Anyone from the discovery channel watching then this is how to do it. No bullhit over excitable voiceover, no made up drama. Diesel chugging and the facts as they happened. Great vid!
The one running the small excavator was AWSOME, was like that machine was an extension of his arm. Watching that recovery and how they made it look easy was a job well done!!! I used to drive a small winch truck, nothing as big as those trucks, and it is amazing what you can do with them. I'm trying to figure out what that cost for that recovery......great job!! Oh yeah and loved seeing the Chevy in the video also.
After just watching Terribargarn work with their equipment,I would say that there is absolutely no wreck that they could not handle successfully handle. Greg-New Jersey-USA
Hello Ivan et Thomas:I would hope the man who drove into the mud(Quicksand)still has his job.I would think so if after the recovery and cleaning the machine was able to run.Greg-NJ-USA
You can tell professionals because they don't keep trying easy ways then eventually figure out how hard it will be, they know from the beginning it's going to take a lot of work, but they know if they do it the right way first, it will work. Great job I'm glad I didn't have to pay the bill.
Didier:This was amazing to watch!That swedish recovery company knows their stuff.It was exciting to watch,when I first saw the Volvo backhoe buried so deep,I said,"No way,Impossible!"In the states we call that slippery mud,"QUICKSAND". Thanks for sharing it. Greg-New Jersey-USA
Hello Biyjok es Gigigombas:When anyone 1st would come upon scene of accident they would sayit was impossible to remove machine!Those that did should get a reward!! Greg-Caldwell,N.J.USA
That was one of the coolest heavy equipment retrievals I ever saw. Loved those beautiful hardwood logs. Some of those guys like bright colors don't they? The small shovel operator really knows his trade. That was the deepest gooiest hole I ever saw.
Every time I see this in Sweden a monster hole is left behind. This was one of the better tree ramp operations I have seen done. No muss no fuss and just the two winches kept moving strongly. It took a while to break the suction but when that happened it started moving faster.
Watching this made my husband and I so happy. Happy that we didn't have to be the ones to dig it out. We've have some experience with clay soil and digging things out of it. Nothing like this, but enough to really appreciate the amount of work these guys had to do to get that excavator out. Guys did an great job!
Awesome recovery job! The articulating bucket on the little excavator makes it one VERY handy machine! Smooth operator, and a very logical overall approach. Great job in an extremely difficult spot!
You bloke's are bloody brilliant. I reckon you must be taught how to operate excavator's in school you're all so damn good at it. You operate them like surgeons.
Then I recommend you watch accidental-broadcast, he's a motovlogger who rides his dirtbike through the jungles of hawaii! They left a chainsaw, and weed eater in the bush for over 400 days! You should go watch them!
You should see me use a excavator. I often pick up shovels and water bottles to hand to the crew. Or put 1 tooth on the bucket inside a 3" PVC pipe to lift it off of the truck and into the trench.
Молодцы шведы..! С чуством, с толком, с расстановкой... А "малышь" то - просто "золотая ручка"... Везде подъехал, всё поковырял, покопал... Респект! Хочу к вам... работать...
Such a great video to watch. Very calming with the sound of rain drops hitting the camera cover. That wrecker looks awesome. In the UK there are a few recovery companies that still use world war 2 vehicles for the shear power they can deliver and lift. The mini digger driver has incredible skill and dexterity with that machine.
Recovery truck is interesting.. I can't recognize it very well - but when I hear it run I recognize the classic sound of a Scania Dsc11 engine. One of the best engines ever..Drove a 112M for many years with this engine - lovely motor. Thanks for a really interesting video. Wales, UK
why don't they put the Volvo in neutral? That guy running the small one is an expert as it looks like its his own hands working very Impressive Fantastic Work!!!!! Great recovery!! Fun to watch!!
