PH, do you think the original inventor of the excavator ever considered the possibility that someone would want to do this? The change in the center of gravity as the bucket swings around makes me cringe every time I see it.
I love the video, as was said, the impressive power to climb, but gentle enough to put a table cloth on for Sunday dinner. Incredible talent from a gifted operator.
Pure concentrated nostalgia. My mom used to have machine videos like this on her computer, and I would just watch them over and over again. Good times.
YES...& Thank you!! This operator is my Uncle and he knows exactly what he is doing! As for all those thinking he was stupid or would be in some kind of trouble from his boss...quite the opposite actually. They were all very impressed and to prove it a picture of my uncle doing this is hanging on a wall somewhere in most CAT offices! Go look for yourselves. No wrong doing going on in this video people, just a GREAT operator doing his job! :)
Well, my Dad was a heavy equipment operator for about 50 years - specifically a Dragline/Crane Operator. I've seen him do some cool stuff while operating. But, he would have never ever done anything this unsafe and stupid. He would have told the guy that ordered him to climb up there to pack salt in his azz.... It's a good thing someone from OSHA wasn't hanging around. That looks like at least a $10,000 fine. And, who ever is the Safety Manager on this project he/she should be fired! The operator of the machine could have been easily killed if there had been an accident. Crushed to death under 50 tons of steel... Oh, I've seen my Dad unload Gravel from Rail Cars. He did it from a platform built of dirt and did not have to perform tricks to do it...
I pulled my Dad's Finger. He Farted, so hard, it blew our Cat, "Ol' Trixie-Poo," into Low Earth Orbit. Guess what Ol' Trixie-Poo is, now. A "Catellite."
What ever that very talented excavator operator is being paid, IT ISN'T ENOUGH !!! I would not have believed it, if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Amazing. Very steady hand on the twin joysticks. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.
I operate a Cat 385C, have run a lot of these machines for many years, long reaches, Link Belts, Volvos you name it. Beautifully orchestrated work, get a real kick out of this. On the other hand gotta sympathize with the Witch Doctor on a few issues as well. Break a hydraulic line, bad fuel or other split second sensor malfunction, (which modern equipment is famous for) any number of glitches can mean a quick game over. Not to mention getting OSHA or in my case MSHA involved to any degree can wreck your day entirely. Once again, cool, good skills, not always practice.
No you don't. Lifting an excavator like that is standard operating procedure. Those jack stands aren't hair brained fabricobbled "_____"-engineering, they're engineered, made and tested for exactly what they were used for. OSHA 100% allows this.
@@snap-off5383 The maximum OSHA fine for killing a worker is only $10,000... OSHA's ability to regulate is significantly limited by corporate lobbyists buying up legislators... Tell me that the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) allows this, and then I'll be impressed...
@@antonhuman8446 now imagine those loads when I'm pulling roots out so hard that the machine stands up on the push blade and then falls back down when it breaks. Several times on a decent stump. Then I swing around and slam the bucket into a driveway that the skid steer is having trouble breaking. Grease and repeat... Every day. Fine.
Those are "ramps", just ones that can be picked up and moved as necessary. I watched a guy crawl up on top of a trainload of rock, hauled in for rip wrap, but his "climbing boxes" were made of heavy pipe and not as elaborate as the frames in this video. The operator was even smoother crawling up on top of the rock train, and once on top, sat perched on the edges of the train car walls. He then proceeded to load the rock out of the rail cars into dump trucks alongside the train. The hoe drove down the length of the train, crossing over from car to car, unloading the whole train, then drove the length of the train back to the end to use his "boxes" to get back down off the train. He obviously did this many times as I saw rock trains sitting at the same spot many times over the course of many months time. Having operated track hoes, I can only imagine how careful you would have to be to keep those metal tracks from sliding off those metal car wall edges.
Ive drove 360s for a while but never on top of steel brave man highly skilled,but watch out for poles and power lines,not only fear of steel sliding from under weight of machine,well done im impressed with driving skill Darren uk england
I've ran excavators most of my life and have done similar manoeuvres like this climbing up and down quarry walls, creek and river banks, and large stockpiles of rock and various other materials. But I would probably be a little nervous climbing up on railcars this way. Hats off to a very skilled, confident and perhaps a bit crazy operator. Cool FN video though.
