Thank you for ALL of these videos. We live half a mile above Poorman turn off. We could not find any news of Fourmile until we came across your videos on TH-cam. Thank you, Thank you
Anyone can operate an excavator, just like playing video games, the difference is training and this fellow certainly this was his first time dealing with a blocked stream. The bucked clears the canal perpendicular to the water flow pulling the rocks and sand towards the excavator, advancing one bucket width each time.
This crew of professionals , diligently took great care for the environment and removed the rubble In the River and correctly handled the situation. Great job 👍.thank you
What a cool video, that guy has played in the river more than once. B-) I like how he worked the angle gradually instead of building a fast hard wall that would get blown out in about five minutes. Never get greedy.... Nice job keeping the video solid, I know how hard that can be on a long video.
I lived in Four Mile Canyon when I went to college in Boulder. After a heavy rain, I would watch Boulder Creek and Four Mile Creek rise. But it was nowhere near this much!! This backhoe operator is a damn fine worker, IMHO. It looks like he is really getting the job done.
These folks are clueless as to what the hell they are doing. That operator is just throwing that bucket around like crazy. He has no idea what he's doing.
@Mikey Temple You're comparing trying to help with flooding to an average day on a job site? You seem like the type that would refuse to help in an emergency unless you were getting paid some exorbident wage. You're right about one thing though, I'm not an operator. I'm the tech that fixes the equipment after the operators are done beating the crap out of it. Do me a favour and pick up a grease gun next time you do your pre-trip inspection and actually use it.
Okay, I understand what he is up to. He isn't relieving flooding where he is digging, building a dam and all, but he is digging deeper into the creek to increase the flow to relieve flooding up stream. My older brother and I used to do this same thing back when we were boys playing with our Tonka Toys. We would then go to hang off the sides of our bunk bed pretending to be lineman working on the electrical lines.
My cousin Wesley Quinlan was killed when his car was swept off the road & turned upside down in the creek. His girlfriend was killed after escaping the car only to drown in the raging water. Wesley got out of the car to help her & they were both found the next day. This is my Facebook posting... Wesley Quinlan 2013 My heart is full of pride & sadness with the loss of our cousin taken so young. Wesley showed his true mettle and proved he was the best of this strong family when tragedy struck. It is hard to understand this loss but I am comforted knowing there is another hero in heaven looking over us! My thoughts and prayers are with Ron, Glenda, Wayne, Sue & the entire Quinlan family.
I have a desk job so I don't try to sound like I am an expert in driving excavators..... I'm just saying that. No names mentioned... Instead I really admire those who have such skills of coordination that they can do what is shown in this video. Good video, thanks for posting it.
The loader coming down and dumping a few rocks had me wondering what was the point? I'd say the contractor boss has seen this vid and wondered same. Lovely work by excavator driver.
it's so the water doesn't erode the highway, notice how he's dumping right on the edge of the pavement? it's so water doesn't erode the soil and get underneath and rip up the road
This has been on my front page of suggested videos for WEEKS now and i've finally thought "If i watch this will it finally f**k off my youtube page...... ............to be honest i'm very glad i watched it! That guy sure knew what he was doing!
Just curious. putting a tractor like that which has trax on it like this one does, the water wont rust out those trax right, and you are right, that operator is very good working that machine
Respect for the guy in the water, I mean I can't so don't listen to those word,s from other people just Rock 😂 your thing greetings from The Netherlands ✌ Bro Take care and stay Healthy
12:33 No! No! No! DON'T do it! Don't destroy a stable bank! You do! As a hydraulic civil engineer i don't understand one second of the whole procedure. This is no reconstruction of the creek bed but working against natur. I'm so sorry. It is so sad to watch.
Now if I'm not mistaken, he has to drain and replace all the fluids in the tracks or is it different because their run by planetarys, could anyone let me know if I am wrong. Im only familiar with tractors and farm equipment, not 100% sure how these drivetrains are.
Nah, shouldnt do. Planetaries in the track motors are sealed up pretty good. Gotta change the oil in the track gear every coupla hundred hours anyway. Kinda like diff oil in a rear axle.
Sorry for the late response.... This was due to flooding we experienced in Boulder Colorado in September of 2013. This is normally a trickling creek, but ended up with somewhere between 10 and 100 times more water than normal, which took out the road and some homes and caused tremendous damage. This footage is from a few days later when crews came out to start the rebuilding process.
I remember when this happened it took all that flood water about 3 days to work its way down into Arizona in morenci in particular I remember it raise a whole lot of hell in San Francisco River
hey shaky Ken, if you're ever unsure of what to focus on, just do like you do and swing the camera back and forth, making the view think he can decide. I thought I needed glasses, now I know I do.
Me pregunto dónde estudiaron ésos profesionales que dirigieron éstas obras, algún profesional tiene que tener ése municipio o alcaldía me imagino, por lo que veo no es así, lamentable todo sin palabras unas vergüenzas inmensurable, la verdad dan LASTIMAS CON MAYÚSCULAS
That's not a backhoe, its an excavator, and there's lots of really good operators in Colorado. Can't imagine such a disaster happening anywhere other that the People's Republic of Boulder.
meanwhile I have to cover dirt piles with plastic, straw all exposed dirt use catch basin socks and silt fence from prop corner to prop corner so no sediment gets into the local streams.
