I've always been passionate about heavy equipment. I've run everything from excavators to loaders, backhoes, dozers and skid steers. I've even spent time selling yellow iron for a dealership. This channel is dedicated to the monster machines that we've all come to love. I've also started a playlist dedicated to my top heavy equipment operator tips and tricks called my "Down and Dirty Series". I make a point to post a new video every Monday and Wednesday at 2pm EST. I'll also be going live Sunday evenings at 7:30pm EST to take live questions. Let me know what you'd like to see and I'll do my best to keep good videos coming!
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Very Interesting advice , just buying my 3rd machine and I always grease stuff , at 4 euros a cartridge it protects my 30,000 euro cherry picker and 12,000 euro 1.5t kubota excavator. I have a pocket book in my workshop with sections for each machine. The cherry picker needs greasing of the 52 grease nipples every 50 hours and every time it comes off the trailer at home I look at the hour meter to see if it needs greasing. Writing on the filters is ok for fluids but the book works better for listing general repairs and greasing
I've seen quite a few foundation drain / basement waterproofing videos where no benches are cut in, and a lot of time guys are working with 8+ feet of dirt next to them. Is there a reason not to cut a bench in around foundation walls during construction or is this just negligence?
Oh you forgot to mention the part about you don’t treat a pile of concrete like a pile of dirt. If you do you will get more buckets full of air than buckets of concrete. Concentrate on the pieces not the pile. And dirt and grass are not excepted at the recycle.
You did a very good job of demonstrating how to manipulate concrete pieces. Almost exactly how I try to teach others, including those that claim it is absolutely impossible without a thumb. As they watch me do it.
Am taking my excavator operator training with the local 955 union in Edmonton, Alberta. Awesome training btw. I was always wondering how to get flat passes but never asked the instructor. Thank you for teaching. Am sure this will help improve a lot. God bless you!
I have been a welder for a long time with the fascination of always wanting to be a operator. I signed on with TNEX in TN and love it. I have picked up very quickly and doing what I always have wanted to. Love my job!!!
Another way to distinguish between the states that pay well and those that pay worse are: Blue states pay better, red states pay worse. Pro union is a democrat position.
Play store. Excavator simulator. Made huge sucess first time in real excavator! I staryed digging after few minutes. Learn sticks on your phone. Not vasting expensive equipment hours/fuel.
A simulator is never going to teach you like an actual machine. It's good for learning your hand movements but it's never going to be able to simulate what an actual machine is doing.
Welp, I guess I'm just blessed by the algorithm this time! lol I work in a mostly unrelated field though I do occasionally need to wear a hard hat! - Having a positive attitude, being easy to work with, and asking questions has gotten me SO MUCH FURTHER in my career than any skills or experience I thought I had. I will say though, excavators will never not be cool!
Nice instructional video and I like the shots of hands while seeing the arm and bucket movement. I would add some exterior shots like when explaining the tractor tipping.
Currently I’m in high school, but I want to be an owner operator for my own business as soon as possible. What steps do you recommend. My goal is to have a company with a 306, and 265, a small excavation company. Where can I get that experience?
@@interstellaape8756 yeah, stuffs EXSENSIVE! That’s just my long term goal. I know I’m going to start with renting, then owning an old used piece of junk, but it will be my piece of Junk. And slowly working up from there
@@interstellaape8756 Plus I want to stay small. Where I live everyone is fighting for the big jobs and totally neglect the small ones. I just want to do the small. Like a bank who does micro loans. Whether it be ditches, demo, shop pads, a driveway. I want to do the small jobs people need but can’t get done.
@@WyattThePilotYT Look for a company that does a variety of work. Don't get into a company that ONLY does one aspect of the business if you can avoid it. Also, look for an employer that is looking to teach and train. It won't do you any good to get stuck in a dump truck for 3 years, not learning other aspects of the business.
Just wanted to say thank you for your videos. I'm selling my business later this year (software developer) and able to semi-retire (at 48). Your videos have helped me decide to go down the heavy equipment operator route as my next endeavor. I bought a mini-excavator to help me do my ground mount solar install and it got me going on this whole thing, especially after hiring a crew to come in and grade my property, it just got me hooked even more. I'm heading down to the local IUOE in January to put in an apprentice application. 😎 The funny part is that I built a 6DOF motion platform in my basement with dual stick controls for flight simulation. I just wish there was a good simulator on the market to mess around with it like I've seen in the Empire training schools.
Awesome! Thanks for watching and I appreciate the kind words! This is a fun industry to get into and there are tons of opportunity out there. Now you have me curious, what flight sim are you playing? MSFS or DCS? I've always dreamed of building out a nice cockpit for DCS...
