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Dig Lateral Trenches with Mini-Excavator

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Day 2: Emergency Foundation repair

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What happens here

Using the mini-excavator, dig additional lateral trenches perpendicular to the main foundation wall. These trenches are necessary to accommodate more deadmen and cable systems, which provide extra stability and ensure comprehensive support for the entire collapsing section of the garage foundation. Each cable system requires its own separate trench.

Goal: Excavate trenches for additional deadmen and cable systems

Tools and materials

  • Mini-Excavator Bobcat T325 — Excavating trenches for deadmen anchors

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that there will be three of these cable systems holding this wall in place in total for each cable system we've got to dig its own separate trench the pins on the mini axe are loose making it sloppy and difficult to work in tight spaces on top of that Alex is a new operator he's more comfortable in a skid steer than he is in a mini excavator this is his first time running one [Music] we dig a horizontal trench for the dead man and a lateral trench for the cable with the trenches safely dug we can finish installing the dead men one of

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