The Worst Excavator Recovery Of My Career

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[smartereveryday]

At 17:27 he grabs a mat without looking. He is one with the machine and has total spatial awareness.

[moman]

My 3 year old grandson has gone crazy over excavators and I remembered this video you made so I got him on my lap and said let gramps show you a excavator that got stuck in the mud. My grandsons name is Pren and you made his day. He was mesmerized by watching from your view in the seat of your excavator. I was laughing so hard because he was talking to you to be careful and don’t hit that other excavator even though your video is two years old you made a three year old very happy today. I just got through ordering him a excavator toy just like yours. He will be one happy little boy when it gets here and now he wants to watch with me when you have new videos coming out. You just never know how your videos will have a effect two years later.

[garlandward]

Whatcha watching?

Excavators

What are they excavating?

Excavators

[beamonm]

Showed the stuck machine to my buddy and his eyes widened a little bit and then just says "well I doubt he was even forklift certified. That's actually kind of impressive to accidently bury a excavator that deep without trying." But you sir are a surgeon with your machine. Truely impressive work.

[realchilldude]

17:01 When I realized he IS IN FACT going foreward and reverse as hes turning the cab and operating the bucket, with the accuracy of a surgeon lol this guys great haha

[koremoval]

I'm not an operator but I am someone who can appreciate someone that operates at this speed without beating the hell out of every bushing in the machine and constantly sending hydraulic fluid screaming over the pressure relief.
Nice props to you man.
In person I think I may have only ever seen one operator that's this good.

[geojerome]

I am an operator, this guy is one of the best I have ever seen!! My compliments sir!

[philipdawes]

Reminded me of a story from 'back in the day' - when building the Metro shopping centre in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK, the police were called in one Monday morning as 'some one has stolen our bulldozer' over the weekend. A lot of raised eyebrows and investigating followed, but no robber was identified and the 'dozer never recovered, filed in the unsolved case files. A short while later when some of the building foundations were being excavated a solid object was struck, on clearing some space it was realised that it was the 'stolen' bulldozer. This had sank deep enough into the earth over the 'theft' weekend that it was no longer visible or noticeable :)

[carrotbailey]

A tear rolled down my face when the two machines held hands to help each other up the hill. Beautiful moment

[joee]

7:00am: Shows up to work
*Gets 8 hours of work done in 41 minutes and 10 seconds*
7:41am: see you guys tomorrow 👍🏻

[thenippleextractor]

I don't know why this got recommended to me but I'm not complaining

[mikelittorris]

This would have been a 12 person, 8hr long recovery on heavy D’s channel. This guy knows his way around a machine to say the least!

[stevet]

I’ve never operated a machine like that, but I know enough to know that you’re making it look WAY easier than it is.

[clray]

"So what do you do for a living?"
"I excavate excavators."

[briancooke]

One thing I learned while working in construction: the more difficult the job, the more guys you need to watch one guy do it.

Seriously though, this was amazing to watch.

[staudinga]

YouTube randomly recommended me this video, and I gotta say, it's always a pleasure to see a master of his craft doing work like this. The machine is like an extension of your body (and I can appreciate how many hours of working it that took).

edit: Haha, I see the exact same sentiments expressed in other comments. Not that I'm surprised that more people are feeling like this.

[lightsnsiren]

Wow. The operator is an artist. Smooth, good precision, never stopping, no wasted movements. He runs that thing like it's a part of him. I was a 1345 back when, and you almost never see someone who can run a piece of equipment like they're wearing it, at least to that degree. I'm impressed.

[fgaviator]

"The good thing is, we got plenty of help!"
Yeah. 6 people watching him work locally. About 2 million (so far) watching him online... 😂

[lostpony]

Gets tired of digging pond, comes up.with a plan: sink the excavator n the other guy will finish the dig for you.

[MFP]

Apparently this is something I'm willing to sit and watch for 41 minutes. And considering a late-in-life career change to excavator operator. Which even has a funky sound to it. I can't help but hear "Hey hey...." in my head every time I hear it