Blayne Puckett This action is only totally nonsensical. So he gets the empty wagons not complete and digs Last but not even one. He should grow a grab bag unloading the wagon from the side. Therefore, he can not see, however, due to the high side walls, a good marshaller is required.
Jens Karsten Carl I don't understand anything you're trying to say. Your post makes absolutely no sense in the English language. Thank you for trying though.
Those 2 "steps" are much easier to move around than a large ramp for a decent size loader with forks on it, not to mention that would be a long ramp and would have to be pretty intricate to hold that weight. Also, steel tracks on a steel ramp can be very slippery and any little slide could be.. shall we say "very bad".
If you can operate one you can operate them all. I've been operating an excavator now 22 years and there's nothing I can do with it. No longer a challenge
Haha awesome! Heavy machines fascinate me. I can watch one all day just about! Bloody clever. Such powerful machines, but a skilled operator can be so gentle and precise too, for example, those couple of moments there, very delicately rearranging the load in the car as he went. Instead of taking big ungainly swipes as you might expect, it's all so very smooth and fluid. As was the rest of the operation. They become an extension of their own limbs almost.
The operator is unquestionably skillful but what is the end game? Why is he up there atop a coal carrier or whatever it is? It would be nice to know what is so darned important for him to perform this maneuver.
Because that's the difference between a rookie hire and an experienced hire. Rookie hire says he can do it, the veteran takes a swig of gin and demonstrates it
fantastic! That operator deserves a gold star for the day. Wow, really impressive. I would have cried when the tracks were on the second level by about half a meter and the weight of the machine was precariously balanced on the bucket!! Simply amazing thanks for sharing.
@@kenoliver8913 I don't think the power lines are that close and even if they are.. You got to do what you got to do.. How is he the jackass lol still better than being an asshole I guess.
Glad this video had a happy ending. So many things could have gone wrong and then the title would have been...'so things were going really well, until they weren't' lol
Got to see a rail crew moving excavator from car to car one day. Crazy what a skilled operator can do with em. They were using it to set off new cross ties. Later came back and loaded old ones.
For a 319D L N made possibly around 2008-2009 it works fairly well. I’m impressed how you made it up there with an excavator with no blade on it. And finding a European based machine in what I believe is an American railway facility is quite rare
This on and off loading, climbing, working at steel inclines, is pretty much normal. The CAT is a moving ramp itself, Hydraulic power and combined skills are very far from understood by the general public...
Fasten seatbelts, keep the door closed, have observers nearby. What else? Oh, at work we have "safe job analysis" where safety specialist, boss and operator go through points of what can go wrong and try to minimize the risk.
Hi Kyle Eastwood =), Thank you for taking the time and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family. I hope you have a nice day! =).
Don't disrespect CAT like that man. They make quality equipment. And, how else are they gonna unload the rock ballast hoppers there without the excavator?
can tell he is totaly cool with it not his first time... ive hopped trenchs n climb cliffs with my CAT 320 .. but aleast there is dirt to grab to.. a thumb attachment would make it a lil more confident if that were me doing that
Gannon Hollywood Incorrect sir. They spent $ and time fabricating and engineering 2 platforms for this machine to climb and rest on. That alone - less the awkward climb makes a ramp superior.
It's actually easier than it looks for a skilled operator......he's a bit slow but is smooth , which is the important thing when you have steel on steel! Sudden jerks is what will make the machine slide!
The railroad uses these machines to perform maintenance. The excavator will pick up old ties and place them in the railcar in front of the car, as the car fills up the operator simple climbs the pile and fills in the remainder of the car. Then while sitting atop of the filled car they will starts to fill the next car, builds a ramp and continues this until the cars are filled.
