First Mistake On The Kubota Mini Excavator

Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары

Live and learn! After this experience I couldn't imagine getting a large piece of equipment stuck. This was for a new waterline from the street to the guy's house. We had to turn to hand digging after the excavator, as we were working by the water main around existing lines.
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  • @bullboss7698
    @bullboss7698 Жыл бұрын

    Just use the boom and bucket to right yourself. You made it a lot more complicated than it had to be.

  • @altheboss5722

    @altheboss5722

    5 ай бұрын

    momos i tell ya

  • @surveysays8335

    @surveysays8335

    2 ай бұрын

    Yep. That thing is more than powerful to self extricate.

  • @nanakofiaddo8478

    @nanakofiaddo8478

    Ай бұрын

    They are amateurs

  • @VergorioVergara

    @VergorioVergara

    Ай бұрын

    That’s what i was thinking and wondering why they didn’t But then again he feel in the ditch 😂😂😂😂

  • @jlaw8882

    @jlaw8882

    7 күн бұрын

    All that's missing is 2 man-buns!

  • @BradMyers
    @BradMyers Жыл бұрын

    You didn't get hurt, equipment didn't get hurt, and you learned from your mistake. All in all, that is a good day. Thanks for sharing.

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    thanks sir!

  • @jeffharper7579

    @jeffharper7579

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not really a mistake but a accident/ learning lesson, a mistake is when you keep doing it over and over again.😊👍

  • @nate2838

    @nate2838

    11 ай бұрын

    @@maxthemarlin What he said.

  • @BruteRazloga
    @BruteRazloga Жыл бұрын

    I'm assuming the trench you were digging kept caving in? If you want to prevent that in future trenching then try not chunking the dirt away. Just go 2" deep and scrape the trench therefore filling the bucket, rather then chunking the trench you will begin slicing through the dirt. It's incredibly helpful for doing things once correctly :)

  • @digitalgoonie
    @digitalgoonie Жыл бұрын

    I run a 50g everyday. One think you should probably realize is that boom is just like an arm. Just needed to use it grab and climb out

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    As soon as it was in the ditch, it didn't seem like it had enough hydraulic power to move the arm, I was trying!

  • @digitalgoonie

    @digitalgoonie

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maxthemarlin well hey, the plus is no one got hurt! It took a lot of experience to figure out how to get through tricky situations and I still am very careful! Nice video by the way.

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@digitalgoonie thank you

  • @shawndunleavy892

    @shawndunleavy892

    Жыл бұрын

    The real little machines don’t have the power to pull themselves up and they definitely tip over much easier. I used a JD 110 tlb for 12 years and recently traded it in on a kubota. Mine can pull itself but I know from using little ones before they just don’t have the juice. Little machines are excellent for getting into tight spaces though!

  • @davidsignor7931

    @davidsignor7931

    Жыл бұрын

    But atleast you were able to push it out by hand

  • @dinomite_diggers3453
    @dinomite_diggers3453 Жыл бұрын

    Well that was a bit of a stuff up but if we don't make stuff ups how will we learn. No damage done apart from a frayed strop, no one injured and you said it yourself, "a valuable lesson." Good on you for posting this to show how easily things can go wrong.

  • @ronbrennan358
    @ronbrennan358 Жыл бұрын

    I think you should have rotated the boom and put the bucket in the ditch behind you and lifted the back end out. You did OK but risked getting injured or flipped backwards.

  • @rp1645
    @rp1645 Жыл бұрын

    Tell you a story back in 1980 was loading a Case 580-C on Low boy with two ramps. The one ramp cracked in half. I was standing straight up looking a front bucket, that had stopped full ROLL by side of bucket. We got another contractor to pull the Case up right. Checked fluid level, she started right up. Believe me I've been in your shoes. Only wish you had steel tracks. myself would have used bucket and Boom to help pull. but great what happens video, my friend. Everyone has done this a time or two.

