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@@steelman86 my temperature only get to around 80°. I still get the warning occasionally, I think it is from the floral dander. I work away from home a lot so I have to let it cool down for a while then I finish up and use air compressor also. I'll try the water method before taking to job sites and see if it helps me out. Yes it is a great piece of equipment.

@@monkey841000 The name printed on the hammer is: Striker Hydraulic Braker, model TMB-4M, Manufacturer Toku America Inc in OH, USA It even came with it's own small tool kit. Thank you for the inquiry

Aloha. Yes I agree with you that the tracks failed fairly early. There are a few things to consider though, first is that I'm mostly using the excavator on Lava Rock and second that i most likely could have gotten more hours out of them. I chose not to take any chances in regards to losing a track in an area that would be too far in the jungle to get to easily. These tracks are not light by any means. Mahalo (Thank you) for commenting

Currently I have 3 buckets. The bucket that I use mostly is 34" with no teeth. The other 2 buckets have teeth one is a 24" & the other is a 12". The work that is intended should dictate the type & size to use. Personal preference is also a factor to consider when purchasing. Hopefully this will be helpful. Please remember that I work in areas that are mostly undisturbed lava flow. So a bucket with teeth is not always needed. Thank you for the question and for commenting.

Aloha. That sounds like a great idea. 1000 SQ ft of roof 1 inch of rain equals 600 gallons of water captured. The price for a totes here is basically $1.00 per gallon in size and they are hard to come by.. For the first flush for the same roof size as described above is 10 gallons is needed for basic clean. A 3" pipe by 3 feet equals 1 gallon. Best of luck with the math LoL. Thank you for your support.

I'm unsure but I believe that they are. I just changed out my tracks by myself at 850 hours. My sales rep told me to expect my tracks to need to be changed at 700 hours here in Hawaii due to the lava. I hope to do my video editing for that clip in the morning.

You could tracks way cheaper from track dealers. Pape marks them up so much.

Thank you for the recommendation. I will definitely be looking for a better price next time around.

Thank you for commenting. I only new it was a Honda from the steering wheel emblem.

Saltwater eats everything sooner or later here.

That is a great idea, it has only one flaw right now and that is that my friend that does my butchering is on the mainland for another week. I do already have a partial share in the neighborhood pig trap so that part is covered. Thank you for your comment.

Thank you for commenting. I am planning to leave a lot of the hedge area alone because the pigs will be back. They have a tendency to return to the sean of the crime lol. Also going to let the Aina do what it wants to repair itself.

Lots of freezers in the neighborhood are full now, and lots more bore's, wild pigs still on the hoof right now. Earlier in the month of May I counted groups of 12 or more, two adults three or four juveniles and six or so piglets on more than one access road coming into the homestead. This is the most I have seen in my 6 years here at the homestead.

Aloha Dave, When it's raining a lot at one time I could be getting as much as 5,000 gallons an hour coming down my Trench. I can divert it directly into the pond. If I get the back wall of the pond sealed it will make the pond close to 3 or 4 feet deep in/at the lowest point.

Aloha Most of the time I use a lighter for my measurements but... I am now at almost 12 weeks without tobacco products. So my daily check list doesn't have a lighter anymore. I guess I will have to break out the trustee fold up wooden ruler again just like back in my old inspection days.. LoL

Yes that is correct. I was in four of the five ponds with the excavator. The fifth pond was the one at the end of the video that we were fishing in. I thought it was going to be too deep to try and do any cleaning so fishing instead.

LoL I try to bury them if the owner wants them gone. This time I ended up leaving a lot on the hillside so the owner can make a planter or two later.

Aloha yes I have been enjoying myself lately. I just had the phone company out to fix my connection. I'll be able to start uploading more videos as I get the time. I now have a faster upload speed LoL

Thank you Mark. I will be hoping for the best. The base is all smooth lava and I should be able to set block around the edges and then put a light coat of cement slurry over the lava.

I'm in Hawaii. I ordered the purchase of the 26G and had to wait 5 months for it to arrive. I also ordered a 12" and 24" bucket and the largest hammer that I could get for this machine. The hammer was about 10k. Machine at about 44k with like 5k down. Got a third bucket 34" for like $1,500 and I use that bucket more than the others.

