It is really looking good. The way you take care of your equipment by summer it will look and operate like it was new. I am always very impressed with how you make so much production and the machines just seem to loaf along with no banging and screeching, that is the mark of a OUTSTANDING operator!!!
Round about Christmas of '97, a buddy of mine and I were on the $hi+ list of our Shop NCOIC. Don't remember why. We had a SEE with a bent boom. Now, bear in mind we were the Mechanics, NOT the Operator and neither one of us were Engineer Equipment Mechanics. We had to have the boom swapped and back up and operable before we could take off for the 4 day for Christmas. We started at 0830 that morning. (Came in early) Started working on that stupid pin after Lunch. We beat, pried, beat some more. Dang thing would not budge. Even our NCOIC was getting aggravated with it. We adjusted, picked up on it. Put it down. Side to side it just wasn't moving. We thought maybe the slight bend in the boom had put it in a bind. We had just about gotten to the point that it was going to have to go to 3rd Shop, who was SUPPOSED to be doing it anyway, when I leaned down against the pivot just to catch my breath. (20 lbs of Sledgehammer is heavy when you're swinging it like a baseball bat) That POS pin clattered onto the floor. It scared all 3 of us so bad we almost didn't catch the boom as it free swung on the overhead crane and about popped our NCO in the chest. After 12+ hours of beating the bejeezus out of that thing it just fell out with just maybe a mm of movement from 170lbs of wore out Soldier leaning on it just right🤦. We got her back together and finally left @0245.
I've found that having the bucket up off the ground makes the second pin super easy to get in... both can move a little for the final alignment...even on 96 in. 5 yard buckets...
I must be insane because I could watch stuff like this all day long...lol Oh...and loving the technical term 'just a touch' ...ha! Keep em coming Chris!
I neither own nor operate heavy equipment for a living, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about, but sometimes I am lucky enough to operate a few different machines. I am a Tool Maker and Machinist so I like the line bore approach as suggested in some of the comments here ( and ask the person with only one eye if you should wear safety glasses). My main question is shouldn't the shims be placed at least one on each side of the boom as to prevent premature wear between the bucket and the boom? I mean the bucket and boom would be rubbing and galling constantly right? Hence the reason for the shims except to providing proper side to side play. Thanks in advance for any clarification to my thinking...and great videos Chris...
Great video! It sucks when you need to hammer them in. Older equipment takes patience to deal with, not like the new stuff that you swap buckets in under 20 seconds.
Hey what exactly do you do for your job? Are you a 49er or just a heavy equipment operator ? Because the crap you do looks fun as hell, I love sitting in heavy equipment and just digging and moving stuff.
Why is the pin so long? Just a suggestion, a 12lb sledgehammer and cut off the handle to 18-20” long ! A lot easier to handle! I have a 16 lb and use it for a lot of projects! Has the driving power but easier to handle! I’m a retired welder and I’d cut the ears off the buckets and weld the good ones on the big bucket! But I’ve seen them order new ears!
Tilting bolt is much easier to put place when lifted bucket, at start like you did at end. I have old excawator where is no NTP contact, so change bucket from bolts, siometimes 2-3 times in day.
that machine is still running good and strong, and still leaks oil, however that will be fixed soon, and the stick and bucket are off the machine and out getting the wear fixed now.
I was just thinking thats the whole reason right there somebody designed a quick hitch L.O.L. i never had one on my Backhoe and after a while you get pretty good at lining pins up. It makes you keep the cylinder maintenance up to. creeping seals are a pain in the @$$ when your on your own changing buckets!.
To bad you don't know how to burn with a torch, are weld, man it could save you a ton of money..That old boy can lay that 7018 in there, ya'll did a great job. On to the next job, Be safe. See Ya, AF&AM
I think something's wrong with the one bushing - there should not be that kind of visible clearance in the hole, and if it was ran for any length of time with that loose pin, those holes are gonna be hammered oblong. To properly fix that stick, its going to need to be line bored; I doubt anything from a dealer would fix it - my budget option might be to get a machine shop to custom make some bushings for the stick and a new pin.
Puffie40 is 'right on the money' when he suggested new custom made bushings and while the machine shop is at it,.have them put a tapered or 'bullet nose' on one end of each pin. This will make aligning the holes and driving the pins home , a whole lot simpler for you. Chris, may I make a safety suggestion too,...PLEASE wear safety glasses when you are driving those pins.I have seen what happens without glasses,.and it is not nice at all.
