Building a temporary shop around my excavator
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- if you look the geese in the eye, they start to cause problems
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0:00 intro
1:52 laying track
4:45 modify top beam
7:45 adding a roof
9:45 paint and assembly
11:12 everything is sketchy
13:58 lining up tracks and installing stuff
16:05 running air line
17:20 putting up the roof - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Can you swap the casters out with a similar wheel that doesn't swivel, or pin the ones you have so they don't spin around? Might make your life a lot easier. Looks awesome though, it's going to make your life a lot easier, for sure.
Yeah I will swap them out if they cause too much trouble. I'll try it out for while before spending the money though.
@@PacificNorthwestHillbilly can probably also put a bead of weld on them
Just tack weld the casters straight so they can't spin. No money spent!
@@sweetmatthew662 - I am a fan of the spend no money approach lol
Maybe install a section of light angle iron or even wood between the casters and clamp to each caster so they will not turn. Easy to install and remove when needed.
"Slightly abused...", "relocating them to another plane of existence..." A minute into the video I was already laughing.. thanks for that! Good job on the shop/shelter! Sketchy sometimes works out!
If ground squirrels are the same as chipmunks, the other plane of existence should be filling up with the little B&@=a#!s. Great videos
I about died at the "different plane of existence"
Your innovation is to be admired. An old general once said “you go to war with the army you have, not what you wish you had “. You encourage others to find workarounds for a one-off project.
Great job, loved the supervising Geese 😂 & your sheppard Charlie, he is a beautiful dog . 👍
Charlie is a good helper hound. Love the safety inspector geese
If you are worried about wind, just attach your winch to the excavator and tighten it up a bit. The gantry won't move, you may lose your tarp, maybe even a light, but they would be easy to replace compared to the rest. Good Luck!
Dude, when you're not using the rig, just attach the chainfall to the excavator and take up the slack and the wind aint taking that thing anywhere.........
... looks up in sky and sees excavator flying south for winter...
I like your ingenuity, necessity is really the mother of invention.
Consider locking the casters so they don’t swivel by drilling & bolting a piece of small angle iron tightly beside each caster wheel yoke. Or drill/tap/bolt the yoke to the caster base from underneath if there’s room. There’s probably a dozen ways to lock the swivel. Thanks for taking the extra time and effort to show us your projects. I really appreciate it.
Dog, geese and spacey music. Best video today!!
I was surprised your geese are so friendly. My experience with geese is they are prone to biting and flogging with their wings. You did a good job taming them.
I recently had to relocate a groundhog to another plane of existence, so I feel your pain.
Do read the description.
@@0MoTheG *sigh
My name is Arthur, I am an American of Mexican ancestry, been following you for quite some time!! I've been married 41 years to a "Spaulding''. My wife and 4 boys use the term of endearment "PE-PE" for me. When I DIY as you did this awesome gantry on wheels, (which my wife happened to see whilst I was watching this content), she said ''HEY, HE DID A PEPE" special'' LOL.
Geese were looking after your sketchiness….. 😉 top 70s tunes at the end!
I don't think the castor needs to spin. Yeah, it's helpful but fixed castors don't spin. It will roll back and forth just fine.
Thank you so much for putting the extra time in to film this stuff. I've been especially loving the bulldozer series having watched every episode. I've learned tons from you - what to do and what not to do ;)
Man you’re def a man of the “make shit happen” club, it’s always a great feeling knowing the sketchiness paid off! Lol keep up the great videos man!
Great video 👍🏻 As someone that’s operated the same model and bigger of excavators, those swing motors are constantly leaking gear oil!
A suggestion out of safety while transporting turbocharged equipment- tape the exhaust pipe to prevent a rare, yet possible situation of the turbo being spun. This happens from air flow while being transported and since the motor isn’t running, it will not be getting oil to the bearings. Call it cheap insurance. It took 1 time for a boss of mine to learn this rule during transportation and we did it ever since.
Lots of folks have dogs that try to help with whatever they're doing but helpful geese is a new one on me. You, or Charlie, trained them well.😁👌
Thanks for being one of the few TH-camrs that actually use some sort of oil when drilling instead of WD40.
Very cool idea! Thanks for sharing! You could tie a rope to each post on the gantry and pull on both at the same time in the direction you want the gantry.
I feel your paint about the weather! This is probably the coldest and wetest spring we had in a long time in OR.
That Hillbilly ingenuity works again!
Get yourself a squirrelinator they really work. Enjoying your videos.
Charlie is a great supervisor!
A lot of nice work, but I am going to join the Greek Chorus on the casters: 'You should pin the casters straight, or your hubris will find you.'
