Cutting Heavy Brush and Small Trees (Cheapest Brush Cutter I could Buy)
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2021
- Doing some heavy brush cutting for local Knights of Columbus, think I finally worked all the kinks out of the Chineasium brush cutter! (major failure ahead)
-Merch Store!: dieselcreek.com
-Help support the channel using these affiliate links!
Get some sweet gear from Yankum Ropes here!
yankum.com/?afmc=dieselcreek
Plus use the code dieselcreek at checkout for 5% off your purchase!
-If you’d like to help get the Autocar back on the road you can help out here: / dieselcreek
OR send a One Time Contribution Via PayPal to DieselCreek@gmail.com
-Custom Music made for me by Vinnie Longhi of the Semi-Supervillains
Check them out here: / tssvision
-Wanna send me something? sent it to:
Diesel Creek
P.O. Box 109
Burgettstown PA 15021-0109 - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Hope you are watching in HD by the time you read this. seems like TH-cam is taking forever to process the HD version today......
Just 360p avalible. 😪
Going to wait a bit for the HD I forget how much I don’t miss SD LOL
Nope not yet
360p on my end
Nope.
For every handyman who has been asked by their wife why they keep that pile of parts in the garage for years... We thank you Matt!
Yes I have a shed full . Some one is always coming by needing something .
Been there... The wife asks me all the time... Why do you need all this junk
Amen 🙏
@Cindy SparkleFarts too many times to count and I’m only 24
It's only considered hoarding if you never use it.
It's always good when they copy an original part so well out of chinesium that when it breaks you can just bolt the original version in place and keep on going.If you keep replacing parts like that eventually you'll have the brush cutter you want.Like a Ship of Theseus.
He did it one piece at a time...but I think it cost him more than a dime.
Some Plato with our Diesel Creek… I’m liking it..👍
That because China is using expired patents (US/Euro/Japan) to manufacture most of their equipment.
Or the original US manufacturer out sourced production to China so the dimensions stayed the same…
even in the late 90's, china was buying small steel mills, taking them apart, and shipping them over to reassemble.
The before and after On this Property is Amazing between This Video showing all the brush to the tree take down and Parking lot being Its a Massive Difference how much cleaner it becomes nice Work Matt transformations are always awesome to see Matt 6:28 @Diesel Creek
Literally jumped up shouting "HOLY HELL!!!" when that gearbox was a perfect fit. No better victory than winning after repressing the urge to throw out something you kept for years. Hope you bought that powerball ticket! That chinesium brush cutter is rapidly becoming a good ol "Merican" brush cutter.
When you said “sweetheart deal” I kinda wondered if it was a freebie. Way to go Matt, helping out the K of C…how crazy is it that you trashed your gearbox and then had one on the shelf! Someone is looking out for you for doing charity work…
Well now he's out of a shelf ornament 😂
@@Aeroliten Buuuttttt, made room for a new one, 😉
It’s the best feeling ever when a guy’s saved a part for ages and then can actually use it in a pinch!! Well done!
It really is!! like 10 minutes after I broke that shaft I was pretty bummed out and then something clicked in my mind when I remembered I had that thing laying there. I thought no way this thing is going to fit but sure enough!
Almost totally unbelievable! If it were me I would have searched my stash for hours and not found it until after I ordered a new one....
@@DieselCreek Did not look like there was a void or any excess porosity in the metal--it just sheared off
@@DieselCreek
Didn't take you too long to take the newness out of the brush cutter in this video. or to put some of the newness back with storage gearbox that fitted .I think you and Andrew Camarata must be in competition on who can break and fix the fastest .
That is awesome the old Bush hog gear box you had mounted Right up Very Cool Matt 18:00 @Diesel Creek
Maybe someone has already mentioned it but the plant you're cutting when the blade breaks is known as "Asian knotweed" and is a really aggressive invasive species. You're actually not allowed to cut it here in Sweden unless you burn the off cuts directly after, or double-bag them in trash bags and dispose of it properly.
Any off cut, almost no matter how small, will root and produce new plants. The roots dig 10 ft down and 21 ft out which makes it nearly impossible to get rid of the plants once they're rooted.