Thank you for ALL of these videos. We live half a mile above Poorman turn off. We could not find any news of Fourmile until we came across your videos on TH-cam. Thank you, Thank you
hard to believe i used 14 minutes to watch this , and the most amazing part is that i have enjoyed watching !
Looks like fun! When I was a kid I really liked digging in streams of water trying to make them change direction, or build small dams
Thought I was the only one
He is so gentle when he empties the bucket. I bet he is a great lover.
Anyone can operate an excavator, just like playing video games, the difference is training and this fellow certainly this was his first time dealing with a blocked stream. The bucked clears the canal perpendicular to the water flow pulling the rocks and sand towards the excavator, advancing one bucket width each time.
This crew of professionals , diligently took great care for the environment and removed the rubble In the River and correctly handled the situation. Great job 👍.thank you
the loader operator is certainly getting massive bucket loads to help
There would be a reason behind that one... such as clearing debris from further up the road.
Yeah I could carry more on a shovel... And quicker
What a cool video, that guy has played in the river more than once. B-) I like how he worked the angle gradually instead of building a fast hard wall that would get blown out in about five minutes. Never get greedy.... Nice job keeping the video solid, I know how hard that can be on a long video.
Very skillful operator with an eye for the big picture.
I lived in Four Mile Canyon when I went to college in Boulder. After a heavy rain, I would watch Boulder Creek and Four Mile Creek rise. But it was nowhere near this much!! This backhoe operator is a damn fine worker, IMHO. It looks like he is really getting the job done.
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Good job ❤❤
Good luck with your work
Nice machine and an Excellent Operator!
The little one at 7:40... "Look dad, i'm helping too! Look what I brought! Look!", so adorable.
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😆 10:58 are there just no more rocks for it to pick up?
Worthless as a screen door on a submarine!
great machines and extremely skilled operators,i remember reading/hearing about this flood
These guys are horrible 🤦🏼♂️
These folks are clueless as to what the hell they are doing. That operator is just throwing that bucket around like crazy. He has no idea what he's doing.
When's the last time you tried to redirect a river oh mighty keyboard warrior? They at least accomplished more than some jerk on the internet.
@Mikey Temple
You're comparing trying to help with flooding to an average day on a job site? You seem like the type that would refuse to help in an emergency unless you were getting paid some exorbident wage. You're right about one thing though, I'm not an operator. I'm the tech that fixes the equipment after the operators are done beating the crap out of it. Do me a favour and pick up a grease gun next time you do your pre-trip inspection and actually use it.
Exactly
Welcome to the world of building, by accident or design the outcomes the same, lucky
GREAT video, what they do is a craft, true experts....
Okay, I understand what he is up to. He isn't relieving flooding where he is digging, building a dam and all, but he is digging deeper into the creek to increase the flow to relieve flooding up stream. My older brother and I used to do this same thing back when we were boys playing with our Tonka Toys. We would then go to hang off the sides of our bunk bed pretending to be lineman working on the electrical lines.
it look like they just dont have any idea what they're doing or what to do more than just keep digging at the same spot
I love watching mother nature remind people this is her land, we are simply guests here.
b r u h
My cousin Wesley Quinlan was killed when his car was swept off the road & turned upside down in the creek. His girlfriend was killed after escaping the car only to drown in the raging water. Wesley got out of the car to help her & they were both found the next day.
This is my Facebook posting...
Wesley Quinlan 2013
My heart is full of pride & sadness with the loss of our cousin taken so young. Wesley showed his true mettle and proved he was the best of this strong family when tragedy struck.
It is hard to understand this loss but I am comforted knowing there is another hero in heaven looking over us!
My thoughts and prayers are with Ron, Glenda, Wayne, Sue & the entire Quinlan family.
I love seeing the amazing things that big equipment can do.
That video was a pleasure to watch.
tough enviorment to work in.. But damn, the banging of that bucket cylinder :P
10:50 WOOOWW....that really helped there buddy
*And this is how One man Single handedly Saved the World*
Is it just me or could the loader operator move more with a tea spoon.
Dream job right there. I would love to do that kind of work
I have a desk job so I don't try to sound like I am an expert in driving excavators..... I'm just saying that. No names mentioned...
Instead I really admire those who have such skills of coordination that they can do what is shown in this video.
Good video, thanks for posting it.
great footage of these beasts at work
why am I here? How did I get here? And why have I been watching this for 5 minutes?