To big excavator, you prefer a smaller machine I can imagen that, we have seen nice vlogs about the Link Belt, May be you can find a smaller machine Chris awesome vlogs keep it up 😊
Chris I have a Pin carrier Dimension PDF and it lists a 3400 quantum at a 90mm pin which is 3.54in shows a 2800 quantum at a 80mm pin which is 3.15in hope that helps out
so annoying doing this stuff yourself, in and out of the damn machine constantly for little adjustments. I'm usually swapping hydraulic breaker and bucket on our 314LCR & I been having to angle the blade all the time on my d6 by myself pain in the butt, adds so much time but i hate waiting on people
When your all alone, you own the machine and it's cold out, you do it anyway way you want too! Been there, done that! (40+ plus years in the Seawall/House moving business as owner/operator)...... Gary in Michigan
You need to consider his situation. This was just a piece of equipment he bought to have around his property from an auction, not his main equipment. This machine was beat up before he got it. His normal equipment is very nice. Btw your grammar is garbage and nobody cares what you work on.
You can see somone working on his first time changing a bucket! Thats so stupid, maybe you should first think about doing something and then make a video of it
It is really looking good. The way you take care of your equipment by summer it will look and operate like it was new. I am always very impressed with how you make so much production and the machines just seem to loaf along with no banging and screeching, that is the mark of a OUTSTANDING operator!!!
I like these instructional/how-to vids a bit more than just the plain moving dirt vids!
Round about Christmas of '97, a buddy of mine and I were on the $hi+ list of our Shop NCOIC. Don't remember why. We had a SEE with a bent boom. Now, bear in mind we were the Mechanics, NOT the Operator and neither one of us were Engineer Equipment Mechanics. We had to have the boom swapped and back up and operable before we could take off for the 4 day for Christmas. We started at 0830 that morning. (Came in early) Started working on that stupid pin after Lunch. We beat, pried, beat some more. Dang thing would not budge. Even our NCOIC was getting aggravated with it. We adjusted, picked up on it. Put it down. Side to side it just wasn't moving. We thought maybe the slight bend in the boom had put it in a bind. We had just about gotten to the point that it was going to have to go to 3rd Shop, who was SUPPOSED to be doing it anyway, when I leaned down against the pivot just to catch my breath. (20 lbs of Sledgehammer is heavy when you're swinging it like a baseball bat) That POS pin clattered onto the floor. It scared all 3 of us so bad we almost didn't catch the boom as it free swung on the overhead crane and about popped our NCO in the chest. After 12+ hours of beating the bejeezus out of that thing it just fell out with just maybe a mm of movement from 170lbs of wore out Soldier leaning on it just right🤦. We got her back together and finally left @0245.
I thoroughly love your videos
I've found that having the bucket up off the ground makes the second pin super easy to get in... both can move a little for the final alignment...even on 96 in. 5 yard buckets...
It's nice to see it done the "old way" but after watching this, I understand now why someone developed the quick connect.
I must be insane because I could watch stuff like this all day long...lol
Oh...and loving the technical term 'just a touch' ...ha!
Keep em coming Chris!
Nice! Can't wait to see it get all washed and painted up.Will you be doing a video of it in action? Thanks!
You take great care of your machines
Phrase of the day "Just a touch"
nice that its running good for you now
Nicely done, especially being by yourself. Not an easy task at times getting the pins lined up right. Are you going to fix the big bucket?
Looking good!
I neither own nor operate heavy equipment for a living, so I probably
don't know what I'm talking about, but sometimes I am lucky enough to operate a few different machines. I am a Tool Maker and Machinist so I like the line bore approach as suggested in some of the comments here ( and ask the person with only one eye if you should wear safety glasses). My main question is shouldn't the shims be placed at least one on each side of the boom as to prevent premature wear between the bucket and the boom? I mean the bucket and boom would be rubbing and galling constantly right? Hence the reason for the shims except to providing proper side to side play. Thanks in advance for any clarification to my thinking...and great videos Chris...
Wow, its had to get a scale of just how large that machine is until you are standing next to the bucket.
The ones you can not live without
Its time I went the States to show you fellas how to change buckets! I would have the job finished by now!
Great video! It sucks when you need to hammer them in. Older equipment takes patience to deal with, not like the new stuff that you swap buckets in under 20 seconds.
Are you Going to fix the big bucket Chris,
This one is much smaller, big bucket is worn out
And fixing the pin secure, nice operation 😊
Hey what exactly do you do for your job? Are you a 49er or just a heavy equipment operator ? Because the crap you do looks fun as hell, I love sitting in heavy equipment and just digging and moving stuff.
Keep up the hard work
Why is the pin so long? Just a suggestion, a 12lb sledgehammer and cut off the handle to 18-20” long ! A lot easier to handle! I have a 16 lb and use it for a lot of projects! Has the driving power but easier to handle! I’m a retired welder and I’d cut the ears off the buckets and weld the good ones on the big bucket! But I’ve seen them order new ears!
Tilting bolt is much easier to put place when lifted bucket, at start like you did at end. I have old excawator where is no NTP contact, so change bucket from bolts, siometimes 2-3 times in day.
Let's see you run it! I wanna see some clearin
that machine is still running good and strong, and still leaks oil, however that will be fixed soon, and the stick and bucket are off the machine and out getting the wear fixed now.
