Love the wrenching videos. Thumbs up to a company smart enough to fix the smaller problems in the slow time, rather than waiting for them to be big problems during the busy time. That always drove me nuts. As a farmer, dad was huge on fixing every little thing over the winter, and any down time. The way some farmers/companies have broke down, oil spewing machines makes me shake my head. Then they wondered why we had so few breakdowns. It's not going to fix itself.
These maintenance videos are great. When machines were down guys like me were usually out doing layout or scaling so we don't get to see the guts of the machine come apart. Forestry students and operators would get a lot out of having to watch these.
Hey Tim Napa Mike here that problem with the coolant is acid we sell test strips for coolant in Diesel engines when the acid gets to high we have a product that you add to the coolant to bring the ph back in balance wix filters makes the strips and additive the new ford trucks have a sensor that lets you no when the ph is out of balance if you would like I'll get you the part numbers with all your equipment I'm sure it would be helpful when doing an oil change just pop the radiator cap and test the ph take care ol boy Napa mike
Amen Tim . Your Sure Right about Downtime . When my Family was Farming & Also Excavating work . I cant count the times through the years We had a Piece of equipment or a Truck go down . Of course we done most everything in house except major repairs & overhauls .Then we either called the Dealer or a buddy of ours who was a Diesel & Heavy equipment mechanic to repair what was too much for us to do in house . Anybody that Owns & Operates equipment & says they dont ever have any down time is lying . Mack
There's a lot of valves and lines there, looking forward to part 2, certainly a rather them than me jobYou can tell a lot about a dealer/ maintenance firm by the way they kit out their trucks and both Jay and Band Gs trucks are both spot on. I always say to folk, it's not a question of what you run not breaking down, just a question of how frequently it does and how easy and quickly you can get the parts!
Just subscribed today and I'm another that enjoys wrenching videos. I bet a good hydraulic mechanic is worth every penny.There must be a half mile of lines on that machin.
You should just put a cummins in that skidder lol! That's a lot of hoses and o rings, I bet Kevin was over there trying not to look thinking "what are they doing to my machine!"
It's actually hard on some Diesel engines to constantly be shut off and restarted but I agree it can bee shut off if it going to sit for like 20-30 minutes I'm a farmer and I hate to let my tractors set running but my older ones are supposed to because of suppsibly are hot cool hot cool hot cool it can crack your block but I shut my older tractors off anyway and I've never fracked one and wen I'm working them hard I let them cool off for a wile and then shut them down love the videos keep em coming
Could be electrolysis from dis similar metals. It is important to have the cooling system grounded to help prevent this and also use distilled water with the coolant/antifreeze.
Your mechanic doesn't say to much but he certainly looks competent. That waratah thingy is certainly a complicated piece of kit, in your opinion is it overly complex?
All that hydraulic stuff is out at the end of the working end? ( don't know the proper name of that grabber thing)...lol. Glad I'm a retired mechanic...
Wasting diesel like that is just idleness - I guess that he has left it running to keep the AC functioning? Can you not wash all that rust deposit off with a pressure washer to stop corrosion and make the machine look a bit smarter or are you concerned about possible water damage?
Great vids man!!! the guy that talked about a bad ground could be right! A good alternator tester would pick up a drain or fault in the electrics!!! NOW ? when you replaced the engine did you have the radiator cleaned ? some radiator shops use acid to clean the inside! if it wasn't properly flushed , you could have installed it with some acid still in it! Deere could if you took a sample of what came out, analyze your coolant. CHECK YOUR GROUNDS ANY WAY! Also check the batt. one at a time if you have a plate collapse inside you could have a short internally. I have had a batt. work fine , but you could take the ground completely off and I still had current drain. hope this helps ! the mech. in ohio
Love the wrenching videos. Thumbs up to a company smart enough to fix the smaller problems in the slow time, rather than waiting for them to be big problems during the busy time. That always drove me nuts. As a farmer, dad was huge on fixing every little thing over the winter, and any down time. The way some farmers/companies have broke down, oil spewing machines makes me shake my head. Then they wondered why we had so few breakdowns. It's not going to fix itself.
These maintenance videos are great. When machines were down guys like me were usually out doing layout or scaling so we don't get to see the guts of the machine come apart. Forestry students and operators would get a lot out of having to watch these.
