Excavator movie thread

[robin yates uk]

well I retired a few years ago,9 to be exact.I was glad to get out of the plant hire industry. My last employer wanted us to work single time sundays as he said the competition was hotting up. I have left the UK and am in the Philippines now, happy, relaxed and laidback.The amount of ******** in Europe is bearable when you are 8000 miles away!

 

[Festivephone]

Things have got very tight in the UK , especially in Northern Ireland where I'm from. The only thing that makes it bearable is a good boss and working less than a mile from home.

 

[robin yates uk]

I worked in Northern Ireland during the troubles. I was in Belfast. I had no problems while I was there apart from one illegal border crossing when the British Army stopped me.They were from a Scottish Regiment and were not at all impressed I was English,hhahahhahahahahhahaa. I was offered a job driving a Sitemaster in the South for a cable company in 2000. I turned it down although I was impressed with their setup in the UK when I was on hire to them.

 

[Festivephone]

You wouldn't even notice there is a border now. The road markings change a bit but no customs, and police and army checkpoints are long gone.

 

[Festivephone]

Here a video i took of a Kubota mini excavator on Friday with my professional camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpfwlHTG7pk

 

[robin yates uk]

good operator, makes life easy! Good camera work, thanks

 

[Festivephone]

I done a 3 hour ish timelapse condensed into a few minutes while i filled a dump truck and drove it myself. I set my camera for a 1 second timelapse w2hich is the slowest setting i can do. fastest is 2mins but if i done that the action would be over in a milisecond lol . Heres the vid......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqxy_BK1vQ

 

[Hendrik]

I done a 3 hour ish timelapse condensed into a few minutes while i filled a dump truck and drove it myself. I set my camera for a 1 second timelapse w2hich is the slowest setting i can do. fastest is 2mins but if i done that the action would be over in a milisecond lol . Heres the vid......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqxy_BK1vQ

Hmmnh, needs the Benny Hill music http://www.televisiontunes.com/Benny_Hill_Show.html

 

[Festivephone]

I bought a gopro HD hero 2 and took some footage inside my excavator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqAWVPscptE

 

[Hendrik]

I bought a gopro HD hero 2 and took some footage inside my excavator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqAWVPscptE

Nice work but a small thing, at 3.10 when you track over the pile of dirt, it is recommended to use your arm to gently bring the ex down.

 

[Festivephone]

Nice work but a small thing, at 3.10 when you track over the pile of dirt, it is recommended to use your arm to gently bring the ex down.

To be honest i just couldnt be bothered. its an old beat up machine and im not so fussy as to drive by the book 24/7. I used to be very particular about operating the machine right but i get sent to do some awful jobs that are very hard on the excavator and you just give up keeping it perfect.

 

[Festivephone]

Heres another gopro cab view i did in a mini excavator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH0fN8kSQV8

 

[Hendrik]

To be honest i just couldnt be bothered. its an old beat up machine and im not so fussy as to drive by the book 24/7. I used to be very particular about operating the machine right but i get sent to do some awful jobs that are very hard on the excavator and you just give up keeping it perfect.

Yes but the camera was rolling.

 

[pp13bnos]

This was my first paying excavator job, my first video, and I"m a fairly green operator, but I decided to make a video of me pushing down trees anyways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w47L4-liL-k&feature=g-upl

 

[maddog]

To be honest i just couldnt be bothered. its an old beat up machine and im not so fussy as to drive by the book 24/7. I used to be very particular about operating the machine right but i get sent to do some awful jobs that are very hard on the excavator and you just give up keeping it perfect.

This statement would not look to good on a job resume, just sayin.

 

[Permafrost-ed]

These are worth a watch....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9GOJt5mRIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE02TxLlRQU

 

[robin yates uk]

thanks, loved the rowing clip.Never unload an excavator as in the second clip,,,,,,, your employment will be terminated

 

[Festivephone]

We were digging a foundation for a house this week and i took a video from multiple angles of most of the process exept putting in the concrete. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONa29_uJCYQ

 

[Festivephone]

Heres a couple of operator views i did this week with my gopro camera. Excavator is a Hitachi 130 zaxis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXOwIbFcsU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_wy4PdEaAM

 

[SeaMac]

Just curious Festivephone, your employer requires you to wear your brain bucket while in the cab? Here in the US, they frown upon us when we're out of the cab and lidless but generally don't require us to wear one when in.

Heres a couple of operator views i did this week with my gopro camera. Excavator is a Hitachi 130 zaxis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXOwIbFcsU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_wy4PdEaAM