Not saying that you could've done this differently, just taking the opportunity to share this knowledge. :)
Roundup pro vantage 480 funkar kanon på Parkslide / Japaneese Knotweed =)
@@SuperJockey2 Ah! Bra att veta. Tack för tipset.
@@SuperJockey2 forget it.
bayer wants you to believe that.
Some places here in America won't even let you throw it in the trash.
Thought it looked like "Japanese Knotweed", if it is it'll be back in no time at all.
The plants along the pine tree row ( and other places) is a very quick spreading Japanese knot weed. It grows and spreads from root cuttings so whatever you do, don't disturb the roots until an application of Weed Round-Up is used to kill it. Round-Up is serious biz so have a trainer horticulturist apply it and keep children /pets away from those sites. It is safe to bull doze the pine trees afterwards. Fantastic job and great bonus repair.
Japanese knot weed spreads also from the knots in the stem from the plant. (hence the name "knot weed") I hope he cleans that machine well before mowing another lot.
Matt, you're a good, hard working man.
Your fans know this quite well!
This is a man who looks like a yuppie, but who works like a farmer!!
@@chrisackerley1842 , he's smart too!
Your bushhog will be all USA parts if you keep it another 6 months... That was so satisfying to see that used gearbox bolt right up...that almost never happens for me.
That was one of those feel good projects that anyone who does a lot of projects can appreciate, Matt having a gear box just lying around like that made me think of one of my favorite phrases "Even a blind chicken finds a kernel of corn once in awhile" great video as always.....keep them coming.....
My wife when she hears one of the Diesel Creek tunes, here we go again, another hour of your life gone, love these videos.
Just after lunch here in the UK and Matt's is making his new toy earn its keep, woohoo :)
It's now evening and Matt is still making his equipment work!
Charity job
Knights of Columbus are a good organization Thanks for helping them Matt Your a good man
Matt, you are a true gentleman. You are willing to help those in need, and you are humble about it. Thank you for sharing.
Oh! SNAP!!!
That my friend is Japanese Knot Weed... very invasive and almost impossible to get rid of without a lot of dirt removal
Indeed it is Japanese Knotweed here in the UK an infestation like that would have the local authority on the landowners back. You will be lucky if the grass grows back it could just be more Knotweed. A landowner in the UK would be required to hire a specialist contractor in hazmat suits to spray the land. Great work clearing it but it all needs burning and digging out.
In the states they call it Kudzu. In the early years of the 20th century it was imported to control erosion. BIG MISTAKE!!!
@@pauldenham6534 unfortunately, i have almost 2 acres of the stuff growing and about 5 years of digging, tarping, chemicals, etc with absolutely no luck. It seems to get stronger and spread even more.
@@housecatlife Kudzu's a different asiatic pest - a vine, rather than an upright cane.
Japanese knotweed: Reynoutria japonica
Kudzu: Pueraria montana
This plant is incredibly strong... I have been pulling it out every time it pops up in my garden for ~10 years now. But still there is energy in the roots to make new sprouts
I feel the pain. Last time I was hoggin I hit a wadded up pile of barbed wire that had probably been there 100 years. Took me 2 hours to get that mess outta there. Just never know what’s under that brush.
I wrapped a heap of chain wire fence around the blades about two seconds after I hit a large dead animal years ago. Wire and dead critter made for a hell of a job fixing it 😂
@@mickburns5546 that sounds like a mess
@@bcjones2185 you better believe it. Not a good day🤣
Good on you Matt for helping these folks out - great example for the rest of us to take time to help out like you have !!!!
Kudos to you for helping out the K of C in your area. You are one of few younger people who take an interest in their community. I hope the younger generation learn from you on this, along with your work ethic. Love your videos, keep it up.
That is definately japanese knotweed (please look it up) it is quite an invasive plant and its roots are amazing. I would not be surprised if this time next year there is a matching crop of the plant at that location. It can transplant itself with only small amounts of material so I hope you cleaned your machine before heading home. Good job though.