This brings back "fond memories" of an incident that happened many years ago on my farm. The back 16 acres is a bog that is mostly much; we don't even know how deep it is, but we know that you can take a 12'x1" pipe and simply push it down out of sight. All the while our kids were growing up I worked the farm during the day, and was a Police Officer in the afternoon. Once the kids were old enough to operate some of the "4 wheelers", they were told not to go into the Bog; which of course one of them did. Kids being kids, one of them "knew better" than the rest of us, and got his 4 wheeler stuck. Rather than telling anyone, he walked home, got my old Massey to pull the 4 wheeler out, and sunk it down to the hubs. Then he, his brothers, and my wife took the Massey 8168 out, figuring its size, power, and winch would surely pull everything out...nope. It was at that point that they decided they had to bite the bullet and call Dad. I was on patrol on the opposite end of the County, and had just agreed to work a double until 7:00 the next morning. To say I was not happy is an understatement, but I kept my cool and simply told them, "everything had better be back in the barn, and clean, by the time I get home tomorrow morning," and hung up. Well, I guess it was a long, cold, wet night for the family, but it was mission accomplished. The only thing I EVER said, after looking everything over was, "good job." Damn...that was over ten years ago, and I can still feel myself getting a little ticked just thinking about it. Now, my oldest grandkids are operating the 4 wheeler, and smaller tractor, and I live for the day when THEIR dad gets a phone call...
You're right you never stand anywhere in the bite of the cable when pulling any load , stupid , if a rigging like that breaks it can slice a person in half.
I can just imagine the potential energy on that cable.... Yikes!!! Professional crew that's for damn sure!!! Great job guys... Thanks for video... Very interesting solution to a nasty problem!!! Not too sure I would be standing there at the end of the video though...
It shows how important a good plan is. But the 2nd excavator operator was clearly the right bloke for the job. Firm but fair as they say. He could probably tie knots with that thing!
There are plenty of politicians who know exactly what they are doing, and execute with surgical precision. But they certainly aren't working to benefit you, they are hard at work for the people that own them.
Well, I must admit that those kind of high skilled professions like these guys do or just similar to those road workers, plumbers, painters etc are seen in a negative way in our society. Most of the people think that a person with university degrees is more valuable.
I was surprised that the small excavator was able to be on firm footing so close to that mucky blue clay pit. I suppose it's because it was undisturbed soil.
bohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,the power of the machines !!!!! i so fukken like this video,WELL DONE.real interesting,every second !!! thank you,for sharing this with us.excelent camerajob..... THX !!!!!!
Nice job everyone!!! I was impressed with the civilian equivalent of a military tank recovery vehicle ....! Thanks - Gordon in Maui (we have our problems here but excessive low-laying water isn't one of them....).
Now that's a wrecker That little excavator is just badass 100 thumbs up to the guys operating the equipment here worth every penny of the cost to save that Volvo
Arent they using steel wires ? Thats should be at lest 50ton each at that thickness, but since that truck supposedly can tow up to 100 tons its safe to assume thats still way below the wires stress limit which might be as high as 150tons. I cant imagine them breaking one in any way in those conditions. But yeah if it broke due to some structural flaw, it would be messy,
If you've operated heavy equipment long enough, you've probably had the unfortunate circumstance shown in this video. If not, you probably wonder how exactly does someone allow themselves to be swallowed up by the earth on a piece of equipment so massive & powerful. Whereas I'm not an everyday operator, I've run rentals enough to find myself in a similar situation at least once & it's not as hard to get yourself in that kind of "jam" as you think. A trac-hoe by nature is top heavy & if you're clearing timber in boggy terrain, all goes pretty well until you've cleared a wide enough swath of timber to find yourself in the middle of a large clearing with suddenly "no bottom" to it. You feel somewhat invincible in a machine you know can pull itself out of almost any situation you get into but when those tracks start spinning & your machine cants to one side, that's when the fun starts. The more you push, pull or move your boom you find yourself just a little deeper in doo & that high elevation you were enjoying looking out across all that in front of you starts to disappear,, your entire rig is sinking or actually digging it's own grave as you twist & turn in the bottomless pit you created. The water table below you starts to rise & turn any semblance of stable ground below you into more mush & consume you the more you struggle with your rig to find some kind of traction or footing to regain an advantage. Those