This method has been standard practice for at least 25 years where I live (Norway), have not heard of an accident while doing it. Video looks like it’s from Germany, possibly Austria or Switzerland.
1:10 Anyone else think around now, that he was going to extend the arm straight out, and thereby tip and balance it on that blade? Awesome skills there.
Great comment! Now I feel a bit salty because even though you get the right answer, sometime you get partial credit because you didn't use the right process
@@FF-mt4ce tell that to the school board when a student uses the old school method of math to get the same correct answer, yet his process was wrong because he didnt use the school method...
Yeah, and machine operators from 3rd world countries are saying "So? In my country a fourteen-year-old wearing flip-flops can do that from a truck that's missing a front wheel."
Just wait when a cyclist or motorcycle hits that stretch of road which was damaged by these workers and sues the company into oblivion for their injuries. They'll learn quite quickly why heavy machinery is unloaded properly or not at all. Welcome to Western ways! Do it correctly or suffer the consequences. If this is on a work site, with no roads...probably not a big deal. But on public roads, this is stupid.
i was thinking about the road, the damage to the hydrolics which aren't designed for this, the danger to himself, and the violation of the whatever the european version of OSHA regulations are.
It is obvious you are commenting having little or no experience around heavy or light equipment. Skilled operators are not only home inside their equipment, but also understand equipment capabilities. Neither lawyers or OSHA are overly concerned. Just people with no understanding.
Now, are they gonna fix the damage done to the pavement? I see a couple of small potholes that was caused by the shovel part of the excavator when it dug into the pavement. That will grow in size if left untreated.
I do this everyday except my track base is long enough I don’t use my blade to land, and I also place a 2x6 underneath my bucket so I don’t scratch the road. No need for someone to move the truck, I do it all from the excavator cab
You would have LOVED working with me. Warehouse/forklifts….but same concept. I made everyone else’s job easier. Except of course, mine. Pay was terrible…..reason why I had to leave.
This is neither "different" or dangerous in any way, I do it on a daily basis. OK, I will admit that it is sacry the first few times, but pretty soon it is no big deal at all..
I mean the only part that was new to me is that truck driving forward like that but i ve seen alot bigger excavators being unloaded with the bucket technique
For those thinking this might be hard on the machine, the stress on the machine is actually very low when doing this, because it’s only supporting the machine weight, and that’s balanced. There are not even any shock load, the forces are all nice smooth and straight. (no twisting) This may look dramatic, but when an excavator bucket is digging into stone or hard ground (called tear out) the normal tear out forces will be at least 3 times more than ever occur doing this and the biggest risk is actually the digger or the truck driver making a mistake with the controls. This task is not for a novice, but its quite easy for any normal operator who is unlikely to get this wrong. Compared to some digging applications, eg working on slopes its actually relatively easy for any experienced operator to do this. In respect of the machine. If a machine is ever being overloaded a relief will open and the machine either wont lift or will slowly lower until the pressure reduces. For example if something heavy the machine can barely lift is picked up close in and then the boom and dipper are extended out the machine protects itself (all brands) This is because all hyd circuits on any machine brand have a locked line relief valve designed in (called an Auxiliary relief valve or ARV) in each circuit to protect the rubber hoses from force multiplication (burst pressure) if the machine was anywhere near to being stressed the ARV ( safety valve )
I have seen a similar exercise loading a digger back onto a flat bed truck from the side. Gobsmacked and only thought of filming it after it was all over. Should have paid them to do it again.
Yeah, where I worked as the guy running around the digger with a shovel (to make sure the operator didn’t dig into any power cables etc) the operator (and my boss) used to load/unload his digger like this, it however was a bit bigger so never had to use the plow as a support, and never damaged the ground or asphalt like this one does (longer and wider tracks, bigger bucket and not putting the sharp parts behind the bucket on the ground to make those drag marks). It also went a LOT faster than this did.
@@Kanzler16 yeah, it's super dump having more tax dollars go to fixing roads that didn't need to be fixed because a contractor company is too cheap or stupid to buy a trailer or ramps.....
This has been my routine for over ten years - since I watched a similar RU-vid video. Ramps are steep, narrow and slippery from a dump truck and trailers are a pain in the ass.
I have a excavator similar to this I'm done the same thing and people watched me in amazement thinking I was going to drop it out of the back of the truck good job my friend. It takes some guts but it's not that difficult if you've done it before and you know how to operate the machine. Again good job
I own one of these machines and although I’m impressed with his skill I would not be impressed to see my Kubota unloaded that way. The load on the bucket and particularly the curling ram would be pretty extreme. Beyond that you need someone else to drive the truck away. So my score is three for skill and -3 for common sense!
