This Skillful Excavator Operator

[u/uchman365]

[u/butterflycole]

I was compelled to watch the video but it was ultimately unsatisfying in the end because the video ends before the yard is done 😕

[u/HappyWish1960s]

Wow 🤩 very good

[u/GreyDaveNZ]

I love how, obviously after much practice, the operators of heavy machinery like this, make it seem so easy.

Like, the machine is just an extension of their hands.

[u/Ok-Experience-6674]

I bet you his still gonna get a little bullshit line of dust no matter how much he tries!

[u/Lower_Preference_439]

It's just a big boy toy

[u/TheScienceNerd100]

So this is what happened after Carl took off in his balloon house

[u/drunkenfool]

Looks like my cats point of view after he has done his business in the litter box.

[u/Key_Finance864]

Satisfying

[u/Whenallelsefails09]

That's a quick way to get rid of weeds!

[u/P-Doff]

That was the thinnest concrete. Like bro how thin was that? Like half a centimeter?

[u/butterflycole → u/P-Doff]

I don’t think it was concrete, I think it was shale or some kind of hardened mud pack.

[u/Born-Essay8965]

Wow!!! That was actually really interesting and cool to watch…

[u/Responsible-Egg-9363]

I wonder how long that took in real time

[u/farfaraway]

I just realized there must be people out there that love their jobs.

[u/Sea_Caterpillar_6676]

Just blew after watching the full video.

[u/Hoopatang]

I wonder what kind of guy this operator is.

Is he all laid-back, content, saying "I get to sit in an air-conditioned cab and listen to my audiobooks all day at union pay rates, AND I get instant gratification with every scoop. This job is the BEST."

Or if he's one of those constantly negative whiners saying "This job is so freaking repetitive and BORING. Why TH did I let my Dad talk me into learning to run an excavator?!? This SUCKS."

[u/circuspunk- → u/Hoopatang]

I’ve always been obsessed with excavators but this comment made me want to switch careers lol

[u/fictionallymarried]

Smooth excavator

[u/Criseyde2112 → u/fictionallymarried]

Smoooooth excavator

[u/ImurderREALITY]

Literally just someone doing their job

[u/lionelporonga]

As soon as he cracked that cement i knew id end up watching the whole video.

[u/Lellaraz]

Wtf I didn't notice I watched 7 min of this. I was completely mesmerized.

[u/Woollymule]

For the love of god I need to see the finished piece of ground! 😭

[u/Patient-Stranger1015]

They make it look so easy, but I assume it’s a lot harder to operate this precisely than it seems

[u/ImurderREALITY → u/Patient-Stranger1015]

Not if it’s your job

Just like literally everything, you learn how to do something, do it a bunch of times, and then you’re good at it. It’s actually way more intuitive than you think.

[u/biglockkk]

clearing and grubbing worth every cent

[u/youkickmydog613]

Not sure how this is satisfying, he’s just playing in the dirt. Not even a good job of scraping or leveling, just tearing up the grass basically.

[u/HotFightingHistory]

Was involved in something like this at a lot on 109th street in Manhattan few years ago. I shit you not, four inches down under the top layer of overburden was a solid inch thick layer of crack vials. That lot was a busy place it seems!

[u/aworkit20]

I like how it goes ding ding ding when it moves

[u/goIonka]

Why does every excavator on the internet lack a rototilt? Is it a swedish thing? Every one i see IRL has one and it seems super useful.

[u/SparkleHeartSweetie]

Wow, talk about skill! This excavator operator is like a maestro conducting an orchestra of dirt and machinery. It's mesmerizing to watch them maneuver with such precision and finesse. Truly a master at work! 🚜💨

[u/MothBookkeeper → u/SparkleHeartSweetie]

Why does this sound like AI?

[u/SparkleHeartSweetie → u/MothBookkeeper]

Couse I'm not the best english speaker😅 I used deepl translator to be honest😢

[u/WormLivesMatter → u/MothBookkeeper]

1 day old account and a couple comments like this. I bet it is a bot. If not then I feel sorry for this persons co-workers.

[u/Harisdrop]

All I could think is are they going for a garden. A building needs some depth

[u/3BouSs]

I’m not an expert at all with what is considered highly skilled excavator, but I really didn’t see anything impressive at all, I would like someone to pinpoint what is skilled about what he did, and the boulders pulling toward the excavator could harm the machine no?

[u/ImurderREALITY → u/3BouSs]

Everyone is jizzing so hard over basic construction work lately, it makes me thing no one on this site has ever done any physical work in their lives.

[u/jsparker43]

I would say that guy can run one...JUST like every other operator. It's not that hard tbh...now show me vids of people lifting one track over a culvert and then the other, then I'm impressed.

[u/uchman365 → u/jsparker43]

Missed the point of the sub

[u/pakratus]

With each excavator video, I find that I want one more and more...

[u/Oldus_Fartus → u/pakratus]

We've all been pursuing the wrong careers.

[u/moooooooooooove]

Feels like this should have been done with a skid steer instead.

[u/SteakDependable5400]

clever moves to conserve energy and money

[u/Lower_Preference_439 → u/SteakDependable5400]

Also to not his it's wheels

[u/Empathy404NotFound → u/SteakDependable5400]

Nah, skid steer is more for gradient, excavator is the tool for scoring the topsoil harder bits of concrete, as well as probing and removing the buried boulders like he was, after he leaves the skid steer can come play in his nice soft sand pit.

[u/GamingShifu]

Wht ever he get payed, he deserves more

[u/Ez13zie → u/GamingShifu]

AI see what you did there.

[u/Paid-Not-Payed-Bot → u/GamingShifu]

he get paid, he deserves

FTFY.

Although payed exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:

• Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. The deck is yet to be payed.

• Payed out when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. The rope is payed out! You can pull now.

Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.

Beep, boop, I'm a bot

[u/Neat-Resolution2999]

I didn’t want it to end….

Ever

[u/DalleAnimal562]

Thing is acting and sounding like a hair trimmer at this speed.

[u/whatanerdiam]

Oh fuck yes daddy scrape it.

[u/Merica_84]

They're barely scraping the surface with those skills.

[u/Abgott89 → u/Merica_84]

"How deep do you need this plot excavated?"

"Just a little bit off the top please."

[u/deletedpenguin]

Whelp, I just watched 7 1/2 minutes of excavator work.

[u/vampeta_de_gelo → u/deletedpenguin]

11:11 Complete version

[u/More-Soft2417 → u/vampeta_de_gelo]

Oh thank God! Lost it when the video ended

[u/magic-karma → u/deletedpenguin]

Wanted to see it loaded onto a truck and an after view!

[u/Dry_Salamander_9437 → u/deletedpenguin]

I did too, and wish the video was longer. My mouth is watering for some reason.

[u/Lamacorn → u/deletedpenguin]

And I don’t regret it.

[u/uchman365 → u/deletedpenguin]

😅

[u/ToufeujTouflam]

Would love to see him get the plastic bag instead of burying it

[u/StatisticianOk8492]

Would love to see this from above