It never ceases to amaze me that the design of such high-wear and heavy-use machinery never seems to include any engineering to make it easy to work on. Just getting to some of those bolts was a mess. Kudos to you guys.
you are a frickin wizard. doing both the fabrication and the mechanical end. worked dismantling cars, business owner was a pain and used the big forklift instead of buying a lift. had a car in the air, was doing something off to the side and BOOM, something failed hydraulically, that car hit the ground so fast. there is no way one could have moved out of the way. in retrospect a safety bar would work but i never even considered hydraulic failure, duh.
If you replace the + sign in front of your temp gun readings with a - sign you would be in the ballpark of what we work in here at the South Pole station...Currently -92. Glad I'll be going home in November and missing the summer you guys are suffering through! I feel for ya!
When I worked on the farm we were required to maintain the equipment we were using. Every morning, first thing, check all the fluids on the tractors and loaders and top off as needed. Every single grease fitting on every piece of equipment we were using or planning to use got a shot of grease. If anything looked iffy it got reported to the mechanic. If anything was leaking it got reported. Believe it or not, the radiators were checked for debris and blown out as needed. We ran some relatively old equipment and somehow managed to keep it running and had few breakdowns. Guys that didn't respect the equipment either weren't allowed to use it or were let go.
9:07 'save the easy ones for last' Amen brother! That is the way to do it. I try to teach the apprentices this all the time but they do not listen and end up fighting the hard ones with weight hanging off of them.
Grease worms had been hard at work. Good to hear you ran a grease line to an accessible location. A good hotwater pressure wash now and then would be good to keep this machine going, but then again she's working in a junk yard.
Another Job well done by On Fire Welding! Literally At 110 degrees no less! Looks like you have a good apprentice with you, Hard to find these days! Well done gentlemen!
Those temperatures are scary! It has cooled down considerably here in Germany. BTW, IR thermometers do not read accurately off shiny metal surfaces. That was quite a job. Good that Sierra has parts available for that machine. Thanks for letting us sweat along with you.
I’m glad you guys take care of yourselves and each other. I’m typing this message with a cast on my right hand from a shop accident 4 weeks ago. Accidents happen so fast and it is such hassle to be laid up wondering if your hand is going to work again.
Gosh Greg, that pin had at least another inch left in it... 🤣 Seriously though, that was quite a job, let alone working in that heat. The apprentice did good. Maybe he made up for the battery dragging kerfuffle...
you know when you have to wear gloves just to put your hands on a part of crawl on a machine it is dang hot..... Living in Florida for most of my life.....I feel for you Greg,,,, I started out working on trucks and we would have to get not he roof of the trailer to repair the referrer units....you would burn your hands touching that roof..... Cheers from Florida, Paul
Great job and vlog. Well done to Jacob for finishing up. I’m glad I live in the UK 🇬🇧, I couldn’t cope with those temperatures, it’s a nice 74*F here 👍
I'm not sure how much a tube of grease costs these days, but you could probably buy thousands of them for the cost of the parts alone to make that repair, and that's not even counting the labor costs or the downtime. With machine operators like that you likely have a job for life, and we get to enjoy the varied content.
И это хорошо :) За выполнение похожей работы, только механизмы гораздо больше, например шестеренка поворота весит 100кг, на видео он одной рукой ее держит, за такую работу мы получаем 700$ в месяц. Россия ahahahahahhaha
I like how you treat ypur apprentice. Its important to get these young guys into the trades! When I was coming up as a machinist I wish I had a boss like you.
Good Morning Greg........always great to see what you are up too..... a little rain here in Orlando, but those poor families 70 miles to the west in Tampa really had a lot to deal with because of the Hurricane and the ones up North even worse..... Take Care My Friend..... Paul in Orlando Hope you are enjoying the Blue Moon.....sounds like an old Rock and Roll song title....
*On Fire Welding* Never fails does it, something so simple ends up turning into a can of worms. Thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
Yall remind me if Marlin Perkins and Jim on Wild Kingdom. Marlin would say "We are going to capture this Grizzly Bear" which was code for Jim is going to capture the grizzly bear. You have a good "Jim" looks like. 😂
I am not saying this is the case but as a scrap company owner, it is a very usual issue to broke the bronze teeth crown because the operator do not use the brake when the crane is rotating.He just stop the crane activating the controls to the other side.
