Re-Sloping a Failing Drainage Ditch with a CAT 304 Mini Excavator
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2020
- Major progress on the homestead transformation. We rented Dirt Perfects Caterpillar 304 mini excavator to reshape and grade the slope on a failing ditch. Then we end up with his Kubota Skid Loader and his harley power rake to finish it all off. The project turned out great and we are set up for the next major step on the youtube yacht project. Hope you enjoy!
as always feel free to reach out at captainkleeman1@gmail.com
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Re-Sloping a Failing Drainage Ditch with a CAT 304 Mini Excavator
Nice bit of work there reshaping the ditches.
Going forward sounds like a great idea 💡 👍
Dave Hillier thank you!
I'm down with whatever you do as I love all you videos😊
Hey Capt. So here's my 2 cents on the live stream idea. It sounds great and I'm sure people would tune in. This might be a little surprising coming from a viewer but I personally wouldn't do it. Doing youtube is great and all but it's already pretty invasive on your life. Going live would make it even more so. In doing my project, I've scaled back on taking video since I felt it was getting in the way of just enjoying the time with the family and creating those memories. No matter what anyone says, when the camera is rolling, you act/do things different. i think you're doing really well with the way you're doing things now and personally wouldn't invest more time into this. Not sure if any of this makes sense but there you go. Feel free to email me if you ever want to chat more. See ya buddy!
Lee in the Woods you make a powerful point. Thank you for that honesty!
Lee in the Woods common sense approach! As @Al Lumnah would say, “I like it!”
Looking awesome
dwayne morrow thank you!
Don’t know about a live stream, but for sure run the power. Useful for you, the builders, running lights, tools, drinks cooler etc.. 👍
John Edwards excellent point!
Live-streaming is a neat idea, however, I also agree with Lee in the Woods. Don't burn yourself out or over load yourself. There is always a balance!
You’ll never go wrong going ahead and having power
james dees good point
Livestream capabilities would be cool. Ditch turned out nice. Stay safe brother.
Blackdog Tractor/Excavator thank you sir!
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Nice work! Love the tip on using the narrow trencher first to give your machine that "expensive tilt bucket" feel. 😁
My Tractor Guy that’s right! Works pretty well most of the time.
That butterfly was really cool ---
I think you may need to tighten that slop up in the bucket pins. Great work though
If it digs then it digs
@@CaptainKleeman I can dig it
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, s for the video, well done, amazing, looks fantastic. God bless you and your family have a great day. 🇺🇸
I'm not gonna lie, sometimes I like these videos that are packed with moving dirt. Nice work as always Captain 👍
Construction Trucks thank you!
When do you NOT like dirt moving videos? Why would ANYONE NOT like dirt moving videos? It’s funny we are all on the same channels.
@@KingsOutdoorLife I always like dirt moving videos, yesterday my son and I recorded some road construction with 6 different machines working at the same time, it was great 👍
Awesome Job!!
I think the Live Stream is a very good idea and your ditches look spectacular.
PNW Nvtz thanks for the feedback and thanks for the kind words!
Run what cha brung, and hope ya brung enough is the saying around these here parts!!!
Removal of the sod looks clean but you expose yourself to erosion when you get heavy rains. You should seed or re-sod.
Douglas Branham we are going to re seed everything. Thanks for looking out
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Capt. I thing it would be a good idea that way we can see your progress on the property and having an electric on a job is always a plus charging cordless batteries light so you can see after dark all the wonderful things that electricity can do for you I so I agree go ahead and do it
Getting power and fiber on site as soon as possible is a great idea.
James Rawlings thanks for the feedback!
Next repair for DP video of, repairing, repin, shim, and bush the mini bucket.
Kyle Greer he has bigger projects going on right now. Not the top of the priority list. Still digs and still is billable
@@CaptainKleeman I watch his channel, I know. Just being funny, but can hear and see the play. Know it cost money and time, must prioritize. Too funny! He has been on the repair work on the John Deer.
Power on site is a great option for a lot of reasons- including camera stuff
Lee Krauss that’s true!