That takes some doing - Well done Fella
a part 2 of this would've been even more relaxing..really like it doe good video👍👍
After all that work and the river is still winning
The loader coming down and dumping a few rocks had me wondering what was the point? I'd say the contractor boss has seen this vid and wondered same. Lovely work by excavator driver.
it's so the water doesn't erode the highway, notice how he's dumping right on the edge of the pavement? it's so water doesn't erode the soil and get underneath and rip up the road
limolee007 n
" THATS " what u call a clean machine with a man that knows his job THANKS-4-GOOD-VIDEO
That front end loader was hauling tons of material to the site
...skills is already need to achieve such of this operation...courage too! The operator is also courageous...!
unbelievable......................great Job.
Don't ya just love those big machines? So cool! : D
This has been on my front page of suggested videos for WEEKS now and i've finally thought "If i watch this will it finally f**k off my youtube page......
............to be honest i'm very glad i watched it! That guy sure knew what he was doing!
Just curious. putting a tractor like that which has trax on it like this one does, the water wont rust out those trax right, and you are right, that operator is very good working that machine
Neat video, had to watch it to the end!
Respect for the guy in the water, I mean
I can't so don't listen to those word,s from other people just Rock 😂 your thing greetings from The Netherlands ✌ Bro
Take care and stay Healthy
Good job. Money well spent!
good job guys
AMAT di di
😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲
Good job ji 👏👍👌🙏
GREAT JOB
closer brought me here
WE AINT EVER GETTING OLDER
The red smashed Car behind the left excavator. Was it destroyed by the flood ?
3 decent machines and only 1 has a productive plan that will actually work.. 😂
What is the loader doing? not much wasting fuel seems like
Que buen video y trabajo
Excellent footage, good angles, great video
Can watch this whole day....
12:33 No! No! No! DON'T do it! Don't destroy a stable bank! You do!
As a hydraulic civil engineer i don't understand one second of the whole procedure. This is no reconstruction of the creek bed but working against natur. I'm so sorry. It is so sad to watch.
Dude is a rockstar!
where is it ?
Was this some where in Colorado?
These are the unsung heroes when disasters occur, truly Americans doing what Americans do best.
Now if I'm not mistaken, he has to drain and replace all the fluids in the tracks or is it different because their run by planetarys, could anyone let me know if I am wrong. Im only familiar with tractors and farm equipment, not 100% sure how these drivetrains are.
Nah, shouldnt do. Planetaries in the track motors are sealed up pretty good. Gotta change the oil in the track gear every coupla hundred hours anyway. Kinda like diff oil in a rear axle.
never mind the drives this comment sounds like a set up for a track fluid joke
pfow2006 nah I was actually wondering if the fluids would've had to have been changed. I've never been around an excavator.
He just needs to clean any mud off before the lowbed shows up to get it. Every thing is fine. Sealed up sr.
bush was in town 2 days before this happened?
Couldn't ask for nicer weather to do this!
Is this à Tod Hofman gold rush operation
That's too funny I thought the same
can someone tell me what really happened? i just saw this video on front page and clicked it. is it a landslide or what?
Sorry for the late response.... This was due to flooding we experienced in Boulder Colorado in September of 2013. This is normally a trickling creek, but ended up with somewhere between 10 and 100 times more water than normal, which took out the road and some homes and caused tremendous damage. This footage is from a few days later when crews came out to start the rebuilding process.
Praticamente uma maquina trabalhando e duas enrolando!
Did they ever finished moving dirt and rocks???🤔
good work
This is painful to watch.......
tracks on the shovel will be nice and clean!
The word "rough" comes to mind
What a job!
I wonder if there was bits of gold dug up?
Where in the ll is four mile canyon ????
Possible the best job in the world!
Did you call blue stake first?
Which country is this😳😲😳
I remember when this happened it took all that flood water about 3 days to work its way down into Arizona in morenci in particular I remember it raise a whole lot of hell in San Francisco River
who let thought this was boring but just had to watch it 😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵
Where is all that water coming from?
hey shaky Ken, if you're ever unsure of what to focus on, just do like you do and swing the camera back and forth, making the view think he can decide. I thought I needed glasses, now I know I do.
some guys get all the fun jobs!
Thanks for posting - what mile marker is this?
nice job
What state is this in ???
I like how the loaders dump a wheelbarrow and get more lmfao
Was someone loading that “loader” with a shovel?
Me pregunto dónde estudiaron ésos profesionales que dirigieron éstas obras, algún profesional tiene que tener ése municipio o alcaldía me imagino, por lo que veo no es así, lamentable todo sin palabras unas vergüenzas inmensurable, la verdad dan LASTIMAS CON MAYÚSCULAS
How much gold is being moved
That's not a backhoe, its an excavator, and there's lots of really good operators in Colorado. Can't imagine such a disaster happening anywhere other that the People's Republic of Boulder.
I vote for digger simulator 2014!
that guy did a damn good job
il fait quoi le chargeur avec c'est 3 cailloux ??
meanwhile I have to cover dirt piles with plastic, straw all exposed dirt use catch basin socks and silt fence from prop corner to prop corner so no sediment gets into the local streams.
good job
Were they digging for gold?
Check out the car or truck behind the excavator on the left at 7:50
That is one powerful Cat.
Nice soundtrack!!
Exilent job
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