My VERY Stuck Excavator

[Dirtman2007]

Well my day was going just nice and good until I got a phone call from the bossman saying that he had just buried the daewoo out in the middle of a pond were getting ready to dredge out. So I made a mad day over to the site to help in the recovery. The daewoo is sitting on TWO 8'X16' mud mats. that's just how wet this place is.
What I stubbled apon




ok now I've got water in the cab, holly Sh*t. the battery box is under water and the machines still sinking.




crap it's damn near going outa sight.



I've got my volvo on the way and the bossman just picked up some mats.

 

[Dirtman2007]

The volvo had just arrive, two hours until dark, gotta get going.
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Working it's way out on the mats



Finally reached the daewoo, started digging out in front of the machine to get some more mats under it.



My oh my....




Alright now we got the front of the machine up some.

 

[Dirtman2007]

Slow but steady





Alright now it too muddy to get out, passed the camera off and gave the dawoo all she had.




Here's me doing some serious thinkin

 

[Dirtman2007]

Now the volvo is getting bogged down.



Were getting there... I guess
[-o<


Now the volvo is really down deep, I'm not in a very good postion. I've got 12" of mud in the cab, having to kick it out so I can see the track pedals and It's getting dark!




Now it's dark, I'm standing on a sinking ship.... too dark for anymore pictures

 

[knucklehead98]

NIce save

Looks like you got there just in time. I had one that did kinda the same thing,360 Volvo , but it didn't turn out so well!!!!!!!!
I guess we were posting at the same time. I hope this all works out

 

[insleyboy]

looks like the Volvo got in a lil trouble there at the end as well!

 

[Dirtman2007]

Well It took some work but we got them both out. Now the clean up begins. Only one bent pannel door.. and It has to be on my freaken volvo [-( But atleast their out.




I guess we'll have ot figure out plan "B" tomorrow...


Welcome to the pond Excavating Business:drinkup:drinkup:drinkup

 

[OCR]

On looker????

Post #3...
Picture #4...

Kinda looks like... maybe an elderly lady with her arms crossed?...

"And I suppose I'm paying these guys for this"??? ... ...... :lmao

Been there a few times myself... Dirtman2007...


Boy, don't that pond mud smell good?... :cool2..... LOL


OCR

 

[deere88]

u might have the funnest job in America honestly

 

[Dirtman2007]

Post #3...
Picture #4...

Kinda looks like... maybe an elderly lady with her arms crossed?...

"And I suppose I'm paying these guys for this"??? ... ...... :lmao

Been there a few times myself... Dirtman2007...


Boy, don't that pond mud smell good?... :cool2..... LOL


OCR

Oh that was just one of the many onlookers who were walking around. That's was actually some old guy taking pictures.

the only reason the boss worked today was to feel around and get a feeling for how this material was going to be... I guess it was too wet.


I've almost been that deep before with one of those machines, luckly I was able to get it out.

I don't even smell the mud anymore. I just say, "it smells like money" and this job smells like a million bucks!

 

[swampdog]

Great pictures! That looks much like what we want to do with our pond.

Having the excavator disappear into the mud and water is one of my worst fears. So far, I'm approaching it very cautiously by working from one edge. Since we still have lots of water in the pond, I also have to build causeways out into the pond.

Dirtman, how do you plan to move the mud out of pond? Do you have some rubber track dumpers or a conveyor for that? It looks too wet for a crawler dozer or loader.

And can you tell me more about those mats that you placed under the excavators? Are they made of timbers fastened together with bolts or cables?

 

[Dirtman2007]

u might have the funnest job in America honestly

You have to have a positive outlook on these things. If you just get all workd up over thing slike this it just makes the problem worse. I kept saying to mayself "I'm getting thing machine out" It took a couple hours but it came on out. I had a task to day and that was get the machine to high ground. I stuck with it and succeded.

Now I'm afraid to take a machine back out in the pond to do the job!

 

[deere88]

i hope you have videos.....i will check your youtube site.

 

[OCR]

The smell of Money:

I don't even smell the mud anymore. I just say, "it smells like money" and this job smells like a million bucks!

I'll buy that... hook... line... and sunk... LOL


OCR...

 

[surfer-joe]

Congrats on getting both machines out. I been there and done that. Looks like the Daewoo slid off the matt in the first place to start this show?

 

[Dirtman2007]

Congrats on getting both machines out. I been there and done that. Looks like the Daewoo slid off the matt in the first place to start this show?

Thanks

That's the 3rd mat, the machines sitting on the other two

From the story I heard he was transfering the 3rd mat to where it was, the extra weight of the mud covered mat cause the machine to just sink like a rock. he then swung around behind the machine to pull himself up and then sunk where the back of the machine was. so he swung back to the postion it is in the first pics, got out and called me ointhead

Junior saves the day again

 

[cat 385]

not the first and probably not the last,most of us have been there,i enjoyed the play by play good job.

 

[OCR]

What about the months???

Junior saves the day again

But apparently not for calendars..... :lmao



OCR......... :laugh

 

[CabbageThe1]

That looks like loads of fun .....at least you got both machines out!

Operator + 1

Mud + 0

 

[Dirtman2007]

But apparently not for calendars..... :lmao



OCR......... :laugh

It was late....


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