@@AaronWitt I love large heavy equipment 😅 so your literally living my dream! Please keep sharing it with us. (Stuff like seeing a 9800 irl and all of that is my dream)
@@AaronWittyou’re trip to visit Iceland and having the opportunity to view the awesome power of Mother Nature up close is definitely not only a trip of a lifetime but also has to be one of the greatest experiences anyone could ever have. 👍👍 Thanks for sharing!!
Watching some of the many other videos elsewhere on UA-cam of these machines operating, the machine operators have been very brave operating only meters from live lava with very high temperatures where they were trying to divert live lava flows. I hope Iceland gives them some form of official recognition for their work. 👍
@@davidanalyst671 I don't know exactly what you're referring to but the site in this video is less than 2 km away from the volcanic fissure. Machine operators have occasionally been working mere dozens of metres away from flowing lava, at one point racing against time to close a gap in the lava berms. Machine operators are also very often interacting with solidified (freshly formed) lava, sometimes revealing molten lenses of lava inside. It's not a ways from the volcano.
I know one of those sites ( a young drone operator who has a camera mounted watching this live) On that site, the berm builders are affectionately called "The Bermians". I watch the channel as much as the weather permits.
Hey, to help you out, I recognize that orange excavator. It’s a Develon DX800LC-7. What’s really mind-boggling is that the construction workers in Iceland? They don’t seem to be too startled by lava. Those guys are heroes.
I used to be stationed at NAS Keflavik and our transmitter station was there at Grindavik. You can still see the 2 towers in the video, one at 800 feet and the other at 1000 feet. I left Iceland in 2000 and I sometimes wish I could have stayed. It is a beautiful country and the people were so nice to this sailor and made me feel like I was at home there. I worked at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station and we did everything, microwave, receivers, transmitters, Base Telephone and internet. I had RM's (now IT's), ET's, Seabees and Icelandic citizens working for me. Wish I was still there but the base closed down in the mid 2000's.
Great video and thanks to the heroes at Istak for all they're doing. Watching these guys hard at work through the Afar TV webcams, we ironically refer to them as Tonka Toys due the distance the cam has to zoom-in from the neighbouring hilltop but seeing them up close, the vehicles are every bit as impressive as you'd expect.
I'm pretty sure it's not only Ístak, they are probably contracting a lot of smaller operators in Iceland, they probably don't have all this kit in their own fleet.
I am curious. Is the Svartsengi power plant on the same Grid as Reykjavik? I know there is a Geothermal power plant nearer Reykjavik that supplies it. I just wonder if there are on separate electricity grids as well?
Fun fact, Iceland has won Worlds Strongest man 9 times which puts Iceland Second only to the USA and just ahead of the UK. Iceland is also the home of Lazy Town, Bjork and Sigur Ros, not bad for a country with a population less than the city of Manchester in England.
tbh I fell like this would be some of the most fulfilling work, doing some work with cool big machines and doing something extremely important for your entire country
Dude, your description of their equipment gives you away: You're like a 5 year old on a vacation to see "Tonka" in action, like their imagination come to life! Nothing more. Wish I was there!
I've been watching all of the eruptions in Iceland and still am. From the live webcams those machines look like dinky toys but seeing this video holly crap they are massive, really enjoyed this video thanks Aaron for sharing for us all to see them very cool.
Your journey to Iceland, where you get to witness the awe-inspiring power of Mother Nature up close, is truly more than just a once-in-a-lifetime adventure-it’s one of those rare, unforgettable experiences that anyone would be lucky to have. 🌍✨ Thanks for sharing the magic!
The plates are going apart across the whole Atlantic, the reason Iceland is an island and not the bottom of the ocean is a volcanic hotspot that coincides with the plate boundary. The earth moving started well before the eruptions, which mostly output in the first few days and then die down.
excellent video,well made and you really put across the work and the machines,always loved the cats any size in action just pure joy to watch,thanks for your work
once that shelf cools you could probably cultivate it all with a stone breaker reclaimer for farmland - sice you have a highly raised section of land there you could see into useing it somehow it has unimaginable potential - i wonder if one could use lava as a way to deposit material for infrastructure
Any reason why they use the rippers and beat on the machines opposed to blasting?? Probably just cost right, not big enough of an operation to justify the blasting versus some extra maintenance wear and tear on the dozers... great video Aaron thank you
Building a wall will not stop the lava since it will build up till it goes over it. They also need to create a trench away for the lava to follow since like water will cover the path with least resistance.
