Andrew Camarata

[FTG-05]

you know it's only a matter of time before he shows up with an old motorgrader.
look what I found today...

Please. Don't give him any ideas!!!!

 

[stuckmotor]

you know it's only a matter of time before he shows up with an old motorgrader.
look what I found today...

Somebody has a series about an old motorgrader up now. I can't remember who.

 

[old and tired]

...I forget the name he gives them but the mini lateral ditches across the road...

Water Bars are what he called them...

 

[MinnesotaEric]

Somebody has a series about an old motorgrader up now. I can't remember who.

Dieselcreek's channel.

 

[caver]

Yeah I just wondered that maybe the skid steers are built to take that kind of abuse.

 

[5030]

Not sure how true the amounts "youtubers" actually make... but I'm guessing he doesn't need to work EXCEPT for content!!

I really wasn't sure about how he dug out that rock ditch. Not trying to second guess him but would have been nice to be able to grow some grass on the area after he was done. Line it back with the "top soil" that was removed... Guess it would have just washed away.

Exactly. He makes a darn good buck from YT for his video content. I don't watch his channel but I hear he's quite popular.

I prefer stuff like 'Smarter Every Day' and 'Lost and Forgotten Places'

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Exactly. He makes a darn good buck from YT for his video content. I don't watch his channel but I hear he's quite popular.

I prefer stuff like 'Smarter Every Day' and 'Lost and Forgotten Places'

I track analytics on YouTube regularly. It is a tool that I use to help grow my small channel. The publicly available analytics are quite accurate in some regards and wildly inaccurate in others.
He had 16 million views last month. His videos are usually long enough to have multiple ads. With almost 1 million subscribers, and that many views the biggest question is where are his viewers? If the majority are in the US, then he is probably exceeding $30,000. Monthly income from YouTube advertising.

 

[5030]

Heck of a business to be in. I know that Gly Coolness (his real name) on 'Lost and Forgotten Places' takes all of his YT revenue and puts it back into his mine exploring vids, but his equipment is expensive. He turned his hobby into a full time adventure. I find his video's very entertaining, abandoned mine exploration is very dangerous and it's nice to watch from the comfort of my laptop.

He also has a Flea-Bay site where he offers samples of various minerals he's found in mines for sale. Been one of his subscribers for years.

 

[4570Man]

Plus it looked like pretty soft material; he wasn't digging in virgin dirt.

I dig in virgin dirt with my CTL. I have an excavator and I still do it pretty often. I dug this ditch with mine because there was a gas line in the area and it’s better than the excavator for that. They’re really nothing like a tractor that will bend a cylinder just looking at dirt. View attachment 698433

 

[FTG-05]

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