That wobble bucket would drive me up a wall.lol
mike seguin beats a wobbly shovel
Thank you, great camera work
A way to test the livestream is to do what Indiana Diesel does when he is live, use your smart phone while going over the days plan live and you can see comments somewhat to respond to them. He usually only does 5 to 10 minutes of livestream. Use the community section to post when you will be live a day before so people can try to catch it if they want to see it.
Running power out, good idea to set up a construction power station, charge batteries for tools that use them, cameras etc.
Running cable or fibre-optic line, unless you plan on putting them into the TH-cam Yacht, would be wasted money.
Jaqui Greenlees good points!
I think that would be a great idea. To be able to see the progress as it goes then maybe be do a recap video after a couple of weeks of all the progress that was done. That way you could answer any questions then. Then if there was any concerns people could help with comments if you need help. And if you have the Mrs. on board then you understand that you will be live and showing people all the things. I am sure you have thought about this before you asked. I like to see the work as it is being done. Thanks for the great videos and keep them coming
Danny LeBarge some good ideas here. Maybe some shorter live streams as a sneak peak to upcoming videos
Complimenti al operatore, bella macchina. Buona soluzione la lama autodirezionale👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👌
Good job on them ditches Cpt !! If I could get power out there I would. Cause when I come there I need my electric !!!!!!! Ya no for coffee pot, eggs and ham for breakfast. Another great vid Cpt. Can't Waite for the next one. Hurry up with it !!!!! Lol.
Spydr 1 have to have coffee!!!
Looking good Captain, it is going to be nice. Yes, I think live streaming would be great. Have a great day.
Brent King -gmail King appreciate the feedback! And you as well!
Livestream of the build would be cool.
Born & raised upstream from you, always looked forward to the towboat videos. Many a summer nights fell asleep to the drone of a tug pushing up the river towards 6 mile island.
Keep up the great work.
I know what the other idea is, you’ll just have to wait until the next video to find out.
Les Ransom oh where at? You’re right about the that, they have a soothing sound when they push by. Unfortunately we had a drone vs tree incident and won’t be having any towboat videos for a while.
Thank you for not having music on your video.
During time lapses some TH-camrs speed up the audio of the equipment to match the video and it's a nice effect. Either normal pitched or high-pitched.
I have asked about it and they say they do it with free video editing software. Like iMovie or similar.
Good interesting video. Keep them coming.
I like your idea. I think it would be cool. The ditch looks great and should drain well.
William Matthews thanks for the feedback!
Looking forward to the live stream test.
Live stream, could get interesting. No doubt people will watch. I will. 🇺🇸
Would love to watch live stream!! That is an awesome idea!!
Thanks for the ditch trick. There will be times I can use that. However, your bucket does have a lot of play, right?
Man my ditches at home could use this. Looks great. Enjoyed watching. 👍. Yes live streaming would be super 👍👍👍
Stephens Farms hey thanks for watching!
You have created a swale there, Captain. A swale is to a ditch as a swell is to a wave to put it in nautical terms.
Papaw hey I appreciate the nautical translation! 😂😂
Very professional job,you know your what you are doing.
Robert Zaske thank you!
The ditch looks good , should work fine
Tony Peters thank you sir!
Just speaking for myself but most times I only have time to look at the tube at night - so I probably wouldn't catch your livestreams as they are happening. I do think that a mounted camera to catch time lapse videos would be neat to see. Either way, I like the channel and will end up watching whatever you put out.
I love the tilt bucket on the new 5 tonne hitachi. Would be perfect for this job
Big Rich tilt buckets are handy
Nice little project captain! I swear that Harley rake saves so much time. You don’t have to be near as picky with the dirt work because that rake levels so nice. As for the live feed I think anything you put up is going to get watched so go for it 👍🏻
Full Tilt Grading now wait just a minute, what do mean “so picky” something you’re trying to say about my operating? 😂😂
Captain Kleeman lol 😂 all I’m saying is that if I had a Harley rake I would not have to be nearly as precise with my excavator work. I wish I had one because it looks like a timesaver. When DP was out here at Jasons I could not believe how he was able to level wet ground with that thing.
Full Tilt Grading it is an impressive tool. No doubt about it.
