Picking up the mini excavator from the auction yard-an ALMOST perfect trip

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Are mini excavators dangerous?
We bought a one ton mini excavator, sight unseen, through an online auction seven hours from home. In previous videos, we show our experience with the online auctions, including the winning auction, and we prepare our single axle landscape trailer and add some key upgrades to handle this load. In this video, we make the seven hour drive, see the excavator for the first time, load it up and bring it home. We make a quick stop on the way home to view the solar eclipse through my welding mask. The trip went almost perfectly. As I’m backing the mini excavator down the trailer ramp, and struggling to move the controls lightly enough to make the crawling motion smooth, I learn the hard way that this unit is surprisingly top heavy.
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00:00 - The "almost perfect" trip
00:02 - We won the online auction
00:12 - Let's go get it from the auction yard
00:32 - Arriving at Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Morris Il
01:39 - Finding it in the yard
03:06 - Will it start?
03:31 - He's OK with letting me try to drive it on.
04:26 - First try at driving this thing
05:41 - Up it goes
07:46 - tie it down
09:58 - Turn in the release ticket at the gate, and hit the road
11:05 - Check the tie downs at the gas stops
11:37 - Quick stop to see the eclipse
12:43 - Follow-up check of the trailer
12:58 - "If I hurry..." Bad Idea
14:05 - No idiots were harmed during the filming of this video

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28 май 2024

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@homestead_diy 13 дней назад

And those jacks on the trailer worked out great.

@thePFOchannel 13 дней назад

Yes, those were surely worth the effort.

@joelvanallen6562 14 дней назад

Jaw-dropping cliffhanger!!

@thePFOchannel 14 дней назад

Spoiler alert... I lived! 🤣

@tomd864 13 дней назад

I was yelling at my computer screen NOOOO when you loaded it. Hoped you had learned after that. I keep my boom on the low side and bucket low as possible when on an incline. That way if it starts to tip the bucket will stop it. Good luck, hope you enjoy your new toy. Oh and today I picked up a whole pallet of mini excavator attachments from an auction 75 miles away.

@thePFOchannel 13 дней назад

I guess it took me two trips on that ramp to learn that lesson. Enjoy those new attachments! I'm shopping for those now, too, but the nearest auction this week is an 18 hour drive. I'll wait...maybe.

@WilliamEnnis4380 14 дней назад

What a cliff hanger! Looks like the blade saved your ass. Glad you’re okay.

@thePFOchannel 14 дней назад

You are absolutely correct! That's the only thing that kept it from going all the way over.

@MacBailey 8 дней назад

I saw another vid where the guy turned it over fully onto its back loading a very similar trailer. Good you only went part way. I think the L12s are the better design I have seen. Have not bought one yet but still doing research. Have seen some people put hydraulic filters on them. By the way there is a screen filter INSIDE the hydraulic tank on this model. The general I have seen is tighten everything, change the vegetable engine oil soon and adjust the choke and gas cables, and check track tension. Let us know what the total price is with auction fees, and how you handled state sales tax. Have fun with your new toy.

@thePFOchannel 7 дней назад

Yes, this L12 has some upgrades that indicate the manufacturer has been paying attention to feedback on the forums from their earlier models. That is why I chose this specific model. The auction yard included their state and local sales tax on the invoice. Both the bid price and the extra fees were taxable. The total amount was just under US$4,900.

@homestead_diy 13 дней назад

Glad you got one. Man, driving it up the ramp was a bit sketchy too. Looked like you were about to tip over backwards...

@thePFOchannel 13 дней назад

It definitely feels unstable even though that ramp is not so steep. Now I know to extend the boom out more instead of keeping it tucked in. I just about learned that the really hard way!

@homestead_diy 13 дней назад

@@thePFOchannel I think the ramps on my big trailer are steeper than yours. I'd be pretty nervous going up/down with that thing. You did a great job of saving it.

@thePFOchannel 13 дней назад

I see guys loading them onto those dump trailers that are way higher. No thanks!

@charlesvanallen7593 14 дней назад

Hahahaha FUN🤣🎉

@thePFOchannel 14 дней назад

Very much!

@jtsokiehobbyandadventures6666 12 дней назад

Dont laugh it will dig a hole. As you lurned these small machines can be dangerous if not paying attention. A hydraulic thum is a must for picking up think. A manual thum will do

@thePFOchannel 12 дней назад

Yes, but just paying attention isn't enough. This thing had my undivided attention as I nearly rolled it off the trailer backward. I need to learn how to use the boom as a counter-balance. I think that particular lesson is pretty well burned into my brain now, but what other mistake is waiting in the shadows? It'll be fun while learning!

@jtsokiehobbyandadventures6666 12 дней назад

@thePFOchannel it is easy with boom. Put it out and low. When taking off of a trailer. Have bucket close to ramp. Before hitting ground rase up a few inches. A easy thing to remember on blade. If infront of you. You push controls forward. If bade in rear you pull. When digging run motor 1/2 to 3/4. If to jumpy just ideal down a bit. It just take time to get use to machines.

@thePFOchannel 11 дней назад

Thanks for the tips!