How To Keep Excavation Walls Straight

In today's Down & Dirty, we're talking about how to keep a nice straight line when you're doing a dig.
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[@penningtoncolin]

Hay brian great video to train the newbys how do you like the takeuchi i think they are the best mini diggers on the market hydrolics are silky smooth cabs are decent size miles better tha kubota or case (i hate case as you know😂) only thing is the pins and bushes wear quickly 👍

[@Digginok]

Easier with a backhoe! Lol😂. Nice

[@bobbyjones5377]

Wish idea found this channel earlier, doing union tryouts and am brand new in one of these.

[@DieselandIron]

Good luck brother, glad the videos are helping!

[@bobbyjones5377]

@@DieselandIron lol ty, I looked like a moron but tried to at least ape what you were supposed to do. mostly tried not to jerk the machine and send it bouncing.

[@shaunwakefield8968]

don't you guys do any stripping before you start the excavation? I've noticed in a few videos that you aren't stripping.

[@DieselandIron]

Here in Michigan we have pretty good sandy soil. Instead of stripping all of the topsoil we generally dig the hole right off the bat. Upon backfill the material gets churned together enough that you get good organics throughout the mix and you generally don't have a problem growing grass.
We do strip topsoil when doing barn pads or driveways.

[@brandonculpepper438]

Did you screw down and tighten the bucket? It seems a little loose

[@damonkaufman]

If you could explain to us more in depth on how to keep the far edge of the trench straight where when digging on that side of the machine your bucket is not parallel to the trench wall that would be awesome advice. As a rather green operator digging mainline trench for pipeline, when i come across some of the tougher soil up here in the Canadian north, or during the other 10 months of the year the soil is frozen 4ft from the surface and the clay deflects your bucket when reaching for the far wall. how do you minimize time loss and maintain efficiency while trying to scratch out the opposite wall of your trench to be straight.

[@DieselandIron]

I'll try to do a video on this concept. The quick answer is to take small bites so the machine can hold your line. You also want to leave a slot to hold your bucket to the line, similar to what you are doing when the machine is digging straight.

[@metking21]

@dieselandiron where did you get you models behind your desk? Love to get some for my son

[@DieselandIron]

If you search Diecast models on Google they will pop up. Here's a great site to get some: www.3000toys.com

[@TheLeverMonkey]

spot on advice.

[@meltof]

That made no sense at all? Hmmm

[@DieselandIron]

How so?