Up on a bench loading pitrun into a 605-7, 773B and a 769D. We are mining out the gravel and then using the clay strip on the right to backfill to grade for a new cell in the city dump.
I love watching your vids and half the entertainment comes with the comments, there's always someone who's jealous and has to try and tell you how to run your machine. As always though you prove them wrong. Your a great operator and know your machine inside and out. Great videos man, love watching them.
Ha nice.. was just suprised to see you wearin that, i did a double take cause thats wear i work in PA and i saw that ur all the way up in alberta. Anyhow nice machine, would love to run one.. 345me's the biggest ive operated and the biggest we have now, used to have a a couple 65's 75's and a 85 but with the economy we had to get rid of em. Costs a shit load to move it as much as we had to too. Hope it comes back real strong cause then we might get some of em back and ill get a shot at one.
The stick actually stays on, unpinning the cylinder to allow that little bit more "bend" is way faster than having to bring a crane in to take the stick off every time. Still goes on 2 trucks as the counterweight has to come off.
When we float the machine it's too high. You can either take the bucket off (pain in the ass cause the linkage flops around and you can break it if you set the boom on it) or pull the stick cylinder pin. The cable goes to the small bit welded halfway down the stick and holds it up so you can move around without it flopping all over the place.
Yes that is correct, the edge was a little high and when I spun to the truck my counterweight would have rubbed. I pulled the dirt down against my track so I could swing without losing any paint (pet peeve of mine). I have one uploading right now!
@redheadedduckhunter Because I was in the way while I was climbing up. As a safety precaution they don't back in unless spotted or I have instructed them to load side by side.
@chieftanzzz Thanks in that pitrun I had to do that at least once a day so I was getting pretty good at it. Trick is picking the right time to do it otherwise the truckers get all confused and think you want something haha.
I'm a wanna-be. Retired desk jockey that never got over the Tonka Toys. Last week, an old friend in the excavating business called to say he needed an operator, would I like to give it a try. I did - ran an excavator and wheel loader. What I've learned - no video, cause every body probably can do it better than me!
@HomebrewCigarsmoker The engineers design where the channel for the pipe zone goes, we dig it out. Unless you have a way to float trucks either down a 150 ft 1:1 slope or over the vertical edge for the dividing berm on the right you'd have to do it the same way. Sure a truck or two may be not exactly where I'd like but you have to leave room to scratch at the hardpan and with no radios its faster to just load them where they stop then try to get them moved.
@markdmy Yeah in quick you lose power which makes it slower with a large bucket like that. It's alright if you're using a cleanup to smooth things of or something but not the greatest for heavy digging.
@gimpy80 Nothing really it's just a trim level (started painting the cylinders/hood black and has the orange "powerstripe" bar beside the model number).
Yup, good operating, people just don't get how to load trucks, noth'in pisses me off more than a dirty counter weight. You are nice and level, full buckets and short swings....
your a good operator.. ill be doing this soon one of these days, any tops for a novice headin out to the mines to work much the same as you are? / safety pointers?
@HomebrewCigarsmoker Do what I do and set it up at break. There's no box sometimes things just have to get done with the equipment you have. This was all set up to be dozed, no dozer available so away we go playing front shovel and working in corners. I can still get 85% or better production loading it into trucks as I go rather then have the dozer work for two days at a cost to push it out so we can "drive by" load it.
@HomebrewCigarsmoker Because we're in a corner. I keep telling you that you don't know all the facts and I've already assessed all the possible ways of doing the job before I start loading. We are building a deep cell for a landfill so we can't just cut roads where ever we want, certain dirt has to be removed for structures and other material is left to be reused around pipe etc. If you keep insisting on making yourself look like an ass with your uninformed comments Ill keep calling you on it.
vantagetes ..some people just don't understand what it takes to always position yourself just right to run the perfect cut. Sometimes you just have to do what you can.
@HomebrewCigarsmoker Please do. Let me know if you have trouble getting equipment Diggin' Ditchin' n' Bitching Productions owns a couple complete rigs.
@constructionfan Not this one but if you add a quick attach or a longer bucket (say trenching) you probably could. Best not to find out anyways! There's no reason you should be that close anyways.
@LordEthan2 Look before you swing, use your mirrors and always do your walkaround before you get in. As far as operating, get good before you try to be fast. You have to be smooth on the machine before you are going to be quick on it. Anyone can fling the joysticks this way and that but only someone who knows how the machine moves can be quick and smooth.
@PaTrIcKat1995 Mining you will always be doing the same thing, every day. Plus most mines are in the middle of no where so you end up either travelling a lot, or doing camp work so you won't see your family much. Construction you do this that and everything between so it changes. You can end up out of town but you're usually home every night for the most part. Mines are not dependant on the weather but construction is. Plus mines you would get paid more.
@henry15forever Ever run the big Cat hoes? Cat doesn't build a lot of swing speed into them especially the 385. Especially when you're swinging a big bucket on a long or GP stick most people will pull the stick in and whip it out at the truck. It will help increase swing speed by recycling some oil into the swing system and bringing the weight in closer to the machine makes it more stable and means you're swinging 20k lbs of dirt 10ft from center instead of 30ft from center.
Interesting story. You remind me of the "walk-ons" in college sports. You know... the guys who didn't get the BIG scholarships but came on the team via the backdoor. Put up a video. I'll make the you tube community to swear not to criticize it :)
@HomebrewCigarsmoker do you really see any way to do a drive by haul pattern at this site? -There isn't one. And his company DOES implement them, look at some of the other vids.
You misunderstood my comment about the drive by, and using the dozer to set it up. I know you actually did this about five years ago and I would be impressed if you even remember the circumstances. However what I was referring to was not pushing the material out rather simply use that dozer IF POSSIBLE to cut a bench next to you (this would elevate the trucks and put them in a drive by pattern) and continue to load and manage your material from where your at. Dont get me wrong I know Im not there,cant see it all and respect your skill, just jaw jacking really.
I do remember. There are a couple reasons. The pitrun didn't go very far back so by the time a dozer got up and leveled out the clay on the right enough to safely drive the trucks beside me I would already be finished loading. Loading them on the clay bench would also be slower (boom up time as they would now be at the same level as the excavator) so the cycle time would be similar to waiting for the truck to back in. The other reason is I had to sit in the middle of the pitrun cut to reach both sides. If I sat over by the clay to reach the trucks I wouldn't be able to reach the left side.
do you like your job or not i was just wondering if i should get a mining job like that or not im still in high school and should i get a summer job excavating? my boss now says that i am a natural at running a cat 416c back hoe but should i go one step further?
Haha nice.. was just suprised to see you wearin that, i did a double take cause thats wear i work in PA and i saw that ur all the way up in alberta. Anyhow nice machine, would love to run one.. 345me's the biggest ive operated and the biggest we have now, used to have a a couple 65's 75's and a 85 but with the economy we had to get rid of em. Costs a shit load to move it as much as we had to too. Hope it comes back real strong cause then we might get some of em back and ill get a shot at one.