I guess that the question that I would ask would be if you're going to build a road/wall through a certain area, why not lay out your path, then use the dozers to push the land within two to three hundred yards next to the path to build up that road/wall verses hauling dirt in from another area. You build a VERY large moat area and push all that material up into one long barrier to help direct lava flow to specific directions.
Don't you just love those true tautologies? But you should embrace redundancies as a measure of safety (so they really get it). Better than dealing with inconsistencies! :)
molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a fissure in the surface of a planet (such as earth) or moon. also : such rock that has cooled and hardened
I think it's a bit like describing snow or earth. Yes you are correct, but there are various levels or types once you are dealing with it. Note the "Solid" lava is still steaming, but look at it at night or with a thermal camera and it's hot. Plus you have Pāhoehoe, Block and other variations of lava. Even when it's solid you can feel the heat thru your boots. Everything has a melting point, even a D11 Dozer.
@@HvV8446 Mama nature will invariably intersect with human lives, as she is indifferent to what or who lies in her path. She continues her course regardless of the presence of man's artificial structures and life itself. She exists on all planets in the universe in different forms depending on the conditions that exist there.
Genuine question, why would they use the rippers rather than do some blasting to loosen the rock up enough to move it? Because they're working close to the lava flow?
Because it's dangerous (-> needs more safety stuff) and more expensive (drill holes and blast them) and you won't even get good results? It's not like you put a giant bomb a few meters below and get giant amounts of fine material. The only thing you get is a comparable tiny hole and now even more problems to move the stuff.
They always do when autonomous electric haul trucks are shown an explained to them. Honestly I've found it's people like you screaming it's impossible to power heavy haul trucks with electric that are the problem. Cat and others have electric units sold as fast as they can make them. I just commented on here it's shocking they don't have electric autonomous tractor wheel scapers building these berms. One unit running 24/7.
I was in Grindavick the day they evacuated for the first time last year there were constant earthquakes i think the biggest i felt while i was in a restaurant on the harbour was a 5.4
It doesnt get through it much, it goes over or under it most often. Feeder dikes that form in the rifts created by upwell of surface pressure ignore those when there is extensive disruption of surface areas.
The lava heater in Vestmannaeyjar A lava heating system was installed in Vestmannaeyjar after the Heimaeyjar eruption ended. At the beginning of 1974, Sveinbjörn Jónsson set up a simple heat exchanger at Eldfellshrauni and let cold water flow through it. The water heated up in the lava and was fed into the heating system of a house. In the second half of the winter of 1974, an experimental heating system was installed in Gufugili, which heated 25 houses in addition to the hospital. In 1977-78, most houses in Vestmanney were connected to the lava heat supply. As the lava cooled, new areas had to be activated. In 1988, the lava heating system was discontinued
my understanding is they did in the beginning but 2 or 3 eruptions ago ( been so many i forget now ) the lava reached the wall ( i think he mentions it once quickly ) and while it looks like its cooled down its not lave sadly is from my understanding a great insulator so it creates a cool shell over the top thats black and looks safe but just 5 cm or 2 inches below its still glowing red, it can take 10 to 15 years for lava to cool down depending on the lava pool thickness and environment.
When I saw one of these machines on a road construction site for example, I always though "man, that thing can really transport a /lot/ of dirt". And then I see that barrier they're building and these large machines look like my toys back in the sand pit as a child. That barrier's size probably doesn't even come across as well in video, but the fact how "tiny" those machines look there helps a little. I was wondering why they weren't using those gigantic mining dump trucks, but given the terrain, these might have issues getting around.