3:00....that hole is .like one of the Wright Brothers........Orville........ your little buddy needs a Hat...... I just bought a Black Stallion 'Cooling Towel' from the weld supply.... you need to get one.......9 bucks....dip in water, stays damp for at least 10 hours or more.....it has been a life saver in my shop......after 15 minutes I would be soaking wet with sweat.....now, after 8 hours, I am only a bit damp around the shoulders... in the past, after 2 hours, I would go home, now I am working 6 to 8.... This Cooling Towel needs no refrigeration.....I have no idea how it works, but it works great.... not like those ones you throw in the freezer...... check em out.....they are the quality of Cubitron II discs in my opinion, and you store them in the cylinder they come in, they actually come damp from the MFG. Cheers, Paul in stinky hot Florida......
When you’re young you say “I don’t want to be trapped in an office, I want to be outdoors” when you’re old and done, you look at these temperature 🎉conditions and say “eff that shit” I’ve worked in -70 and +126 I don’t miss that.The closest I get to that is the weather app on my phone
From you working on broken monster recycling machines in temps of 110 in the shade, TH-cam takes me to Pakistani dudes pre-heating broken engine blocks with cow patties before they re-weld them. Two prime examples of supreme survivors in the coming heat apocalypse. And also most likely contestants in the popular reality show "Alone" when surviving in society becomes more relevant than in the bush.
Maybe have someone build you a phone holder with batt and cooling fan so your vids work in the heat. Sounds like a useful product. Oh, it needs a phone umbrella for shade.
I would love to have a rebuilt baller for my tin in my yard , nice mine would need to be natural gas or propane, or simply get an all electric solar powered, lol not, thanks BigAl California
i worked undercarriage in similar heat one week back 2004 or 2005 ... had to have gloves and shades . yeah , a LOT of water and occasion a/c breaks inside .... after week , i was spent . new YUCK state RARELY gets that heat and always HUMID
It never ceases to amaze me that the design of such high-wear and heavy-use machinery never seems to include any engineering to make it easy to work on. Just getting to some of those bolts was a mess. Kudos to you guys.
most fellow engineers don't plan service and maintenance while designing. my GUESS is, this item was never meant to be serviced
Engineers are never wrong? We design things to never fail.....
I would say it's more the fault of sales and beancounters. Engineers know about serviceability.
you are a frickin wizard. doing both the fabrication and the mechanical end. worked dismantling cars, business owner was a pain and used the big forklift instead of buying a lift. had a car in the air, was doing something off to the side and BOOM, something failed hydraulically, that car hit the ground so fast. there is no way one could have moved out of the way. in retrospect a safety bar would work but i never even considered hydraulic failure, duh.
That was pretty neat engineering to have an oval pin to fit the oval hole
If you replace the + sign in front of your temp gun readings with a - sign you would be in the ballpark of what we work in here at the South Pole station...Currently -92. Glad I'll be going home in November and missing the summer you guys are suffering through! I feel for ya!
DAng ....thật is might cold......do not know how you deal with it......
but I have read some about the issues.....best wishes from Florida, Paul
Sat night down here now and we have a big bonfire lighting up in a hour...it's going to be interesting at -93 currently
we must have it near perfect in new YUCK state ; just in 40s lately witha (+) 😅😅
When I worked on the farm we were required to maintain the equipment we were using. Every morning, first thing, check all the fluids on the tractors and loaders and top off as needed. Every single grease fitting on every piece of equipment we were using or planning to use got a shot of grease. If anything looked iffy it got reported to the mechanic. If anything was leaking it got reported. Believe it or not, the radiators were checked for debris and blown out as needed. We ran some relatively old equipment and somehow managed to keep it running and had few breakdowns. Guys that didn't respect the equipment either weren't allowed to use it or were let go.
9:07 'save the easy ones for last' Amen brother! That is the way to do it. I try to teach the apprentices this all the time but they do not listen and end up fighting the hard ones with weight hanging off of them.
Grease worms had been hard at work. Good to hear you ran a grease line to an accessible location.
A good hotwater pressure wash now and then would be good to keep this machine going, but then again she's working in a junk yard.
Another Job well done by On Fire Welding! Literally At 110 degrees no less! Looks like you have a good apprentice with you, Hard to find these days! Well done gentlemen!
Those temperatures are scary! It has cooled down considerably here in Germany. BTW, IR thermometers do not read accurately off shiny metal surfaces. That was quite a job. Good that Sierra has parts available for that machine. Thanks for letting us sweat along with you.
Great job in pretty rough conditions! Thanks for sharing.
I think that bolt will buff out nicely.
Great work! You certainly earned your money on that job and in that heat too.
Great co-worker! And video/ job! Thanks for sharing!
you got lucky finding a helper like him. Damn good worker!!