One of the fun things about cheaply produced utility items from tiger economies is that there's somebody who made a business from making sub-assemblies like that gearbox who started by picking up some random legacy example of whatever they wanted to make & replicating it using cheaper materials & simplified production techniques.
The question is do they genuinely know how sub standard the steel is or have they made it that way indirectly making a redundancy. Either way they were still struggling making jet turbine blades for their new industry they wish to erase, that being Boeing's and Airbus. They couldn't do it and brought in American know how, well goodbye to the skies. LOL
@@axelusul If you are making gearboxes for Chinesium knock-off cheap brush cutters for somebody to keep the brambles on their farm down twice a year for 5 years until the deck rusts through, why would you build a gearbox that outlasts the rest of the cutter by a huge margin? It’s just wasteful…
@@fat_biker Whats wasteful is massive piles of broken crap bought by people who actually become aroused by saving a dollar. People who buy quality quietly enjoy the durability and performance that comes from a solid purchase. Cheap people literally dance around and celebrate the dollar they saved and could care less about the mountains of trash that result from their throw away junk, or the danger of the product flying apart and killing someone. But hey, they saved money and there's nothing more important to some... Two different types of products two different types of people.
Simple thing is ever since the nuclear age all steel is weaker, just research it.
@@giggiddy That's over-simplifying though.
* Sometimes these low cost tools actually DO last a very long time and do a very good job...and sometimes, you learn to repair them...the art of repairing rather than discarding is a lost cause these days.
* Sometimes people simply cannot afford the high-end tool - so it's the cheap one or nothing at all.
* Sometimes there's a tool that you don't know whether you strictly need - and buying a cheap one just to see if it's gonna make you money is better than buying a top-of-the-line tool and finding that you never ACTUALLY use it.
Case in point:
* I bought a very cheap/nasty lathe nearly 30 years ago...it was literally all I could afford for a "hobby machine" at the time - and it's still doing an extremely good job - although I had to rewire it when a cable shorted out and replace the on/off switch which broke...who cares? Took me 20 minutes and I'm still up $600 or so.
* I bought a really nice. high end $1,200 3D printer from a well-respected company (Prusa) - and now it's 2 years old and the company that made it don't stock the spare part it needs anymore. I bought a $199 cheapo 3D printer to tide me over until I can figure out a way to finagle the Prusa to get it working again - and the cheapo printer is actually a HELL of a lot better than the fancy one - and it uses easy-to-find parts, so I'll always be able to fix it!
* But then there is my table-saw, which I cheaped out on - and which truly is a piece of crap...but at the time I bought it, I'd never owned a table saw before. I wasn't even sure that I'd get much use out of a table saw, but it was so cheap, I thought I'd give it a try. But now that I know that I'd hugely benefit from owning one, I'm planning to buy a high end one and the cheap one will probably end up in my son's workshop - or given away free on Craigs' list.
The point here is, this simple "Buy the best and you'll never regret it" rule - that's naive bullshit. It's a *_much_* more nuanced matter. You have to consider carefully each and every case...and accept that sometimes you'll make a mistake.
apart from the gearbox, chassis, coupling and blades, the Chinese brushcutter works great!
Lol yup
I love how that thing mulches up everything that it cuts and doesn't leave a mess.
That brush you were cutting is a type of invasive bamboo that originates from Japan. It will all grow back. That stuff is just dam near impossible to kill without pulling out all of the roots. You might as well treat the dirt it grows in as a biohazard. It really is that bad. It is very well adapted to our climate. It probably grows even better in your neck of the woods since you are further south.
That stuff grows like nobody's business, too. To get rid of it you pretty much need to feed the dirt through a digestor like biogas plants use, and fill the place back with thick fabric and a lot of new dirt, or use ungodly amounts of pesticide. And then wait for it to come back over from the neighbor...
It looks like what we know as Japanese Knot weed in the UK. If you are caught trying to recycle it at the local tip, you can go to jail. It can be killed off with specialist weed killers.
@@leonardgoldberg2879 Correct, japanese knotweed. The honeybees love it in Pennsylvania and it makes great tasting honey.
