VIDEO: The worst excavator recovery in one man’s career

August 03, 2022

You know it’s a bad day when your rented excavator is nearly submerged in thick mud on a job. What do you do?

Check out this video to see how a seasoned operator saves the day with his Volvo EC220E.

Shout out to Let’sDig18 for his footage of the rescue of an XCMG excavator from a pond excavation project gone wrong.

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