+Abby Babby Here is one doing the exact opposite, unloading new ties. lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zHUHKsZulms/VpLnCweUEMI/AAAAAAAAS7w/QHX05TrV-dk/s1024-Ic42/DSC_5531.jpg Norfolk Southern 03-31-2010 23:45 Princess Anne MD
Takes only one trailer to haul the excavator and two box stands. A segmented ramp would need at least two trailers. So it comes down to do you pay the excavator operator for a 6 minute climb up two box stands or an extra delivery trailer to carry the ramp segments?
why not just make a fucking ramp lol. save so much time and take up like 15-20 more feet. its not like they're cramped for space there, by the looks of it!
Those R.R. cars empty from the bottom. There is no need to climb up there to began with. With a ramp he could use the arm to help pull himself up if the tracks started to slip.
Because, the railroads use a lot of this equipment for special projects such as spot repairs on ballast, washout repair, tie unloading, etc. They just load an excavator or backhoe into a gondola or open top hopper for use.
They use this in MOW trains some cars are loaded with new rail ties and the train will crawl at slow speeds while the excavator is unloading the ties for the track crew to put in.
Thats one hell of an operator if people talking shit never operating equipment or been on a jobsite that's what he did is showing the capabilities of a machine with a great operator
D Cooper some genius behind a desk lol maybe a moron of an operator because he thinks he understand physics better than someone behind the desk that went to school for it and doesnt have to patience to wait for something to be developed
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Steel track with cleats designed to give flotation and traction on loose earth such as soft soil, gravel, and mud don't do very well at all on a steel ramp. Steel on steel is quite slippery. This method of getting equipment up on to rail cars for loading, unloading, and load leveling is much safer and controllable then a ramp where a sudden loss of traction could send the equipment careening off risking operator, crew hands, equipment and potentially even derailing the rail car.
Derek Charette Well, obviously he did not. Neither did I. Not everyone is well versed in the relative frictional qualities of various metals against other metals...
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That is an impressive bit of maneuvering. Those machines are also incredibly capable and hats off to the engineers who design them.
PH, do you think the original inventor of the excavator ever considered the possibility that someone would want to do this? The change in the center of gravity as the bucket swings around makes me cringe every time I see it.
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As someone that played with a few Tonka toys in his time, this might be the most badass thing I've ever seen...
I'm 43 and wish I still had my old metal Tonka toys. They are worth a small fortune.
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I love the video, as was said, the impressive power to climb, but gentle enough to put a table cloth on for Sunday dinner. Incredible talent from a gifted operator.
Pure concentrated nostalgia. My mom used to have machine videos like this on her computer, and I would just watch them over and over again. Good times.
YES...& Thank you!! This operator is my Uncle and he knows exactly what he is doing! As for all those thinking he was stupid or would be in some kind of trouble from his boss...quite the opposite actually. They were all very impressed and to prove it a picture of my uncle doing this is hanging on a wall somewhere in most CAT offices! Go look for yourselves. No wrong doing going on in this video people, just a GREAT operator doing his job! :)
Well, my Dad was a heavy equipment operator for about 50 years - specifically a Dragline/Crane Operator. I've seen him do some cool stuff while operating. But, he would have never ever done anything this unsafe and stupid. He would have told the guy that ordered him to climb up there to pack salt in his azz.... It's a good thing someone from OSHA wasn't hanging around. That looks like at least a $10,000 fine. And, who ever is the Safety Manager on this project he/she should be fired! The operator of the machine could have been easily killed if there had been an accident. Crushed to death under 50 tons of steel... Oh, I've seen my Dad unload Gravel from Rail Cars. He did it from a platform built of dirt and did not have to perform tricks to do it...
I pulled my Dad's Finger. He Farted, so hard, it blew our Cat, "Ol' Trixie-Poo," into Low Earth Orbit. Guess what Ol' Trixie-Poo is, now. A "Catellite."
I know a guy who would load a mini into a dump truck like that. You do what you have to do.
Uhh Witch Doctor why do you think those step ramps were built, designed so and delivered to the job?
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What ever that very talented excavator operator is being paid, IT ISN'T ENOUGH !!! I would not have believed it, if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Amazing. Very steady hand on the twin joysticks. Greetings from Ontario, Canada.
