How to Climb a Pile in an Excavator

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  • Опубліковано 28 сер 2022
  • In today's Down & Dirty, we're talking about how to climb a pile in an excavator.
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  • @da3driccax327
    @da3driccax327 Рік тому +24

    This is easily one of the most underrated UA-cam channels hands down. Been watching you for about 6 months now and how you don't have at least half a mil to a million subscribers blows my mind. Know your subscribers seriously appreciate you please never stop doing what you do.

    • @dirtgrainsteel
      @dirtgrainsteel Рік тому +10

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    • @da3driccax327
      @da3driccax327 Рік тому +4

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    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +5

      Thank you for watching and thanks for the compliment, it means a lot! That's the goal, to help as many people with this content as possible. Will definitely keep it coming

    • @johnrobichaud2776
      @johnrobichaud2776 Рік тому +2

      Dirt perfect has the same way he has great stuff and I think subscriber counts low

  • @dean3726
    @dean3726 Рік тому +11

    Good lesson. I would add that when I do these movements there are a couple things I note in addition to what you did. First visual note is that the ground is wider than the track bottom rollers. This keeps the tracks safely on the rollers. This becomes more important with older worn or loose tracks. Having said that without a blade I keep the final drives down slope so there is no slip because there’s no ground pressure to ensue the teeth don’t skip on the tracks. Finally when I slew I keep the bucket low as if I may need to arrest a side shift of the machine. I will also move the bucket loaded out full circle but close to the ground to test the stability of the machine on the surface. If it tips or slides I know when I can be ready and the buck is close to the ground to arrest a tip over. These other procedures are more important as the risk increases. You are in a machine that can make the work surface level and safe. Use that its faster to be safe that have to right a rolled over machine. Safe operating.

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +2

      All sound advice dean! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the community!

  • @pattrudeau2335
    @pattrudeau2335 4 місяці тому +2

    You are an amazing natural teacher. Thanks again

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  4 місяці тому

      Thank you so much! I really appreciate the compliment!

  • @JJimmy647
    @JJimmy647 Рік тому +2

    You’re exactly right! I remember thinking there’s no way you can climb straight up with a shovel but after you try it a couple times the nerves just wash away and before you know it you’re laughing at your boss when he tells you to be careful while you’re 40ft in the air sitting sideways

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +4

      It is funny how the intimidation Factor goes down with time. I still remember tracking up to my first pile and thinking to myself there is no way I'm going to live through this experience 🤣🤣

  • @TNZKN
    @TNZKN 11 місяців тому +4

    Thank you SO much for these videos, they have been a major help

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  11 місяців тому

      You're welcome, I'm glad they're helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @centerbuilder7677
    @centerbuilder7677 Рік тому +3

    Wow amazing video. Learned quite a bit, can’t wait to try it out.

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому

      Thanks for watching, let me know how it goes!

  • @davidjackson4112
    @davidjackson4112 Рік тому +2

    Excellent explanation! Thanks

  • @michaelmccord5764
    @michaelmccord5764 Рік тому

    Great video and thank you very much!

  • @bobbyrabagliajr6214
    @bobbyrabagliajr6214 Рік тому +1

    Good stuff, B!

  • @leslubiesdetienne
    @leslubiesdetienne Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this!

  • @farmerbob728
    @farmerbob728 9 місяців тому

    Great advice...

  • @StefanBacon
    @StefanBacon Рік тому +2

    Fantastic stuff. I forgot I had another loader question yesterday, but I'll stick it on one of your loader videos. Maybe I missed it but I don't remember if you had anything on load & carry operations.

    • @StefanBacon
      @StefanBacon Рік тому

      Found your old WA320 video from 2017...

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +2

      Did it answer your question for you? At some point I need to get my hands on a loader again and do a whole series of videos.
      Edit:. Never mind, I just found and responded to your other question

  • @jg3685
    @jg3685 Рік тому +1

    Thanks very much 👍👍

  • @reaver357
    @reaver357 Рік тому +1

    Great video man. Watched experienced operators do this only to ride the bull at the top 🤣🤣

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому

      The more you gain confidence the bigger the piles get and the steeper the slopes. You eventually realize that these machines are capable of some pretty extreme movements as long as you stay in control

  • @derochehope
    @derochehope Рік тому +1

    Thank you

  • @realberla2518
    @realberla2518 Рік тому

    2:18 So funny to me for some reason "Cause were an excavator" lol

  • @randyscrafts8575
    @randyscrafts8575 Рік тому

    Nice course. 👍 Kubota KX71-3S here.

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому

      Thanks! This was a quick thrown together series of videos because the conditions were perfect for it. Those kubota's are nice machines

  • @YUHNBRO
    @YUHNBRO Рік тому

    I remember doing stuff so steep and long the finals quit turning. Pulled myself up inch by inch with the bucket curl.