  • @JimsEquipmentShed
    @JimsEquipmentShed Жыл бұрын

    The turn table is a pretty solid place to connect, but I might have used a high point on the roll bar. I would also use the seatbelt, if that machine pops you out of the seat, and over the controls as it falls back into the hole, you'll be hurting..... A local guy got killed doing something like that, he face planted right into the boom. This guy was a licensed operator with 30+ yeas of experience, but people get pretty relaxed running a mini. In the end its still 2000lbs more than a human. I have the same exact setup in my garage. (Including the TDub)

  • @logmeindangit

    @logmeindangit

    Жыл бұрын

    I like the fat tires on the TW, but opted for an XT225. Got it used, like new, and love it.

  • @patrickwong2823
    @patrickwong2823 Жыл бұрын

    If that happens again (hopefully not) and you are able to swing the bucket to the right-rear, as shown in your video, you should be able to push down on the bucket to level the mini-ex and then use the tracks to drive it forward out of the trench.

  • @johntheaccountant5594

    @johntheaccountant5594

    Жыл бұрын

    That seemed to me the obvious solution.

  • @logmeindangit

    @logmeindangit

    Жыл бұрын

    I posted the same solution before reading your comment.

  • @GP-ed1ti

    @GP-ed1ti

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure, but if you run a diesel machine while on its side, there is a 90% chance you'll bend the rods and have a full engine rebuild on your hands which on this little machine could be $5,000-$10,000. If you ever start losing a machine to its side the best and smartest thing to do is turn it off as fast as possible to save your engine! Use another machine to right it.

  • @zx6r385
    @zx6r385 Жыл бұрын

    You could’ve use the bucket and pulled yourself out easily the whole time.. Learning experience

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    didn't have the power to do it

  • @user-bd5md5cm2j
    @user-bd5md5cm2j Жыл бұрын

    That's a little fella. 😁 Stuff happens. It's all good, especially when it's a small one. You learned a lot I'm sure. Prepares you for bigger equipment.

  • @disndat1000
    @disndat1000Күн бұрын

    Fucks it up. Smooth rescue. Keeps diggin. Like a boss.

  • @nate2838
    @nate283811 ай бұрын

    Quick not for anyone watching, when things are in danger of tipping, go real slow and watch for the "float" point. If you see the uphill side getting light, stop and figure something else out so it doesn't get worse. When tipping is a concern in an excavator, the arm can be used as leverage for counter weight or pull, as well as the typical pushing seen most of the time. That being said, the more experience you have the easier it is to recognize when there is a tipping hazard, and how to prevent it. Thanks for sharing the mistake with us. Without doubt you saved someone else from a similar mistake.

  • @dave_in_florida

    @dave_in_florida

    11 ай бұрын

    Agree. could not the arm be extended and the shovel put in the ground to pull itself out?

  • @nate2838

    @nate2838

    11 ай бұрын

    @@dave_in_florida Maybe not. however the pulling i was referring to would be a rope tied to the extended bucket and a truck. either pull with the truck or pull the arm in.

  • @serlycb2990
    @serlycb29905 ай бұрын

    Excavator mini nice thank brother is shering video's good luck.👍🙏

  • @Drew_peaballs_128
    @Drew_peaballs_128 Жыл бұрын

    These things happen It’s all a learning experience No one was hurt and that’s the main thing 👌

  • @mrk8220

    @mrk8220

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably better to swing around and push yourself out, either way that’s something you could have used the arm, boom and bucket to get out of.

  • @Hasenquarzer0801
    @Hasenquarzer0801 Жыл бұрын

    man i dont ever seen some experts like you guys

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll take some notes from your videos

  • @daviddemaet2996
    @daviddemaet2996 Жыл бұрын

    Use the bucket

  • @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb
    @ArthurDentZaphodBeeb11 ай бұрын

    Well, that was one way to get it out. 😂 That wouldn't have taken an experienced operator 30 seconds to extricate. Just swing the house around, use the boom to level the tracks and walk it out. Presto.