In Belgium they found a solution for this weeds. They inject it with some stuff, like with a needle and its works. But it is painstaking work.. Its grows everywhere..
Maybe the scientists can spend time and money on finding a good use for this plant? Feed goats ..?? Develop a cure for cancer?. Better to pour millions of public money into that than zillions into seeing if any plants on Mars/ Pluto etcetc
That looks like Japenese knotweed grows insanely quickly and spreads like wildfire, nearly impossible to eradicate, good result with the brush cutter gearbox.
Yea it is. Its banned here in sweden. If you have it youll have to hire a garden companie to get rid of it. and your not allowed to digg nere it
Yes an illegal to cut or cause to spread here in Ireland. Causing very expensive problems on road construction projects all over the country
One way to deal with it is to cut down and let regrow to about 2' 6" or 3' then spray with a WEAK solution of glyphosate. This is a systemic herbicide and needs to be taken down by the plant and spread along its rhizomes (roots) and make the plants ill, not dead !
Let it think about that for awhile and when it starts to regenerate, spray again with a WEAK solution of glyphosate. This will make it very sick. Maybe LOOKS dead ! Next year there will be much less. Let it get enough leaves and then repeat process. Etc. Until it doesn't reappear.
This has worked for me on a substantial infestation. My understanding of this plant is to use its vigour against itself.
If you go in and KILL the stems you can see with a STRONG wead killer. It will not transport the poison to the end of the roots. So the ends will be untouched and grow with all the vigour of the parent plant. Japanese Knotweed can be killed . James Robinson.
Please share.
I was about to say the same. There are a lot of laws about that here in PA and if you are cutting it you need to be really careful. All it takes is one seed or piece of root to establish a new stand of it and once it takes hold it is very difficult to get rid of.
That's definitely Knotweed and it will just keep coming up. In a week or 2, that will be completely covered with new sprouts and will choke out any attempts to grow grass. It does start to slow down this time of year, but it will return, The lawncare people will just need to be diligent about keeping it mowed down to keep it from overtaking the property again. If an entire area of Knotweed can be mowed, it can be eradicated, but it looks like this site runs into the creek, so that will be impossible to do. Weedwack whatever can't be hit with the mower, and they might have some success. Thanks for donating your services to the K of C!
Wondering if Matt's custom gearbox connector needs some sort of cover to prevent things from getting tangled up in there?
And now whoever cuts the grass will be pissed cause they have more to mow.
Great Job on the clean up! It is always good when something in that old pile of parts comes in handy. That gearbox is probably a big upgrade in quality.
Perhaps you should start calling the "brush cutter" a "development jig" onto which you add production quality parts. :)
(Nearly) All American Built !
A Chinese piece of garbage improved by Amercan parts, and a smart farmer!
No. Build it from scratch
Nice to give back to the community and to a place you have some fond memories of.
I love watching these machines demolish overgrown brush!
Good Job Matt, the goodness of your heart shines through as you give back to your community, especially to groups like the K of C that exist to do good too.
Matt, unfortunately the weed you didn't recognise is Japanese knotweed, a highly invasive plant that should not be mowed as it spreads from cuttings. It will return next year and over a greater area. Each cut stem that has a node on it can root, thus mowing is to be avoided, particularly when next to a watercourse that will carry fragments downstream spreading it further. Spraying is ineffective however stem injection using a measured dose of suitable glyphosate, appears to work. I've done loads of work with JK both research and control and it really only spreads by disturbance (at least in the UK). At least you know now.
Does burning work?
@@jonathan1427 beat me to it.
Have it in my yard here in Sweden, a plant from hell...
@@jonathan1427 No, it comes back the year after. It is the weed from hell. It can break through concrete foundations and walls. If you are caught cutting it back in the UK you are liable to a huge fine and even a prison sentence. The roots have been found 7 metres deep from what i have read. If you have knot weed growing on your property in the UK , the banks will refuse to give a mortgage on the house.
@@jonathan1427 nope, it evolved on the sides of volcanoes.
Stem injection or spraying right before the first frost are the only real methods. That or excavating down 30 feet and hauling the soil off to a certified incinerator. But that's crazy expensive.