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому

      That's it. When the finals give out just yank her up the hill!

  • @njonebale7889
    @njonebale7889 Рік тому +4

    Great tutorial, definitely like tracking up backwards, it’s easier to jump off pushing the foot controls forward, just feels more natural for me at least…that’s my two cents.

    • @oudonbail
      @oudonbail Рік тому +1

      its the way to do it some machines will still flip backwards even with boom all the way out

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +1

      I generally don't have a preference for which direction the final drives face as I climb pile. I've gotten so comfortable with my feet that I don't even think about it. If you reach out and actually grab a nice chunk of material you should have plenty of weight to prevent you from tipping backwards

    • @njonebale7889
      @njonebale7889 Рік тому +1

      @@DieselandIron word! It really doesn’t matter if you know what your doing, but you know as well as me that’s not the case…

    • @oudonbail
      @oudonbail Рік тому +1

      @@DieselandIron I am not a pro operator but I'm conformable climbing piles . I'm curious why you pull yourself up and not push ? Iv flipped a machine pulling myself onto a trailer once in my early days so now I always have boom behind to push or just stabilise

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +4

      @@oudonbail you want to be able to see what's going on as you climb the pile. Most of the time the pile is loose so things can shift and you need to be able to see that.

  • @andrewg8759
    @andrewg8759 Рік тому +1

    ive worked for companys that removed the seatbelt out of their machines or leave them unuseable. i left them pretty quickly as an operator I like to have mine on when climbing

  • @pshodean
    @pshodean Рік тому

    Far out ! tks

  • @madjack1748
    @madjack1748 Рік тому +1

    try to always keep the idlers in front of the direction of travel, climbing and digging. most machines are designed to work this way and your undercarriage will last longer.
    idlers are cheaper and have a spring that can take the shock of the hydraulic force applied to it, sprockets and final drives aren't designed to take that amount of force regularly and they're much more expensive to replace and fix.

  • @ashbyw7755
    @ashbyw7755 Рік тому

    Good info, here’s my $0.02 with. Win your on the edge of your limits keep as much track on the ground as possible, don’t jack the machine up with the blade or the boom to where tracks are in the air it may be more comfortable but not as stable.

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому

      Great pointer! Thanks for the comment Ashby!

  • @flipjox533
    @flipjox533 Рік тому

    Awesome vid, but any recommendations when climbing a steep pile and needing to readjust your bucket without a blade?

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +2

      You can let yourself slide downhill a bit with your bucket still planted in the material as an anchor. As you start to slide material will build up behind the tracks a bit and create a backstop.

    • @flipjox533
      @flipjox533 Рік тому +1

      Beautiful, thank you for being the guidance for us newbies. 🤙

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +1

      @@flipjox533 Anytime!

  • @JeffreyZorzi-hi7rl
    @JeffreyZorzi-hi7rl 3 місяці тому

    Could you please show how you slope a ditch/trench.

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  3 місяці тому

      Let me see what I can come up with here in the near future.

  • @EverythingEverywhereAIIAtOnce
    @EverythingEverywhereAIIAtOnce Рік тому +1

    👍🏽

  • @ryangarrett3795
    @ryangarrett3795 Рік тому +1

    It’s definitely intimidating at first but after a couple climbs it just becomes another movement

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому

      100%! It's just another thing after you've done a handful of times

  • @brianshovlin5758
    @brianshovlin5758 8 місяців тому +1

    Needs to be in peat to show properly i have had it go down in peat and you need to know

  • @master_vator
    @master_vator 10 місяців тому

    You shoukd mention to, bukcet out, while pullliing yourseld up

  • @middleway1885
    @middleway1885 8 місяців тому

    Boop

  • @pastorkeri
    @pastorkeri Рік тому

    Show in a machine without the pedals

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +1

      Every excavator has travel pedals

    • @pastorkeri
      @pastorkeri Рік тому

      @@DieselandIron lol not where I come from ....

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому +1

      @@pastorkeri where are you that excavators don't have foot pedals? I've never seen that

    • @pastorkeri
      @pastorkeri Рік тому

      @@DieselandIron it’s in wales uk , midi and minis here it’s only an option, the company I work for don’t have them on their 2 hitachi zx80s

    • @DieselandIron
      @DieselandIron  Рік тому

      @@pastorkeri how do you travel then? Do you rifle something with the joysticks?

  • @madjack1748
    @madjack1748 Рік тому

    never worn a seat belt in a hoe. if I ever had to track or work over something that was unsafe or could result in a machine tipping over I'd try to make it safer with the hoe or go look for a new job lol

  • @jameslindsay9443
    @jameslindsay9443 2 місяці тому

    How long have you been a excavator operator