First Footing With The Takeuchi TB260 

I have helped a man dig footings on occasion for 10-15 years now, if I may pass on a few tricks we use that you may like to try. When he lays out his lines for digging, he uses powdered lime and puts the line down with a cup; its the same deal with the paint but is way more visible on the dirt. The second one is when we have to cross the footing with the concrete trucks, we go ahead and dig them out and fill them with gravel where the truck has to cross. Now this is a bit of a pain at times for us because he does an engineered gravel footing system (we don't have solid soil always and this allows us to do so with minimal concrete); after we get the footing to height, we do the rebar and then he covers the whole thing with gravel; the pain of it is, the ditch will break a bit from the truck and you have to hand shovel all the gravel out down to the rebar saddles with dirt and all collapsing on it- but you don't have that problem, just don't put in the rebar and use the machine to take the gravel out right before you set up to pour. Some things to try if you want, and you can use the gravel you take out as base for the driveway.

Not sure if somebody already said it but for our 6 ton mini we trailer with the ditch bucket. Flip the 24” on its side and set one side of the ditch bucket so when you flip it up right it’s sitting in the ditch bucket 90 degrees to how it would couple. Then take your 12” and have it face the opposite way of your 24” and a little muscle work and you can interlock the 12” into the 24” since they are facing each other teeth to teeth, and you can carry all 3 buckets on the machine, back to a remote work area etc. our thumb will trap them so to be honest I don’t even tie them up on the trailer and just haul them in the ditch bucket trapped by the thumb.. That’s kinda how we found works for us.

Great show, a new machine & a great new camera angle.. Mounting it on the boom while pushing dirt let us see the new machine at work.

Yeah yeah just had to show off the tilt blade too lol that’s awesome buddy glad u like it

I'm really pleased for you - this is a big cut above the old machine. I just knew you'd fall in love with that nice front angle blade - it is so useful. I could see you getting more and more comfortable over the time you took to do this job. Now, don't you DARE stick that thing into any sewers for at least a couple weeks!

Build a 'pallet system' for hauling your buckets and have it fixed where it can be maneuvered with any bucket the machine may have attached at the moment. And design it so the 'system' can be picked up from any side without getting off the machine to do the hookup/attaching, maybe using stiff cables.....just a thought.

Really glad things are working with the new machine. seems like you made a great purchase. keep up the great work.

You could have a lockable rack made on the trailer so you have all the buckets with for every job. Nice machine.

You have done a great job with the First footing in the Takeuchi TB 260 I love ❤️ your video 📷 the are amazing job I can't wait for the next video 📷 #footingTakeuchi

Congratulations on the 260, about time you treated yourself to a new toy. Great video.

Glad to hear that you love the new machine, you sound really excited about it

that camera angle looking back at the blade was pretty cool.i want an angle blade now

I like your new tracks‼️‼️ It always takes a little break-in time. But you have some nice new features on her‼️ Twelve inch bucket has its uses but yeah it looked like teaspoon fulls🤣‼️

Going to be a great machine for your business, I am a bit disappointed you didn’t get a Dynahoe though. LOL. Angle blade and the variety of quick change buckets will make a lot of jobs easy to do! Congratulations!

My daddy always said about new trucks, “Break ‘em in like yer gonna drive ‘em.” Glad to see you put it into some of our fine Ozark topsoil... right out of the crib! This machine opens up a lot of possibilities. I’m a betting that you will have a whole different set of job targets by this time next year. Was curious... how much more horizontal reach?

You’ll wonder how you backfilled and cleaned up spoils in a grassy area without a grading bucket before. They are so nice

Angle blade and backfilling bucket haha. Like a kid at Christmas! Congratulations again man!

The audio is really good in your new office. 👍 Don’t scratch that new shovel. Lol

For some weird reason, I believe that I need one of these machines. !!!% Great W0rk

Hahaha Look at Brandon playing with his new angle blade and grading bucket. Seriously, NICE! Has Mrs Elite complained yet about you sleeping out in the shop with your new TB260?

Nice job with new machine

12" buckets suck for footings ! But as long as you heed the advice of "King perfect" dirt and only fill the bucket halfway.. you're good ! Lol... seriously though excellent job ! Brandon

Congrats!

There’s nothing like your first time 😉

Dude I have angle blade on both my kubotas and I love it ... I like the looks of that grading bucket I may have to get me one !! Awesome machine man congrats again !! Thanks for sharing

Congratulations Brandon, on your new 260, Here comes the big work!

Sir, this is a great video, well done job!!!! After using that blade for a while, you may say, "hmm, maybe I need a dozer".....lol. That is an awesome machine, a great addition to your business!

