Another awesome video! Persistence breaks down resistance as you’ve once again demonstrated and at the end the sweet, sweet Word of God! What a meal!! Thank your brother Sam. Keep them coming, God bless you and your family even the more!!
I knew you would get the rock figured out! For me, this has been a fun series to watch. The split screen was a nice touch. Love to watch you work, we can tell you really enjoy what you do. Great message, God can provide great blessings but you have to do your part as well!
I always look forward to seeing your posts . Thank you very much for sharing and your Bible Study comments. I had throat cancer 10 years ago. I had churches praying for me and I’m cancer free .
I enjoyed your message Sam! Looks like your moving some earth now! LoL All the rain you have gotten up there is really slowing you down on this job. I'm going to watch the next video now and see what you get into. LoL Be Safe Out There and GOD BLESS!
Hey thanks Amy, I appreciate that! Hope you can understand my southern accent!🤣 I get about every 3rd or 4th word you say, but I’m getting better at it! 🤪🤣😀 Sam
Sam, That road to the pad is pretty awesome. That is some really good material for roadbuilding. I know that job has been tedious and trying, but hopefully the customer can appreciate the quality he is getting. Looks very expensive, but great quality outcomes are expensive. That message is really good, made me think hard about how i am applying the scripture and its meaning to my life, and living it out as God would want me to. I appreciate you and this channel. Thanks for sharing the content.
Thanks Steve! Nathan is really liking the progress and he is definitely a guy that wants to have quality work done. I’ve been enjoying this project, it keeps you on your toes and thinking all day! That is a message we can all take a pause and consider for sure! God Bless
The Cat "goat" finally found a good way to dig that wall out...lol😂 I really appreciate the messages at the end... they are very helpful and important to me. Thanks🙏
You are a good man. I have only started watching your channel, and I like who you are and the message you delivered at the end. You are blessed of God.
Thank you Phillip and welcome to the channel. I sure appreciate what you said and glad you are enjoying the videos and especially the message… God Bless, Sam
Soddy daisy I’ve been there a few times picking up fishing supplies. Have a long time friend in the area what a beautiful place to call him enjoy your blessings and continue your wonderful work and the blessings of the word of god.
Sam, as much as I enjoy watching Let'sDig18 and Dirt Perfect, I appreciate your channel, especially hearing the Word of the Lord. Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Done Unto You is my life motto.
Man, I like the way those teeth attach to the bucket. Looks like at least one engineer used his old noodle. Looks like you are making real progress now. Thanks for the video and the message brother.
Hi Sam hope you’re well. You know for a one man operation you’re doing great. Jumping from one piece of equipment to another takes up a lot time I know been there and done that, this project is really taking shape. Enjoyed the video and the message was awesome 👍🏻
Thanks Tom and you are right! It’s a job just going back and forth between equipment. I’m liking how the job is going, it has definitely been an interesting project. God Bless and glad you enjoyed the message…
Great video. I always look forward to when you publish. Appreciated the explanation of building over the swamp and makes sense. Thanks for what you do.
My dad used to operate a Cat 245B in a dirt pit back in Oregon. I would ride with him as a kid and he would have his tracks over the edge by 1-3 feet to get the max reach. It terrified me as a kid. I miss those days.
@@tristardiggin my dad could make an excavator dance. I don't have near the hours that he did. But I would say I learned from the best. He also operated a cable front shovel that I rode on (stood behind him).
This particular job is making you earn that living. 😂. It’s putting up a fight and does not want to give in any. But eventually things have a way of going our way and working out. Just doesn’t give it to us very easy. Thanks for sharing Sam.
Todays message should put a lot of people to thinking, including me! Very good “stay at it “ video, most times it will work out , thanks really enjoyed message and video!!!
Awesome video!! I was on a very steep wet grassy hill digging back about a 9-10ft high cut behind a house this week. Building a big retaining wall there. Did not like it. Had to push myself up with the bucket and back up at the same time and use the blade to hold myself in place between pushes with the bucket. Flat landers don’t know what we get into sometimes do they? Glad you got that done safely!! Awesome message! Keep up the great work!
Dynamite, you would save so much wear and tear on your equipment, some times it’s better to make the most costly and economical solution, wear and tear on your equipment gets expensive. 27:27
Gettin kind of worried about ya Sam, you disappeared on us. Looks like you nailed it on getting the rock broke down, yeah kind of scarry up there. Only down side you have to handle the rock twice once to knock it down then load it up.🤔 Gads do I wish we could get a whole bunch of that rock, lets see, freight rates from Tennessee to Oregon...........naw isn't going to work.😁
Those are a great system on the teeth. I guess they still call em keepers. Its a lot better that those ones that you have to beat in from the side. Those tiger teeth will wire out a lot quicker that the teeth you just took off. A 349 with a 10,000 - 15,000 lb hammer would do some damage on that rock. I really enjoy watching you and listening to you. Keep up the good work my friend.