We use weld ripper shanks back together and use exchange D11blades for mining companies in KY and WV . Built coal buckets for Cat 992 30’ wide load semi trucks in hurray !
Is this operation home grown, or did they have to import men and machines to do the work? Interesting way to compare dozers heat to head; I wonder which one the operator likes and which one management prefers?
A D11 with lava in the background is sick 😮
yeah it was a life highlight for me for sure
@@AaronWitt I love large heavy equipment 😅 so your literally living my dream! Please keep sharing it with us.
(Stuff like seeing a 9800 irl and all of that is my dream)
the most powerful earthmover man has made, versus the earth
@@davidanalyst671 well said!
@@AaronWittyou’re trip to visit Iceland and having the opportunity to view the awesome power of Mother Nature up close is definitely not only a trip of a lifetime but also has to be one of the greatest experiences anyone could ever have. 👍👍 Thanks for sharing!!
The Dutch over there all high and mighty about their battle with the ocean.
Meanwhile Iceland: Hold my beer
fuck yea :)
Bad air? Use dirt. Bad water? Use dirt. Bad lava? Use dirt. Bad politics? Use dirt. Use dirt to solve your problems.
It’s solved many problems of mine
"When soldiers come, use generals to block them; when water comes, use earth to keep it out."
Missed opportunity to make a jack sparrow jar of dirt reference
@Daniel-uj1nu lol u right. I'm partial to Brian Regan tho... "I call it, cup of dirt."
Rub some Bacon on it?
Watching some of the many other videos elsewhere on UA-cam of these machines operating, the machine operators have been very brave operating only meters from live lava with very high temperatures where they were trying to divert live lava flows. I hope Iceland gives them some form of official recognition for their work. 👍
its a ways from the volcano. Its not smoking super bad.
@@davidanalyst671 I don't know exactly what you're referring to but the site in this video is less than 2 km away from the volcanic fissure. Machine operators have occasionally been working mere dozens of metres away from flowing lava, at one point racing against time to close a gap in the lava berms. Machine operators are also very often interacting with solidified (freshly formed) lava, sometimes revealing molten lenses of lava inside. It's not a ways from the volcano.
@@iceboi5983 You should check out a steel mill or foundry.
I know one of those sites ( a young drone operator who has a camera mounted watching this live) On that site, the berm builders are affectionately called "The Bermians". I watch the channel as much as the weather permits.
This video no safety. Shown pore. Mick Australia 🇦🇺 I work with slag. Same as lava. No information was given. For the people working in this condition
Hey, to help you out, I recognize that orange excavator. It’s a Develon DX800LC-7. What’s really mind-boggling is that the construction workers in Iceland? They don’t seem to be too startled by lava. Those guys are heroes.
Yeah, but even they don't want to come too close to the lava, so they always keep a distance − 2 meters at least! 😜
its not like they ever let it get close enough to them to take them by surprise
I used to be stationed at NAS Keflavik and our transmitter station was there at Grindavik. You can still see the 2 towers in the video, one at 800 feet and the other at 1000 feet. I left Iceland in 2000 and I sometimes wish I could have stayed. It is a beautiful country and the people were so nice to this sailor and made me feel like I was at home there. I worked at Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station and we did everything, microwave, receivers, transmitters, Base Telephone and internet. I had RM's (now IT's), ET's, Seabees and Icelandic citizens working for me. Wish I was still there but the base closed down in the mid 2000's.
D11's and lava, my inner child has entered the chat. Lol
I bet the wear rate on tracks and ground engaging tools is insane.
Great video, Aaron. Very educational. I enjoy you taking time to educate us on your travels. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!!
thank you!!
been watching this happen on live streams but getting up close like this puts it into a different perspective of just how much is moved.
Great video and thanks to the heroes at Istak for all they're doing. Watching these guys hard at work through the Afar TV webcams, we ironically refer to them as Tonka Toys due the distance the cam has to zoom-in from the neighbouring hilltop but seeing them up close, the vehicles are every bit as impressive as you'd expect.
I'm pretty sure it's not only Ístak, they are probably contracting a lot of smaller operators in Iceland, they probably don't have all this kit in their own fleet.
