I’m 15 and just learned how to run tractor and pan bout 2 weeks ago and have been doing so ever since working full time for my Dad. Love the scraper vids, keep em coming👊🏼👌
Thank you for explaining the versatile, all around BEST and will say Fastest mover of Dirt. A Scraper (Turn-a-pull) as what I was told they were called when I grew up. Watching them do the big cuts for the main highway being built. You see the big cuts as you drive, then a Large Lower area ahead of you. For years on the highway they cut that hill out, then the versatile scraper would move that dirt, dump it to fill the Low land built up for Highway. In my Humble opinion the ONE engine Scraper is cheaper to buy than TWO engine power. The overall maintenance and Diesel is a Huge saving on overall contactor costs to BID Job. The thing people are seeing now on so many site work is Excavator and the Ruff Terrain Dumps. Everyone forgets about how scrapers are STILL so important as a Earthmover tool, for moving cut Dirt very FAST So glad you explained about them. Not many Big Companies makes that great earthmover anymore
The singles (631) need a D8 or 9 to push them through the cut, the twins (627-637) do push-pull where you hook up to a partner. Twin push pull will out perform any single. The fuel use is justified as The pair is independent and can haul 60 to 70 yards per lap if they overload.
The only outfit in Colorado that uses 631s is bemis and they've got a couple dozen of them. Every so often you catch them overroading at 2:00 in the morning with a train of 15 scrapers going up the highway.
I'm a Colorado boy ive been in the mining industry in the high country for 10 years now but Ive got quite a few friends that work or worked for Ames construction all over Colorado all the way down to Texas. Amazing man great video and the best piece of equipment besides a excavator hands down is a scraper!
Watching these as an Aussie Scoopy (scraper operator) is fascinating, the safety officers down here would have a heart attack seeing a grade checker in an active cut! Is having grade checkers a fairly common practice in the USA? Here in Australia just about everything in the dirt world gets fitted with gps, even the ancient D9N that’s pushing me in my 631G has gps installed. Cheers from down under!
Ran 627 and 637's on the east side of Denver for a couple years. Look south from the airport, we did all that land and put down building pads. So much work out there.
Love seeing the videos from different parts of the world. You should come out to BC to see the coastal/interior logging equipment. The bunchers, yarders, processing...
I love in Colorado Springs, CO about 60 miles south of Denver. I used go commute to Denver for several years. I have always wondered why they would scrape so much of the earth prior to construction. Very interesting for sure!
7:10 Aaron talking about the soft and kinda unstable ground there... 8:30 claiming it looked stable enough (with standing water besides the non existing road) to drive a SUV with street tires on there 🤣 I love this sense of humor how you finally dealt with it in the end
Love your videos. I was a haul truck driver and operator for 27 years. But nowadays I see heavy equipment at work and I'm completely against all the constant building and building and building. I hate seeing empty land turn into subdivisions.
Come out to Arizona and do a video with Markham. I am a finish 23 hand out there, I'm the fastest in the west but talk is cheap, let me know when you're ready
Awesome! Aaron my uncle Marty is head in estimating at ames construction. We are at deer camp together now. I hear you are filing the north Carolina site ?
Wish I could post pictures.. we were 75' down out in Ft Lipton gravel pits when we hit the clay under the sand. For weeks we cut sand that no man has ever seen. The patterns and colors were incredible from champagne pink to rust color clay. That's the best part of cutting earth, sometimes your the first being to ever lay eyes on it.
@@jamescaliendo1030 Pangea I’m thinking. There’s a good video here on UA-cam showing the migration of Colorado throughout time. I just wish I could remember the name.
@@johnsheridan6452 dude that's amazing. Knowing you're the first person to ever lay eyes on that, on top of the fact you're exposing it to the first time it's seen sunlight in millions of years...just incredible man
@@blueman5924 where do you live that is so much better I’m sure you haven’t infringed upon any already existing animal life throughout the course of your life? Please explain
So in Colorado most of the dirt there is clay based. As a result, the dirt is VERY expansive (to the tune of about 20-25%) when it comes into contact with water/moisture. The idea of an Over Excavation (which is what this is) is to expand and then compact the dirt properly so that a house foundation won't be threatened/damaged. It's basically a way to prevent future expansion. Ironically, I used to work for Ames/Bemas as a scraper operator YEARS ago. I have since moved into the management role as a superintendent (different company). In Colorado, There's a really good chance I've worked on a road you've driven on or a neighborhood you're familiar with.
to me it just seems like a lot of work and money to just get house blocks , don't get me wrong i love to see how it gets done but isn't there more suitable ground around that doesn't need some much earth work , what would an average size house block cost in an estate like that before you put a house on it .
