Noob Tries his hand at Cutting Grade & running his first 4 in 1 bucket -Can he handle it? 4k video
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- First time attempting to run a 4 in 1 bucket Plus he's never ran a hand/foot controlled skid loader. Can he handle all of it at once? We test everything he learned in part 1 and see how he does.
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Bit late to the comment section but here in Australia we exclusively run 4 in 1 buckets on skid loaders. You'll NEVER see a solid bucket here on a job site! Here's a couple tips for ya. You can make the dozer blade less aggressive by closing the 4 in 1 so that there is a roughly 6 inch gap then roll forward and make contact with your grade. Then slowly open or close depending on how fine or hard you wanna cut. It is A LOT easier to use a 4 in 1 with a hand controlled machine though. You can also use the 4 in 1 to cut in reverse by using both cutting edges to make it more precise or really dig by just using the open gate cutting edge. Alex did a really good job though for running a foot controlled machine for the first time. A lot better than I would have done as most of the machines here are hand controlled.
Yep, open the jaw and rotate to precision cut. There is no real control with an open bucket like that. Feel is definitely a thing. I learned on a JCB wheeled machine. Lot easier on tracks of course. But then I am talking 40 years ago! Jeeze I miss that sort of work (when you dont have to do it… :-)
Nice tip!!👍
Hey mate I'm hearing ya I've watched so many videos of these solid buckets in the states and to be honest they are terrible 4 in 1 is the only way
Agree on all counts. Combo bucket is absolutely amazing. Another one you can’t do without is the rake/rick bucket. If you typically deal with rock you have to have one of these. Great to screen out rocks quick, but not a better implement for grading I’ve ever used….even the combo can’t grade as fast…
I wholeheartedly attribute where my company is today to you and a few other youtubers. i started watching you 4 years ago when all i had was a chevy s10 and a shovel wit some bridge and highway construction experience. everything you do is inspiring. yesterday i bought my first bobcat and have amounted a few f350's and a 15 yard high sided dump trailer. you are goals man!
way to vision! im on my way : )
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I like Alex’s demeanor and calm attitude. Good job, Alex!
He's the man 👊
I'm a recent subscriber, I've been an operator/mechanic/builder off and on for the last 27 years. I really enjoy your content because I've learned something out of each and every video. If I'm being honest I think you should sell these videos, but I sure am glad I don't have to pay cash out, (I sat through a lame ass 5 minute advert. just to make sure you get a few cents and I'd do it again anytime to keep your lessons free). Thanks much for the effort you put into these videos, we appreciate it.
Thanks so much, really appreciate YOU being here !
I didn't realize that's how that worked. I'll start watching more of the ads as well. Guess i just never thought of that.
I wanna work for you. I'm 23 and from the metro area. I've ran all sorts of equipment and I love how you run your business and I really like the UA-cam side of it cause that's my dream. You are the guy I hope to be one day
Damn Alex is doing better than I would especially being on camera too!! Damn I'd be a nervous wreck
Using the laser is key to changing the grade in slight accurate amounts. Having a feel for the machine is what separates the average from the great operators. Way to go for teaching him a little about that.
Thanks Ken!
@@Dirtmonkeytransits aren’t for grading site levels are or lewes thst do multi directional slopes
I wish all the best to your apprentice while he’s still with you ! You’re a hell of a teacher !!
I appreciate that!
Red: THANKS a ton needed refresher on how to do grade and you guys nailed it, ALEX as an outsider looking in, you are a model for the young kids today because you jumped in with both feet instead of running away because it was hard.
Honestly speaking any video you can produce on your job sites would be beneficial I would use any and all of them here in Colorado
Red♦️ FTW! Alex has a lot of guts agreeing to let us watch him learn the new machine! End result was very impressive! I got here by searching for How do I use a laser level to determine grade?
Your Part 1 video was very informative! I stuck around to watch the finish of the job. Glad I did!
RED! Now all I need is someone to let me at their skid steer to have a go. :)
Red.
Nice work, Alex. It feels good when the boss puts trust in you and you prove it was the right decision.
Checking levels for a long retaining wall a few years ago and a porch last summer, I couldn’t justify the cost of a laser. I used a length of clear tubing with food colored water in it. The reference end was zip tied to a stake in the middle and I would hold the other end along other stakes and mark the water levels on them. That gave me consistence reference points to measure from.
The water level is as old as the pyramids ,possibly older.
Red! What a great video, I know nothing on what you guys do but learning a little after each vid. Keep them coming
Will do Casey, glad to hear that you are learning something new!
Red. That was very informative and an excellent explanation of how to read grade. I’ve operated equipment for most of my life and have never been able to read a graderod until now.
