Digger clears blocked culvert to save road during 100 year Nelson Flood

Myself, as a professional excavator operator am truly impressed with his skills considering this is early model Hitachi with long stick controls. Very few realize the talent it takes to operate one of these machines. My hat’s off to you sir!

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To see a digger that you pulled out of the bush doing something truly heroic like this (instead of merely way cool) has got to be the most rewarding thing ever. You ought to be proud of that machine, that's for darn sure. You're a good fella, Marty.

Marty! Try not to stick around in an area where you see water coming straight out of the side of the mountain like that. You can almost guaranty that the stability above has been compromised and you could get a slide at any time. Stay safe my friend!

You earn a well deserved place in the Post10 hall of fame! Stay safe! Thank you for making these videos.

I actually sat there at home on Friday listening to the rain slam down and thought, "I bet Marty's out playing in the rain again"

Maybe it's childish but i like to think that those machines Marty saves are happy to be rescued and like to go on new adventures with marty when just everyone else abandoned them. Touches my heart just like old rescued animals finding their joy in the last Moments of their lives. Exept most of those machines will probably last longer than i will live. Im 25 btw. Thank you Marty for sharing your adventures with us, bringing Live to machines that served humans for decades and will probably be able to do that for a century. Greetings from Germany!

When I heard about all the rain and flooding I wasn’t surprised to see all work you would have to do. Be safe Marty and your family

At 1:00 seeing the water pouring out of the ground like that... I don't think I would have stuck around to find out if it would slip. Stay safe, Marty.

100 year flood for the second time in a year! 🙏Keep yourself and family safe and well. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thanks for the update mate.. we’ve got friends in town who fortunately didn’t need evacuation, we’re unscathed as we live way north, but it’s been a massive downpour that will take years to recover from.. all the best Marty.

Someone needs a much bigger culvert! Looks like a great deal of fun to use that equipment :)

I definitely think the work you put in after the last flood has paid off... glad there's minimal damage to your driveway

Glad to see your on it Marty, it's a mess here in Nelson 👍

When I saw this was front page news in Canada, I wondered how you were making out with things. Good thing you got the tools to handle it!

I appreciate you being careful with the culverts and not the "idiot with an excavator!" Post10 would be proud!!!

There was I thinking that you'd put all the rocks on the road as you pulled them out of the mouth of the culvert to give it a better surface and I didn't know how bad the mudslide was. I guess its not time to carry out work straight away after a major downpour. Interesting and informative - seeing this side of things does bring it home what life can be like in NZ. Good video.

Calamity is never welcomed but it is a great teacher for both our Physical and Spiritual well-being. Good fix on that culvert! Ron PTL USA

Yank here from Philadelphia. Ever since I began watching the "Dr. Blake Mysteries," my exclamation to things like your driveway is "Bloody Hell!" And then again at 12:34.

Wow that slip! Nice work clearing the culvert there Marty, it has been a sketchy week down here for sure. Our street turned into a river for a few hours but we were lucky to have no damage.