I live in Western PA and that highly invasive brush looks like Japanese knotweed. Along with multiflora rose, it's not native. That knotweed will be back in the spring.
It is Japanese Knotweed and its very invasive. Here in the UK people spend thousands of pounds to get rid of it because if its in your garden you probably can't sell your house. Matt, make sure you clean your brush cutter really well as it grows from the smallest piece so you could easily transfer it to the next place you use the cutter.
looks damn good so far. and I love the repair job, something about old equipment getting a second life just makes me happy.
Another good job, Matt. As you said, it's phase one of the job but what a difference it makes! I really admire you for doing all this work for free for this organization. May God richly bless you for your generosity. Looking forward to your next post! Thanks again!
It's not hoarding. It's long term storage of valuable parts that will be needed when least expected!
That weed at 27:30 looks a lot like Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)
It is native to East Asia in Japan, China and Korea. In North America and Europe, the species has successfully established itself in numerous habitats, and is classified as a pest and invasive species in several countries.
It's pretty much impossible to get rid of. It's a big problem where I live, in Europe.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynoutria_japonica
That's what I appreciate from people like you helping out organization's like VFW or Knights of Columbus for no gain on your part cost you some diesel and time but you are helping for a worthy cause Thank you Sir and for that you deserve a subscription from me keep up the good work.
As always I enjoy your videos, your also demonstrating kindness and honesty to others. Take care Matt.
In our neck of the woods they say “god shines on the righteous” of course the gearbox would fit.
Amen Tony!!!
Maybe this brush cutter needs some sacrificing shear pin like snow blowers? Paying for a mistake with a shaft/gear box sounds too expensive.
Might be what the old love joy coupler was for
The equipment should be able to take a beating, matt didn't even abuse the machine
Not too expensive i feel, just need to grab a few hogs that are being dumped for spares. Then store them for 10 years or more.
@@rubenbraekman4515 Rocks and blades don't play well together!
shear pin would not have saved that take a look at the snapped shaft again its discolored and mostly smooth with only a tiny bit of it being rough shinny metal thats Fatigue Cracking it was gonna come off sooner or later if it didn't hit the rock and had of kept on going it would have probably ended up falling off by its self later on.
Hey Matt, so glad it worked out so well after the mishap! You're a hard working guy, & you deserve it!
Also appreciated when you gave us a view from inside the "wall of brush", it helped illustrate the complexity of what you were dealing with.
Lastly, when you said you made them a "sweetheart of a deal", I had no idea you were doing it for charity. While I CAN appreciate that sentiment in other instances like say, helping families rebuild after a tornado or fire & such, for me this is different. While the K of C may be LISTED as a non-profit, IMHO the gold on the walls of the Vatican begs otherwise, so I think they SHOULD be paying you VERY well for all of your hard work.
In any event, as a Baptist myself, I believe the Lord will STILL bless you for doing this, & those kind of blessings money can't buy! Looking forward to the part 2 & be careful buddy!
Unbelieveable luck having that old gearbox which is a perfect fit.
Diesel Creek has become one of my favorite youtube channels next to Andrew Camarata.. great work you guys, keep up the good spirit
Diesel creek and andrew camarata could be brothers the way they think alike
@@rubenbraekman4515 twins maybe? Great content both channels
I had an incredibly specific itch, and this video scratched it perfectly! What a difference it makes just hacking down the overgrown brush - looks like a whole new property basically
I am a pretty fair fabricator and out of a 500 dollar bush hog from Tractor Supply and a couple days later I had one for my skid steer. Made a fortune with it, love the videos and wish to thank you for the time it takes to create, edit and upload these for us!
That made a big difference investing in the community on a different level, good job, the next phase will be even better when all is said and done.
11:30 at night for me and what pops up Diesel Creek. Yeah how exciting, I say to myself "what is Matt up to now" well done Matt on the clean up of the property. Loved watching this episode. Cheers Stew.
