұрын

RIght ? That caves in even a bit and you are gonzo ..

@jacobmulligan4324

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you, but that dirt has been made sure it’s ok to be bug like that

@shawnjennax1709

11 ай бұрын

Especially since they are actively working that dirt. Not a safe place to be

All these stupid safety comments from internet keyboard warriors that have no experience. Clean work man.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

"You're in my fucking way!" Too funny.

After hooking up a bucket to a different bucket you should go through the motions and open and then swing it closed too many have fallen off and have killed people. Just a thought

@timjenkins4637

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing, that was the 1st thing I was taught about them 30 years ago!

@701Gangstatainment

2 жыл бұрын

@@timjenkins4637 When you have done it for 20 years. you just know. its a part of your body.

@701Gangstatainment

2 жыл бұрын

also, if it is not locked, when unlocked, the first pin has a saftey mechanisim that latches, and will not unlatch unless the coupler is locked then unlocked again, so if you grab a bucket and "dont lock it" on accident, to take it off, you have to then lock it, then unlock it, because the safety mechanisim that is in place especially for when "people" forget to hit the switch or whatever the case may be

That bucket reminds me of the Spinosaurus from Jurassic Park

nice job that is a deep trench for such a small pipe ? There are sure a lot of health and safety experts on you tube comments these days !

Awesome operating power mode on music on hit it hard mate 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

The pipe along the trench, it looks like you are well pointing? but the ground seems very dry and stable. So if that isn't a well-point, what is the white pipe?

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

They are well points every 40 feet and 40 feet deep. They ran for 3 weeks before we started to dig. the water table was at 8 feet before the wells were installed.

Seen 870G on side excavator, size used for civil engineering work: sewer mains, etc. 470G back ground moving spoils out way. Good seat, AC works, control set pattern you like.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

I like cat control on excavators sticks and John dear controls on wobble stick backhoes. I can run them all even the old Ford controls.

@sharonfieber8716

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey JI Case 4 stick controls, slow to operate. JD controls backhoe date back 1960's. Production difference notable in day.

Nice work! Curious as to why so much trench is still exposed and not backfilled yet? Great video and thanks for posting it.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We had to dry the dirt that came out of the ditch to be able to make compaction. I was getting about 500-600 feet a day.

Wow Cat, you did get grilled on this didnt you. Just AS I scolded you. But with the engineered trench and the Cal OSHA thumbs up, good to go. Now, would I get in there, umm lets see, nope go get my check. Stop with the ten hours a day you got paid quite well.

Hello, how are you. My name is Ammar from southern Algeria. Driver of all kinds of drilling machines, first class, excellent, friends. Greetings to you from North Africa.

I remember digging with that same bucket..or one just like it..my brother and I had a argument over the finished slope ratio..he said 3/4 to 1 or 1 to 1..i said no way..we measured..I was right!1 closer to 1/2 to 1 to 3/4 to 1..teicherts trapezoidal buckets are 3/4 to 1. still,in this day and age,you still have to get a engineer to sign off on the jobsite to do 3/4 to 1. you do a nice job of moving over just a scootch and not letting all your bucket teeth line up. thus you still have a beautiful ditch but not cutting it as steep as the bucket would if you did

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Had the same argument with my Forman. Told them you want me to dig it right get me the right bucket. Just falls on def ears. Just do the best I can with what I have.

glad to see everyone gets along good on this job site 😆😆

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Work is work, after it is over we crack a beer and laugh about it.

@thats_my_comment

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey c'mon I know that's right... 👍🍺

Nice machine but sixty plus hours a week make for a "Can you paint this thing blue or green" as it would get very tiresome. I can see putting some paint on the buckets so you can see where you left it at when changing/LOL. nice work keeping the "duff" off the trench people

" am i good or not, cause your in my Fucking way" hahaha say that shit on the daily!

You need open more the trhench bro and make sure take uot full bucket to

On your well points do you have a submersible pump in each well point or how does this set up work very interested and smooth operation .

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

There was a 1hp pump in each well point. The water was pumped to a trench that took the water 1/2 mile away.

@diesellover6411

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey that system probably wouldn’t work around here we have pit run and run 4” pumps so much water it’s nuts but that would be slick if it did we run 4” pumps in the box with us

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

So the pumps were set about 20’ deeper than the trench to lower the water table. That way we did not have to deal with the water in the trench.

whats this trench for? it looks too deep for just pipping.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

This was the main trunk line going to a lift station in a new housing development.

Suprising to see a well point system in ground that doesn't require a trench box

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

The wells were in for a month at this point in the dig. and water was 2 feet below the ditch.

@mattberg916

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey right on. Seems pretty solid clay. Is it silty?