YES by my home when they build where large blocks of former FARMERS Land, the Farmer retired or Died. A Development corporation buys the plates. What they do by my home is called (Pre Loading) they bring in a 15 to 20 foot high layer of Large rocky gravel. The material from another Per Load or just the extra from a Rock Pit. It sits for 6 months (Lowering itself into former tilled soil. SINKS into the ground) The former ground had been turned over for years by Farmers. Very soft. They then Remove the Pre Load, just down to the grade they need, pre Load is moved to another sit being prepared. This former Farmer tilled soil has "0" stabilization. Have seen Fire Hydrant when done. The underground contractor has to pour huge cement block forms around Hydrant just at below grade, Base of Hydrants or Hydrants would start to SINK. Have also heard Contactors doing power Repairs by my home talk about the direct burial of Main power cables at a huge Mall/ shopping center, having to be replaced/Repair, from corrosion eating through power cables. The Developer was cheap, did not want to put in conduit. The City allowed Direct bury. The Farming SOIL was very corrosive.
It's called subexing. We dig out 25 to 40 ft down, then do lifts as we water each lift and compact it to rebuild all the way back up to grade. It's the only way to build in Denver or the house was sink in 20 years.
Why is there a negative perception of the blue collar world?
Where was the operation black ice intro?
@@Gcity_EDITS at the beginning of the video? Are you blind?
I’m 15 and just learned how to run tractor and pan bout 2 weeks ago and have been doing so ever since working full time for my Dad. Love the scraper vids, keep em coming👊🏼👌
Good keep at it young man 💪it's a great trade running equipment. It's been good to me for more than 30 years. 👍✌️
this is sweet!!! work hard!!
Thank you for explaining the versatile, all around BEST and will say Fastest mover of Dirt. A Scraper (Turn-a-pull) as what I was told they were called when I grew up. Watching them do the big cuts for the main highway being built. You see the big cuts as you drive, then a Large Lower area ahead of you. For years on the highway they cut that hill out, then the versatile scraper would move that dirt, dump it to fill the Low land built up for Highway. In my Humble opinion the ONE engine Scraper is cheaper to buy than TWO engine power. The overall maintenance and Diesel is a Huge saving on overall contactor costs to BID Job. The thing people are seeing now on so many site work is Excavator and the Ruff Terrain Dumps. Everyone forgets about how scrapers are STILL so important as a Earthmover tool, for moving cut Dirt very FAST
So glad you explained about them. Not many Big Companies makes that great earthmover anymore
The singles (631) need a D8 or 9 to push them through the cut, the twins (627-637) do push-pull where you hook up to a partner. Twin push pull will out perform any single. The fuel use is justified as The pair is independent and can haul 60 to 70 yards per lap if they overload.
The only outfit in Colorado that uses 631s is bemis and they've got a couple dozen of them. Every so often you catch them overroading at 2:00 in the morning with a train of 15 scrapers going up the highway.
I'm a Colorado boy ive been in the mining industry in the high country for 10 years now but Ive got quite a few friends that work or worked for Ames construction all over Colorado all the way down to Texas. Amazing man great video and the best piece of equipment besides a excavator hands down is a scraper!
Watching these as an Aussie Scoopy (scraper operator) is fascinating, the safety officers down here would have a heart attack seeing a grade checker in an active cut! Is having grade checkers a fairly common practice in the USA? Here in Australia just about everything in the dirt world gets fitted with gps, even the ancient D9N that’s pushing me in my 631G has gps installed. Cheers from down under!
yep it's still pretty common
I think one gps rig would be a little cheaper than 15, if the ground guy can keep up
It can be scary your heart drops when you lose sight of them.
Ran 627 and 637's on the east side of Denver for a couple years. Look south from the airport, we did all that land and put down building pads. So much work out there.
