Can We Recover This 75,000 POUND Excavator?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2024
- Some of our towing friends called for help in recovering a Kobelco SK260 excavator that was buried in mud on a demolition site. We took our @NRCIndustries 50 ton rotator to work with the Keller boys in muscling this beast out of the sink hole.
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Don't know what possessed him to drive the machine in there when he could easily reach anywhere on the lot from almost across the street
Plus that machine is over kill for that job
Not 100% sure... The operator that ran the excavator during the recovery was not the same one that got it stuck.
Guessing it would only have been to get back far enough to load trucks with that arm. No other reason to be there and not really a good one even then.
Lol not sure why they needed a long reach on a lot 😂
@@gliderider7077 exactly:)
The excavator boom should be pushing down and pulling in on the other side to try and assist lifting out the buried track.
Can't with that grapple attachment, it has no strength it's just dangling, and you would rip all the hydraulic hoses off with it.
a that’s why your there…to tell them what to do…..no hurry up and get there before they are done
That's the last thing you want to attempt to do, especially with that extra couterweight & those skinny demo-spec tracks...Machine came out clean, no damaged panels, they did a good job.
@@greatunz67 The grab isnt dangling, its connected to the bucket linkage. Though indeed a long front digger lacks the crowd force of a standard excavator, required to pull itself out.
Long Reaches, boom and crowd would bend very easy trying what you suggest.
The suction of the mud is a lot more than people realize . Great recovery .
Thank you, and yes the suction was bad. While a lot of people are commenting that a real operator could have gotten it out himself, this is also in a residential area and the the operator could have ended up doing more harm than good with how close proximity other underground utilities were.
That was an expensive lesson for the excavator owner. The long reach boom was definitely not the best option for that job. Great video, just the same!
Thank you!
Great video. No music. Just machines working.
Thank you! We try to make the videos to keep people's attention and not get boring 👍🏻
At the 11:00 mark he was no longer stuck.
That machine was far too large for that job.
All that mud, and the wrecker came away spotless. 😀🇺🇸🇬🇧
The cable was a little bit muddy haha!
One of the best videos yet. Multiple camera angles, very well shot. FINALLY, the views are starting to show it!!!!
Thank you! The video sure seems to be sparking conversation 👍🏻
No Mats! *sigh* He may not have a smaller excavator but not wood mats he gets to pay for. Even looks like he tore out some sidewalk that wasn't necessary. If the operator is reading this I would suggest watching Letsdig18 work ponds using mats and how they can be used to not damage a sidewalk.
Good recovery.
Thanks!
Yep, you can tell the company doing this work and the operator had no clue what they were doing.
If I remember correctly, Letsdig18 also recovered an excavator which was even more stuck, just with a smaller excavator and mats. This here is more a brute force approach, just pulling the thing through the mud. Like Archimede: if you have a fixed point ...
These guys are top notch, very professional, and always make it happen!! Special thanks goes out to Tyler and the crew, much appreciated!
Thanks, Sean! Glad to have you as a TH-cam promoter, and a customer!
Some contractors are even more professional, just so you know
That excavator! Were they building an 'iceberg' house with 4 basement floors? 😂Your rig is amazing, thank God people like you are around to help.
Thank you! We have a bigger one arriving this summer 👍🏻
@@WilcoxGarageRecovery m100?
@@daleborkholder715 No, we don't quite have $1.5 Million lying around 😂 Our new one is going to be a 65ton NRC
Awesome job on the recovery but man whoever decide they needed a long reach for that is nuts. Made that job 3x harder
Thank you! Yeah, we don't know the reasoning behind it, but it was fun to pull it out!
Makes you wonder why they had to take a long reach excavator into the dirt in the first place!? Was a real test for the rotator, good job as usual WG take care see you next time!
I was wondering that myself. A Kobelco SK290 is too big for the lot. Should of used a Kobelco SK210 max for a lot this size. No reason I can see why the operator couldn't get himself unstuck, inexperienced maybe.
