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EarthServe
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Приєднався 13 кві 2023
EarthServe is a UA-cam channel about the small scale excavation projects that I undertake and all things related to this type of work. The goal is to provide the best quality videos I can make, and to keep getting better with each that I publish.
Відео
Clearing brush with the Bobcat E45 Excavator
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I'm doing some grooming on the farm ahead of an event, creating better parking spaces. I also share a quick event progress around the farm at the end. 00:00 Intro 02:10 Start Working 26:18 Farm Tour and Outro
New Equipment Day - PJ Trailers 14k Dump Trailer - Walk Around - First Use
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At long last, I've acquired the missing piece of my small scale excavation outfit. This video is a first use video along with a walk around of the trailer fresh off the lot. 00:00 Intro 00:52 Start Working 08:39 Farm Dump 13:23 Dumping Over Payload 16:26 Fresh Off the Lot Walkaround
Tag Teaming Road Clean Up and Gravel with the Bobcat E45 and T180
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Thanks for stopping by the channel! Today my cousin and I are cleaning up the spoils piles that I haphazardly stacked on the edge of the road. Trying to pick through the root mat and other debris was a pain but we got it done. 00:00 Intro 01:00 Removing Topsoil 07:28 Spreading Gravel 10:52 Tag Team Spoils 14:54 2nd Pile Tag Team 20:21 More Hogging 23:56 Taking Down More Piles 28:55 Finished Pro...
Bobcat T180 Builds a Road Through Lowlands - Spreading Fill
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Thanks for stopping by my channel! I am building up my road to elevate the road base out of the lowlands. I spread two dump truck loads of fill and set my culvert.
Mongo Attachments Tilt Bucket in Action on the Bobcat E45!
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Thanks for stopping by my channel! If you feel like supporting 👍🏻 and subscribing are appreciated. The goal is to drop weekly DirtTube vids, trying to make each video better than the last. Stripping topsoil, cutting ditches, swales and scooping silt. Culvert gets set as roadwork continues on the farm. 00:00 Intro 01:22 Stripping Topsoil/Contour Swale 08:39 Grading in Cab 13:02 Cutting the Ditch...
Roadwork - Stripping Topsoil and Slicking Up Things with the Bobcat T180
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I'm doing a bit of work on the road project on the farm. The T180 is a venerable companion. Small but mighty and no emissions to deal with. 00:00 Intro 02:41 Hogging Topsoil 08:54 Rough Grading 15:58 Excavator Inspection 18:40 Story Time Outro
Mongo Attachments 42" Tilt Grading Bucket: Unpalleting & First Use
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I'm really enjoying the Mongo Attachments Tilt Grading Bucket. This video is day 1 install and usage. I get settled in with the usage towards the end and slick up part of a road build. Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Bush Hogging with the New Holland Boomer 50 and Woods Brush Bull!
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Just a therapeutic afternoon on the farm getting some seat time and beating back the brush. #newholland #boomer50 #woodsbrushbull
Day One: Excavator Owner Operator - Grading a New Home Yard
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This video is about my first dirt gig on a project outside of the farm.
Stump pulling with the Bobcat E45. Making dirt pretty with the Bobcat T180
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Another installment of farm work as I gradually become a better excavator operator.
Cleaning up around the farm with a Bobcat E45 and T180
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Its just a video of cleaning up some brush and grading out a new farm trail. Enjoy!
Man, I can feel the heat through the screen. Good luck getting your ac fixed. That Earthserve shirt is 🔥
Thanks for watching! I can get one of the tshirts to you.
Great video. We too have a E45 and are in the process of working on our property. Please keep us posted on your progress.
Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment! Would love to see your work if you post some videos one day.
My favorite kind of job! Great vid bro.
Thanks so much, Jeff!
Hello been doing grade work for a few years for the state now. At around 18mins in the video you're seen digging directly ahead of you at the grade. In. This moment it would be better to be in the drive way swinging the buckets at grade and allowing the skid to clean it up. The skid can maintain grade much better than an excavator so remember that. This whole job could have been done without the excavator really but I understand you wanted practice so Edit: also use the skid bucket and back drag everything allowing you to see highs and lows better. When the material is roughed up like that it can be harder to see grade
Thanks so much for the comment and dropping some knowledge. Agree with you that the ex was more of a "fun-to-have" on this project, get some seat time, etc...
