One year review of the AMI ruckus rake and my 488 dollar mistake.
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Doing some maintenance in the shop today working on the AMI Ruckus Rake.
#shopwork
#maintenance
#ruckusrake
#skidsteer
#kubota
Have you thought of Zip tying the coiled electrical cable to one of the hydraulic lines on the ruckus rake at 4 or 5 points so the electrical connector is always close to the hydraulic connector. That way if you forget to connect it or the connection come undone, it wont fall in the wonderful cord eater. :)
You got the idler “bakerds”. Yes the pin is to the back but the “dirt cups” go down.
@23:00 you can see the old one.
Is weird seeing Lt. Dan in the shop, when we already saw you park it down at the gas station lot ;-) There's a glitch in the Matrix!
That's the time dilation you get from living so close to the gravitational pull of Logger Wade.
Lol
Another rainy day in the workshop... it's just not the same without man behind the scenes lol.. but totally enjoyed the works with Mr "Almost" Millennial :) You 2 work awesome together. many thanks guys and see you on the next one
Can I come back to you in about 20 minutes, I’m just watching you help the Captain do the Yacht floor?
Another good vlog. Hope Mr & Mrs DP, NYA, MBTS and families all have a good Christmas and new year. Thanks for posting. 🇬🇧👍👍
Well, a brick "outhouse" may be tough, but it's awful hard to move it when the pit gets full. Just saying. Owning three Kubotas right now, I have to agree about not thinking forward about maintenance, (a flexible neck funnel is the only way to add hydraulic fluid without taking the seat off on two of them) but the easiest one to work on was built in 1981, so probably the only designer that thought about maintenance has retired.
I'm glad you guys don't get mad at each other much. Also glad you got good help. I think it's a rule. 2 things break at once.
Knowing the track record for the shipping companies I have had the "pleasure " of using, all that wrap saved the idler roller from from irreparable damage.
I think you made a mistake when you installed the bottom roller / rear idler roller bearing. While you were able to figure out that the alignment pins needed to go to the rear the issue is the grove that you install going up should have been installed going down. If you go back to 23:00 in your video, you can see the old bottom roller / rear idler roller bearing coming out has the groves going down.
Cool video, where is the man behind the scenes Aaron been at? He is usually the most effective fixing guy. Sure miss him and his infectious humor.
Thanks working
Time for a bobcat T870 I just think their smooth to run and have very good service and has the power you need
I run the same kind of rake but it is make by Harley I have had it for 20 years and I can’t imagine not having it for cleaning up jobs. It is almost time to replace it. I have replaced all the teeth on the drum about 3 times and I have had to weld a patch on the bottom of the chain case twice now because it has worn through and the oil started leaking out. It has several thousand hours on it so I have no complaints.
You should add a dummy plug on the rake for the pigtail when it's not plugged in.
turn the wheel over and groove for water displacment would be in down ward angle
The new owner will have to had not watched any DP videos with the Kubota in them. All good things to point out to look for when purchasing equipment. Good video!
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I know it must be hard to work for DP, Matt you did a great Job.
Not as slow as grass growing but just as exciting as watching them unload food trucks at the grocery store. 😂 Good video guys, stay safe and Happy Holidays to you all.
I have a feeling the designer for that years Kubota thought everyone would be refilling the oil from a 55 gallon drum using a pump and hose. Merry Christmas to you and yours DP!
That's probably how they do it in the factory.
The boss never breaks anything they just know when it's time to get a new part lol. Awesome is all I can say 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
If your antiseze starts to dry up just add a little motor oil to it and it will thin back out
Dang Mike, For $450 I would have spliced that cable back together! put some tape around it and your back in business.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and videos. Still the perfect mix of interesting and entertaining. Was great seeing the kids supervising.
Don’t know if you follow wranglerstar, he just paid a similar amount for the cable to hook up his snowblower to his skid steer. Apologized to his viewers for taking the easy way out and not just finding the proper plug for the end of his cable. Have to wonder if you could of sold him your broken cable to salvage.
