#  @buildwitt BuildWitt There is no news or social post specifically about Aaron Witt. However, it appears that Aaron Witt may be associated with Under the Wire, an account that shares videos about heavy machinery, construction, and mining projects. The videos shared showcase massive infrastructure and mining projects happening around the world. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCKqKiBDpq9j29bXbBx0cfOw/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] +20% - [--] Month [---------] +94% - [--] Months [----------] -47% - [--] Year [----------] -37% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/youtube::UCKqKiBDpq9j29bXbBx0cfOw/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] no change - [--] Month [---] +93% - [--] Months [---] -3.70% - [--] Year [---] +144% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCKqKiBDpq9j29bXbBx0cfOw/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +0.17% - [--] Month [-------] +2.30% - [--] Months [-------] +9.10% - [--] Year [-------] +28% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCKqKiBDpq9j29bXbBx0cfOw/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 29.57% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 6.45% [finance](/list/finance) 5.38% [stocks](/list/stocks) 4.3% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 4.3% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 2.69% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 1.61% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) 0.54% **Social topic influence** [in the](/topic/in-the) 8.06%, [the worlds](/topic/the-worlds) 6.99%, [australia](/topic/australia) #3469, [the world](/topic/the-world) #3902, [to the](/topic/to-the) 5.91%, [check](/topic/check) 4.84%, [company](/topic/company) 4.84%, [canada](/topic/canada) #4377, [iron](/topic/iron) #2066, [germany](/topic/germany) 3.23% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@buildwitt](/creator/undefined) [@letsdig18](/creator/undefined) [@zeppelinbaumaschinens](/creator/undefined) [@earthmovinglegacycenter](/creator/undefined) [@mobiletracksolutions](/creator/undefined) [@diggersanddozers](/creator/undefined) [@34713h151v100f](/creator/undefined) [@cmpattachments](/creator/undefined) [@bdschotterwerke](/creator/undefined) [@mortensonconstruct](/creator/undefined) [@dirtwurx](/creator/undefined) [@empirecat](/creator/undefined) [@dirttalkpodcast](/creator/undefined) [@strackinc5824](/creator/undefined) [@awesomeearthmovers](/creator/undefined) [@bigmachinery](/creator/undefined) [@liebherrgroup](/creator/undefined) [@rlwconstruction](/creator/undefined) [@utahtransportationan](/creator/undefined) [@bluecollarphotographer](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Rio Tinto plc (RIO)](/topic/rio-tinto) [Quanta Services Inc (PWR)](/topic/quanta-services) [Suncor Energy, Inc. (SU)](/topic/$su) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "How Europe's Building the World's Longest Underwater Tunnel The Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link is a new tunnel that finally spans the [--] kilometers of the Baltic Sea between Germany and Denmarkthe Fehmarn Belt. Due to constraints engineers opted for an immersed tube tunnel over a bridge or traditional bored tunnels to make the crossing happen. When completed this will be the world's longest immersed tube tunnel by THREE TIMES. In this video we explore the enormous $1B tunnel element factory which is tasked with producing the 73000+ ton concrete and steel tunnel elements. To learn more about the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0L4NVIEcb7k) 2024-12-21T13:00Z 579K followers, 1.3M engagements "Building America's Largest Power Project w/ Helicopters Welcome to the SunZia Transmission Project. Part of Pattern Energy's greater SunZia Transmission and Wind project America's largest renewable energy project ever it will eventually transport power for three million people from New Mexico across America's Southwest. Quanta Services is leading the charge in its construction with [---] miles of transmission infrastructure to be built over a rugged desert landscape. We take you through the project from drilling to helicopter tower placement to provide more context on what it takes to keep your" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2cMNc0cXpBY) 2025-03-22T12:00Z 579K followers, 126K engagements "Building a New Reservoir to Supply [------] People with Water Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ Welcome to the Chimney Hollow Dam Project located an hour outside Denver CO. Crews from Barnard Construction are working hard to build a 360' tall $700MM earthen dam to store [-----] acre-feet of water. As the population along Colorado's front range has grown so has its appetite for water. The problem Most of Colorado's water lies on the other side of the Continental Divide on the state's western side. To provide consistent water flow beyond [----] the Chimney Hollow" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R_J6apzuFS8) 2024-02-24T13:00Z 579K followers, 1.3M engagements "Inside Japans Giant Excavator Factory UNSEEN Factory Tour Hitachi Construction Machinery recently gave us INCREDIBLE access to their large excavator mining excavator and mining truck factory located about two hours from Tokyo Japan. Not only did they give us the VIP tour but they let us bring cameras along the entire way. Seeing Japanese manufacturing was a dream come true it's even better than I thought. Check out their websites below to learn more about Hitachi and their product line https://www.hitachicm.com/global/en/ https://www.hitachicm.com/us/en/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XpbtB29BCzM) 2025-05-31T12:00Z 579K followers, 152.6K engagements "Inside the Giant Mines Powering Our World Earlier this year we ventured around the world and south of the equator to visit one of Darma Henwas amazing mining operations in rural Borneo. Being my first time in Indonesia I had no idea what to expect but boy were their operations impressive Not only were the machines neat but the people were super friendly. It made our travel WELL worthwhile. It's trips like these that make me feel exceptionally grateful for what I do. And the best part is that we can take you along with us Learn more about Darma Henwa: https://www.ptdh.co.id/ Thank you to our" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fs8zny34ZFs) 2025-12-06T13:01Z 579K followers, 179.1K engagements "How Scrapers Move Literal Mountains When we wanted to do an in-depth video on scrapers Southern California was the obvious location and Sukut was the obvious company choice. With more monster scrapers working here than anywhere worldwide it's an earthmoving paradise. To learn more about Sukut check out their website here: https://www.sukut.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor Ariat Work Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more here: https://www.ariat.com/work" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=toA2BzFEJPU) 2025-07-26T12:01Z 579K followers, 843.7K engagements "A Swimming Pool w/ Every ScoopDraglines at Work The dragline is one of the world's biggest yet most misunderstood earthmovers. While most people can spend an entire career moving dirt and never see one we've been spoiled over the years thanks to our friends at North American Coal and NACCO. Operating more draglines than any other company in North America they know a thing or two about how to run and maintain such enormous yet old machines. While we explain EVERYTHING you need to know about dragline operation here (https://youtu.be/LKbyQwnfucw) this video is dedicated to those who wish for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5dAlfOzSTtk) 2026-02-07T13:00Z 579K followers, 22.6K engagements "D10 Working Hard A Thiess D10 working overburden into an old pit as they open up a new copper and nickel deposit in Ontario" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6P6lxuiOjGQ) 2025-06-03T19:07Z 578K followers, 35.5K engagements "Paving the Arizona Desert with Sunland Asphalt Aaron and Chase visit Sunland Asphalt on S.R. [--] outside of Phoenix Arizona. Sunland was working on a mainline mill & fill asphalt paving operation. Aaron explains the process Sunland is using for repaving this highway section in the Arizona desert. Thanks to Sunland Asphalt for having us out You can learn more about them at https://www.sunlandasphalt.com/. #desert #highway #asphalt FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GUatXLAnqB8) 2022-05-17T12:00Z 578K followers, 66.3K engagements "Seeing One of the World's Biggest Excavators with FERMA Corporation - California Road Trip Day [--] On this episode of the BuildWitt VLOG we visited with FERMA Corporation and got to see one of the world's biggest excavators along with some neat job sites. FERMA operates out of the Silicon Valley area in California so we got to see how they operate under some of the state's regulations. FOLLOW BUILDWITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildwitt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildwitt Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TqEGZGhMew4) 2021-05-05T14:00Z 578K followers, 53.8K engagements "Rebuilding An Airport Runway OVERNIGHT Eberhard Europe Vlog [--] Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit One of the most fascinating projects that Aaron has been a part of was this runway demolition at Zurich International Airport. Eberhard crews had to demolish and reconstruct [--] meters of runway each night. The kicker If they were even one minute past their deadline to reopen the runway they faced a $20000 per minute penalty To learn more about Eberhard check out their website at https://eberhard.ch/. #construction #demolition #heavyequipment FOLLOW AARON" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UmHAQ8DUWJI) 2022-06-14T12:00Z 577K followers, 778.7K engagements "3 Coal Mines In [--] Days Electricity for [--] MILLION People North American Coal Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit This vlog hails all the way from beautiful Beulah North Dakota where the crew and I followed along with North American Coal to visit [--] coal mines in [--] days. First Site: Coyote Creek Mine - We visited the Wile E. Coyote dragline to see how it gets moved from point A to point B across the mine. NOTE: Its powered by a massive extension cable that is carried by a farming tractor so it doesnt get run over when the dragline is being moved. Second" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VBi1v-eNFrU) 2022-07-05T12:00Z 578K followers, 166.7K engagements "Exploring the Caterpillar Booth at Bauma [----] Zeppelin Cat Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit This episode continued our adventures at Bauma [----] with a visit to @ZeppelinBaumaschinen's booth. (one of the largest at the show.) Zeppelin was kind enough to host us before and after the show and treated us to dinner and a cappuccino at the booth's second-floor coffee shop/beer garden. #heavyequipment #bauma2022 #caterpillar FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aR_3XhC_j8Y) 2023-01-24T13:00Z 577K followers, 175.2K engagements "The Hidden Truth about Coal Mining NACCO Natural Resources This episode followed Aaron Angel Ben and Matt to three separate locations with the folks over at North American Coal. Longview TX Texas Shreveport Louisiana Ackerman Mississippi The first location brought them to the Sabine Mine which was a mine-to-mouth operation that included taking a ride on a Marion [----] seeing another dragline work on reclamation that had already been mined and taking coal to the power plant with haul trucks. The boys got to see Kress Coal Haulers 785s PC 2000s and another machine that wed love for you guys to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jpZn1zfIXo0) 2022-08-12T12:00Z 578K followers, 239.2K engagements "Inside America's Largest Renewable Energy Project Welcome to SunZia a remarkable undertaking to build 900+ new wind turbines in the New Mexico desert to produce [----] megawatts of energy for America's Southwest. Blattner a company with nearly a century of history is building the project. However before they can assemble each tower and turbine each needs a solid foundation. Blattner crews are excavating holes for each tying enormous rebar structures and pouring over [------] cubic yards of concrete for all the foundations combined. Beyond building the foundations they must connect each with power" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=obOIStHqYY8) 2024-06-22T13:00Z 578K followers, 60.9K engagements "Bringing Down The Old Wittpenn Bridge Massive Bridge Demolition Atlantic Coast Dismantling In this episode Aaron and the gang visit Atlantic Coast Dismantling in Jersey City New Jersey. On this project they are dismantling the old Wittpenn Bridge. The old Wittpenn Bridge was built from 1927-1930. There is a newly constructed bridge also named the Wittpenn Bridge that was recently finished and open to traffic. Hence the demolition of the old bridge. In this video the crew is working on removing some of the concrete deck from the bridge. So that the concrete doesnt fall into the river a barge" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v3iSuG73Ji4) 2022-08-05T15:00Z 578K followers, 35.6K engagements "How American Waste Collection Works When we roll our trash and recyclables to the curb that's where most of our waste journey ends. But it's only the beginning for the hardworking folks from Casella. Their team picks up hauls and disposes of the waste for millions of Americans every day. They let us tag along for a day to show you the ins and outs of the processand like everything else we show here there's A LOT more to it. So much planning care and engineering go into safely disposing of our waste and thank goodness it does. Learn more about Casella here: https://www.casella.com/ And a huge" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v7OPskY4N8Y) 2026-01-24T13:01Z 579K followers, 124.3K engagements "Bulldozers + Boat Anchor Chain = New Forest In the mountains outside of Canberra Australia lie enormous pine plantations which help provide Australians with critical goods like lumber for houses and pulp for toilet paper. But there's a problemmuch of the pine that should be there is missing. Due to the enormous bushfires of 2019-2020 much of the pine that was nearly old enough for harvesting was vaporized. Fortunately Forestrack has the reset button in the form of incredible machines and hard work. Thanks to their fleet of dozers and excavators they clear the hillsides of debris and rip the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-DwnBaq6QLo) 2025-09-27T12:00Z 579K followers, 204.9K engagements "Over $48 BILLION in [---] Years Mining Copper with Montana Resources Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit In today's vlog Aaron and BuildWitt were in Butte Montana with Montana Resources visiting their massive copper mining site. There were [---] shovels [---] loaders and more. They mined the gray ore and hauled it to the crusher which crushes [--] tons an hour then went to the plant where it would be turned into copper. Initially they blast the material to get that perfect fragmentation. It also creates less work for the crusher making it essential for" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=01YsjQgF0go) 2022-08-30T12:00Z 579K followers, 335.3K engagements "Why Is Colorado Building a [--] MILLION TON Rock Wall in the Rocky Mountains Welcome to the new Chimney Hollow Reservoir the largest new American dam project in decades. Spearheaded by Northern Water the project aims to provide consistent water from the Rocky Mountains to hundreds of thousands of people along Colorado's front range. While most dams stop flowing water this enormous rock structure merely crosses a valley forming a massive bathtub that Northern Water can fill with over [-----] acre feet of water from nearby pipelines. Barnard Construction a company known for tough jobs is the muscle" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0eFTrOpueYE) 2025-08-09T12:00Z 579K followers, 2.8M engagements "Visiting The Worlds Deepest Open Pit Mine - Kennecott Copper Mine Dirt World stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ Only a stone's throw from Salt Lake City lies the world's deepest mine Rio Tinto Kennecott. Hardworking miners have extracted copper silver gold and other critical resources here for over a century. Not only do they mine incredible amounts of ore here using shovels and trucks but it's also America's only integrated copper mining operation. This means they start with rock and end with 99.9% pure copper all in the same place If you use electricity you use copper. It" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0fBrOULfyyA) 2024-03-22T12:00Z 579K followers, 865.2K engagements "Working off of HELICOPTERS - Aerial Linemen" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0gMIsb6mA_k) 2025-08-30T15:00Z 579K followers, 54.7K engagements "Inside the Worlds Craziest Job: Aerial Power Line Work Power enables modern life but it's not witchcraft (believe it or not). This brings us to today's projectSunZia transmission a three-gigawatt HVDC transmission line spanning [---] miles from the nation's largest clean energy project to Arizona and beyond. To make it happen Quanta Services is on the scene with many of its subsidiaries including Winco Powerline Services a company specializing in aerial line work using helicopters. It's as neat as it sounds Learn more about Quanta Services here: https://www.quantaservices.com/ Learn more about" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1KmmzhnJyfw) 2025-08-23T12:00Z 579K followers, 540.4K engagements "Excavator Migration A special moment Watching the big cat migration unfold before my eyes deep inside the deserts of Saudi Arabia" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1j1aiIM-M_w) 2025-10-31T14:00Z 579K followers, 54.5K engagements "Californias Giant Rock Crusher Dirt World stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ Welcome to Graniterocks A.R. Wilson quarry nestled in the hills near Aromas California. Established in the late 1800s to help build Americas West Coast railroads today it produces millions of tons of aggregate feeding much of Silicon Valley and Northern California. Beyond its enormous scale the quarry features amazing machines the most amazing being their 3000-ton-per-hour mobile crusher nicknamed the Krupp. By moving the crusher as needed Graniterocks crews can produce material extremely" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1tVrVAI8Dw4) 2024-06-15T12:00Z 579K followers, 186.4K engagements "How Was Work Today Honey How was your day at work today honey And yes Ive had too much time on my hands this week" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3YXyxqXufUU) 2025-06-10T15:00Z 579K followers, 51.6K engagements "We Got into the PIT Alberta Oil Sands Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit The second episode of the Canadian Series followed our team out to Alberta Canada to meet with Morgan Construction at an oil sands mine When in the oil sands they strip away topsoil and expose sand that they can extract oil from and take to a plant. A very valuable commodity in today's world. #oil #canada #construction Company: Morgan Construction - https://mcel.ca/ Equipment: Hitachi [---] Excavator Caterpillar [---] Mining Trucks Caterpillar 789F Haul Truck 6015B Hydraulic Shovel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3ryHsnTbiUE) 2022-09-13T12:00Z 579K followers, 531.7K engagements "D8 Fire Dozer Climbing into the LA Citys D8 fire dozer which features a two-passenger cab. It's easily the most customized dozer Ive ever encountered and its likely cutting fire line as I write this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4cYcHaw7bGc) 2024-10-14T15:00Z 579K followers, 1.7M engagements "Comparing MASSIVE Dozers Just a quick size comparison between the Liebherr [---] and the Cat D11" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5UpYpszwEsQ) 2024-10-04T15:03Z 579K followers, 639.5K engagements "Painting the World's Largest Bulldozer Mural with DIRT Quality Enterprises isnt only known for its world-class construction work Its known for its ART. Thats rightart class is in session. When I told QE we were coming to town they wanted to do something special for us. Having already made giant versions of the Cat logo their logo and even the Mona Lisa they chose their most ambitious project yet A D6 Cat dozer. While the results fantastic the process is even cooler. They dont mess around Learn more about QE here: https://qeusa.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8jyu4ROVm4Y) 2025-10-18T12:00Z 579K followers, 33.1K engagements "Autonomous Bulldozers Explained Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com We're back with Thiess a global mine services contractor to explore Lake Vermont another one of their operations in Queensland Australia. Like all the other mines in the Bowen Basin Lake Vermont produces coal using an enormous fleet of excavators trucks and other machines. But while most other mines use primarily trucks and shovels Lake Vermont leverages what they call a dozer push to move large quantities of overburden. And these aren't just any dozersthey're autonomous. GASP To learn more about Thiess" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AmrJKPsBpdE) 2024-09-21T12:00Z 579K followers, 337.3K engagements "Hitachi [----] Loading Quarry Shot Loading trucks with Japans largest earthmover a Hitachi 5600" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DoakDICKzJA) 2025-07-01T17:16Z 579K followers, 54.9K engagements "Emergency Procedures for Fire Fighting Dozers CALFIRE fire dozer training Here theyre practicing what to do if the machines overwhelmed by a fire. Its a situation they do their best to avoid but fires can be unpredictable with changing weather" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETcC9gtKdIA) 2025-06-09T15:00Z 579K followers, 63.6K engagements "For Educational Purposes Only. A fun clip from Komatsu loader training" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EVyR50e_zTY) 2025-09-17T19:00Z 579K followers, 929.8K engagements "The Coolest Birthday Party Ever Caterpillar's 100th Caterpillar the famous American company most known for its yellow earthmovers is turning A CENTURY old this year. It's a big deal. To celebrate the @EarthmovingLegacyCenter and @MobileTrackSolutions threw one heck of a birthday party in September featuring their incredible tractor collection and live demonstrations. If you're an earthmoving enthusiast this video is for you Learn more about visiting the Earthmoving Legacy Center here: https://www.earthmovinglegacy.