Obviously not trying to tell you how to do this but a little piece of advice you may try in the future. Straddle the pipe with the tracks of the excavator. Start digging on one side and as you move across the driveway you can just keep backing up. This lets you put the dirt directly next to the trench and when you want to backfill you can just push it in the the blade or skid steer. Plus it reduces your swing from 180 down to 30 degrees. Great video.
Nice job Ryan, i never heard you say you were an expert excavator, so most of us understand you were doing the best way for you. Just monitor for settlement especially after you get some moisture on your on your fill. You could even add moisture yourself and keep packing it with one of those deeres. Good job.
That's a great project to get done during the summer. It's nice that all of you played a role in replacing the culvert. Great footage as always, especially the slow-motion action shots. Have a great weekend, Ryan!
Glad you mentioned mounding it up because when I worked at the funeral hope the graves would often sink in and we'd have to call the guys back out to add more dirt! LOL! Needless to say the families weren't happy.
I love these we have a case that’s how we clean the enclosures where cows are or other animals just put everything into a pile let skidsteer come and grab it takes to long with skidsteer trying to pop it up or if it’s slippery they make life so easy
Neat little machine. Wish I had one. Can't get over how dry the ground is up there. Your soil must drain good or you've much less rainfall than I imagined.
We have a 17G and it's not quite as fancy as this one, but it is very nice for trenching. It has the hydraulic thumb and we have three buckets for it. I've dug a lot of trenches for conduit with it and we have dug a lot of drainage ditches. We have a bunch of ditches to dig right now, but we are going to do things a bit differently this time. We are going to use a single bottom plow to start all the ditches and then come back with the ditching bucket to smooth the sides.
I rented an old 17C a couple weeks ago to redo a tile by my house, steep learning curve but a lot of fun. You guys did very well, not CT3 or LD smooth but darn close!
Nice rig... we rented one of those mini-excavators when my folks were getting set up to move to Shiner... made short work of a long job... I LOVED the thing! Only thing missing was the hydraulic "thumb" but for what we were doing we didn't really need it, so it was okay. I hated to send the thing back, actually... ton of fun to run and the work went SO fast compared to doing it with a loader tractor or anything else... Later! OL J R :)
thank you for providing great quality content. i really enjoy watching all of your videos. keep up the great work. i cant wait to watch the future videos you are making. its nice to see how a farm works and what goes into making a farm work.
please film some more storms... i also enjoy watching u mow around the farm and working in the fields... thanks for uploading. lets everyone see how farms work... - get it? 😄
well, green horns,, it needed to be compacted in 6 to 8" lifts, and compacted really good on both sides of the pipe it self before totally coving the pipe, any loss dirt on the sides of the pipe the water will find its way along the out side of the pipe and wash, giving you a big sink hole, to were a car or truck wheel will drop right in.. no care was given to do it right operator is in need of a lot of practice. .
I am no expert on drains so do not take this as criticism. I was wondering why you did not put a layer of pea gravel in the bottom and a little around the sides then backfill with dirt and then rocks around the ends? Thanks for the info!
lidsman22 that would be more for a perforated pipe i think. If youre thinking of preventing frost heave it would have to a good 2 feet of gravel underneath but he shouldnt have much of a problem with what hes doing.
with this kind of pipe you never want any kind of drainage rock or stone around it, you want good dirt to seal to the pipe so no water can ever get around the out side of the pipe, as if water did ever get to the out side of the pipe and the ground, the water would wwash out all the ground around the pipe making big sink holes and before long you would have one big ditch with a loss pipe laying there and all your dirt down stream
How not to dig with a excavator you made ten times the mess but you got it done next time straddle the pip and side cast also don’t curl bucket so fast and less dirt falls on the ground. I will say you get a thumbs up you got the job done.... just helpful critism
Cool vid, Ryan! How much rain did you guys get down there last night and earlier this morning!? Hope you guys are stay cool as best as you can! God Bless!
I was going to say but I see your dad got a shovel to hold on too. That made this video look like you guys worked for the city of Milwaukee but you didn't have a cup of coffee in all your guys hands.
Just wondering!? Why does no one in the US seem to know how to use a rototilt on the excavators? This would have made this a hole lot easyer...just askin?
It would have been much quicker and easier if you had straddled the old culvert with the excavator while you were digging. That would have allowed you to dig a much narrower Trench resulting in less material needing to be removed and less time to move it. Your trench ended up being probably twice as wide at the top as it needed to be. By positioning the excavator as I suggested, you would only be needing to swing the machine 90° to the side to drop the dirt instead of swinging it a full 180 degrees. It would have also been much easier to get a consistent depth & A flat bottom all the way across the trench for the pipe to lay on.
Obviously not trying to tell you how to do this but a little piece of advice you may try in the future. Straddle the pipe with the tracks of the excavator. Start digging on one side and as you move across the driveway you can just keep backing up. This lets you put the dirt directly next to the trench and when you want to backfill you can just push it in the the blade or skid steer. Plus it reduces your swing from 180 down to 30 degrees. Great video.