stump holes you created taking down those trees fill & mix with water & unknowingly, you made a perfect storm below you. The biggest issue is losing your equilibrium, where the actual weight of the machine works against you when you lose that flat plane where once all things were equal. Suddenly, the counterbalance of where any machine of this size draws it's strength from is gone & that misplaced weight acts as a digging mechanism & your tracks try to but can't compensate for all that weight displacement. You go deeper & deeper with each move you make trying to desperately not end up like the operator in this video knowing he's going to have to call in for help with a few folks getting a small chuckle out of his misfortune. Your tracks at a diagonal act as a "cutting mechanism" instead of a flat plane used to maneuver on a flat stable surface. The tilt you're suddenly working from creates a difficult effect swinging your boom to pull or push & you're looking into the sky on one side & hitting the bog beneath you halfway around when attempting to utilize your bucket to pull you out. The solid platform you sit inside of doesn't feel so invincible anymore & it's intent to control all that spinning & pulling power has lost it's purpose. It happens to the best of operators & I was fortunate enough that day to work myself calmly out the mess I'd gotten into with the help of a massive pine close by that gave me just enough leverage to grab ahold to & slooooowly pull myself out little by little. After watching this video, I can think back to how with a few wrong moves, I could have probably buried my machine in that perfect bog that day myself. Believe me, the suction of that muck below you doesn't want to allow your escape, it's slippery & sticky consistency wants to hold you & take you down further if it can. As I said, you feel invincible almost with all that power at your disposal but power is relative to the forces around you & even the most enormous of manmade capacity can be swallowed up like a floating city called an ocean liner in the middle of the seas without a trace of evidence it ever existed if the right (or wrong) circumstances prevail..
So true, well said. I've got a big Case580 2wd backhoe and tread very carefully even in what looks to be solid ground. It happens fast and the recovery is long.
I think the real hero is the guy in the little excavator.
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Incredible! The real artist was the gentleman operating the smaller red and white excavator. Good job! From Arkansas, USA.
Anyone from the discovery channel watching then this is how to do it. No bullhit over excitable voiceover, no made up drama. Diesel chugging and the facts as they happened.
Great vid!
The one running the small excavator was AWSOME, was like that machine was an extension of his arm. Watching that recovery and how they made it look easy was a job well done!!! I used to drive a small winch truck, nothing as big as those trucks, and it is amazing what you can do with them. I'm trying to figure out what that cost for that recovery......great job!! Oh yeah and loved seeing the Chevy in the video also.
Great work. The guy standing around has a lot of confidence in the strength of those cables.
Driver of small rescue excavator was certainly exceptionally skillful, safe & methodical. Whole rescue team deserves credit.
After just watching Terribargarn work with their equipment,I would say that there is absolutely no wreck that they could not handle successfully handle. Greg-New Jersey-USA
That Rescue Team is really good Didier,Happy New Year in 2015 et best of luck et good health too friend. Hey-Hey,Greg-NJ-USA
Hello Ivan et Thomas:I would hope the man who drove into the mud(Quicksand)still has his job.I would think so if after the recovery and cleaning the machine was able to run.Greg-NJ-USA
The small excavator operator knows his stuff. Nice `n steady and done it the right way each time.Take a beer my friend
I would hire that mini excavator tomorrow! Brilliant skills.
I would say he's not for hire but the other slew driver is
It was the same guy.
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I found this very relaxing with the constant low end diesel and muck sounds. The final tow is impressive to watch.
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The winner is Takeuchi!!! I´ve got one, too. The best Mini-excavator in the world!
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I enjoy watching people who know what they are doing, do their thing! Cool video! Thanks!
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I am in love with that rotating bucket on the mini excavator!
Was that the slickest attachment or what! That and the little mini grapples were icing on the cake!
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Michael Borchert the bucket turns me on sexually
its an engcon tiltrotator
Incredible. The Red Rig is worth its weight in GOLD. Mini operator is a bad ass and I will take 2 of those swivel buckets. Hats off fellas!
You can tell professionals because they don't keep trying easy ways then eventually figure out how hard it will be, they know from the beginning it's going to take a lot of work, but they know if they do it the right way first, it will work.