Holy shit chis maybe you could make that thing a quick coupler
I was just thinking thats the whole reason right there somebody designed a quick hitch L.O.L. i never had one on my Backhoe and after a while you get pretty good at lining pins up. It makes you keep the cylinder maintenance up to.
creeping seals are a pain in the @$$ when your on your own changing buckets!.
Can I ask if it's not to rude but do you own all of theses machines?
Do a video on the cab u made for the backhoe
To bad you don't know how to burn with a torch, are weld, man it could save you a ton of money..That old boy can lay that 7018 in there, ya'll did a great job. On to the next job, Be safe.
See Ya, AF&AM
Good video
Never understood why they don't just put a point on those pins so they would self align. It makes it so much easier, especially for 1 person.
Boom up and stick out to line the holes up on the upper link.
Almost looks like the wrong pin I mean the way that machine looked when you got it wouldn't surprise me if that pin is wrong bushings look funky to
can you give info on your case backhoe cab enclosure that is on it, i am looking for one, thanks.
I think something's wrong with the one bushing - there should not be that kind of visible clearance in the hole, and if it was ran for any length of time with that loose pin, those holes are gonna be hammered oblong.
To properly fix that stick, its going to need to be line bored; I doubt anything from a dealer would fix it - my budget option might be to get a machine shop to custom make some bushings for the stick and a new pin.
Puffie40 is 'right on the money' when he suggested new custom made bushings and while the machine shop is at it,.have them put a tapered or 'bullet nose' on one end of each pin. This will make aligning the holes and driving the pins home , a whole lot simpler for you.
Chris, may I make a safety suggestion too,...PLEASE wear safety glasses when you are driving those pins.I have seen what happens without glasses,.and it is not nice at all.
That machine is specifically for your farm isn't it ?
Yes it is for the farm that's why he got it for
To big excavator, you prefer a smaller machine
I can imagen that, we have seen nice vlogs about
the Link Belt, May be you can find a smaller machine
Chris awesome vlogs keep it up 😊
You sell the link belt yet?
Hey Chris why don’t you have auto quick hitch over there
Could save yourself some time with a lighter pin in the linkage lift up and then knock main pins in found it easier myself with our old machine
Chris I have a Pin carrier Dimension PDF and it lists a 3400 quantum at a 90mm pin which is 3.54in shows a 2800 quantum at a 80mm pin which is 3.15in hope that helps out
lol sure am glad we're aloud to have hydraulic quick changes for changing buckets here in Canada, that look like a pane in the ass
Letsdig18 changing buckets!!! i think its a first
Time for a line bore.
Hey Chris , are you in Oklahoma?
He's in NC
Lets see her go now Chris
Why don't you have a quick attach coupler?
Because that machine wasn't made with one.
And it would be a pain to add one because he would have to set up more hydro lines and a new switch to operate it
What are you doing??? Has everyone forgotten how to change buckets without a Quick Hitch? I need to do more training courses!
so annoying doing this stuff yourself, in and out of the damn machine constantly for little adjustments. I'm usually swapping hydraulic breaker and bucket on our 314LCR & I been having to angle the blade all the time on my d6 by myself pain in the butt, adds so much time but i hate waiting on people
Where was that red headed step friend of yours!
U need to make it a quick change bucket and exchange
easier to connect dog bone first, unfortunately half to switch alot and have not the luxury of a quick connect
The are comments that you have sold
The Link Belt excavator is that right
The drive motor rebuild was expensive
Making some profit mayby......
25.4mm = 1''
Do you not have ANYONE that can help you do this. Such a simple job with another set of eyes and another set of hands but you "gotter done".
Never have i seen such a ham fisted way of doing things.
When your all alone, you own the machine and it's cold out, you do it anyway way you want too! Been there, done that! (40+ plus years in the Seawall/House moving business as owner/operator)...... Gary in Michigan
kinda sad how people buy new machine and dont take care of it then the next owner has to spend out of pocket to replace parts
I would be embashed to have this video on utube iwork on big iron 345 cats 5800linkbelts and change buckets every time it gets move no big trick
Butch McIntyre nobody gives a fu## what you work on and before you can talk about anybody you need to learn how to talk and type.
I'M A WELDER NOT A MOVIE STAR OR TYPEST I'F YOUTAKE HEAT KEEP YOUR MOVIES OFF UTUBE
80mm is 3.149
I wanna see this old girl operate
School is in session
this guy needs to watch a few vids on how to
Don't want to be doing that too many times in a day
Too much messing about don't after get out of my machine to change bucket just flick a switch
you got junk for equipment you didn't take care of it . it needs build up and bored , shanks and teeth
You need to consider his situation. This was just a piece of equipment he bought to have around his property from an auction, not his main equipment. This machine was beat up before he got it. His normal equipment is very nice. Btw your grammar is garbage and nobody cares what you work on.
You can see somone working on his first time changing a bucket! Thats so stupid, maybe you should first think about doing something and then make a video of it
you are joking right
Might I suggest the Pushy Six channel for you? I think you would be a perfect match.