The John Deere 2038r busts through rocks and clay to replace a yard hydrant. The 270b backhoe is a workhorse making the rural lifestyle easier. In this project I'll show you how to excavate and replace a yard hydrant using the 270b backhoe.

Welcome to my channel, I'm in Dubuque Iowa, and my channel is known as Today in Iowa or Bill Burkhart 1025 and I'm a do it yourselfer & rural enthusiast. Be sure and check out my channel and the many how to videos including the John Deere 2038r compact tractor and the John Deere 1025R loader backhoe, and the many implements I use to maintain my property.

Chapters
00:00 Project overview
02:56 Sawing asphalt
03:30 Backhoe used
04:00 Removing asphalt with forks
05:40 Confiquring the backhoe stabilizers
08:00 Digging up phone line
08:15 Shoutouts
09:00 Digging a deep hole
10:03 Curling the bucket
12:00 Found the waterline
12:52 Draining issue found
13:50 Shopping for a new hydrant
14:20 Installing the new hydrant installation
15:30 Using insulation as a thermal break
16:30 Adding additional thermal break
18:23 Using dump trailer remote
18:45 Using clean rock fill
20:00 New hydrant tested at 9 below zero
20:12 Project cost

Video links I spoke about

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