Wishing you and your family the best and a Merry Christmas.
Thank you, you too
For a special funnel for the oil fill on the Kubota try cutting the top off of an empty oil jug.
The AMI 'rock rake' machine really appears a well built unit. Well thought out & surely tested. Best thing is it's served you well. I'll say 'maybe' an empty paper towel tube may work where the grease comes out to lessen the mess - think so? Getting that track back on gives new meaning to, "I Love it when a Plan Comes Together"! Nice job 'gentlemen'! With thanks. Sonny
For the air controls on your overhead crane it might just be a stuck valve inside the valve body.
We use a lot of lift assists at work and the up/down switches get stuck. One of the very knowledgeable maintenance guys would remove the airline and add some pneumatic oil and with the airline back on cycle the valves. It might help free up the stuck valve and stop flowing air causing the hoist to raise up.
Could be worse. At least you have a nice dry workshop to replace the idler in. I had to do my last one out in the mud!
True
Those power cords are ridiculously expensive. one of the guys broke the one for the skid steer plow a few years ago but he broke the connector to the machine too and it was like $700 total. That def. hurts.
If those don't last ether. Maybe use an old roll of conveyor layered. Would probably last much much longer.👈😉👍What cost $488 was the large connector. I would really keep the old one just in case the new one ever gets smashed.
for those rubber pads on rake, it would be nice to have a right angle impact wrench? ... see them used a lot in the automotive world ... a lil pricey but cheaper than that cord replacement ... chuckles
Boy, Mr. Melinial was sure tossing some big words concerning the new "material"..... I watched this last week and missed his loquaciousness.
Dirt Perfect makes mistakes! Never! Just proves you are human. Another interesting Video.
think jcb 3TS. the door on the side alone is almost worth the price of admission, though that is a high price, man! the tele-boom part, well it could be useful when LT is up a rolling.
jcb could make it a bit bigger with a 350 hp engine, what's 2 extra feet, so us tall folks can stretch out our legs and feet. everybody can use more ponies. put a mulch head on that bad boy, we are talking no need to burn and in a year you've got some pretty good soil, even if you are just mulching the cleared stuff.
On the ruckus rake next time the rubbers go bad use old mud-flaps 3-4 together saves a few bucks & might last longer !
Ah, the orange peril..... for the oil filler, use a funnel with a piece of hose joined to it, that will get you into difficult to pour spots 👍
Rake seems to be an indispensable piece of equipment for you, I dare say you are not the first and not the last person to remove a cable without disconnecting it first 🤦♂️🤷♂️😂
Hey Matt it is just like when Aaron is there you guys do the work Mike stands there
Which reminds me, what's the difference between a oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?
The taste! 😆😅🤣
Do you a piece of Hose pipe and a funnel and put the piece of Hose pipe on the end of a funnel and then it will reach just a suggestion
Not the point
Man your hard to work for !!! " forward backeard forward backward up down up down forward backward ha ha ha 😂 I need one of them power rakes!!!! I'll take a lottery win too please !!!!
Hopefully those new flaps will withstand the “taste” of time! - lol
Deke is a good boy. Reminds me of my old Maggie.
Another awesome shop video. Don't worry Michael, if it wasn't you who tore the cable, someone else would have 🙂
Great video Michael
Thanks buddy
Mike, have you consider using a tie to tie the ruckus rake power cord to one of the hoses. That will guarantee that you will always have the power cord out of the way (Or a memory thing). BTW: You are audio slacking. I think you missed a Millennial "F" bomb! I will not tell, besides, who reads comments these days! 🤣🤣
Heeeeyyy DP & Mr. Millennial, the wrapping at 24:00 isn’t to protect the pulley, it to protect other items in shipping from the pulley. T or T aTodd, this is your only break, Ha Ha Ha!
That slot goes to the inside bud check out you replay
Grease gun cracked housing.....JB Weld baby!