For my 2 or 4 cents worth; I tend to not watch live streams; they are not nearly so interesting to me. I know that Dirt Perfect does a few, but I do not watch them. Your videos are great just as they are, if you carry on doing them, I will be happy. Stay safe, Mike.
ian s johnson appreciate the feedback! Thank you
that's some nice operating skill ! looks great. I love the exterior shot were we can still hear you speaking, demonstrating the work that goes into video production. And alos I can imagine the neighbour thinking "Here we go again, Kleeman moving dirt and explaining to himself what he is doing. " Ho and here is the old fridge from the demo on Dirt perfect chanel. going to rust there for the rest of is life probably :)
Charlie Dalmasso hahaha, I can only assume my neighbors think I’m crazy. They are good people though. And it might! Not sure what his long term plans for it are
Rock on with the hook up plan! You could also "rent" the space during lulls in construction to fund the next phase!
michael robbins good point!
Very nice grading job. Always enjoy the variety of your videos. Can't wait to see some building going on. Stay safe
Bruce Huff same here. Paperwork is the hold up now but moving smoothly and nothing unexpected has popped up this time around. Excited to see this thing start coming out of the ground!
YES !!! Live stream so you can see the animals and keep people from trespassing on Your Land !!!
aped3 good point. Could maybe put a deer feeder out there
A live camera could be interesting. We have some set up to watch property.
"Hey Martha. The Captain's moving dirt again. Bring me a Pepsi."
Give a man an excavator and every place looks like it needs a hole or a trench....
Great stuff.
Mark G 😂😂 you’re right about that! Always work to be found
Great video, livestream sounds great! Thanks for sharing. Kevin
Kevin Kenyon hey and thanks for watching!
Good ditch trick. Thats a nice looking ditch. Im jealous of your dirt. Whenever I dig I get big ugly chunks of clay or rock!
A Cabin and 50 Acres this has to be the first time I’ve not hit some type of rock or clay. Was a pleasant surprise!
You could use a swivel bucket
michael haiden nah
Sounds reasonable
James Awtrey thanks!
Nice video captain
Hiba Itani thank you!
A little late, but never underestimate the convenience of power. Run something, you'll use it.
Saw it in person the other day, nice improvement.
Live streams are nice if you can interact and reply to comments along the way. If you can’t do that, then edited are better because you can time laps and such to make it move along smoother for us. A long live stream would be too long for many to keep their attention.
Robert Black1911 good points!
Your operating skills are improving tremendously
The progression of the building process will be very interesting and the video would help you avoid some camera setup
Having WiFi at the yacht rental will add a sales feature that many customers will appreciate
The yacht should have a small telescope for wildlife viewing, also a flagpole with a Hoosier flag or customers can bring their flags while visiting
Kids would enjoy a simple periscope
I am sure you have many fun ideas for the yacht
Your girls will enjoy camping out there as well
Good job as always, Captain, salute
bob jacobs all good ideas! Thank you
Power is always useful. Especially when you lose it like (at the Moment, in Pensacola). More options is always good.
Tim Brown oh man. I didn’t realize you are in that area. How did you guys make out?
@@CaptainKleeman I'm not in Pensacola, but my cousin is. He and his wife are OK. I've been in WAY too many hurricanes and I know how much it "stinks" to lose power....
Good job on the ditch b+×@$ 😂😂😂 jokingly a course. Turned out good captain. Power and all would be great to have, but I think most of your viewers would probably miss the lives and just watch bits of the replay. Because most would actually be a work there selves while that type of work is going on. I personally like the videos you guys put out now. Constant live would burn somebody out including yourselves I would imagine but that's my 2 cent spend it how you want.
Andy Moss I agree with you on some of that. Maybe a short one from time to tune to give a heads up or sneak peek of what people can expect in future videos.
Cap I don't know about others on your awesome channel lol but if it is something that is going in on or around the youtu.be yaught I would do it weather I'm going live or not the reason for this is I always think 10 years ahead at least plus would you want to dig again after it's all finished and PURTY lol or dig put a couple lines of conduit cap the ends and cover let it be until it makes sense to spend $ I guess it's COMMON SENSE lol Thumbs up Cap enjoyed the video
Mountain Views good points! And thanks for always leaving a comment sir!