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their boots" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EtblFUcepvc) 2025-10-04T12:00Z 579K followers, 91.9K engagements "How Iron Ore Mining Works Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com Situated in Western Australia the Pilbarra looks like a barren orange-red expanse to the untrained eye.But anyone who knows anything about mining knows it's one of the world's most valuable and vital regions. Why Iron ore Steel makes our world go round cars buildings and power wouldn't exist without the stuff. And steel requires two main ingredients: coal and iron ore which makes iron ore as critical to humanity as it gets. In [----] Western Australian iron ore production was about [--] million tons. Today the region" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F1bJYHl5iJw) 2024-10-05T12:00Z 579K followers, 1.5M engagements "5600 Front Shovel Old footage to tease what were up to today Shovels etc" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=F5LNaWqeagU) 2025-06-23T15:00Z 579K followers, 37.3K engagements "What's This Grader Doing Adding grip to frozen haul roads for faster lap uh I mean cycle times" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=G791LUknz_A) 2025-06-05T14:55Z 579K followers, 83.4K engagements "Scraper Play by Play" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GP-q5__pnh0) 2025-09-18T14:00Z 579K followers, 25.1K engagements "Building Iceland's Lava Barriers Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com which sells BuildWitt stickers hats and apparel worldwide Beginning in December [----] a massive eruption about [--] minutes from Iceland's capital city Reykjavik began to threaten a local town and power plant. Authorities swooped in to respond mobilizing a large force of earthmoving machines to begin building barriers using old volcanic material to reroute the new lava flows away from civilization. They've worked nonstop since as the eruption has happened SIX times as of September [----]. We were fortunate to" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IHDHmqsh9_A) 2024-09-14T12:00Z 579K followers, 905.7K engagements "How One Contractor Builds America's Most Expensive Town Stutsman Gerbaz has built Aspen and the surrounding area since [----] now doing anything from waterline repairs to mega-mansion builds. But when competing in America's most expensive town for labor a business-as-usual approach doesn't work. To develop new building methods Shay Stutsman visited Switzerland years ago and implemented everything he learned back in the States. The result Some of the coolest machines and projects anywhere Learn more about Stutsman at: https://www.sgearthmoving.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KwdrfPxC7fE) 2025-08-02T12:00Z 579K followers, 502.1K engagements "How to Operate the World's Mightiest Earthmovers The dragline is one of the world's biggest yet most misunderstood earthmovers. While most people can spend an entire career moving dirt and never see one we've been spoiled over the years thanks to our friends at North American Coal and NACCO. Operating more draglines than any other company in North America they know a thing or two about how to run and maintain such enormous yet old machines. We've shown you all draglines before but this is by FAR our most in-depth dragline video yet as we spent two days with their three draglines at the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LKbyQwnfucw) 2026-01-31T13:00Z 579K followers, 189.2K engagements "Mine Reclamation In Sub Zero Temperatures Join us as we venture through Canada's oil sands with Morgan Construction showcasing how reclamation work is done in sub-zero temperatures. We dive into the intricacies of stripping away topsoil and subsoil explain the crucial role of soil organization in reclamation and reveal the challenges and strategies of working in frozen grounds. We also examine the vast range of machinery used in these processes from excavators to rippers. It takes tremendous effort and planning to mine oil sands and restore the land to a condition where forests can regrow." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M0MaROOmoeE) 2023-05-31T14:00Z 579K followers, 94K engagements "Operating One of the World's LARGEST Demolition Excavators We recently traveled to Rome Italy to visit with Despe a world leader in demolition. The reason we traveled so far was because of their infamous demolition giant known as the JUMBO. A 350-ton monster based on Caterpillar's 6015B mining excavator. Laurini another world leader in building custom heavy machines re-engineered the machine from the ground up making it Europe's largest demolition excavator. We see the machine in action and share everything you need to know about how they build it A HUGE shoutout to @diggersanddozers for the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NB7dBqdMqkw) 2025-06-07T12:00Z 579K followers, 322.2K engagements "Dragline Operator POV" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OhPsDv4EePQ) 2025-09-18T19:00Z 579K followers, 39K engagements "GPS Never heard of her. GPS Never heard of her" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=P3Xr5ZTIvOg) 2025-08-08T19:05Z 579K followers, 36K engagements "How Canada Mines in the World's COLDEST Temperatures I got tired of Canadians saying "tHaT's NoT cOlD" so we ventured north to see how the Canadians mine in January. They can't tell me it's not cold when I'm IN Canada. The mining operation here is the Stobie Mine a historic operation outside Sudbury Ontario. After years of closure the mine has a new life as a surface operation with world-class mine services contractor Thiess leading the charge. The deposit is rich in copper nickel and cobalt just as the world needs more metals than ever The temperature was CHILLY but the iron and crews were" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=PIOudc8yhw0) 2025-03-08T13:00Z 579K followers, 657.6K engagements "D11 vs Lava Rock Like a hot knife through butter. stak working last summer to defend a power plant against lava" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Of_haFtQM) 2025-07-02T17:17Z 579K followers, 1.3M engagements "Pacific Northwest LOGGING I Tigercat Feller Buncher Welcome to one of the world's most productive logging regionsthe Pacific Northwest. Here logging companies manage hundreds of thousands of acres to grow the timber we need. Whether it's lumber for our homes or toilet paper for our. you know. we all use timber products daily whether we realize it or not. And don't forgettrees are a RENEWABLE resource. Thanks to excellent management practices and regulations these lands are replanted and re-harvested repeatedly. This is where Kirkpatrick Cutting comes into play. Kirkpatrick can harvest timber" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q4GbB7YkUGQ) 2024-01-20T13:00Z 579K followers, 155.5K engagements "FRESH D10T2 Whose new tractor is this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RojkswE41zk) 2025-06-15T19:00Z 579K followers, 42.3K engagements "Autonomous Mining Trucks Blasting and Koalas Welcome to Australia's newest coal mine the Pembroke Resources Olive Downs Complex. But this isn't any coal. It's steelmaking coal a critical resource for humanity. If you've ever used electronics cars or buildings you've used steel. It has been and will continue to be one of humanity's most essential resources. And to make it you need iron ore and steelmaking coal Pembroke has spent a decade ensuring their new mine not only meets Australian standards but serves as an example for mining worldwide. I've never had access to a large-scale mining" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SRuht0QIprs) 2024-07-13T12:00Z 579K followers, 175.6K engagements "How the Dutch Build the World's Craziest Excavators Van Tunen is a third-generation Dutch equipment business best known for its triple boom excavators which it began building in the 1990s and continues to refine today. These machines are perfect for marine construction requiring machines to work in challenging conditions unseen on land. To learn more about Van Tunen check out their website here: https://www.vantunen.nl/en/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SSUw71zwHvA) 2025-06-14T12:00Z 579K followers, 542.5K engagements "The Unknown Side of Copper MiningTailings Last fall we visited Rio Tinto Kennecott to check out the copper mining process from A to Z. While we saw almost every step from loading ore to refining the 99.9% copper we missed one critical steptailings. Tailings are everything that isn't the copper gold silver and other metals Rio Tinto produces. Similar to beach sand the Rio Tinto team and a host of contractors like Ames must effectively manage the material. So in this video we're exploring the tailings process from A to Z which made for a fantastic day To learn more about Rio Tinto Kennecott and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tx7LZRa5MVc) 2024-09-07T12:00Z 579K followers, 170.3K engagements "Digging for MILLIONS: Inside an Australian Gold Mine Karlawinda Gold Mine is an open-pit gold mine located outside of Newman Western Australia. Capricorn Metals is the team behind the operation and the mine first produced the precious yellow metal in [----]. Now maturing as a mine over [------] ounces of gold leave the mine gates annually. We were lucky enough to visit thanks to MACA a well-known contract mining company that performs all drilling blasting loading and hauling here. It's not every day I get to hold a few million dollars in my hand Learn more about Capricorn:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TxfBv6DvBhE) 2025-11-08T13:00Z 579K followers, 356K engagements "Reduce Reuse Recycle" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UVSD9LaUioM) 2025-09-19T14:01Z 579K followers, 30K engagements "Exploring the World's Largest Earthmoving Machines at BAUMA Munich [----] Welcome to Bauma [----] Munich the world's largest construction show AND trade show. Every three years all heavy equipment manufacturers bring their latest and greatest to Germany for hundreds of thousands of people to admire (AND BUY). Thanks to Zeppelin Cat we not only spent a few days at this year's show but can also show you some of our favorite machines in action from other visits over the years. And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor Ariat Work Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WYq_R3OKF60) 2025-09-06T13:01Z 579K followers, 110.6K engagements "Inside Bauxite Mining: One of the World's Most Essential (Yet Unheard Of) Resources Most people have never heard of bauxite yet they couldn't live without the essential metal it eventually transforms into: aluminum. No bauxite no planes cans or electronics. The durable yet light and corrosion-resistant metal has become the world's second-most consumed metal behind iron. Given its great importance it's no wonder Rio Tinto one of the world's largest resource companies produces and refines large quantities of it in Australia. And we were lucky enough to get the behind-the-scenes tour Located" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WlAER1dTDC8) 2026-01-17T13:01Z 579K followers, 1M engagements "Inside Virginias $4 Billion Tunneling Megaproject Welcome to the HRBT or Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion the largest project in Virginia's history. To ease congestion along the I64 corridor between Newport News and Norfolk a joint venture between FlatironDragados Vinci Construction and Dodin Campenon Bernard AKA Hampton Roads Connector Partners is building another two lanes in both directions doubling the current capacity. While much of the project is above ground with bridge and road expansion work the centerpiece is the twin tunnels under the navigation channel leading to the world's" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YWdqxRaJzgk) 2025-04-05T12:00Z 579K followers, 2.5M engagements "Shovel or Gym Giving the Thompson Construction Group gym a try. Kudos to the Cat engineers for considering health and wellness while designing their large excavator counterweights" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ye9rMiRpYk8) 2025-06-08T19:09Z 579K followers, 73.6K engagements "How America Builds its Interstate Highways at NIGHT We visit Anderson Columbia a large paving contractor based in Florida to learn how they're expanding I-75 to keep up with the state's rapid growth. Most people think roads magically appear. That's not the case. Each mile is the result of hard work often in the dead of night to prevent major interruptions. No highways no modern life so this work is a big deal Learn more about Anderson Columbia: https://www.andersoncolumbia.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YivV6KSFI0c) 2025-10-25T12:01Z 579K followers, 214.7K engagements "Into the underworld" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZXN0o-gHbj0) 2025-08-07T14:00Z 579K followers, 28.6K engagements "HUGE Scraper Operation Piggies gotta eat" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_EIOYIzcl6k) 2025-06-04T15:51Z 579K followers, 40.5K engagements "Autonomous Haul Trucks in the Canadian Oil Sands Join me and the vlog squad on an exploration of Suncor Mine's extension located north of Fort McMurray. Here we dove headfirst into the world of autonomous mining trucks marveling at the advancements in mining technology up close and personal. The autonomous trucks are fully run by computers and require no driver a revolution that's been in motion since [----]. In addition to the marvel of autonomy we also visited the maintenance facilities where these mining giants are kept in optimal condition discussing the specifics with the hardworking" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Z9w-mUoUsY) 2023-05-23T14:00Z 579K followers, 233.2K engagements "How Powerful are Caterpillar D10 Bulldozers We recently had some fun thanks to McCahill Bulldozer Services an agriculture development company in California's Central Valley. Why not test the power of Caterpillar D10 dozers against some cars" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_ssPihWcGhE) 2025-06-21T12:01Z 579K followers, 152.5K engagements "Shovel Strips for Oil Shale Shovel stuff. Somewhere in the Jordanian desert. Stripping overburden for oil shale" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=blbNcYpu8FQ) 2025-06-29T19:00Z 579K followers, 42.6K engagements "Building $1 Billion of Runway at CLT International Airport Disclaimerthis video is NOT produced by CLT. Welcome to Charlotte Douglas International Airport one of the busiest in the United States. And like any other busy airport it's growing FAST. And fast growth doesn't only mean new airport terminalsit means entirely new runways like CLT's fourth parallel runway project. A multi-year $1B undertaking the fourth parallel runway will eventually allow air traffic to flow in and out of the airport more efficiently. To build it there's A LOT of earthmoving involved. And this is where ES Wagner" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0eepfmeeuQ) 2025-02-08T13:00Z 579K followers, 364.3K engagements "The Hidden World of Underground Salt Mining K+S is a remarkable German company; this is the second time they've allowed us to visit their underground mining operations In this video we're at their Bernburg rock salt mine where hardworking people have mined pure rock salt since [----] After traveling over [---] meters down the main shaft we found ourselves in the caverns almost too big to believe. And there are hundreds of these rooms throughout the mine You can learn more about this operation and all of K+S at their website below" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c5kz31dGSFs) 2025-05-24T12:01Z 579K followers, 708.2K engagements "Why Tunnel Under a City By Hand in [----] Midwest Mole was one of the first companies BuildWitt worked with. We've explored tunnels they've dug across the Midwest and from Virginia to Arizona So when they messaged us a few weeks ago saying they had a hand mining project over the weekend in Indianapolis we packed our bags and hit the road to join the fun. As you'll see hand tunneling is EXACTLY as it sounds. Learn more about Midwest Mole here: https://midwestmole.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor Ariat Work Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more here:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cRfYxF_No9Q) 2025-08-16T12:01Z 579K followers, 166.2K engagements "How Nevada Produces BILLIONS in Gold Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ When people think of gold mining they likely picture bearded men with gold pans in mountain streams or Discovery Channel's Gold Rush. In reality it's neither In this video we tour the entire gold mining process at Round Mountain Mine owned and operated by Canadian gold giant Kinross. We start where most mining operations begindrilling blasting and loading with enormous shovels. But with most gold here being microscopic how do they extract every ounce from the rock they mine That's where the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fafsQZGEje8) 2024-04-12T17:00Z 579K followers, 1.1M engagements "How Do Scrapers Dump" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hsAXvYJkkSw) 2025-08-15T15:21Z 579K followers, 45.9K engagements "Paving a Remote Australian Airport Runway Overnight Paving an active runway overnight is a big deal. But how do you do it in the middle of nowhere Western Australia For Fulton Hogan one of Australia's top builders it's just another day (night) at the office. Many of Australia's mines are remote. So remote that the workforce flies in and out (FIFO) every week requiring most major mines to operate remote airports. When the airports need work that means Fulton Hogan has to bring everything needed to make it happenasphalt plant and all. Learn more about Fulton Hogan: https://www.fultonhogan.com/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=hvEHx988qHQ) 2025-11-01T12:01Z 579K followers, 262.7K engagements "Bringing Mining Machines Back to LifeWorkshop Tour Welcome to the first video in our Indonesia Liebherr adventure as we tour Liebherrs incredible remanufacturing facility in Balikpapan. In mining remanufacturing components is a big dealjust because each overall component has served its full life doesnt mean each part is in the bin. Liebherr technicians carefully inspect every part of every component to determine which can be reused for another life. After the process customers receive the parts they need for their machines with the same factory warranty but at a fraction of the cost Learn" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ii7uGjmM4XA) 2025-10-11T12:01Z 579K followers, 93.1K engagements "How Australia Ships One Million Tons of Iron Ore Daily Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com Welcome to part two of our series on Western Australia iron ore mining If you haven't seen the first episode watch it here (https://youtu.be/F1bJYHl5iJw) Now that we've blasted hauled and sized the iron ore it's time to transport it from the remote Pilbara mines to the sea where it will eventually travel by ship to steel mills worldwide. Rio Tinto operates one of Australia's largest private rail networks with over two hundred remotely operated locomotives moving about one million tons" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jaYzT1YQplg) 2024-10-12T12:00Z 579K followers, 925.1K engagements "How Modern Coal Mining Works with Bravus Mining & Resources Coal mining is a thing of the past Think again. Thanks to incredible access provided by Bravus Mining and Resources we take you behind the scenes of the Carmichael Mine one of Australias newest mining operations. The Carmichael Mine is one of [---] coal mines in Australia producing around [--] million tons of coal annually. Consistent power is necessary to help lift millions out of poverty and coal is a crucial ingredient. Bravus helps meet the worlds growing energy demand with high-quality coal displacing lower-quality coal mined in" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lp6OMS-6sd0) 2023-08-25T13:00Z 579K followers, 400.8K engagements "They Let Me BLAST This is from our video on Iron Ore with Rio Tinto You can check it out by visiting my channel or clicking the link in the comment section below" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m5YK2FIYL2Q) 2025-09-19T19:00Z 579K followers, 26K engagements "How Does a Crushing Spread Work Turning Boulders To Dust In this episode we learned how and WHY we turn big rocks into small rocks. All of the rock crushing in this video is for a large highway expansion project in the Arizona desert. Fisher Sand and Gravel: https://www.fisherind.com/fisher-sand-gravel-company FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron_witt FOLLOW MY COMPANY: BUILDWITT We have an APP:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mJF9MtksTZo) 2022-11-29T13:00Z 579K followers, 189.9K engagements "How Virginia Will Treat BILLIONS of Gallons of Water for the Chesapeake Bay Welcome to the SWIFT project a multi-billion dollar infrastructure investment for HRSD to provide the Chesapeake Bay area with drinking water well into the future while protecting America's largest estuary. As you can imagine this infrastructure project is COMPLEXwhich is why Garney America's largest water and wastewater contractor is on the scene to help make it happen. We walk you through the process from start to finish to see how they're making it all happen. It hurt my brain trying to explain everything but I'm" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mu-iOpin_XI) 2025-04-12T12:01Z 579K followers, 295.5K engagements "390 Triple Boom One of Aertssen Machinery Services [---] triple booms fishing for rocks in the Persian Gulf outside of Dubai. Theres seemingly endless marine construction in the UAE thanks to the scale of infrastructure along the coast" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o-V1Zg6PQRM) 2025-06-06T15:01Z 579K followers, 45.7K engagements "Operating a Caterpillar [---] Mini Excavator Caterpillar Edwards Having some fun at Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center with two mighty machines. I was operating the mighty one (302) and Eric (Jumper) was in the slightly less mighty one (395). Doing our best to meet the absurd production goals our boss sets. #shorts #caterpillar #operator FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron_witt FOLLOW AARONS COMPANY: BUILDWITT" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o64l_XZPLM8) 2022-07-06T12:00Z 579K followers, 112M engagements "Exploring Japan's BIGGEST Earthmoving Machine Earlier this year we traveled to Japan to visit Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) to see how they build medium and mining-class excavators. While that was FANTASTIC I also asked if we could visit a customer. They had one in mind at a quarry north of Tokyo. GreatI expected a relatively big machine. But when they told me it was a Hitachi [----] I thought they were joking. But they weren't Thank you to Fujisaco and the HCM team for making this visit happen They were amazing Learn more about HCM here: https://www.hitachicm.com/global/en/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pm8ZobxtNTA) 2025-04-26T12:01Z 579K followers, 207.3K engagements "Pipe Crews Helicopters & SUPER DOZERS The third installment of our Canada Vlog series brought us out to Calgary Alberta with Blue-Con Excavating. Their team was laying the utilities for a new residential housing subdivision. #canada #construction #heavyequipment Company: Blue-Con Excavating - https://blueconcalgary.ca/ Equipment: Helicopter Pipes John Deere Excavator 600C LC John Deere TL10 Track Loader a V-Bucket attachment. FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pwB73L1nqs0) 2022-09-16T12:00Z 579K followers, 197.6K engagements "The World's LARGEST Coal Trucks (Kress Coal Haulers) Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ This winter we visited North American Coal in North Dakota to explore how one of the most unique trucks in the world operatesthe Kress Coal Hauler. Mines must transport coal from the cuts to the power plants they feed which often requires hauling distances of many miles. Since coal is so much lighter than dirt using standard haul trucks designed for rocks and earth is inefficient. Traditional trucks will never reach capacity no matter how much coal you stack in their beds." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q19rxh3kBTE) 2024-03-09T13:00Z 579K followers, 428.3K engagements "What Are Push Cats" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qC6xQdF72yM) 2025-08-14T18:56Z 579K followers, 248.2K engagements "615 Paddle Board Scraper This is the classic model with a 250-horsepower Cat [----] 6-cylinder engine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qwSbZxeCvbE) 2025-09-17T15:00Z 579K followers, 115.1K engagements "Is New York City the World's Hardest Place to Build Everyones seen the infamous New York City skyline. But what lies below And what happens when the stuff below which keeps the whole place moving needs replacing Enter the fine folks of DiFazio Industries a team thats made a living building in one of the worlds most challenging environments for generations. We explore the intricacies of Manhattan utility work located only steps from Wall Street in the fancy neighborhood of the West Village and across the bridge in Brooklyn. Its WILD Learn more about DiFazio here: https://www.difazioind.net/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qyva-Sh8gqg) 2025-12-27T13:01Z 579K followers, 271.4K engagements "Orange County's Fire D7 Climbing aboard Orange County Fire Authority's new D7. First day it was in the dirt Time is everything with fires OC opted for this larger machine to optimize fire line production when it counts. The more line cut the more likely they are to contain the fire. This machine is also one of the more custom dozers Ive seen. The attention to detail is incredible. Well have a full video on every modification up soon" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ull8RHdWdQM) 2025-06-25T17:14Z 579K followers, 52.5K engagements "The MONSTER Machine Mining Australia's Mineral Sands Not only is this Liebherrs biggest mining excavator but its the biggest mining excavator bucket theyve ever made Why so big Its all down to the density of the material it movesmineral sands. Thanks to Yellow Iron Fleet and Tronox we spent an entire day from sunup to sundown seeing the monster machine in action. Learn more about Yellow Iron Fleet: https://www.yellowironfleet.com.au/ Learn more about Tronox: https://www.tronox.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=umi6kUNhQno) 2026-02-14T13:01Z 579K followers, 113.3K engagements "Inside the Worlds First Electric Construction Project In this video we explore a dike reinforcement project in the Netherlands to prevent entire Dutch towns from flooding. While amazing that's not even the most interesting partnearly every machine on the project is electric a world first at this scale. To make it happen construction giant Van Oord has partnered with equipment suppliers like Pon Caterpillar to create each solution from scratch. Learn more about the project: https://www.dijkversterkingtielwaardenburg.nl/pano/bezoekerscentrum/c/video-entree/@347.13h15.1v100f Learn more about Van" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vIFanZpbq6U) 2025-06-28T12:01Z 579K followers, 253.5K engagements "Bulldozer Repair How Hard Can It Be What happens when the big earthmovers we all know and love break Its a jungle out there so even the best machines have issues in what are often less than ideal conditions. Fortunately there are hardworking folks like those at Thompson Machinery to diagnose and fix any issue anywhere. We followed one of their field service technicians during one such repair Did it all go to plan Not exactly But the job got done nonetheless Learn more about Thompson Machinery here: https://thompsonmachinery.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w7WHRzvSqEY) 2026-01-10T13:01Z 579K followers, 66.8K engagements "Hauling the World's Biggest Mining Loader Across Australia I have ALWAYS wanted to see Australian heavy haul. Thanks to Centurion Komatsu Australia and BMA my dream finally came true on our last visit First we visited Komatsu Australia to learn about the build process for the country's biggest mining machines. And once completed Centurion heavy haul teams take over to load each machine for hauling into the Bowen Basin. Finally thanks to BMA we saw the team drop this massive WA1200 loader off for its final build at the Caval Ridge Mine where it's now helping to supply the world with" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=whuDWcI3960) 2025-12-13T13:02Z 579K followers, 272.5K engagements "Comparing the BIGGEST Trucks on Earth In this episode we got to explore the Suncor Base Mine and compare some of the largest trucks on Earth. Witness the process of oil sand mining from start to finish as we journey through the shovel pit analyze the extraction process and observe how these massive trucks carry their loads to the crusher for processing. We got to see how these mechanical beasts work in harmony to support our oil-dependent world. Special thanks to Suncor for showing us around. Hope you enjoy and learn something new along the way #mining #construction #heavyequipment Equipment:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z4eVx6Dvn54) 2023-05-16T14:00Z 579K followers, 515.4K engagements "Skid Steer Skiing Big Momma Snow Cat teaching the little guy how to ski For those curious the Snow Park Tech Snowcat is ensuring the skid steer doesnt slide down the mountain while drilling holes for light towers on Aspens superpipe. Snowcat tracks are engineered for incredible traction on snowtheyre wide and grippy. CTL rubber tracks arent. Even though the little Cat is moving down the slope independently its tethered to the bigger cat just in case" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=04RG-oqTb3s) 2025-05-07T15:01Z 492K followers, 15.4K engagements "Powering the People of Mississippi Welcome to the second day of the BuildWitt Roadshow where we visited North American Coal's Red Hills Mine outside Starkville Mississippi. I LOVE visiting this mineit's one of my favorites of all time. The iron is big the work vital and the reclamation absolutely beautiful. The hardworking crews of North American Coal mine the valuable energy with a dragline dozers shovels and trucks. After they haul the coal to the nearby power plant reclamation begins. In only a few years post-mining they replant the reclaimed earth with native grasses and trees. Power" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=10bE_9zylzM) 2023-10-13T23:41Z 219K followers, 27.1K engagements "Sennebogen with a Clamshell Bucket Excavating basements in Switzerland with a Sennebogen Crane" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1_bq4LgvkHw) 2024-10-16T14:25Z 397K followers, [----] engagements "@letsdig18 Removing Trees on his Volvo" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1nyWiKzKdFY) 2025-02-10T15:00Z 451K followers, [----] engagements "How to Make an Underground Tunnel" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2CpaWgj2VIg) 2025-04-05T18:00Z 479K followers, [----] engagements "How California's First Wildfire Cleanup Works Donate Directly to Altadena: https://www.gofundme.com/f/altadena-eaton-fire-relief-fund In early January the Eaton Fire destroyed what was the quiet town of Altadena California in a matter of days. Footage of the devastation made its way around the globe with tens of thousands of people ultimately losing their homes businesses and some even their lives. The tragedy is impossible to overstate but we didn't visit to talk about how or why it happened. We visited to see what it takes to get the town back on its feet. With A LOT of wildly incorrect" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2k2xoQt2Gm0) 2025-03-01T13:00Z 543K followers, 272.3K engagements "Repairing Dirt Bike ramps during the Supercross show with a @cmpattachments Hydra Bucket" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3fsWmEFCMoU) 2024-05-21T21:24Z 323K followers, 20.9K engagements "Monster Mining Machines HowDraglines Work Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ What the heck is a dragline and how do they work Weve got the answers Were back with North American Coal to tour one of their massive draglines. These machines are the largest earthmovers in America capable of moving well over [------] cubic yards of material per day. Using steel cables they drag monster buckets through the earth filling them in seconds. Then they unload by tipping the bucket as they swing flinging the dirt into huge piles. Without these machines millions of Americans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3qYNbiZ7Wd4) 2024-03-15T12:00Z 449K followers, 932.5K engagements "Tune In This Week To "Fast Gold" and See If We Get Rich Tune in this week to Fast Gold to find out if we get rich Spoiler alertwe do. And no those are NOT chocolate coins from Cracker Barrel. Everything you see on Fast Gold is 100% real gold mining. We use no special effects" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5Y6LjFB-knM) 2023-07-26T11:00Z 506K followers, 14.1K engagements "How Mobile Crushing Plants Work with WD Scepaniak On this stop of the [----] BuildWitt Roadshow we visited W.D. Scepaniak to see their mobile aggregate plants. Plants like these supply the crushed rock needed for roads buildings and landscaping. This plant is "mobile" meaning every piece of equipment can be quickly loaded and transported wherever it needs to go. The flexibility means they can mobilize for only weeks or months to specific locations not needing permanent crushing operations. Despite their compact nature plants like these can produce 5000+ tons per day. The closer they can get the" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5qupak2uuCA) 2024-03-02T13:00Z 546K followers, 48K engagements "Why is Expansive Clay a Building Nightmare Support us by shopping stickers hats and shirts at DirtWorldStore.com St. George Utah has a problem its soil is remarkably variable. The problem came to a head only a few years after St. George's new airport noticed a significant issue. The one runway was rising up to an entire foot in some areas. Moving earth is a problem anywhere but it's a BIG problem on a commercial airport runway. Engineers identified the villain: blue clay. To eliminate the issue they devised a multi-month shutdown of the entire airport while Utah contractor JP Excavating" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6HUK4-3cLp4) 2024-12-08T13:00Z 470K followers, 199.5K engagements "German Quarrying w/ Remote Control Machines Shop stickers hats and shirts to help us fund these videos at DirtWorldStore.com This summer we had the fortune of visiting two large quarrying operations with our friends at Zeppelin Cat The first was a local business @BDSchotterwerke that mines with a brand new [---] loader. The second was Lukas Glaser an aggregate and construction operation. Thanks to their enormous highwalls they're the first company in Germany running remote control on their [---] excavator and D6 dozer. To learn more about Zeppelin check out their website below" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6XIBlQoEGlo) 2024-11-23T13:00Z 419K followers, 63.3K engagements "The Future of Heavy Equipment Operation Remotely Operating from ANYWHERE While visiting Westrac Caterpillar the official Cat dealer in New South Wales Australia they let me play with one of their coolest toys the Cat remote operator station. The station comprised of the same seat and controls inside a machine combined with a sports bar-level TV screens can operate remote-enabled machines from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Cat first pioneered the technology for dangerous applications like working near a high wall unloading barges and removing nuclear waste. I've seen the technology a few times before" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6f-Mxx_vZgg) 2024-06-01T12:00Z 327K followers, 27.8K engagements "CAT [--] Working Icey Haul Roads [--] feet (7.3 meters) of smoothing" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8osSjhA_pvQ) 2025-05-28T16:45Z 499K followers, 19.9K engagements "The Missouri Quest Dragline North American Coal's Dragline - The Missouri Quest. -- NACCO let us climb all over this massive miner earlier this year and we dove deep into the coal mining process here in the USA. -- To see this beast in action head over to YouTube and search 'Aaron Witt'" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9WdOFKtSVhU) 2024-10-07T16:15Z 410K followers, 887.1K engagements "Cleaning up an Iron Ore Car Derailment Joshua Grading cleaning up a derailment from a few years back. By now this former iron ore railcar has already been made into hundreds of beer cans" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A8pTysLQ1G0) 2024-10-30T15:10Z 544K followers, 31.8K engagements "Ripping Out Trees W/ LetsDig18 Working for @letsdig18 for the day (he still hasnt paid me). Land clearing cable machines and lots of nonsense" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=A9J726Vb3us) 2025-05-13T15:13Z 493K followers, 13.8K engagements "Rebuilding a Railroad After Hurricane Helene We're with HG Rail Services a rail contractor based in Georgia that works throughout the Southeastern United States. As you can imagine the historic flooding from Hurricane Helene last fall damaged roads and many of the area's rail lines. But following the destruction there's no waiting for rebuilding. Thousands of contractors are working hard to get the entire area back on its feet. While not an extensive freight line the Craggy Mountain Line is a great attraction for the area allowing families to travel a few miles along the historic track. To" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AHM0rfO7wxQ) 2025-02-01T13:00Z 449K followers, 88.4K engagements "One of the Biggest Excavators in the World - The Liebherr [----] #coal #mining" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AI9PHEM1ZlE) 2024-04-14T21:44Z 535K followers, 344K engagements "Marveling Over the [---] SMi Surface Miner To see the full video "Road Building and Surface Mining Machines at the Wirtgen Booth Bauma 2022" tap HERE: https://youtu.be/77qhFKH2p2E #shorts #construction #heavyequipment #bauma2022 #mining" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AU_94m7owq0) 2023-02-01T13:00Z 545K followers, 29.1K engagements "40000ft of Water Lines Directional Drilling In Florida Earthview Aaron visits Earthview in Melbourne FL to see one of their directional drilling projects where they are installing [-----] feet of water lines. The purpose of directional drilling is to install underground utilities without disturbing the surface. Directional drilling can be used to install these utilities under roads train tracks interstates etc. Earthview is a women-led company thats headquartered in Naples FL who specializes in trenchless construction. You can learn more about them at https://evllc.com/. #drilling #construction" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CKpwm9XGbsA) 2022-05-20T12:00Z 529K followers, 15.7K engagements "How the Swiss Dig the World's Best Holes Shop stickers hats and shirts to help us fund these videos at DirtWorldStore.com This summer we visited Swiss contractor Eberhard one of my favorite companies I've visited worldwide. This video covers day one when we visited two enormous basement excavation projects: one for a university and the other for a hospital. And it ain't as simple as digging big holes. There's A LOT to these urban excavations but Eberhard's more than up to the task. To learn more about the company check out their webpage (sorry it's in Swiss German) linked here:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dyp31zdWsWs) 2024-11-02T12:00Z 411K followers, 153.1K engagements "Fixing Roadway Infrastructure After a Hurricane We drove out to the Appalachian Mountains after Hurricane Helene devastated entire communities with the swift hand of mother nature. Watch the full video now" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=EpxoWdd9ixA) 2025-03-13T14:00Z 468K followers, 12.3K engagements "I LOVE Waste Work" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FQB0Sdti3cU) 2025-03-20T14:00Z 472K followers, 10.3K engagements "Every Machine Should Have This. Yes. Skid Steers too" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FeoeDdS1IXQ) 2025-03-18T14:00Z 470K followers, 15.8K engagements "What's a Coal Hauler" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GL4oy2ssHuY) 2025-02-19T15:00Z 466K followers, 15K engagements "That's a lot of Dozers. Dozing with a View" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GmRF272I3fc) 2024-10-17T18:15Z 399K followers, 13.1K engagements "Building Sydney's Underground Metro Tunnels Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com Sydney Australia's largest city is growing fast. And with any growing city comes the need for growing infrastructure. The city's current airport is in the middle of the city limiting its growth options. To overcome the challenge planners selected a site in Western Sydney for an entirely new airport. Construction started a few years ago and the airport will open officially in [----]. However an airport outside the city requires additional infrastructure which leads me to the Sydney Metro Project." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=H3VAoIvH0tI) 2024-09-28T12:00Z 472K followers, 127.4K engagements "Californias Secret Firefighting WeaponBULLDOZERS While bulldozers are ESSENTIAL to California's wildland firefighting efforts few know they exist let alone how they work. Fortunately we recently had access to the annual HEIST training a two-week interagency training effort to prepare fire dozer operators for the upcoming fire season. This year over twenty dozers and an enormous team of heroic operators showed up. And we were there to see it all Learn more about Orange County Fire Authority here: https://ocfa.org/ Learn more about CALFIRE here: https://www.fire.ca.gov/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HHA49tJxkzc) 2025-04-19T12:00Z 516K followers, 207K engagements "600-Ton Liebherr Excavator in Australian Mine BuildWitt Stickers stickers.buildwitt.com Instagram instragram.com/aaronwitt My first time seeing a large Liebherr excavator at work Last spring we toured the Liebherr mining excavator factory in Colmar France. It was a treat but we didnt see any production digging. I had to wait for that Fast-forward to this year when we toured mines in Australias Bowen Basin. Known for its high-quality steel-making coal the Bowen Basin is home to some of the biggest mining operations in the world. Started by Mark Ackroyd in [----] with a D8 dozer National Group" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HX_O61G66nA) 2023-09-08T22:30Z 476K followers, 173.4K engagements "Exploring an Underground Mine (THE DEEPEST IVE BEEN) Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit In this episode of the Germany Series Chase and I explored the depths of a potash mine where potassium is extracted to be used as fertilizer. (I mistakenly refer to it as a salt mine throughout the duration of the video. SILLY ME) #mining #construction #germany FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron_witt FOLLOW" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IrjcJwxpmE8) 2022-12-22T13:00Z 449K followers, 797.5K engagements "The World's Biggest Excavator Bucket A bucketa big bucketabout [--] cubic yards or [--] cubic meters" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J-dHyTo1A4w) 2025-05-22T19:00Z 496K followers, 13.4K engagements "Inside America's Largest Data Center Construction Project Welcome to the Richland Parish Data Center Project also known as America's largest. Data centers and AI are hot topics but most people don't understand the sheer scale of infrastructure they require. Thanks to the brilliant access @MortensonConstruct granted us we recently explored every aspect of the enormous site work package that is clearing the way for some of the world's most advanced and expensive buildings. Learn more about Mortenson: https://www.mortenson.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JPFhNV-thaQ) 2025-09-20T12:00Z 542K followers, 232.7K engagements "Playing with GIANT Shovels and Buckets Red Hills Coal Mine North American Coal In this episode Aaron was joined by the entire BuildWitt leadership team in Starkville Mississippi to check out the Red Hills Mine with North American Coal (NAACO). Not only was the team educated on what it takes to mine coal but they also learned a lot about how environmentally intensive the process is. It takes really extensive experience from an environmental restoration and reclamation standpoint to do a job like this and NAACO does it well Be ready for some big equipment including a massive dragline a [----] P &" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=K_M-NomFxSY) 2022-07-28T12:00Z 486K followers, 46.8K engagements "Building a Road with LetsDig18 VLOG We visited the infamous @letsdig18 to help with a new road project. I did a VERY good job as a haul truck driver. If you enjoyed this vlog-style video let us know in the comments" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kuh6eyba5r4) 2025-01-18T13:00Z 445K followers, 54.3K engagements "How to Delete Entire British Power Plants I've watched Brown and Mason's work online for YEARS so it was awesome to finally see what they do this summer during our visit to England. We visited TWO power plant decommissioning projectsone only starting off and the other a few years in. Both sites had A LOT of action both with machines and people using torches. The hours required for such a project is remarkable. You can learn more about Brown and Mason at their website below https://brownandmason.com/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LD6ZgRllSC8) 2024-12-14T13:00Z 451K followers, 135.5K engagements "Open Cab Scraper Push Loads Someone commented on the open-cab D10 push cat I shared a photo of yesterday so here are some open-cab D10s in action long ago. Its amazing watching machines safely older than me hog as well as anything of the modern day Many people give California grief but they know how to move dirt" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LHIgrZN871Y) 2025-05-29T15:46Z 500K followers, 40.3K engagements "EARTHMOVING In Melbourne Meet and follow Jimmy Starbuck for a day in the life as the founder of Starbuck Excavation in Melbourne AU. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RYPWv12pGfE&t=38s" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LfGDJD60iwc) 2023-09-20T17:00Z 406K followers, 51.6K engagements "My Favorite Multi-Million $$ Machines Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ We're having fun this week by highlighting four of the most incredible machines I've had the fortune of checking out over the past few years First we have the largest dredge in North America the Dredge New York operated by Great Lakes Dock and Dredge. Second we head to Alberta Canada to check out some of the heaviest haul in the world thanks to the Canadian oil sands. The Albertans do it different. Third is the lava loader dedicated to moving liquid slag after the steelmaking process. You" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MdrsTTGVOuc) 2024-08-17T12:00Z 466K followers, 67.6K engagements "Liebherr's 800-Ton Mining Excavator Explained Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ This video outlines my history with the Liebherr [----] one of the world's largest hydraulic excavators. We start in Colmar France the birthplace of each Liebherr Mining excavator. Liebherr was nice enough to have us for a tour years ago my first glimpse at one of these monster machines. But then to see one at work we had to travel down under to Australia where nearly every [----] made lives. We take you through operations with Pembroke Thiess National Group MacKellar and Bravus visiting" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MebrG-klW9o) 2024-06-29T13:02Z 407K followers, 272.6K engagements "Seeing Two CAT 390s on the Same Cut The BuildWitt Vlog Episode [--] On this episode of the BuildWitt Vlog we visited with Independent Construction a large contractor out of California that happened to have two 390s on the same cut. What a hoot. Stay tuned for more videos to come this week FOLLOW BUILDWITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildwitt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildwitt Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NILLWFVaSzc) 2021-08-04T11:00Z 519K followers, 39.3K engagements "South Carolina's Hurricane Fighters Blue Collar men and women from Branch Civil are working hard to repair and restore after Hurricane Helene" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=P6-BlvCLGoE) 2025-02-07T15:00Z 450K followers, [----] engagements "6020B Working on a $250 Million Dollar Jetty Click the link to watch the full video now" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pz14dnSm2rs) 2025-03-12T14:28Z 531K followers, 26K engagements "When your blind spots as wide as a two-story family home" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QAqLkBokB5c) 2025-05-08T15:04Z 492K followers, 23.9K engagements "Supercross Track Maintenance Team The @dirt_wurx brigade fighting traffic as they deployed for track maintenance before the final rounds at Supercross last night" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qg9ZSHQhqjE) 2023-08-02T11:00Z 506K followers, 45.5K engagements "Exploring the Zeppelin Caterpillar Booth at Bauma 2022: Teaser To see the full video "Exploring the Caterpillar Booth at Bauma [----] Zeppelin Cat" tap HERE: https://youtu.be/aR_3XhC_j8Y #shorts #heavyequipment #construction" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SmpIjGnUqj0) 2023-01-25T13:00Z 392K followers, 13.9K engagements "Destroying a Truck Drivers Back The chunky stuff builds character" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UZjL1VzY2Qg) 2025-05-20T14:29Z 495K followers, 10K engagements "Heavy Equipment Zoo I love big cats but they shouldnt be cooped up like this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WjM1cMd5lvg) 2025-05-14T15:17Z 493K followers, [----] engagements "Komatsu [----] Rolling Out of MINExpo How do they move the machines from MINExpo in and out of the Vegas Convention Center They drive/track them This [----] (arguably the show-stopper) was the first to go on Friday morning. They drove it a short distance to a parking lot where Komatsu technicians are now disassembling it for transport back to Texas" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XVHxJx4MrqA) 2024-10-28T15:00Z 471K followers, 51.2K engagements "Dumping [---] Tons of Raw Material Dumping [---] tons from the back of a [---] AC" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=XfqN6vmagFg) 2024-10-11T20:00Z 393K followers, [----] engagements "D10 Working Nickel Copper and Cobalt Ore. The Stobie Mine in January. Doesn't get much colder than that" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZaxS2DA_DpA) 2025-03-16T14:00Z 470K followers, [----] engagements "CAT HQ Tour @empirecat HQ. I love this place. Where I had my sixth birthday party" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_Sj5EnKOQIw) 2023-07-28T11:00Z 506K followers, 31.1K engagements "Touring Australia's Biggest Caterpillar Dealer Stickers are available now at DirtWorldStore.com During our recent visit to Australia Westrac Caterpillar was kind enough to host us at their ENORMOUS Tomago branch outside Newcastle New South Wales. I've visited many Cat dealer facilities across four continents but this one might take the cake regarding all-around capabilities. We checked out their parts operation rebuild center (centre) shop and build pads which were LOADED with massive gear. We had a fantastic day so I hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed our visit To learn more about" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_ibrCHCiagU) 2024-08-10T12:00Z 533K followers, 260.8K engagements "Highway Wrecking Ball I am a big wrecking ball fan" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_vl-LpG-MY4) 2025-06-02T15:00Z 500K followers, 13.6K engagements "The Biggest Scrapers Cat Makes 657s east of the Mississippi" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_x9tpIqoXP8) 2024-10-13T14:25Z 396K followers, [----] engagements "My First Time Seeing Rapid Impact Compaction With a Hydraulic Hammer My first time seeing rapid impact compaction (RIC). RIC is a method of compacting granular material to a depth of up to [--] by repeatedly whacking the ground with a hydraulic hammer. Its similar to dynamic compaction. This project had quite a few of these rigs based on 385s. They werent running any compactors or water trucks like I usually see in the states. I guess theres no need to when you can do this across the entire site #hydraulichammer #heavyequipment #shorts FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aaRYKrTm22E) 2022-07-23T12:00Z 506K followers, 4.1M engagements "50 Thousand Gallons of Water [-----] gallons (196841 liters) of water rolling by. And for you numbers people thats [------] pounds (196451 kg) of water. Or [---] Priuses" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=b8uIEx63svA) 2025-05-25T16:47Z 499K followers, 52.7K engagements "What Are These Cones on a Mining Excavator" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bYIh95iUdlo) 2025-04-26T14:20Z 511K followers, 22.1K engagements "The World's Biggest Aggregate Dragline with North American Mining Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit Join Aaron Matt and Jake as they check out the inside of a Marion [----] dragline at an aggregate mine in Florida. This dragline happens to be the largest dragline in aggregate production. Its operated by North American Mining and you can learn more about them at https://namining.com/. #dragline #aggregate #mining FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook:" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=beetYoTGxmk) 2022-05-31T12:00Z 506K followers, 139.9K engagements "Posillico's Wash Plant Cleaner Since material is in short supply on Long Island Posilico built their wash plant to clean and sort contaminated dirt. Dirty dirt goes in at one end and clean aggregate products and sand come out at the other. The filter press takes care of the fines after washing. This clay accounts for only a small percentage of the total original material. After the fines are gone and the water is treated its reused back in the plant. Pretty neat" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ca_pTKaSyCM) 2025-02-06T16:00Z 450K followers, [----] engagements "How Low Ground Pressure Machines Work. To see more of this project- head over to my channel and watch my video on Fehmarn Belt Dredging" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dC6Q1Cjkv3Y) 2025-01-27T17:09Z 448K followers, 22.5K engagements "Lifting a [--] TON Bucket for Repairs Check out the full video here https://www.youtube.com/watchv=IcW3VjryNn8" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dVB-zuk0nRQ) 2023-10-04T17:45Z 538K followers, 55.5K engagements "Clean Rail HEX From HG Services" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eTEWC31aico) 2025-05-21T15:32Z 496K followers, 12.5K engagements "Digging [--] MILLION YARDS Excavating a Lake from SCRATCH Hughes Brothers Florida has been experiencing a massive influx of humans. That means more infrastructure is needed We love to visit Hughes Brothers and watch them move massive amounts of dirt for these development projects. HBC can hog dirt with the best of them. Theyre using CAT 349s on this project since larger excavators will sink in the wet ground conditions. A very unique aspect of this project is the huge stock of precast boxes and manholes across the entire site. If you want to learn more about Hughes Brothers check them out at" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gM5EJnaooYc) 2022-07-01T12:00Z 506K followers, 82.3K engagements "500+ Meters Underground for SALT" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gfVYo6YNLf0) 2025-05-24T12:58Z 497K followers, [----] engagements "Creating the Workforce We Need Subscribe to the @dirttalkpodcast channel to hear more conversations like this All it takes is a little bit of patience. Not everyone grew up at the family construction company anymore To create the workforce we need the Dirt World must patiently train. Experienced people no longer exist. #shorts #construction #heavyequipment From DT Episode [---] featuring Aron Nick of @strackinc.5824" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=i5yD66yxvmg) 2023-01-16T16:52Z 506K followers, 136.5K engagements "Cat's MINExpo Practice Practice rounds for Cats last MINExpo demonstration back in [----]. Here theyre missing the [---] and [---] both electric drive trucks. Excitingly Cat had the 798AC at this years show in Vegas. It is the only time anyone could have seen one of the worlds biggest trucks" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ik8ub7i3Tes) 2024-10-20T14:00Z 544K followers, 27.6K engagements "The Art of Maintaining a Racetrack The art of maintaining a racetrack How do they test the results Drive over it really fast in a [---] Ferrari I got a ride too. It was a good day" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jooKHpM4ui8) 2023-08-10T11:00Z 506K followers, 34.9K engagements "Building Maui Subdivisions Our trip to Maui Hawaii didn't include visits to beaches or resorts. but we did get to see Alpha Inc as they built out some impressive residential subdivisions We saw everything from grading and retaining walls to precise underground electrical vaults and concrete work. Plus you'll see how Alpha utilizes precast concrete blocks to create intricate terraces manage efficient material use with innovative machinery and construct perfect sidewalks curbs and gutters all at once using advanced GPS technology. We also went to a local landfill where Alpha Inc. manages" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kUw9_xRO2MM) 2023-06-20T14:00Z 246K followers, 32.1K engagements "What is Load and Carry" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lhWvZQQfloo) 2024-05-30T17:02Z 546K followers, 669.2K engagements "D9T Pioneering a Brand New Copper Mine Road" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lkhIjenec14) 2025-01-31T15:30Z 449K followers, [----] engagements "Tree Trimming is Easy Just Buy an Engcon" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mt8xZAOWL6c) 2025-02-03T15:30Z 449K followers, [----] engagements "A Massive Dredge digging [--] Feet below water #shorts" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nHD0_TolPEA) 2021-10-12T17:37Z 506K followers, 703.4K engagements "The World's Biggest Machines in Las Vegas Shop stickers hats and shirts to help us fund these videos at DirtWorldStore.com A HUGE thank you to @AwesomeEarthmovers for the footage of move out toward the end of the video MINExpo is the world's largest mining-specific trade show held every four years in Las Vegas. Visitors come from every corner of the globe to see the mining industry's latest equipment and technology. While the show's fantastic what happens after is the extraordinary bit move out. How the heck do they get the world's biggest machines in and out of the Las Vegas Convention" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nYCopIeEefE) 2024-11-09T13:01Z 412K followers, 79.7K engagements "3 X [----] Front Shovels [--] X [----] front shovels stripping overburden at an oil shale mine in Jordan. Awesome to see so much traffic on the same bench" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nehT4PXOxmM) 2025-06-01T15:00Z 501K followers, 24.5K engagements "The First Volvo [---] I Came Across Throwback to a few years back. What a machine and what a view" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=np6rV0yquBk) 2025-01-29T15:01Z 448K followers, [----] engagements "Rope Shovel Working For Gold Big iron only" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o6_2Yz1gIII) 2025-05-27T15:00Z 546K followers, 38.7K engagements "Florida Dragline Mining Limestone I was telling someone about Florida draglines last night so I figured it was appropriate to share this. As mentioned earlier this week almost all mining in the state is underwater due to the extraordinary water table. This is a refurbished dragline mining limestone for cement production. Once the machine piles it on the surface loaders mine the piles after the water drains. The operator relies on depth marks on the hoist rope and an advanced computer system to gauge where hes digging and to what depth. You could easily park a pickup within that bucket. From" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q0VFW56U8Co) 2024-10-26T17:00Z 544K followers, 138.2K engagements "F-150 vs. Cat's Biggest Shovel Still can't build Giza though" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qxGuaVtoDxM) 2025-02-12T15:01Z 471K followers, 12.4K engagements "Massive Komatsu Shovel Living the dream operating a PC3000 at a Jordanian phosphate mine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rTnxkgOHqQQ) 2025-05-15T16:20Z 495K followers, 15.8K engagements "Big Machinery Modeling In a Liebherr Mining R9800 Bucket @big_machinery modeling in a @LiebherrGroup Mining R9800 bucket outside its birthplace in Colmar France. #shorts #construction #heavyequipment FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tBN_aJOTkjA) 2022-06-29T12:00Z 546K followers, 322.4K engagements "How Germany Builds Runways at Frankfurt International To meet passenger and cargo growth at Frankfurt International Airport FRAPORT embarked on a billion-dollar effort to build the new Terminal [--] which will open within the next few years. A new terminal means tons of new surrounding infrastructure including new taxiways for the world's biggest planes like 747s and A380s. Demolition contractor Peter Kolb is using monster machines like a Caterpillar [---] to remove and replace the existing taxiways adjust the grade and match the new terminal. Thanks to Zeppelin Cat we visited the project this" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tJujWUeNNas) 2024-11-30T13:01Z 498K followers, 78.3K engagements "Building the World's BIGGEST Truck Finning Caterpillar Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit Our final leg of the Canadian Tour found us in Alberta on a visit with Finning Cat (They're one of the biggest Caterpillar Dealerships in the world with locations in multiple continents) We were there to visit their Fort McKay facility where they build and rebuild [---] haul trucks. (it takes [--] weeks to reassemble a unit after it has been stripped for a rebuild). FUN FACT: These trucks are typically run [----] to [----] hours per year and are rebuilt every 12-15" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tbOGprDgXto) 2022-10-28T12:00Z 473K followers, 507.3K engagements "Coal Reclaimer in Action One of Coronados reclaimers pulling from stockpiles to load another train. The little buckets on the wheel fill themselves as they spin then dump onto a conveyor with every revolution. Trains roll through the load out at all hours of every day; then the coal runs from here to the coast where it ends up on large bulk ships for transport to steel-making facilities worldwide. While we had MANY early mornings on this trip this was the only one we found with great sunlight" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tkir_mgBzrQ) 2024-10-17T14:25Z 398K followers, [----] engagements "Demolishing an Abandoned Insane Asylum If you liked what you heard in the intro hit up https://dirtworld.com/ and learn how you can help make the Dirt World a better place. This episode of the vlog brought us out to Columbia South Carolina to meet with two companies owned by Heath and Meredith Hanna. Contour Mining and Carolina Wrecking During the first project of the day we watched as Carolina Wrecking smashed an abandoned insane asylum with some Komatsu excavators. It was quite the thrill. For the second project of the day we met up with Heath Hannah to watch his crew knock down an old" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=u5fbiXf6WlA) 2022-11-04T12:00Z 420K followers, 25K engagements "Overnight Bridge Demolition @rlw_construction had a busy weekend demolishing a bridge over I-80 and sliding in an entirely new one for @utahtransportationan insane amount of coordination to prevent unnecessary disruptions to the people of Utah. I wasnt there but fortunately @bluecollar_photographer @i_filmdrt and @justing_rocks were. I dont think Kjells even slept this weekend. Ive heard there are some bangers on the horizon."" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uvBaBGxtgjc) 2023-07-29T12:00Z 546K followers, 96.1K engagements "Europe's Largest Marine Construction Project This is part two of our series exploring the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link Europe's newest underwater tunnel which will aid in faster rail and vehicle traffic between Denmark and Germany. Once completed the project will be the world's longest immersed tube tunnel To learn more about the project check out part one here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=0L4NVIEcb7k&t=4s In this video we explore the dredging operation to accommodate the new tunnel including the tunnel trench land reclamation and the construction of the work harbor. Two of the largest marine" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vB7pnOKU_dQ) 2025-01-25T13:01Z 489K followers, 277.3K engagements "Historic Hurricane Damage Railroad Cleanup We're with HG Rail Services a rail contractor based in Georgia that works throughout the Southeastern United States. As you can imagine the historic flooding from Hurricane Helene last fall damaged roads and many of the area's rail lines. But following the destruction there's no waiting for rebuilding. Thousands of contractors are working hard to get the entire area back on its feet. To learn more about HG Rail check out their website here: https://hgrailroad.com/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wCK6Can2HR0) 2025-03-15T12:01Z 470K followers, 52.9K engagements "Mining in The Worlds Coldest Temps" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=x5iSRPBoggA) 2025-03-14T14:01Z 471K followers, [----] engagements "Solving Our Workforce Problem with Aaron Witt Aaron was invited to speek at the Georgia Construction Aggregate Association where he gave a presentation about solving the industry's workforce problem. FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xMOprlfYuBI) 2022-03-11T12:00Z 472K followers, 20.8K engagements "Building a City in the Desert / Zahid Cat / Saudi Arabia Vlog Ep. [--] This is the last episode from the Saudi Arabia trip earlier this year. The last few days were crammed into one episode for maximum viewing enjoyment. Angel and I headed out to Riyadh to check out the Zahid Caterpillar facility + [--] different job sites. First a 10-million-yard earth moving job. Second A million-yard earth-moving job. Then third a crushing and mining aggregate site. We got to see a massive fleet of excavators and trucks build out a future city it was one of the craziest job sites Ive ever seen @ZahidCat is a" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xaCjYTGH21s) 2022-06-24T18:31Z 540K followers, 226.1K engagements "Using an Auger Bore to Move Pipe Underneath the Highway On this episode of the Dirt Vlog Aaron and Matt were with Midwest Mole a BuildWitt Partner located in Indiana. Midwest Mole was using an auger bore to tunnel underneath I-70. These types of projects are complex but these people don't shy away from a challenge. FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/ -------VIDEO CHAPTERS------- 0:00 - Bananas" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y4RetqJBT5I) 2022-01-14T11:00Z 406K followers, [----] engagements "How Does Iceland Bridge its Glacial Rivers Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com After we visited the lava barrier work (https://youtu.be/IHDHmqsh9_A) with Istak Iceland's largest contractor they asked if we wanted to check out a large road project about six hours by car from Reykjavik. It wasn't hard for them to convince us to drive that far in one of the world's most beautiful places. We spent the night in their remote camp on site which had the ocean on one side and an enormous glacier on the other. The project was a new stretch of Iceland's world-famous ring road which" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zoEGVOop_zk) 2024-10-26T12:01Z 544K followers, 91.5K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"How Europe's Building the World's Longest Underwater Tunnel The Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link is a new tunnel that finally spans the [--] kilometers of the Baltic Sea between Germany and Denmarkthe Fehmarn Belt. Due to constraints engineers opted for an immersed tube tunnel over a bridge or traditional bored tunnels to make the crossing happen. When completed this will be the world's longest immersed tube tunnel by THREE TIMES. In this video we explore the enormous $1B tunnel element factory which is tasked with producing the 73000+ ton concrete and steel tunnel elements. To learn more about the"
YouTube Link 2024-12-21T13:00Z 579K followers, 1.3M engagements