@@tristardiggin You're welcome. If you don't mind me saying this. A good productive cut on an Excavator while digging a cut like that would be the measurement from the stick pin to the bucket pin. Anything more can get risky and loss of production. Years ago when I started in this industry I saw a guy digging approximately 18' deep in a cut and his pad gave away at the time when a triple 7 was backing in to him and he hit the back of the truck bed destroying the bucket cylinder on a brand new cat 5110. Just be safe my friend, like I said I really enjoy watching you.
Glad you getting that wall whooped brother! I wouldn’t love getting up there either. Every time I pull on my trailer I picker up lol. Enjoyed video and message brother! “Blessed”
Looks much better today, if y want to make your new teeth last longer. You can hard face the area that your old teeth took a beating. You don't need a lot just the high ware areas and they will last a long time. you are finally making great progress. Just remember to make it wide enough for a minimum of a 2-1 slope on the high wall to stop caveins from hitting the new house.
@@tristardiggin you are really trying to make it work and I'm older and want to help guide you like you do us with your scripture. Thank you for everything you do for others.
@@tristardiggin if it wasn’t bad enough last week, I buried my phone under 2 feet of 57 took my mini and dug it up. Needless to say I got a new belt clip the next day.
sometimes when the hammer isnt working, and the bucket is struggling, ill put my smallest bucket on and it gives it a little more power since the bucket isnt so wide trying to dig rock
Your going to have to learn to dig in that shale rock to hold up to that Tristar name. We use a ripper attachment or if on flat ground the dozer rips it before we make the cut. Using a hammer is over kill, waste of money. But if you don't have anything always dig against the grain and it should start pulling apart and breaking up once you get it going. Never try to shave the rock and if you have to make a nice slope sometimes you have to undercut it to get all the loose stuff out ant then rebuild with better material or topsoil then track it in. If making a sheer wall cut the top back a little so when a hard rain come you don't have a a chunk of the wall falling out. It's not like clay, water filters right through shale and can be very unstable. So be careful with not much experience with that type of ground in that excavator, seat time is very important as well, you got to know the machine as good as you know the ground.
Looking good Sam! Definitely taking shape. Persistence! More than one way to skin a cat. I’m curious how the water comes off that rock wall. It’s gotta look like a waterfall. Thanks for all you do. 🙏🏻
That reminded me when I ran a D-10 and my blade would just slide across rock that wasn’t shot up good. Only thing to do was find a crack and tru to pry it out.
Great video. Great word!! Question- have you thought about having a subcontractor help you just on bigger projects? Maybe you’ve addressed this in the past and maybe it wouldn’t work. Apologies if you have. I know employees can be expensive. As a GC I chose not to have employees. I hire licensed (if required) and insured subs for bigger projects. Keeps the cost down. No extra financial overhead that pertains to employees.
Hey David thanks for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed it! I have thought about subs to help but timing is the problem. Everyone else is so busy it’s hard to coordinate my schedule with theirs. I’m with you on employees it’s just more than I want to deal with. I do enjoy working by myself and not having to worry about anyone but me.
I understand and agree waiting on their schedules can be difficult. Personally I’ve started my projects and do all that I can until they can get there. Seems to work okay and I have less waiting time, but admittedly I’m in different field of construction than you. Either way, praying for good jobs, profitable jobs and great clients for you! God bless Sam!!
Got to love them jobs that you're excited to start at first but Midway through turns into a real pain side note got to haul my first load in the new truck the other day looks good buddy
Those teeth do work 😃💪💪💪 Once you climbed on top... I take it you are not a fan of heights ? 🤔😵 Cat showed you the way, trust the tracks !!! You had a decent pile at the end, now just to move it..... 🤯😂
Right Alex, I’m definitely not a fan of heights. Just a lot of things to go wrong up there like that. I got rid of that pile already plus an even bigger pile that I moved too. Wow, that was a lot of material to move…
I'm just making a suggestion from someone that does a lot of dirt work you might want to think about getting a ripper attachment for your excavator not trying to tell you what to do just think it would help you might be surprised
Cliff I’m with you on the ripper and it would work great. I had one for the 308 that I had. But, the problem I would have is moving the material. The 313 doesn’t have a quick attach system so knocking out pins going back and forth would be a real pain. I do agree that a ripper would have worked great…
Thank you Michael and glad you are enjoying the messages. It makes it all worth the effort to know folks are enjoying the videos and message. I get it from different places. Sometimes from the local Ag COOP in Athens and sometimes from the local Soil Conservation Office.
Bryce, some excavators with quick attach systems you can do that change quick and easy. But this one has pins and would be a pain to change back and forth… Thanks, Sam
Just curious to why you didn’t top load the truck from the bench so you didn’t have to handle the material twice? No hate at all keep the great videos coming
Hey thanks I appreciate you watching and supporting the channel. Valid point and I would like to have done that except the climb up and down that hill all day would have been rough and time consuming. Would have been ideal for a helper to run the haul truck… Thanks
I only just started watching your videos and I am new in the business here in Indiana; I noticed you unrolled your geotextile directly over vegetation and topsoil. I understand the point of geotextile is to keep the ground and your road base separate, but I did not think you "can do that". Can you talk me through your decision? Genuinely curious and trying to learn. Thanks.