Flat blade 34” bucket no teeth

Aloha Dave. Thank you for your comment. I'll PM you now, even though you are still working or on the road/fairy going home. LoL I know you are still at work it's only 5 pm your time

Aloha Tony. I am not sure where they can be obtained. If you were to go to my website (pele.rocks) and on the contact page leave me your mailing address I will try to send you a few small ones during the harvest that is about a month away.

Thank you for commenting Jim. LoL hope all is well with you and your wife 😉 I'm having computer problems right now but hope to get a few new video up soon, almost at 250 hours.

It was a well known Japanese Garden, called Nani Mau Gardens. It was not being maintained for the last few year. It has a restaurant that will hold like 500 if there use upper and lower section. Hilo is the second largest city on the island and is on the eastern side.

It's about 3 miles from the Hilo Airport

Cat 301.8 has a 21 horse power engine and the weighs 4473 lbs. Max hydraulic pump flow 17.4 gallon per minute, track widths fully expanded about 4'-3" Where as the John Deere 26G is 20 horse power and the weight is 6110 lbs, max hydraulic pump flow 19.1 gallons per minute, track width 4'-11” I did not check digging depth or other aspects but I would say that the John Deere 26G is slightly bigger by the point listed above. I did have to look up this information and I did learn from it. Here in Hawaii I knew I wanted a Hammer attachment and was advised of the minimum size needed which did influence my purchase decision, as well as the price. JD 30G and 35G give more hydraulic flow and a Farrell mulcher can be used with those models but not the 26G Thank you for asking.

What brand and size hammer you got there. I’m looking a 26g myself

The hammer is great out here on the lava. I find that the only thing is that the hydraulic system on the 26G is a little small at 16 gallons flow per minute. If you can get a 30G for a fair price it is basically a 36G with a little shorter reach and you would be able to add the Flail mower attachment, they use a lot more hydraulic fluid flow. A friend made a cup that he adds to the hammer point as to use it to drive metal "T" posts. Best wishes for your purchase, I would say it's like the best tool (tractor, backhoe equipment)I have ever bought. You can only get small kine Flail on a 26G.

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Basically no. LoL Generally open burning is prohibited with a few exceptions such as cooking, fire training, and agricultural burning with a valid permit. Other types of open burning require approval from DOH-CAB. Since January 2012, “backyard” burning of garbage and yard waste has been prohibited on all islands. If you're neighbors don't complain you can get away with small fire's for the most part. Good question thanks for asking

I now have 85 hours on it and can't believe how much I like the 26G. Plan to put up a segment of what I have done with the Hammer attachment. Thank you for commenting

In most cases I do not burn. Sometimes I have a bon-fire but burning is not permitted for brush. For lots of the guava trees I cut up a cords worth and give it to an elderly neighbor.

Yes I hope so too. I'm trying to edit next video but program keeps crashing lol. Thank you for commenting

Aloha thank you for viewing

LoL yes David lots of changes the right hand side of the video shows lots of trees and bushes. Almost all on that side have been removed. I found a natural trench that get ground water overflow and that's what was making the mud pit. Water flow mostly corrected now.

It was used as a shop and garage while they were living on island now it's just storage. So it was neglected for many year that got it to it's current condition.

Thank you for your comment

Time flies by us all. Hope you looking at have a great new year in 2022

Yeah Jack I tried to do longer but 20 minutes and never said anything about the two of us having band working lol a mining clam. I don't think that one will ever air

Aloha I think you referring to the string I have for the Vine potato to follow and grow around. I would say I could have been using to much English lol

Yes Jack there are several kinds of Bamboo. The black they say is a structural grade. I only have two types right now. One in the ground one in a pot. I still need to make more space for plants.

I have used the trellis for I think four years now. It works very good and seeing how the top had holes I repurposed it.

Yes I have a few palms all small one. So PM me your address and I'll send you something to grow. Thank you for commenting. Hope your Christmas Holiday is great

Thank you for the encouragement. My plug for your channel is coming up shortly.

Yes it was. It is almost unheard of to get a dozer with out being put on a waiting list for a few months, I was very lucky to get one in the first week on island.

Aloha Dave. Thanks for asking, the post pandemic plan was to buy a still from Mile High Distillery in Colorado to make essential oil as a product to sell. Mile Hight was backed up on there orders for at least eight months so that has been put on hold. Now I will just us it as a chop and drop to keep the weeds down and add more organics to my soil.

I will try to, i hope you enjoy the future videos