I'm a heavy equipment operator for a county road department. Here are some things I observed. Chain down properly. There are 4 tie down points in the corners. Use them. The rear tie downs can not be both hooked to the same point like you had it. The front tie downs should have gone over the blade not around it. Get yourself a laser (or a transit if you will have a second person) and learn how to shoot grade. Grade around a building is about drainage, not just making it look pretty. Using the siding as your reference is a bad idea and not very professional. Lasers have come down in price and you can get a good one for about $500 to get you started, but realistically you will probably spend closer to $1,000 for one that can be used on big projects too. Don't look at the cost, look at the investment. Part time or full time doesn't matter, you want this business to succeed. Part of doing that is investing in tools and equipment that will make you money, and a laser is one of those tools. I assume you're licensed and insured, so you can also write it off as a business purchase. I won't judge on your grading other than to say get yourself an I-beam, you can even get a blade to replace your bucket on your excavator that will work the same way. Overall, I think you did good. Grading is fun but it's a challenge. Being in public works, I don't get the luxury of "just messing up a yard". My mistakes get seen by thousands of people and can have pretty big consequences. Talk about a steep learning curve. But no better way than to just get out there and do it. I'm you 118th subscriber - good luck man and enjoy it.
Mike - thanks so much for your insights based on your experience, man - respect!! Really appreciate that, as well as subscribing... I've got a laser now. I'm mobilizing for my next "off the farm" project on Monday and hope to have the video up by the following weekend. Stay tuned.
As someone getting into grading and the business. I like your insight on these types of videos. So hats off to you and earth serve. Dont like the negative comments instead spread the knowledge.
What are the hard and fast rule on grade and dropping ft per inch. I've heard everything from 8inches every 10 feet away from house to inch a foot. Any tips? Just general rules in grading yards you follow. Tips tricks. I have a laser level just learning the measurements that are useful
I would recommend not using the excavator as much if you are able to. There are alot of attachments for your loader you can rent fairly cheap that would make things much faster and easier. A hydrobucket is one of them. It has a built in Harley rake which is great for breaking up grass root and smoothing things up quickly.
Thanks for watching and the comment! Looking back at this video, the excavator was still very new to me and I think I was just excited to get some seat time and try to figure out how to use it... Agree Hydobuckets are awesome and would love to add on to the fleet - or even just a Harley Rake would be amazing too... Honestly, I'm thinking about upgrading the skid steer soon too to accommodate better attachments, including high flow options.
Great video! I enjoyed seeing all the angles and all of the Mayfest preparation at the end! 🙌🙌
Awesome man. Couldn't have pull off Mayfest without you!
@@EarthServe-tk8tm thanks bro! You the man!!👊
Nice work! You got that looking great! 😀👍
Thank Sam! I really appreciate it!
I can appreciate you putting your inexperience out there for the world to see. I’m very limited myself. Some advice I could offer is not to be afraid to work with a full bucket of material. It takes the slack out of your pins and gives you a more consistent grade along with reducing unnecessary and inefficient movement from dumping excessively. Keep your bucket full and keep pushing material as far as the machine allows. Keep at it!
I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and leave some advice. That is certainly the spirit I want to foster around this channel. Thanks man, and have an awesome Friday!
Time to roast weenies and marshmallows.
Great vid. I myself have a kubota mini excavator and do what you’re doing. I started with a trailer much like yours but it got old quick. That E45 is a chore to load on a low pro trailer. I switched to a 22ft deck over hydraulic tilt. Stayed with bumper pull but that extra width makes all the difference in the world.
Thanks @draginit. I've never run a deck-over so I have no experience. Everyone is always saying... "but the center or gravity is so high..." and stuff like that. What is your experience running one? Any chance you're hauling with a 3/4 ton too?
@@EarthServe-tk8tm I haul with a 1 ton srw ford powerstroke. I have a pj T8 I love it. I wouldn’t run one with ramps but the tilt is perfect. I can haul drain tile and anything on pallets. I have a U35-4 with a cab.. prob 8500-8800 pounds and it’s not a big deal at all.. definetly taller but it’s not sketchy at all. I was nervous too. Then after I loaded it for the first time and moved it I was hooked
@@draginit5086 cool. Thanks man.
Thanks for sharing a transparent video of your first job!
You're welcome. Thanks for dopping me a line.
Awesome, new trailer man! Video production looks great!🙌🙌🙌🙌
Thanks brother!!