Factual error: The Svartsengi powerplant doesn't produce any of Reykjavík's power, it's only for the inhabitants in the Reykjanes peninsula. 🧐
Aldrei að skemma góða lygasögu með sannleikanum...
do you get any power from uk ?
@@Guds777 in Australia we say, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
I am curious.
Is the Svartsengi power plant on the same Grid as Reykjavik?
I know there is a Geothermal power plant nearer Reykjavik that supplies it.
I just wonder if there are on separate electricity grids as well?
@@lordomacron3719 Just one grid apart from Grimsey and Flatey which run on disel generators locally.
Fun fact, Iceland has won Worlds Strongest man 9 times which puts Iceland Second only to the USA and just ahead of the UK. Iceland is also the home of Lazy Town, Bjork and Sigur Ros, not bad for a country with a population less than the city of Manchester in England.
tbh I fell like this would be some of the most fulfilling work, doing some work with cool big machines and doing something extremely important for your entire country
Dude, your description of their equipment gives you away: You're like a 5 year old on a vacation to see "Tonka" in action, like their imagination come to life! Nothing more. Wish I was there!
I've been watching all of the eruptions in Iceland and still am.
From the live webcams those machines look like dinky toys but seeing this video holly crap they are massive, really enjoyed this video thanks Aaron for sharing for us all to see them very cool.
So, technically speaking, they are fighting lava with lava….😂
Bingo
fighting water with ice;.
It's like fighting water with ice on a frozen planet that occasionally springs a leak.
Sounds like a pretty good idea actually
Love seeing the big boys knock it out like it's child's play.
Your journey to Iceland, where you get to witness the awe-inspiring power of Mother Nature up close, is truly more than just a once-in-a-lifetime adventure-it’s one of those rare, unforgettable experiences that anyone would be lucky to have. 🌍✨ Thanks for sharing the magic!
Have seen this all over weeks from the webcams, far away from the Thorbjoern... your film is absolutely the nearest ground... Welldone,
Are they working 24/7?? This is AMAZING!!
I love your videos! The reason why i started to work on earth moving equipments! :D
right on!!!!
Thanks for this. Was wondering what they were doing to curb, deflect the lava flow away from critical infrastructure! Good old Mother Earth! 👍
Looking forward to the next video from the project in the east as I've worked on that delivering and pumping concrete for the bridges
pretty neat i especially like the ripper part next time add real sound as its breaking the lava.that stuff looks pretty solid.thanks for sharing
Interesting, just paydirt's two cents..............next time get the real time audio of those machines ripping and dozing
Haha, Jeff wins..😂
I want to hear them barkin really good
Ole Jeff 🇺🇸
Such an amazing video! What an opportunity. Volcanoes are wild!! I’d love to see if they have lava flow operations in the Cape Verde islands
Very interesting! Love seeing the D11’s at work.
Those Icelandic construction workers are awesome, and their machines aren't bad either.
Incredible video~ and my thanks for the insight to the work done by the incredible workers of Iceland!
Been a operator in the PNW and Alaska for over 20 years I'd be gone in a heartbeat to do a hitch like this no questions asked.
I have seen D9s ripping. Can't imagine what a D11 would be like.
Kudos to ISTAK.
You would think that they would have more equipment to move this dirt. What they have is ridiculous.
I had an opportunity to drive a dumper for Ístak in 2015 and declined it for another job. I still regret it nowadays.
The plates are going apart across the whole Atlantic, the reason Iceland is an island and not the bottom of the ocean is a volcanic hotspot that coincides with the plate boundary.
The earth moving started well before the eruptions, which mostly output in the first few days and then die down.
Pretty cool pele lets them do that…here in Hawaii we aren’t aloud to do this. Everyone would freak out and lose their minds
Lava is sacred
@@SecretlyanothernameIn Hawaii yes, but not in Iceland.
Your video editing is world class. Truly excellent.
excellent video,well made and you really put across the work and the machines,always loved the cats any size in action just pure joy to watch,thanks for your work
A really well produced and informative video
i fall in love of youe videos
Wish this video was longer lol really enjoyed it!
