My Wife Operates MASSIVE 330 Excavator | Building Our Road
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- Courtney hops in the 330 and we get some serious work done this week. // Save 20% on your SimpliSafe system and your first month is free when you sign up for Fast Protect Monitoring. Visit SimpliSafe.com/ambitionstrikes to customize yours! Try SimpliSafe risk-free. If you don’t love it, return it for a full refund within 60 days.
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00:00 Courtney rock hammers
04:25 Excavator on fire again
05:35 Riley driving the bulldozer
06:36 Sarah rock hammers
07:41 Welding to repair the bulldozer
12:03 Cat Excavator Tooth Issues
15:49 Refueling the machines
17:24 Hitachi excavator hiring harness issues
21:26 Road tour - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Tyler is very calm, quiet, and ultra-competent. His comment upon seeing the melted and fully severed wiring harness was classic - a soft-spoken "Geez". And then Tyler proceeds to fully repair the harness and the mini-excavator starts right up. You're very lucky that he's able to spend part of the summer helping on the road project.
Repair should have been started after the first fire.
I can be calm, as well, but, big but, fix because sometimes the outcome is catastrophic.
Best wishes from the far North, where people understand half measures might be fatal.
@@carlthor91 "A Stitch In Time Saves Nine!" / "Haste Makes Waste!" 😉
Hey, if the hitatchi is down for a hydraulic reason take the oil cooler out and have it tested by a company that retrofits cores to vechile radiators, they’ll be able to tell you what % is active. I’ve a funny feeling that corrosion is blocking 50 or 60% of your oil cooler giving you the short run times before overheating. Relatively easy and cheap thing to fix if it’s the cooler, and coolers tend to be very easy to get at for removal and refit so no biggie to get it out for testing.
Since they will have a 4 season road this winter I wonder if we will see a rebuild of the Hitatchi over the winter.
Riley is pushing too much at a time putting stress on the dozer. Eventually it will pay off if he does move little bit less material at a time. At the end of the day you making huge progress and well done. You guys literally "ROCK" ! Awesome job.
glad to see someone else that see the same. old equipment pushed to the limit is an invitation to major equipment failure. treat the equipment well and you will have fewer problems and less down time.
That's what I thought also. Trying to do to much.
Hog Wash! that is what there built for. " Retired operator heavy highway"
I did wonder this. If you push less material = less stress on joints seemed a logical conclusion.
Tracks aren’t meant to spin.
Shout out to Tyler and his wiring skills!
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Can Bigfoot come out and play? That was fun! Thanks, team!
It’s so much fun watching Courtney operate the rock hammer. She’s a natural.
she is jiggle
I've been around mining and females can out operate men easily in heavy equipment and they don't tend to tear it up as badly.
They do look all natural, don’t they.
Best Looking Heavy Equipment Operator ever.
@@jacksarebetter Ok easy now, mr white knight. Thats not a universal truth by a long shot. Ive known plenty of women who tear up heavy machinery more than guys.
Pausing to say that the storytelling done with the editing has become so strong recently. (It was good before too, but it's getting so so so good now!!)
I can't imagine how much footage must be reviewed and cut down to make a single video, but the effort really shows. Great storytelling!!
Thanks for sharing your projects with the rest of us :)
Completely agree the filming and editing is really awesome!
Courtney looks amazing recovering from bringing Oliver into the show!
The first one is easier than the fourth! 😂
@@jasonschannel9017 ???
I found that OUR 4th shot right out of me (first labor = 13 hrs, 4th was 3 hrs)
Once you have three other children you have plenty of experience and P-lenty of hand me downs.
@@jasonschannel9017 ahahahahaha
When it comes to welding thick metal, if you grind yourself a small V grove, you can get a much deeper, stronger weld. If you just weld on the outside, the inside is still broken. Grind deep weld inside to outside in multiple passes. I hope that helps. Great videos!
The amateur - name being super ironic - is correct
Just food for thought.. You said 700 gallons of fuel so far. F18 Super Hornet can go up for 1 hr come back with an appetite of 2 thousand gallons .. On a busy day I have pumped out 30,000 gallons or 204,000 lbs of fuel in an 8 hour shift. . Love your content by the way..😊
Worn adaptors shed bucket teeth and hard rock is going to stress and test equipment several times more than just working in soil. Ya'll are doing pretty good and don't feel bad about the breakdowns. It's part of the business.
