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I hit something important with the EXCAVATOR!!

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Stoney Ridge Farmer

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This DIY project segment demonstrates the initial phase of digging a trench using a mini excavator, highlighting the critical importance of careful planning and execution. It particularly focuses on the common pitfall of accidentally striking an existing underground utility pipe during excavation, showing the immediate aftermath of such an incident.

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I honestly don't know which direction I should go from. From this direction or from that direction, but I believe I'm going to start up next to the fence over here on this side and then work my way back. It's going to be very difficult for me to dig the ditch from where that junction box is up there next to the outdoor kitchen to the fence. That is going to be the worst part of all this. I don't want to have to dig precisely my first few digs. In other words, I want to get proficient at it before I start digging near where I think water lines might be. We'll see. I might just let her rip. [laughter] Sometimes that's fun enough. There you go, buddy. There you go. [screaming] I should have hired John to do this. [laughter] I got it. Here's my pipe. And I hit it. I nailed it right there. Didn't bust it, thank goodness. But uh came pretty close. Uh that'll be fine, though. We can cut it out right there. Oh, yeah. I did bust it right there. Yep. Sure enough did. All right. So, I didn't bust it that way, but I did bust it here. [sighs] Idiot. Well, [sighs] at least it we know it's not going to blast water out at

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