+Paul Bunyan Tax Services wait till you see what I'm fixing to release.
luv equip maintenance and repair vids. these big boys are amazing
Love the fact u rarely see air tools A true mechanic. Uses hand tools air tools are good but not always the best
Love watching all of the videos and the attitudes of everyone Involved in your operation. Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
Hey Tim Napa Mike here that problem with the coolant is acid we sell test strips for coolant in Diesel engines when the acid gets to high we have a product that you add to the coolant to bring the ph back in balance wix filters makes the strips and additive the new ford trucks have a sensor that lets you no when the ph is out of balance if you would like I'll get you the part numbers with all your equipment I'm sure it would be helpful when doing an oil change just pop the radiator cap and test the ph take care ol boy Napa mike
Great video thanks for sharing! Love the wrenching videos great job Jay !
Colored zip ties !! Get jay some please lol!
Amen Tim . Your Sure Right about Downtime . When my Family was Farming & Also Excavating work . I cant count the times through the years We had a Piece of equipment or a Truck go down . Of course we done most everything in house except major repairs & overhauls .Then we either called the Dealer or a buddy of ours who was a Diesel & Heavy equipment mechanic to repair what was too much for us to do in house . Anybody that Owns & Operates equipment & says they dont ever have any down time is lying .
Mack
There's a lot of valves and lines there, looking forward to part 2, certainly a rather them than me jobYou can tell a lot about a dealer/ maintenance firm by the way they kit out their trucks and both Jay and Band Gs trucks are both spot on.
I always say to folk, it's not a question of what you run not breaking down, just a question of how frequently it does and how easy and quickly you can get the parts!
Just subscribed today and I'm another that enjoys wrenching videos. I bet a good hydraulic mechanic is worth every penny.There must be a half mile of lines on that machin.
Thank you man! It does have a ton of hoses on it.
You should just put a cummins in that skidder lol! That's a lot of hoses and o rings, I bet Kevin was over there trying not to look thinking "what are they doing to my machine!"
+CarolinaFarmWeld you're gonna really like today's video when I release it.
It's actually hard on some Diesel engines to constantly be shut off and restarted but I agree it can bee shut off if it going to sit for like 20-30 minutes I'm a farmer and I hate to let my tractors set running but my older ones are supposed to because of suppsibly are hot cool hot cool hot cool it can crack your block but I shut my older tractors off anyway and I've never fracked one and wen I'm working them hard I let them cool off for a wile and then shut them down love the videos keep em coming
Glad you enjoy the videos. Tomorrows video is very good
We always use the NAPA cool additive when changing coolant, but I guess the Deere CoolGard would contain something similar in it.
Looks like cooling flush
Could be electrolysis from dis similar metals. It is important to have the cooling system grounded to help prevent this and also use distilled water with the coolant/antifreeze.
Love it
hey love your videos do u think you can get a film at Mill your wood goes too
Your mechanic doesn't say to much but he certainly looks competent. That waratah thingy is certainly a complicated piece of kit, in your opinion is it overly complex?
If all machines were designed and built like the Waratah and the Deere swing machines, the logging world would be a much better place.
Looks like your going to need a lot of brake cleaner and rags!
+Sterff89 there was a can or 2 used lol
All that hydraulic stuff is out at the end of the working end? ( don't know the proper name of that grabber thing)...lol. Glad I'm a retired mechanic...
+Rick “injected Vette” Watrous that's correct
I know it's expensive to have both the service guys out there.
Wasting diesel like that is just idleness - I guess that he has left it running to keep the AC functioning?
Can you not wash all that rust deposit off with a pressure washer to stop corrosion and make the machine look a bit smarter or are you concerned about possible water damage?
+Dan Whiteford we washed it off once we got it all flushed.
Great vids man!!! the guy that talked about a bad ground could be right! A good alternator tester would pick up a drain or fault in the electrics!!! NOW ? when you replaced the engine did you have the radiator cleaned ? some radiator shops use acid to clean the inside! if it wasn't properly flushed , you could have installed it with some acid still in it! Deere could if you took a sample of what came out, analyze your coolant. CHECK YOUR GROUNDS ANY WAY! Also check the batt. one at a time if you have a plate collapse inside you could have a short internally. I have had a batt. work fine , but you could take the ground completely off and I still had current drain. hope this helps ! the mech. in ohio
Someone screwing with you guys? Dumping some sort of corrosive crap in the machine? Wonder if any other machines have the same stuff.