Talented guys, life in the field!
Holy hottness! I give you extra credit for those working conditions! Stay safe man, we enjoy your videos!
I’m glad you guys take care of yourselves and each other. I’m typing this message with a cast on my right hand from a shop accident 4 weeks ago. Accidents happen so fast and it is such hassle to be laid up wondering if your hand is going to work again.
It is unfortunate but I hope for a good recovery for your hand. Take care
Never risk your health for your employer
In ‘08 I messed up my left thumb, worst thing was buttoning my pants
@@dirtfarmer7472 I’m right handed and broke that hand. I had to learn how to do something left handed and it wasn’t buttoning my pants!
Gosh Greg, that pin had at least another inch left in it... 🤣 Seriously though, that was quite a job, let alone working in that heat. The apprentice did good. Maybe he made up for the battery dragging kerfuffle...
Smokin-hot out there. Ain't fit for man or beast. 👍
you know when you have to wear gloves just to put your hands
on a part of crawl on a machine it is dang hot.....
Living in Florida for most of my life.....I feel for you Greg,,,,
I started out working on trucks and we would have to get not he roof
of the trailer to repair the referrer units....you would burn your hands
touching that roof.....
Cheers from Florida, Paul
I like the bucket balance on knees
It’s so cool too se you tackle such narly jobs great work sir
Great job and vlog. Well done to Jacob for finishing up. I’m glad I live in the UK 🇬🇧, I couldn’t cope with those temperatures, it’s a nice 74*F here 👍
I'm not sure how much a tube of grease costs these days, but you could probably buy thousands of them for the cost of the parts alone to make that repair, and that's not even counting the labor costs or the downtime. With machine operators like that you likely have a job for life, and we get to enjoy the varied content.
И это хорошо :)
За выполнение похожей работы, только механизмы гораздо больше, например шестеренка поворота весит 100кг, на видео он одной рукой ее держит, за такую работу мы получаем 700$ в месяц. Россия ahahahahahhaha
718👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing 😊
I like how you treat ypur apprentice. Its important to get these young guys into the trades! When I was coming up as a machinist I wish I had a boss like you.
Extreme craftsmanship
Whoever your assistant is he seems he is worth his wages for sure.
Good help is hard to get & keep, take care of that guy.
You get some amazing job, fab video thanks for sharing
Good Morning Greg........always great to see what you are up too.....
a little rain here in Orlando, but those poor families 70 miles to the west in Tampa
really had a lot to deal with because of the Hurricane and the ones up North even
worse.....
Take Care My Friend.....
Paul in Orlando
Hope you are enjoying the Blue Moon.....sounds like an old Rock and Roll song title....
*On Fire Welding* Never fails does it, something so simple ends up turning into a can of worms. Thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
@ClickOnProfile1993 SCAMMER ALERT
Thanks for posting,
OMG really, where do I send my money too???@ClickOnProfile1993
Yall remind me if Marlin Perkins and Jim on Wild Kingdom. Marlin would say "We are going to capture this Grizzly Bear" which was code for Jim is going to capture the grizzly bear. You have a good "Jim" looks like. 😂
When the pin becomes a crankshaft😂
😆👍
This heat ain't no joke brotha. Yall did good as always!
Really cool to see and now the bearing job has a bigger story! haha.. Nice work guys. Your right hand man seems to know his stuff. Keep him around!
Don't it feel good to see your work, work!!!!! You and your assistant work well together.
You get to fix some crazy stuf!
Great job! Mr Apprentice needs some extra appreciation.
We had a sierra just like that one.We constantly hat trouble with bearing coming loose and breaking the bolts off.
Nice Job guys !!
Great job! 👍👍👍
Lmao. That heat is almost a preheat for you welding
I am not saying this is the case but as a scrap company owner, it is a very usual issue to broke the bronze teeth crown because the operator do not use the brake when the crane is rotating.He just stop the crane activating the controls to the other side.
If you squint, it's mint! :)
Love your hat!
Enough of a change, the operator will learn a different way. Hope the boss reminds him of the grease gun location.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Nice one.. new eager apprentice?
Central Valley live in is hard.
That is one handy cardboard bale !
Maybe explain some phrases to the owner/operator such as Preventative maintenance,grease gun and a decent clean would more than likely go down well !
I would love to know your background? Man of many hats.
you gotta love a good apprentice. that's a good time for a good hot water pressure washer. gotta love those nasty greasy messes
3:00....that hole is .like one of the Wright Brothers........Orville........
your little buddy needs a Hat......