  • @bobuk5722
    @bobuk5722 Жыл бұрын

    That's the danger with these machines, learning can be dangerous. I was too, thankfully no one got hurt - this time. No doubt when you both looked at the video you can see where things were done wrong so I'll not dig over all that. Mistakes one survives are valuable learning lessons, just don't repeat them. Too risky. Better still, and this is a counsel of perfection, do a risk analysis before any new job. What could go wrong here? What should I do if it did? How could I avoid that wrong thing happening? Think twice, dig once! Or to quote a Vulcan "Live long and prosper". Enjoy the future use of the machine.

  • @cartonvera
    @cartonvera4 ай бұрын

    Seems you don't have enough experience on excavators. Keep up the good work to gain some

  • @GMMINIMAQUINAS
    @GMMINIMAQUINAS11 ай бұрын

    I have been working for 6 years with a mini excavator sv08 here in Barsil and until today 2023 this has not happened to me. Every machine has its limitations, it's not because it's small that it's not dangerous, it's a lot, the operator's confidence that is the mistake. In this case, I used bricks and stones to stabilize it underneath.

  • @dantheman4980
    @dantheman4980 Жыл бұрын

    Lack of experience is obvious, but practice makes perfect

  • @chucklenz9011
    @chucklenz9011 Жыл бұрын

    Shoulda used the bucket and pulled it out straight in line with the trench.

  • @michaelburke6552
    @michaelburke6552 Жыл бұрын

    Everyone has to start somewhere thats how we learn.

  • @flat6fever680
    @flat6fever680 Жыл бұрын

    That was some VERY soft ground there. I saw you taking massive effortless scoops and was like what the heck. Next thing you know you're tipped over from the ditch collapsing. Was that all just soft fill put in there recently or is the ground like that there? Good lesson for all of us though not to operate close to or when parallel to the trench. Btw, I sense a Mini theme in the garage. Mini bike, second mini bike, mini excavator, mini truck.... All good lol and I have both of those bikes, along with their parents.

  • @krispy1k
    @krispy1k Жыл бұрын

    I hope I'm not the only one screaming USE THE BUCKET TO PULL YOURSELF OUT! I will say I've never seen anyone using a shovel to dig an excavator out. 😆

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    Reaching with no bucket did not have enough power to pull it out

  • @Luke-pt5rn
    @Luke-pt5rn Жыл бұрын

    Well done on getting it out 👍

  • @Tonezz77
    @Tonezz77 Жыл бұрын

    Nice work. And nice tdub 200 in the garage 🤟

  • @m4ckm4n59
    @m4ckm4n59 Жыл бұрын

    at 5:40 get your mate to stand in the bucket. It'll weight the front down. Also make sure tracks are extended when possible. all good fun and part of the work :)

  • @nate2838

    @nate2838

    11 ай бұрын

    Could also extend the bucket and have it pulled by a truck with a rope. Carefully!

  • @buelowexcavating
    @buelowexcavating Жыл бұрын

    If it happens again (hopefully not), will you be injured or alive? The first basic rule about how far to stay away from a ditch or structure (depending on the soil) driving parallel to it is, for each foot of depth stay about a minimum 1 foot away from it.

  • @paradiselost9946
    @paradiselost99466 ай бұрын

    lesson for everyone. when pulling stuff like this out, make an a-frame. get a log. anything... the longer the better. shove it under the rope, tilting a bit towards the stuck item. whatever it is will get picked UP as well as dragged forward. its just levers... pretty basic. a couple of ropes with "truckie hitches", just a simple compound pulley in knots, and this would be up and going in five minutes, no sweat. and then you dont drive side-on next to the hole you just dug...

  • @kdw75
    @kdw757 ай бұрын

    I have owned and operated quite a few tracked dozers and I have never had one unable to turn the tracks even in the stickiest of clay and mud. If it won’t turn a track, something must be wrong. Does it kill the engine or is something slipping?

  • @billywest7065
    @billywest7065 Жыл бұрын

    I like to reach out with the bucket and pull myself out. works well

  • @JT-dk9eo
    @JT-dk9eo10 ай бұрын

    You just needed to rotate the arm a bit,push down,put a piece of hardwood down and do it again, then rotate and push out,,always keep a few hardwood sleepers handy to put under the tracks when you need to get un stuck..