Your idea for live streams is a great one! If that doesn't work out, at least you have power out there for tools while building. Sassafras has a point as well.....I'm sure you can figure out a way to deal with that though.....you know, like not listening to our "advice"....thats always the smart move anyway. Haha.
Travis Macie hey I love you’re advice, well love may not be the right word, But it’s close, I’m sure of it 😂
Late to the party, been busy all day. Enjoyed the video as usual, but as someone else said, it never hurts to have power out there. I don't know if you can get temporary poles where you are, but I'm too old and lazy to drive nails by hand. I understand you've worked construction, but I can't live without my power tools, and the older I get, the more power tools I need. 😁 I don't know how far you're talking from the barn to the TH-cam Yacht, but if you can get power close, I think you're ahead of the game.
Dan Severn you make a good point. I think we are gonna go ahead and get the power out there
Awesome video it's about time you are doing some work. You must have learned that from letsdigit 😄
ANDREW Shullick you stop that 😂
Run the power for sure it's your property like other comments then it there . Good video to !
Don VanMeter thank you!
Captain, that's just another awesome video you've put up for us all to watch. Great job there, looking real nice ! And having some live streams from the yacht site would also be really great !!! :)
Franz Ben appreciate the kind words and thanks for the feedback!
Nice job with power rake rookie. LOL If you post it i would watch it.
Mike Nixon thank you sir!
I would watch your live stream... go for it
Baja Bandito awesome! Thanks for the input.
Another awesome video as always and ditch look great capt. You and Wifey could talk about maybe doing some test run live Q and A shows or some other content see how those go and then discuss making the investment of putting electric and fiber out there. That also would be good content for a mini series of you putting power and fiber out there
Beverly Roemer good idea! Weird to think we have gone the whole time on the channel without doing a live stream.
I think the idea of running power out there would be great.... never hurts to throw in a few live streams every now and then. 👍🇺🇸
D C thanks for the input sir!
Yes,Yes. and yes.
John Cambra 👍👍 and 👍
Awesome job on the ditch mike I think it’ll be awesome to see you and the girls doing a live stream plus having power means you can charge go pro batteries and you Ryobi batteries all over the homestead haha personally I enjoy everything you up load and to be able to see it live sounds amazing good luck with you choice captain thanks for the video
Jamie Clarke all good points! Thanks for the feedback!
Run the power, options are a good thing.
Mandel Adams that’s true!
Any idea that translates to more content I'm all for! I probably wouldn't watch "live " because I work nights and sleep during the day, but I would definitely watch later.
bill sears appreciate the feedback. What kind of work do you do?
@@CaptainKleeman I'm a sterilization tech. We sterlize replacement lenses for cataract surgeries.
I think a live stream would be awsome, great job by the way.
125 SM thank you sir!
Well, there is always solar and battery options for live streaming. I'm not sure about the distance for router connectivity. But you can do Mobile Hotspot and Tethering from your mobile phone. Just trying to save you some $ and digging. But you will eventually bury some cable... GL I'm sure you will come up with something. I like the live stream idea. Cheers!
PS. Better to test the idea before making it permanent.
Keith L thanks for input sir!
oh ya by far put power out there as sone as you can.by the meter put a plug so you can run power tools, make your life much easier
casy casy good point!
I like some of those interesting camera angles that you show. Especially the camera on the bucket filming the blade pushing the pile. Very sexy. 😀
I got a nickle. I don't know how many channels you follow, but Nick over at Welker Farms does live streams sometimes during harvest, planting or spraying crops and he usually gets a lot of viewers, but they have a really big channel now. So it would depend on what you are working on or with how interactive you can be, he is in Montana and except for some power poles and the odd well head, there is nothing to hit with a machine out their fields. I would also suggest you and DP check them out just for the drone footage Nick gets while farming. Not that either of you are bad at getting drone shots, I don't want to sound mean, just thought you might get some ideas from him.
Running power out to the barn would be a good idea if for no other reason that you could break up the cost by doing it in sections. I know you could dig the trenches yourself but you might save yourself a headache if part way through trenching DP needs the machine you are using and you might not get a chance to finish until later.