This is metal as anything. Super badass work
Hmmm very impressive construction work. Have a super mao mao day mr Aaron🤠👌 brilliant camera work
You should also focus on a second wall. closer to the plant to help redirect in case of breach
once that shelf cools you could probably cultivate it all with a stone breaker reclaimer for farmland - sice you have a highly raised section of land there you could see into useing it somehow
it has unimaginable potential - i wonder if one could use lava as a way to deposit material for infrastructure
Any reason why they use the rippers and beat on the machines opposed to blasting?? Probably just cost right, not big enough of an operation to justify the blasting versus some extra maintenance wear and tear on the dozers... great video Aaron thank you
EXIT that way!
Building a wall will not stop the lava since it will build up till it goes over it. They also need to create a trench away for the lava to follow since like water will cover the path with least resistance.
That was way cool, loved the comparison of the two dozers, great video.
Thats such a cool project
4:44 probably one of the most insane operations I’ve ever seen
awesome coverage
I guess that the question that I would ask would be if you're going to build a road/wall through a certain area, why not lay out your path, then use the dozers to push the land within two to three hundred yards next to the path to build up that road/wall verses hauling dirt in from another area. You build a VERY large moat area and push all that material up into one long barrier to help direct lava flow to specific directions.
Loved the video
Awesome video! Do they have a tank farm for all the diesel being consumed on site?
You can't fight the force of nature!
Icelanders: Hold my rotten shark!
excelente trabalho o teu e da tua equipa , super profissional , continua força 💪
love seeing these big monster machine’s in action
When people say “hot lava” it’s kinda redundant because lava is hot by definition “cold lava” is just rock
Don't you just love those true tautologies? But you should embrace redundancies as a measure of safety (so they really get it). Better than dealing with inconsistencies! :)
molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a fissure in the surface of a planet (such as earth) or moon.
also : such rock that has cooled and hardened
i mean technically water turns to something consistent with rock below a certain temp so water is kinda "lava"
I think it's a bit like describing snow or earth. Yes you are correct, but there are various levels or types once you are dealing with it. Note the "Solid" lava is still steaming, but look at it at night or with a thermal camera and it's hot. Plus you have Pāhoehoe, Block and other variations of lava. Even when it's solid you can feel the heat thru your boots. Everything has a melting point, even a D11 Dozer.
nature always wins.
*laughs in dams built for flood control*
You don’t need to “win” from nature, you just need to guide it in a way so it doesn’t interfere with human lives.
Sure, nature wins. Just let it win elsewhere
@@HvV8446 Mama nature will invariably intersect with human lives, as she is indifferent to what or who lies in her path. She continues her course regardless of the presence of man's artificial structures and life itself. She exists on all planets in the universe in different forms depending on the conditions that exist there.
Nature is on her knees rn lmao
A d11: 😀
A cat 374: 😀
A d6:😀
A cat 352:😀
A doossan: ??????
Doosan Hitachi Kobelco etc are way better excavators than Cat Volvo etc. Not even comparable
Fab. Not seen your channel before, but impressed with the first video.
Genuine question, why would they use the rippers rather than do some blasting to loosen the rock up enough to move it? Because they're working close to the lava flow?
Because it's dangerous (-> needs more safety stuff) and more expensive (drill holes and blast them) and you won't even get good results? It's not like you put a giant bomb a few meters below and get giant amounts of fine material. The only thing you get is a comparable tiny hole and now even more problems to move the stuff.
Need long form videos of stuff like this..
We CAN do it 💪
what could they use the cooled rock for ?
other then landscaping? crush it make minral wool ?
Do they have filters and specially sealed cabins or sth, against the toxic fumes from the lava?
Where did the elevens come from in Iceland!? Man that's a cool job.
That is wild collection of heavy metal.......
Its too bad that they can't get the Acco Super Dozer shipped there to help with this...i think that would be pretty amazing to see!
It's wild if you think about how dirt is literally the rarest resource in the known universe
Longer videos pls
Betcha the greenies loved seeing all that yellow steel now!