  • @GUSftw
    @GUSftw3 ай бұрын

    i used to work for JLG where they build boom lifts (great place to be FROM). we just called that part the turntable bearing.

  • @oscartorresguevara
    @oscartorresguevara Жыл бұрын

    a cualquiera le puede pasar, gracias por tu video, un saludo desde Santiago de Chile

  • @wayneg8763
    @wayneg8763 Жыл бұрын

    Use the bucket man, geez it's frustrating watching that. Even when it fell in, reach to the high side which was your driveway, dig the bucket in and use the boom ram and dipper arm to pull you up and out

  • @budowaslask
    @budowaslask5 ай бұрын

    Wyglądało zabawnie 😂

  • @TheAefril
    @TheAefril6 ай бұрын

    I was told by my instructor here in Australia, the frame the rotating cabin sits on is called the 'H' frame.

  • @cekiert
    @cekiert6 ай бұрын

    I have to cross trenches often on a mini excavator, pressing the bucket on the other side of the trench leveling out the machine and moving the end of the arm as you move the tracks like a crutch. The biggest thing is wear a seatbelt. You'll break your legs falling off as it falls onto it's side and traps your legs. Mind you the smallest production mini excavator I've found was .8 ton(1600lbs). KZread has videos of how to break your legs. Breaking one leg would affect someone. But two, you couldn't drive till you heal and just getting up to take a dump, Amazon sells litter boxes I guess

  • @firesnake6556
    @firesnake6556 Жыл бұрын

    Dang! That ditch turned into a swimming pool when you got done! Good job moving a LOT of dirt lol

  • @brettgofgosky1911
    @brettgofgosky19114 ай бұрын

    Use the boom to pick up and fill trench with firewood,

  • @IB-1963
    @IB-1963 Жыл бұрын

    Hey mate - such is life - the smallest excavator i have is a 1.5Ton Kobelco and she is ancient - but even it has the hydraulic track widening rams - your machine is a a good brand as well and modern - you might find that it also has the track widening function - it makes your foot print and therefore the stability greater

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes I did find that out after owning it for quite a while

  • @IB-1963

    @IB-1963

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maxthemarlin Its all a learning curve - starting with a small machine is where you get skills - I have 4 now - the largest is 35Tons - I have a sickness and a Farm to play with them on - doing a mega Dam at the moment for multiple reasons including stocking fish to catch

  • @shammock112
    @shammock112 Жыл бұрын

    Why didn't you use the bucker to pull the mX out of the hole?

  • @fredkaucher3694
    @fredkaucher36943 ай бұрын

    Yall could have used the boom to right the excavator and pull it out of the hole

  • @rexhargrove5172
    @rexhargrove5172 Жыл бұрын

    Lay that spoil on some plywood and it’ll be a bit easier to deal with later. Just a thought.

  • @shaneross7428
    @shaneross7428 Жыл бұрын

    I tipped over a backhoe doing the same thing. I feel your pain. Lol

  • @WatchJason
    @WatchJason11 ай бұрын

    how much is the mini excavator that size cost?

  • @logmeindangit
    @logmeindangit Жыл бұрын

    What state is all this taking place in? I see tropical plants, so it aIn't Wisconsin or Maine.

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    Seattle WA, this guy just happens to be in the .01% with a palm tree here

  • @edwardboyer7102
    @edwardboyer7102 Жыл бұрын

    This machine was not actually stuck the guy just didn't know how operate the machine

  • @tracy419

    @tracy419

    Ай бұрын

    Great tips, nothing better than constructive criticism.

  • @user-ki7mm4lq3g
    @user-ki7mm4lq3g5 ай бұрын

    0.52 finds the foot rests, game changer

  • @johntheaccountant5594
    @johntheaccountant5594 Жыл бұрын

    This should make other people using an excavator not feel so stupid when it happens to them.