Red. Keep up the artistry. Thanks for the learnin', most especially!
RED, please more of these noobs videos, very informative and quality content.
Happy to show you more, thanks for watching!
Learning new stuff while your new boss films you is not nerve racking at all.LOL NOOB handled it quite well. When ever I got on something new I liked to be far away for the first little bit until I felt comfortable with the controls.
I used foot controls for the 1st time a couple months back, after the first hour or so I was loving them! Good video.
Red The 4 in 1 bucket looks like it’s definitely a muscle memory type of attachment. Need to be one with the machine
I learn so much from these videos, thank you Stan and Dirt Monkey crew!
Red. Great teaching with good focus for each vid. Clear and easy to follow.
Thanks Justin !!
I love the drott bucket and yes you are correct you don't see them on steer skids to often, you mostly see em' on larger tracked loaders (955 cats etc..) doing demo work. But then again if you would be using a dozer for this job it's the same thing you can't really see the cut you are making either. Think the kid is doing pretty well with no experience. Also turn the controls around on that machine I have did it on a few in the past foot for steer hand for bucket all it takes is some new lines makes life easier ( like a excavator)
love this teaching noobs videos. Keep them coming and good work.
Thanks and will do!
Red
Thank you for giving a good demo of the 4 in 1 bucket, I've been on the fence about getting one and I am sold on them now.
What a great RED video, was very interesting, fascinating, & really learned a lot about RED. You’re the BEST, & RED is so awesome! Super Great RED technique you have there. Never knew just how truly great RED would be in saving time as well.🤣
Cheers Stan😉
LOL, thanks and happy you liked it!!
Thank you for both parts of this. We absolutely love your videos.
I love guys who can't use a 4in 1. I have bought more buckets from them over the years. I started on an old I H crawler loader my dad had with a Drott 4in1. When I bought my first skid steer the buckets weren't available.
As soon as I could I bought my first and haven't looked back.
Red! You helped me out tremendously; many great thanks.
Keep making tutorials.
Everybody's a Noob at some point and time.
Some people remain Noobs forever..
Haha- yeah . thats true
Good way to put it! And so damn true!
Giving a kid thats green a chance on the worlds worse control pattern he's doing pretty good
scrapbmxrider16 Don’t make it easy and they’ll thank you later. No trophies for everyone that tries!!!
I am the noob this type of video was created for I just wanna say thank you it helped me greatly.
Whenever I used a 4 in 1, I would be in reverse, have the bucket opened so that the back of the bucket set my grade, and the front of the bucket would carry extra material to fill in any holes or dips that got made. Going forward you are constantly creating ruts with your tracks, where going in reverse and carrying the material in the front of your bucket helps to always level the ground off.
I agree with you Stan I learned on a hand and foot control bobcat but I have used the hand controlled bobcats and if you ask me they are too touchy. Their all electronic their not like the older ones where the controls actually go to the hydraulic pump and you get a feel for what your doing, they go to a computer and get sent where they need to go and most of the time its delayed. I own an S175 with the hand and foot control that goes right to the hydraulic pump instead of being all electric and other than changing the fluids and keeping the Desil Guzzling Kubota engine fueled it really has not given me any issues its from 2011 with only 272.8 hours on it. Also Red
Great job, I've done asphalt for 3 years, and we always eye balled everything, my 3rd year, their 17th, for the most part we did great, but watching u for awhile now, I see how we should have been doing things, using that transit ,I don't work their now, bullshit pay, to many know it all, I could work everything on the job, upstate Ny America paving
RED ...Just found video well done Alex , your math is different to ours in AUSTRALIA but none the less love your videos 🇦🇺👍
Red thank for teaching us all your great knowledge and skills.
I hope to put to practice soon, this spring should have a new job. Binge watching to learn more. Thank you and God bless you.
Thanks you Michael, best of luck in the spring, it will be here soon!
Honestly it does take a certain "eye" and set of skills to do this right. Practice makes perfect. Its harder than people think.
True!
Learning and eye takes looking at what you're doing not at your boss too! I always find i learn faster if I'm told what you want done, and then let rip, with small tips brought out as I'm working. For instance let him fail his angle a few times, then walk up, explain that his angle isn't aggressive, when he feels a light bite, it's a good thing, and you want a consistent amount of resistance. When you feel freedom you're doing it wrong.
That's at least how I would have went. Regardless Stan's the man for letting a noob take care of his driveway and teaching him tools that will further his knowledge in the field!
@@terrypercy Well stated.