Repaired Cutter new Drive Motor and That Bush Cutter just Plowing away Nice Matt 22:39 @Diesel Creek
Definitely like the aerial coverage by the drone it gives us a good look around and to see the magnitude of the project
That was awesome how the new old gear box just bolted right in. Good luck on that Power Ball ticket, lol. Anyway, you're a stand up guy Matt to do this for them for free. I think the biggest advantage of cleaning that brush up other than making it look nicer is it will let the breeze blow through much better. The air won't feel so stagnant on hot days.
The weed looks like Japanese Knotweed which is very difficult to deal with. Just cutting it down doesn't get rid of it. It growns ridiculously fast and is strong enough to break concrete and masonary walls. Here in the UK it is a controlled plant and you can be fined or even imprisoned if you willfully cause it to spead onto adjacent property. It is very difficult to secure a mortage for property if it is identified near the boundary.
Thats what I have heard it called here in Rhode Island too .at one point the environmental police had pictures of it up and if you called them came out and sprayed it for free they did a bunch on my buddies property and I talked with the guy he said it only takes 1/4 inch of root and it starts growing back immediately. Cutting it burning it or digging it out won't work .it's an invasive species and is absolutely everywhere now
@@rirebel6029 the only way to deal with it effectively is to chemically kill the roots which can be up to 10ft deep. It is a nightmare here in UK. I have had patches that have taken 3 years to get rid of as it just keeps coming back. You are right that you only need a tiny amount of root and it just grows back.
To each their own .I see an equal amount of powerstroke to cummin pulling hotshot on the highway I'm just saying I would go with the best warranty and that's ford .do a simple search of guys with dodges who had big hotshot dreams and at 60k miles their entire career is ruined because dodge won't warranty their emissions systems past 50k and its North of 15000 to get their truck back on the road!
Just one heck of a Transformation Matt Wow 39:03 @Diesel Creek
Fantastic cleanup and you literally warmed the hearts of tens of thousands of viewers who have kept that odd part "just in case" - well done and thanks
Looking forward to the entire finished "product". Looks mighty good so far, in spite of the cheap Chinesium junk that keeps breaking on you.
Matt’s back with another banger!
Hello Matt, this is a perfect example of why I cant get rid of old parts or anything else as far as that goes. You just never know when you have to adapt and overcome! Keep the great videos coming. God bless my friend!
That weed is Japanese Knotweed. It's super invasive and will overtake lower-growing plants. Make sure you clean all of the plant material off the brush head as it can spread very easily. Any part of the plant can produce new plants with little to no effort. The only real way to remove the knotweed is to spray it repeatedly or black tarp it. Hopefully, this helps and it doesn't spread to your property.
Looks to me that there is a lot of Japanese knotweed in the brush that you cut. If so that is horrible stuff that is difficult to eliminate, spreads very easily from stem and root cuttings, and is strong enough to break up concrete foundations. I hope you do not transport it to other locations on your equipment. Good to see the cleaned up site.😀🇬🇧
Ya knotweed is in Ireland as well do u know u can eat the young shoots I never have but I hear u can eat the stuff.
@@Irishmacwoof Tastes like rhubarb but sweeter.
Yikes! That stuff sounds like the plant equivalent of asbestos!
@@unmountablebootvolume hate to be a downer but my dad got asbestos cancer. knotweed is more like Britneys spears dad very bad but has not killed anyone
The bitterness of poor quality is felt long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. A good thing that you are a master mechanic.
You are a blessing to the KofC! I know they appreciate this extremely, you should and will undoubtedly get more work from your time and effort donation! You just climbed another couple of notches in my respect. Thanks from all your subscribers! Great work in the replacement part on the Chineasium brush cutter!
Yep, besides doing this as a charity job, most contractors would load up their equipment and haul ass after destroying it.
Right on buddy!!!! Fantastic start to handlin a jungle!!!!
Suggestion: Weld or bolt a steel plate on the front of the Bush hog shaped like a comb.
This will allow an even distribution of saplings and weeds to be cut, meaning less wear and tear on the machinery.
