How to Slope your Ditch with a Digging Bucket, and 5 Bonus Tips to Increase Digging Speed

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • #Hitachi210 #Excavator #Ditching #WaterLine
    Tips on productive digging and slopping ditch.
    Digging waterline with a ledge/bench for power, 10’ feet deep for a new acreage.

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  • @MrAbsentdriver
    @MrAbsentdriver 4 роки тому +9

    Really enjoying your videos. Keep them coming please.

  • @rafaelrjarquin
    @rafaelrjarquin Рік тому +10

    I always finish sloping by pulling with the heels towards me, thanks for the tips, your right it's looks way better when pushing. I learn everyday.

  • @sc101708
    @sc101708 2 роки тому +6

    Thank you bro I needed this I couldn’t catch slopes right I was starting out far I’m gonna start close tomorrow looks like it works out good

  • @brianwalker1386
    @brianwalker1386 9 місяців тому +2

    I'm finally watching a decent operator that knows what he's doing

  • @terryclement9811
    @terryclement9811 3 роки тому +5

    I learned a lot watching that, thanks!

  • @DIRT-BOSS
    @DIRT-BOSS 3 роки тому +2

    Nice work ! if nobody's going down to the hole why bench all the extra material out on the right side...obviously it probably comes down to safety on the site that you're on ..Nice clean work though ! just subbed 💪🏼

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks man! The bench was for a power cable and I’m already subscribed to you lol. 👍🏼

  • @melvin_0bviously
    @melvin_0bviously 2 роки тому +2

    You’re a sculptor. Well done!

  • @abikerinpa
    @abikerinpa 3 роки тому +3

    Keep the videos coming my new friend 😎

  • @DavidRuiz-wv8fd
    @DavidRuiz-wv8fd 9 днів тому

    thanka for the vid bro, im a new operator, and they have me opening up a 6 ft power trench with a 2 foot bench

  • @joshuamark267
    @joshuamark267 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video mate. I’m a skilled operator. Always room for more though. Thank you ❤

  • @anthonysiracuse8613
    @anthonysiracuse8613 3 роки тому +2

    Going right to the top pin and curling is the easiest way to break utilities as well if you’re not careful. I’m sure the guy who made the video knows this is virgin dirt though.

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  3 роки тому +1

      That’s right. I change my digging style digging around lines. Especially doing main replacement, you want to pull grade every scoop to hopefully see the other utility ditch lines. The odd time you find a line without damaging it that wasn’t located or missed

  • @pipelinecowboy
    @pipelinecowboy 2 роки тому +1

    Dammit man thats a good looking ditch ! Even the spoil piles look good lol 💯🧨 definitely tell when someone's worked on Pipelines lol

  • @nickolaslandon4640
    @nickolaslandon4640 2 роки тому +2

    Im a fairly new operator. I havent really dug for pipe yet, but i picked up some great tips ill remember. Thank you!

  • @ericwieboldt7042
    @ericwieboldt7042 5 місяців тому

    Looks like you got a little over zealous when you turned the camera on.

  • @FreewayConstruction
    @FreewayConstruction 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice work .. productive , clean , efficient, save

  • @stonemanson4884
    @stonemanson4884 Рік тому +1

    Thanks now those are bucket fulls.

  • @WillisBailey-mg7mw
    @WillisBailey-mg7mw Рік тому +1

    Very good job at passing useful information on

  • @beartracker5762
    @beartracker5762 3 роки тому +3

    Love you vids!! Cant wait for more!! 👍

  • @diggingaussiedirt8886
    @diggingaussiedirt8886 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome job. I left nursing and started my career as an operator recently. You guys are my inspiration ✌️✌️

  • @loganclunan1110
    @loganclunan1110 3 роки тому +1

    That won't work in type c soil

  • @DanielFlores_1986
    @DanielFlores_1986 2 дні тому

    Really nice work man

  • @brianmcgill7314
    @brianmcgill7314 8 місяців тому +1

    Damn you’re an amazing operator 🍀

  • @mitchfatel1
    @mitchfatel1 Рік тому +3

    Best sloping video ever.