How about you pay him then
After all the various ‘fails’ I’ve seen involving these machines, this operator appears damn impressive
I operate a Cat 385C, have run a lot of these machines for many years, long reaches, Link Belts, Volvos you name it. Beautifully orchestrated work, get a real kick out of this. On the other hand gotta sympathize with the Witch Doctor on a few issues as well. Break a hydraulic line, bad fuel or other split second sensor malfunction, (which modern equipment is famous for) any number of glitches can mean a quick game over. Not to mention getting OSHA or in my case MSHA involved to any degree can wreck your day entirely. Once again, cool, good skills, not always practice.
No you don't. Lifting an excavator like that is standard operating procedure. Those jack stands aren't hair brained fabricobbled "_____"-engineering, they're engineered, made and tested for exactly what they were used for. OSHA 100% allows this.
@@snap-off5383 The maximum OSHA fine for killing a worker is only $10,000... OSHA's ability to regulate is significantly limited by corporate lobbyists buying up legislators... Tell me that the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) allows this, and then I'll be impressed...
@@snap-off5383 lol wouldnt be allowed in Aust
@@kobrapromotions Or the more likely it happens all the time there and you don't know.
@@snap-off5383 nah, literally no way on most mine sites. Privately maybe...
Da man! This dude knew exactly what he was doing. Not one wrong, or unnecessary move. A ballet.
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Wrong move maybe= Death
i worked heavy construction for 30 years and know many operators capable of this,,but is it worth the risk?
Yes every time.
Absolutely. Are you gay or something?
How cute, a cat using it's litter box for the first time.
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That is the definition of a smooth operator.
Wow what an operator with nerves of steel, I am confused though as to why he needs to get up there in the first place.
$20.00 bet.
He didn't want to take the bus.
Pranking the 2nd shift operator who went to lunch.
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Why not
The point loads and forces on different components of a machine doing suchlike work must be enormous!
Steel FTW
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Referring to loads on the centre pintle especially. Also swing rail and -bearing.
@@antonhuman8446 now imagine those loads when I'm pulling roots out so hard that the machine stands up on the push blade and then falls back down when it breaks. Several times on a decent stump. Then I swing around and slam the bucket into a driveway that the skid steer is having trouble breaking. Grease and repeat... Every day. Fine.
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Even more so.
It must be ingradible!
These sorts of videos are always so cool! Some of these operators have a scary level of ability with their machines!
That's an extremely fine display of operator skill, but maybe the company has never heard of this ancient invention called a ramp?
Or, y’know, make do with what you have and call it a day.
Those are "ramps", just ones that can be picked up and moved as necessary. I watched a guy crawl up on top of a trainload of rock, hauled in for rip wrap, but his "climbing boxes" were made of heavy pipe and not as elaborate as the frames in this video. The operator was even smoother crawling up on top of the rock train, and once on top, sat perched on the edges of the train car walls. He then proceeded to load the rock out of the rail cars into dump trucks alongside the train. The hoe drove down the length of the train, crossing over from car to car, unloading the whole train, then drove the length of the train back to the end to use his "boxes" to get back down off the train. He obviously did this many times as I saw rock trains sitting at the same spot many times over the course of many months time. Having operated track hoes, I can only imagine how careful you would have to be to keep those metal tracks from sliding off those metal car wall edges.
This operator knows his machine very well. Impressive skills ,with such heavy equipment. He made this look easy!👌
They did not make this look easy. This look Really Fucking Hard.
Trust me, cats can climb anywhere no matter how they weight
Ive drove 360s for a while but never on top of steel brave man highly skilled,but watch out for poles and power lines,not only fear of steel sliding from under weight of machine,well done im impressed with driving skill Darren uk england
I've ran excavators most of my life and have done similar manoeuvres like this climbing up and down quarry walls, creek and river banks, and large stockpiles of rock and various other materials. But I would probably be a little nervous climbing up on railcars this way. Hats off to a very skilled, confident and perhaps a bit crazy operator. Cool FN video though.
i was about to write a similar post.yup this is'nt his first time.woulda liked to see that video lol but cool
Blayne Puckett This action is only totally nonsensical. So he gets the empty wagons not complete and digs Last but not even one. He should grow a grab bag unloading the wagon from the side. Therefore, he can not see, however, due to the high side walls, a good marshaller is required.