Hey Elijah that is cool that you are getting started in the business. I talked about why I did it that way in the video. I will check and see exactly where it was and put it in another comment…
@@tristardiggin Hahaha you know what as soon as I posted my comment I pressed the play button to continue watching and you started explaining. I'm watching it now. Thanks!
Hey Sam, good job. Lots of volume to move on this site 🤪 Since you have the 313, you take big projects but I also like small projects ! 😁 Sorry, you certainly explain it in your videos but it is to build what ? Hard for me to understand as I use an English translator to speak.
I still like doing the small jobs occasionally too. Building a pad for a shop and a one bedroom apt. The road up the creek is just to have a place to get rid of the excess dirt from the pad location. Thanks
@@BlakeConnor my dad & pop was too cheap to buy a hammer to break concrete with . We were always replacing teeth on a track hoe bucket or crawler loader bucket due to working for a concrete contractor that didnt even have a skid steer at the time. I would see where the new style could be a pita to change,if someone didn't change out a lot of teeth
@@B422TMack we dig in a really sandy clay a bit and can go through a set in a couple days. But tiger teeth are no good digging around pipes so end up using chisels as it’s a pain to change between the jobs even second day.
It ain't got no gas in it" - Slingblade... 😜 I love the vintage 1/2" drive breaker bar - I've got one just like it from a lifetime ago....Back when Craftsman was a different tool company. Y'know -- After all this, you know for sure this man has a home that will NOT settle ... Is Matthew 7:24-27 applicable here ?
Just find it ofd you roll filter cloth ontop Of topsoil... whats the point? Inless the topsoil is a inch thin or something, and the rock will just punch and rip thru it.. would have been easier to cut the topsoil out, I dont know thats just what Ive come to notice
To refer to an earlier post...A lady once wrote her autobiography in four short chapters. Chapter One: I walked down a new street. There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fell into it. It wasn't my fault. It took me a long time, but I finally got out. Chapter Two: I walked down the SAME street. There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fell into it. It WAS my fault. It took me a long time, but I finally got out. Chapter Three: I walked down the SAME street. There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walked around it. Chapter four: I walked down a different street. Sometimes, we have to take a different street; so, that might be implementing Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, or in her case, Plan D. Not to be discouraged, you finished digging out that slate wall that put up a pretty good fight, but you persevered, learned, and applied that knowledge. Romans 8:28 "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose." May the Lord Bless you Sam (and your viewers) and keep each of you safe. Until next time, Mike&Pat
probably would have been worth parking the jcb at the bottom so you could put all that overburden straight into the back. Im also not a dirt man so i might not know what im talking about
Isaac that is definitely the more efficient way to load and haul it. But, in this case, hiking up and down that hill all day would have eaten up a bunch of time as well as ended my day early from being worn out…🤪😀
As long as you go right straight up a hill like that hill and you go right straight back down that hill you can climb any hill to get it taken down and don’t go a lot sideswards with equipment because it will tip when I worked I use to be an equipment operator and I use to love to take the equipment and climb up hills with it and to tell you the truth I didn’t have any fear of taking it up or down any hill I was an equipment operator off and on my mane job was that I was a logger and a laborer My neighbor had a bunch of cat equipment and sometimes he would have me cut trees out of his way for when he was building roads and horse arena’s and house pads I did such a good job for him and I worked really hard for him that he came to me one day and said Jamie that’s my name anytime that I needed the equipments help with something he told me to feel free to operate it if I wanted to I didn’t know how to place the dirt or know how to operate the equipment he didn’t wind up showing me how to operate it he just let me learn on my own I operated a d6n and a d7hseries 2 cat dozers for him long with his 950g wheel loader and his 320 excavator that he had that type of business wasn’t was doing to good for him so he wound up selling all of his equipment and for me logging and laboring and avocado farming was coming to an end and getting hard to find work and people that would pay me for working for them so I just wound up retireing people took advantage of me when I was in the work force I’m glad that I’m out of it
I got it off of Amazon. It’s called a drone bike mount. Designed to attach to bike handle bars. Just have to find the right one for your particular drone…
Looking at what your doing ???? As well the your preamble to clear the top and lift the layers from above in order to get road rock. Although I think/wonder if a ripper for your hoe would work better producing larger rock for your road/s. That way lasting longer ????
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Praise the Lord I do not have lung cancer, found out results on Tuesday! There’s power in prayer thank you all . God is good!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏
That is awesome news and glad to hear that! Praise the Lord! 😀
🙏🏻 praise the Lord
Praise the Lord!
Another awesome video! Persistence breaks down resistance as you’ve once again demonstrated and at the end the sweet, sweet Word of God! What a meal!! Thank your brother Sam. Keep them coming, God bless you and your family even the more!!
