I bought a compact tractor with loader and backhoe a few months ago. I started my first major project this past week with it... I have to say I have a new appreciation for the skill you show behind the controls of your equiptment now.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, practice makes perfect. But if your doing a bunch of digging, an excavator is the way to go.

Thanks for another great Video. I was curious how things like this come together. Moving the stone out of the way was a fun part too.

Its apparent in your videos that you are a very competent operator as well as video editor! Love how clean you keep your job sites, shows you take pride in your work

Andrew!!! Where you been. I've been searching and watching Bobcat videos for 3 years and you finally came up in a search. Wow! You make it all look too easy and I love that you explain everything your doing and why. I have a T750 and E45 and I am always trying to get better and your videos are helping me do that. Thanks Andrew.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't been uploading videos that long. I'm glad you like them and they are helpful. Look forward to more videos soon. I just dug a foundation with that 864, that should be a cool video when its ready.

that shot going through the trench looked like the scene from star wars on the death star, nice work.

@uknowulikethat4042

6 жыл бұрын

ha ha, strong is the force with you

@Noname-kb6qy

5 жыл бұрын

Thought the exact same! Was searching for that comment 😂😂

@garyjohn316

4 жыл бұрын

Beggers canyon!

Andrew, Good tip on measuring the depth of the ditch. I do the same on my drill bits, put a piece of tape to mark the depth. Why not wrap the boom with duct tape (or a painted line) at the 2', 3', 4' lines, so you always have the depth gauge on the excavator.

Awesome video Andrew! I really enjoy your channel! You are a good/hard worker! Thanks for sharing your videos!

Really enjoy the video's. Thank you for taking the time to share them and offer tips and tricks.

I love the playlist, nice to watch you do your magic step by step.

7:55 "Stabilize your rear deflectors, watch for enemy fighters."

@tycobb8621

3 жыл бұрын

Stay on target!

Great tip for depth monitoring. I was on edge as you were digging the ground out next to the pole, I was thinking "any minuet that pole is going to flip and fall on the road" lol

@vanbly.1479

5 жыл бұрын

The pole was another 3 ft in the ground

Thanks for the video Andrew. I have been explaining the exact same logic to many electricians for years...if the tape is directly on top of the conduit, then by the time the bucket rips through the tape, it's also ripping directly through your live conductors! I always tell them to lay the tape at least a foot above the conduit, or more where more room is available.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Yes.

Your videos are great! Love how you explain everything. Very educational!

i like how you go above and beyond in your work, that electrician obviously is there for the paycheck alone. good job andrew

I am impressed every time I watch your videos. Thanks again for sharing!

The best playlist in existence

Andrew, so great to watch a pro with your machines. People in your area must know how good you are, if they don’t they are missing the best work they could get.... Mike

A clever excavator operator once shared that he always "brushed" the loose dirt off the top edge of trenches and to place the dirt 2-3 feet off the edge to make it easy for the service people to walk alongside the trench. Supposedly it made their job easier and they were happy. Sounded good to me and it sure looks cleaner that way. I have been binge watching your videos the last couple of days. Good stuff - both the video making and your work!

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree with you on digging like that, takes longer though. Thanks

That was some pretty impressive work with that giant Rock.

Great videos Andrew. Take care of yourself. All the best from Australia.

My wife just asked me, "Whatcha watching?" My response, "Guy burying a power line" Her response, "..... sounds interesting" They just don't understand!

@wayneleone

5 жыл бұрын

Amen. You just never know when you need to know this stuff! It's not just interesting, it's important too. 😁

@pedromorgan99

5 жыл бұрын

Actually realise something, its also evidence of work done ;-)

@markg.2501

5 жыл бұрын

I feel ya brother

@sonnychappelear1111

5 жыл бұрын

Knowledge is power you know.

@desertmulehunter

5 жыл бұрын

Well she said "sounds interesting".....maybe you don't understand!

Watching your videos are very therapeutic 😆😁😄😃😀😲🇨🇦🇯🇲👏🏾🤙🏾✌️🏾👍🏾👏🏾.

Always enjoy watching your videos! I hate to sound fussy but We enjoy hearing your machinery & your commentary. A little less music.

No Ditch Witch? - That Ditch Witch video with the subterranean camera pov - should have won an award.

WOW, Andrew, you make it look so easy. wow. that all I can say.

Great job Andrew!

Nice work again Andrew! I still miss living upstate CNY. Even during the snowy times.