Jens Karsten Carl I don't understand anything you're trying to say. Your post makes absolutely no sense in the English language. Thank you for trying though.
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Those 2 "steps" are much easier to move around than a large ramp for a decent size loader with forks on it, not to mention that would be a long ramp and would have to be pretty intricate to hold that weight. Also, steel tracks on a steel ramp can be very slippery and any little slide could be.. shall we say "very bad".
Reminds me of trying to get up my front steps when I've had a few too many drinks.
That took me a second or two to get it but once the image was in my mind that really gave me the laugh I needed today. Thanks! 😂
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No hesitation, truly an experienced operator.
If you can operate one you can operate them all. I've been operating an excavator now 22 years and there's nothing I can do with it. No longer a challenge
@@danieliasevoli1711yeah, I can bet there is nothing you can do with it.
@@whyareyoulookinghere9135 yeah dude, I bet he can fly them machines to the orbit
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That was really amazing! A lot of talent, skill and precautionary insight. Thanks so much.
Haha awesome! Heavy machines fascinate me. I can watch one all day just about! Bloody clever. Such powerful machines, but a skilled operator can be so gentle and precise too, for example, those couple of moments there, very delicately rearranging the load in the car as he went. Instead of taking big ungainly swipes as you might expect, it's all so very smooth and fluid. As was the rest of the operation. They become an extension of their own limbs almost.
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Such an impressive loading job by this operator! This is how you load an excavator to the top of a rail car perfectly! Fantastic video!
IKR I seen someone trying to put one on a boat from a hillside with planks and they ended up sinking the boat and machine!
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The operator is unquestionably skillful but what is the end game? Why is he up there atop a coal carrier or whatever it is? It would be nice to know what is so darned important for him to perform this maneuver.
Because it's cool.
Looks like to get to the front of the car. I thought the same until he drove to the front
Because that's the difference between a rookie hire and an experienced hire. Rookie hire says he can do it, the veteran takes a swig of gin and demonstrates it
Yeah I assume this is a little training course they have setup to teach such a skill for more complex jobs.
Operator you're incredible...❤❤
When a ramp just won't do.
fantastic! That operator deserves a gold star for the day. Wow, really impressive. I would have cried when the tracks were on the second level by about half a meter and the weight of the machine was precariously balanced on the bucket!! Simply amazing thanks for sharing.
Wow! Super skills! The overhead wires would scare the heck out of me. Would love to see how he got down.
That ole boy has some SERIOUS skills man!! Hell of a job!
Great skill, you can tell he's taking it skillfully by swinging the boom around slowly
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good operator, even better spotter. very dangerous with the power lines so close and rough on the equipment.,
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Yep, all round really stupid. Man is a jackass.
@@kenoliver8913 I don't think the power lines are that close and even if they are.. You got to do what you got to do.. How is he the jackass lol still better than being an asshole I guess.
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Glad this video had a happy ending. So many things could have gone wrong and then the title would have been...'so things were going really well, until they weren't' lol
Am I the only one wondering how he's going to get out of there with no crushed rock to climb on top of when the car is empty?
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We go to the far end of the car and dig, work your way back to the stands.
all staying with osha guidlines lol
Got to see a rail crew moving excavator from car to car one day. Crazy what a skilled operator can do with em. They were using it to set off new cross ties. Later came back and loaded old ones.
For a 319D L N made possibly around 2008-2009 it works fairly well. I’m impressed how you made it up there with an excavator with no blade on it. And finding a European based machine in what I believe is an American railway facility is quite rare
This on and off loading, climbing, working at steel inclines, is pretty much normal. The CAT is a moving ramp itself, Hydraulic power and combined skills are very far from understood by the general public...