Did you ever consider blasting the top of that hill? It may have been quicker than the hammer. And my gawd, Courtney looks fantastic, nice to see her helping on the project.
The amount of product that you have moved is impressive Riley. Courtney is a natural in the 330. Love Tyler's demeaner , cool calm and collected. Sarah's doing a great job on the camera and learning the ropes on the machines. Oliver is just a little bundle of joy.
At some point, moving a small mountain out of the way is harder than just tunneling through it! ;-) That would have advantages in many kinds of weather conditions.
Tyler is a BIG help for this project.
Two key points.... driving the mechanic back to his truck through the "Potholes"...... and Riley saying, with absolute joy, "It's running... and it's not on fire!!".... made my week.....
Wow! Amazing progress even with the mechanical setbacks. I love seeing Courtney working the machines, you guys are quite the pair.
So great to have Courtney back for a bit! Doing an amazing job with balancing Mom life ❤ Another great episode! The road progress is so impressive!!!
Hang in there everybody…you’re CRUSHING that road - LITERALLY!
Lovely seeing you Courtney as a Mum, then just jumping into the Big excavator 330, and confidently using it!! just like old times, thats a lot of earth moving, but with all the stone youre putting down saves money on buying it in!!! Thanks for the video, Love from UK. x x
Ŵhere are you at? I’m in Lincolnshire!
@@edwardweeden8837 Kent
About time Courtney got to operate something bigger than the mini excavator!Next is some dozer seat time.
Dozer slippers - exactly the correct footwear!
Longer videos please. Love your videos so much. With only one video a week I’m left wanting more. Thanks
What a massive undertaking! When you get through this project there probably won't be anything that would ever intimidate you again. Wow what amazing friends you have helping you all along the way. You guys don't live that far away, I was jealous of the rain you had. Can't wait to see the finished product. You guys are amazing!
Shout out to Tyler and his wiring skills!. Courtney looks amazing recovering from bringing Oliver into the show!.
To say you folks are AMAZING seems almost an insult because it doesn’t say enough. I knew this was a massive project but the perspective shown in this video is MIND BLOWING!! This project is sooooo much bigger than I imagined. Which makes me so much more amazed at your skills, talents, abilities and determination to get it done!!! Well done!! Looking forward to some great before and after video!! Stay safe (cause that work looks scary!) and be encouraged cause you’ve got this!
I loved the rainy day scenes. A July rain is a real treat in North Idaho. It settled the dust, and it allowed the crews to get the Beetop fire under control. That fire is a long way from you two, but it is just up the valley from us. Fire is another good reason to build a wide excellent road like your doing. It provides good access for emergency vehicles, like you mentioned, and can be used as a fire line in an emergency. Fire protection is also a good reason to thin your trees and remove the underbrush. This was a fun installment in the road-building saga. Thanks!
Oliver is so adorable 🥰. I just can't believe how much you have taken down that rock 😮.
Don’t you find it absolutely amazing how man has created such awesome equipment to change your landscape?
Love your channel.
Blessings, Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
Without question the best simply safe commercial ever. Oliver was amazing per usual.
Oh yeah, also the road building stuff was awesome.
Kudos to the video editor. The choreography at 3:25 of the music and the shattering of the rock is absolutely perfect!
You two make a great team together and now you have a little “mini me” that gets to learn from the both of you while you build and expand on your property. I love your videos the creativity is amazing. Can’t wait to see how the road turns out.
You guys are so brave to take on huge projects! Instead of saying this is the first time i have done something, say this time & 2 more times will be my 3rd time I have done this!
I'd assume Courtney chooses the B roll music.....and i commend her on her choices.
Adds a great vibe.
Oliver is so cute, he needs his own channel. 🤩
Make sure you get the fire extinguisher power out of there as much as you can because it’s quite corrosive.
Next Week's Preview... Ambition Strikes Back !
Girls want to have fun, too! You GO, Courtney. When y'all started the road, I had no idea how big a project it was. Y'all are blessed with good friends and an awesome relationship. Mr. Ollie is going to have an awesome childhood. Y'all are doing good....keep on keeping on.
what is a good follow AS?
