Hi how’s a going I’m 18 currently a labour for block layers 😢😂 but I was wondering what’s the best way to get into a machine getting harder and harder these days
Your not wrong lad. It's certainly not as easy as when I started. So much health and safety these days it's hard to get the experience without paying out big money for your tickets 1st. There is big companies out there who run apprenticeship schemes for digger/dumper operators. Maybe worth a look?
The stone in the middle is the excess stone from the piles. I did save what I could my digging bucket is wider than the piles so to dig the stone out I would have to either dig them out along with clay which is pointless or else change bucket and dig them out which slows me down and as I'm on price that's a no go. Stone is already classed as surplus, so any stone i do save is a bonus.
Top job your you've got alot of skills 👏 👌 👍 btw how did u become an excavator operator / digger man was it something you always wanted to do and in the blood orsethikg u just stumbled upon ?
Thanks mate. Driving machines was never the plan. But my uncle had a construction firm and my dad worked there. When I was at school went with my dad every sat and worked as a young labourer helping out where I could. Earned some pocket money. 1 day I was on site and the guy meant to drive the mini digger didn't show and I was the only person there so I jumped in and stockpiled some topsoil that was being delivered to site in trucks. The next week I was offered a job to train on a little 7.5 T hitachi knuckle boom and I accepted. I had a job lined up in a factory working shifts but went with my uncle instead. That was 20 years ago now. 🤷♂️🤣
A slow, deliberate operator. That’s what you want and need when doing underground. Good trench discipline, a well run operation and a good video too! Nicely done sir. 🇺🇸💪👍
@irishdiggerman5691 cat controls and backhoe controls (iso v sae) cat controls have swing and stick/dipper on left stick, boom and bucket on right stick, sae or backhoe/John Deere pattern have swing and boom on left stick, stick/dipper and bucket on right stick.
Unreal. I'm just learning and it's amazing how smooth and efficient everything you do is. How long have you been driving for and what does that topcon device do?
Thanks mate. I've been operating now for just short of 20 years. So plenty of practice. I wasn't always as smooth as that 🤣 topcon is what's commonly known as a gps system. So on that screen I will have a drawing and that allows me to see where I am on the site. I can see the outlines of buildings, kerbs anything really that I need to know and also gives me heights. So no need to wait on engineers setting up lines etc. I just turn that on and dig like f**k as they say 🤙🤣
Nice 1 for replying AGAIN that was actually helpful 🥃 Thing is mi job fin last wk,is it easy to 4get if ya outta work 4 a while Catch 22 🥃🥃 Fuck it get pissed Proppa chilled ya look
🤣🤣 no worries mate. Tbh I look forward to getting a spell on machine without gps these days. It's so more relaxed. No pressure to push and dig on like fuck. But honestly no need to stress mate. It's just the same as some1 spraying a line on the ground for you to dig 2 and having some1 beside you with a spinning laser but instead of the line being on the ground it's on a screen in front of your face and instead of a man pointing at you to go up or down the screen flashes and tells you direct. No middle man. 👍👍
Thanks for replying Chap I've been a 360 op 25+yrs and thinkin ov doin GPS course but wanna know how easy/hard it is to learn coz I'm not to clued up with that sort of stuff,ps ya make it look so fukkin easy
You'll be fine, mate. It Really is a piece of cake once you get your head around the basics of using the screen in the cab. It's simply like having a drawing inside the cab that tells you how deep to dig or how much to fill. Don't be stressing, pal. After a couple of days, you'll wonder how we ever managed without it. You become so much more efficient, and eventually, the only person you will need is an operator for the dumper/roller and maybe 1 groundworker, depending on the job you're doing. Most of the time, I'm left alone. No one bothers me. If I need something, I ask. Otherwise, you are able to just dig like fuck 🤣🤣 gps won't make a bad operator good. But it will make a good operator better 👌👌
Hola hermano soy de Cuba y estoy iniciando en el mundo de la maquinaria pesada ,me gustaría que isieras videos explicando qué ases , como lo ases ,para aprender más de tí . porque creo que eres un excelente operador, felicitaciones😅
It tells me pretty much everything pal. My position on the site. It has the foundation drawing on screen to tell me where to dig. It gives me a height from tip of bucket to dig level. Only thing I need is a dumper to take spoil material away 👌
The trench looks like a right bastard - if he set the machine up so it was level that would help - you wouldnt see a good machine driver posting utube videos 👍
Because it's more efficient digging with digging bucket. Bigger and digs through ground quicker. Grading bucket should only be used for grading or scraping in my opinion. Orif it's a shallow dig like couple of feet