1:29 I am siittin here wondering...
SELF.... I wonder if he sends the LAKKIES errr MINIONS in that whole errr hole in the back corner of that thing EVERY SINGLE TIME IT COMES IN to help make less mess when it comes in needin something done THERE???? :)
then it's like SELF... really???
Being a person with ADHD I can safely say.... "Patience is a virtue"??? NO! "Patience is a Virgin. It has NEVER been tried." I plan on keeping it that way. lol. All kidding aside. Aesop's Fables, Tortoise and the Hare, means exactly this. Slow and steady IS the best way of winning the race....and not losing a limb in the process. Great video.
Dp, you should WRAP that Electrical wire around one of the hydraulic hoses as it might just help you with that $488.00 mitsake? Why didn't you klean out the tracks when you had the track off?
What I was told at the Kubota dealer about the oil fill cap. It was designed to be serviced at a shop that has the oil fill hose with the ? looking nozzle on it. Not with a jug of oil and a funnel.
I point exactly wtf
Mike , my OCD kicked in again . The ruckus rake is still missing a bolt on the hose cover on the right side .
You don't know anything. Kubota HAD to put that filler neck where it is - otherwise the mahoosive oversized S-bend pipe would rub on it hahaha
Oh and the electrical connection - that is a let down after seeing the build quility of the metal fabrication - the electrical connections could be fixed closer to the junction box and the flexible bit would be much shorter!
HELLO MIKE AND MATT ITS IS RANDY AND I LIKE U VIDEO IS COOL THANKS MIKE FRIENDS RANDY
lol engineering says 'oh those'll NEVER wear out' and the guy who buys it and puts 150 hrs. on it says 'engineers are idiots!'.
What i love so much about your channel, as well as #letsdig18 , #southernhomesteadtransformation, #captainkleeman, and #andrewcamarata is that you almost never hear cussing, whichis rare among heavy equipment operators. I could sitand watch this with my grandchildren and wouldnt have to worry about it
Thanks appreciate that
I could be wrong if pull roller out a flip it notch will be down
Get rid of that cheap utility knife! Lol Those things are dangerous and annoying! Nice save Mr millennial! You almost had it out!
Hey the wrapper was on their phone and lost track of what they were doing. 😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍
To compress the tension cylinder could you put a block of wood between the track and the idler and run the track around
Good companies aren't perfect. They test and test, but there no better test than the real world customer test. Only time and customer feed back will weed out the bugs and engineering issues. It's the bad companies that you have to worry about. Those who have continues recalls and product failures that never improve and repeat the cycle with every new product and model. All they care about is pushing a product faster than the competitor at the expense of the consumer. Fortunately AMI is a good company and they listen to their customers based on real world use and issues.
Mr Millennial we are aware the nut wasn't playing nice. Mike generally doesn't. Lol God bless
I wonder if you were to grind the crack in the grease gun and put JB weld on it, if it might hold? Or let MBTS put hot aluminum on it.. 😁
Too funny, Mr NYA Millennial knows if he doesn’t correct you one time, you got him.
Take the cord and wrap the coil part around your hydraulic hose about four or five wraps that way the cord is always right there at the plug and not hanging where it can be damaged.
That will also make it really difficult (not impossible) to forget to undo the electrical when you remove the attachment which is what I originally thought DP did to violently tear the cable apart.
Things happens even though it cost you money we all ain't perfect even though we try to be but it's all good I remember when you got that roller and use thinking about getting it in you got it that's good on the front of that machine for sure well least now you got the parts replaced it should run very well for next summer meant to say rake but you know what I meant when they pack that roller at least they packed it least you didn't get damaged that's good on your part well at least you got it fixed now it looks good wanted to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas I hear a lot of people's been getting sick out there because of the weather will you take care and God bless🙏👍
They have to wrap them so they don't get broken. They're made from Chinet! 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆
Always enjoy your videos, Am I the only one that wonders why you didn't clean all the dirt off the under carriage before you put the track back on?