There was a house that was torn down days prior. We're assuming it was parked there until being transported to the next job. Rain came in the day before, which made it sink? Not 100% sure if thats what happened, but it's our best guess.
@@WilcoxGarageRecovery was it a sky scraper that was torn down?
Because I've seen much larger commercial buildings torn down and NEVER need a long reach to do it.
@@35manning Don't 100% know, we never saw the building, but gonna say no sky scraper 😂
Might be a little overkill. I usually rip down houses with out little cat 308!
You guys made that look easy. Great job team!
Thank you! The proper rigging and each operator working together makes recoveries like this go smooth.
Reminds me of children's book Mike Mulligan's Steam Shovel. About a steam Shovel stuck in basement hole. Enjoy your videos.
Yes, very similar - that's quite the old book, too! We enjoy making the videos, so we're glad others enjoy them also. Thanks for watching!
I was wondering if somebody would comment that! I have read that story on many, many occasions to my 3 year old.
I'm 60 good book
@@retro_grade I just did before I read the others. Was my favourite book, still have it, and I’m 70 now. Damn!!
and they turned the steam shovel into the furnace for the building and made his operator the janitor to keep him company. right?
Well done for getting the machine out, but who in there right mind would put a machine of that size and weight on a little residential job like this one. I would say the cost of the ground works have gone through the room looking at the condition of the site now. 🥺🥺
Not sure why he didn't just swing 180 degree's to the garage and push himself out. Has enough power for that. At least 1 operator (Wilcox Garage) knows what there doing. Good Job.
From the start, the tail of the excavator was sunk in on the low side. Once we got him to a position where he could swing, it was just as easy to keep winching.
@@WilcoxGarageRecovery the operator (contractor) of the excavator had the ability to swing his boom 180 degree's and push himself out. Sink hole or not this excavator (290) has the power to do that. Your services would not had been necessarily if the contractor had a knowledgeable operator to begin with. A 290 excavator is too big for that lot & no reason it was in the dirt to begin with. It has enough reach to do anything right from the street. Which is why I complimented you (Wilcox Garage) at least you all know what your doing.
Daryl Cleavenger 2-3 mats would work
. @edpoints1127 A couple of timber mats would have prevented this in the first place. We've successfully moved excavators and other equipment of all sizes across tidal flats during low tide.
Chris at Letsdig18 has a incredible talent getting excavators out of some horrible circumstances 😅
Chris could have drove that sucker out of that little ole hole. 🤘
Good thing for us that Chris wasn't here then 😂
And he has mentioned before that a long reach has no power to pull itself !
Long Reach makes sense on that site. Can sit in one spot and demo the house and load trucks parked on the street. No overhead obstructions.
45 years owning an operating heavy equipment... My company owns everything from a 303.5 cr track hoe to a 330 f long reach track hoe..good operator Could have easily got himself out of this Position... He obviously doesn't have a clue. Long reach track hoe's are specifically made to be able to reach themselves out Of a lot deeper positions than this... They actually make snorkel kits for intake and exhaust... Dredging river beds. Happens all the time... Common occurrence when dredging... In shallow water where you can't see the bottom.!
Very safe and professional. Great job. Like others I too am baffled why they used such a huge machine for such a small plot, it’s nearly as big as the plot itself!
Thank you!
I wonder about the comments about the wrong size excavator and that recovery by tow truck would not have been mandatory.
Everyone is free to use a larger and available device, especially for the demolition of the upper floors a longer version can be useful.
There is no shame in getting help before you damage the excavator in your own recovery attempts.
By the way, my first thought was that this would be a good job for the legendary Al Quiring.