Yep I was wondering that.
Adam Trost also makes a cleaner, narrower and straighter trench
Since both ends of the drive way were steep. I think he made the safe choice for his apparent skill level .
Brian Webber yes that is why we did it that way. Both sides very steep.
Dwight Kuster , hide the keys unless you are there to supervise.
We had one to use a while back on the farm. It's a cute little toy that gets a lot done in a hurry!
That 35G sure is a beautiful, useful little machine. I don't need one but want one.
Got a bunch of seat time on the 35g one of my favorite machines they are a tough little machine and very dependable.
Nice job Ryan, i never heard you say you were an expert excavator, so most of us understand you were doing the best way for you. Just monitor for settlement especially after you get some moisture on your on your fill. You could even add moisture yourself and keep packing it with one of those deeres. Good job.
That's a great project to get done during the summer. It's nice that all of you played a role in replacing the culvert. Great footage as always, especially the slow-motion action shots. Have a great weekend, Ryan!
Travis is a good operator. Good video. It would make a good commercial.
Great video today. My uncle wants one like this on his farm!
Looks like Travis is having fun.. Awesome job!
Nice machine, beats digging it out by hand. Another great video.
Glad you mentioned mounding it up because when I worked at the funeral hope the graves would often sink in and we'd have to call the guys back out to add more dirt! LOL! Needless to say the families weren't happy.
I love these we have a case that’s how we clean the enclosures where cows are or other animals just put everything into a pile let skidsteer come and grab it takes to long with skidsteer trying to pop it up or if it’s slippery they make life so easy
Great video ! You are a best farmer and youtober !
Great job Ryan on the video nice lil John Deere there
travis looked like he was having lots of fun playing with the toy
Neat little machine. Wish I had one. Can't get over how dry the ground is up there. Your soil must drain good or you've much less rainfall than I imagined.
We have good drainage and it’s been about 2-3 weeks since we’ve had any meaningful rain. Storms on the horizon
We have a 17G and it's not quite as fancy as this one, but it is very nice for trenching. It has the hydraulic thumb and we have three buckets for it. I've dug a lot of trenches for conduit with it and we have dug a lot of drainage ditches. We have a bunch of ditches to dig right now, but we are going to do things a bit differently this time. We are going to use a single bottom plow to start all the ditches and then come back with the ditching bucket to smooth the sides.
Nice machine! Sure looks like alot of fun. Thanks for the video
I rented an old 17C a couple weeks ago to redo a tile by my house, steep learning curve but a lot of fun. You guys did very well, not CT3 or LD smooth but darn close!
Good video love to see videos with all of you guys in them keep up the good work thanks.
Great job you should be the photographer for john deere commercials
We had one at my farm to dig out cow Manure and they work really well
It's just a BABY! It's so cute.
We have a 2011 JD 35D series for our plumbing business and love it.
2:50 gotta be the best transition ever !!
Hi your vids are the best
Jack Carmichael also your videos are interesting
Great video!!! That the next purchase of the farm. Also our mini excavator is a E85 and our large one is a caterpillar
Nice rig... we rented one of those mini-excavators when my folks were getting set up to move to Shiner... made short work of a long job... I LOVED the thing! Only thing missing was the hydraulic "thumb" but for what we were doing we didn't really need it, so it was okay.
I hated to send the thing back, actually... ton of fun to run and the work went SO fast compared to doing it with a loader tractor or anything else...
Later! OL J R :)
Hi Travis , use the rafters for a shop or main shop??????????
Good looking machine!
thank you for providing great quality content. i really enjoy watching all of your videos. keep up the great work. i cant wait to watch the future videos you are making. its nice to see how a farm works and what goes into making a farm work.
Great Job on this install!
Go find some stumps Ryan. Perfect opportunity to get rid of some stumps.
Nice work Travis
He shook it more than once! He's having fun!
How much do those 2 counter weights weigh
Great video as always can't wait to see the how to operate video
those john deere 35g I ran one years ago helping my buddy. take water tie tube 😎
please film some more storms... i also enjoy watching u mow around the farm and working in the fields... thanks for uploading. lets everyone see how farms work... - get it? 😄
This comment didn't impress me it really shows how unintelligent you are!
Like your videos, family. Stay safe ! from Indianapolis.
Great video Ryan!!!!
Did you get a chance to run the mini ex. Looks like travis did the whole video
That's one thing I wished I had on my excavator was the hydraulic thumb!!
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We have one on our 17G and it is awesome!
I need one! Not sure what I'd use it for, but I need one!
Great video! Good job on that culvert!
Hey Ryan how come you didn’t run the executor and awesome videos I love watching your videos
Travis is like a kid in a candy store
Its always fun to watch excavators doing their job love your videos ryan
well, green horns,, it needed to be compacted in 6 to 8" lifts, and compacted really good on both sides of the pipe it self before totally coving the pipe, any loss dirt on the sides of the pipe the water will find its way along the out side of the pipe and wash, giving you a big sink hole, to were a car or truck wheel will drop right in.. no care was given to do it right operator is in need of a lot of practice. .