Thanks Allon, I appreciate that! I like the way you said that, “persistence breaks down resistance”.
God Bless
I knew you would get the rock figured out! For me, this has been a fun series to watch. The split screen was a nice touch. Love to watch you work, we can tell you really enjoy what you do. Great message, God can provide great blessings but you have to do your part as well!
Thank you Mike! I’m definitely enjoying this project too. It keeps you thinking and on your toes.
God Bless
I always look forward to seeing your posts .
Thank you very much for sharing and your Bible Study comments.
I had throat cancer 10 years ago. I had churches praying for me and I’m cancer free .
Hey Milton, that is great news that you are cancer fee! 😀
I appreciate you watching and supporting the channel!
God Bless,
Sam
God has already been blessed.
I had a back hoe I miss it. I always wanted to work a track hoe.
I already saw the video on the tv.
Enjoy your videos. And your message. Keep up the good work. You are appreciated.
Thank you Tim and I appreciate what you said! Thanks for watching and commenting…
God Bless,
Sam
I enjoyed your message Sam! Looks like your moving some earth now! LoL All the rain you have gotten up there is really slowing you down on this job. I'm going to watch the next video now and see what you get into. LoL Be Safe Out There and GOD BLESS!
Hey Jim, the rain has definitely been a slow down! Glad you enjoyed the message.
God Bless
Ah so glad you commented on my video. I’ll certainly be watching your channel from now on 😊
Hey thanks Amy, I appreciate that! Hope you can understand my southern accent!🤣 I get about every 3rd or 4th word you say, but I’m getting better at it! 🤪🤣😀
Sam
@@tristardiggin 😂😂 I’m still learning to slow it down a bit 🤣
@the_digger_girl 😀
Sam, That road to the pad is pretty awesome. That is some really good material for roadbuilding. I know that job has been tedious and trying, but hopefully the customer can appreciate the quality he is getting. Looks very expensive, but great quality outcomes are expensive. That message is really good, made me think hard about how i am applying the scripture and its meaning to my life, and living it out as God would want me to. I appreciate you and this channel. Thanks for sharing the content.
Thanks Steve! Nathan is really liking the progress and he is definitely a guy that wants to have quality work done. I’ve been enjoying this project, it keeps you on your toes and thinking all day! That is a message we can all take a pause and consider for sure!
God Bless
The Cat "goat" finally found a good way to dig that wall out...lol😂
I really appreciate the messages at the end... they are very helpful and important to me. Thanks🙏
Yup, the ole goat went right on up there! I appreciate what you said and glad the message is a blessing!
God Bless…
@@tristardiggin 👍
Sam you work so hard! No one else on your staff
Thanks Aaron. It’s just me but I like it that way…😀👍
@@tristardiggin you are amazing! And highly favored!
@aaronburford5701 👍😀
You are a good man. I have only started watching your channel, and I like who you are and the message you delivered at the end. You are blessed of God.
Thank you Phillip and welcome to the channel. I sure appreciate what you said and glad you are enjoying the videos and especially the message…
God Bless,
Sam
Soddy daisy I’ve been there a few times picking up fishing supplies. Have a long time friend in the area what a beautiful place to call him enjoy your blessings and continue your wonderful work and the blessings of the word of god.
Thanks I’m glad you are enjoying the message and I appreciate what you said!
God Bless,
Sam
Great video and nice work Sam! Nice to see you were able to get at the rock after a few different approaches.
Hey thanks, I appreciate that! Yup, digging through the rock was a challenge but I finally got it figured out…🤪
“Quit just listenin to it.” Right on….. so glad you got it whipped. Proud of you man!
Yup, just get to doing what it says! 😀 I just kept pouring ideas at it until it gave up…
Sam, as much as I enjoy watching Let'sDig18 and Dirt Perfect, I appreciate your channel, especially hearing the Word of the Lord. Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Done Unto You is my life motto.
Thanks John, I appreciate that! Those are two good channels to watch for sure.
That is a good motto to live by…
God Bless
Man, I like the way those teeth attach to the bucket. Looks like at least one engineer used his old noodle. Looks like you are making real progress now. Thanks for the video and the message brother.
Yeah Buddy, those teeth are the cats meow! That engineer needs a free lunch! 🤪😀
Thanks and God Bless
Thank you so much for the video and message !
Thank you Joy and I appreciate you watching and commenting…
God Bless,
Sam
Awesome Job & Message!!
Thanks Greg!
Great message!! That is some tough shale getting up above so you pull up makes all the difference God Bless
Glad you enjoyed the message! Definitely some tough stuff to deal with…
Thanks
Hi Sam hope you’re well. You know for a one man operation you’re doing great. Jumping from one piece of equipment to another takes up a lot time I know been there and done that, this project is really taking shape. Enjoyed the video and the message was awesome 👍🏻
Thanks Tom and you are right! It’s a job just going back and forth between equipment. I’m liking how the job is going, it has definitely been an interesting project. God Bless and glad you enjoyed the message…
Great video. I always look forward to when you publish. Appreciated the explanation of building over the swamp and makes sense. Thanks for what you do.