"Building America's Largest Power Project w/ Helicopters Welcome to the SunZia Transmission Project. Part of Pattern Energy's greater SunZia Transmission and Wind project America's largest renewable energy project ever it will eventually transport power for three million people from New Mexico across America's Southwest. Quanta Services is leading the charge in its construction with [---] miles of transmission infrastructure to be built over a rugged desert landscape. We take you through the project from drilling to helicopter tower placement to provide more context on what it takes to keep your"
YouTube Link 2025-03-22T12:00Z 579K followers, 126K engagements
"Building a New Reservoir to Supply [------] People with Water Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ Welcome to the Chimney Hollow Dam Project located an hour outside Denver CO. Crews from Barnard Construction are working hard to build a 360' tall $700MM earthen dam to store [-----] acre-feet of water. As the population along Colorado's front range has grown so has its appetite for water. The problem Most of Colorado's water lies on the other side of the Continental Divide on the state's western side. To provide consistent water flow beyond [----] the Chimney Hollow"
YouTube Link 2024-02-24T13:00Z 579K followers, 1.3M engagements
"Inside Japans Giant Excavator Factory UNSEEN Factory Tour Hitachi Construction Machinery recently gave us INCREDIBLE access to their large excavator mining excavator and mining truck factory located about two hours from Tokyo Japan. Not only did they give us the VIP tour but they let us bring cameras along the entire way. Seeing Japanese manufacturing was a dream come true it's even better than I thought. Check out their websites below to learn more about Hitachi and their product line https://www.hitachicm.com/global/en/ https://www.hitachicm.com/us/en/"
YouTube Link 2025-05-31T12:00Z 579K followers, 152.6K engagements
"Inside the Giant Mines Powering Our World Earlier this year we ventured around the world and south of the equator to visit one of Darma Henwas amazing mining operations in rural Borneo. Being my first time in Indonesia I had no idea what to expect but boy were their operations impressive Not only were the machines neat but the people were super friendly. It made our travel WELL worthwhile. It's trips like these that make me feel exceptionally grateful for what I do. And the best part is that we can take you along with us Learn more about Darma Henwa: https://www.ptdh.co.id/ Thank you to our"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T13:01Z 579K followers, 179.1K engagements
"How Scrapers Move Literal Mountains When we wanted to do an in-depth video on scrapers Southern California was the obvious location and Sukut was the obvious company choice. With more monster scrapers working here than anywhere worldwide it's an earthmoving paradise. To learn more about Sukut check out their website here: https://www.sukut.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor Ariat Work Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more here: https://www.ariat.com/work"
YouTube Link 2025-07-26T12:01Z 579K followers, 843.7K engagements
"A Swimming Pool w/ Every ScoopDraglines at Work The dragline is one of the world's biggest yet most misunderstood earthmovers. While most people can spend an entire career moving dirt and never see one we've been spoiled over the years thanks to our friends at North American Coal and NACCO. Operating more draglines than any other company in North America they know a thing or two about how to run and maintain such enormous yet old machines. While we explain EVERYTHING you need to know about dragline operation here (https://youtu.be/LKbyQwnfucw) this video is dedicated to those who wish for"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T13:00Z 579K followers, 22.6K engagements
"D10 Working Hard A Thiess D10 working overburden into an old pit as they open up a new copper and nickel deposit in Ontario"
YouTube Link 2025-06-03T19:07Z 578K followers, 35.5K engagements
"Paving the Arizona Desert with Sunland Asphalt Aaron and Chase visit Sunland Asphalt on S.R. [--] outside of Phoenix Arizona. Sunland was working on a mainline mill & fill asphalt paving operation. Aaron explains the process Sunland is using for repaving this highway section in the Arizona desert. Thanks to Sunland Asphalt for having us out You can learn more about them at https://www.sunlandasphalt.com/. #desert #highway #asphalt FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/"
YouTube Link 2022-05-17T12:00Z 578K followers, 66.3K engagements
"Seeing One of the World's Biggest Excavators with FERMA Corporation - California Road Trip Day [--] On this episode of the BuildWitt VLOG we visited with FERMA Corporation and got to see one of the world's biggest excavators along with some neat job sites. FERMA operates out of the Silicon Valley area in California so we got to see how they operate under some of the state's regulations. FOLLOW BUILDWITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildwitt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildwitt Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast:"
YouTube Link 2021-05-05T14:00Z 578K followers, 53.8K engagements
"Rebuilding An Airport Runway OVERNIGHT Eberhard Europe Vlog [--] Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit One of the most fascinating projects that Aaron has been a part of was this runway demolition at Zurich International Airport. Eberhard crews had to demolish and reconstruct [--] meters of runway each night. The kicker If they were even one minute past their deadline to reopen the runway they faced a $20000 per minute penalty To learn more about Eberhard check out their website at https://eberhard.ch/. #construction #demolition #heavyequipment FOLLOW AARON"
YouTube Link 2022-06-14T12:00Z 577K followers, 778.7K engagements
"3 Coal Mines In [--] Days Electricity for [--] MILLION People North American Coal Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit This vlog hails all the way from beautiful Beulah North Dakota where the crew and I followed along with North American Coal to visit [--] coal mines in [--] days. First Site: Coyote Creek Mine - We visited the Wile E. Coyote dragline to see how it gets moved from point A to point B across the mine. NOTE: Its powered by a massive extension cable that is carried by a farming tractor so it doesnt get run over when the dragline is being moved. Second"
YouTube Link 2022-07-05T12:00Z 578K followers, 166.7K engagements
"Exploring the Caterpillar Booth at Bauma [----] Zeppelin Cat Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit This episode continued our adventures at Bauma [----] with a visit to @ZeppelinBaumaschinen's booth. (one of the largest at the show.) Zeppelin was kind enough to host us before and after the show and treated us to dinner and a cappuccino at the booth's second-floor coffee shop/beer garden. #heavyequipment #bauma2022 #caterpillar FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook:"
YouTube Link 2023-01-24T13:00Z 577K followers, 175.2K engagements
"The Hidden Truth about Coal Mining NACCO Natural Resources This episode followed Aaron Angel Ben and Matt to three separate locations with the folks over at North American Coal. Longview TX Texas Shreveport Louisiana Ackerman Mississippi The first location brought them to the Sabine Mine which was a mine-to-mouth operation that included taking a ride on a Marion [----] seeing another dragline work on reclamation that had already been mined and taking coal to the power plant with haul trucks. The boys got to see Kress Coal Haulers 785s PC 2000s and another machine that wed love for you guys to"
YouTube Link 2022-08-12T12:00Z 578K followers, 239.2K engagements
"Inside America's Largest Renewable Energy Project Welcome to SunZia a remarkable undertaking to build 900+ new wind turbines in the New Mexico desert to produce [----] megawatts of energy for America's Southwest. Blattner a company with nearly a century of history is building the project. However before they can assemble each tower and turbine each needs a solid foundation. Blattner crews are excavating holes for each tying enormous rebar structures and pouring over [------] cubic yards of concrete for all the foundations combined. Beyond building the foundations they must connect each with power"
YouTube Link 2024-06-22T13:00Z 578K followers, 60.9K engagements
"Bringing Down The Old Wittpenn Bridge Massive Bridge Demolition Atlantic Coast Dismantling In this episode Aaron and the gang visit Atlantic Coast Dismantling in Jersey City New Jersey. On this project they are dismantling the old Wittpenn Bridge. The old Wittpenn Bridge was built from 1927-1930. There is a newly constructed bridge also named the Wittpenn Bridge that was recently finished and open to traffic. Hence the demolition of the old bridge. In this video the crew is working on removing some of the concrete deck from the bridge. So that the concrete doesnt fall into the river a barge"
YouTube Link 2022-08-05T15:00Z 578K followers, 35.6K engagements
"How American Waste Collection Works When we roll our trash and recyclables to the curb that's where most of our waste journey ends. But it's only the beginning for the hardworking folks from Casella. Their team picks up hauls and disposes of the waste for millions of Americans every day. They let us tag along for a day to show you the ins and outs of the processand like everything else we show here there's A LOT more to it. So much planning care and engineering go into safely disposing of our waste and thank goodness it does. Learn more about Casella here: https://www.casella.com/ And a huge"
YouTube Link 2026-01-24T13:01Z 579K followers, 124.3K engagements
"Bulldozers + Boat Anchor Chain = New Forest In the mountains outside of Canberra Australia lie enormous pine plantations which help provide Australians with critical goods like lumber for houses and pulp for toilet paper. But there's a problemmuch of the pine that should be there is missing. Due to the enormous bushfires of 2019-2020 much of the pine that was nearly old enough for harvesting was vaporized. Fortunately Forestrack has the reset button in the form of incredible machines and hard work. Thanks to their fleet of dozers and excavators they clear the hillsides of debris and rip the"
YouTube Link 2025-09-27T12:00Z 579K followers, 204.9K engagements
"Over $48 BILLION in [---] Years Mining Copper with Montana Resources Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit In today's vlog Aaron and BuildWitt were in Butte Montana with Montana Resources visiting their massive copper mining site. There were [---] shovels [---] loaders and more. They mined the gray ore and hauled it to the crusher which crushes [--] tons an hour then went to the plant where it would be turned into copper. Initially they blast the material to get that perfect fragmentation. It also creates less work for the crusher making it essential for"
YouTube Link 2022-08-30T12:00Z 579K followers, 335.3K engagements
"Why Is Colorado Building a [--] MILLION TON Rock Wall in the Rocky Mountains Welcome to the new Chimney Hollow Reservoir the largest new American dam project in decades. Spearheaded by Northern Water the project aims to provide consistent water from the Rocky Mountains to hundreds of thousands of people along Colorado's front range. While most dams stop flowing water this enormous rock structure merely crosses a valley forming a massive bathtub that Northern Water can fill with over [-----] acre feet of water from nearby pipelines. Barnard Construction a company known for tough jobs is the muscle"
YouTube Link 2025-08-09T12:00Z 579K followers, 2.8M engagements
"Visiting The Worlds Deepest Open Pit Mine - Kennecott Copper Mine Dirt World stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ Only a stone's throw from Salt Lake City lies the world's deepest mine Rio Tinto Kennecott. Hardworking miners have extracted copper silver gold and other critical resources here for over a century. Not only do they mine incredible amounts of ore here using shovels and trucks but it's also America's only integrated copper mining operation. This means they start with rock and end with 99.9% pure copper all in the same place If you use electricity you use copper. It"
YouTube Link 2024-03-22T12:00Z 579K followers, 865.2K engagements
"Working off of HELICOPTERS - Aerial Linemen"
YouTube Link 2025-08-30T15:00Z 579K followers, 54.7K engagements
"Inside the Worlds Craziest Job: Aerial Power Line Work Power enables modern life but it's not witchcraft (believe it or not). This brings us to today's projectSunZia transmission a three-gigawatt HVDC transmission line spanning [---] miles from the nation's largest clean energy project to Arizona and beyond. To make it happen Quanta Services is on the scene with many of its subsidiaries including Winco Powerline Services a company specializing in aerial line work using helicopters. It's as neat as it sounds Learn more about Quanta Services here: https://www.quantaservices.com/ Learn more about"
YouTube Link 2025-08-23T12:00Z 579K followers, 540.4K engagements
"Excavator Migration A special moment Watching the big cat migration unfold before my eyes deep inside the deserts of Saudi Arabia"
YouTube Link 2025-10-31T14:00Z 579K followers, 54.5K engagements
"Californias Giant Rock Crusher Dirt World stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ Welcome to Graniterocks A.R. Wilson quarry nestled in the hills near Aromas California. Established in the late 1800s to help build Americas West Coast railroads today it produces millions of tons of aggregate feeding much of Silicon Valley and Northern California. Beyond its enormous scale the quarry features amazing machines the most amazing being their 3000-ton-per-hour mobile crusher nicknamed the Krupp. By moving the crusher as needed Graniterocks crews can produce material extremely"
YouTube Link 2024-06-15T12:00Z 579K followers, 186.4K engagements
"How Was Work Today Honey How was your day at work today honey And yes Ive had too much time on my hands this week"
YouTube Link 2025-06-10T15:00Z 579K followers, 51.6K engagements
"We Got into the PIT Alberta Oil Sands Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit The second episode of the Canadian Series followed our team out to Alberta Canada to meet with Morgan Construction at an oil sands mine When in the oil sands they strip away topsoil and expose sand that they can extract oil from and take to a plant. A very valuable commodity in today's world. #oil #canada #construction Company: Morgan Construction - https://mcel.ca/ Equipment: Hitachi [---] Excavator Caterpillar [---] Mining Trucks Caterpillar 789F Haul Truck 6015B Hydraulic Shovel"
YouTube Link 2022-09-13T12:00Z 579K followers, 531.7K engagements
"D8 Fire Dozer Climbing into the LA Citys D8 fire dozer which features a two-passenger cab. It's easily the most customized dozer Ive ever encountered and its likely cutting fire line as I write this"
YouTube Link 2024-10-14T15:00Z 579K followers, 1.7M engagements
"Comparing MASSIVE Dozers Just a quick size comparison between the Liebherr [---] and the Cat D11"
YouTube Link 2024-10-04T15:03Z 579K followers, 639.5K engagements
"Painting the World's Largest Bulldozer Mural with DIRT Quality Enterprises isnt only known for its world-class construction work Its known for its ART. Thats rightart class is in session. When I told QE we were coming to town they wanted to do something special for us. Having already made giant versions of the Cat logo their logo and even the Mona Lisa they chose their most ambitious project yet A D6 Cat dozer. While the results fantastic the process is even cooler. They dont mess around Learn more about QE here: https://qeusa.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out"
YouTube Link 2025-10-18T12:00Z 579K followers, 33.1K engagements
"Autonomous Bulldozers Explained Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com We're back with Thiess a global mine services contractor to explore Lake Vermont another one of their operations in Queensland Australia. Like all the other mines in the Bowen Basin Lake Vermont produces coal using an enormous fleet of excavators trucks and other machines. But while most other mines use primarily trucks and shovels Lake Vermont leverages what they call a dozer push to move large quantities of overburden. And these aren't just any dozersthey're autonomous. GASP To learn more about Thiess"
YouTube Link 2024-09-21T12:00Z 579K followers, 337.3K engagements
"Hitachi [----] Loading Quarry Shot Loading trucks with Japans largest earthmover a Hitachi 5600"
YouTube Link 2025-07-01T17:16Z 579K followers, 54.9K engagements
"Emergency Procedures for Fire Fighting Dozers CALFIRE fire dozer training Here theyre practicing what to do if the machines overwhelmed by a fire. Its a situation they do their best to avoid but fires can be unpredictable with changing weather"
YouTube Link 2025-06-09T15:00Z 579K followers, 63.6K engagements
"For Educational Purposes Only. A fun clip from Komatsu loader training"
YouTube Link 2025-09-17T19:00Z 579K followers, 929.8K engagements
"The Coolest Birthday Party Ever Caterpillar's 100th Caterpillar the famous American company most known for its yellow earthmovers is turning A CENTURY old this year. It's a big deal. To celebrate the @EarthmovingLegacyCenter and @MobileTrackSolutions threw one heck of a birthday party in September featuring their incredible tractor collection and live demonstrations. If you're an earthmoving enthusiast this video is for you Learn more about visiting the Earthmoving Legacy Center here: https://www.earthmovinglegacy.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their boots"
YouTube Link 2025-10-04T12:00Z 579K followers, 91.9K engagements
"How Iron Ore Mining Works Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com Situated in Western Australia the Pilbarra looks like a barren orange-red expanse to the untrained eye.But anyone who knows anything about mining knows it's one of the world's most valuable and vital regions. Why Iron ore Steel makes our world go round cars buildings and power wouldn't exist without the stuff. And steel requires two main ingredients: coal and iron ore which makes iron ore as critical to humanity as it gets. In [----] Western Australian iron ore production was about [--] million tons. Today the region"
YouTube Link 2024-10-05T12:00Z 579K followers, 1.5M engagements
"5600 Front Shovel Old footage to tease what were up to today Shovels etc"
YouTube Link 2025-06-23T15:00Z 579K followers, 37.3K engagements
"What's This Grader Doing Adding grip to frozen haul roads for faster lap uh I mean cycle times"
YouTube Link 2025-06-05T14:55Z 579K followers, 83.4K engagements
"Scraper Play by Play"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T14:00Z 579K followers, 25.1K engagements
"Building Iceland's Lava Barriers Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com which sells BuildWitt stickers hats and apparel worldwide Beginning in December [----] a massive eruption about [--] minutes from Iceland's capital city Reykjavik began to threaten a local town and power plant. Authorities swooped in to respond mobilizing a large force of earthmoving machines to begin building barriers using old volcanic material to reroute the new lava flows away from civilization. They've worked nonstop since as the eruption has happened SIX times as of September [----]. We were fortunate to"
YouTube Link 2024-09-14T12:00Z 579K followers, 905.7K engagements
"How One Contractor Builds America's Most Expensive Town Stutsman Gerbaz has built Aspen and the surrounding area since [----] now doing anything from waterline repairs to mega-mansion builds. But when competing in America's most expensive town for labor a business-as-usual approach doesn't work. To develop new building methods Shay Stutsman visited Switzerland years ago and implemented everything he learned back in the States. The result Some of the coolest machines and projects anywhere Learn more about Stutsman at: https://www.sgearthmoving.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor"
YouTube Link 2025-08-02T12:00Z 579K followers, 502.1K engagements
"How to Operate the World's Mightiest Earthmovers The dragline is one of the world's biggest yet most misunderstood earthmovers. While most people can spend an entire career moving dirt and never see one we've been spoiled over the years thanks to our friends at North American Coal and NACCO. Operating more draglines than any other company in North America they know a thing or two about how to run and maintain such enormous yet old machines. We've shown you all draglines before but this is by FAR our most in-depth dragline video yet as we spent two days with their three draglines at the"
YouTube Link 2026-01-31T13:00Z 579K followers, 189.2K engagements
"Mine Reclamation In Sub Zero Temperatures Join us as we venture through Canada's oil sands with Morgan Construction showcasing how reclamation work is done in sub-zero temperatures. We dive into the intricacies of stripping away topsoil and subsoil explain the crucial role of soil organization in reclamation and reveal the challenges and strategies of working in frozen grounds. We also examine the vast range of machinery used in these processes from excavators to rippers. It takes tremendous effort and planning to mine oil sands and restore the land to a condition where forests can regrow."