Congratulations, be careful loading the track machines in damp weather onto the dump, they are slippery. Also if I were you I would lower the nose of the trailer. Loaded you will be putting to much weight on the rear tires causing them to blow out. Enjoy
Thanks George! Appreciate you watching and commenting and for the advice. I'm just running the hitch height config they gave me at the dealership, but as they say, "you don't know what you don't know..." I'll look at making that adjustment asap.
I’d recommend a laser receiver for the equipment. Power rake or 6 way blade for skid steer makes life easy too
Appreciate it Lyle - these are definitely on my wish list. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
You should find yourself about a 10’ chunk of steel I-beam. Pinch between the thumb and bucket. Great for grading/raking.
Love this idea, Michael. I've been using relatively straight cedar logs, but I can see the i-beam working so much better. Makes total sense. Thanks man!
Appreciate the vulnerability of taking us along for your first Dirt Gig! What were your learnings?
It's been a while, but I had a couple of takeaways... 1. Mobilization of equipment is a job by itself, especially bringing 2 machines on site with only 1 tow rig. 2. The hardness of the dirt really makes a difference - struggled to cut this dry compacted red clay and took much longer than expected to grade it.
Nothing beats some seat time on the tractor! Enjoyed the time lapse of the progress.
Thanks so much. I agree with you. Nice to change gears and do some mowing. Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice video! Liked and subscribed. Looks like your brake light is already out at 1:18 ! Probably want to get that fixed right away.
Ugh... I noticed that while editing too. Always something to fix around here!!
Great video! Thanks for all of the great work on the farm!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video 🙌🙌
Thank you bro 🙌
More and more progress with each video! Had a good time working in unison with you and the E45.
Thanks man. Let's get you back out there soon!
Viewed, Liked, Shared, Subscribed! Great content, love the excavator usage!
Thanks Aaron! Really appreciate that man!!
Looking good! Been fun watching the progression.
thanks @joshbean3096 ! looking forward to your cameo coming out soon.
Beautiful dirt!
Thanks Aaron!
Love the skid steer dirt work! Viewed, Liked, Shared, Subscribed! Please share more!
Thanks Aaron! Great to see you back on the channel. Working on my next skiddy vid right now and will post in a few days.
@@EarthServe-tk8tm glad to be back, looking forward to some great content!
Great work
Thanks brother!
Looking good 🙌
Thanks man!
great video how do u like the bobcat exavators
Thanks so much, Matteo. It’s my first excavator besides a few rentals, I don’t have much to compare it to. That said, it seems to be a solid unit, no issues. It’s a great size for what I do bc I can trailer it on my 3/4 ton pickup truck and is still big enough to do some heavy lifting. Thanks again for watching and commenting!
@@EarthServe-tk8tm do u have lots of machines?
@@matteoricci1449 Not too many. I have a Bobcat E45 excavator, Bobcat T180 CTL, and the farm has a tractor with a front end loader and a few implements that I will use from time to time. Mostly doing work with my ex and skid.
@@EarthServe-tk8tm nice!!
Rewatched! Love the skid steer dirt work!
Love it Aaron - thanks for your support. I've got another skid steer dirt vid coming up two vids from now. Stay tuned!!
@@EarthServe-tk8tm thanks for the response and the heads up! Will be on the lookout!
Looking good! Excited to see the finished product.
Thanks brother! I'll keep you posted
No compactor?
Good call. I've since gone back and compacted it (off camera). I'll get better at being more thorough on these vids. Thanks for watching, Dale and I really appreciate you taking the time to comment.
@@EarthServe-tk8tm that is now too thick and dry to be compacted in one go.
I love mine. Had it for a few years now, well made.
Right on. Super tough attachment... I keep finding myself doing rough work with it (light stumping duty/clearing as needed), even though I know I should be switching to my digging bucket and thumb. Not best practice, but gets the job done. Think I will grab their tooth ripper next..
Liked, Viewed, Shared, Subscribed, Commented..... love the spreading of gravel by the skid steer on graded ground! Need more!
Thanks Aaron! Appreciate the support and more to come, for sure.
@@EarthServe-tk8tm looking forward! Just happens to stumble on your channel, love the content!
Don here, product manager at Mongo. You should only use tape on NPT fittings. We use Blue Monster. If you use tape on the other fittings you will cause it to leak as they seal on the internal flange. Pipe threads are the only ones that need a sealant. Thanks for your business!
Thanks so much, Don. You're the man! Loving the bucket, btw!
It almost looks like you know what you're doing! Nice job!
Nice job stepping up the production quality of the video.
Great work
Thanks man!