I kēia manawa, ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi mini excavator hou maikaʻi me nā ala hou ʻālohilohi. Ua mākaukau ʻoe e komo i ke ao o ka ʻeli ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā ʻāina, akā ma mua o kou hele ʻana i mua ou iho, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo pehea e mālama ai i kēlā mau ala. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻohe mea ʻino aʻe ma mua o ka paʻa ʻana me nā pilikia mālama hoʻonāukiuki. Akā, mai makaʻu, e koʻu poʻe hoa hoihoi excavator, no ka mea, he mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me nā hana kaʻu e mālama ai i kāunā ala ʻelima ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa!

ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ka mea nui loa e hana ai e mālama i kāunā ala ʻeli liʻiliʻii ke kūlana maikaʻi. ʻIke ʻia paha ka nui o ka lepo a me nā ʻōpala e hōʻiliʻili ana ma kēia mau ʻōpuni he mea liʻiliʻi ia, akā he mea nui loa ia. No laila e kiʻi i kāu mea ʻoki a me ka ʻōpeʻa hilinaʻi a hoʻomaka e hana! E hoʻolōʻihi i kekahi manawa e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻiliʻili i hōʻiliʻili ʻia, ka lepo, a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe i kēlā me kēia manawa. Mālama kēia i kāu mea ʻeli liʻiliʻi e nānā hou a hana pū kekahi me ka pale ʻana i ke komo ʻole a me ka haehae ʻana ma nā ala.

ʻO ka mea aʻe, e hōʻoia e nānā mau i kāu mau ala ʻeli no ka ʻaʻahu a i ʻole ka hōʻino ʻia. He mea maʻalahi ke lilo i mea hoihoi i ka ʻeli ʻana a nānā ʻole i ke kūlana o nā alahao, akā hiki i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa akahele ke uku nui. E nānā i nā wahi i hōʻino ʻia a ʻaʻahu ʻia paha, a e hoʻololi i nā ʻāpana i ʻaʻahu ʻia i ka hikiwawe e pale aku i nā pilikia hou aʻe. ʻO ka ikaika o kahi ʻeli liʻiliʻi e like me kona mau ala, ma hope o nā mea a pau!

E pili ana i nā ʻāpana pani, i ka wā e hoʻololi ai i nā ʻāpana i paunā ala eli liʻiliʻi, mai hoʻēmi i ka maikaʻi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e hoʻowalewale ʻia paha ʻoe e hoʻēmi i ka maikaʻi a koho i nā hoʻonā emi ke kumu kūʻai, akā ke hoʻohiki nei au i ka wā lōʻihi, ʻo ka hoʻolilo kālā ʻana i nā ala kiʻekiʻe e mālama iā ʻoe i ka hopohopo a me ka manawa. No laila, e hana i kāu haʻawina home a e ʻimi i kahi mea kūʻai aku hilinaʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā ala kiʻekiʻe no kāu mea ʻeli liʻiliʻi. E mahalo nui ʻia kāu mau ʻeli!

ʻO ka mea hope loa, akā ʻaʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, mai poina e hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono i kāu mau ala ʻeli. E like me ka mīkini i ʻaila maikaʻi ʻia, pono i kāu mau ala ʻeli liʻiliʻi ka lubrication maʻamau e holo pono ai nā mea āpau. E hōʻoia e hoʻohana i ka lubricant kūpono a hahai i nā kuhikuhi hoʻohana a ka mea hana. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he mea nui ka mālama pono ʻana i ka noho ʻana o kāu mau ala ʻeli liʻiliʻi i ke ʻano maikaʻi loa.

ʻĀ, e nā hoa hoihoi i ka ʻeli ʻana, eia kā ʻoukou! Me ka hoʻoikaika iki a me ka mālama mau ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i kāu mau ala ʻeli liʻiliʻi i ke ʻano maikaʻi loa. I kēia manawa hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomau i ka lanakila ʻana i ke ao o ka ʻeli ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā ʻāina me ka hilinaʻi, me ka ʻike ua mākaukau kāu mau ala no nā mea āu e hoʻolei aku ai iā lākou! Hauʻoli ka ʻeli ʻana!