  • @qanthon41
    @qanthon418 ай бұрын

    How much does this machine weigh

  • @zeestrees2780
    @zeestrees2780 Жыл бұрын

    Nice tdub

  • @tomasrosecky3267
    @tomasrosecky32676 ай бұрын

    Tady je vidět že do bagru nesmí každý 😂😂

  • @Hasenquarzer0801
    @Hasenquarzer0801 Жыл бұрын

    boy dont use the joysticks from outside *facepalm

  • @buelowexcavating

    @buelowexcavating

    Жыл бұрын

    Why not? Don't you like the sight f blood?

  • @Drew6709
    @Drew6709 Жыл бұрын

    Get some old 4" fire hose (check local fire department) to use as a sleeve to protect the tow strap.

  • @aaronmanuel4983
    @aaronmanuel4983 Жыл бұрын

    It's called a turntable

  • @gardentractor
    @gardentractor6 ай бұрын

    Those machines should have hydraulic outriggers just like backhoes.

  • @KMMEDIA1
    @KMMEDIA111 ай бұрын

    Hello, what You did is the biggest mistake that can be done on any excavator. I am attending to the excavator course. Absolutely first thing they teach is to keep distance from the hole which You dig, because the dirt moves down under Machine weight. There is a calculation everyone should use - height of the hole x 1,5 factor for example - and the factor can vary depending on which soil type You are working.

  • @MOAONAABE
    @MOAONAABE Жыл бұрын

    you fell into your own 2x4

  • @Burnardcheasesaw
    @Burnardcheasesaw Жыл бұрын

    first mistake is think it will not fall over

  • @stanonline7534
    @stanonline7534 Жыл бұрын

    you should extend the tracks to the outside that what its made for

  • @Triple5live
    @Triple5live6 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I’m about to buy a mini ex and I would have done that. Won’t now. 👍

  • @dwaynebeecroft514
    @dwaynebeecroft514 Жыл бұрын

    Slope your holes then it will give you an excuse not to track that close ! Lol 😆 🤣

  • @maxthemarlin
    @maxthemarlin Жыл бұрын

    For everyone giving me advice, telling me I should have done one thing or another... Maybe I didn't touch on this in the video but the excavator did not have enough power to swing the boom past certain points, nor did it have enough power to pull me out of the ditch

  • @eddorak8191
    @eddorak81915 ай бұрын

    I think they call that the carriage where you put the tow strap

  • @GRIFFKILL
    @GRIFFKILL Жыл бұрын

    That machine may be able to spread its tracks, if so it makes it much more stable to use.

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it took me a while, but I did learn that

  • @GRIFFKILL

    @GRIFFKILL

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maxthemarlin Nor to worry I've turned one or two in my day, the micros are quite unstable particularly on slopes, and always turn off the machine immediately if it goes over you'll save yourself an awful lot of engine damage. Onwards and upwards 👍

  • @udayaudugama
    @udayaudugama Жыл бұрын

    Driver needs training on operating an excavator. This machine is such a beautiful equipment that it can come out of any situation provided you use excavator arm and leveler blade correctly. In this case neither was used. Good luck next time around.

  • @legendstray
    @legendstray9 ай бұрын

    wow good job

  • @dalepete2854
    @dalepete28548 ай бұрын

    Wonder why they didn’t use the bucket

  • @billdillon3886
    @billdillon38867 ай бұрын

    THIS ONE OF THOSE 'THE OBVIOUS THING TO DO IS' VIDEOS.

  • @kimdani1795
    @kimdani17958 ай бұрын

    Feel with you made something like that, i was sacked afterwatds.

  • @user-zm6zt3we5z
    @user-zm6zt3we5zАй бұрын

    應該加一塊厚木板坐落。 而且機械臂可以獨立搖擺左右 不必要這樣走

  • @Bruceless
    @Bruceless10 ай бұрын

    Use your bucket to push you up bud😊

  • @GRUBB-MUDD
    @GRUBB-MUDD Жыл бұрын

    where r u from?

