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The nice thing here is that you have the ability to vote that way you would like with the limited options that we get in our political system. I’m not supporting the Republicans or Democrats. I’m a father of 2 daughters and can tell you that I see things a little differently now than before having my beautiful daughters. I wish that sometime in the future that we get good smart and decent people to choose from when it comes to our political folks. Right now we have neither and a 2 party system is BS. Practice your vote and my peace be with you

Common sense guy! I like that It doesn't matter what degree of education we have as long we don't lose COMMON SENSE Very helpful videos about the CRT 23 I am about to get one

Good choice sir 🇺🇸

Best mini skid after huge modifications

Spray foam holds in widows.

Im in sault ste marie ontario. Are you in michigan ?

Hey brother sick vids man U got me wanting to buy a china skid. Where do u go to auction to get those brother. Pls help

Can you travel and articulate the bucket on these or does it shut one track off?

We just got this same machine. It worked perfectly for a couple of hours, then just stopped running while in use. Now zero electrical comes on when key turned. No lights, or sound or turn over. Battery seems to have voltage, emergency turn off key is in correct position. All wires seem connected. Any thoughts?

I just purchased one today. I have noticed mine is faster and smoother to operate and maneuver going backwards. Also I have noticed they put the directional tracks on going in the wrong direction on these machines from the factory. Baffled how they keep making the same mistake

I got one for mine a few months back but my auger speed is much faster than this.

Bump it back and forth soil should shake off.

You got it!

Tilt

I use a sharpshooter shovel and rotate the auger and lean the shovel into the screw to "peel" the dirt off ...

Whats the dump height?

Just noticed your tracks are backward on one side. Is that on purpose?

Are you breathing that engine exhaust in a closed garage?

The auger works great. I did a couple Fence jobs with it already. Same one you have

Hey - Just giving you a heads up that you should NEVER hook up hydraulics while the engine is running, and you should ensure that all lines have neutralized pressure before attempting to attach anything. The pressure in those lines is insane and the spray can easily pierce your skin and cause delamination of your skin, leading to amputation - possibly blood poisoning from the oil. I learned this the hard way using a pressure washer. (Please look it up for your own knowledge/benefit) Quick google search for your reference returned: When hooking up an auxiliary hydraulic attachment to a skid steer, you should always turn off the engine before connecting the hydraulic lines to safely relieve pressure in the system and prevent potential injuries. After turning off your machine, move each of your controls to relieve pressure and drop them to their lowest position/potential. (Having the Auger on there is not a problem as long as it is touching the ground). But hey - you survived, so now that you have the Auger attached - I would love you see how a 16" or even an 18" Auger performs in a few different spots, you know, just as a test. :)

track backwards nice unit tho thinking of one to get rid of the grader bank left every morning before goin to work all winter

Ty so much for this video

Great video, The J Bro’s. Looking forward to your next upload. I smashed that thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the awesome work! I'm curious about your thoughts on the long-term effects of consistently running low on hydraulic fluid - how do you think it impacts the overall lifespan of the machinery?

Nice. When I bought my CRT23 at auction I was able to buy and auger and a set of folks. I was bidding all online and some of the down falls to that is not being able to see what the actual mounting plate looked like. So as it would be both attachments has different mounts 😆 and now I have to weld a blank attachment plate to them. But at least the price was good on them. 👍

Congrats big guy

Great buys 👍🏻

What bucket is this you’re using?

Do you know if all of these crt 23 units have the 3 pump hydraulics? I am hoping to bid on an auction and it looks the same as yours but want to be sure. Thanks so much

Itchy insulation sucks.

What’s the speed on this thing? Wanting one to use for side walk snow removal with a plow and a broom in MN.

Just watched your video, is the end of your oil return pipe submerged in the tank oil? Reason I ask is that my machine tends to have oil foaming and it leaks out of the filler/vent when being used that could be why you have so much oil in and around the inside of your machine. I’ve read that it should be submerged to prevent aeration of the return oil. I know mine is not and if I fill it to the tank to the top I think there won’t be enough room for expansion. If you have a chance can you check your oil return pipe if it is submerged. Thanks

You won't be able to lift much more than an aluminum rowboat trailer with that mounted so far out on your heavy bucket. I bought one specifically made on a quick attack plate that puts the ball about 14 inches out from the face of the quick attach plate (Including the hitch). It can lift the tongue of my empty dump trailer (about 850 lbs) on level ground but gets really light on the back if I pull the trailer. I could probably push it no problem. If I carefully get it pulling on level ground the back of the mini starts to lift as soon as I get to a slight incline so I hang my ass as far back as I can and keep moving. As soon as the trailer (5000 lbs) reaches the slight incline the front of the tracks spin down and the ass goes up. I bought a quick plate from Amazon for 120$ CA that seems very well built and I have a guy welding the ball directly to the top of the plate; hopefully it will be ready soon. I'm pretty sure that it will have no problem pulling the dump trailer around even with some weight in it if the weight is centered over the wheels.