Love seeing the videos from different parts of the world. You should come out to BC to see the coastal/interior logging equipment. The bunchers, yarders, processing...
we hope to visit BC logging one day I'd love to see it
With a name like treehugga you’d think logging would be your least interest
@@Bull3tBikes not to be that guy but most smart tree lovers know controlled logging is good.
@@Bull3tBikes Logging is necessary for healthy forests.
Good times when iron is moving 👍means good beer and steak dinners. 💪✌️
I love in Colorado Springs, CO about 60 miles south of Denver. I used go commute to Denver for several years. I have always wondered why they would scrape so much of the earth prior to construction. Very interesting for sure!
Ha I am the surveyor on that site now, would have been cool to meet you when Bemas was there.
7:10 Aaron talking about the soft and kinda unstable ground there... 8:30 claiming it looked stable enough (with standing water besides the non existing road) to drive a SUV with street tires on there 🤣
I love this sense of humor how you finally dealt with it in the end
whoopsy
@@AaronWitt thats why I like the videos so much, you have such an irony in them
Love Colorado heavy equipment construction. Two of my boys work for HEI Civil out of Castle Rock!!!
thank ssss for the vd ................great proyect !!!!
It's interesting to see a single scraper being pushed by a dozer. I run a 657 and we always have two scrapers linking up doing push/pull.
I've got a lot of time pulling a pan with a D-8 CAT.building ponds.
that's awesome
Nothing better or more efficient than a fleet of scrapers!! I love em! #letsmakescrapersgreatagain
another great video. The company i work actually sales to Bemas. Glad to see what they are about.
thank you for watching!
The straight dozer vs. the u or semi-u dozer blades doesn't make contact with scrapers rear wheels as easily. Awesome videos.
This sounds like the perfect application for a monster dragline...
Love your videos. I was a haul truck driver and operator for 27 years. But nowadays I see heavy equipment at work and I'm completely against all the constant building and building and building. I hate seeing empty land turn into subdivisions.
thank you for watching I'm glad you enjoy what we put together
I came for the “I’ve never seen anything like this” content. Hopefully next episode I will not be disappointed.
unfortunately for you I've visited Bemas before
Holy cow, I’m the Mechanic on the Bemas job in castle rock this was filmed at.
hell yeah!
you should show us the soils report, I'd love to see the it
@9:53 "Yeah, we're trying to get to the scrapers."
Hero who just saved you: "Oh, so Tele-handlers don't rate? I see how it is." 🤣
I just enjoyed today.
Come out to Arizona and do a video with Markham. I am a finish 23 hand out there, I'm the fastest in the west but talk is cheap, let me know when you're ready
Great video as always I always learn something. When will there be a watch me work episode coming out?
Awesome! Aaron my uncle Marty is head in estimating at ames construction. We are at deer camp together now. I hear you are filing the north Carolina site ?
Like your videos and on this one just wondering what determines how far down they dig to reach there goal.
Engineering mostly. The determine dig and fill depth for drainage
Actually friends with the Ames, knew Dick before he passed and my step dad worked for him for years training his horses.
that's amazing
Going that deep you’re probably getting into the ancient seabed from when Colorado was at the equator.
Pangea?? Or before that?
Wish I could post pictures.. we were 75' down out in Ft Lipton gravel pits when we hit the clay under the sand. For weeks we cut sand that no man has ever seen. The patterns and colors were incredible from champagne pink to rust color clay. That's the best part of cutting earth, sometimes your the first being to ever lay eyes on it.
@@jamescaliendo1030 Pangea I’m thinking. There’s a good video here on UA-cam showing the migration of Colorado throughout time. I just wish I could remember the name.
@@headfirst6227 I'm wondering what epoch is was in?? I find geology amazing. The KT boundary,how pangea split apart etc
@@johnsheridan6452 dude that's amazing. Knowing you're the first person to ever lay eyes on that, on top of the fact you're exposing it to the first time it's seen sunlight in millions of years...just incredible man
Offroad driving training with Aaron Witt:
1: rent an AWD vehicle
2: drive on dirt that looks stable
3: get stuck
😂😂😁😁😇😇
Wow great video BUT I don’t understand how they can build on such loose soil with little stability 🤔
The scrapers take it out haul it away then they put it all back in and compact it a layer at a time? That’s what the video just showed lol
7:10 cries in Illinois clay…
Lets put some Trimble Earthworks on those scrappers & dozers, then we're talking true efficiency.