Thank you, that was one of the more intelligent, thoughtful comments we've had! The machine looked fairly new and not all torn up, so correct, why not pay someone to help safely get a several hundred thousand dollar machine out? As far as the demo side of things, we have no expertise in that field. Maybe the machine was closer to this site and it logistically made more sense to bring in the large machine vs. a smaller one. Who knows 🤷♂️
Good old al
Good planning and communication come together for a successful recovery.
First time viewer & 35 year operator and that was a great recovery job!
Thank you!
...and then one guy said, "hey let's try throwing some wooden pallettes under the tracks maybe" and OSHA immediately was onsite to fine them for undercutting the three full shifts needed to pull a backhoe out of a quarter acre foundation
wow, i didn't think it looked that stuck, but man that was seriously stuck! dirt was more liquid than solid!
Yeah, all the rain from the day before certainly did not help the situation. Thanks for watching!
Operator that got it stuck should be fired. Person who thought you needed a long reach excavator....for a demolition site you could have done with a machine a QUARTER of that one's size....they shouldn't be allowed in the field anymore, as they are clearly hellbent on over compensating in every facet of life OTHER than their own junk.
Great job nice recovery very professional
Just found your channel great video. He was really buried. Like watching the rotator work. Going to binge watch today to catch up on TH-cam videos. Thanks for sharing with us
Thank you, glad you found us too! Hope you enjoy the other videos just as much 👍🏻
Well that was a quick thousand dollars great job
Great work guys, very professional!
Thank you!
very professional driver at that Kobelco :D :D :D :D
And I thought my guys at our excavation company did stupid stuff, now I don’t feel so bad
We've all been there in way way or another. Even us towing guys have gotten ourselves into predicaments!
That driver was almost determined to get him some cables.
I’d be pissed if someone undermined my garage like that
Difficult to see from the video whether the crack in the wall is fresh, but...
Nice video, just found you guys. Am subbing. Also like Sumter wrecker. Ron isn't the only one out there.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video! We try to keep them interesting while not being too long.
Long reach was the wrong tool for the job there lol. Nice work on the recovery.
Thank you! Still don't know what the reason for the long reach was
That really couldn’t have gone any better. A track under mud might as well be a concrete block. I’m sure she is at least 30 tonne by the extra counterweight on the top. And a long reach with a grab really isn’t getting itself out. I hope it is a really light wooden house, because that ground is only good for a fish pond. :D
and you are even worse !
Another night of rain and that would have really been big headache . Great recovery . Great video .
Thanks! And yes, more rain would have definitely made it worse.
Wow!! That was a Project. G
Tricky recovery…well done guys 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed watching 👍🏻
You are so brainwashed it is sickening !
Someone should have called Chris Letsdig18 on TH-cam.
He looks like he sure gets into some jobs very similar, if not worse, than this!
Bonjour des supers pros Bravo les dépanneurs
Add some communication from the head sets next time. Fans want to hear the comms. Nice Work!
Thought about that after the fact, which it would have been fairly simple to hook a mic setup to them. Thanks for the feedback!
dig it out first, your wreaking your gear,...😎💯✌spin it around an push yourself out..
Well he sure did a good job of getting it in there. And yall did an even better job getting him back out.well done!
Thank you!
I'm no expert excavator operator, but think a few crane matts would've kept it on top of the muck. 🤔😃
LetsDig18 would have gotten this out without a tow--his videos where he unsticks excavators other people have gotten stuck are some of his best. Of course he wouldn't have used a long reach either--that was the first thing I noticed and apparently a lot of other folks here saw that too.
I guess they didd't have time to wait on Chris 😂
Wondering why operator is spinning the right track so much. I think I would have put the boom out the left side of the machine and tried to push and lift the left side up a little out of the mud. Like someone said what are they doing with a long boom there in the first place.
I’m pretty sure a real excavator operator could have gotten himself out with out a tow truck.
Excavator greetings from the Netherlands
Awesome setup! cool to see
Thank you!