Hey thanks, I certainly appreciate that! 😀
Great video Sam. Love the rock teeth. They are getting it done. And as always a great message.
Thanks Ron! 😀 First time I’ve used the rock teeth and I do like them for sure…
My dad used to operate a Cat 245B in a dirt pit back in Oregon. I would ride with him as a kid and he would have his tracks over the edge by 1-3 feet to get the max reach. It terrified me as a kid. I miss those days.
That is a man with the nerves of steel! 😳
@@tristardiggin my dad could make an excavator dance. I don't have near the hours that he did. But I would say I learned from the best. He also operated a cable front shovel that I rode on (stood behind him).
@andrewbrenneman9592 Thatvos some cool memories to have. I sure like watching a pro run a piece of equipment…
This particular job is making you earn that living. 😂. It’s putting up a fight and does not want to give in any. But eventually things have a way of going our way and working out. Just doesn’t give it to us very easy. Thanks for sharing Sam.
Thank Tony, it has definitely been an interesting job for sure…🤪👍
You’re welcome. That it has. I’m sure it has tested your patience.
It`s a little bit shakey up there, but it sure does the job a whole lot faster, that will save you days of work, well done sir.
Thank you Joe! It was definitely cutting through that stuff from up top…
Todays message should put a lot of people to thinking, including me! Very good “stay at it “ video, most times it will work out , thanks really enjoyed message and video!!!
Brian that is exactly right! It should make us pause and see where we stand!
God Bless…
Excellent video and message 👍
Thank you Scott!😀
Awesome video!! I was on a very steep wet grassy hill digging back about a 9-10ft high cut behind a house this week. Building a big retaining wall there. Did not like it. Had to push myself up with the bucket and back up at the same time and use the blade to hold myself in place between pushes with the bucket. Flat landers don’t know what we get into sometimes do they? Glad you got that done safely!! Awesome message! Keep up the great work!
Yuk! That doesn’t sound like fun at all.🤪🤣
Steep slopes make things interesting for sure…
Thanks
Thought you were gonna have to go get a Ripper there for a minute! Adapt, overcome, conquer!
Hey David that was definitely an option on the table. I was looking at them for sure…
Dynamite, you would save so much wear and tear on your equipment, some times it’s better to make the most costly and economical solution, wear and tear on your equipment gets expensive. 27:27
Dynamite would have been a lot of fun to see used…
Thanks
This is proof that knowledge and experience is key to a job well done
Thanks Steve! But, I was about to run out of ideas. 😀
Awesome video Sammy 👍 Thanks for sharing 8
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Thanks Jon! 😀
Great work.
Thanks Dakota! 😀
Gettin kind of worried about ya Sam, you disappeared on us. Looks like you nailed it on getting the rock broke down, yeah kind of scarry up there. Only down side you have to handle the rock twice once to knock it down then load it up.🤔 Gads do I wish we could get a whole bunch of that rock, lets see, freight rates from Tennessee to Oregon...........naw isn't going to work.😁
Well, went can send you some right on up to Oregon! We have plenty of it.🤪😀
Finally made some headway with it…
Thanks
Those are a great system on the teeth. I guess they still call em keepers. Its a lot better that those ones that you have to beat in from the side. Those tiger teeth will wire out a lot quicker that the teeth you just took off. A 349 with a 10,000 - 15,000 lb hammer would do some damage on that rock. I really enjoy watching you and listening to you. Keep up the good work my friend.
Thanks David! 😀 I would love to have gotten a big hammer in there for sure. I agree on the tooth system, that worked great for changing them…
Sam
@@tristardiggin
You're welcome. If you don't mind me saying this. A good productive cut on an Excavator while digging a cut like that would be the measurement from the stick pin to the bucket pin. Anything more can get risky and loss of production. Years ago when I started in this industry I saw a guy digging approximately 18' deep in a cut and his pad gave away at the time when a triple 7 was backing in to him and he hit the back of the truck bed destroying the bucket cylinder on a brand new cat 5110. Just be safe my friend, like I said I really enjoy watching you.
Thanks…
Good luck with your work brother❤❤
Thank you Nyra! 😀
Glad you getting that wall whooped brother! I wouldn’t love getting up there either. Every time I pull on my trailer I picker up lol. Enjoyed video and message brother! “Blessed”
Thanks Cody! Pucker factor was high on that one…🤪😀
Nice days work and a great message
Thank you Stephen!
God Bless
Looks much better today, if y want to make your new teeth last longer. You can hard face the area that your old teeth took a beating. You don't need a lot just the high ware areas and they will last a long time. you are finally making great progress. Just remember to make it wide enough for a minimum of a 2-1 slope on the high wall to stop caveins from hitting the new house.
Thanks Charles, I appreciate the info. Hard facing would be a big help.
@@tristardiggin you are really trying to make it work and I'm older and want to help guide you like you do us with your scripture. Thank you for everything you do for others.