Looks like classic sand pit
I never really grasp the concept of scraper. Might as well use front end loaders.
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky
Wonder what the name Beamus represents ? Ames other company SEMA is Ames spelled backwards.
can someone explain what they are doing?
They moving dirt
could they not run tandem scrapers to fill them in a decent time?.. glad the shotman realizes if he gets in the way a hard hat isn't going to help lol
A tom holland belt loader would've been perfect for this operation.
15ft goddamn! i wonder why it cant just be like 4 ft down unless its all clay ir weird material
Enjoy your videos
thank you for watching
Castle Rock not Denver it's not even a suburb of Denver, it is a separate town between Denver and Monument
Yeah I wouldn't go thru here!HAHA!
If you were an Aussie, getting bogged would have cost you a carton 🙂
You have inspired me to become an operator
this is amazing. Work hard and you can go far
Can guarantee some 349s and a40s could move that dirt a lot faster
whatever you say you're the expert
Cool video but I wish they’d stop turning the whole front range into a suburb
Buy all the land so they can’t develope
the American dream ; give me a house where the buffalo roamed. :(
@@blueman5924 where do you live that is so much better I’m sure you haven’t infringed upon any already existing animal life throughout the course of your life? Please explain
I don't see how it's cost effective with all the money that is spent on the dirt removal can someone explain it to me in the comments please?
So in Colorado most of the dirt there is clay based. As a result, the dirt is VERY expansive (to the tune of about 20-25%) when it comes into contact with water/moisture. The idea of an Over Excavation (which is what this is) is to expand and then compact the dirt properly so that a house foundation won't be threatened/damaged. It's basically a way to prevent future expansion.
Ironically, I used to work for Ames/Bemas as a scraper operator YEARS ago. I have since moved into the management role as a superintendent (different company). In Colorado, There's a really good chance I've worked on a road you've driven on or a neighborhood you're familiar with.
thanks for the explanation Jay
Never Spin your tires.
to me it just seems like a lot of work and money to just get house blocks , don't get me wrong i love to see how it gets done but isn't there more suitable ground around that doesn't need some much earth work , what would an average size house block cost in an estate like that before you put a house on it .
You should get out of a city maybe and use your brain.
YES by my home when they build where large blocks of former FARMERS Land, the Farmer retired or Died. A Development corporation buys the plates. What they do by my home is called (Pre Loading) they bring in a 15 to 20 foot high layer of Large rocky gravel. The material from another Per Load or just the extra from a Rock Pit. It sits for 6 months (Lowering itself into former tilled soil. SINKS into the ground) The former ground had been turned over for years by Farmers. Very soft. They then Remove the Pre Load, just down to the grade they need, pre Load is moved to another sit being prepared. This former Farmer tilled soil has "0" stabilization. Have seen Fire Hydrant
when done. The underground contractor has to pour huge cement block forms around Hydrant just at below grade, Base of Hydrants or Hydrants would start to SINK. Have also heard
Contactors doing power Repairs by my home talk about the direct burial of Main power cables at a huge Mall/ shopping center, having to be replaced/Repair, from corrosion eating through power cables. The Developer was cheap, did not want to put in conduit. The City allowed Direct bury. The Farming SOIL was very corrosive.
@@rp1645 but how much does a block cost
They do this because the soil is expansive not unstable by placing it back moisture density controlled you limit shrink swell to acceptable limits
*Aaron staring at the ground* : “Man I freaking love dirt!”
Local 12 operator! Your ass how is fire 🔥
Out of control building out here. Can't get a normal ass house for under 400 and they only have 5 feet between them.
Spinning tires..Great way to get fired..
Why?
Wears them out faster and if you spin on rocks you can slice open a very expensive tire
I am 9 years old and I know how to drive a tractor a truck a skid steer and a razor
Stop developing here it’s ruining my state
Wow great video BUT I don’t understand how they can build on such loose soil with little stability 🤔
It's called subexing. We dig out 25 to 40 ft down, then do lifts as we water each lift and compact it to rebuild all the way back up to grade. It's the only way to build in Denver or the house was sink in 20 years.