We can’t all be experts at everything! All I know what we have now is 100% better than what was there before.
hfw you got that right, can only do the best one can.. and learn each time
Your no Letsdig18, but you got the job done! Excavators have so many jobs other than digging!
Honestly Deere should just use your videos to promote equipment. It looks so professional! Great job Ryan!
LMFAO
how many acres u farm?
Like it man , Pipe - John Deere 35G.
Did you remember to separate your road base from the dirt?
I am no expert on drains so do not take this as criticism. I was wondering why you did not put a layer of pea gravel in the bottom and a little around the sides then backfill with dirt and then rocks around the ends? Thanks for the info!
lidsman22 that would be more for a perforated pipe i think. If youre thinking of preventing frost heave it would have to a good 2 feet of gravel underneath but he shouldnt have much of a problem with what hes doing.
with this kind of pipe you never want any kind of drainage rock or stone around it, you want good dirt to seal to the pipe so no water can ever get around the out side of the pipe, as if water did ever get to the out side of the pipe and the ground, the water would wwash out all the ground around the pipe making big sink holes and before long you would have one big ditch with a loss pipe laying there and all your dirt down stream
@@arnoldromppai5395 exactly.
@@ctdieselnut thanks,,
Why did you NOT add a culvert at Travis's drive while you had the machine ?? Shortsighted thinking ??
We didn’t have it that long. We barely had it long enough to do this job
Can definitely tell y'all don't run that kind of equipment much but good video keep up the good work Ryan!
We have a mini on our farm we bought it year ago and it can be a lot of fun 👍
Another video of The Kuster Boys Playing with John Deere Toys. sdh in CT
Thank you Ryan.
ryan you had that bucket waving its hair like a blond model. great video
looks like fun to run
Hey Ryan what does it take to be a farmer cuz I want to be one when I'm older
How not to dig with a excavator you made ten times the mess but you got it done next time straddle the pip and side cast also don’t curl bucket so fast and less dirt falls on the ground. I will say you get a thumbs up you got the job done.... just helpful critism
great music choices keep it up
Loved it ryan
Cool vid, Ryan! How much rain did you guys get down there last night and earlier this morning!? Hope you guys are stay cool as best as you can! God Bless!
I was going to say but I see your dad got a shovel to hold on too. That made this video look like you guys worked for the city of Milwaukee but you didn't have a cup of coffee in all your guys hands.
Those excavators are a great tool to have. Love this video!!
I'm not going to lie looks like a good time to me
Did you get to operate it or did Travis only get too?
Thank god for Sloan
Yeah they really pulled through for us!
Curious why y'all didn't backfill with gravel before putting the dirt back?
Aaron McMahon you dont want draining around a drainingpipe!
Ain't it great to have the right tools
what size bucket
Good video, interesting videography,
Nice wonder what one costs?
Around $94,000 I believe
I love watching your videos and have you ever thought about a bigger combine
Just wondering!? Why does no one in the US seem to know how to use a rototilt on the excavators?
This would have made this a hole lot easyer...just askin?
Great video! I was anxious to see what your snapchat meant yesterday!
You should get bags of concrete and stack them around the ends. Once it rains they’ll get wet and harden
Amazing video god job keep it up
Dad's looking like a good foreman.
We're you digging with it
That fun we have the john Deere grander here
I have one of those for landscaping but mine is CAT! Caterpillar power! How come travis drives every time and you don't?
Oh the fun I'd be having in that skid steer
A mini excavator is like a tractor. Once you get a hang of it it is easy to drive
umm you dont drive equipment, you operate equipment, you drive a car you drive a truck
Mini excavators are fun to drive
travis lookes like a kid in a candy store haha
AWESOME!! How old was the culvert u pulled up definitely lived it's life great teamwork. Should be good to go now👍
Nice vid we got an exavator las fall there a handy machine
How long had the old pipe been in there?... Thanks for sharing Ryan..
Kevin Willis I have been here 40 years and it was never changed in that time.
Dwight Kuster.. Thanks for the reply Dwight much appreciated....
Is it a Yanmar or a John Deere diesel.
Yanmar
We have the same one just without a cab
Awesome video
I don’t mean to be critical but that is a very agricultural way of putting in a pipe.
Nice slow motion parts.
Oh the things I would do with that excavator
HealthyPoison I was thinking the same thing
Like dig holes?
It would have been much quicker and easier if you had straddled the old culvert with the excavator while you were digging. That would have allowed you to dig a much narrower Trench resulting in less material needing to be removed and less time to move it. Your trench ended up being probably twice as wide at the top as it needed to be.
By positioning the excavator as I suggested, you would only be needing to swing the machine 90° to the side to drop the dirt instead of swinging it a full 180 degrees.
It would have also been much easier to get a consistent depth & A flat bottom all the way across the trench for the pipe to lay on.
good job