BlueDually4x4 breaking your the cost by doing it in sections a good point. I haven’t watched walker farms, but I’ll head over there and see how he does things for some ideas . Thank you!
I would really enjoy a livestream....either way appreciate the effort you put into your videos and the hours of entertainment they have provided for me. Thank you Captain and God bless
mrmikeyd thank you for the kind words sir. Are you guys still on lockdown where you’re at?
@@CaptainKleeman Thanks for asking and no there are still safer at home orders for the state so unnecessary travel is discouraged. I really don't have too many places I need to go. LOL
The play in your bucket pins is driving me nuts
Gman76 gee, I sure do hate that for ya.
No need for a tilt bucket if your pins are sloppy!
It would be a great idea to install that so we can see you live feed as well as your videos.
Daryl B thanks for the input and thanks for watching!
@@CaptainKleeman I love your show and could only think of living in the country like that again, I now live in a city of 150.000 people instead of the country of 75 people.
Livestream idea is awesome, i Vote YES. Nice grade job!
Josh Gaines appreciate the feedback and thanks!
I don't watch live stream typically! But we're it a build & construction I'm game. I do prefer watching vids on my schedule so live is a problem
Rockey Rockey that seems to be one of the biggest problems with live is the scheduling of it. Definitely something to think about.
Yes having electric out at u tub lot would come in handy live stream would be great
Richard Hedrick appreciate the feedback!
👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🙏🏻enjoyed😊
Larry Iowa/Texas Rooster thanks!
Well, with harvest about here and I will be stuck in lines for ever or at the field (lol) live stream would definitely break up the monotony! Thanks for sharing!
Mike Bradley you running a harvester or a grain truck or both?
@@CaptainKleeman I drive semi commerical during the day and combine in the evening
Looks like you are doing work for the county, doing a better job as well.
barry hansen hahaha, that section of road is all private.
Heck yea and put a horn button on it so when we come in we can sound to say hi lol
michael haiden 😂
U reminded me of my old grading business partner he had to over dig everything too. Try setting a few grade stakes to work off from
Mark Robert grade stakes always help. But This one wasn’t dug.
Take care and don't work to hard today and GOD BLESS
Billy Shumate thank you sir!
Good morning captain. A live stream would be great. If the ditch doesn't drain good something is wrong with the water 😂😂
Billy Shumate hey thanks for the feedback and I agree!
Well I only have two cents to spare lol! But yeah the live stream would be cool. Nice work on the ditch .
Life in the 906 hey thanks for the feedback!
I think power would be nice. but i think a time lapse would be good. Live stream may be a little much on you and your family.
Willard102 good point, thanks for the feedback
Keep up the spirit, sir. Greetings steel nails and greetings two handles I'm also an excavator heavy equipment operator let's help each other thanks
Live would be interesting to watch, but I think you would spend quite a bit of time setting up to do the work at hand that you would possibly get less done, and as you walk know with concreting time is of the essence. Think it would be worth setting a camera to catch wildlife passing through Mike
Power supply would definitely assist the build too 👍😎
Would gladly come and physically give you my two pence worth to assist your project, but I'm the wrong side of the pond 💪😖🇬🇧
Alex Osborne some good points! Thanks for the feedback sir
I think getting power out there would be a good idea would love to see live streams and watch progress
Bobby Baitinger thanks for the input!
Live stream would be cool, however, if you don't get enough feedback here is another idea. You could get a couple of game cameras that have wifi capability. I know some hunters who have them and can log in anytime from the boats. Also, road and ditch are looking grate...haha
Time Lapse Towboater that’s pretty cool. Has to be frustrating if they see a big buck and they are on the boat! 😂
Never actually thought to dig a ditch that way. 5000 IQ
Brock Calabrese depends on the site, But works really well.
Live stream would be nice, as long as they are made available if we cant make the live stream. As always, I do enjoy your videos! Have a great day/week! P.S. I saw the doggo wandering around while you were working! Love to see him/her enjoying life in the country.
Charlie Metcalf she is always around somewhere if I’m out working!