@@kevinroe5857 If you own a machine you can swap the hoses around on the controls to change the configuration. You can convert older machines with two way valves to 4 way joysticks.
How many times will we say it....Sam can do anything! First time? Give her a minute. Good to see how busy you are Ms., looking forward to the next adventure... Thx for sharing with us Sam!
Another great video Samantha. You're really making a name for yourself with fabulous cinematography and an honest mix of hard work and showcasing a young lady who is multi skilled. Keep up the incredible content 👏
Samantha, I really like that you minimize the machinery noise, and the soundtrack is mostly either music or brief periods of silence, or of course your narrative. Very nice selection of musical accompaniment as well!!
Okay so I am 6 months behind commenting here but Sam I did watch it when you posted the video shortly there after. I have to laugh and as things have unfolded between you and A.C., I have tostill giggle at this because Andrew did a video of how he got into excavating and in that video, he said he had one of these Terramite backhoes and in his true fashion said they were junk, complete garbage! LOL If that is or were the case, I wouldn't have owned 8 of them! I had 3 T7 4WD and 5 T9 4WD with all the rear bucket sizes they offered! I hate to put Andrew down as he is very skilled and talented and many ways, but super hard on equipment. When he said that in the vidoe I busted out laughing as it showed at the time his experience. But what is also interesting is, Andrew has always been keen and smart enought to heed good advice from others. Most of my comments he highlighted and/or pinned to the top, especially the one where he questioned if he was pricing his jobs right. So I used to posts maxing out the allowed characters to break it down in an easy to understand way using the same formula that I used to use. I got tons and tons of comments on that and glad I could help other other and pass along my knowledge that made me a muti-millionaire in the feild in 5 years. So I have often wondered what Andrew though of this video or Sam you working for an outfit that has and uses one of these Terrmites? Hmm??? Back in the late 80s early 90s compact equipment was just becoming popular and I had a goal to become a sucessful millionaire with this compact equipment. Back then we were still beating pins when you wanted to change bucket and thumbs weren't even a thought yet! lol There were basically 3 brands of commercial heavy duty compact backhoes... Terramite, Allmand Bros. and Dig-It. The thing with Terramite was with a T7 or a T9 4WD, it could be easily towed behind a pickup, or 1 ton dump. You were at 10,000# or less and no CDL required! I graduated in 1990 and worked for a local heavy highway / civil contractor for 6 years learning all I could and studying the market. Then I went to college for a 4 yr degree in business from OSU (ATI). I bought a 1 ton dump, a skid steer trailer and my first piece was Terramite T7 and then a Case 1845C skid steer. I was charging $75 to $100 an hor for the machine and $50 for the operator. Everyone was doing "big" jobs back then with their overhead, it was profitable for them to do smaller jobs like remove a tree stump, grade a drive way, cut in a patio, install, fix, or repair water, sewer, downspout lines, etc. So basically I could name my price! As work grew I would get anotherTerramite, Then we had a Bobcat dealer come to town in the second year things exploded! I bought a Bobcat 773 skid steer and a Bobcat 334 mini excavator. Then a Komatsu D21P dozer, then Komatus D21S track loader, and a Leeboy 635B motor grader. Aside from the Bobcat 773 which was rated at about 75 hp, the rest was between 30-50 hp with the Leeboy motor grader being like 45-48 hp. We also bought some old Steiner 425 dual wheel lawn tractors and took a few heavy duty lawn rollers and a ton of railroad spikes, where we cut off the tips, and welded them to the drum with the spike heads up to make compact sheep's foot rollers. Also we took a few 5 & 8 foot trator box blades and made into drag boxes. At the same time we buying, leasing, renting the larger equipment and doing smaller civil projects for the city county and state under Cutting Edge Construction. With the compact division Compact Excavating Company we were out pacing Cutting Edge Const with 8one ton dumps, 6 Komatsu D21 (A&P) dozers, 4 Komatsu D21P track loaders, 6 Bobcat 773 and 2 Case 1845C skid steers, 4 Bobcat 334 , 2 Bobcat 337 and 2 Bobcat 341 excavators, 8 Terramite backhoes (T7 & T9), 2 Leeboy 635B motor graders and 4 Steiner 425 tractors. So when you break down hourly operating costs, repairs, maintence, verse billable hours, the compact division was killing it! We had a mid sized resturant called "The Hard Hat" were all the local contractor would come and eat breakfast in the mornings and they would all say "Here comes Tinker Toy Construction" and laugh and make jokes. But that was okay as on rain days while they were all shut down, not making money, my guys and a few gals were out working making money... digging out stumps, stoning driveways, hauling firewood or saw dust to horse barns, doing water and sewer taps for $2500 per tap, digging water, storm, and down spout lines for building contractors and much more! We had less fuel consumption, faster paid invoices that kept the larger equipment side going and you could get in places where the larger equipment couldn't. When I sold the entire operation in the spring of 2008 before the economy tanked, I gave each of my original employess $125K, which I paid the taxes on and I still had a few million left for me. So Sam if you take the time to read the above, I sold that business after issues with my ex. If she would have been more like you, I 'm sure it would still be going! But I also had a so-called best friend from second grade who was trying to split us up and going behind my back to try to take over my business, telling my developers, customers were were partners and I didn't know what I was doing. His hope was to split us up, leave his wife for my ex and take over the business I created. In 5 short years we were doing projects from $500 to $5 million! So to hear Andrew say those Terramites were junk, and complete garbage is laughable! By the way, my so-called friend didn't end up with my ex! She left with our boxer-lab dog (Chevy), her 6 horses, her 4 horse goose neck slant with living quarters, her Chevy 1 ton 4 door, 4x4 dually long bed truck she bought through my business and basically the clothes on her back and what she started with. She had a rought go the next 5 years until she became a nurse. My friend, his wife divorsed him after finding out what he planned to do and took him to the cleaners! Last i knew, in 2018 he has stage 4 cancer. Karma is a bitch! Today compact equipment is far more powerful and the options along with attachment are endless! I didn't share all of this to impress anyone. But more to impress upon others of what you can achieve starting small and filling a need! Since then Sam I have stuck to my integrity and keep your eyes open as Fate has led me to the right people at just the right time to help me with whatever! Keep rocking Sam and you will do great things!