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    Seattle

  • @shaneshonda
    @shaneshonda Жыл бұрын

    Extend the boom all the way out to tranfer weight forward

  • @cal28kim
    @cal28kim Жыл бұрын

    25 years in plant ☝️ this is so common!! You can't hire a chainsaw but unfortunately you can dig under your own home 🤣🤣🤣 Side tracking a trench❓

  • @tedhicks5431
    @tedhicks5431 Жыл бұрын

    Is that one of those HT 90 honda motor cycles to your left

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    110 yes

  • @tedhicks5431

    @tedhicks5431

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maxthemarlin i remember we had in the I think early 70s had that hi low gear auto with the foot shifter it's not made for jumping i messed myself up bad trying to jump had alot of fun

  • @mdmconstruction
    @mdmconstruction6 ай бұрын

    Smaller the digger the more danger

  • @Montanamade
    @Montanamade6 ай бұрын

    Damn you gave me so much anxiety. Just crawl out of their 😓😭

  • @youngypaul
    @youngypaul10 ай бұрын

    Nice " trench"

  • @salihylmaz6247
    @salihylmaz62472 ай бұрын

    Önündeki kepçeyi yere sabitleyip kepçenin hidrolik yardımıyla çekip çıkabilir rahatça.

  • @powerstrokepower571
    @powerstrokepower57110 ай бұрын

    Okay so working around trenches alot you really shouldn't track along side your trench to prevent cave ins. If you want to approach the trench on the side be out 3-4 foot to prevent caving in the trench same goes for grading with dozers approach the bank your pushing off at a angle or head on don't grade to the side if the edges are soft your going over

  • @GT-43
    @GT-43 Жыл бұрын

    Just call it the swivel joint, people that know excavators will know what your talking about.

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    Finally an answer on that, thanks

  • @njkip

    @njkip

    Жыл бұрын

    Slew ring and motor...

  • @gavinthomas7375
    @gavinthomas7375 Жыл бұрын

    Get some hobbles and do some digging on the side.

  • @derekfowler5503
    @derekfowler5503 Жыл бұрын

    If it happens again it's time to reconsider your profession lol

  • @maxthemarlin

    @maxthemarlin

    Жыл бұрын

    If this was my business, I wouldn't put out a video like this

  • @derekfowler5503

    @derekfowler5503

    Жыл бұрын

    @@maxthemarlin funny...but he knows he will get more views because people find others failures entertaining...could be a training video lol

  • @logmeindangit
    @logmeindangit Жыл бұрын

    I would like to get one of these for myself and a family member to use. Thanks for the informative videos, esp. the zerks count! About it getting stuck in the ditch, glad you got it out OK. I have seen some innovative lifting of one side (or end) of the dozer itself using the bucket, and wondered if perhaps the "cab" could have been spun around enough to use the bucket as an arm on the low side, to push it back upright. Just a thought. Peace and productivity to you!

  • @stevecarr7338
    @stevecarr7338 Жыл бұрын

    use the bucket to pull yourself

  • @djames2377
    @djames23777 ай бұрын

    You dont use tracks to get it out in future you use boom or arm

  • @greg167
    @greg167 Жыл бұрын

    Spin machine around use the buck to push off the ground and reverse at same time. No harm no foul pratice makes perfect and no one is perfect

  • @user-vk9qq4dr9t
    @user-vk9qq4dr9tАй бұрын

    เก่งหรือยังตอนนี้

  • @randycessna4403
    @randycessna440310 ай бұрын

    If anyone makes a kit with an airbag recovery ....maybe have it in your truck toolbox.

  • @leomagarro2395
    @leomagarro23956 ай бұрын

    the operator does not familiar with the work and safety

  • @krismaitland7885
    @krismaitland78855 ай бұрын

    Boom out and drive your tracks straight across the trench.

  • @Minibagger-Spezi-Biebergemuend
    @Minibagger-Spezi-Biebergemuend6 ай бұрын

    Greenhorn ;-)

  • @user-yg5qs9kc4r
    @user-yg5qs9kc4r6 күн бұрын

    Wow.

  • @calebsmith992
    @calebsmith9922 ай бұрын

    call a boom truck and be out in 5 mins

  • @greg55666
    @greg556669 ай бұрын

    I am quite sure this thing could get itself out of that hole if used correctly.

  • @hjvveight4074
    @hjvveight4074 Жыл бұрын

    First mistake put it in hands unskilled operator 😅

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