  • @AutisticDigger87
    @AutisticDigger87 3 місяці тому

    its nice to see how you work and explain. I'm gonna start driving crawler soon. A Hitachi 210-5 a actually. Probably gonna end up on something like what you do so this is like watch and learn 😃

  • @lukemorrow2631
    @lukemorrow2631 Рік тому +1

    Looks great. But why bench or slope it if nobody is going down there?

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  Рік тому

      The bench was for a power cable to the well, and I sloped it a bit because it was being left overnight and didn’t want a sluff or cave in

  • @henrymahoney7072
    @henrymahoney7072 Рік тому +1

    Hitachi power

  • @alvaroflores779
    @alvaroflores779 2 роки тому +1

    That was awsome.

  • @neadster469
    @neadster469 2 роки тому +1

    hell yea bro !

  • @cheeseymccheese7249
    @cheeseymccheese7249 Рік тому +1

    Nice work!!

  • @SenorAhole
    @SenorAhole 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks brother

  • @jamiedoyle7625
    @jamiedoyle7625 Рік тому +1

    Deadly

  • @44889
    @44889 Рік тому +1

    Good job👍👍👍

  • @jessdigs
    @jessdigs Рік тому

    I miss digging like this in tracks and new construction. I work for the gas Company and everything is rebuild. Saw cut, dig, and if over 5' we shore it. Benching and sloping is more fun

  • @alwayssharp
    @alwayssharp 2 роки тому +1

    Nice

  • @jeremybrowne5413
    @jeremybrowne5413 3 роки тому +1

    Hitachi full noise in hp good video

  • @buddhikadissanayaka6822
    @buddhikadissanayaka6822 3 роки тому +2

    Nice bro

  • @pearlriverfury2884
    @pearlriverfury2884 2 місяці тому

    Nice job

  • @thehurtenalbertan6259
    @thehurtenalbertan6259 Рік тому

    Pro , l just dug out and wish I would have watched this before. Great slopes, what’s the bench for?

  • @akhterraja7847
    @akhterraja7847 3 місяці тому

    Good work

  • @DougMillsTrainingThruTrust
    @DougMillsTrainingThruTrust 3 роки тому +1

    Nice work

  • @wvboy0311
    @wvboy0311 2 роки тому

    When I was digging ditch for pipeline I'd plug the center then work from the farthest from where the spoil pile was towards it I usually did the out a tooth down a tooth to slope ditch most of them were 8 feet deep amd that dont look like a 36 inch bucket a 24inch is the same width on a 336 or 350 Hitachi as the dogbone pins

  • @bigwheelsturning
    @bigwheelsturning 9 місяців тому

    Did you say 1" poly or 1 ft poly in the ditch????

  • @MaheshKumar-st9tr
    @MaheshKumar-st9tr 9 місяців тому

    Exlent

  • @titusogden2061
    @titusogden2061 Рік тому

    You're putting so much dirt in those wrists' pins

  • @muhalwi22.
    @muhalwi22. 3 роки тому

    continues until success ❤️ semangat sukses terus 1🕵️‍♂️

  • @soonlengpoh5110
    @soonlengpoh5110 3 роки тому +1

    Very nicely done...

  • @catalinmindrila6081
    @catalinmindrila6081 3 роки тому +1

    Nicely done ;)

  • @ThePaulv12
    @ThePaulv12 2 роки тому

    Kinda mesmerizing really.

  • @wendelhopkins4684
    @wendelhopkins4684 3 роки тому +1

    Heck of a job 👌

  • @jessepurser854
    @jessepurser854 2 роки тому

    Great video! I find it quite hard sometimes watching some wanna be operators on UA-cam but your great man! Also noticed you have cleats on your tracks, you a pipeliner?