@justinchurch2366

5 жыл бұрын

Gary Haber CNY?

@garyhaber333

5 жыл бұрын

CNY Central NY Lived there 77-86 Outside of both Troy & Norwich

You know your stuff. I would easily hire you for any of my projects

I 'm from the U.K. mate I've watched a few of your video's now and to be honest I would gladly work alongside you for free to pickup your ways of going on. Real respect my friend.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I really like your work. I'm doing a similar project north of Spokane, WA and I wish you were here to help. Good work ethic.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

Andrew: “So, you wanna play rough, huh?” Big Rock: “Uncle!”

Thanks I needed this info. So all I need to do this job is the equipment. I can drive anything and these two pieces of dirt movers look easy enough to operate.

ALOHA AGAIN.... HAVE SEEN MOST VIDEOS ON THIS NEW HOME BUILD... KINDA CRAZY TO BE BUILDING IN WINTER.... FROZEN GROUND, GROUND WATER, -- VERY INTERESTING CONSTRUCTION TRIMELINE..... MADE IT ROUGH/TOUGH ON YOU... HOPE YOUR COMPENSATED WELL....

Great video! I'm not sure what the code is like there, but here in BC Canada we need a minimum 12" between power and data conduits. Especially when running high voltage, as the magnetic field can interfere with the low voltage data.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

yoyit2Dan I agree with you, I have heard that before. I mentioned that to the guy, he wasn't concerned, there was a few other things he did that looked sloppy to me too.

@yoyit2Dan

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Camarata for Sure! His conduit into the panel is very sloppy. I liked your tip about tying the caution tape to the roots!

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

yoyit2Dan I don't like how he had the freeze expansion thing all the way collapsed. I usually extend them half way.

@JimsEquipmentShed

6 жыл бұрын

Yea. I've always kept mine as far apart as the trench allows. Full disclosure, I've never worked with the big stuff before though, just the small 220v residential lines, and generally direct burial. With that said, I've dug up lines (On request ;-) that were with in six inches of each other, and the home owner never complained of a problem with interference that I know of. So while It could cause interference, the equipment these days has a much better rejection rate than the old analog wires of the past.

@snorman1911

5 жыл бұрын

This reminds me, one time I installed a security system in my house, and ran a low voltage line from the main panel in the closet to a kaypad in the hallway through the attic. I was laid parallel to a 120v line at first because that was the most direct route, and the dang intermittently didn't work. I moved the low voltage line farther away from the romex and lo and behold, it worked perfectly.

Enjoyable video again Andrew, thanks, BUT I have to say that this would never ever allowed here, where I live,...the two conduits would have to be further apart than these are apparently due to magnetic and electrical fields, also, the conduits would have to be laid on top of sand and covered by a least a foot of sand, with warning tape on top of that before back filling. The larger rocks could, over time, rub through and then , well you can guess the rest!!

@Sara-L

5 жыл бұрын

Where Andrew lives rocks behave themselves and don't rub through power lines! ;-)

@normhowes2975

5 жыл бұрын

@@Sara-L That's because Andrew lives in NY where rocks that don't behave are taxed at a higher rate than those that do behave. (From another sap dumb enough to stay in NY) However I think the extra sand layer is an added safety margin when included with the tape.

@electricalron

5 жыл бұрын

[ X ] WRONG

@Sara-L

5 жыл бұрын

@@electricalron Which part?

@howardfortyfive9676

5 жыл бұрын

@@Sara-L Ain't nary a thing wrong with yer Funny Bone Sara!!

Nice work. I just had to redo my service after I lost a leg of power and I did not want to cut my newly paved driveway up to repair it. Similar depth requirements but sand is required even with the conduit in my neck of the woods. Just like you it was a one man show albeit with a borrowed hoe and borrowed Freighliner. Only thing the power company did for me was the connection at the pole.

Hey Andrew, I watched hundreds of your videos, and I just love them all , I was just wondering when ya back drag with equipment, I have never seen ya use float. Just wondering why ? Love you all around skill set. I do many of the things you do , and I agree with your junk and garbage comments. I’ve been saying the same all my life ( you know about the cheap junk people manufacture, and then shove it down our throats). One other thing I appreciate is you don’t cuss every other word like a lot of people. Goes a long way with me. Thanks, keep making videos Bill Knight

That footage of the camera traveling through the trench reminds me of the scene near the end of "Star Wars" when Luke Skywalker is flying through the trench on the Death Star to fire his weapon into the exhaust port to blow up the Death Star.