Great gadget are you not worried of it coming loose while moving things around?

Haha you wouldn't even be using your hands if you would have listened to me about the bucket put it at a 45° angle and drag it back

Tip your bucket at a 45° angle and drag it back from the house you should have it done in matter of minutes

Have you ever seen an issue with one hydraulic arm extending further that the other. I changed out the fluid and now one arm goes out about an inch further than the other making it crooked. Also, my hydro filter doesn't have the rubber gasket on the bottom so it is metal on metal. Any idea how to get a new filter or gasket?

Couple of questions that hopefully you can answer. 1. Do you know a part # or where I can get the filter that sits at the top of the hydraulic reservoir. I took mine out to change the fluid and it's missing the rubber gasket thing at the bottom so it's metal on metal. Not sure if I can just buy the gasket by itself. 2. After I changed the hydro fluid, the main hydro arms/pistons (not sure what to call them) come out at different lengths. When I go to put the bucket up, the right side extends our further than the left and makes it look like the bucket crooked and nothing is bent. I measured the length of the hydro arms fully extended and the right side is 3" longer than the left. Is there some kind of adjustment that makes these come out evenly? I know it's a weird question. Not sure how to make them the same. Thought you might know. Appreciate it.

Cap should have a flat seal there, which will make it not weep fluid, as it is actually pressurised in there with the return. easiest fix for the metal is to get an old speaker or microavave, and grab the magnet out of it, to drop into the tank, or cut in half, glass cutter, score a deep groove across the flat sides, then wrap in a cloth, and snap it in half, and slip one half into the filter inside, so it grabs all that fine metal. Or drop the filter in the tank, it will stick to the bottom, and grab all the metal debris and keep it, growing a nice fur coat. If a small speaker round magnet put a wire through the hole, and you can tie to the filter base, and get it out to clean it. Have done this on another machine with debris issues, and on the large compressor that did not have the optional magnetic check plug, which always had a small amount of fine black wear particles, and no oil filter. Machine with oil issues put molyslip in the oil, which made for a 9 month bearing change, instead of a 3 month one, a really poor design that, short of a complete remanufacture to use much larger bearings in it, which would have further issues, I just would pull the front, and replace that taper roller thrust bearing, and the back roller bearing instead, along with the seal. When you have a 22kW motor and reduction box driving it, it will still run even if the bearing is totally collapsed.

I finally got the red cap off. Used a huge pair of vice grips and had to muscle it all the way until it came off. Did everything you did in the video. Drained about 5 gal of fluid out, filled it back up, Put the filter back in w/ the black thing at the top. Had to force the red cap down to get it on. Ran it for a min and then checked it. Hydro fluid everywhere. I took the cap off and the filter was way down in the reservoir. I fished it out and there is some sort of metal bowl in the reservoir that is just sitting in there loose. I have no idea what it is. I've been trying to fish it out but no luck. I bought this machine a week ago and it has 1 hour on it. I've replaced the starter and battery already and had a track fall off. When we tried to push a little dirt around, it started smoking like a mother. I'm so frustrated. I want this thing to work so bad and (for me) it cost way more than I could afford. I don't even know what to do. Why would I have to stick my whole arm down the hole to get the filter back out? Do you have any idea what the metal bowl is in the reservoir sitting sideways that I can't get out. I follow your videos and really appreciate all you do. Just can't seem to catch a break w/ this machine. I was hoping I would get to use it at least once.

They make a red dye just for hydraulic fluid so that you can see it in a dip stick.

The only place I could find the filter was aliexpress. It cost about $27 with shipping. My filter size was FAX-63X20 there should be a tag on the filter housing which I had to stick my cell phone down in there to get the info off the tag. Changed the filter in one of mine today as a matter of fact. I also removed the whole filter housing to clean out the tank really good.

I can't seem to find a replacement filter for this machine at any local parts stores, I'm thinking of doing what you did, blow the filter out but I'm also thinking of putting a whole new inline filter into the return so I can swap it out easier. I've got 40 hours or so on my machine, so far so good. Have you taken off the rollers/idlers to add grease? Any issues with them? That's the only thing I'm worried about with mine is wearing the rollers out. I've got a proper fuel filter that hopefully I'll be installing next week, the stock ones suck. Considering an electric fuel pump as well.

Have you found a new filter? Please put link

How far up the neck of the tank did you fill it to?

How often do you have to tighten the track? I just bought the AGT LRT 23 (I actually bought two). The track tension on one was really loose right of way. And on the other machine, one got loose after a half an hour, and then again I noticed it was loose the next after 3-4 hours. Mine has a grease tension, but I notice grease around the zerk. I can’t tell if the grease zerk is leaking or if the track is just stretching out. It’s weird though that it is both machines only on one side.

Is that a new intro?

Does the crt23 have any grease points in the drive system, or any bearings that need to be packed in the idlers?

👍 👍 good video and way to show how your little skid can pay for it self on just a personal level

Looks good 👍

Do you know a part # for the oil filter?