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattberg916 At the bottom it got a bit grainy but stood up very well. The top was old flood plains and farmland.

Steep looking ditch. Jesus. I mean it’s a nice straight ditch, but it don’t look 45’d. Just curious is all why not sloped more. We’d be be shut done having a trench that steep.

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

We had a Enginers letter for the material to dig at a 3/4-1

Kool

Beautiful dirt,what state is this? The Deere and Hitachi make a affordable machine. The only thing is the man in the trench. Were is the top man being his eyes above. How many feet of pipe? I wish we had a job the big in the mid Alan tic. The 870 is a work horse. Nice video and be safe. Call me I'll come out there and dig 10 hours a day. Better than bouncing around on rock lol👍

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the rock video.

Any maintenance done on that machine? Like pins Grease?

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

It was bought from an auction. And I am not the only operator that runs it., we may have some less than caring operators. The pins were not that bad the last time I ran the rig.

@shockey49

3 жыл бұрын

There fine. That's how the Deere/Hitachi are broken in

@josephmccarry6700

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that myself. Pins look loose

Hey my superintendent said that he’s never ran a machine that big and that it would be cheaper to cut 10 feet or 15 feet with scrapers and then dig it with a smaller machine. I told him I was pretty sure that your company owns that machine and doesn’t have to rent it, therefore it is cheaper to dig that deep with an 870 than to bring two or 3+ guys in on scrapers. Do you have anything to add to that?

@TheLeverMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the company owns the 870G. We also have a dirt division. They did considered to use scrapers. A cost analyses was done and the chose to have it dug with the excavator. We would have had to rent the scrapers to move the dirt. Also if we had gone to a smaller rig and set it down 10' it would not have had the reach to toss the dirt past the dewatering line. Also at the time we started this project, wheeled rigs were sinking in the ground so all rigs needed to have tracks. There was one road that allowed a loader to bring Rock to a rock box that the excavator would dig out of. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

Just saying those guys are in a very dangerous situation! No shoring or trench box’s! That’s nuts

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Normal for us.

Been there done that! It was ok I liked a cat 385 better!, and I've always loved john deere 450's but the new ones the 470's arent so great either!.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

I ran a 385 back in 05 and I still think it is the best rig I have ever run. It was set up with a medium stick that had a total of 53 feet of reach. was gigging storm drain, sets were 30 foot long.

@steveashworth6707

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey I'm with you 100%. I've operated hoes for 46 years and I retired 7 months ago!. Good digging to ya!.

I thought the woman in the photo was the operator, till I heard you holler out lol.

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

That is the wife. I was walking her around the local job.

not getting in that hole, idc what engineer says about it.

What are they digging for?

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Sewer line going to a lift station.

@calebmyers4774

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey oh okay how big of pipe?

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

@@calebmyers4774 it was a year ago so I may be wrong but I think it was 24" start to 16" end of line C900. with 8" SDR coming out of the manholes to the side streets.

Where is this what company if you don’t mind me asking

@deadondistribution7434

3 жыл бұрын

Are u in the union or is this non union

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadondistribution7434 Union Local #3

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

This was in the North Sacramento area.

@deadondistribution7434

3 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks I’m in local 12 I’m currently working in Ventura . But I’d like to get on with a company doing some bigger stuff like this. I was running a 870 out in North Carolina before I moved here would like doing this again. Looks like you had some fun out there.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadondistribution7434 It is a rather large project. The 870 moved on months ago. We mostly run a JD450 and 350s on larger projects. The 870 sits a lot. I have only used it on 2 projects. it is hard to find projects that require rigs that big. I have a crew I stick with been with the same company 10+ years now. I am very well taken care of.

Yes a deep hole, but how would you protect the crew? Be careful and hope for the best.

Anything over 15 ft deep needs to be one to one slope 15 ft and above can be 3/4 to 1 trench needs to be whiter wider not bad thoughthe

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. In any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was o- site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

I'm doing something simaler but only 12 hours a day ,it sucks ,6days a week

I'd only take about 5 seconds of you talking to me like that , I do know that

@mattberg916

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. No need to be a bitch

@thats_my_comment

3 жыл бұрын

YEP

@diesellover6411

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to construction!!

Besides doing 5 yrs locating utilities i was a CNC machinist for 20yrs and standing on my feet for 10-12 hrs a day. I think i would have rather got into heavy equipment operating.

@mattcan69

2 жыл бұрын

you mean that swinging a wand and getting yelled at by contractors who want their locate is no fun ??

@rawblow4512

2 жыл бұрын

Matt Cooper LOL it was a fun job but getting 50-60 locate requests daily per worker caused our company to be behind! They would never hire enough and then a few would quit so always behind!