RED, 4 in 1's are great , I used to operate a 941 Traxcavator with a 4 in 1 bucket . When using a 4 in 1 on a skid-steer in the blade position , you need to think of yourself as operating a bulldozer ; you can't see the cutting edge on a bulldozer so you cut by feel , unless you're moving massive quantities of soil . I actually use a CAT D-2 bulldozer for dressing the roads on my mining claim .
Red, this info part 1& 2 sure would have sped up my learning curve when I bought my laser level, thx
Another 4in1 trick is to open the bucket about 3 or 4 (all buckets are different) inches and back blade and it will leave off nicely
Helped a lot more grading videos please want to learn more!! I use a compact tractor just starting out and have learned a lot from
Your channel how can I learn more :)!! I’ve never ran equipment ever but always wanted too !! This year back in January I gambled my savings picked a decent small tractor and have been going strong !! Do a lot of horse arenas and brush control fire Prevention being in Southern California! This summer did a lot of grading on my own property to help to learn and have down a few on others everyone happy so far this winter we shall se if we get rains hopefully we will know how my grades are !! Great videos keep it up !! Buying a laser was mandatory for me , eys work but ya can’t see when Your trying to get it perfect 👌🏽
Thanks for the comments Chris, they are appreciated, stay tuned for more and happy to hear that the videos have helped you out!
Great job Alex! You did good.
This is a continuation of my comments from part-1… I got to say! He’s damn good with that machine! That is impressive. :-)
Awesome video Stan! Anytime you do anything education with dirt work, you have me hooked.
Red
Thank you Joshua, happy to have you here !
Very informative . I enjoyed this. Many thanks to you and your laser/4 in one bucket operator.
I have run lots of equipment and I hate foot controls the most like lots of people do.
I love universal joystick controls on everything.
If Alex is thinking what I am thinking … “Darn, this is more complicated than I thought”. The music is excellenf BTW
Love these training videos! Thanks for taking the time to explain and post.
check out a UNION grade checker/ operator. this guy is lost
Red...as an architect that worked for numerous civil and structural engineers earlier in my career, I wished they gave me this much education.
Red thanks I am borrowing a Topcon. Glad I found your vidja. I always wanted a 4in1 bucket on a tractor
Hey if you want less aggressive of cutting with the back blade of a 4in 1 roll the thing forward just like a motor grader so it doesn't bite as hard. Also in NC everybody has a 4in1 bucket. Good video tho
Great second video. It's like riding a bike the more you do it the better you get!!
Red!!
Thank heeps ,have not long got a tractor with a 4 way bucket and your vidios have been great,watch from down under, I had to do a convertion on your 1 inch in 8 feet ,about 1 in 100 ,but the laser level info was also very handy.Thanks again Mark (And by the way Red)
I run a skid all the time doing parking lots there is no way I would want foot controls. iso is where its at
Love seeing you do so well with training. Love the red.
Hey thanks!!
Bean running a 4/1 bucket for 40 years I love it. But it is tricky.
When your using the lower cutter on the 4/1 bucket, you can use the bucket cutting edge as a height reference for gauging where your lower cutter is sitting. 👀😏😎👍👋✌️🇨🇦
I like to see bosses that have the patience to teach new skills, a lot of times people are given one chance and if they mess up they never touch the machine again!
4 in 1's are awesome "IF" you can use one, they are tough to run until u get the time in behind one. It's all I will use now, it does it all... Close the top of the bucket down and u can shave off as little as an inch (if desired) and it will roll it into the bucket for u.. It will also keep you from gouging the ground. It's almost impossible to grade with the dozer blade part of a 4 in 1 without using the top half of the bucket as a downward guide.
Interesting tidbit in there about the oak trees! The more ya know..
RED. Thanks for the education!
That's a really hard way to do it.. A good way to grade is open the bucket a few inches and roll it forward.. So the upper apron is skidding on the ground controlling the cutting edge depth..
Andrew Gaulton yep, use the front part to set the height of the cutting edge. If the front part of the bucket is an inch higher than the cutting edge then you take an inch off. Once you get the feel it’s not too hard. We pretty much only have four in one buckets Down Under, very rare to see a skid steer without a four in one.
@@horseman9582 that's it mate!! Drott/backhoe all the same..
Your right They always seem to have standard buckets!!
Andrew Gaulton I would not want a skid steer without a four in one bucket. I open mine to backblade off grass and scrub without disturbing the ground, I pick stuff up, so many more thing can be done with a four in one! I set the depth of sand on arenas by using the teeth. They are four inches long, if I roll it back a bit and lightly run the tip of the teeth along the base it sets the depth at two or three inches. So handy.
Red 2 years later. Great informative video!