YouTube Link 2023-05-31T14:00Z 579K followers, 94K engagements
"Operating One of the World's LARGEST Demolition Excavators We recently traveled to Rome Italy to visit with Despe a world leader in demolition. The reason we traveled so far was because of their infamous demolition giant known as the JUMBO. A 350-ton monster based on Caterpillar's 6015B mining excavator. Laurini another world leader in building custom heavy machines re-engineered the machine from the ground up making it Europe's largest demolition excavator. We see the machine in action and share everything you need to know about how they build it A HUGE shoutout to @diggersanddozers for the"
YouTube Link 2025-06-07T12:00Z 579K followers, 322.2K engagements
"Dragline Operator POV"
YouTube Link 2025-09-18T19:00Z 579K followers, 39K engagements
"GPS Never heard of her. GPS Never heard of her"
YouTube Link 2025-08-08T19:05Z 579K followers, 36K engagements
"How Canada Mines in the World's COLDEST Temperatures I got tired of Canadians saying "tHaT's NoT cOlD" so we ventured north to see how the Canadians mine in January. They can't tell me it's not cold when I'm IN Canada. The mining operation here is the Stobie Mine a historic operation outside Sudbury Ontario. After years of closure the mine has a new life as a surface operation with world-class mine services contractor Thiess leading the charge. The deposit is rich in copper nickel and cobalt just as the world needs more metals than ever The temperature was CHILLY but the iron and crews were"
YouTube Link 2025-03-08T13:00Z 579K followers, 657.6K engagements
"D11 vs Lava Rock Like a hot knife through butter. stak working last summer to defend a power plant against lava"
YouTube Link 2025-07-02T17:17Z 579K followers, 1.3M engagements
"Pacific Northwest LOGGING I Tigercat Feller Buncher Welcome to one of the world's most productive logging regionsthe Pacific Northwest. Here logging companies manage hundreds of thousands of acres to grow the timber we need. Whether it's lumber for our homes or toilet paper for our. you know. we all use timber products daily whether we realize it or not. And don't forgettrees are a RENEWABLE resource. Thanks to excellent management practices and regulations these lands are replanted and re-harvested repeatedly. This is where Kirkpatrick Cutting comes into play. Kirkpatrick can harvest timber"
YouTube Link 2024-01-20T13:00Z 579K followers, 155.5K engagements
"FRESH D10T2 Whose new tractor is this"
YouTube Link 2025-06-15T19:00Z 579K followers, 42.3K engagements
"Autonomous Mining Trucks Blasting and Koalas Welcome to Australia's newest coal mine the Pembroke Resources Olive Downs Complex. But this isn't any coal. It's steelmaking coal a critical resource for humanity. If you've ever used electronics cars or buildings you've used steel. It has been and will continue to be one of humanity's most essential resources. And to make it you need iron ore and steelmaking coal Pembroke has spent a decade ensuring their new mine not only meets Australian standards but serves as an example for mining worldwide. I've never had access to a large-scale mining"
YouTube Link 2024-07-13T12:00Z 579K followers, 175.6K engagements
"How the Dutch Build the World's Craziest Excavators Van Tunen is a third-generation Dutch equipment business best known for its triple boom excavators which it began building in the 1990s and continues to refine today. These machines are perfect for marine construction requiring machines to work in challenging conditions unseen on land. To learn more about Van Tunen check out their website here: https://www.vantunen.nl/en/"
YouTube Link 2025-06-14T12:00Z 579K followers, 542.5K engagements
"The Unknown Side of Copper MiningTailings Last fall we visited Rio Tinto Kennecott to check out the copper mining process from A to Z. While we saw almost every step from loading ore to refining the 99.9% copper we missed one critical steptailings. Tailings are everything that isn't the copper gold silver and other metals Rio Tinto produces. Similar to beach sand the Rio Tinto team and a host of contractors like Ames must effectively manage the material. So in this video we're exploring the tailings process from A to Z which made for a fantastic day To learn more about Rio Tinto Kennecott and"
YouTube Link 2024-09-07T12:00Z 579K followers, 170.3K engagements
"Digging for MILLIONS: Inside an Australian Gold Mine Karlawinda Gold Mine is an open-pit gold mine located outside of Newman Western Australia. Capricorn Metals is the team behind the operation and the mine first produced the precious yellow metal in [----]. Now maturing as a mine over [------] ounces of gold leave the mine gates annually. We were lucky enough to visit thanks to MACA a well-known contract mining company that performs all drilling blasting loading and hauling here. It's not every day I get to hold a few million dollars in my hand Learn more about Capricorn:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-08T13:00Z 579K followers, 356K engagements
"Reduce Reuse Recycle"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T14:01Z 579K followers, 30K engagements
"Exploring the World's Largest Earthmoving Machines at BAUMA Munich [----] Welcome to Bauma [----] Munich the world's largest construction show AND trade show. Every three years all heavy equipment manufacturers bring their latest and greatest to Germany for hundreds of thousands of people to admire (AND BUY). Thanks to Zeppelin Cat we not only spent a few days at this year's show but can also show you some of our favorite machines in action from other visits over the years. And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor Ariat Work Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more"
YouTube Link 2025-09-06T13:01Z 579K followers, 110.6K engagements
"Inside Bauxite Mining: One of the World's Most Essential (Yet Unheard Of) Resources Most people have never heard of bauxite yet they couldn't live without the essential metal it eventually transforms into: aluminum. No bauxite no planes cans or electronics. The durable yet light and corrosion-resistant metal has become the world's second-most consumed metal behind iron. Given its great importance it's no wonder Rio Tinto one of the world's largest resource companies produces and refines large quantities of it in Australia. And we were lucky enough to get the behind-the-scenes tour Located"
YouTube Link 2026-01-17T13:01Z 579K followers, 1M engagements
"Inside Virginias $4 Billion Tunneling Megaproject Welcome to the HRBT or Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion the largest project in Virginia's history. To ease congestion along the I64 corridor between Newport News and Norfolk a joint venture between FlatironDragados Vinci Construction and Dodin Campenon Bernard AKA Hampton Roads Connector Partners is building another two lanes in both directions doubling the current capacity. While much of the project is above ground with bridge and road expansion work the centerpiece is the twin tunnels under the navigation channel leading to the world's"
YouTube Link 2025-04-05T12:00Z 579K followers, 2.5M engagements
"Shovel or Gym Giving the Thompson Construction Group gym a try. Kudos to the Cat engineers for considering health and wellness while designing their large excavator counterweights"
YouTube Link 2025-06-08T19:09Z 579K followers, 73.6K engagements
"How America Builds its Interstate Highways at NIGHT We visit Anderson Columbia a large paving contractor based in Florida to learn how they're expanding I-75 to keep up with the state's rapid growth. Most people think roads magically appear. That's not the case. Each mile is the result of hard work often in the dead of night to prevent major interruptions. No highways no modern life so this work is a big deal Learn more about Anderson Columbia: https://www.andersoncolumbia.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more"
YouTube Link 2025-10-25T12:01Z 579K followers, 214.7K engagements
"Into the underworld"
YouTube Link 2025-08-07T14:00Z 579K followers, 28.6K engagements
"HUGE Scraper Operation Piggies gotta eat"
YouTube Link 2025-06-04T15:51Z 579K followers, 40.5K engagements
"Autonomous Haul Trucks in the Canadian Oil Sands Join me and the vlog squad on an exploration of Suncor Mine's extension located north of Fort McMurray. Here we dove headfirst into the world of autonomous mining trucks marveling at the advancements in mining technology up close and personal. The autonomous trucks are fully run by computers and require no driver a revolution that's been in motion since [----]. In addition to the marvel of autonomy we also visited the maintenance facilities where these mining giants are kept in optimal condition discussing the specifics with the hardworking"
YouTube Link 2023-05-23T14:00Z 579K followers, 233.2K engagements
"How Powerful are Caterpillar D10 Bulldozers We recently had some fun thanks to McCahill Bulldozer Services an agriculture development company in California's Central Valley. Why not test the power of Caterpillar D10 dozers against some cars"
YouTube Link 2025-06-21T12:01Z 579K followers, 152.5K engagements
"Shovel Strips for Oil Shale Shovel stuff. Somewhere in the Jordanian desert. Stripping overburden for oil shale"
YouTube Link 2025-06-29T19:00Z 579K followers, 42.6K engagements
"Building $1 Billion of Runway at CLT International Airport Disclaimerthis video is NOT produced by CLT. Welcome to Charlotte Douglas International Airport one of the busiest in the United States. And like any other busy airport it's growing FAST. And fast growth doesn't only mean new airport terminalsit means entirely new runways like CLT's fourth parallel runway project. A multi-year $1B undertaking the fourth parallel runway will eventually allow air traffic to flow in and out of the airport more efficiently. To build it there's A LOT of earthmoving involved. And this is where ES Wagner"
YouTube Link 2025-02-08T13:00Z 579K followers, 364.3K engagements
"The Hidden World of Underground Salt Mining K+S is a remarkable German company; this is the second time they've allowed us to visit their underground mining operations In this video we're at their Bernburg rock salt mine where hardworking people have mined pure rock salt since [----] After traveling over [---] meters down the main shaft we found ourselves in the caverns almost too big to believe. And there are hundreds of these rooms throughout the mine You can learn more about this operation and all of K+S at their website below"
YouTube Link 2025-05-24T12:01Z 579K followers, 708.2K engagements
"Why Tunnel Under a City By Hand in [----] Midwest Mole was one of the first companies BuildWitt worked with. We've explored tunnels they've dug across the Midwest and from Virginia to Arizona So when they messaged us a few weeks ago saying they had a hand mining project over the weekend in Indianapolis we packed our bags and hit the road to join the fun. As you'll see hand tunneling is EXACTLY as it sounds. Learn more about Midwest Mole here: https://midwestmole.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor Ariat Work Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and more here:"
YouTube Link 2025-08-16T12:01Z 579K followers, 166.2K engagements
"How Nevada Produces BILLIONS in Gold Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ When people think of gold mining they likely picture bearded men with gold pans in mountain streams or Discovery Channel's Gold Rush. In reality it's neither In this video we tour the entire gold mining process at Round Mountain Mine owned and operated by Canadian gold giant Kinross. We start where most mining operations begindrilling blasting and loading with enormous shovels. But with most gold here being microscopic how do they extract every ounce from the rock they mine That's where the"
YouTube Link 2024-04-12T17:00Z 579K followers, 1.1M engagements
"How Do Scrapers Dump"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T15:21Z 579K followers, 45.9K engagements
"Paving a Remote Australian Airport Runway Overnight Paving an active runway overnight is a big deal. But how do you do it in the middle of nowhere Western Australia For Fulton Hogan one of Australia's top builders it's just another day (night) at the office. Many of Australia's mines are remote. So remote that the workforce flies in and out (FIFO) every week requiring most major mines to operate remote airports. When the airports need work that means Fulton Hogan has to bring everything needed to make it happenasphalt plant and all. Learn more about Fulton Hogan: https://www.fultonhogan.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-11-01T12:01Z 579K followers, 262.7K engagements
"Bringing Mining Machines Back to LifeWorkshop Tour Welcome to the first video in our Indonesia Liebherr adventure as we tour Liebherrs incredible remanufacturing facility in Balikpapan. In mining remanufacturing components is a big dealjust because each overall component has served its full life doesnt mean each part is in the bin. Liebherr technicians carefully inspect every part of every component to determine which can be reused for another life. After the process customers receive the parts they need for their machines with the same factory warranty but at a fraction of the cost Learn"
YouTube Link 2025-10-11T12:01Z 579K followers, 93.1K engagements
"How Australia Ships One Million Tons of Iron Ore Daily Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com Welcome to part two of our series on Western Australia iron ore mining If you haven't seen the first episode watch it here (https://youtu.be/F1bJYHl5iJw) Now that we've blasted hauled and sized the iron ore it's time to transport it from the remote Pilbara mines to the sea where it will eventually travel by ship to steel mills worldwide. Rio Tinto operates one of Australia's largest private rail networks with over two hundred remotely operated locomotives moving about one million tons"
YouTube Link 2024-10-12T12:00Z 579K followers, 925.1K engagements
"How Modern Coal Mining Works with Bravus Mining & Resources Coal mining is a thing of the past Think again. Thanks to incredible access provided by Bravus Mining and Resources we take you behind the scenes of the Carmichael Mine one of Australias newest mining operations. The Carmichael Mine is one of [---] coal mines in Australia producing around [--] million tons of coal annually. Consistent power is necessary to help lift millions out of poverty and coal is a crucial ingredient. Bravus helps meet the worlds growing energy demand with high-quality coal displacing lower-quality coal mined in"
YouTube Link 2023-08-25T13:00Z 579K followers, 400.8K engagements
"They Let Me BLAST This is from our video on Iron Ore with Rio Tinto You can check it out by visiting my channel or clicking the link in the comment section below"
YouTube Link 2025-09-19T19:00Z 579K followers, 26K engagements
"How Does a Crushing Spread Work Turning Boulders To Dust In this episode we learned how and WHY we turn big rocks into small rocks. All of the rock crushing in this video is for a large highway expansion project in the Arizona desert. Fisher Sand and Gravel: https://www.fisherind.com/fisher-sand-gravel-company FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron_witt FOLLOW MY COMPANY: BUILDWITT We have an APP:"
YouTube Link 2022-11-29T13:00Z 579K followers, 189.9K engagements
"How Virginia Will Treat BILLIONS of Gallons of Water for the Chesapeake Bay Welcome to the SWIFT project a multi-billion dollar infrastructure investment for HRSD to provide the Chesapeake Bay area with drinking water well into the future while protecting America's largest estuary. As you can imagine this infrastructure project is COMPLEXwhich is why Garney America's largest water and wastewater contractor is on the scene to help make it happen. We walk you through the process from start to finish to see how they're making it all happen. It hurt my brain trying to explain everything but I'm"
YouTube Link 2025-04-12T12:01Z 579K followers, 295.5K engagements
"390 Triple Boom One of Aertssen Machinery Services [---] triple booms fishing for rocks in the Persian Gulf outside of Dubai. Theres seemingly endless marine construction in the UAE thanks to the scale of infrastructure along the coast"
YouTube Link 2025-06-06T15:01Z 579K followers, 45.7K engagements
"Operating a Caterpillar [---] Mini Excavator Caterpillar Edwards Having some fun at Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center with two mighty machines. I was operating the mighty one (302) and Eric (Jumper) was in the slightly less mighty one (395). Doing our best to meet the absurd production goals our boss sets. #shorts #caterpillar #operator FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron_witt FOLLOW AARONS COMPANY: BUILDWITT"
YouTube Link 2022-07-06T12:00Z 579K followers, 112M engagements
"Exploring Japan's BIGGEST Earthmoving Machine Earlier this year we traveled to Japan to visit Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) to see how they build medium and mining-class excavators. While that was FANTASTIC I also asked if we could visit a customer. They had one in mind at a quarry north of Tokyo. GreatI expected a relatively big machine. But when they told me it was a Hitachi [----] I thought they were joking. But they weren't Thank you to Fujisaco and the HCM team for making this visit happen They were amazing Learn more about HCM here: https://www.hitachicm.com/global/en/"
YouTube Link 2025-04-26T12:01Z 579K followers, 207.3K engagements
"Pipe Crews Helicopters & SUPER DOZERS The third installment of our Canada Vlog series brought us out to Calgary Alberta with Blue-Con Excavating. Their team was laying the utilities for a new residential housing subdivision. #canada #construction #heavyequipment Company: Blue-Con Excavating - https://blueconcalgary.ca/ Equipment: Helicopter Pipes John Deere Excavator 600C LC John Deere TL10 Track Loader a V-Bucket attachment. FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok:"
YouTube Link 2022-09-16T12:00Z 579K followers, 197.6K engagements
"The World's LARGEST Coal Trucks (Kress Coal Haulers) Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ This winter we visited North American Coal in North Dakota to explore how one of the most unique trucks in the world operatesthe Kress Coal Hauler. Mines must transport coal from the cuts to the power plants they feed which often requires hauling distances of many miles. Since coal is so much lighter than dirt using standard haul trucks designed for rocks and earth is inefficient. Traditional trucks will never reach capacity no matter how much coal you stack in their beds."