- Progress
- machines that break (understandably they are also used)
- how to fix them
- and something funny happens somewhere
- unexpected things
I look forward to exactly these things every episode!
Thanks!
It’s like eating an elephant… one bite at a time. You kids will make that road work
Hey big foot looks just like Riley, great video as usual
That Big Foot in your commercial was great!!!
Wonderful job Courtney and Riley have done on a Montrous job continuing to fix our road. Hope you finish Soon!
Well … having the rain will help you identify any problem areas in the road moving forward❤ great job you guys are fearless😊
It takes time to catch up on videos. Courtney is Awesome. Riley too, but I am impressed with a wife who digs in and helps as much as Courtney does.
Courtney is doing a great job of balancing mom and job duties. ❤😊
Hi folks looking good can’t wait to finish it will look nice ..Remember you can’t push these machines to hard nice and steady gets it done …I like what I’m seeing …I’ll just sit back and let you folks go about your business cheers God Bless ❤️❤️🙏🙏👍😀🦘🇦🇺🇺🇸
1st time ive seen Sarah on camera at your place! Haave seen you over there a few times! Looking forward to seeing some of their wedding clips. Never thought id see the day Courtney turning BIG rocks into little rocks! Now possibly Ryan !! -- prison labor joke ;)
Enjoy the video Riley and Courtney ,Tyler , Good job guy's .
I think oliver will soon be ready for a toy excavator! Great job on the road guys , and the never ending mechanical repairs.
Yep, slow work and things break. Doing a couple rams myself right now. Nice to have help too.
Again I say... Best looking excavator operator EVER
Oh dear guys, when it goes wrong it all goes wrong. I know though that you will fix everything and get moving again. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🥰🥰🥰🥰
What an amazingly large project you all have taken on. All machinery breaks under hard work, but old equipment under the same hard work breaks continually. So glad you have the talent to repair them. That hammer does an awesome job.on the rock. So glad Courtney was able to get in there and get her rocks off as well. You guys rock!
Welcome to “the Joys of Excavating”. I once had a 320 excavator quit while in the middle of unloading it. While half way on/off the trailer had to crawl around and repair the wire harness between the engine bay and the cab controls. What fun!
Yikes! 😬
Riley, you’re a natural in front of the camera, as is Courtney. I saw my buddy Sasquatch (I live in Washington) and when all else fails, just use that trusty hammer!
Can’t wait for the next video to see what you guys and Tyler get into.
Hammer time mamas! Tyler cambacking while dozing! Guys are breaking down the blue ROCKs! Too back you can't crush your own gravel!
Courtney running a dozer in slippers - classic! Show me any other youtube channel where you can find that.
The pin on the side of the grill is meant for holding the hydraulic cylinder up when it disconnected from the dozer C frame. The D8 sounds good, the road work is really progressing
Riley, Cortney, love your videos. We have big Cats working on Cambie St and 41 Avenue Vancouver, Canada, and I never see their machine in action. The operator got his training paid for by the CAF after he retired. You guys, just get in a drive these expensive vehicles. truly amazing.
I know it is always hind sight, might have been more cost effective to blast the rock. Progress is looking good.
Brilliant: SimpliSafe = No Bigfoot
I love you guys you are so cool. And congratulations on that little bundle of joy you have. God bless you all
WOW! BIG JOB! HOLY MOLY!..... SPRAY ALL YOUR BUCKET TEETH AND KEEPERS FLOURSCENT ORANGE!
You guys are such a great team. Love the show and am a little jealous of you guys. Best to you.
Love the shout out to Matt and DIESEL CREEK
the big foot spotting was probably my favorite part
Love the edit to the music at the beginning! Nice timing with the beat.
Seriously dude,,,your positive attitude makes anything possible.
Welcome to the world of equipment ownership my friends!
Think you will have to keep that new toy for a other week plus. You still have tons of rock to move. And really, only the two of you to do it. You both need days off of r&r for this. Youhave a beautiful little boy. And to see Courtney so full of energy and funny is a blessing. Look forward to seeing more of the little one. Heis growing fast. God bless.❤
I love these videos, I’ve would love to see more! Just some timelaps and that kind of stuff😁
Courtney Rockin' the Rock Wrecker! Lucky Riley.