Wild guess, but the fed-up looking guy in the orange hoody... the original operator? 🤣
Sure 😂
signs of a very inexperienced operator.. why use a long reach in a tightly packed residential neighborhood? But since you had it, why did they feel the need to drive it anywhere? it could tear down half a block without moving.. But you guys made the recovery look easy, well done.
Thank you! That size machine would definitely eat a house up in a hurry for sure!
Can’t fix stupid
Yeah you can tell the guys who brought this in had no idea what they were doing.
@@greatunz67 neither did the "operator" who was in it bringing it out. The original dude and the one driving it out would have been EX-employees of the company I work for. And yes, been operating all kinds/sizes of excavators for over 45 years.
Excavator guy shows up at a picnic with an elephant...such a big boom.
Crazy.
That job was a home demolition which would explain why it was a long reach excavator with a grapple. I'm not sure why they drove it that far into the lot, but that's a different story.
That machine would chew a house and foundation up in a hurry! Although we didn't ask, our thought was that the house was torn down a day or so prior, and it was left parked there until it was supposed to be picked up. We had a day full of rain the day before, so maybe it got stuck then once the ground was saturated. Still, not 100% sure...
@@WilcoxGarageRecovery you are very diplomatic in your replies, client confidentiality and all that. Or as Manuel in Fawlty Towers tv programme once said “ I know nothing” . Some may suggest that you know everything there is to know about what happened also when, why, and how . But the client wishes it to remain private as much as is possible. If I went to deal with a police job (let’s say for arguments sake) no one would get any info out of me about it except on a need to know basis. All the best from England, was a good film.
@@TheGrimReaper1 Thank you! We were hired by the other towing company for help, so we truly did not get all the details of the "why and how" the excavator was in the predicament it was in. But yes, client confidentiality is important...and unfortunately when we're hired is usually someone else's bad day. We would rather focus on showcasing our services rather than explaining all the mistakes of others.
Times like this is when an M1 Abrams tank is needed to drag it out. 😂
Nope M88 needed ;-)
You did a he'll of a good job under the tight restraints.I amongst other,couldn't get over the backhoes extended boom and stick.
New to your channel but immediately subscribed to it after watching this episode.
Greetings from North Eastern Ontario
Thanks for the subscribe! We still aren't sure why they chose the long reach either, but it sure was fun to recover 👍🏻
Nice job guys .but as per the operator off the escavator don't know what to say i would have the machine unstuck by my self😅
Glad there were no utilities next to sidewalk
That escalator is a little overkill for that neighborhood
Enjoyed the video apart from the annoying repetitive noise in the background disguised as music. I don’t understand why it was deemed necessary, I would much rather hear the machines. Thank you very much for uploading.😁👍🇦🇺
You tell him how bad his taste is in music. Crybaby
@@kubota33 😂😂😂😂
You guys ever bury yourself while the boss is gone? The moment of panic of thinking you might be screwed but also you still have time to attempt a self rescue! Every inch you recover in desperation...but somehow you pull yourself back to solid ground and clean up that rut you left and the boss never finds out! Good times lol
Just in time for a change of pants, too! I always carry an extra pair just for those Aww Shit!! Events!
Regarding the excavator.....who was the idiot that brought a Long. Arm machine into this job .? Probably the same genius that got it stuck !
Good job recovery drivers..l.that operator is a goof. Move that bucket to the machines left and put down pressure on it to lift that lower track there by giving the right track more purchase.
Thank you!
It's clear to see how that operator got it stuck in the first place
Hate it when my residential long reach gets stuck lol.
😂😂😂
Nice recovery from the muck!
This is impressive congrats team!!!
Thank you! It was a fun job for sure 👍🏻
When the new guy tries to impress the boss!!!😂
Great job guys, well done. And looking at the condition of the sidewalk i guess the local authority/state aren't going to be happy. Here in the UK, i guess the same there, the repair bill would be massive.
Thank you! Yeah, not too sure what will be done about that. We certainly did not want the tow trucks to make and damage to the roadway.