My favourite line from this one “was doing a really good job … shame it only lasted 20 minutes” - the definition of junk equipment
Matt you truly have a pair of golden balls To drag the gearbox/drive out from the back of your shed Then fit it perfectly and get going in double quick time Is amazing Your make do and mend ethos really works 👍👍👍👍 Keep these gems coming 👏👏👏👏👏
Awsome video Matt and a big improvement of that property. Thank you!!
Matt, that weed looks like japanese knott weed its incredibly invasive - we have massive issues with it here in the UK it takes specialist people to get rid of it ( it was brought over here because it looked nice) good luck and take care, Steve.
It is, this shit s terrible
Didn't know how bad that stuff is; I thought poison ivy infestation was bad, but Japanese knotweed seems worse after reading a bit on it-
Your ingenuity, skill, willingness to try and knowledge is impressive. Looks awesome Matt. Thank you for sharing. By the way the amount of stuff you have fix can the brush cutter still be called chinesium maybe it should be renamed Matt. :)
Thank you for volunteering your time! Love the channel and you!
The tree take down and parking lot Clean up was a great Video This is going to be Cool with the brush cutter Matt 4:30 @Diesel Creek
Howdy Matt from Oliva Spain. Started watching from Houston before we moved here. I was a Millwright/Maintenance Journeyman for decades. Now I prefer to watch others work. :)
That is awesome!
"I cannot believe this old gearbox just bolted in like nothn"
Me: gee, it's almost like the Chinese just copied an existing design verbatim . . .
. . . and then made it from the cheapest materials they could possibly get away with.
While espionage/copying/subsidizing domestic business to put foreign companies out of business is part of their playbook, more than likely manufacturing was moved to China to save on costs at the expense of American jobs.
@@AlGoYoSu Short term greed by the multinationals. Same name, same shape, same colour & slightly cheaper but made from steel which is closer to cheese for strength.
hey folks. yaa some strange things happen with the chinese guys and brush cutters. I`m from germany and bought like 3 years ago an old 1970s brush cutter from a very special german benchmark brand named "Humus Maschinenfabrik Bermatingen" which is still sucessfully operating. I paid like 400$ for this one of a kind rusty massive old brush cutter made of 1/4 steel plate. The crazy thing was that the guy i bought it from, said that some chinese people wanted to buy this rare brush cutter for the crazy high price over 1300$ plus like over 1000$ shipping to china... but he didn´t sold it to the chinese guys because he don`t wanted the hassle with the shipping. This story sticked because it was so redicoulos, but im pretty sure it was not made up
Or it could just be that things like splines, flanges, shaft spacings on 90 degree gearboxes etc are standardised, so you just design to the standard. You know, so you can manufacture parts like motors and gearboxes in volume and have them fit on anything designed to the same standards.
Not everything is a conspiracy if you don't understand it.
@@TyphoonVstrom mmh of course there is a lot of standardization, but there is also a lot of engineering theft by chinese and a metric system in china... little example STIHL loses every year millions by product piracy
Wow what a transformation and that’s very generous of you to take care of my fellow brothers at that local Knights of Columbus. Thank you.
I thoroughly enjoyed your video and learned quite a bit from it.
Have fun. Stay safe. Stay well my friend.
OH dear! Now you have re-discovered the value of hoarding, You're gonna need another 3-4 containers up at the farm.
Just a small suggestion concerning the coupling that was built for the brush hog, I'd suggest a duplex chain 1/2 or 1/3 the size used or to make some cuts in a section of the chain on it, maybe go 1/2 to 2/3 the way through an area to significantly weaken it to well below the sheer strength to the main shaft. The coupling, if appropriately designed, can act as a fuse. Better a length of chain than another gearbox.
I love your videos and I like coming out on jobs like this as well. Keep ‘em coming Matt!
Thank you for the hard work in making the videos. Your easy going approach to issues and your good editing always makes your videos captivating.
Hope you take the price you would charge for this off your taxes. It's a charitable donation.
The local KofC councils are not 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, so this may not be true. That said, the KofC does perform wonderful charitable acts.
Great start to the weekend whoot whoot!
Great work Matt. You made out good on the gear box. A guy deserves a break every now and then. As always, thanks for all your hard work.