YouTube Link 2024-03-09T13:00Z 579K followers, 428.3K engagements
"What Are Push Cats"
YouTube Link 2025-08-14T18:56Z 579K followers, 248.2K engagements
"615 Paddle Board Scraper This is the classic model with a 250-horsepower Cat [----] 6-cylinder engine"
YouTube Link 2025-09-17T15:00Z 579K followers, 115.1K engagements
"Is New York City the World's Hardest Place to Build Everyones seen the infamous New York City skyline. But what lies below And what happens when the stuff below which keeps the whole place moving needs replacing Enter the fine folks of DiFazio Industries a team thats made a living building in one of the worlds most challenging environments for generations. We explore the intricacies of Manhattan utility work located only steps from Wall Street in the fancy neighborhood of the West Village and across the bridge in Brooklyn. Its WILD Learn more about DiFazio here: https://www.difazioind.net/"
YouTube Link 2025-12-27T13:01Z 579K followers, 271.4K engagements
"Orange County's Fire D7 Climbing aboard Orange County Fire Authority's new D7. First day it was in the dirt Time is everything with fires OC opted for this larger machine to optimize fire line production when it counts. The more line cut the more likely they are to contain the fire. This machine is also one of the more custom dozers Ive seen. The attention to detail is incredible. Well have a full video on every modification up soon"
YouTube Link 2025-06-25T17:14Z 579K followers, 52.5K engagements
"The MONSTER Machine Mining Australia's Mineral Sands Not only is this Liebherrs biggest mining excavator but its the biggest mining excavator bucket theyve ever made Why so big Its all down to the density of the material it movesmineral sands. Thanks to Yellow Iron Fleet and Tronox we spent an entire day from sunup to sundown seeing the monster machine in action. Learn more about Yellow Iron Fleet: https://www.yellowironfleet.com.au/ Learn more about Tronox: https://www.tronox.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their boots (which I wear every video) workwear and"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T13:01Z 579K followers, 113.3K engagements
"Inside the Worlds First Electric Construction Project In this video we explore a dike reinforcement project in the Netherlands to prevent entire Dutch towns from flooding. While amazing that's not even the most interesting partnearly every machine on the project is electric a world first at this scale. To make it happen construction giant Van Oord has partnered with equipment suppliers like Pon Caterpillar to create each solution from scratch. Learn more about the project: https://www.dijkversterkingtielwaardenburg.nl/pano/bezoekerscentrum/c/video-entree/@347.13h15.1v100f Learn more about Van"
YouTube Link 2025-06-28T12:01Z 579K followers, 253.5K engagements
"Bulldozer Repair How Hard Can It Be What happens when the big earthmovers we all know and love break Its a jungle out there so even the best machines have issues in what are often less than ideal conditions. Fortunately there are hardworking folks like those at Thompson Machinery to diagnose and fix any issue anywhere. We followed one of their field service technicians during one such repair Did it all go to plan Not exactly But the job got done nonetheless Learn more about Thompson Machinery here: https://thompsonmachinery.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out"
YouTube Link 2026-01-10T13:01Z 579K followers, 66.8K engagements
"Hauling the World's Biggest Mining Loader Across Australia I have ALWAYS wanted to see Australian heavy haul. Thanks to Centurion Komatsu Australia and BMA my dream finally came true on our last visit First we visited Komatsu Australia to learn about the build process for the country's biggest mining machines. And once completed Centurion heavy haul teams take over to load each machine for hauling into the Bowen Basin. Finally thanks to BMA we saw the team drop this massive WA1200 loader off for its final build at the Caval Ridge Mine where it's now helping to supply the world with"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T13:02Z 579K followers, 272.5K engagements
"Comparing the BIGGEST Trucks on Earth In this episode we got to explore the Suncor Base Mine and compare some of the largest trucks on Earth. Witness the process of oil sand mining from start to finish as we journey through the shovel pit analyze the extraction process and observe how these massive trucks carry their loads to the crusher for processing. We got to see how these mechanical beasts work in harmony to support our oil-dependent world. Special thanks to Suncor for showing us around. Hope you enjoy and learn something new along the way #mining #construction #heavyequipment Equipment:"
YouTube Link 2023-05-16T14:00Z 579K followers, 515.4K engagements
"Skid Steer Skiing Big Momma Snow Cat teaching the little guy how to ski For those curious the Snow Park Tech Snowcat is ensuring the skid steer doesnt slide down the mountain while drilling holes for light towers on Aspens superpipe. Snowcat tracks are engineered for incredible traction on snowtheyre wide and grippy. CTL rubber tracks arent. Even though the little Cat is moving down the slope independently its tethered to the bigger cat just in case"
YouTube Link 2025-05-07T15:01Z 492K followers, 15.4K engagements
"Powering the People of Mississippi Welcome to the second day of the BuildWitt Roadshow where we visited North American Coal's Red Hills Mine outside Starkville Mississippi. I LOVE visiting this mineit's one of my favorites of all time. The iron is big the work vital and the reclamation absolutely beautiful. The hardworking crews of North American Coal mine the valuable energy with a dragline dozers shovels and trucks. After they haul the coal to the nearby power plant reclamation begins. In only a few years post-mining they replant the reclaimed earth with native grasses and trees. Power"
YouTube Link 2023-10-13T23:41Z 219K followers, 27.1K engagements
"Sennebogen with a Clamshell Bucket Excavating basements in Switzerland with a Sennebogen Crane"
YouTube Link 2024-10-16T14:25Z 397K followers, [----] engagements
"@letsdig18 Removing Trees on his Volvo"
YouTube Link 2025-02-10T15:00Z 451K followers, [----] engagements
"How to Make an Underground Tunnel"
YouTube Link 2025-04-05T18:00Z 479K followers, [----] engagements
"How California's First Wildfire Cleanup Works Donate Directly to Altadena: https://www.gofundme.com/f/altadena-eaton-fire-relief-fund In early January the Eaton Fire destroyed what was the quiet town of Altadena California in a matter of days. Footage of the devastation made its way around the globe with tens of thousands of people ultimately losing their homes businesses and some even their lives. The tragedy is impossible to overstate but we didn't visit to talk about how or why it happened. We visited to see what it takes to get the town back on its feet. With A LOT of wildly incorrect"
YouTube Link 2025-03-01T13:00Z 543K followers, 272.3K engagements
"Repairing Dirt Bike ramps during the Supercross show with a @cmpattachments Hydra Bucket"
YouTube Link 2024-05-21T21:24Z 323K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Monster Mining Machines HowDraglines Work Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ What the heck is a dragline and how do they work Weve got the answers Were back with North American Coal to tour one of their massive draglines. These machines are the largest earthmovers in America capable of moving well over [------] cubic yards of material per day. Using steel cables they drag monster buckets through the earth filling them in seconds. Then they unload by tipping the bucket as they swing flinging the dirt into huge piles. Without these machines millions of Americans"
YouTube Link 2024-03-15T12:00Z 449K followers, 932.5K engagements
"Tune In This Week To "Fast Gold" and See If We Get Rich Tune in this week to Fast Gold to find out if we get rich Spoiler alertwe do. And no those are NOT chocolate coins from Cracker Barrel. Everything you see on Fast Gold is 100% real gold mining. We use no special effects"
YouTube Link 2023-07-26T11:00Z 506K followers, 14.1K engagements
"How Mobile Crushing Plants Work with WD Scepaniak On this stop of the [----] BuildWitt Roadshow we visited W.D. Scepaniak to see their mobile aggregate plants. Plants like these supply the crushed rock needed for roads buildings and landscaping. This plant is "mobile" meaning every piece of equipment can be quickly loaded and transported wherever it needs to go. The flexibility means they can mobilize for only weeks or months to specific locations not needing permanent crushing operations. Despite their compact nature plants like these can produce 5000+ tons per day. The closer they can get the"
YouTube Link 2024-03-02T13:00Z 546K followers, 48K engagements
"Why is Expansive Clay a Building Nightmare Support us by shopping stickers hats and shirts at DirtWorldStore.com St. George Utah has a problem its soil is remarkably variable. The problem came to a head only a few years after St. George's new airport noticed a significant issue. The one runway was rising up to an entire foot in some areas. Moving earth is a problem anywhere but it's a BIG problem on a commercial airport runway. Engineers identified the villain: blue clay. To eliminate the issue they devised a multi-month shutdown of the entire airport while Utah contractor JP Excavating"
YouTube Link 2024-12-08T13:00Z 470K followers, 199.5K engagements
"German Quarrying w/ Remote Control Machines Shop stickers hats and shirts to help us fund these videos at DirtWorldStore.com This summer we had the fortune of visiting two large quarrying operations with our friends at Zeppelin Cat The first was a local business @BDSchotterwerke that mines with a brand new [---] loader. The second was Lukas Glaser an aggregate and construction operation. Thanks to their enormous highwalls they're the first company in Germany running remote control on their [---] excavator and D6 dozer. To learn more about Zeppelin check out their website below"
YouTube Link 2024-11-23T13:00Z 419K followers, 63.3K engagements
"The Future of Heavy Equipment Operation Remotely Operating from ANYWHERE While visiting Westrac Caterpillar the official Cat dealer in New South Wales Australia they let me play with one of their coolest toys the Cat remote operator station. The station comprised of the same seat and controls inside a machine combined with a sports bar-level TV screens can operate remote-enabled machines from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Cat first pioneered the technology for dangerous applications like working near a high wall unloading barges and removing nuclear waste. I've seen the technology a few times before"
YouTube Link 2024-06-01T12:00Z 327K followers, 27.8K engagements
"CAT [--] Working Icey Haul Roads [--] feet (7.3 meters) of smoothing"
YouTube Link 2025-05-28T16:45Z 499K followers, 19.9K engagements
"The Missouri Quest Dragline North American Coal's Dragline - The Missouri Quest. -- NACCO let us climb all over this massive miner earlier this year and we dove deep into the coal mining process here in the USA. -- To see this beast in action head over to YouTube and search 'Aaron Witt'"
YouTube Link 2024-10-07T16:15Z 410K followers, 887.1K engagements
"Cleaning up an Iron Ore Car Derailment Joshua Grading cleaning up a derailment from a few years back. By now this former iron ore railcar has already been made into hundreds of beer cans"
YouTube Link 2024-10-30T15:10Z 544K followers, 31.8K engagements
"Ripping Out Trees W/ LetsDig18 Working for @letsdig18 for the day (he still hasnt paid me). Land clearing cable machines and lots of nonsense"
YouTube Link 2025-05-13T15:13Z 493K followers, 13.8K engagements
"Rebuilding a Railroad After Hurricane Helene We're with HG Rail Services a rail contractor based in Georgia that works throughout the Southeastern United States. As you can imagine the historic flooding from Hurricane Helene last fall damaged roads and many of the area's rail lines. But following the destruction there's no waiting for rebuilding. Thousands of contractors are working hard to get the entire area back on its feet. While not an extensive freight line the Craggy Mountain Line is a great attraction for the area allowing families to travel a few miles along the historic track. To"
YouTube Link 2025-02-01T13:00Z 449K followers, 88.4K engagements
"One of the Biggest Excavators in the World - The Liebherr [----] #coal #mining"
YouTube Link 2024-04-14T21:44Z 535K followers, 344K engagements
"Marveling Over the [---] SMi Surface Miner To see the full video "Road Building and Surface Mining Machines at the Wirtgen Booth Bauma 2022" tap HERE: https://youtu.be/77qhFKH2p2E #shorts #construction #heavyequipment #bauma2022 #mining"
YouTube Link 2023-02-01T13:00Z 545K followers, 29.1K engagements
"40000ft of Water Lines Directional Drilling In Florida Earthview Aaron visits Earthview in Melbourne FL to see one of their directional drilling projects where they are installing [-----] feet of water lines. The purpose of directional drilling is to install underground utilities without disturbing the surface. Directional drilling can be used to install these utilities under roads train tracks interstates etc. Earthview is a women-led company thats headquartered in Naples FL who specializes in trenchless construction. You can learn more about them at https://evllc.com/. #drilling #construction"
YouTube Link 2022-05-20T12:00Z 529K followers, 15.7K engagements
"How the Swiss Dig the World's Best Holes Shop stickers hats and shirts to help us fund these videos at DirtWorldStore.com This summer we visited Swiss contractor Eberhard one of my favorite companies I've visited worldwide. This video covers day one when we visited two enormous basement excavation projects: one for a university and the other for a hospital. And it ain't as simple as digging big holes. There's A LOT to these urban excavations but Eberhard's more than up to the task. To learn more about the company check out their webpage (sorry it's in Swiss German) linked here:"
YouTube Link 2024-11-02T12:00Z 411K followers, 153.1K engagements
"Fixing Roadway Infrastructure After a Hurricane We drove out to the Appalachian Mountains after Hurricane Helene devastated entire communities with the swift hand of mother nature. Watch the full video now"
YouTube Link 2025-03-13T14:00Z 468K followers, 12.3K engagements
"I LOVE Waste Work"
YouTube Link 2025-03-20T14:00Z 472K followers, 10.3K engagements
"Every Machine Should Have This. Yes. Skid Steers too"
YouTube Link 2025-03-18T14:00Z 470K followers, 15.8K engagements
"What's a Coal Hauler"
YouTube Link 2025-02-19T15:00Z 466K followers, 15K engagements
"That's a lot of Dozers. Dozing with a View"
YouTube Link 2024-10-17T18:15Z 399K followers, 13.1K engagements
"Building Sydney's Underground Metro Tunnels Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com Sydney Australia's largest city is growing fast. And with any growing city comes the need for growing infrastructure. The city's current airport is in the middle of the city limiting its growth options. To overcome the challenge planners selected a site in Western Sydney for an entirely new airport. Construction started a few years ago and the airport will open officially in [----]. However an airport outside the city requires additional infrastructure which leads me to the Sydney Metro Project."