@@charleswelch249 Yes Sir, I appreciate you watching and supporting the channel…
God Bless
Another great video😅😅😅.
Thanks I appreciate that! 😀
Seen that tripod on the back of the truck I buried my GoPro the other week took me three hours to find it, but I got it. Enjoyed the video as always.
Raymond, I’ve been there. It’s a bad feeling when you know you buried it! 😳🤪
@@tristardiggin if it wasn’t bad enough last week, I buried my phone under 2 feet of 57 took my mini and dug it up. Needless to say I got a new belt clip the next day.
Wow! When it rains it pours…
@@tristardiggin I was happy I got both of them back in working condition
Hey if you use a needle scaler on the teeth it cleans them up nicely.
A needle scaler would work great. I need to get one…
Thanks,
Sam
We are all blessed but some of us don’t see it we are blind good job sir
That’s right Rubio! Our blessing are all around us! 😀
God Bless
sometimes when the hammer isnt working, and the bucket is struggling, ill put my smallest bucket on and it gives it a little more power since the bucket isnt so wide trying to dig rock
Yeah that is a good way to rip it out better…
Thanks, Sam
Your going to have to learn to dig in that shale rock to hold up to that Tristar name. We use a ripper attachment or if on flat ground the dozer rips it before we make the cut. Using a hammer is over kill, waste of money. But if you don't have anything always dig against the grain and it should start pulling apart and breaking up once you get it going. Never try to shave the rock and if you have to make a nice slope sometimes you have to undercut it to get all the loose stuff out ant then rebuild with better material or topsoil then track it in. If making a sheer wall cut the top back a little so when a hard rain come you don't have a a chunk of the wall falling out. It's not like clay, water filters right through shale and can be very unstable. So be careful with not much experience with that type of ground in that excavator, seat time is very important as well, you got to know the machine as good as you know the ground.
Hey Aaron, I appreciate the info. Definitely a learning curve on this one.
Thanks,
Sam
That made me nervous. Great operating!
Thanks Rus and to be honest I was a bit nervous up there too! Didn’t care much for that…🤪😀
Looking good Sam! Definitely taking shape. Persistence! More than one way to skin a cat. I’m curious how the water comes off that rock wall. It’s gotta look like a waterfall.
Thanks for all you do. 🙏🏻
Thanks Dave! Yup, you just have to hang in there and figure it out. That would make a cool waterfall…🤪
That reminded me when I ran a D-10 and my blade would just slide across rock that wasn’t shot up good. Only thing to do was find a crack and tru to pry it out.
Steve I bet that ole D10 was a grinding on those rocks. Yup, find a weak spot and pry it out…
Bad enough I needed help from the guy running a D-11. We got it done though.
Great message and video keep em coming. You need Diesel with you to help you. Thanks Sam .
Thanks Kevin! I do need to get Diesel back on the job site. He sure loves to be out working…
Great video. Great word!! Question- have you thought about having a subcontractor help you just on bigger projects? Maybe you’ve addressed this in the past and maybe it wouldn’t work. Apologies if you have. I know employees can be expensive.
As a GC I chose not to have employees. I hire licensed (if required) and insured subs for bigger projects. Keeps the cost down. No extra financial overhead that pertains to employees.
Hey David thanks for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed it! I have thought about subs to help but timing is the problem. Everyone else is so busy it’s hard to coordinate my schedule with theirs. I’m with you on employees it’s just more than I want to deal with. I do enjoy working by myself and not having to worry about anyone but me.
I understand and agree waiting on their schedules can be difficult.
Personally I’ve started my projects and do all that I can until they can get there. Seems to work okay and I have less waiting time, but admittedly I’m in different field of construction than you.
Either way, praying for good jobs, profitable jobs and great clients for you! God bless Sam!!
@davidwarner7057 Thanks David, I appreciate the prayers and pray the same for you!
God Bless,
Sam
Way to get it whooped Sam!!! Glad your making good progress now!!! About to be the time of the year on a big project the AC be nice on the Hog!!!
Thanks! I’m making some good progress on it now. 😀 You aren’t kidding the Hog is going to need the AC soon!
Hi Sam, you make dirt work look so easy. Were those replacement expensive? Keep up the good work
Thanks Rick!😀 The new teeth were a bit pricey. Both sets were a little over $900.
Got to love them jobs that you're excited to start at first but Midway through turns into a real pain side note got to haul my first load in the new truck the other day looks good buddy
Hey Eric, that is great to hear you are using the truck now! This job has been a good one for sure. Keeps you on yours toes for sure…😀
Those teeth do work 😃💪💪💪
Once you climbed on top... I take it you are not a fan of heights ? 🤔😵 Cat showed you the way, trust the tracks !!!