@mattcan69

2 жыл бұрын

@@rawblow4512 ain't that the truth .. a tsunami of tickets and no end in sight :)

@rawblow4512

2 жыл бұрын

Matt Cooper yep! I worked for SM&P in the early 2000’s. We use to joke the SM&P stood for “Send More People” 😂🤣 especially on project tickets!

@rawblow4512

2 жыл бұрын

Matt Cooper i liked the job, just too many tickets and not enough time in the day to get to them all, especally when we had up to 4 utility companies to locate for on every ticket, Gas, electric, phone, CATV, sometimes i had 2 electric companies on the locate, had to read all the blueprints and then get out of the truck, do some paint & flag, stand around and scratch my ass thinking that doesn’t look right and then back in the truck to look at prints again 😂🤣. Then have 50 tickets every day and naturally it was the locators fault because you didn’t get them all done and you worked from the butt crack of dawn to dusk 6-7 days a week and you still got your ass chewed. Oh and dont forget about overnight emergencies you have to run on and then get 3-4 hours rest and then start another long day after a long night.

This doesn’t look like it’s the the USA, OSHA would be going bat shit crazy over the lack of cave-in protection for those guys in the trench.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. Any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was o- site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

@jscrow7654

3 жыл бұрын

Professional

Why the heck are you having to lay the pipe so deep?

@TheLeverMonkey

6 ай бұрын

It was the beginning of a subdivision. All the future subdivisions will gravity feed to this pipe line.

@brian_2040

6 ай бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey we had to tie in to existing storm drain one time that started out 38ft in the ground and some of the last few ft we had 2ft of fill over it. The beginning part we cut out with the pan so the hoes weren't digging in but 8-10ft. The camera doesn't do much justice on the size of that machine. I run a 450 Deere and it felt like it was a camper swinging back and forth.

@TheLeverMonkey

6 ай бұрын

Yea at 180,000 lbs. It is a bit different feel. We have a few labor forman that think size means nothing and any operator can just jump on it. If they only understood what damage a unexperienced operator can do to a rig like that.

I run a 350g but I don’t think people realize just how big 870s really are

@TheLeverMonkey

Жыл бұрын

So true. I will be going out to a new job with the 870G equipped with GPS.

I'm surprised to see men down in that trench with no shoring. Must be good ground.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

CAT101st We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. Any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was o- site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

@irondiver292

3 жыл бұрын

Read my mind

Looks also like Sam Cooper operation go,n on here,theres other superintent s does same thing also,do i need to mention there names also,there day will come soon enough,may god be with some of those employees there,Amen!!!!!

never get away with this in Chicago or Illinois with no trench boxes. Ladder to get out of the hole?. Sand can sheer off the sides and that guy on the bottom would be buried. OSHA would run them out of town on rail.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. Any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was o- site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

Shim the bucket pin, will be quieter

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Did repot it. wish in one hand and you know in the other.

How is anyone legally allowed to work down there in a v trench that's steeper than Mt Everest? I'd be cutting a 4.9 bottom bench then 3.2 steps all the way to the top in my country before anyone gets in.

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

Just different rules that we fallow. 100% legal here. We have a engineering letter allowing us to dig like that.

my god in ireland we be jailed for laying pipes like that without trench boxes

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Good thing I'm not in Ireland. I am a McCoy though.

@skliros9235

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey Texas?

Is that company's name hubbard

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

No

@chriscrozier6823

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey thx for the reply.i seen some colors i thought I recognized

That's a big deep ditch! Must be a oil pipeline

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Just a sewer main trunk line going to a lift station. New housing of over 11,000 new homes.

@sharpshooter7127

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey 10-4 thanks

Operator can't get a full bucket?

@TheLeverMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

It is on purpose.

What kind of reputation have john Deere excavators ? Never driven one .you do not see them in the UK.

@pompy65

3 жыл бұрын

They are made by Hitachi or in a joint venture I don’t know if they are exactly the same only know that Deere uses there own engines in smaller ones. The big ones like you see here have a Isuzu engines.

@seancarolan2860

3 жыл бұрын

@@pompy65 thank you for the reply . The really strange thing is the john Deere tractor range is massive in Ireland where i come from and England UK where i work .but excavators nothing very strange i think with brixet that may change .thanks for reply .

@pompy65

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sean, yes i know but in Ireland I always see lots of New Holland and MF. UK I don’t exactly but I think it is almost the same and Caseih Fendt. I come from Holland here almost same story 1 NH 2 JD 3 Fendt 4 Caseih 5 MF. Sometimes you see a old JD wheel loader but that’s it. Case wheel loaders and excavators i see them very often but that will be the same in Ireland I think.

now now, you have to work with them, be nice. you be mean, then you can check your own grade. that's a bad day.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

He dosn't check my grade he has to walk home as he rides with me.

