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Backfilling and Grading the Trench

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Franky almost killed me trenching an underground line.

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What happens here

With the gas line laid and connected, the mini loader is used with a bucket attachment to backfill the trench. The creator emphasizes the importance of driving over the backfilled dirt multiple times to compact it, creating a level and stable surface. He explains that this process, while slow and steady, prevents future settling of the trench. The mini loader uses its bucket to push the displaced dirt back into the trench, then drives over it repeatedly. This final step completes the burial of the gas line and restores the ground to its original grade.

Goal: Backfill the trench and restore the ground to its original grade

Tools and materials

  • Bucket Attachment — Scooping and spreading dirt for backfilling
  • Mini Loader CastLoaders Carbon 33T — Backfilling and grading the trench

What they say

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i was just saying earlier that backfilling is a slow and steady game but i'm not a rookie and i'm not making a mistake i'm just pushing what i should do and shouldn't do the more you run a piece of equipment the more you start to blur those lines between yeah i know i'm not supposed to but i know i can right [Music] up [Music] how does it go together pretty easy and that's going to be gas proof i mean leak proof it goes away yeah supposedly we'll put this in first then we gotta cut this pipe again okay we put this in put our stiffener in there's little stops here or you can see these little ridges in there maybe you can they can't but yep i see them okay that'll that'll pull it up we put it in as far as we can anyways and then we just tighten it in can't go no tighter so you gotta be good that's hopefully good right all right and then do the same on the other side but i gotta cut that pipe okay now we'll have to measure that pipe so yep all right well we got the line in the trench is done i'd say fittings i'd say that was the easiest trench we ever dog yeah compared to how we normally dig them but you can see we've already got it graded out backfilled tomorrow we just gotta test the line yeah so i would say overall it's an absolute success and i hope overall you guys had fun and uh yeah it was fun it was a fun day hope you enjoyed today god bless go get them you guys and we'll see you on another one lucy got any final words of wisdom for these guys don't get your tail caught in the door what's that lucy yeah that sucks

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