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jkiser96

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This happened on a tile job I was doing. I tracked back over my trench & the bank gave way. It took 45 minutes to get it out but no help needed, it got out on it's own.
 

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xcavator120

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We just had the same thing happen with a ditch-witch trencher. The operator tracked back over the trench, and it didn't hold. Had to fill in the trench, behind, under and in front to get it out. Bad practice to back or drive over your trench..
 

jkiser96

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We just had the same thing happen with a ditch-witch trencher. The operator tracked back over the trench, and it didn't hold. Had to fill in the trench, behind, under and in front to get it out. Bad practice to back or drive over your trench..

Yeah it is bad practice but I took it for granted since it was only 15' long. Assumption is the mother of all screw ups. At least I was the only one there & also the owner so I didn't have to explain myself.
 

jkiser96

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Just curious, do you want to tell us how you got it out?


Since I couldn't swing the house, I was able to swing the boom & find a sweet spot with th eright angle & it picke dup the down side. The high side was actually on enough good ground to support the machine & I just walked it out. I tried pulling myself out with the bucket but it wouldn't pull so I just tried every idea I could come up with.
 
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jkiser96

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No damage but I thought my new door was going to pop. I heard it pop one time & quit becausw I was not losing $900 on a screw up. Oh yeah it did take about 20 minutes to get the seat out of my butt from initial shock.
 

CinOK

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Thats the one part of the small excavators and even the small TLB if the soil conditions are not great and unless you have a small bucket and big rocks you can wind up like this Mulitple times
 

roadrunner81

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Been there done that, I had to chain my tb135's blade to my 76' highboy to keep it from sliding farther into the ditch and then was able to turn and lift myself out. I felt stupid and I got the tires dirty on my pickup.
 

Jam

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You cant beat burying a mini for bit of craic.......:D
 

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kthompson

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Well I did not back over my trench, turned out it was not deep enough and had to be dug deeper. Well it fit between my tracks fine and the ground was stable....well until began working then one side caved but stopped before laying on it's side. As soon as I was out of there learned the benefit of the boom being rotated and digging with it sideways.
 

2stickbill

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Yeah it is bad practice but I took it for granted since it was only 15' long. Assumption is the mother of all screw ups. At least I was the only one there & also the owner so I didn't have to explain myself.

Now we all know.:D
 

Waldoc1

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Seat removal

:) I know what you mean about the seat removal. :eek:My pucker switch also inhaled the seat once when I had to do a high bucket dump. I knew better BUTT I did it any way. The bobcat was on the balancing point on the front 2 wheeles. I also thought I'd have to have the seat surgically removed from my behind. It NEVER pays to take short cuts or do things in a hurry because it will cost a lot more in the long run:usa
 

sandnsnow

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I've done that same thing. Funny it seems to always occure when people are using mini's. I used the boom swing and was able to pull myself up just enough to walk the machine out. I did end up buying the ashpalt that I scrached up with the teeth. I learned my lesson there. I knew better two.....
 

strott

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I suppose minis are usually used in tight spaces/sites so you have to work at tighter angles and closer to the areas that you have excavated and therefore more likely to encounter an issue.
 
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