The boom should be to the left of the lines. Dug myself out of a few quagmire. Lol
Great work by the app haulers. The video is excellently made. The excavator seems to me to be much too big for this small construction site. And why is the driver driving into the excavation pit at all?
In the USA you have super Apscheppp vehicles! I live in Switzerland. Our vehicles are not that big. How many horsepower does the big one have? Great color with the green.
Thank you for your work and for uploading the video.
Greetings from Switzerland🇨🇭 to 🇺🇸.
Written with Google translator😃.
Thank you! We are not sure why they had such a large excavator on the site.
The green and white truck is a 2018 Kenworth with a 50 ton rotator. It has a 565 horsepower Cummins motor. This truck is small in comparison to a lot of others. We have a new, bigger one being built for delivery this summer! Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed the video! 🇺🇸👋🇨🇭
Jeeeeeeze that thing was stuck good.
Yeah, the mud really swallowed it!
I’ve seen this story before. A monster follows the excavator out of the ground and destroys Gotham City.
Very interesting.
Thank you
Thank you!
full pull! nice job.
Just a dumb question , why was a reach like that , that far in on the lot
To be completely honest, have no idea! We thought that maybe they parked it there overnight and then got all the rain. Either way, it sure made the excavator sink!
Guessing he found the hidden cesspool. Don't think they're gonna be building anything on that mess for awhile.
Great camera work 👍🙂
Thank you!
Only thing missing in your video was the dozen or so wide eyed little neighbourhood boys watching you guys pull that thing out of the mud 😹😸
guess you were in the Senior citizens quarter ? and you got it out with a lot less shenanigans than Dave Sparks and his crew ever could 😸😺/ nice work 👍
Thank you, and we must have been! If you look in the video close enough, I think you can see an older lady watching from her screen door at the back corner of the excavator. Dave Sparks sure knows how to have his share of fun though too 😂
Great job!!
Thanks!
Salesman at the hire company " your doing a single house demo ?? I have a new machine on special this week , no coupon required "" . 😂😂😂😂
When you rent a long arm excavator and sink it because you lack operator skills. Great job getting it out!
letsdig18 coulda got that out easypeasy.......let the arm do the work~!
Would have swapped places with the 35 ton and give the weight of the rotater a better angle to both lift and pull the dam thing out. All the 35 ton is there for is assistance pulling
Would a couple of timber pieces under the track help to recover faster, both track were just spinning in the crap material
It probably would have, if there were any there available. We were called to assist, so didn't have all the details until we arrived on scene.
Thats impressive...........He put everything he had into sinking it making it worth the recovery fee 🤣
😂😂😂
So many things about this recovery raise hairs on my neck.. first why did he even need a long reach? Second off why didn’t he use the machine to get himself out? I’m assuming he hasn’t ran them long and decided to go into the demo/cleanup business and rented a long reach thinking that’s what he needed to rip down a house or something tbh idk you know more than I do about it
The operator that got it stuck was not the one operating it when we pulled it out. No idea why they had a long reach there, because I know they had smaller machines. Maybe the smaller ones were tied up on other jobs and this one was logistically closer to this demo sit? Not sure myself.
One track was still up.
Couple of timber’s under the other track and he could have pushed himself out.
It seems that that job should have gone to Ron Pratt. He would have shown how it's gotta be recovered properly.
Without watching this is a very easy recovery from the picture.
I have seen it to the end in the Netherlands. Thank you for your video work.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Wow, you guys did a great job!
Thank you!
Irresponsible to have that size machine at a location like that without mats
Amazing my friend good2 👍
Thank you!
Nice job guys say safe
Thank you!
Should have called Letsdig 18, Chris would have drove it out!!!
That was a well planned machine extraction using mechanical advantage faultless communication and teamwork
It sure was! It worked perfectly as planned, which is always the best outcome!
Great recovery 👍
Thank you!