Digging deep trench with mini excavator

Digging deep trench with mini excavator - Lesson learned in this one! I use my kubota mini excavator to dig some wide and deep trenches. I had to drive both my excavator and skid steer into the trench. I also had one of the trench walls collapse and my excavator on top.

[jblandscape]

Nice save! I just got a mini ex two months ago and I hope I can stay as calm as you when I get in trouble!

[stephenlehr]

That did look a little precarious.... but you turned it into a good experience/education event. And no panels scratched or dented, so I would say it was pretty routine LOL. Good video!

[wopachop]

Saw a video that mentioned keeping the blade behind you for more stability. I only have 12 hours on a rented mini excavator but noticed a huge difference.

[particularlybad]

Top nugget in this vid: about the kindergarten graduation...it's a big deal to him, so it's a big deal to me.

The dirt work is very good too. ;-}

[Sam-phyx]

Nice video, My neighbor got the same thing installed last year and loves it.

[jayt]

never dig track over on the side of a trench, especially if it’s loose material. you out too much pressure on the track closest to the edge…also you have to get used to using your feet for traveling, it would have made getting out much easier

[Mr.Engineer.]

SO, now that one winter season have gone by, how did it perform?
Was it big enough or did you cool it down significantly during the winter season?
Also what kind of winter climate do you have?

[MIGHTYX]

Nice spin-off with the excavator 🤣 it looked good.

[Zack]

Great job! Thanks for the info on your other video on type of grease to use. I don’t mind buying a case at a time….I think it will get used.

[barryguerrero]

Naah, this doesn't look too bad at all. Will those mini-excavators take a bigger bucket?

[troyhickey]

Nice. Is geothermal pretty popular in your area?

[chargermopar]

Lucky you have no rock there. Whether using a shovel or any machine the job gets done, it just takes longer with a smaller tool. Looks like a ground source heat pump. Here we used to use water source air conditioning.

[mikeglynn]

all the trench spoils so close to the edge and the depth at 5 to 6 ft, , pretty dangerous for anyone working in the trench plus illegal per osha . with that type of soil you should have benched or shored it! stay safe

[Mat-dr]

ditches like that are how people get killed. There are rules and regs that you should be following before somone dies

[Airisweetheart]

Gotta learn how to use those foot controls so your hands are free for your boom and bucket controls.

[KarasCyborg]

Would be nice if you had a flip screen to screen the back fill material and haul the rocks off. Otherwise, over time with the rain they will sink down and possibly pierce the slinky, then it was all for nothing.

[tujuprojects]

10:55 keep tracks towards the dicth so you are able to reverse away when edge gives away. Too close anyway.

[g.l.]

Does any residential contractor ever compact trench backfill?

[MSIGNS]

Hope you got extra combat pay on this job

[vinnyhern]

maybe some brighter light when it get dark...