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I can do that, hold my beer... (gets in excavator) Wheres the key? hic'
Would be interesting to hear what work safety specialists think of it.
Fasten seatbelts, keep the door closed, have observers nearby. What else? Oh, at work we have "safe job analysis" where safety specialist, boss and operator go through points of what can go wrong and try to minimize the risk.
Hi Kyle Eastwood =),
Thank you for taking the time and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family. I hope you have a nice day! =).
all the effort to build that scaffolding why didn't the just make it into a ramp?????
Haha, yep!
Brilliant stuff, I never watched a machine like that climb. Thanks for the vid upload :-)
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And thus the Cat Excavator climbs the rail cart to lay its eggs and ensure the survival and safety of its offspring! What a majestic beast!
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I think he just voided the warranty.
Very skillful driving!
Theres no skill in this at all
Im not saying that I can do it im saying that if he messes up he can break the whole vechile
that's why he has skill. because he can do it without breaking it.
drkillerxx239 your comments make no sense. Get off the crack pipe
I can drive one and I'm 9 idiots
Imagine what it feels like to attempt this for the first time. You got to have nerves of steel for this job.
this is how the CAT gets into its litter box to take a shit.
Don't disrespect CAT like that man. They make quality equipment. And, how else are they gonna unload the rock ballast hoppers there without the excavator?
Lmao!
lol.
I get it XD
It's a joke, chill :)
can tell he is totaly cool with it not his first time... ive hopped trenchs n climb cliffs with my CAT 320 .. but aleast there is dirt to grab to.. a thumb attachment would make it a lil more confident if that were me doing that
They should just build a fucking ramp.
+Tighty Mimbers anybody could use a ramp, this way they get more hours lol
Ramp would be very long to meet the height of the car plus a ramp would be very difficult to transport
+Tighty Mimbers I couldn't agree more.
+Tighty Mimbers A ramp would take a day to build.... this guy did it in 5 minutes.... Id say, his way is better. lol
Gannon Hollywood Incorrect sir. They spent $ and time fabricating and engineering 2 platforms for this machine to climb and rest on. That alone - less the awkward climb makes a ramp superior.
It's actually easier than it looks for a skilled operator......he's a bit slow but is smooth , which is the important thing when you have steel on steel! Sudden jerks is what will make the machine slide!
This is what playing with Tonka as a kid will give you years later: MAD SKILL!!
Amazing skill being demonstrated! Well done.
Of course, that first low tunnel might be an issue ...
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So many calling this awesome when there's guys out that that could do this in less than 2 minutes.
I had a dirt bike that never climbed as high as that.
Hats off to that driver, to the people who designed those CAT cars, and to the people who planned to put those platforms.
"Damn, forgot to fill up with diesel first"
"Soo.. How do we get it out?"
The railroad uses these machines to perform maintenance. The excavator will pick up old ties and place them in the railcar in front of the car, as the car fills up the operator simple climbs the pile and fills in the remainder of the car. Then while sitting atop of the filled car they will starts to fill the next car, builds a ramp and continues this until the cars are filled.
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Here is one doing the exact opposite, unloading new ties.
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+John Cambron I delivered ties to the Norfolk rail yard for years and watched these operators do some amazing things. thanks for the response.
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Amazing video and it was super skilled operator!!
Serious skills
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Made me think of a cat scratching around in a really big litter box
Some mad skills right there....
I've seen some impressive stuff in my life, but this was awesome. Mad skills.
holy sht, that is scary and amazing at the same time !!
No show us the video of him getting out of the empty railcar.
kapteeni_peruna Kidnapping gondola? Must be scrapped!
Cool. But there is a new invention, just came out, that makes this technique obsolete. Ramps.
Takes the fun out of it though..
+Täking Thë High Roäd You rather watch this thing drive up on stuffy boring ramps then?
Takes only one trailer to haul the excavator and two box stands. A segmented ramp would need at least two trailers. So it comes down to do you pay the excavator operator for a 6 minute climb up two box stands or an extra delivery trailer to carry the ramp segments?
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why not just make a fucking ramp lol. save so much time and take up like 15-20 more feet. its not like they're cramped for space there, by the looks of it!
