A Chinese mini excavator, bought by accident, joins the Baker County fleet
The week's only upload, about bidding too often at equipment auctions, passed 38,000 views in five days.
Baker County Trash Pickup
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I Accidentally Bought A Chinese Mini Excavator...
"I Accidentally Bought A Chinese Mini Excavator..." is the one new video on Baker County Trash Pickup, the channel of a husband and wife who started a weekly garbage route when Waste Management pulled out of their rural northeast Florida county in 2024. The description sums it up as a look at what happens when you bid too often at equipment auctions, and the tags name the machine: an MH13RX, one of the small imported diggers that have become a common sight at online sales.
It did most of its work up front, with well over half its views arriving on the first day. The comment section has turned into a free workshop. Several viewers suggest running the little engine at half throttle or less to smooth out its jerky controls, one describes adding springs under the joysticks, another explains the second oil plug he found on a similar motor, and someone helpfully points out that the spinning top of an excavator is called slewing. The most popular idea is purely cosmetic: wrap it to match the trash truck.
Older videos kept a low hum going. "Sometimes Things Just Go WRONG In Business...", a three-month-old collection of mishaps from the route, is still the second most watched day to day. The channel as a whole ran a little below its usual pace, with subscribers holding at 457,000.
Among the business channels near its size, Stefano Narducci gathered by far the most views over the week, while Pat Flynn and Pace Morby were quieter, much like the trash route.
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What viewers say
Next step is to get it wrapped to match the trash truck.
@3DsjkSee it on YouTube“Low ball bidding Chinese mini excavator” is crazy work. Love it 😂
@theChef1337See it on YouTubeThe rotation of the house on an excavator or crane is called slewing.
@thomasfreeman7770See it on YouTube
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You got yourself a bargain there, I'm totally not jealous ;)
@samphireSee it on YouTubeNice score !! That's the kind of tool that's makes you think of projects to be able to use it :)
@MrLangDogSee it on YouTubeLiving my dream.
@keiranthegamer9147See it on YouTubeYour son will love it
@ilkin_çağanSee it on YouTubeDefinitely a nice score.
@aaronandvicky7652See it on YouTubeLower the rpms to about 1/2 throttle or less it will operate allot smoother. Good luck with it.
@stewartflannagan3734See it on YouTubeLooks like the same motor that is in mine. If so, there’s probably a second oil plug on the opposite side from the one you were working with. On mine, that one had a dipstick, so I swapped the plugs around.
@stringparkSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Baker County Trash Pickup right now
- Channel
- Baker County Trash Pickup
- Subscribers
- 457,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 103,135
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- October 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 38,079
- Views on its first day
- 23,119
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💡 Test your knowledge
In excavator talk, what is the word for rotating the upper house of the machine?
Slewing is the standard term for rotating the house of an excavator or crane, as one viewer noted under the video.