You had a decent pile at the end, now just to move it..... 🤯😂
Right Alex, I’m definitely not a fan of heights. Just a lot of things to go wrong up there like that. I got rid of that pile already plus an even bigger pile that I moved too. Wow, that was a lot of material to move…
Dynamite ... 😆
Jim, that was my first choice and would have been fun! 😀
I'm just making a suggestion from someone that does a lot of dirt work you might want to think about getting a ripper attachment for your excavator not trying to tell you what to do just think it would help you might be surprised
Cliff I’m with you on the ripper and it would work great. I had one for the 308 that I had. But, the problem I would have is moving the material. The 313 doesn’t have a quick attach system so knocking out pins going back and forth would be a real pain. I do agree that a ripper would have worked great…
That’s why they invented cat and heavy equipment for for climbing hills and to get the dirt moved
Yup 👍
Hi Sam good to see ya
Hey Jim, hope you are doing well!
So far so good
Yup, it’s coming along nicely…
Great video! I really appreciate all your messages. Can you say where you bought the roll of road fabric? Thanks so much!
Thank you Michael and glad you are enjoying the messages. It makes it all worth the effort to know folks are enjoying the videos and message. I get it from different places. Sometimes from the local Ag COOP in Athens and sometimes from the local Soil Conservation Office.
Last couple videos of this job I imagined you would turn the bucket around and dig upwards from the bottom
Bryce, some excavators with quick attach systems you can do that change quick and easy. But this one has pins and would be a pain to change back and forth…
Thanks,
Sam
I like the way those teeth look on . That’s a much better system
Steve that is right! First time I have seen this style and I really like them…
Just curious to why you didn’t top load the truck from the bench so you didn’t have to handle the material twice?
No hate at all keep the great videos coming
Hey thanks I appreciate you watching and supporting the channel. Valid point and I would like to have done that except the climb up and down that hill all day would have been rough and time consuming. Would have been ideal for a helper to run the haul truck…
Thanks
I only just started watching your videos and I am new in the business here in Indiana; I noticed you unrolled your geotextile directly over vegetation and topsoil. I understand the point of geotextile is to keep the ground and your road base separate, but I did not think you "can do that". Can you talk me through your decision? Genuinely curious and trying to learn. Thanks.
I guess I should add here in Indiana I rarely use geotextile due to the clay here just below the surface of the soil.
Hey Elijah that is cool that you are getting started in the business. I talked about why I did it that way in the video. I will check and see exactly where it was and put it in another comment…
@@yaktuallyat 36:20 I talk about why I did it that way…
@@tristardiggin Hahaha you know what as soon as I posted my comment I pressed the play button to continue watching and you started explaining. I'm watching it now. Thanks!
Hey Sam, good job.
Lots of volume to move on this site 🤪
Since you have the 313, you take big projects but I also like small projects ! 😁
Sorry, you certainly explain it in your videos but it is to build what ?
Hard for me to understand as I use an English translator to speak.
I still like doing the small jobs occasionally too. Building a pad for a shop and a one bedroom apt. The road up the creek is just to have a place to get rid of the excess dirt from the pad location.
Thanks
Oh man thats a lot faster way of taking teeth on & off the buckets . I'm so old school that I'm used to the pins in the teeth .😅
Mack from West TN ..
Would be handy if you change them out a lot
Yes beating the pins in with any type of hammer is for the birds
@@BlakeConnor my dad & pop was too cheap to buy a hammer to break concrete with . We were always replacing teeth on a track hoe bucket or crawler loader bucket due to working for a concrete contractor that didnt even have a skid steer at the time.
I would see where the new style could be a pita to change,if someone didn't change out a lot of teeth
@@johnprue Yes sir that's for sure . I beat my share of pins out myself .
@@B422TMack we dig in a really sandy clay a bit and can go through a set in a couple days. But tiger teeth are no good digging around pipes so end up using chisels as it’s a pain to change between the jobs even second day.
It ain't got no gas in it" - Slingblade... 😜
I love the vintage 1/2" drive breaker bar - I've got one just like it from a lifetime ago....Back when Craftsman was a different tool company.
Y'know -- After all this, you know for sure this man has a home that will NOT settle ... Is Matthew 7:24-27 applicable here ?
Yup, that was my Papaw’s old pull bar. It’s cool to still be using his tools. That is right for sure. That is a strong foundation to build on…
PRAISE JESUS CHRIST IUR LORD AND SAVIOR AMEN HALLELUJAH GOD IS GREAT AND MERCIFUL AMEN
Thanks Adam and I’m with you on that! Amen…😀
God Bless,
Sam
Just find it ofd you roll filter cloth ontop
Of topsoil... whats the point? Inless the topsoil is a inch thin or something, and the rock will just punch and rip thru it.. would have been easier to cut the topsoil out, I dont know thats just what Ive come to notice
Yup, I understand what you are saying. And normally that would be the case. At 36:20 I talk about why I did it that way…
Thanks
To refer to an earlier post...A lady once wrote her autobiography in four short chapters. Chapter One: I walked down a new street. There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fell into it. It wasn't my fault. It took me a long time, but I finally got out. Chapter Two: I walked down the SAME street. There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fell into it. It WAS my fault. It took me a long time, but I finally got out. Chapter Three: I walked down the SAME street. There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walked around it. Chapter four: I walked down a different street. Sometimes, we have to take a different street; so, that might be implementing Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, or in her case, Plan D. Not to be discouraged, you finished digging out that slate wall that put up a pretty good fight, but you persevered, learned, and applied that knowledge. Romans 8:28 "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose." May the Lord Bless you Sam (and your viewers) and keep each of you safe. Until next time, Mike&Pat
Thank you Mike & Pat, I appreciate that and also thanks for the latest book y’all sent!
