385C's

[bobcat ron]

Wow, those sewer mains are friggin' deep, why so deep?

 

[Steve Frazier]

I would imagine they are at a depth required to allow flow. I worked on a subdivision where some of the pipes were deeper than that. Because of the grade changes on the property, it was the depth they had to run so the water would flow correctly.

 

[385c JR]

Nice pics

If you guys want more pictures of 385's I have tons... Work around em everyday. Might be able to swing by our shop where most of em should be lined up right now for winter.

Of course I want more... :usa

Wanna se those who are lined up if thats possible...

 

[TRACKHOE71]

second that! id like to see more too!

 

[Burnout]

I can do that, I'll burn out to the shop this weekend. I'm told that we also have a brand new D6R, a new 385, 2 710 Deere's and I think there should be a couple of the new 657G's kickin around at the shop.

The sewermains are so deep there because we are actually running that one to the river. That section there we are digging around 9m in some spots 10 and 11m but the all time record for this year was a 16m deep storm sewer. Even with that kind of depth and the relatively short run of the sewer (4km) it still only has about 1-2% grade on it. I spent most of my time in those pics in a 330B L with about 20 000hrs on it trying to keep up pulling away from the 385. No one believed a punk kid in a 330 with a 48" digging bucket would keep up to a 385 swingin a 84" bucket. After they put me back in my hoe (Link Belt 210LX) they had to give the old dude that replaced me the 375L and he was having trouble keeping up with the same 84" bucket the main hoe had.

 

[Dozerboy]

Why don't you guys pre trench with scrapers and/or use trench boxes too? Unless it was just a short run that wasn't worth bring in scrapers thats the way we did it.

 

[RollOver Pete]

I did some sewer for Jones Bros. at Big Horn Country Club in Palm Desert Ca back in 2000.
We had cuts of 30-45'...all open cuts.
No scrapers or trench boxes.

 

[Burnout]

We don't use scrapers for pre trench mostly because thats a different division of the company. And the Komatsu 1250 and Hitachi 1100 dig faster. The normal pre trenching is the 1250 or 1100 digging, and then a D10 pushing away. Besides.... scraper operators are all a little different....lol

But I resized some photo's and for you fine gentlemen I have more 385 pics. First one is a test but its me in a 2006 model 385CL climbing out of the pre trench... that is seriously a riot.

 

[Burnout]

Ok... more for you....

The first is the 385 and the 330CL I was running at the time.
The second through 5th are poor judgement on the operators part... luckily I was not the one who made that mistake.

 

[Burnout]

Ok... MORE

1st is a 385 and my Jeep Cherokee with her 6" lift but the little tires. When I first moved to Edmonton last year.
2nd is our small jobsite... 385 parked beside a pile
The last 3 are loading the hoe on a trailer.

 

[Burnout]

Bet your thinkin... this guy can't have any more... Oh but I do.

 

[Countryboy]

First one is a test but its me in a 2006 model 385CL climbing out of the pre trench... that is seriously a riot.

That's my favorite one. :drinkup

That much machine going up that wall is pretty cool.

Keep the pictures coming.

 

[Burnout]

Last one I promise.... for now

Me in my 973 when I was pushing away from one of our other 385's. I tell ya even with a brand new engine and undercarriage trying to push away from one of these beasts with a track loader is nothing that resembles fun.

 

[JDMGrading]

Great pics!

 

[RollOver Pete]

Interesting...that you guys loaded the machine to the back of the trailer.

 

[bobcat ron]

Burnout: I'd love to "play" for a day on your jobsite!

 

[Construct'O]

Looks like she was dragging a little around that corner,in that last pic.:usa

 

[bobcat ron]

I'm still amazed at the massive size of that bucket!

 

[rino1494]

If you were using that big of equipment to trench the storm line, what were you using for backfill and compaction.

Also, I am kinda surprised being that deep and having the trench open that wide, they didn't make you put in RCP.

 

[9420pullpan]

what a machine