YouTube Link 2024-09-28T12:00Z 472K followers, 127.4K engagements
"Californias Secret Firefighting WeaponBULLDOZERS While bulldozers are ESSENTIAL to California's wildland firefighting efforts few know they exist let alone how they work. Fortunately we recently had access to the annual HEIST training a two-week interagency training effort to prepare fire dozer operators for the upcoming fire season. This year over twenty dozers and an enormous team of heroic operators showed up. And we were there to see it all Learn more about Orange County Fire Authority here: https://ocfa.org/ Learn more about CALFIRE here: https://www.fire.ca.gov/"
YouTube Link 2025-04-19T12:00Z 516K followers, 207K engagements
"600-Ton Liebherr Excavator in Australian Mine BuildWitt Stickers stickers.buildwitt.com Instagram instragram.com/aaronwitt My first time seeing a large Liebherr excavator at work Last spring we toured the Liebherr mining excavator factory in Colmar France. It was a treat but we didnt see any production digging. I had to wait for that Fast-forward to this year when we toured mines in Australias Bowen Basin. Known for its high-quality steel-making coal the Bowen Basin is home to some of the biggest mining operations in the world. Started by Mark Ackroyd in [----] with a D8 dozer National Group"
YouTube Link 2023-09-08T22:30Z 476K followers, 173.4K engagements
"Exploring an Underground Mine (THE DEEPEST IVE BEEN) Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit In this episode of the Germany Series Chase and I explored the depths of a potash mine where potassium is extracted to be used as fertilizer. (I mistakenly refer to it as a salt mine throughout the duration of the video. SILLY ME) #mining #construction #germany FOLLOW ME: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron_witt FOLLOW"
YouTube Link 2022-12-22T13:00Z 449K followers, 797.5K engagements
"The World's Biggest Excavator Bucket A bucketa big bucketabout [--] cubic yards or [--] cubic meters"
YouTube Link 2025-05-22T19:00Z 496K followers, 13.4K engagements
"Inside America's Largest Data Center Construction Project Welcome to the Richland Parish Data Center Project also known as America's largest. Data centers and AI are hot topics but most people don't understand the sheer scale of infrastructure they require. Thanks to the brilliant access @MortensonConstruct granted us we recently explored every aspect of the enormous site work package that is clearing the way for some of the world's most advanced and expensive buildings. Learn more about Mortenson: https://www.mortenson.com/ And a huge thank you to our channel sponsor ARIAT Check out their"
YouTube Link 2025-09-20T12:00Z 542K followers, 232.7K engagements
"Playing with GIANT Shovels and Buckets Red Hills Coal Mine North American Coal In this episode Aaron was joined by the entire BuildWitt leadership team in Starkville Mississippi to check out the Red Hills Mine with North American Coal (NAACO). Not only was the team educated on what it takes to mine coal but they also learned a lot about how environmentally intensive the process is. It takes really extensive experience from an environmental restoration and reclamation standpoint to do a job like this and NAACO does it well Be ready for some big equipment including a massive dragline a [----] P &"
YouTube Link 2022-07-28T12:00Z 486K followers, 46.8K engagements
"Building a Road with LetsDig18 VLOG We visited the infamous @letsdig18 to help with a new road project. I did a VERY good job as a haul truck driver. If you enjoyed this vlog-style video let us know in the comments"
YouTube Link 2025-01-18T13:00Z 445K followers, 54.3K engagements
"How to Delete Entire British Power Plants I've watched Brown and Mason's work online for YEARS so it was awesome to finally see what they do this summer during our visit to England. We visited TWO power plant decommissioning projectsone only starting off and the other a few years in. Both sites had A LOT of action both with machines and people using torches. The hours required for such a project is remarkable. You can learn more about Brown and Mason at their website below https://brownandmason.com/"
YouTube Link 2024-12-14T13:00Z 451K followers, 135.5K engagements
"Open Cab Scraper Push Loads Someone commented on the open-cab D10 push cat I shared a photo of yesterday so here are some open-cab D10s in action long ago. Its amazing watching machines safely older than me hog as well as anything of the modern day Many people give California grief but they know how to move dirt"
YouTube Link 2025-05-29T15:46Z 500K followers, 40.3K engagements
"EARTHMOVING In Melbourne Meet and follow Jimmy Starbuck for a day in the life as the founder of Starbuck Excavation in Melbourne AU. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=RYPWv12pGfE&t=38s"
YouTube Link 2023-09-20T17:00Z 406K followers, 51.6K engagements
"My Favorite Multi-Million $$ Machines Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ We're having fun this week by highlighting four of the most incredible machines I've had the fortune of checking out over the past few years First we have the largest dredge in North America the Dredge New York operated by Great Lakes Dock and Dredge. Second we head to Alberta Canada to check out some of the heaviest haul in the world thanks to the Canadian oil sands. The Albertans do it different. Third is the lava loader dedicated to moving liquid slag after the steelmaking process. You"
YouTube Link 2024-08-17T12:00Z 466K followers, 67.6K engagements
"Liebherr's 800-Ton Mining Excavator Explained Dirt World Stickers now available at https://dirtworldstore.com/ This video outlines my history with the Liebherr [----] one of the world's largest hydraulic excavators. We start in Colmar France the birthplace of each Liebherr Mining excavator. Liebherr was nice enough to have us for a tour years ago my first glimpse at one of these monster machines. But then to see one at work we had to travel down under to Australia where nearly every [----] made lives. We take you through operations with Pembroke Thiess National Group MacKellar and Bravus visiting"
YouTube Link 2024-06-29T13:02Z 407K followers, 272.6K engagements
"Seeing Two CAT 390s on the Same Cut The BuildWitt Vlog Episode [--] On this episode of the BuildWitt Vlog we visited with Independent Construction a large contractor out of California that happened to have two 390s on the same cut. What a hoot. Stay tuned for more videos to come this week FOLLOW BUILDWITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buildwitt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildwitt Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/"
YouTube Link 2021-08-04T11:00Z 519K followers, 39.3K engagements
"South Carolina's Hurricane Fighters Blue Collar men and women from Branch Civil are working hard to repair and restore after Hurricane Helene"
YouTube Link 2025-02-07T15:00Z 450K followers, [----] engagements
"6020B Working on a $250 Million Dollar Jetty Click the link to watch the full video now"
YouTube Link 2025-03-12T14:28Z 531K followers, 26K engagements
"When your blind spots as wide as a two-story family home"
YouTube Link 2025-05-08T15:04Z 492K followers, 23.9K engagements
"Supercross Track Maintenance Team The @dirt_wurx brigade fighting traffic as they deployed for track maintenance before the final rounds at Supercross last night"
YouTube Link 2023-08-02T11:00Z 506K followers, 45.5K engagements
"Exploring the Zeppelin Caterpillar Booth at Bauma 2022: Teaser To see the full video "Exploring the Caterpillar Booth at Bauma [----] Zeppelin Cat" tap HERE: https://youtu.be/aR_3XhC_j8Y #shorts #heavyequipment #construction"
YouTube Link 2023-01-25T13:00Z 392K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Destroying a Truck Drivers Back The chunky stuff builds character"
YouTube Link 2025-05-20T14:29Z 495K followers, 10K engagements
"Heavy Equipment Zoo I love big cats but they shouldnt be cooped up like this"
YouTube Link 2025-05-14T15:17Z 493K followers, [----] engagements
"Komatsu [----] Rolling Out of MINExpo How do they move the machines from MINExpo in and out of the Vegas Convention Center They drive/track them This [----] (arguably the show-stopper) was the first to go on Friday morning. They drove it a short distance to a parking lot where Komatsu technicians are now disassembling it for transport back to Texas"
YouTube Link 2024-10-28T15:00Z 471K followers, 51.2K engagements
"Dumping [---] Tons of Raw Material Dumping [---] tons from the back of a [---] AC"
YouTube Link 2024-10-11T20:00Z 393K followers, [----] engagements
"D10 Working Nickel Copper and Cobalt Ore. The Stobie Mine in January. Doesn't get much colder than that"
YouTube Link 2025-03-16T14:00Z 470K followers, [----] engagements
"CAT HQ Tour @empirecat HQ. I love this place. Where I had my sixth birthday party"
YouTube Link 2023-07-28T11:00Z 506K followers, 31.1K engagements
"Touring Australia's Biggest Caterpillar Dealer Stickers are available now at DirtWorldStore.com During our recent visit to Australia Westrac Caterpillar was kind enough to host us at their ENORMOUS Tomago branch outside Newcastle New South Wales. I've visited many Cat dealer facilities across four continents but this one might take the cake regarding all-around capabilities. We checked out their parts operation rebuild center (centre) shop and build pads which were LOADED with massive gear. We had a fantastic day so I hope you enjoy the video as much as I enjoyed our visit To learn more about"
YouTube Link 2024-08-10T12:00Z 533K followers, 260.8K engagements
"Highway Wrecking Ball I am a big wrecking ball fan"
YouTube Link 2025-06-02T15:00Z 500K followers, 13.6K engagements
"The Biggest Scrapers Cat Makes 657s east of the Mississippi"
YouTube Link 2024-10-13T14:25Z 396K followers, [----] engagements
"My First Time Seeing Rapid Impact Compaction With a Hydraulic Hammer My first time seeing rapid impact compaction (RIC). RIC is a method of compacting granular material to a depth of up to [--] by repeatedly whacking the ground with a hydraulic hammer. Its similar to dynamic compaction. This project had quite a few of these rigs based on 385s. They werent running any compactors or water trucks like I usually see in the states. I guess theres no need to when you can do this across the entire site #hydraulichammer #heavyequipment #shorts FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram:"
YouTube Link 2022-07-23T12:00Z 506K followers, 4.1M engagements
"50 Thousand Gallons of Water [-----] gallons (196841 liters) of water rolling by. And for you numbers people thats [------] pounds (196451 kg) of water. Or [---] Priuses"
YouTube Link 2025-05-25T16:47Z 499K followers, 52.7K engagements
"What Are These Cones on a Mining Excavator"
YouTube Link 2025-04-26T14:20Z 511K followers, 22.1K engagements
"The World's Biggest Aggregate Dragline with North American Mining Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit Join Aaron Matt and Jake as they check out the inside of a Marion [----] dragline at an aggregate mine in Florida. This dragline happens to be the largest dragline in aggregate production. Its operated by North American Mining and you can learn more about them at https://namining.com/. #dragline #aggregate #mining FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook:"
YouTube Link 2022-05-31T12:00Z 506K followers, 139.9K engagements
"Posillico's Wash Plant Cleaner Since material is in short supply on Long Island Posilico built their wash plant to clean and sort contaminated dirt. Dirty dirt goes in at one end and clean aggregate products and sand come out at the other. The filter press takes care of the fines after washing. This clay accounts for only a small percentage of the total original material. After the fines are gone and the water is treated its reused back in the plant. Pretty neat"
YouTube Link 2025-02-06T16:00Z 450K followers, [----] engagements
"How Low Ground Pressure Machines Work. To see more of this project- head over to my channel and watch my video on Fehmarn Belt Dredging"
YouTube Link 2025-01-27T17:09Z 448K followers, 22.5K engagements
"Lifting a [--] TON Bucket for Repairs Check out the full video here https://www.youtube.com/watchv=IcW3VjryNn8"
YouTube Link 2023-10-04T17:45Z 538K followers, 55.5K engagements
"Clean Rail HEX From HG Services"
YouTube Link 2025-05-21T15:32Z 496K followers, 12.5K engagements
"Digging [--] MILLION YARDS Excavating a Lake from SCRATCH Hughes Brothers Florida has been experiencing a massive influx of humans. That means more infrastructure is needed We love to visit Hughes Brothers and watch them move massive amounts of dirt for these development projects. HBC can hog dirt with the best of them. Theyre using CAT 349s on this project since larger excavators will sink in the wet ground conditions. A very unique aspect of this project is the huge stock of precast boxes and manholes across the entire site. If you want to learn more about Hughes Brothers check them out at"
YouTube Link 2022-07-01T12:00Z 506K followers, 82.3K engagements
"500+ Meters Underground for SALT"
YouTube Link 2025-05-24T12:58Z 497K followers, [----] engagements
"Creating the Workforce We Need Subscribe to the @dirttalkpodcast channel to hear more conversations like this All it takes is a little bit of patience. Not everyone grew up at the family construction company anymore To create the workforce we need the Dirt World must patiently train. Experienced people no longer exist. #shorts #construction #heavyequipment From DT Episode [---] featuring Aron Nick of @strackinc.5824"
YouTube Link 2023-01-16T16:52Z 506K followers, 136.5K engagements
"Cat's MINExpo Practice Practice rounds for Cats last MINExpo demonstration back in [----]. Here theyre missing the [---] and [---] both electric drive trucks. Excitingly Cat had the 798AC at this years show in Vegas. It is the only time anyone could have seen one of the worlds biggest trucks"
YouTube Link 2024-10-20T14:00Z 544K followers, 27.6K engagements
"The Art of Maintaining a Racetrack The art of maintaining a racetrack How do they test the results Drive over it really fast in a [---] Ferrari I got a ride too. It was a good day"
YouTube Link 2023-08-10T11:00Z 506K followers, 34.9K engagements
"Building Maui Subdivisions Our trip to Maui Hawaii didn't include visits to beaches or resorts. but we did get to see Alpha Inc as they built out some impressive residential subdivisions We saw everything from grading and retaining walls to precise underground electrical vaults and concrete work. Plus you'll see how Alpha utilizes precast concrete blocks to create intricate terraces manage efficient material use with innovative machinery and construct perfect sidewalks curbs and gutters all at once using advanced GPS technology. We also went to a local landfill where Alpha Inc. manages"
YouTube Link 2023-06-20T14:00Z 246K followers, 32.1K engagements
"What is Load and Carry"
YouTube Link 2024-05-30T17:02Z 546K followers, 669.2K engagements
"D9T Pioneering a Brand New Copper Mine Road"
YouTube Link 2025-01-31T15:30Z 449K followers, [----] engagements
"Tree Trimming is Easy Just Buy an Engcon"
YouTube Link 2025-02-03T15:30Z 449K followers, [----] engagements
"A Massive Dredge digging [--] Feet below water #shorts"
YouTube Link 2021-10-12T17:37Z 506K followers, 703.4K engagements
"The World's Biggest Machines in Las Vegas Shop stickers hats and shirts to help us fund these videos at DirtWorldStore.com A HUGE thank you to @AwesomeEarthmovers for the footage of move out toward the end of the video MINExpo is the world's largest mining-specific trade show held every four years in Las Vegas. Visitors come from every corner of the globe to see the mining industry's latest equipment and technology. While the show's fantastic what happens after is the extraordinary bit move out. How the heck do they get the world's biggest machines in and out of the Las Vegas Convention"
YouTube Link 2024-11-09T13:01Z 412K followers, 79.7K engagements
"3 X [----] Front Shovels [--] X [----] front shovels stripping overburden at an oil shale mine in Jordan. Awesome to see so much traffic on the same bench"
YouTube Link 2025-06-01T15:00Z 501K followers, 24.5K engagements
"The First Volvo [---] I Came Across Throwback to a few years back. What a machine and what a view"
YouTube Link 2025-01-29T15:01Z 448K followers, [----] engagements
"Rope Shovel Working For Gold Big iron only"
YouTube Link 2025-05-27T15:00Z 546K followers, 38.7K engagements
"Florida Dragline Mining Limestone I was telling someone about Florida draglines last night so I figured it was appropriate to share this. As mentioned earlier this week almost all mining in the state is underwater due to the extraordinary water table. This is a refurbished dragline mining limestone for cement production. Once the machine piles it on the surface loaders mine the piles after the water drains. The operator relies on depth marks on the hoist rope and an advanced computer system to gauge where hes digging and to what depth. You could easily park a pickup within that bucket. From"
YouTube Link 2024-10-26T17:00Z 544K followers, 138.2K engagements
"F-150 vs. Cat's Biggest Shovel Still can't build Giza though"
YouTube Link 2025-02-12T15:01Z 471K followers, 12.4K engagements
"Massive Komatsu Shovel Living the dream operating a PC3000 at a Jordanian phosphate mine"
YouTube Link 2025-05-15T16:20Z 495K followers, 15.8K engagements
"Big Machinery Modeling In a Liebherr Mining R9800 Bucket @big_machinery modeling in a @LiebherrGroup Mining R9800 bucket outside its birthplace in Colmar France. #shorts #construction #heavyequipment FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/"
YouTube Link 2022-06-29T12:00Z 546K followers, 322.4K engagements
"How Germany Builds Runways at Frankfurt International To meet passenger and cargo growth at Frankfurt International Airport FRAPORT embarked on a billion-dollar effort to build the new Terminal [--] which will open within the next few years. A new terminal means tons of new surrounding infrastructure including new taxiways for the world's biggest planes like 747s and A380s. Demolition contractor Peter Kolb is using monster machines like a Caterpillar [---] to remove and replace the existing taxiways adjust the grade and match the new terminal. Thanks to Zeppelin Cat we visited the project this"
YouTube Link 2024-11-30T13:01Z 498K followers, 78.3K engagements
"Building the World's BIGGEST Truck Finning Caterpillar Register for the Dirt World Summit NOW https://dirtworld.com/dirt-world-summit Our final leg of the Canadian Tour found us in Alberta on a visit with Finning Cat (They're one of the biggest Caterpillar Dealerships in the world with locations in multiple continents) We were there to visit their Fort McKay facility where they build and rebuild [---] haul trucks. (it takes [--] weeks to reassemble a unit after it has been stripped for a rebuild). FUN FACT: These trucks are typically run [----] to [----] hours per year and are rebuilt every 12-15"
YouTube Link 2022-10-28T12:00Z 473K followers, 507.3K engagements
"Coal Reclaimer in Action One of Coronados reclaimers pulling from stockpiles to load another train. The little buckets on the wheel fill themselves as they spin then dump onto a conveyor with every revolution. Trains roll through the load out at all hours of every day; then the coal runs from here to the coast where it ends up on large bulk ships for transport to steel-making facilities worldwide. While we had MANY early mornings on this trip this was the only one we found with great sunlight"
YouTube Link 2024-10-17T14:25Z 398K followers, [----] engagements
"Demolishing an Abandoned Insane Asylum If you liked what you heard in the intro hit up https://dirtworld.com/ and learn how you can help make the Dirt World a better place. This episode of the vlog brought us out to Columbia South Carolina to meet with two companies owned by Heath and Meredith Hanna. Contour Mining and Carolina Wrecking During the first project of the day we watched as Carolina Wrecking smashed an abandoned insane asylum with some Komatsu excavators. It was quite the thrill. For the second project of the day we met up with Heath Hannah to watch his crew knock down an old"
YouTube Link 2022-11-04T12:00Z 420K followers, 25K engagements
"Overnight Bridge Demolition @rlw_construction had a busy weekend demolishing a bridge over I-80 and sliding in an entirely new one for @utahtransportationan insane amount of coordination to prevent unnecessary disruptions to the people of Utah. I wasnt there but fortunately @bluecollar_photographer @i_filmdrt and @justing_rocks were. I dont think Kjells even slept this weekend. Ive heard there are some bangers on the horizon.""
YouTube Link 2023-07-29T12:00Z 546K followers, 96.1K engagements
"Europe's Largest Marine Construction Project This is part two of our series exploring the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link Europe's newest underwater tunnel which will aid in faster rail and vehicle traffic between Denmark and Germany. Once completed the project will be the world's longest immersed tube tunnel To learn more about the project check out part one here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=0L4NVIEcb7k&t=4s In this video we explore the dredging operation to accommodate the new tunnel including the tunnel trench land reclamation and the construction of the work harbor. Two of the largest marine"
YouTube Link 2025-01-25T13:01Z 489K followers, 277.3K engagements
"Historic Hurricane Damage Railroad Cleanup We're with HG Rail Services a rail contractor based in Georgia that works throughout the Southeastern United States. As you can imagine the historic flooding from Hurricane Helene last fall damaged roads and many of the area's rail lines. But following the destruction there's no waiting for rebuilding. Thousands of contractors are working hard to get the entire area back on its feet. To learn more about HG Rail check out their website here: https://hgrailroad.com/"
YouTube Link 2025-03-15T12:01Z 470K followers, 52.9K engagements
"Mining in The Worlds Coldest Temps"
YouTube Link 2025-03-14T14:01Z 471K followers, [----] engagements
"Solving Our Workforce Problem with Aaron Witt Aaron was invited to speek at the Georgia Construction Aggregate Association where he gave a presentation about solving the industry's workforce problem. FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/"
YouTube Link 2022-03-11T12:00Z 472K followers, 20.8K engagements
"Building a City in the Desert / Zahid Cat / Saudi Arabia Vlog Ep. [--] This is the last episode from the Saudi Arabia trip earlier this year. The last few days were crammed into one episode for maximum viewing enjoyment. Angel and I headed out to Riyadh to check out the Zahid Caterpillar facility + [--] different job sites. First a 10-million-yard earth moving job. Second A million-yard earth-moving job. Then third a crushing and mining aggregate site. We got to see a massive fleet of excavators and trucks build out a future city it was one of the craziest job sites Ive ever seen @ZahidCat is a"
YouTube Link 2022-06-24T18:31Z 540K followers, 226.1K engagements
"Using an Auger Bore to Move Pipe Underneath the Highway On this episode of the Dirt Vlog Aaron and Matt were with Midwest Mole a BuildWitt Partner located in Indiana. Midwest Mole was using an auger bore to tunnel underneath I-70. These types of projects are complex but these people don't shy away from a challenge. FOLLOW AARON WITT: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronwitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronwitt/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aaronwitt/ Website: https://buildwitt.com/ Podcast: https://buildwitt.com/dirt-talk/ -------VIDEO CHAPTERS------- 0:00 - Bananas"
YouTube Link 2022-01-14T11:00Z 406K followers, [----] engagements
"How Does Iceland Bridge its Glacial Rivers Support us via our online store at DirtWorldStore.com After we visited the lava barrier work (https://youtu.be/IHDHmqsh9_A) with Istak Iceland's largest contractor they asked if we wanted to check out a large road project about six hours by car from Reykjavik. It wasn't hard for them to convince us to drive that far in one of the world's most beautiful places. We spent the night in their remote camp on site which had the ocean on one side and an enormous glacier on the other. The project was a new stretch of Iceland's world-famous ring road which"
YouTube Link 2024-10-26T12:01Z 544K followers, 91.5K engagements
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