Abandoned Excavator rebuilding washed out road and installing new culvert pipe.
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2022
- The recent 50 year flood caused a lot of damage to my driveway, this culvert got overwhelmed and the bottom side of the road washed out. I rebuilt the road and added a 2nd larger culvert pipe. The old Hitachi UH043 digger is earning its keep.
Mrs Marty T. - • Time lapse Painting of... - Навчання та стиль
Always nice to see the good, old digger in action - it was one of my absolutely favorite series here on youtube, and I've been rewatching the videos several times.
Dear J. Rand
👍👌👏 Same here, definitely!
Best regards luck and health.
I just found this guy he's been good watch so far
Yeah the original abandoned excavator series is how I first heard of Marty’s channel
His neighbor's need to make him a Marble Statue at this point
@@rpalmer274 Oi
Who else Here is addicted to watching Marty fix the world raise your hand !
One of my first excavators, 30 years ago, had long levers. I’m so glad I no longer have that machine, after 8 hours of running it, my back was killing me. You wouldn’t think that sitting in a machine, swinging levers would beat you up after 8 hrs, but it does. I was in good shape back then too, now I’m old, fat, gray and bald.
It’s always nice to have a beer sitting in a chair that doesn’t move after 8 hours in a moving chair .
at least you're fat I'm old scrawny gray and bald 😂
The operators of the modern machines don't know how spoiled they are.
I don't know anyone still alive that can run a 4 stick trackhoe.
Granted this one is a long lever not a 4 stick
@@danhammond8406 my neighbour has one , I still go and have a play on it every now and then .
I assume you mean backhoe . 🙂
Well, your community must thank you now for saving this old digger. Well done Marty ! 👍👍
I have a feeling that this old digger is way down on the list of things his neighbors are thankful to Marty about! He seems like he can and does fix about anything with such ease. His mind just works on a different level and it shows when he is working on things.
This is the way it was when I was growing up, neighbors helping neighbors. No with all of the letter people around is slowly going away. You are a good man Mart T, God bless you!
You are seriously the best neighbor ever.
Hey Marty I'm the Euroflo specialist (the culvert you installed) we can supply half lengths if you want to extend the pipe ever so another 2.9m
Thats good to know thanks mate, How much $$?
Half the price ya paid for that one, it looks like 630mm pipe??? Hard to tell on video
Exceptional job, this is better planning than a lot of the rural flood reconstruction/mitigation works you see in NZ
At least when mother nature washed out the road she made available some quality fill for you to use.
That digger was such a great find. Worth all the effort in retrieving and restoring it. Getting great work out of her!
Many people do not understand that a cubic foot of water weighs about 63 pounds. When you have that much water moving down a hillside the force it has is enormous. It is great that you and some of your other neighbors have equipment to help repair the damage done. All the equipment that you have repaired and put back to work has been getting a workout. I love to see something that someone else has given up on put back to work, you certainly are doing a lot of it.
In this part of the world lots of people do not understand 1cc of water is 1 gram and 1 litre of water is 1 kg and 1 cubic metre of water is 1000kgs 1 ton......
@@sjoerdriberi9268 The beauty of Imperial is if you want to be more precise, you just use a bigger denominator. You think to yourself, 'I need to get this spot on. No problem. that'll be 73/128. If I add that to 37/256 and multiply by 15/64 then I have... A head ache 🤕. I wish someone would invent an easier way to do this. I've heard rumours that there are countries outside of America, but everyone knows that has to be horse poo. Now where did I put that aspirin?' Meanwhile, across the oceans, in one of those rumoured countries, someone is saying, 'So I need to add 0.57 to 0.14 which is 0.71. If I multiply that by 0.23 I have 0.17. Wow, that was so easy'.
@@sjoerdriberi9268 *tonne if we’re being specific
@@TrevorDennis100 We in the outside world have heard whispers of a country, somewhere, that is stuck in time , back several centuries, where things are done like our great great great great grand pappys did, AND have a hard time with units of 10. But there is no info on the web ,,, so it cant be true, can it? Tell me it isn't sooooo
Besides making one of the all-time greatest will it start videos on UA-cam, that ol’ excavator has came in handy so many times. By now you’ve put some money into it, but it’s way more than paid for itself. Excellent video as always.
Nice to see the girl doing what it's meant to for a late 80's machine she works well
The old girl earned her keep there, nice job!
Its great seeing the old machinery brought back to life videos but i absolutely love seeing the videos where they are then put back to work.
Great videos.
wow that old machine has really come in handy
You need to bring in some South Korean wall builders, Mate. They have to be some of the best retaining wall builders on the planet. I've seen them build these extremely high steep-pitched interlocking concrete retaining walls that, when they are done, look like an intricate woven basket. Let them attack and repair that lower hillside and it won't ever go anywhere again. LOL
I'm always amazed at how much utility you squeeze out of those old machines that someone else thought were rubbish and gave up on. You have a gift.