Nice work you did here, ceep it going!!

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Gr8 vid A.C. 👍🏾💯

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

You do nice work

If the hole is 3'. deep, it makes sense to back fill 2'. and lay the safety tape in the hole and then fill in the remaining dirt to grade.

I like your style dude!

Cool videos keep em coming keeps me busy late at night just watching ur videos...pretty interesting...ur definitely a jack of all trades good job man!!

Hi Andrew. When i am excavating a track for services i clean my sides as i go and keep the dirt at least a metre from the edge for safety reasons. Great vid mate 👍

Tusen takk for god underholdning 👍🤗👍

Great video

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

kevin cheely thanks.

Dawns here! Be safe.☀️

Astonishing amount of work for a cable,no wonder houses are so expensive.

U are the man Andrew love ur vidz and ur work

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

i want an excavator great video

Wow ! Well done 👍

Great job. What software do you use to edit your videos? Very good work... really holds your attention.

Those cables are like: Well I’m not going to see light for another 40 years so byyy

@MikeZak101

3 жыл бұрын

you talk to cables, interesting

you're the boss.

Thank you , Andrew .

Bet that was a pricey electrical installation. Wire & transformer / materials: Andrew's trenching, Electrician, Utility company, and permitting keys.

I like this since its following closely with what Im personally doing

Andrew, if you do much clearing you ought to check out the Dragon Tail. They are made in Colorado. There is a combination sheer/grapple to skid logs.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting attachment. I usually use my grapple, or tow it with tractor for moving logs around.

you are the best !!

That was fun!

Andrew you can do 6 hour videos and I would watch them ! FJB

You do some very nice work one thing where are you located you never really say. And I love the container site.

So that's how Stone Henge was built! 😁

I can't wait for new Videos, so i look the old ones 😃

I am always impressed what a complete, neat job you do. Also the way you make decisions and rely on yourself to get the job done. I assume you are in upstate NY.

@morganrussman

4 жыл бұрын

I think according to Andrews website he has or something like that that is on Andrew, he's around the sauguties, which is up in the upper main area of New York, not in New York City like many think.

Andrew Camarata Question: After back filling the trench in the driveway like you did. Is the bobcat weight used good enough to compact the fillings? Or should it still need more compacting work before laying black or a concrete driveway over it?

Hi, realy nice work, are you marking the wires on a map with GPS, thanks for all the effort you put into share this with us, all the best.

I miss the 743 Bobcat hope you still have it, i still have mine.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

skynet000001 yes I have the 743, this tracked one works much better though. My 743; I took out one of the drive motors to get rebuilt. I haven't gotten it back yet. I had the other side rebuilt last year.

GOOD JOB!!!

A late comment...great video! I have the same situation at my farm. I'm wondering if you took note of the wire-type printed on the outer jacket of primary cable the electrician used.

I cant believe you don't have a trenching attachment for one of those skid steers!

Nice work. Are you just floating the bucket to get the ground back smooth once you have it backfilled?

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, not floating, just adjusting as needed.

thanks 4 video. be kind.

that trench-shot tho

Maybe a thumb would help with large objects also great video thanks

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

I have a thumb, it would have been in the way for all that digging. The thumb is good for tree work, scrap metal, or dealing some boulders.

@boitanoexcavation3564

6 жыл бұрын

Mechanical thumbs in my opinion are almost totally useless hydraulic thumbs only way to go

I've said it before... I'm so jealous of your ground there. If I dug a trench that long here in the Sierras, I'd have found 14 of those big rocks and 3 bigger than your excavator. You don't have to sand your trenches before you back-fill? I knew you owned that rock when it first moved at about 4:19. That first jiggle is always a tell that the f**ker is going to move. As always, you do very neat and clean work!

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I could see how that would be frustrating digging if the ground was full of those rocks. That dirt there is much nicer a few towns south of where I live. I never sand trenches, the conduit is there to protect the wires. Yeah, I could have dug around it, but seeing it move was a give away. Thanks.

👍👍Good luck

Rubber tire skid steer. Instead of a normal double arm lift it uses single mono arm. It was cheaper and easy finance. Sucker! Never again. I strayed from Kubota and paid for it. Maybe next year I cant swing the trade. Keep up the great work. Again your clean up finishing work sets the standard.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

The machine doesn't work well? I have bought a few machines over the years that were just junk. I am planning on doing a video over the winter talking about them.

