Saw a video that mentioned keeping the blade behind you for more stability. I only have 12 hours on a rented mini excavator but noticed a huge difference.
Depending what you doing. I have a mini and the blade goes behind when you want more downward pressure for digging hard ground and blade in front when you want upwards pressure eg ripping roots or heavy lifting
That did look a little precarious.... but you turned it into a good experience/education event. And no panels scratched or dented, so I would say it was pretty routine LOL. Good video!
Lucky you have no rock there. Whether using a shovel or any machine the job gets done, it just takes longer with a smaller tool. Looks like a ground source heat pump. Here we used to use water source air conditioning.
SO, now that one winter season have gone by, how did it perform? Was it big enough or did you cool it down significantly during the winter season? Also what kind of winter climate do you have?
never dig track over on the side of a trench, especially if it’s loose material. you out too much pressure on the track closest to the edge…also you have to get used to using your feet for traveling, it would have made getting out much easier
all the trench spoils so close to the edge and the depth at 5 to 6 ft,, pretty dangerous for anyone working in the trench plus illegal per osha . with that type of soil you should have benched or shored it! stay safe
Would be nice if you had a flip screen to screen the back fill material and haul the rocks off. Otherwise, over time with the rain they will sink down and possibly pierce the slinky, then it was all for nothing.
Holly crap! Not sure if what I saw was way overkill or what those ppl are doing is really half ass. So a lake house do this. Had huge trenches going out about 40yrds. About 8ft deep. Think they were about 10’ wide. Think they had four of these going out from house. Might have been to different lines. Two trenches for water being pushed out into tubes. Then two trenches for the returns. So would be like two big U’s in front of house. Yea a lot more tube that was bigger. Not sure if they gonna creat heat they want from that little amount of friction. Or that’s was what I was thinking old. Water stays warm being below frost line where we live. That’s about 2-3’. So think the 8’ or so gets pipe into the constant 70degrees or whatever it is. Then friction of water looping through tubes is suppose to heat water up more. Not sure if they gonna get any benefit from that friction that would be noticeable. Think those little Renies do just as good as these. Some ppl use this for heating. In floor radiant floor heating. Just think with these new tankless water heaters these systems were kinda obsolete. Anyways looks like u did what they wanted so who cares. Bet ur back out there in a year dealing with them trying to make this system work better. Or they will have totally abandoned this system in ground.
Nice save! I just got a mini ex two months ago and I hope I can stay as calm as you when I get in trouble!
Saw a video that mentioned keeping the blade behind you for more stability. I only have 12 hours on a rented mini excavator but noticed a huge difference.
Depending what you doing. I have a mini and the blade goes behind when you want more downward pressure for digging hard ground and blade in front when you want upwards pressure eg ripping roots or heavy lifting
That did look a little precarious.... but you turned it into a good experience/education event. And no panels scratched or dented, so I would say it was pretty routine LOL. Good video!
Thank you, luckily the machines made it out unscathed!
Great job! Thanks for the info on your other video on type of grease to use. I don’t mind buying a case at a time….I think it will get used.
Nice video, My neighbor got the same thing installed last year and loves it.
It's becoming more popular, Thanks for watching
Amazing skills mate. Well done!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Does any residential contractor ever compact trench backfill?
Yes, but it's an added cost to the customers. So we give them the option.
What are those for?
Nice spin-off with the excavator 🤣 it looked good.
I'm still perfecting it but Thank you.
Not available led me to buy my ecr58d.
Lucky you have no rock there. Whether using a shovel or any machine the job gets done, it just takes longer with a smaller tool. Looks like a ground source heat pump. Here we used to use water source air conditioning.
Thankfully no big rocks! This is a geothermal heating/cooling system.
SO, now that one winter season have gone by, how did it perform?
Was it big enough or did you cool it down significantly during the winter season?
Also what kind of winter climate do you have?
never dig track over on the side of a trench, especially if it’s loose material. you out too much pressure on the track closest to the edge…also you have to get used to using your feet for traveling, it would have made getting out much easier
all the trench spoils so close to the edge and the depth at 5 to 6 ft,, pretty dangerous for anyone working in the trench plus illegal per osha . with that type of soil you should have benched or shored it! stay safe
10:55 keep tracks towards the dicth so you are able to reverse away when edge gives away. Too close anyway.
Nice. Is geothermal pretty popular in your area?
It's becoming more popular with the rising cost of oil. Plus the tax credit gives some incentive as well.
Gotta learn how to use those foot controls so your hands are free for your boom and bucket controls.
Would be nice if you had a flip screen to screen the back fill material and haul the rocks off. Otherwise, over time with the rain they will sink down and possibly pierce the slinky, then it was all for nothing.
Top nugget in this vid: about the kindergarten graduation...it's a big deal to him, so it's a big deal to me.
The dirt work is very good too. ;-}
Thank you
Naah, this doesn't look too bad at all. Will those mini-excavators take a bigger bucket?
that’s a geothermal horizontal loop
Wow good video
ditches like that are how people get killed. There are rules and regs that you should be following before somone dies
maybe some brighter light when it get dark...
I do have a spot light! But hopefully I don't have too many work days that late!
Hope you got extra combat pay on this job
Cool project good idea
Thank you
Never keep your tracks parallel to the trench. Sigh.
Holly crap! Not sure if what I saw was way overkill or what those ppl are doing is really half ass. So a lake house do this. Had huge trenches going out about 40yrds. About 8ft deep. Think they were about 10’ wide. Think they had four of these going out from house. Might have been to different lines. Two trenches for water being pushed out into tubes. Then two trenches for the returns. So would be like two big U’s in front of house. Yea a lot more tube that was bigger. Not sure if they gonna creat heat they want from that little amount of friction. Or that’s was what I was thinking old. Water stays warm being below frost line where we live. That’s about 2-3’. So think the 8’ or so gets pipe into the constant 70degrees or whatever it is. Then friction of water looping through tubes is suppose to heat water up more. Not sure if they gonna get any benefit from that friction that would be noticeable. Think those little Renies do just as good as these. Some ppl use this for heating. In floor radiant floor heating. Just think with these new tankless water heaters these systems were kinda obsolete. Anyways looks like u did what they wanted so who cares. Bet ur back out there in a year dealing with them trying to make this system work better. Or they will have totally abandoned this system in ground.
Were you drunk when you wrote this?
Объясните кто нибудь на русском языке что это за кучерявые трубы он закопал, для чего они.
You are going to die doing work like that. I don't think you realize just how heavy that dirt is. That trench collapses your dead. Not joking here.
Come on dud