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  2 роки тому

      Thanks bud, yes I am. I did water and sewer for 7 years and been pipelining now for 12

  • @ajinaction
    @ajinaction 3 роки тому +1

    👍👍👍

  • @tacodriver89
    @tacodriver89 3 роки тому +1

    Good shit

  • @MRSrailroadfieldservice
    @MRSrailroadfieldservice 7 місяців тому

    I miss those days.

  • @TomBongiovanni
    @TomBongiovanni 3 роки тому +1

    Nice work!

  • @t-tproductions341
    @t-tproductions341 3 роки тому

    Nice digging when theres no rock everywhere like around here

  • @oscardanielflores4376
    @oscardanielflores4376 Рік тому

    Really cool bro

  • @rossh1152
    @rossh1152 2 роки тому

    Good video! Why do you bench the right side and not the left ?

  • @bricegreen9616
    @bricegreen9616 2 роки тому

    To much red clay where I live to slop this way

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  2 роки тому

      Never dug in red clay. Is it the type that you need to slope up to keep it from rolling?

  • @gdigaditch
    @gdigaditch 3 роки тому

    I’ve been digging for 35!years all types why do you slope one side and bench the other should do the same on both sides

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  3 роки тому +3

      This was for a waterline in Alberta, Canada where minimum cover is 9’ feet or 2.7 meters. The bench was about 4’ feet deep for a power cable.

    • @jarredf6068
      @jarredf6068 3 роки тому

      he answers that question in the start of the video. Powerline will be on the ledge. his technique works ok for shallow cut, but its not practical with deep cut excavations. Soil types play a huge roll on making a cut look good. and following an 8 foot deep cut sloped is simple for any experienced operator.

    • @gdigaditch
      @gdigaditch Рік тому

      Because he doesn’t know what he’s doing

  • @jarredf6068
    @jarredf6068 3 роки тому +2

    The cut looks good, only thing is that your slope on the left is less then a .75 :1 to surface, which makes the trench illegal to enter.

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  3 роки тому +4

      Yup that’s right. I mention in the video nobody is going down there, we are just lowering the 1” inch poly down from surface.

  • @patricktaylor6299
    @patricktaylor6299 Рік тому

    That’s not a slope that’s called a bench should know what you’re doing if you wanna do a video

  • @ronnieswindski825
    @ronnieswindski825 Рік тому

    You're a good operator, but a good operator isn't just about digging its about machine care as well. Do not slam the bucket open everytime thats bad for the cylinder. I know you're just a employee for a company but if you work for yourself you better be taking care of the machine and I would never allow that on my jobs. Same goes with idlers in the front. I've fired guys for digging over drives when I told them 1000 times.

  • @oc4945
    @oc4945 3 роки тому +1

    Did i hear 1" poly??? With a 24" bucket???? Someone should be fired.

    • @efficientexcavations
      @efficientexcavations  3 роки тому +2

      It’s actually a 32”-36” bucket on that machine. Those smaller buckets just waste time in my opinion, spend more time trying to get the dirt out of them then you do digging.

  • @wadebuck69
    @wadebuck69 Рік тому

    What is the purpose of spending all the extra time and burning all the extra fuel to slope the banks so good like someone is going to be in the ditch when it was said that a 1" poly water line was going to be dropped in from the surface? Everything about this just looks like burning money to me from using that wide of a bucket for 1" pipe to doing all the sloping when unnecessary.

    • @oxymoron5167
      @oxymoron5167 10 місяців тому

      It’s unstable loose soil, if you dig a narrow trench and don’t get the pipe in before small collapses the pipe won’t be laid properly. Also, trying to move back over the trench to dig out collapses just makes even more work. One option would be to lay the pipe in as you go, have someone just feeding it in as you pull back the trench. Would be quicker than this but double the labour cost I guess.

  • @golfr604
    @golfr604 Рік тому

    All I learnt here is how to force too much of a bucketful into the bucket then bang the living daylights out of the bucket to empty it as its all stuck in the bucket , great way to bust seals on the bucket ram !!
    Rooky shit right there .