God Bless
probably would have been worth parking the jcb at the bottom so you could put all that overburden straight into the back. Im also not a dirt man so i might not know what im talking about
Isaac that is definitely the more efficient way to load and haul it. But, in this case, hiking up and down that hill all day would have eaten up a bunch of time as well as ended my day early from being worn out…🤪😀
You scare me with those balancing acts. Whew what a message. Good for me.
Roxy, I scare myself sometimes too! 🤪
I kept saying to the phone to get on top and dig it, but you couldn't hear me, lol
I finally heard you Randy! 😀🤪🤣
@tristardiggin I see that. That's some hard digging right there! Looking good!
Howdy Sam
Hello Tugboat…
You need a single shank ripper brother
I agree, a ripper would be nice to have for a job like this…
Thanks
What do they call that style of tooth with that locking system?
Good question Blake, I’m not sure what they are called. But I definitely like them…
I HOPE YOU HAD YOUR SEATBELT ON???
Most definitely! 🤪
As long as you go right straight up a hill like that hill and you go right straight back down that hill you can climb any hill to get it taken down and don’t go a lot sideswards with equipment because it will tip when I worked I use to be an equipment operator and I use to love to take the equipment and climb up hills with it and to tell you the truth I didn’t have any fear of taking it up or down any hill I was an equipment operator off and on my mane job was that I was a logger and a laborer My neighbor had a bunch of cat equipment and sometimes he would have me cut trees out of his way for when he was building roads and horse arena’s and house pads I did such a good job for him and I worked really hard for him that he came to me one day and said Jamie that’s my name anytime that I needed the equipments help with something he told me to feel free to operate it if I wanted to I didn’t know how to place the dirt or know how to operate the equipment he didn’t wind up showing me how to operate it he just let me learn on my own I operated a d6n and a d7hseries 2 cat dozers for him long with his 950g wheel loader and his 320 excavator that he had that type of business wasn’t was doing to good for him so he wound up selling all of his equipment and for me logging and laboring and avocado farming was coming to an end and getting hard to find work and people that would pay me for working for them so I just wound up retireing people took advantage of me when I was in the work force I’m glad that I’m out of it
Sounds like you had some good opportunities to run the equipment. Appreciate you watching and supporting the channel…
Sam
Sam - the alphabet goes from A to Z - what plan are you on now with this project??? lol
Well Allan, I think I’m starting over at “AA”…🤪😀
How’d you mount your drone controller on there?
I got it off of Amazon. It’s called a drone bike mount. Designed to attach to bike handle bars. Just have to find the right one for your particular drone…
Looking at what your doing ???? As well the your preamble to clear the top and lift the layers from above in order to get road rock.
Although I think/wonder if a ripper for your hoe would work better producing larger rock for your road/s. That way lasting longer ????
Thanks Edward, I appreciate you watching and commenting. A ripper would work great for tearing out that rock…
Sam
You need some ANFO and a drill!
Yup, that would be a lot of fun! 😀
I got to view and comment 1st! Woohoo!
Ralph you were definitely quick on the trigger on this one! 😀🤪👍
To bad you didn't have a ripper on the dozer
Right, a ripper on the dozer would be nice to have…
Thanks
Sam, if you could mail me about 2,000 tons of that rock, I’d appreciate it. Sure could use it 😂
Yup, you could definitely use it! Some good stuff…😀
@@tristardiggin finally got my dozer I’ve been needing. Can’t wait to put it to work. Be blessed Sam 👍🏻
@joeyfort2467 Sweet, you can do some pushing now. Will check it out…
Question ??? Who lead the Nation that broke/tore down the Walls of Jericho ???
GOD
Well, ultimately it was the Lord and Joshua was leader of the people…
Great work by the 313.The Rapture is a event restricted to those who trust Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin and everlasting life.
Thanks! 😀 Yup, I’m with you on that…
Are you going to pull a Chris and auction your teeth on eBay
Randy I didn’t know he did that! Wonder what they sold for? I might get a nickel for each…🤪🤣😀
Why so much face time let what you did with machines be the star of videos
Some like the explanation and some don’t…
Thanks,
Sam
Just a suggestion, get up top side an dig. The layers are running uphill. Those rock teeth Otta roll it right out.
Thanks Kerry, definitely right about that. It worked out great…😀👍
You probably realized it before I did.
You certainly made progress .
Nice job.
@kerrysullivan6294 Thanks! 😀