Those R.R. cars empty from the bottom. There is no need to climb up there to began with. With a ramp he could use the arm to help pull himself up if the tracks started to slip.
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I agree but top would have to b level so the earth/m could have the proper reach.
Saurabh Vannarpettai
Meno Passini it’s being transported, he’s not going to unload the car
Cat chankopi and Tata dumper and Volvo chankopi and Tata dumper
a Rail car that is a Ramp Would be easier. or even a flat bed rail car could be used. safer.
why did he need to be up in there?
Because its more cool
Because, the railroads use a lot of this equipment for special projects such as spot repairs on ballast, washout repair, tie unloading, etc. They just load an excavator or backhoe into a gondola or open top hopper for use.
Alrynec tt
They use this in MOW trains some cars are loaded with new rail ties and the train will crawl at slow speeds while the excavator is unloading the ties for the track crew to put in.
"because it's THERE"
- George Mallory
Thats one hell of an operator if people talking shit never operating equipment or been on a jobsite that's what he did is showing the capabilities of a machine with a great operator
was it too easy to build a slope?
Some "educated" genius behind a desk came up with the idea.....
All the book smarts in the world but zero common sense or out in the field training.
that sums up construction for you
maybe a slope would be too steep and take up too much space before it could drive up it.
D Cooper some genius behind a desk lol maybe a moron of an operator because he thinks he understand physics better than someone behind the desk that went to school for it and doesnt have to patience to wait for something to be developed
Okay genius go build it
Obama: "You didn't climb onto that rail car"
nate robinson
Lots of people would like to think that. But just because the house is on fire doesn't mean throwing gas cans into it isn't wrong :D
nate robinson He's mixed raced...
nate robinson That's right, throw the race card... you are an ID10T.
nate robinson
If you throw out a bone to be knawed on, you must be a masochist.
Typical inbred logic
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I strive to achieve such peacefulness
give that man a beer.....
Who signed off the Method Statement? Or do you not do H&S in the US?
barbelmeister nah our safety more lax
Dah fook you mean by method statement? This method is called American.
How is that possible
It's strange. I can't possibly think of anything that could go wrong with this.
last I heard he was on the moon.
Cool operation, but why not just build a proper ramp?
po angielsku KOT to CAT teraz wiem dlaczego to się CAT nazywa bo potrafi się wspinać jak KOT.
jeśli po angielsku PIES to DOG to dlaczego na parówki w bułce mówi się HOT-DOG?
Te psy przejechane na drodze to sprzątają pracownicy gastronomi a nie sprzątaczki więc nazwa Hot Dog czyli gorący pies pasuje do tego co ze smakiem jemy(ja uwielbiam).
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Here we see the domestic CAT crawling into its litter box
Man... OSHA is going to be PISSED when they see this!
lol. osha approved method.
Chicken Permission too funny
Chicken Permission OSHA takes the fun outta everything!
Don't worry he can chase them with the excavator
Screw OSHA !!
Super Mario on ULTRA HARD MODE.
Action movies
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Why not just a ramp?
'murica
Steel track with cleats designed to give flotation and traction on loose earth such as soft soil, gravel, and mud don't do very well at all on a steel ramp. Steel on steel is quite slippery. This method of getting equipment up on to rail cars for loading, unloading, and load leveling is much safer and controllable then a ramp where a sudden loss of traction could send the equipment careening off risking operator, crew hands, equipment and potentially even derailing the rail car.
Wouldnt that defeat the challenge? I think thats the whole point of what hes doing
Russ W It's not a challenge this is how you get cartoppers on top of rail cars every day in the world.
Derek Charette
Well, obviously he did not. Neither did I. Not everyone is well versed in the relative frictional qualities of various metals against other metals...
Have seen backhoes climb onto the flatbed of trucks this way. Fascinating process.
Those power lines are far enough away
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and thats why thay make 100 bucks a hour
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Operator here.... I wish. I wish we made half that.
Try 20-25 per hour lmao
Like a boss 😎
What an expert driver!