As you mentioned. you have a very good sail at the top of the gantry. You might want to guy the corners of the frame down to the gantry legs, and also make some provisions to secure each leg to the ground - else you may find your gantry in the field after a good wind. Alternatively, you could slot the tarp and sew on flaps over the slots to create vents to spill the wind. It's when things 'probably won't happen' that disaster strikes, in my experience 😁
The animals make this video hilarious!!! Seriously this is fantastic.
Charlie is such a good helper. He needs a bonus in treats :)
Great work.
It's only "sketchy" if it falls.
Great job of doing the job by yourself.
I’m an old used up blade hand, and I’m envious of your project
Hey Matt
For what it is and will be used for there's not a thing wrong with your set up. The only change I would make is to put a tack weld on the casters so the run straight. Use a straight edge from caster to caster for alignment. Something to do now instead if later.
Other thing is there's not one of us who hasn't done some sketchy things because we had no help and needed to get after it.
If you aren't in the obits next day, it's a win!
That's a perfectly acceptable Hillbilly setup. Should work jus fine.
Charlie is such a sweet pup. She loves hanging out with you.
Harbor freight has straight non swivel casters for pretty cheap I would 100% spend the little bit of money and make your job easier and safer!!
Great job, man! Thanks for filming sharing so much!
I like how your dog looks at you thinking, what is that crazy human doing now.
Love your helper!!! I miss my dog!!
A thought for moving the gantry. Take some of your 2x6s attach them together as a "U" shape, drill a hole in the ends, and attach them to the bases of the gantry. That would allow you to push both sides at the same time, and by using pins, you can just pull them, and move around to the other side of the excavator when you need to go father then the boards will reach from the back. Quick and dirty, and the boards would be useable afterwards.
Looks legit. Should work out just fine. Good idea! 👍
Try making the casters ridged they only need too swivel if you are going in all directions. Good Chanel.
Matt, again always impressed with your ability doing your projects, all the best in your future projects.
Might it work better to replace the swivel casters with straight ones rather than giving the swivels more freedom?
Wow your boss supervising and your coworkers being nosey. Lol like you dozer build congrats as it's on starting it. You are a true engineer thanks for sharing.
For pushing/pulling the gantry around, the easiest thing I can think of is attaching a rope or chain to either side. Long enough so that you can pull on both of them at the same time. Once you‘re done you can just put them out of the way. Maybe add some hook to each side of the gantry where you can hang the rope.
You could also use two long pipes which would allow you to both push and pull. However, they‘d need to be really long and thus both heavy and probably annoying to have laying around.
Give it a year in watch your channel explode. You do a great job capturing the meat and potatoes on labor intensive work. Love what you're doing makes me want to buy an old jd 450c dozer sitting down the road and restore it!
I have installed a piece of I-beam to the inside of my bucket on my old massey 165 and attach my chain hoist to it to raise and increase the height of the lift on my bucket to install 2 3/8" drill stem when building my 16 ft high RV Shed. After I am through I grind off my welds in the bucket and it is all back to normal. Safer and easier when I am lift and setting metal by myself.
I like the setup. Very cool
Making it happen. Thanks for sharing. Frustrating waiting on parts. Stay safe
Enjoyed ur cover build and ur channel.
Love your dog what a faithful friend.
when you drill holes in metal. drill a pilot hole like 1/8" first. the bigger the drill diameter the larger the chisel area, which DOES NOT CUT. which is why u gotta push so hard. you dont need oil on that a36 steel, just put the drill in low and give it about half speed. push as hard as you can. i drill and tap hundreds of holes a day in mild steel with nothing more than a dewalt a spiral tap and 2 drills. even goin to a 1/4" i pilot hole first. saves bits. saves time.
Matt -- It should work. I worked for a construction contractor in the late 70's that was the dedicated contractor at the FMC Corp. Plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where they built massive tracked excavators and cranes. They had these huge overhead gantry cranes and if I remember right they were rated at 50 tons. They had a little cage on one end of the crane where an operator sat and ran the crane and that was all he did for his whole shift day in and day out. That crane could lift a whole excavator and move it and those excavators were huge and heavy with big Detroit diesels that I loved to listen to when they cranked them up. BTW, that was so funny about those geese. I think I have heard before that you never want to look a goose in the eye as they will take it as a challenge. LOL.
After any work session hook your chain fall back to the machine and take slack up, would keep the tarp sail from causing any movement/ tipping.
If you are worried that the crane will blow over, attach the hook to the excavator and put a little tension on the chain. This will hold it down when it is unattended.
Looks good! Great idea!
thanks for the videos have fun
"Relocate them to a different plane of existence..." Hilarious! You have a keen sense of humor. Looking forward to those dozer parts arriving.
Good to see Charlie !
Perhaps secure the verticals of the gantry to the dozer tracks ; Just in case the wind comes along.