They always do when autonomous electric haul trucks are shown an explained to them.
Honestly I've found it's people like you screaming it's impossible to power heavy haul trucks with electric that are the problem. Cat and others have electric units sold as fast as they can make them.
I just commented on here it's shocking they don't have electric autonomous tractor wheel scapers building these berms. One unit running 24/7.
@sparksmcgee6641 what??? Tell me what model Cat made that's electric? And I don't mean diesel generated. I'm talking battery ??? I'll wait.
mate you outta do some more research idk if you're entirely informed
@AaronWitt Aaron are you referring to Cats 793 battery mining truck?
What a moronic thing to say,tell us you’re an American without saying it..🤦♂️🤡😆
Ich habe lange auf dises Video gewartet, schönes Video 🎉
are they not using scrapers for this job mostly due to the rocks?
blue lagoon and the power plant is the "same place", the blue lagoon is the waist water from the plant
I was in Grindavick the day they evacuated for the first time last year there were constant earthquakes i think the biggest i felt while i was in a restaurant on the harbour was a 5.4
Been waiting for a Docu on this
It doesnt get through it much, it goes over or under it most often. Feeder dikes that form in the rifts created by upwell of surface pressure ignore those when there is extensive disruption of surface areas.
I did not realize when you said that you were driving 6 hours down the coast to go to a new road project that Iceland was that large of a country.
Does the lava on the "hot side" ever cool enough or crumbly enough to use that for the wall instead of digging a hole behind the wall?
The lava heater in
Vestmannaeyjar
A lava heating system was installed in Vestmannaeyjar after the Heimaeyjar eruption ended. At the beginning of 1974, Sveinbjörn Jónsson set up a simple
heat exchanger at Eldfellshrauni and let cold water flow through it. The water heated up in the lava and was fed into the heating system of a house. In the second half of the winter of 1974, an experimental heating system was installed in Gufugili, which heated 25 houses in addition to the hospital. In 1977-78, most houses in Vestmanney were connected to the lava heat supply. As the lava cooled, new areas had to be activated. In 1988, the lava heating system was discontinued
The D11 and the 776 could really use new grousers to be more efficient for ripping.
10:00 That temporary exit sign is clever, one type for both left and right, no need to stock 2 types.
I"ve developed a project in lava cap in CA and it DESTROYS the iron!!!
I lived in Iceland from 86 to 88 and worked just outside Grendivk on the air force building, never had any eruption back then.
Wow that would be a fun job to work on.
I wanna go out there.
Manipulation of the Land itself is Mankinds greatest Achievement
Awesome!
Great vid!
They should get the material from the lava side. The barrier will get deeper as it gets taller.
my understanding is they did in the beginning but 2 or 3 eruptions ago ( been so many i forget now ) the lava reached the wall ( i think he mentions it once quickly ) and while it looks like its cooled down its not lave sadly is from my understanding a great insulator so it creates a cool shell over the top thats black and looks safe but just 5 cm or 2 inches below its still glowing red, it can take 10 to 15 years for lava to cool down depending on the lava pool thickness and environment.
Really neat
hot damn, the machines are out in force today. not only being filmed in the video, but also commenting beneath it 😅 the bots love Aaron
hahaha I'll take the added engagement
When I saw one of these machines on a road construction site for example, I always though "man, that thing can really transport a /lot/ of dirt".
And then I see that barrier they're building and these large machines look like my toys back in the sand pit as a child.
That barrier's size probably doesn't even come across as well in video, but the fact how "tiny" those machines look there helps a little.
I was wondering why they weren't using those gigantic mining dump trucks, but given the terrain, these might have issues getting around.
awesome video!
We use weld ripper shanks back together and use exchange D11blades for mining companies in KY and WV . Built coal buckets for Cat 992 30’ wide load semi trucks in hurray !
Very cool video
Is this operation home grown, or did they have to import men and machines to do the work? Interesting way to compare dozers heat to head; I wonder which one the operator likes and which one management prefers?
I _understand_ how big a D11 is but I still can’t wrap my head around it.