Great job! Always good to give back to the community!
Matt, becoming a bigger and bigger fan. I hate seeing stuff break on you, but it's also gotta be my favorite part watching you work your way through it. I bet you've ended up with an even stronger brush cutter now. Pretty soon you'll have one better than a top dollar new one, if you don't already! Thank you so much for the entertainment, I'll keep liking and commenting. I hope your channel continues to grow, you're such a relatable content creator.
I've cut lot of brush in my day...those helium tanks are a first for me though. My step dad hit a partially buried propane tank once...took the top valve clean off. Fortunately the bottom of the tank had rotted away so it wasn't pressurized or full of propane. It never ceases to surprise me, just how assholish people can be.
Worked construction most of my life. You bid the job you eat your mistakes. So theres no mistakes. Only idiots downbidding and jumping in on on chit they have no fcking clue what it is they are bidding on. County regulations mandates on restoring landmarks are stringent right down to the paints stains you use to complete the job. So they let morons clean up the landscape. Cant feel sorry for any mistakes at ground level cause we put many hours in before destruction of grounds including permits required to destruct the surrounding area. I've Been involved with many landmarks in my county including rebuilds from ground up. Dating back to 1700 hundred time period axe and adz builds. Paint colors trim profiles all gonna die cause the next gen don't give two chits. I'm a dying breed my knowledge is gone when I'm gone.
@@johngebhartiii7088 I was just at the Vanderbilt Museum in Hyde Park. There are guys there doing restoration work. There will always be people that care, just less of them.
@@firesurfer Historical renovations get ugly with County regulations. I mean it's cool because you have to use exact time period reproduction or existing materials but those that can reproduce the actual trims are going extinct. Done work in historical homes that had priceless antiques as normal furniture and had zero scratches and shine like glass. To me thats priceless.
Fantastic job. Very kind and community thoughtful task. You and the content are brilliant
Good job Matt, if you ever get a chance to buy a Diamond Brush cutter get it, we run it on a 100 hp Kubota skid steer. I never thought anything could match a Brown Bush Hog, but they’re equal !!! My son runs the skid steer, and I run a Mahindra 5555 with a 72” Brown, the only thing we stop for is cold water and diesel.
Those aren't helium tanks, they're range targets, then scrap metal. Good find.
I've never seen you use that cutter without losing the blades. It's time to get rid of that thing before it kills someone. I chew through 5" trees (rated for up to 3") with my Bobcat brand Brushcat all the time and hardly even dull the blades. 2 hydraulic motors, no gearbox or sheer pins. Definitely the way to go for commercial work. The only thing better would be a forestry mulcher.
I’ve always heard about that elusive thing called luck. Seeing what it actually is gives me some hope now. Good job on the brush job as well Matt!
Good job Matt, only thing left to change on that cutter is the power drive unit. Then it won't be chinesiam anymore though... lol
There is always something extremely satisfying about seeing super thick overgrowth and cutting a path straight thru it like it isn't even there, like making your own roadway, love it, brush cutters are amazing
There needs to be a sheer pin in the cutter. Somewhere in the driveline to the blades needs to be a designed “weak point “ to take the shock of hitting things.
@Jamie Eastman The blades are on a swivel pin, that is the sheer pin for a brush cutter and is ment to take the shock from hits.
They are going to have to chemically treat that Japanese knotweed or your work will be wasted in a few weeks. Incredibly invasive and extremely fast growing.
Great work! Always enjoy brush cutting videos, and it’s awesome you were able to help them out!
Look at that! Amazing to watch how those blade wallop those bushes! Very satisfying to watch. Good job!
So, is a good thing that something breaks down so often that the bolts don't get rusty? Lol
Take care
And this is the last video we see from Matt after winning the PowerBall.
I would hope so! 😂
Love your channel Matt. It's so weird/cool seeing you work in places I passed on a regular basis. Lived just down the road in Atlasburg for six years. Have a good one, and keep up the great content!
Love the way you roll with the punches. Broken equipment on the job doesn’t faze you. You’re a hoarder and si am I. It almost always pays off. Thanks for the content.