Great job
I'm glad I didn't have to pay the bill.
No there was only that way no other way only way is to drag with brute force
@@mw5461 They did a great job.
One of the coolest vids ever. This was my childhood. I loved diggers, trains, buses etc. This recovery is fabulous.
Didier:This was amazing to watch!That swedish recovery company knows their stuff.It was exciting to watch,when I first saw the Volvo backhoe buried so deep,I said,"No way,Impossible!"In the states we call that slippery mud,"QUICKSAND".
Thanks for sharing it. Greg-New Jersey-USA
Happy New Year 2015 Didier:Have a gud year and don't get anymore big Volvo machines stuck..LoL Hi-Hi Good Luck,Greg-New Jersey-USA
Very good job removing the Volvo.I never thought it could be done. Hey-Hey,Greg,New Jersey-USA
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Hello Biyjok es Gigigombas:When anyone 1st would come upon scene of accident they would sayit was impossible to remove machine!Those that did should get a reward!!
Greg-Caldwell,N.J.USA
The operator of that excavator is bloody awesome! He set up those logs like a boss...top skillz
Маленький экскаватор просто КРАСАВА!!!
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Small excavator driver = PRO
Great job planing and great workers who helped to remove excavator.Very big respect from Lithuania!
That was one of the coolest heavy equipment retrievals I ever saw. Loved those beautiful hardwood logs. Some of those guys like bright colors don't they? The small shovel operator really knows his trade. That was the deepest gooiest hole I ever saw.
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The driver of the small excavator is realy good!
Thank god the guy at 2:20 had his shovel! No way they would have gotten it out without him! LOL
Every time I see this in Sweden a monster hole is left behind. This was one of the better tree ramp operations I have seen done. No muss no fuss and just the two winches kept moving strongly. It took a while to break the suction but when that happened it started moving faster.
Excelent film and excelent solution to rescue the poor Volvo.
Very, very good job !!!
Watching this made my husband and I so happy. Happy that we didn't have to be the ones to dig it out. We've have some experience with clay soil and digging things out of it. Nothing like this, but enough to really appreciate the amount of work these guys had to do to get that excavator out. Guys did an great job!
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Spectacular recovery of the excavator !! SUPERB style of pulling with excellent end Results !! A JOB WELL DONE !!
Awesome recovery job! The articulating bucket on the little excavator makes it one VERY handy machine! Smooth operator, and a very logical overall approach. Great job in an extremely difficult spot!
That's quite a versatile head on that little excavator. Haven't seen anything like that before!
Excavator getting excavated....lol ...I think green truck did have a cable connected, just couldn't see it...great job..love that swivel bucket...WOW!
Hey Mom, I´m playing with the mud. Nice done with the saving of the Excavator.
I realy don´t wanna be Close to the Cables. Best regards from Sweden
Incredibly professional recovery, very well done
You bloke's are bloody brilliant. I reckon you must be taught how to operate excavator's in school you're all so damn good at it. You operate them like surgeons.
really interesting . I enjoy seeing what solutions people with ability and knowledge do to solve such problems with what they have available
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Nice job fellas, but I really wanted to see it start right up afterwards.
Then I recommend you watch accidental-broadcast, he's a motovlogger who rides his dirtbike through the jungles of hawaii! They left a chainsaw, and weed eater in the bush for over 400 days! You should go watch them!
mitchsfarm will you post a link to those videos?
UthinkUknowlol3715 just youtube his name.
Why do you get your equipment in there when it's that wet?
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Skilled guy on the little machine
He's the guy that got the other one stuck
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@@ekm1166 No thats not true.....its patrik from terribärgarn ho drives the small excavator....the driver for the volvo standing in the side and watch.
Theirs nothing like watching people that know to operate equipment. Excellent work.👍👍👍👍
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the small digger guy is awesome!!! Well done for professionalism!!!!
That guy operating that small excavator is brilliant.
Abby Babby he's the main actor lol
Yep, moving those logs around reminded me of an elephant's trunk doing similar work! Good job.