Cover
That in a upcoming video find that a complete wast of time
You might want to think about painting the Kubota the same green as Lt Dan? I think it would be awesome. Great job on the videos. Thanks
Only $400? Those connectors alone can be twice that, easily... And that engine is likely used in a dozen other applications where the oil fill is in the perfect spot, too expensive for engineering to maintain a separate configuration...
Ok
Were the heck was your safety blocks if u knock that jack outta there u gonna be one hurtin fella or worse just sayin never not use blocks for your safety under the machine safety safety safety remember your kids need u to...
lookin' good, keep safe...
Looked through some comments isn’t there a bolt missing on the other side of the rake also!! Where you thought the other side was broken off??
Nice his overdramatic explanation of the cord being broke is gonna be fodder for a class act ribbing when he rips it in half.
I’ve done dumb things like that power cord before. It’s frustrating and you just wanna kick your own a**!
Well heck if you only reviewed the video you would have seen how you flipped that idler after you got it out and now the new one is upside down. Shouldn't have just said it make no sense with out giving it a second thought.
You gotta love antiseize. One little smudge will be half way across the shop in no time.
Capn kleeman said write click by the connector so that doesn’t happen.
Next time u have to raise the skid steer get a good size wood block put it under the back and use the boom to raise the front and it will pick up the back
Hey where is our little buddy ( TMBTS ) ? We miss him and you together …
You know if you flipped the idler 180 deg the pegs would still be at the back but the slot would face down
Missing a bolt on the right side of the power rake
Was 🤷♂️
28:30 There's definitely a joke in there somewhere. Two guys needed to find a hole.
16:48 end bolt for the right guard missing 43:00 still missing that cover bolt on the right side ! good video !
When isn't it expensive lol, gotta love breakdowns and oopsies! Love watching the videos though, actually seeing how things are put together, the work/time it takes, how things work, and sometimes what it costs. I think what I like the most is you all have the ability to find the humor in it all. I'm sure there are times you have to step back and take a breath first but you are able to and thats what matters.
Eric you are so right in what you say and the expense must be over whelming at times but credit where it's due i have never seen him skimp on repairs or maintenance jobs Cheers
@WALL BAWDEN You are absolutely right. They go all out and make sure it's something that will last and its back to the drawing board if it doesn't. What i love is everything they come up with is unique and it fits their needs. Its not the same ol replacing oem stuff to just get by until it goes out again.
If you had reviewed the video at 21.28 you would see that the slots are down. Flipping the wheel over 180 degrees would put the slots on the bottom.
There is a reason
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Use a pipe in the sprocket then roll backwards
Very hard on the track will pass
Forgot the replacement side bolt on the angled shield on the right hand side of the rake.
No sir did not thanks
Wouldn't this be a great time to clean that mud out of there? 🤔🤔🤔🤯🤯🤯
Love the Ruckus Rake. Does a mighty fine job. Even better, now that it's repaired from usage.
Mike in stead of them inch pins that are on top of the rake get your self some nap pins like are on the 3 point hitch pins. The ones that snap on you damn fingers lol
Gunner could use that wrapping and dress up as Raden next Halloween 😂
Congratulations on the 100k subscribers 👍🏻
Thanks
Might want to put a small chain ⛓️ to slide the clip through before you lose them and might want to put a zerk fitting to keep them lubed
why did you grease it before putting the track on ? that just makes it harder
The price for that plug would buy a bunch of mirrors.
hahahaha, im watching this, and on facebook a pic pops up of a jd 120 setting trusses with a jib pole that looks like yours setting trusses i had to think for a sec, strike that the counter weight has more paint, does look to be about the same age as your 120 same appearance.
im teasing about the paint, i see a guy use the counter weight to break a tree that was about 8 feet tall. i was like wtf
Take the smoke wrench to those old pins .
No need for that
The idlers on a John Deere are hollow so Kubota it built better than John junk.
Way past time for a JD 333G Kubota upgrade.