What a stupid thing to say. Trades are important but college degrees teach people things that this guy cannot do. Aerospace engineering, computer systems design etc etc....
@Clayton's Riot no i realize. I work in a trade. But its stupid to devalue college degrees as being unilaterally useless just because social science degrees are useless.
@Clayton's Riot i agree that the masses shouldnt be pushed to college. College should be an exclusive organisation with only spots for those talented in those fields. Most people in colleges have no business being there. But again, this doesnt mean college degrees themselves are worthless, it means the system around colleges is flawed.
Would this method cause undue stress to the excavator boom links, and the bulldozer blade links? Not to mention also the high chance of the blade cutting edge slipping, since at one point of the maneuver, it's the main contact point to the road preventing slippage and tipping
I mean you usually have the weight on the bucket during this, curling it all the way in and sliding it along the pavement isn't ideal. Its possible the blade could slip, but excavators are commonly used to drag massive cages in trenches, pull the excavator up a hill, cross over curbs/pipes/trenches.
The excavators face this sort of pressure pretty regularly and are built to stand pressures from all angles, I doubt it is significantly more damaging than a regular day
Will an idiot road crew also have to arrive to repair the road damage? And if they use the same techniques this will be never ending. There's a right way and a wrong way. And yeah, sometimes the wrong way is impressive, but still stupid AF.
I have been in cliffside positions like this a number of times using an excavator, and would have done it differently as to reduce the amount of damage on the asphalt by not dragging my bucket on it like that, and i believe it would have been possible to do it without a driver having to pull away like that by raising the blade, and pulling away the moment the tracks touch the ground, while articuluating and lowerering the other end out from the dump truck and safely flat on the ground. Getting down is the easier part. Getting back in there without a driver helping out would be more a bit more difficult to perfect, but still possible. With a little more practice, I am sure this operator could have done it all on their own.
As A Heavy Haul Transport Driver. I was intrigued at this. I side Load Excavators all day. This was the same Process. But, when I saw it I thought, the bed is to high for that mini excavator... didn't even think about moving the truck! Because I'm always alone when unloading/loading. Good job Gentlemen.
I believe this is what is known as "next-level maneuver". Nicely done, though personally I'd much rather get the ramp and not take the risk of breaking the excavator (or the truck, or the road, or the driver...)
I rather hire a company with people that can handle their equipment like this guy than some fancy company with all the tools that’s charging an arm and a leg but that has guys that couldn’t operate their machine half as good.
@@joealtmaier9271 nah, i drive one at work n it would be fine. Can handle way more weight. N there clearly digging it up anyway look at the giant hole next to where he sets the bucket first
The damage is very minimal and superficial. It what they say, "looks worse than it is. Like someone already said, snow plow does more damage than this. Some one driving on a rim from a tire blowout does more damage. This is industry standard.
I used to work for well drilling company. We had an equipment operator that have been working for that company for 25 years. He literally walked off the farm got that job is an equipment operator and it was the only job he ever had. And he used to get the excavator on and off the truck or on and off the trailer by doing just exactly that.
As someone who worked with hydraulic machinery in warehouses for about 40 years, the man does have skills but I’m not sure if this is the standard procedure for transporting this particular piece of equipment.
Method without lorry driver present: 1. Put the bucket on the ground, track the machine almost off the lorry and lower the dozer blade onto the ground as above. Slew the machine 180 deg and put the bucket down on the load bed, with the arm at a few feet less than full reach. 2. Raise the blade until the tracks touch the ground. Track the machine away from the lorry, extending the arm so as not to gouge the lorry bed, or snag the bucket. Leave the blade close to the ground, in case some other thing happens. 3. Raise the arm, so the machine levels itself onto the ground. When the tracks are on the ground, slew the machine round again.
@@DeuceGenius The RU-vid video gets 10x as many views. LOL. Aren't the rams in the arm and blade controlled by pilot-operated check valves? People use the bucket and blade to support the machine all the time. Even if you tip it over, it's not the end of the world. If you are worried about safety: 1. Always wear your hard hat, even when you are inside the cab. 2. Don't stand anywhere near a machine driven by a maniac in a hard hat.
@@anthonygarcia5375 More or less around Europe, as I was told of these things by some people I know that work in architecture/construction and also happen to see it live in Lithuania and Swiss.