You should see me use a excavator. I often pick up shovels and water bottles to hand to the crew. Or put 1 tooth on the bucket inside a 3" PVC pipe to lift it off of the truck and into the trench.
If this location was somewhere other than in neutral Sweden, I wouldn't have been surprised if they found a WW2 German tank in the hole too!
Nice vid!
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Молодцы шведы..! С чуством, с толком, с расстановкой... А "малышь" то - просто "золотая ручка"... Везде подъехал, всё поковырял, покопал... Респект! Хочу к вам... работать...
Some skills there Sweden 👍🏻
Thumb up from France guys, you made a hell of a job !
Such a great video to watch. Very calming with the sound of rain drops hitting the camera cover. That wrecker looks awesome. In the UK there are a few recovery companies that still use world war 2 vehicles for the shear power they can deliver and lift. The mini digger driver has incredible skill and dexterity with that machine.
Recovery truck is interesting..
I can't recognize it very well - but when I hear it run I recognize the classic sound of a Scania Dsc11 engine.
One of the best engines ever..Drove a 112M for many years with this engine - lovely motor. Thanks for a really interesting video.
Wales, UK
why don't they put the Volvo in neutral? That guy running the small one is an expert as it looks like its his own hands working very Impressive Fantastic Work!!!!! Great recovery!! Fun to watch!!
+Bob teebee There is no neutral, there hydraulic drive.
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Well done powerful winch?
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The guy in the small excavator definitely knows how to make efficient moves, give him a raise.
Great machine driving show & proving how essential a till rotor bucket / grab is 10/10
Cool, calm and composed. What a team ! Bravo 🙌 👌
Muito profissional o que essa equipe fez , tudo calculado e esquematizado , sou operador de escavadeira hidráulica trabalho em uma mineradora .
Pretty amazing job. Very well done gentlemen. I'd HATE to be the party responsible for paying for this recovery, but it was well earned.
That's a sweet little mini excavator, never seen one with an arm attachment like that before.
FoolishDoug That's a tiltrotator 90% of all excavators in Sweden use them.
very genius solution guys GJ.....especially the guy driving the small excav..
This brings back "fond memories" of an incident that happened many years ago on my farm. The back 16 acres is a bog that is mostly much; we don't even know how deep it is, but we know that you can take a 12'x1" pipe and simply push it down out of sight.
All the while our kids were growing up I worked the farm during the day, and was a Police Officer in the afternoon. Once the kids were old enough to operate some of the "4 wheelers", they were told not to go into the Bog; which of course one of them did. Kids being kids, one of them "knew better" than the rest of us, and got his 4 wheeler stuck. Rather than telling anyone, he walked home, got my old Massey to pull the 4 wheeler out, and sunk it down to the hubs. Then he, his brothers, and my wife took the Massey 8168 out, figuring its size, power, and winch would surely pull everything out...nope. It was at that point that they decided they had to bite the bullet and call Dad. I was on patrol on the opposite end of the County, and had just agreed to work a double until 7:00 the next morning.
To say I was not happy is an understatement, but I kept my cool and simply told them, "everything had better be back in the barn, and clean, by the time I get home tomorrow morning," and hung up. Well, I guess it was a long, cold, wet night for the family, but it was mission accomplished. The only thing I EVER said, after looking everything over was, "good job." Damn...that was over ten years ago, and I can still feel myself getting a little ticked just thinking about it.
Now, my oldest grandkids are operating the 4 wheeler, and smaller tractor, and I live for the day when THEIR dad gets a phone call...
But you had to do sweet f all, they learned the lesson the hard way. It should be a happy memory for you
Now I want to see a video of that thing being pressure washed clean.
That was very satisfying to watch being 'rescued'!
Holy crap, I wouldn't stand right there with those chains/cables tight...
You're right you never stand anywhere in the bite of the cable when pulling any load , stupid , if a rigging like that breaks it can slice a person in half.
Good thing is you only make that mistake once
i was thinking the same..... that wire would take your head off.... they didn't see the danger. got away with it this time......
