He emphasizes slamming. I know when i have 10 tandems coming on constantly you tend to care a little less about spillage and more about getting 20 loads out of each truck. Thats fast though dude good skills
How long did it take you to learn how to hold grade in that monster? I usually run a 312 cat now and it's pretty easy, but I had the opportunity to do a little diggin with a 600 hitachi in Iowa and it took me a while to develop my depth perception out so far away. Your cut looks really clean and neat. Says a lot about you
Thanks a lot. To be honest you were probably having more trouble with the fact that the Hitachi would of been stick priority hydraulics over Cat's boom priority hydraulics. They dig completely different. Big machines are a whole different class but once you catch on to one it doesn't take much to jump around. The biggest difference is how much momentum you have while trying to do direction changes.
killing old growth since 1977 I wish my machine sit like my recliner at home too lol those trucks are worse than that the rest of the trip if they’re getting anything done that is
How long did it take you to get this good with excavators? I have always wanted to learn and love them, but have no contacts or family with any so ive never been able to.
No he's right. That's not what slamming looks like, I didn't even see any dust fly around their cabs. More like "daintily loading large quantities of dirt quickly".
I've did that in a coal mine, its actually a decent job, u got heater/ A.C, stereo, comfy seat, seriously could be alot worse, now I load logs with a butt n top, definitely little more stress
casey bramley he definitely is rough but he could be a green operator not on the job long. I always try to help and give pointers to my coworkers as long as they are not cocky hotshots.
Neat work looks different. There is no need to load a full 3rd shovel. He has a lot of time till the next dumper arrives. May be he did so to have a nice video !
derwolfistda neat works well if ur doing a house pad or fixing a yard but for production with off road trucks just try and imagine why be neat when he those trucks will be going over it shortly and how much more yardage will be moved in a day with the truck absolutely as full as possible then in a month or a year omg I was just on a job two years day after day doing that and every bit counts just like every extra move is one less for ur machine and extra for u to do everyday and loading that much most likely until finish grade gets ran over so much so quick by trucks ,dozer it’s grader that’s little stuff can’t matter and I like neat work and finesse I’m still learning everyday the rougher bigger production faster cycle times efficient minimal stuff and it was taking me 9 passes for 745C with 336E way too many lol
These dumpers are meant to be loaded to the max for obvious reasons then when the truck pulls away the operator cleans the mess it's simple it's not like he's loading brand new road going vehicles
@@killingoldgrowthsince when the truck is straight, the 2 cylinders for the articulated steering are in half extracted position. You can see the shiny cylinder piston in the video. A fine scratch and you have a leak.
@@Kenjh71 I've been working with those trucks since 1980 And I can count the steering cylinders I've seen fail on one hand. Their fucking built for it, give your head a shake man. Not to mention they have a bulk head ,headache rack and guarding to deflect said rock.
Excavator man would be fired for spilling rocks every single load. He obviously doesn’t own the rock trucks. Definitely doesn’t have a cent invested. Lmao
hey vantagetes have you ever look at getting rock protection for your windows if your exavtors it would protect you from window damadge all are exavtor have window gaurds
I understand you are in overburden/shale rock here, but, when in easy material, you can almost double your speed by coming into the pile with the back of the bucket flat (your teeth are like) Instead of your teeth being like I I I I I I, looking at the bucket from the side they'd be almost _ to the ground and you also grade/seal as you go. Like I said... when in this kind of material you need the teeth and you are doing right by dragging your teeth through it assuming you're doing rough grade. Basically, you'd come in towards the hoe, flat, the bucket fills itself... then you back off the pile just a hair... then curl in some. I'll make a video someday if you don't know what I'm talking about. (I don't run 385s though :P... 160/210 mostly.)
Brian Hicks as some one that has ran a 385 digging with a flat bucket in that is about 4 times slower that machine is big and slow the more inputs on the joysticks the slower she goes
Great videos, but question- why dont you stick in a little more as you begin your curl so more material fills the void in the back? Also do you change your practices between the fast and slower machines on your channel? In most of the videos I have seen you're in a 385, but some seem much slower than others
Rob Bergman truck is already full in 3 passes, wasting time each cycle trying to fill the bucket more won't gain anything. The configuration is different on the machines in the videos. A longer stick will make it faster but less breakout power and won't be able to handle as heavy a bucket.
vantagetes that's true, I didn't think about buckets/truck when I asked, and I thought you were only using ME sticks, didn't know you were also using a standard stick in the videos. Anyways thanks for answering my question and putting out great content! Always fun to watch other operators
just a question is there a reason you guys keep the width of your cuts down relative to how far that machine can reach ? just to make things easier for the operator when hes loading the trucks ?
Brandon Kulikosky good luck wiping it off in cold weather! At the time it was better to leave it there and get it when the sun came out and warmed it a bit.
That's a fairly large machine that moves a little slower than smaller machines. All you haters out there were are your vids at? Where is the cleanup dozer?
But Steven they saw a picture of a 385 once on the internet, so they must know better?! LOL 5 years later and I've been a superintendent, equipment trainer and now I'm the field services manager. Clearly I have no idea how to move dirt right?
vantagetes yes i find it funny of all the hate of people who think that can do better when they've never ran a 385 they are slow pigs but when it comes to moving dirt nothing comes close
vantagetes I'm 58 did lots of retention ponds and cuts on big highway jobs I enjoyed loading haul trucks more than triaxles because you don't have to be so gentle but after years it became very boring. Biggest machine I ran was a 450 JD 4 buckets of clay crap and the triaxles were on their way overloaded. I ran 345s but the JD had a bigger bucket,I wish I ran something bigger.
It looks like fun but honestly I did that for many years ,haul trucks and triaxles and you want to shoot yourself from the boredom and repetitiveness of it.
depends on the material... let's assume this is dry clay... dry clay in loose cubic yards weighs from 1700 to 2000 lbs (rough estimate)… he said it's a 8 yard bucket... so using 2000, the math on that is a ESTIMATED 8 tons per bucket
Ходих да ми помогне на хората с опит и дискусии от пресата в България е на линия за производство и продажба на всички и да крайъгълен Хийтроу кръстникът Кларк Бареков е да превали сняг на пролет и майски празници море
Its not like he is loading on road trucks that are driving on the highway. He is bulking out material for production, loading the truck in about 50 seconds which is impressive. I'm sure a clean up dozer is going to come along and blade up his cut and the haul road so he can stay focused on getting some dirt moved not carving out a statue with a mass excavator. Welcome to mass excavation.
You'd be faster if you got the bucket out before you go down, your stopping before you get your next bite, the boom should never stop moving, just sayin🤫
Justin Allen Lol I grease my own usually and I always count the other side and put a little less in cab side so it doesn’t get all over the cab/windows lol and also clean my window every morning...