I found your channel because of the video of you finding and repairing the abandoned excavator. Been hooked ever since, great channel!
I'm wondering if this road should have a proper retaining wall on the lower side. At least a set of wood beams on pilings would be nice.
@@LegendLength and needs multiples of the pipe added for the culvert :/
Looks good! Though by being in similar circumstances myself, I know you're gonna be watching this one at almost every rain for a little while anyway!
I was a little worried for that pupper, glad he or she stayed safe
00:55 Marty you are great, your respect for old machines is so much that even the spider webs (left bracket) are original‼️‼️👍
Just think if you had left the old digger in the bush ... too much trouble to get it running. Too expensive to fix. It's just scrap. I enjoy your videos of rescuing abandoned equipment and putting it back to work. Nice video. And a great help to get the road passable.
Might be an idea to plant some deep rooted plants or even some more trees to help reduce erosion in the future as well.
Nice, we copped a similar rain event here earlier this year, with similar destruction of one of my access tracks. Took me a month with the front end loader and about 500 tons of stones, crushed rock of varois sizes and rock scalpings to repair the damage. Next will be to concrete the culvert catchment. Thanks for sharing, I could have done with an excavator.
LoL I find myself ducking when the excavator rolls over the gopro 😁
It’s nice that someone had left that excavator in the woods for you.
I'm thinking that excavator has paid for itself.
Next time you have a fair bit of rain take a video of the new culverts in action. Great job as always Marty.
All that effort you effort you put into fixing that old excavator has come back to bless you when you needed it most, A must have in remote off grid life in the hills.
It was fun seeing the wee David brown in action in the last video, but this is the real deal!
Can't wait to see it in action during the next heavy rain.
That doggo wishes he could dig as deep.
Smart putting that sheet metal there, so it won't erode the bank, good idea
Nice to have the machinery to do the job .. looks great Marty .
Dear Marty T.
👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always (video and work). Who could've thought then, how important your successful rescue mission of this great old excavator would become! Congrats for having all those skills to help yourself, your family and your neighbors.
As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to all of you.
Nice job getting in the new pipe :-)
At least there is no shortage of good free fill material! Good to see the old digger earning its keep.
Everyone living on that hill is lucky to have Marty for a neighbor
I was wondering when you would put the excavator to work repairing that section. Nicely done.
Me too! I am very happy to see this. I was wondering how it would be repaired. Looks like a quality job. Should be good for a lifetime!
hurts to hear about the flood, but if there's any one good thing to come from it, it's the ability to show the world your collection of machinery and a good "I told you so" to your wife who probably otherwise wasn't all too happy with your growing collection of working yard ornaments until you needed them :D
Nice work. That would have taken a local council in Sydney 10 days with 10 men and 10 machines.
Belt and braces having the two pipes, should cope with a good amount of water. Stay safe Marty.
Thanks again for continuing the adventures of fixing the roads and drains using your AWESOME arsenal of road weapons 😁🤙🏼 ALOHA!!
*several hours of intense mechanical and manual labour, involving careful coordination, construction considerations, and technical know-how*
Marty - Right, that's all sorted
This turned out to be absolutely outstanding Marty!!
Camera work in this one was out right wonderful, the camera guy following the bucket from pick up to dump. And the operator point of view showing the controls being worked. A real step up. Always quality content keep it coming.
Couldn’t have said it better Brandon 👍
Those old UHO Hitachi excavators are bulletproof. I remember the swing and dipper were switched on the left lever. Bit confusing at first but I got used to it...
I wondered how you could ever put the road and bank, back together again, a load of skyhooks and unbreakable ropes perhaps, but you did it with nothing for the cliffside to hang onto except a long drop. That old machine and its operator were amazing, well done.
Damn your good at this, A real tidy repair and real good with the excavator.. Nice one 😁
Marty T, how fortunate your family and community are having someone that is willing and able. This world in my opinion could definitely benefit from more people like yourself. I've wondered if you just see these projects as this that just must get done or are you contracted for the work.
He’s a Kiwi, if it needs doing he’ll probably just get the work done that’s how NZ people are they are not afraid of hard work.. Have a cold beer with mates after and be satisfied with a job well done.. be great if people could help pay his fuel bills and time for sure though. 👌🍻👍
All the treasures you found and rebuilt are certainly coming handy now. I'm sure the neighbours love you.
It ain’t a Marty T job until it’s “job done”
The Hitachi digger is the reason I found your channel
When you rescued this machine, did you ever imagine having to do this kind of a job with it?