I can just imagine the potential energy on that cable.... Yikes!!! Professional crew that's for damn sure!!! Great job guys... Thanks for video... Very interesting solution to a nasty problem!!! Not too sure I would be standing there at the end of the video though...
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It shows how important a good plan is. But the 2nd excavator operator was clearly the right bloke for the job. Firm but fair as they say. He could probably tie knots with that thing!
Don't we wish politicians could run our countries with the skill and dexterity these people do their jobs?
What is missing from this video is the stupid people driving the excavator in that clay pit before the smart people came and saved it.
they we would all living in jetssons now
Workers and scammers....big difference!
There are plenty of politicians who know exactly what they are doing, and execute with surgical precision. But they certainly aren't working to benefit you, they are hard at work for the people that own them.
Well, I must admit that those kind of high skilled professions like these guys do or just similar to those road workers, plumbers, painters etc are seen in a negative way in our society. Most of the people think that a person with university degrees is more valuable.
Crap really does and can happen---these guys got a lot done here with minimum time and expense, good job.
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The excavator pilot is awesome. Got good hands and coordination. Made it look easy.
That guy driving that little excavator around is a surgeon with that thing.
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I was surprised that the small excavator was able to be on firm footing so close to that mucky blue clay pit. I suppose it's because it was undisturbed soil.
That’s what I thought
Bollocks. Hes nowt special.
Well done. No fuss or drama recovery!👏🇨🇮
Respect to the Mini Digger operator,...I bet he could get that thing to butter him a slice of toast if he wanted!....
The attachment on the mini-X is by far the most useful attachment Ive ever seen!
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The sound... terific..great job guys
Great video, I wish you could have shown us the cleanup and restarting of the engines.
Shit just got serious. Bring out the heavy equipment. My 2 year old son wants to watch the video over and over again :)
start them young staring at a phone all day. give him a shovel and a pale have em dig holes
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I wonder what that tow Bill was? Impressive Tow Trucks,
Can anyone estimate a cost for this Job?In dollars Please.
Don't need to know if you have insurance 😋
I always wondered what a retired 6x6 military wrecker would be good for.....
Impressive feat. If they hauled that minivator out there with that little car, I'm even more impressed. ;)
Meserie te halesc! Tare de tot! Experienta isi spune cuvantul!
who ever is operating the small Excavator is a complete boss with the bucket
Водитель Тоусена просто маэстро из филармонии! (-: виртуозно работает на экскаваторе, как на скрипке играет!
good planning, awesome equipment, great job :) the bucket on that mini excavator was unreal!
Pittiy the small
didger driver just didn't drive the big one in the first place
At the 2:22 Mark when the bucket on the mini excavator completely turned around ---it was like an exorcist moment for me lol
Standing by that CABLE THIS guy got some balls if that shit pop!!!!!!!
Swedish power. Calm and collected. Good work fellas
bohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,the power of the machines !!!!!
i so fukken like this video,WELL DONE.real interesting,every second !!!
thank you,for sharing this with us.excelent camerajob.....
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Wow that's gumbo mud with attitude!!! You boys are good......Nice job. Impressive!
You guys made it look easy. Nicely done!
lift the excavator into the mud, using 2 large crane trucks can be lifted, professional work, greetings from Indonesia
That was amazing! Such a cool video... You are fantastic at what you do!
Amber Dean Thanks!
Wished i could give to thumbs up, one for the cool video and for your straight forward and extremely well written heading.
Nice job everyone!!! I was impressed with the civilian equivalent of a military tank recovery vehicle ....! Thanks - Gordon in Maui (we have our problems here but excessive low-laying water isn't one of them....).
Now that's a wrecker That little excavator is just badass 100 thumbs up to the guys operating the equipment here worth every penny of the cost to save that Volvo
Those guys are crazy standing anywhere near the tow lines. If one snapped it would be all over for them.
Yes that mini man smooth nice job and the chevy3/4 ton
Arent they using steel wires ?
Thats should be at lest 50ton each at that thickness, but since that truck supposedly can tow up to 100 tons its safe to assume thats still way below the wires stress limit which might be as high as 150tons.