I just bought a Black Stallion 'Cooling Towel' from the weld supply....
you need to get one.......9 bucks....dip in water, stays damp for at least 10 hours or
more.....it has been a life saver in my shop......after 15 minutes I would be soaking
wet with sweat.....now, after 8 hours, I am only a bit damp around the shoulders...
in the past, after 2 hours, I would go home, now I am working 6 to 8....
This Cooling Towel needs no refrigeration.....I have no idea how it works, but it works great....
not like those ones you throw in the freezer......
check em out.....they are the quality of Cubitron II discs in my opinion, and you
store them in the cylinder they come in, they actually come damp from the MFG.
Cheers, Paul in stinky hot Florida......
Do not use grease on this equipment.
That way I can work on it again next year.😎
Knipex pliers are bad ass.
@ClickOnProfile1993 ?
Those damn grease worms, ate that grease outta those bearings!
👍
1:50 i can almost make out the wear on that pin 😂
When you’re young you say “I don’t want to be trapped in an office, I want to be outdoors” when you’re old and done, you look at these temperature 🎉conditions and say “eff that shit” I’ve worked in -70 and +126 I don’t miss that.The closest I get to that is the weather app on my phone
That pin was cashed. 🤣 Amazing how companies spend millions of dollars on this equipment yet forget about maintenance.
@ClickOnProfile1993 I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you too!
I had to do one of them last year about twice that size in a harvester,in northern Michigan in February, not too much fun for three days🙄
Wow.
At Least it's nice clean work, Lol.
We would just feed the baler with a bigger grapple at the first yard I worked at. Them tiny ones wear out pretty quick.
From you working on broken monster recycling machines in temps of 110 in the shade, TH-cam takes me to Pakistani dudes pre-heating broken engine blocks with cow patties before they re-weld them. Two prime examples of supreme survivors in the coming heat apocalypse. And also most likely contestants in the popular reality show "Alone" when surviving in society becomes more relevant than in the bush.
2nd your opinion on the Knipex pliers. Bought my first pair in 1985.
Knipex are King, carry 2 everyday in my tool pouch
Those temperatures are to high for this flabby Canadian.
I hope you make boatloads of money. You earn every penny.
Very nice
Most things just need a regular grease gun and a "MK1" eyeball. It's amazing how many companies fail at this, and then risk failing themselves. omw.
Greg, great to see a new video.
standing on cardboard bale, lifted by a forklift. OSHA much? just kidding
@ClickOnProfile1993 oh. a scam account found us
No slop in the arm? That’s called a cam bushing 😂
Any idea why that excavator boom is resting on that block wall in the background
It’s missing a bunch of parts and no one wants to invest any time or money into it.
Grease worm attacks .........
Just have the lad knock out some fixtures real quick so you can work all these parts *on the milling machine!1*
Maybe have someone build you a phone holder with batt and cooling fan so your vids work in the heat. Sounds like a useful product. Oh, it needs a phone umbrella for shade.
I would love to have a rebuilt baller for my tin in my yard , nice mine would need to be natural gas or propane, or simply get an all electric solar powered, lol not, thanks BigAl California
🙂👍be safe !!!
Bon Boulo😆😆👍👍
was wondering. what does a job like this cost for the customer? parts and labor etc.
Out of respect for my customers I will not give out pricing. But it is way more than just doing the maintenance.
No preventative maintenance causes heavy repair bills!
Grease worms ate all the grease
i worked undercarriage in similar heat one week back 2004 or 2005 ... had to have gloves and shades . yeah , a LOT of water and occasion a/c breaks inside .... after week , i was spent . new YUCK state RARELY gets that heat and always HUMID
Hope you tacked on a filth charge for this job.
As usual great video and great job! What kind of boots is Jacob wearing?
Ariat catalyst vx
Grease? On Joints? Never heard of that....
😊😊😊😊😊
Nothing like haveing a bale of cardboard tosoak up the oil when you break the cylinder loose.
Good helper can complete job without you. Rare these days!
Man you need someone and a hot water washer with about 50 gals of degreaser!!!
Dang do these people grease anything ?
i hope you got payed well for that
9:20 Gross. Gee, I wonder why the bearing failed.
Coffees on Guys!!;-)!!
Go wrench in scrapyard= nail in tire btw nice job guys
You need a couple of BIG ASS fans for job site work 🥶🥶🥶
It would make a fantastic ending if you cut that old bearing apart to show us why it failed.
I believe there is a core charge on it.
Damn beavers at it again 😂