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Execute Initial Excavation and Material Management

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What happens here

Operate the Daewoo 75V excavator, equipped with a hydraulic grapple, to perform initial excavation tasks, clearing dirt and debris. Due to winter conditions, careful differentiation between frozen soil chunks (which cannot be compacted and must be removed) and thawed or unfrozen soil (which can be reused as backfill) is critical for structural integrity. Utilize a skid steer (Volvo) for transporting backfill materials, such as gravel, and distributing them along the base of the retaining wall. The excavator's hydraulic grapple is particularly effective for precisely handling large, irregularly shaped or frozen debris, reducing manual labor and increasing efficiency. Frozen equipment, such as a plate compactor, may need to be carefully moved with a skid steer, highlighting the importance of cautious operation to avoid damage.

Goal: This step focuses on using heavy machinery for initial excavation, handling various soil conditions, and transporting materials efficiently on a construction site.

Tools and materials

  • Daewoo 75V Excavator Daewoo
  • Dump Truck
  • Hydraulic Grapple
  • Shovels
  • Volvo Skid Steer Volvo
  • Gravel
  • Soil/Dirt

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4k and on a big screen what tim was actually talking about is winter work this is the end of the year so it's we're actually going into december now just wrapping this project up i think we wrapped it up uh just a few days ago and i actually shot the wrap up for you just today we've had nothing but problems on this job we've had two soil corrections frozen equipment and a camera fry out can you guys believe that some packer was brand new dirt freezes as well so as we're working we're battling the elements but we've got to be conscious of the dirt that we're using as backfill because if we know we've got frozen chunks and if they're literally frozen breaking those chunks up doesn't work oh this site is turning into a sloppy mud fit the corners are split half blocks so you get the rough side on here and you get the rough side on the other side so on this one the split block is going this way this next one the split block is going this way this way this way this way this way etc so how we doing with the block going long ways like that we'll have our full one or split one on the corner then we have to cut one to fit in between these two and then on this side we have to cut another one [Music] between these two obviously so that probably doesn't help it's frozen in the ground [Music] sketchy there we go yeah a thousand pound packer i would imagine it doesn't take too much to freeze that guy down okay so what i was saying is you can't compact the frost out of the ground if you've got frozen chunks of dirt the frozen chunks have to go the regular chunks need to be broken up but you got to make sure that they're not frozen because no matter how much you pack frozen ground it'll still settle on you later on so we've got to be careful to differentiate what's frozen what's thawed what's good soil what's bad so you see that pile behind them right now that's all bad this is where that grapple comes in so [Music] nice here's what we got down on our wall today that corner looks good probably doesn't look like that much we got a pretty decent amount of stuff down though okay plan for tomorrow uh right away gonna start excavating out this area here so that we can continue getting base in we're really really hoping that we're gonna get lucky and not run into more of that really slimy mucky clay through here but if we do that means we have to do a soil correction and we're really really hoping we don't have to mess around with that we will find out tomorrow working in the…

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