Not exactly but I knew it would be useful
Marty you can never post enough old abandoned excavator vids,
Wow, ole Mother Nature can be very devastating. Enough hard work, patience, and determination erosion can be dealt with.
This is next-level self sufficiency. Job well done.
The Hitachi is my favourite machine of yours. Great backstory to it, and still incredibly useful.
Awesome. Small crew Dept of Transportation accomplishing what a 100 man crew in the USA would take 9 months to complete, at a cost of 100million.
Looks a lot more solid Marty
You are very lucky there that your ground is so rocky! Imagine that just mud or sandy soil! 😬 It is harder to work, but in floods it stays in place better! Great work! 👍
Yes its a blessing and a curse, good for making roads but a nightmare to dig through the rocky patches
Right now, everyone that uses that road is saying, "THANK YOU BABY JESUS for Marty and his machines that are dipped in 'AWESOME SAUCE'!"
Great job. If you were in Australia you would be expecting the Government to do this for you. And then complaining when it wasn't done when you thought it should be!
That pick is a handy tool, rip out tree stumps too.
Looks like a fun project. On my someday list
Your very skilled operator of the excavator now Marty great job 👍
Great job, and great to see you using the excavator that was left for dead.
awesome, yeah putting those new culverts in should really help in the future.
Old digger will do the work of 50 men brilliant 👏
Beautiful job guys 👍🏼
I would suggest you make some wooden cribbing. That you drop down to reinforced what you have done so far to repair the road. As you are clever at engineering stuff.✌👍
The "next" 50 year flood next week😲 Always an interesting watch👍
It’s crazy how much damage water can really do, you’d think water is harmless, but any building that water gets into is basically F’ed and as you have shown here; it simply raining over a mountain can wash roads away
Excavator did really well digging through all that rock. Its a nice machine.
Love seeing the Excavator at work again. Bit worried about compaction of your aggregates though. With the big rocks at the bottom there will be plenty of voids. Its best to compact in 300mm layers, Your video doesn't show that happening. still you have all the kit to repair and top up as time goes by.
Wow. That was a nice bit of civil engineering. Brilliant that you did it with the abandoned excavator too.
At least the same storm that washed out the road brings down the material to repair the damage.
This is great to see the old neglected girl do a hard days work. Thanks for this one.
Looks like a good job. The double pipe will help with heavy Raines and putting down the tin is a great idea. Stay safe!
That's totally going to work, probably even for a 100y flood. The offset culvert is key ;)
It sure is handy, when you have road building material on site already 😎
Love it! Makes me grampa's old backhoe look like new!
That digger is the first video I ever watched of yours and the day I subscribed. Love every video you put out
Been thinking about the wasp problem. And the water problem. What you need is a good angle for drainage and you gotta make a rotary hedge shearer. (For the Tractor) This means you have to figure out the correct slope for your drive. That gives you the right angle for anything on top. So that the water drains right. And if it is going to pull shale down to the right place, then make sure you know where it is going.
The work you put into that machine is surely coming back with interest on this job.
Having the excavator is priceless! And seeing the bucket not flopping all around is such a relief. Very well done!
You saving this hitachi from the woods was the very first video of yours I watched, I’m so glad I found your channel! Keep up the awesome videos!!
Nice one Marty. Let's hope the next "50 year flood" is not just around the corner! Cheers
That Hitachi excavator is a valuable tool in your arsenal of equipment! I noticed that on one side, some of the links (I'm not certain that I'm using the correct term) are missing. I imagine that it would be terribly expensive to replace the entire belt, though. Anyway, you and your mate did a great job getting the problem sorted. Until next time!
MTM at work, "Marty Transportation Ministry", well done.
From my past dredging experience, I bet that zinc sheet will be wash away during heavy flow. To be safe, the discharge pipe should be longer, like current pipe length + sheet + half sheet ( or a length where water flow will reach straight to the bottom) of total length. Keeping current 2 short pipes will wash away the soil during heavy flow.
I love how people who have interesting lives can basically make it into a youtube channel
The first excavator video is where I found your videos……….very nice………..
Absolutely great job! You and your mate worked very hard on this culvert. Hopefully it'll be enough to move all the water from the next flood. The old digger is running well. Thanks for your time today and enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Great job!!! Good luck hope this works out for you...
Makes you glad you spent the time and effort to save the old girl
Thank you for sharing. That track shovel is a GOD send.
Another great roadwork video Mr.T, greatly appreciate the time& efforts you do making these videos for us. It seems like you almost have full time job repairing your roads there, and not being a geologist by any stretch , the land seems to be fighting some of your efforts. Keep up your fine work and videos, really enjoy watching you put those classic machines to life and work again. :)
Good work. One of the downsides of having such a long driveway is the maintenance. Still, the upside is no passing salesmen.