Thanks for the new video Sam. Love the music...I'm an old Appalachian boy and that old mountain music is soothing to my soul. You have a really beautiful creek by your place too, reminds me of my childhood home in western Pennsylvania. Check out my calf Elsie some time on my channel. Blessings.
Wow Sam you are a hard worker!! I loved your dorm shots of the water falls gal! My wife and I always look forward to you next videos all the time. I hope you are over that Covid you had when we watched you working on the snowmobile? Did you finish it yet? Will you soon be back helping Andrew on his spreading the crushed stone anymore? Be safe and God Bless
Sam FYI older asphalt had creosote additives. To be save a 3M level mask should be used because creosote causes cancer. Just a suggestion not trying to command or criticize. Good job Samantha!
Sam good job with the eye and ear protection but you really need to do something for your lungs when you're doing dusty things like running that saw. ... PLEASE!
Dear Samantha, I liked this video very much; you are a talented web meister -- or webster. Best wishes, John. PS I particularly liked the juxtaposition of calm music with noisy images at 2:49
keep up the good work. you remined me of my daughter. she smashed up her grand mothers car and I pointed to bolts to remove fender and hood and after that she is not afraid to tackle any mechanical endeavor.
Them little terramite backhoes r great little machines they used to b made here in Charleston wv till about 5 years ago they stopped making them but u can still get parts there is a guy n Alabama who deals with there parts love the videos
Hello, fellow Upstate New Yorker. I'm down here in Marlboro. Watched your snowmobile video and loved it! I did a similar job last summer at my camp in the Adirondacks this past summer for the electric. I bought a Harbor Freight trencher and its paid for itself already. Hopefully a cabin is going up this summer. Love to watch your videos. Keep them coming!
I have a Terramite T5c gas machine. I love it - they're very handy and can be towed by my Nissan Frontier. I don't lift anything heavy anymore I use that for it all. Planted hedges, dug trenches, spread mulch and gravel, there isn't much I can't do with it.
@@kieranosullivan02 My frontier can haul 6500lbs total. My T5c weighs somewhere in the ball park of 1800lbs. The one you see in the video weighs more, probably closer to 3000
Excellent drone shots Sam! Though I’m not a big fan of music added to videos preferring natural engine noise. That being said your music choice was good!
Wow, nice job I love to see your well oiled machine at work. Thank God I don’t have to do it anymore, that is a beautiful area in the summertime. I definitely would not want to be there in the winter time that’s why I live in Tucson, although it’s a bit chilly now but I think you would take the 50s any day of the week during your winter time.😊🌵😎
Yupperz good vid Sam you are A Jack of all trades and a master of some. Still no snow huh.? You guys can have some of ours we have lots. Iam out of N.D. well you take care and stay safe & keep them vids a coming. Peace.
Good job, anytime ya use a rock saw that creates dust always use a full face mask no matter what, didn't quite understand cutting the asphalt when the backhoe outriggers were just crumbling it up, 3' 2x12's with plywood under the feet helps protect asphalt, looked old and brittle anyways but just for future reference...glad ur still doing jobs !!
This woman could have been a frontier woman in a prior life .... one that actually survived a tough life full of hard work and toil. I suspect one day we see her out hunting deer and field dressing a big buck.
Wow...as I watched your Q&A I listend and was encouraged to hear you had so many jobs despite not liking most of them but were encouraged to stay there until another came up. Each time you gained experience most dont even ponder to build upon. With each experience you also developed independence to make the right decision for you at that time..later you may regret it but that's all in hindsight. Samantha you are a great example for women of all ages not to just sit back in some stereotypical jobs but broaden the skill level to include much more. Thnks
Sam, will you be working with Andrew any more? The guys who help him now are kind of annoying. One guy travels hundreds of miles to help Andrew but just ends up breaking a bunch of stuff, gets in the way, keeps saying how cold it is, etc, etc. I miss watching you on Andrew's channel, you're a real person.
