Really like your channel man. 😁👍 I'm starting a new job in the new year, doing the work you do, I was working in a quarry/gravel pit for the past 10 years. I'm going to miss my Volvo ec480 😪 that was like a home to me lol, but she's got 49k hours on her lol
thank you Roadrash for your kind words, 49k hours !!! that is a lot, be careful moving from quarries to doing housing or services after so long at massive stuff, sometimes it can be difficult. I know a man who'd been doing deep drainage for 35 years and found it hard to change on to housing, he found digging footings difficult. After 27 years operating 360's track & wheeled I still love doing it. Good luck with your new start
The easiest would be a forward tipping Dumper upto 9ton, but you would have yo get off and muck in. Telescopic Forklift would be good job but need experience, to Operator 360 Excavators you would have to get experience to keep a job, it's one of them jobs when as soon as you start it up and move people can see if you're any good or not and you move you on if you're not up tp the task
When I see tippers with the body raised just a touch as in this video, is that an onboard weighing system they have? I operate on and off and find judging how much to load a pain. The boss always wants them rammed but the truckers have a legal obligation to have it right. What are your thoughts? Thanks.
Most lorries have weigh-loaders now, they're now always right, When I'm loading I can normally judge the weight that I've put on the back of the lorry within a ton, you also have to account for wet soil. Ramming the lorry full (overweight) is a no-no, the lorry drivers will know straight away and even more so when he hits the brakes, his licence is on the line, so don't ever overload. It is ultimately the lorry drivers responsibility to make sure you haven't overloaded him. thanks for the comment
2 questions. I’ve got beginner levels of experience in diggers, done my CPCS recently and the trainer said my digging was spot on. I am quite good with spatial awareness I’ve taken to digging really quickly. What level of experience would you need before you’re just good enough to sit in a job on site long term? Second question why not take that muck away using a grading bucket? It’s just pure spoil the guys at my work always load spoil with the grading bucket. Thanks
To keep your Job on any site long-term would depend on your ability to do any job as instructed and do it well, as you know foreman watch digger drivers closely if you are any good. Using a grading bucket or digging bucket depends on the size of the Machine and the type of muck you're loading away. I mostly have both handy tbh, But loading muck away should be done with the largest digging bucket as it is so much stronger than a grader Thank you for your questions, keep at it and never stop learning
@@bigbaza30 thanks for taking time to respond I appreciate the response. I suppose once I’m finished up being on my 2.5/1.5 tonne in civils (getting bored of digging around so many services constantly) I’ll just hop on a site as ground worker and jump on the digger whenever needed to build up on-site experience until they decide I’m good enough
@@Aaron19987 Well the fact that you're digging around services loads will boost your experience, the bigger the Machine the easier they are to drive I find, I hate operating 1.5/2.5 t they're a pain in the arse lol. I do a lot of work through agencies thats how I gained my experience over the years as no job was ever the same and now there isn't a job I haven't done
Good work but seems like I work little more smoother then you😂 you must get tired with this speed of work and sharp turns also sound like engine booging could be water in diesel in filter or could be just you😂
When you have a high quantity of Lorries to get through speed is the key. as for water in the diesel is absolute rubbish, as I would have picked up on that instantly and had the Fitter come out and sort the problem. I've driven 360's with this issue and you can't operate the machine at speed or put heavy loads on the engine as the revs will drop to the point where you have to let go of the levers or the engine cuts out. As for working smooth, I adopt this method as and when needed ie:- working around services or when forks are being used, as you will see in one of my other video's. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and for leaving your comment, wish you well
Umar Mahmood when I first started operating 360 I got sacked a few times as I didn’t have the experience, nearly gave up tbh. I had a friend on site who allowed me to drive his digger (owner driver) and improved no end, practicing leveling, digging a straight tench and so on. But yeah experience is needed
@@marshmarsh8446 Tip a wagon over ??? are you serious lol, never have I heard so much shite in my life, sorry mate but I must have loaded 6000+ wagons over a 27 year period and I've never seen a wagon tip over while being loaded. The only thing you need to be careful of is not to load over the drivers cab and not to drop the muck out of the bucket from a hight into the wagon because if you do you will find yourself falling out with the driver very quickly
@@bigbaza30 when it all sticks to top of the body because you loaded it front to back it will go over its common sense av been on many muck away jobs loading little tipper waggons never once has anyone driver gaffer etc said load it from front to back must be a modern thing they teach you guys ?
@bigbaza30 fair point mate. I loaded 20 wagons in a 8HR shift Monday. Did a really clean job and was bunding the pile as I went I only had 3 wagons on return every 45 minutes. So that's why I wasn't going fast as you was in the Video. How many did you load in your shift?