I never recommend a champ videographer like you two but CEE is a heavy duty equipment hydraulic mechanic. He is also a machinist and his channel comes from Australia. He is probably one of the best, that’s coming from one of the best. A good portion of his content is rebuilding hydraulic cylinders. He is worth the time to watch
Great job on the road guy’s! So sorry about the equipment fails😞! Hi Courtney,Riley,Tyler & Oliver ! Hi Sarah! Hi Grandma & anyone else I may have missed!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
Just amazing how this coming along. I look forward to seeing you every weekend. Can’t wait for the next one.
"Moving Mountains"... all your heavy equipment breaking at once reminds me of working on my sailboat, ALL the time!
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Even with major obstacles, you all maintain a great attitude . All the best.
Such a huge job. Huge jobs might take a huge amount of time. Just be careful and you will finish. Hi Oliver!
I've been doing some filming of my own as a complete amateur. I see all of your camera angles. Not mention the editing that is involved. All I can say is wow just wow. I love the content keep up great work guys!
Fantastic teaser for next week
I have been watching you 2 young kids and I can only say that if as a 70 yo man living in NE, owning his own home and acreage, I sure wish 30 years ago I would I would have met a net a nice lady like Courtney.
So dependent on you guys, I looked for post yesterday because I thought it was Sunday.
Piston rods are pretty hard steel so its always smart to preheat the end before welding. A dull cherry red is just about right.
We felt your pain with having rental equipment and having the weather not cooperate. We just finished digging a pond and had a few rainy days that we needed to power through!
You are making great progress!
Preheat and postheat that metal with a torch next time. It will help with penetration and brittleness. Especially something that has been welded multiple times..
Matt at Diesel Creek must be very Happy today.
Some of his music in this video…
Yep, rentals always seem to get extended. Twice as long as expected for the Telehandler on our PoleBarn Build. Nice job beating up that rock.
I think that old dozer is the CHAMP of the whole project
All of you are turning into some very capable heavy equipment operators. You all are doing a great job and you decide what you want to do gather info on the best course of action and get it done. Keep up the good work and videos.
This project is just crazy. What a job! You're endurance and persistence is just mind blowing. And the negative cliff hanger is for the next episode where all machines break down, pfew.. that is hard. Wish you strength in solving that one too (again).
Love watching her run the equipment and have it be as much fun as everyone else. You all are so special
You broke all of your equipment but someday is going to be done and then you can look back on it and say wow we accomplish this we made a road then Oliver conseil my mom and dad made this road and he will be proud of his mother and father thank you for the video see you on the next one😂😂😂❤❤❤😢😢😅😅😊😊
You guys are doing the work of a huge crew. You are so inspiring
No, as a pro, we would only have a small number of us as well. There is only so much space and need for equipment there. My brother and I do a lot of jobs together and for bigger stuff will have 2 more guys. We would rent newer equipment like the 330, so the dozer and second excavator would be reliable and our company owns a skidsteer, miniex, and backhoe. My brother is a master operator and can work much faster than these guys and faster than me, so he leads and we support with the other equipment. For homeowners and some used equipment, they are doing great. Over the last 5 to 10 years, I have learned to operate more equipment and have put a bunch of hours into operating. For people who already do construction work, it is really cool to learn how to utilize the heavy equipment and it quickly changes the size jobs one or a few people can handle. It is a game changer to use small machines vs. working by hand, then to get on the big equipment. A big challenge is that the equipment increases the costs and risks involved and bigger machines do it more so. Things can go much better with it, but the potential is there for mistakes, bad luck, and costs to also be a much bigger deal.
Take the hydraulics radiator out and pressure washer it and see if that helps the overheating with the hydraulic oil.
Nice to see you supporting Matt Diesel Creek.
This is total validation for the equipment rissues that we are encountering with our project. A back handed way of affirming that if your project involves equipment, count on breakdowns. If you can't repair the equipment, hire it done by someone who can. Thank you for your inspiration......now to fix that tractor.......AGAIN!!!!
Riley standing between the blade and the nose of the dozer with just the edge of the excavator claw holding it and then only that small chain made me anxious LOL. While I get there is space for it to fall without even touching him, if that fell on a foot or a leg, he'd be living with one less of them!
Chill, pretty & can operate an excavator. Every man's dream!
That is one steep elevation, and the joys of working with machinery
Your baby is beautiful! I love all your videos! Congratulations on your new little one!