Humm I see which buckets your favorite! Lol mine too. Stay safe Dwayne

Nice new machine! No wobbles. Everybody likes a tight coochie. I may have to upgrade myself to something with an angle blade. Congratulations again sir!

Nice job/machine..crazy elivations.. would have been a nice walkout basement 🏠 lot.

damn the camera shots like watching a Hollywood boom camera . so i think t is the end of june you are heading up to niagara falls the weather has been cool and rain but the heat and humidity is coming going to feel like 33c witch is almost 92f. have a graet time you will enjoy Niagara Falls and tell mrs elite no Buffalo around here

You definitely broke her in right my friend, good ole red clay..😢 GOOD JOB!!! 👍👍

Nice working 👍

Awesome , awesome ! Very nice Brandon i'm happy for you. Why would they decide to put a slab on that lot that seems crazy to me ! They are going to have way more invested in retaining wall and hauling off the excess than just pouring a basement. Redi-rock would work great on those walls though. Also I'm with you on the 12" bucket they are a pain to dig footings with no room for error and its like a baby spoon full every time. I've always thought the angle blade would just be added expense but it appears it's worth the cost, looked like it worked pretty slick. Sorry i rambled on and on. Thanks for the update.

Congrats on new machine nice work

Awesome, it's a lovely machine. Hope we'll get to see you work on a TB 3150 in about 10 years ^^

Great job👍 The 12”’ bucket will give some grief in sticky stuff getting it out of the bucket

You have just shown a rare thing, a Coochie walking a straight line! 😂😂😂😂 Great job! I see a lot of water problems with that property in the future!

Hey Brandon! Wonderful job on the filming, camera angles, edits, and sound on this 1st outing with your "NEW" TB260.....Mint machine! I really like the angle grader blade option, and of course, the bucket pin puller that every excavator should have...lol Work safe, bet you can't get the smile off your face running that beauty! Doug@ the "ranch"

I see them putting tilt cyliners on those next in the future. Only if you had a laser reciever for the stick. Just teasin

Great video man 👌👌

Those 12 inch buckets are frustrating at best, especially in the rock. Nice work Brandon.

Love it that thing is sick you will get the hang of it in no time I'm sure

Hey, I like the new camera angles! The one on the bucket out front was excellent! Glad the new coochie is working so well! That dirt though... that looked like crap dirt for working in. Looking forward to more awesome projects with the new coochie! Thanks for the video!

It couldn't have been that great for her. Only 5minutes of stroken 15minutes of clean up. Lol👍

Hello there Mr Elite earthworks and Mrs Elite earthworks. When's it going to be my turn... Your hogging all the fun. 😂 😂

That machine is stunning. the new buckets are going to make work so much easier for you and the Blade is awesome I haven't seen any of them in the UK yet. You done a awesome job

good job....the angle blade looks to be very useful...

Hi Brandon!!😀😀 I'll bet it's nice having a nice tight machine. To bad it only has a 4 way blade and not a 6 way on it. It sure is a sweet little machine. Take care my friend!!😀😀

I didn't know 12"ers were even meant to scoop? You have way more patience then me! I just drag material towards me with em and then push it to the side with the blade. Looks like a good job to break her in easy. Does she have a name yet? Thanks for video...

Wow no loosy goosy bushings in this vid. If you have the clearance i would weld on another 3 or 4 inches to the top of the blade.

That is going to be a big house by the look of that hole.

Somebody drank to much coffee in the morning(lol):)

just wanted to point out the concrete guy dug his ditch 5x faster than you

Reckon you were speeding on the way there ;)

Nice video 👍

Looks like you're having fun with it. Next thing you know you'll want to upgrade to a 6 way push blade! ;-)

Is it me or dose it seam to have slower movements ten your old machine?

What size is the grading bucket? How is the quick attach remote location working out?

Hello, our country specializes in komatsu

Nice when they dont wobble all over. Aint it.

Can't wait for the tent on the windows

Wow, is that a ancient river bed, mean soil?

Didnt think they made slab homes anymore

Mrs Elite Earthworks that new machine is missing one thing

So in a nutshell tiny buckets equal tiny load but big buckets produce sizable loads. Question: do you feel like you have more control over the new coochie? Loved the bucket view of the blade in action.

does blade also have tilt?

Where are you all located

One day a car will crash up into the air and land in a bedroom, How could any build that close to the highway! Just the noise and pollution alone, Total madness.

Not sure if/how to post a pic, but if you can direct message me I’ll send you a pic how we do ours if you want.

That ground you work in is terrible well ok

I hid my 12inch bucket, hate it.

Thats an expensive selfie stick

I think you would be happier on a cat 140 h