You should get a rototilt!!!

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

I have to say I have no idea what that is.

@chopboss

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey search it up bro. It’s a 360 tilt attachment for your bucket

@pete5044

3 жыл бұрын

@@chopboss you have no idea what you are talking about. Good luck getting a Rototilt for a 70ton machine maybe you should "search it up bro".

The operator in the 870 could be a little nicer to his laborer

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Well, when you have to tell them the same thing day after day your fuse gets a little short. And he was my carpool buddy.

@jeffsmith9328

3 жыл бұрын

CAT101st. Was pulling ur leg i go through the same thing every day also. At least he’s got enough brains to stand back our laborers stand there and look at ya

very big

That's a whopper of a machine just to be digging 4-5 yds per bucket. It needs a WAY bigger bucket

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

It is about all it can handle tossing to the side at full reach.

Would you let your kids play in the ditch? Didn’t think so.

@TheLeverMonkey

6 ай бұрын

I would if I had some. It is a engineered trench and approved by Cal OSHA.

You must be in California.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

It is.

That is no where near the proper slope 🤣

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. In any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was on site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

@Jacob-64

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey Ask the engineer if he would be happy working in this widow maker trench ,my guess is he wouldn't. He's maybe on a nice bonus 🤔😉

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jacob-64 I would agree that the engineer would not go in the trench. But it is a typical trench for this area it is a high B/A type. And I do ignore the office if I feel it is not safe for the guys to go in. And yes I would and have been in my own trenches and felt perfectly safe.

hitachi with john deere symbole , and deere engine

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

Basically correct.

I wonder if you cold get an engineered letter.........

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We did.

I would not allow nobody in that hole

@chriscolwell2963

3 жыл бұрын

No way banks are not sloped no ground or soil without trenchboxes would pass osha indiana like most states is type c soil somebody making dollars for this death trap trench boxes triple stacked backfilled up 10 ft behind pipe layer plates in front an. Back of box if used 70 90 thousand fine plus no insurance or be able to bond work broke

@timothygrell4398

3 жыл бұрын

Different type soils from California to Illinois. A engineer has signed off as operator has said cal osha was on site. I would be willing to bet cal osha is a lot harder to deal with then other states considering no one likes to put there signature on anything. Remember cal osha makes most of it money on fines. Looking at material there is no slough off or cracking and looks stable. The only thing would be another ladder for pipe laying crew. Just my thoughts

4-5 yds a scoop. Nah!

@corybrown8422

3 жыл бұрын

No damn way. Is exactly what I thought. 2 at most.

Slopes are illegal,lay,back2 to 1,with,in chest height,with at least 2 ft shelves,so dangerous of an operation go,n on here,wheres latter for men in ditch,with in 20 ft of guys in ditch,,wheres safety guy at,shut this operation down,how bout shoring,tench boxes!!!!!,,,,reminds me of superintent, Flemings,inknoxville ,Tennessee

@TheLeverMonkey

3 ай бұрын

CalOSHA rules are different than the rest of the country.

Oh my god! No shoring! This is definitely not the us! Those guys are flirting with death!

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. Any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was on site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

Why not just use a trench box and why just half bucket way to slow and not safe

Very unsafe trench to have guys performing work in with no shielding or shoring to protect them. You guys better read up on trench safety , but SAFE at all. I do underground utilities myself an there’s no way in hell I would be down in that trench with no Trench box or shoring, people DIE from trenches collapsing all the time.

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

CAT101st 4 months ago CAT101st We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. In any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was on site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

Can’t even pull a full bucket

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

What you lack to notice is that there is a dewatering pipe on the right. I have to throw the dirt over it if a clod falls on the dewatering pipe it breaks and floods the ditch. So to prevent it a less than full bucket is required.

@thewitness9305

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLeverMonkey no need to worry about these armchair operators of course they overlook the obvious as they have never even been on a construction site, nice video and smooth work! Keep it up

That don’t look like 2 to 1 slope every one fired when osha pulls up. Tha latter is not going to help nobody out when you’re that deep in a cave in .The only good thing about this video is the excavators 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@TheLeverMonkey

3 жыл бұрын

We had an engineered letter for a 3/4 1 slope. The ground was very stable. In any location that was less than suitable, a trench box was used. And OSHA was on site to confirm the proper dimensions then left us alone to work.

Would be left behind with those half scoops lol shorter sets and full buckets

@TheLeverMonkey

8 ай бұрын

Had to go with less than full bucketloads due to the dewatering pipeline that can break if you look at it wrong. My Forman dropped the laser receiver on it and broke it.

@bdot6772

8 ай бұрын

@TheLeverMonkey ah yeah right on. Looks good 👍