7/2022 This is the best video out there on RED
Hey if you can't have fun at work what's the point! I'm not saying to screw around and do stupid stuff all day long but messing with each other all in the name of love for your bro or sis makes the job fun. And we all know that a happy crew equals a crew that will work hard, work together as a team and get the job done. So go have some fun!!
Great content,
Great job Alex!!
Thank You 🙏🏼
Red. Really like all your videos. If I had the money I would totally do this for a living. Not much use where i am in Florida. I do HVAC down here.
Thanks for watching Chucker!
Red… I enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work.
Nothing like throwing it all at him at once eh. Minor but telling him to use the 4N1 bucket when you meant “blade” would throw him off. Say what you mean, mean what you say.
You still get a thumbs up for the knowledge you share. RED Milwaukee 😉
Thanks for the thumbs up !!
Here in Australia, the 4in1 bucket is the standard bucket machines come equipped with. It’s all I have ever used for a bucket, they are awesome. Ours have teeth on them too standard , I have have dug pools , basements, driveways and a tunnel too with my S130 with “Norm Engineering “ 4in 1 bucket . Super heavy duty . Check out their website in Qld Australia 🇦🇺 My Concretor’s will tell me what heights they want and I will look at by eye , dig it and then they check with a laser and I’m usually within 1/2 inch of where it needs to be and then I finish accordingly.
I have grown up with both types of skid steer
Red, wanted to see Alex check the grade next to the shed where he was having some trouble with the ridge and the low spot. Surprised that you didn't have him use the grade stick to check it but let him just 'eyeball' it at the end.
In the video the grade is totally deceiving. After getting the first base reading it looked like you were going to have to take off 2 feet at 16 feet out, but it was only 2 inches. The rotor laser don't lie!
I thought it was brave for him to say he just eyeballed it after you spent all that time and energy teaching him the importance of using the laser...
#Red Awesome job guys!! That’s exactly how a good boss should teach his guys/gals.. hands on one on one. I’ve not heard you say much about the GIE @Stan, you still going brother? Hope to get to meet ya finally after watching your channel all year!! Stay safe and God bless brother!!
Nice video Stan.
I wish I could have Red more..
Great video Thank you and I think Alex did a great job
Hand and foot controls is what I’ve run 99% of the time.
I hated it
Great 2 part video, nice explaining, learned a lot. Thanks!
Red, was thinkin Red was your nickname for a second there lol.
I know this video is over 2 years old, but I have a question about the 4 in 1 bucket. Could you use the rear blade and the front of the bucket raised just slightly off the ground to scrape material similar to how a belly scraper works? I'm thinking that the new material being cut by the rear blade would push the loose material up into the bucket, allowing you to remove more material instead of just bulldozing it? I've never used a 4 in 1 before so I have no idea how it "feels".
When I watch this channel it shows me just how little I know. That's why its quality and no RED herrings so far.
Well done RED
Only thing I don’t like about foot controls, the Petals aren’t made for people with big feet
Red, I've got an 06 Komatsu loader with a 4 in 1 bucket. Never really used it but will see if anyone had a tutorial to follow. Cheers guys
Cheers Kevin, thanks for watching !
Red
I’m gonna get the dewalt rotary lazer based on these videos and the price. It’s my first lazer and I’m still having trouble figuring it all out, but I’ve always been hands on to learn anyway.
Can’t thank you enough for your videos man.
Red! Good job Alex 👏 👍
Nice👍
Seems like a smart enough guy, time will tell!
Great. Thank You Red
Great video. Thanks.
Thank you for the video. I am a noob and this helps.
I found your videos while looking up how to read grades, as i have a sloping block and need to work out what to do with it... anyway, i learned that and a bit more! Red 👍
I just recently got a 4in1 bucket for my skid steer and am experiencing the same learning curves
Red. Thanks. Teaching me so much.
You're welcome Mark, glad you are learning something!
I use a 4in1 all the time in fact it's the only bucket we run and I never use it as a doser... I reckon it's a wast of time trying... if i want to cut a small amount off the time i open it ride up and pull back works much better
I'm form Australia and I've never seen a skid steer without a 1in4
Thanks for the video..i am a new operator and owner of dirty deeds excavations. These videos help me a lot as I'm basically flying by the seat of my pants.
Great video! Alex has a great future with training from you!
Red
your a nice guy
Appreciate it 😊
I have a couple of paving companies and a landscape company that use 4 in 1 buckets, always making new hydraulic hoses for them because the operators are always pinching them in the bucket.
Red not bad for the noob and foot co tools are tuff never ran a joy toy
one of my favorite WAR movies is The Big Red One.
Can you give some background on the piece about how adding soil ontop of the dripline of oak trees ends up affecting the tree negatively or killing them?
Red , thanks !
Thanks Claude!