@nancielang8148

6 жыл бұрын

Z

Luke. Feel the force. Let it guide you.

Anything over 400 feet usually requires a primary lateral, except for services that are verified low draw. Over 300' requires 350mcm wire instead of the 4/0. I work for CH.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Connor Fasano thanks, good information.

I though that the caution tape supposed to be a foot above the electrical/cable lines, back filling with rock like that is good over time. I use to end up repairing work like that. Not bad for man show, keep it bud

Just a thought why not put magnetic marker balls for locates on a long run? They are cheap and it would leave the homeowner a n easy way to detect where the power lays. They are about $10 each. Kick ass work bro!!!!

Ciao Andrew. Nice job ! Did you change skid steers ?

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Military Museum I bought another. I sold that scat trak. But I still have the other bobcat too. The tracked one is much better though.

I'm up in Ontario and I'm trying to think what was done here for services, not sure if it was gas line that was buried in sand so that if you were digging down in clay soil and all of a sudden you hit sand in the trench then your spotter ( the guy who leans on the shovel lol) would dig carefully with the shovel to find the pipe or cable. That was 40 odd years ago when immigrated to Canada and funnily enough when I got transferred to the city cemetery for the winter I was the guy with the shovel watching the bucket didnt hit any of the caskets on either side of the hole we were digging. Then I'd have to jump in and finish up with the shovel. I'm retired now and want to move out of the city and get a few acres and do what Andrew is doing in a smaller scale for myself and have a house built for the wife and I. Some of the lots that I looked at were had mixed hardwood, softwood or just Bush but I never thought about clearing off enough for a roadway and a house and selectively clearing the rest as time permitted rather than paying out big bucks and having a company come in and bulldoze everything. Thanks for the videos Andrew you have brought back memories....

Most power poles where I live (NZ) are concrete or galvanized steel with a plastic sleeve. Are wooden poles common where you are Andrew - presumably they are ground treated?

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, 99.99% of the polls are wood like that.

@l.halsey2991

5 жыл бұрын

Up here in Wisconsin, they are coated in pitch, and wrapped before they go in the ground

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Hey Andrew, how many feet the trench was and how many hours it took to dig and put the dirt back? Thank you.

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

I think a little over 400'. That was two short days.

Andrew, I need to run a line. How long do you think it would take to dig a trench like this one that is 3/4ths a mile long? Do you think a smaller machine than the B50 would do the job?

Andrew can you do a video on this new skid steer? Maybe a maintenance video this winter?

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

I can, I usually try to do videos on repairs that might be interesting. If its just like oil changing, I think that might be boring.

Are trencher attachments for the skid steer a bad idea up there with all the rocks?

How much fuel does the bobcat need for this job (or for 1 hour in work)?

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know, maybe less than a gallon

How is that 864 treating you? I recently got a pair of over the tire tracks for my wheeled skid and was amazed at the difference in traction. Makes me want to try a dedicated track machine.

@johnsmith-ge5ht

6 жыл бұрын

Jacobd123456 In my opinion, once you use a posi track you'll never hop back in a skid steer

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't had the 864 long, but I really like it so far. Its much faster and mower powerful than the 743, and it does much better on hills and soft ground. Plus those wide tracks do a good job flatting the ground.

Flying down that trench seemed oddly familiar.

How's your b50 doing haven't seen in a lot of your videos

Do you have to be licensed to put in underground electric?

Your mini excavator looks like a pretty good all around size for most jobs that you do. Looking for something comparable, how many pounds an whats the horse power? Great videos by the way!

@AndrewCamarata

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that machine is a good size, I think its like 9000lbs and 37 horsepower. Thanks

Have you ever thought about getting a medium or small road grater? You do a lot of grading. I think that would be a great piece of Equipment to add to your fleet. I do not do any contracting or excavation work. I deliver Auto Parts in St. Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota. Just sharing my thought with you. Give it thought if you want or not. Be safe out there on your job sites. Every time, all the time.

@AndrewCamarata

5 жыл бұрын

It would be neat, but I don't really need it for what I am doing. I feel I can grade things fine with the equipment I have, especially since they are just residential driveways when traffic doesn't go over 20 mph.

Digging: I see you do a lot of underground digging. I have not seen a trencher in your equipment inventory yet.

Have you found anything cool while digging?