I cant imagine them breaking one in any way in those conditions.
But yeah if it broke due to some structural flaw, it would be messy,
i couldn't agree more,those cables would kill somebody if they snapped
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There was some luck here. There is really no way to know just how much weight or strain that wire rope cable was under. Wicked dangerous.
As usual... Clueless people repeating what they've heard from other clueless people.
Steel wires are safe when used within their rated limits
Nice work and that 1962 Scania is in brilliant condition
I'm thinkin, some all weather floor mats might be a good investment.
What a great little excavator, a 360 360!
Crazy recovery. Hats off guys to terrible conditions and great teamwork🙌🏼
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You can actually see the clay sucking and dragging on that excavator. Insane forces were involved here.
the operator of the little white excavator is really good!
If you've operated heavy equipment long enough, you've probably had the unfortunate circumstance shown in this video. If not, you probably wonder how exactly does someone allow themselves to be swallowed up by the earth on a piece of equipment so massive & powerful.
Whereas I'm not an everyday operator, I've run rentals enough to find myself in a similar situation at least once & it's not as hard to get yourself in that kind of "jam" as you think.
A trac-hoe by nature is top heavy & if you're clearing timber in boggy terrain, all goes pretty well until you've cleared a wide enough swath of timber to find yourself in the middle of a large clearing with suddenly "no bottom" to it. You feel somewhat invincible in a machine you know can pull itself out of almost any situation you get into but when those tracks start spinning & your machine cants to one side, that's when the fun starts.
The more you push, pull or move your boom you find yourself just a little deeper in doo & that high elevation you were enjoying looking out across all that in front of you starts to disappear,, your entire rig is sinking or actually digging it's own grave as you twist & turn in the bottomless pit you created. The water table below you starts to rise & turn any semblance of stable ground below you into more mush & consume you the more you struggle with your rig to find some kind of traction or footing to regain an advantage. Those stump holes you created taking down those trees fill & mix with water & unknowingly, you made a perfect storm below you.
The biggest issue is losing your equilibrium, where the actual weight of the machine works against you when you lose that flat plane where once all things were equal. Suddenly, the counterbalance of where any machine of this size draws it's strength from is gone & that misplaced weight acts as a digging mechanism & your tracks try to but can't compensate for all that weight displacement. You go deeper & deeper with each move you make trying to desperately not end up like the operator in this video knowing he's going to have to call in for help with a few folks getting a small chuckle out of his misfortune. Your tracks at a diagonal act as a "cutting mechanism" instead of a flat plane used to maneuver on a flat stable surface. The tilt you're suddenly working from creates a difficult effect swinging your boom to pull or push & you're looking into the sky on one side & hitting the bog beneath you halfway around when attempting to utilize your bucket to pull you out. The solid platform you sit inside of doesn't feel so invincible anymore & it's intent to control all that spinning & pulling power has lost it's purpose.
It happens to the best of operators & I was fortunate enough that day to work myself calmly out the mess I'd gotten into with the help of a massive pine close by that gave me just enough leverage to grab ahold to & slooooowly pull myself out little by little. After watching this video, I can think back to how with a few wrong moves, I could have probably buried my machine in that perfect bog that day myself. Believe me, the suction of that muck below you doesn't want to allow your escape, it's slippery & sticky consistency wants to hold you & take you down further if it can.
As I said, you feel invincible almost with all that power at your disposal but power is relative to the forces around you & even the most enormous of manmade capacity can be swallowed up like a floating city called an ocean liner in the middle of the seas without a trace of evidence it ever existed if the right (or wrong) circumstances prevail..
So true, well said. I've got a big Case580 2wd backhoe and tread very carefully even in what looks to be solid ground. It happens fast and the recovery is long.
Dude, you should be a poet. An excavator poet.
As someone who is an everyday trackhoe operator, I disagree. to get an excavator in that position, you have no idea what you're doing.
Well said.
@@clintchapman4319 I agree if your used driving diggers you know where to go and where not to go test the ground first.