Two thoughts:
1) For the caster wheel guides, what if you cut a 45 degree bevel on the inside so the caster can rotate?
2) Why not attach a rope or chain to both sides of the gantry so you can pull both sides at the same time instead of pushing one side and then the other?
my thoughts exactly on the gantry movement!
i agree with the rope/chain to pull the gantry evenly which would reduce chance of wheels swivelling but the 45 cut i wouldnt do just because it would barely help and take time to do. a swivel caster should run path of least resistance generally but you always get one that wants to do its own thing
Yep. I was thinking same. Black pipe with brackets on wood rails and couple 90degree tacked on for crank on new gravel side and rope or light cable to wind up/out(to same crank on other end wooden rail). I’ll probably see this in next vid I watch! Haha😂
Looks great
10:50 rotating casters - or you could get two more fixed casters which is really all you need. Rotating casters are for when it isn't in a track.
May want to replace the swivel casters with fixed ones for this job. No need to swivel and it will make moving back and forth much easier. Another option are v groove caster wheels and a bed of inverted angle for a track
Pretty cool setup I could use it a bunch
What a great side project, love the farm animals.
thanks for the update
love your barn
You can always get hard metal roller wheels for the bottom rollers that do not swivel and save the swiveling rollers for when you move it inside.
That’s an interesting way to use a spirit level 😂😂
Suggest a handful of dryer sheets (those that you would put in a laundry dryer), also “irish spring” soap shavings in a mesh bag(s) hanging in and around the floor of the cabin, and engine compartment…, seems to ward off those critters pretty well…, that’s “an old Indian trick” I learned.
Also, look up gentleman on Salem, Or., Craigslist, has a couple of John Deere brand and models that he is parting out…, might have some parts & pieces that would fit your unit.
I had a similar issue on a set of casters I used on a rig I built to move pre-built stud walls. I just used short pieces of 1" x 1/8" strap and welded them from the caster base to the swivel body. That stop the caster trying to spin on me. Later, i needed them to spin so I was able to cut off the pieces I welded on and let the casters go back to swivel type.
Good going! I get a little sketchy myself at times, and I can't cast any stones! You have a lot of animals watching you work! We don't have ground squirrels around here, but we have plenty of tree rats. I've dispatched quite a few.....
You could ratchet strap the crane unit to the cab of the excavator to keep it from blowing away when you aren't moving it..
I was going to suggest tack welding the swivels but others suggested that. Were I younger I'd be ordering a gantry like yours. That is pretty nice rig. Your approach to problems is familiar but different to my own.
Great video, looking forward to the next dozer video. Thanks Matt…..
Two thoughts if you narrow the tracks you won't have to worry about the casters turning on you. it will roll backward without the casters turning around. two if you tie a rope to each side each end tied to an upright you can get in the middle front and pull the gantry without having to do each side.
After you explained about your tractor. I can see why you wanted to use that crane unit. I see them wonder about them. Kinda thought it maybe a little tipsy. I think if you replace your wood with closer together an or use a angle iron track those caster don't need to turn, an will move much better. I would also turn one caster on each side opposite each other too. But it's all trial an error to know what will work best..An the opposite to them on the other side too. But like you said it temporary. In my shop I just have a 24 ft I beam fixed in one place.
Does look good.. The extra longer beam was a good idea. Thanks for you idea an thought an showing you Idea with us....!!!!!!
Great job on the Shelter. I am wondering when you might get started on the bulldozer again. Love your dog. I had a White German Shepard for my son to play with when he was little.
Dozer is still the top priority, was just waiting for parts on it.
I suggest: get a few sheets of corrugated iron for the top and use the tarp vertical. They work well at shedding water vertically but hold rain and get more heavy and baggy as they fill.(tarp / plastic sheet). Just going by the amount of rain you appear to be seeing in your area. If the castors were just wheels you could push it by yourself. Work safe? It is a much longer process working alone but your standard of work is often much higher as a result . good luck !
Great idea!
Did something similar working under a truck. Put an AC unit shooting in, loosely covered each side with whatever I could find. Kept the temp and humidity at bay!
All the best Matt
I think Charlie really wants to help, especially now that the ground squirrels have turned into spirits, lol. You have enough common sense to override sketchy. Keep smilin
Tighten a chain hoist to the excavator, that will stop the wind from blowing your contraption away.
Matt, PEX is a reasonable quick and dirty choice but go for PEX-AL-PEX, which is PEX with an aluminum layer to add strength and a barrier. Use brass fittings with copper crimp rings from your big box store and you will be good for 300psi+ on a hot day. Standard PEX is for water systems and is only barely good for 100psi and that rating drops with heat. Pex-Al-Pex is used for radiant floors and will still be good for 300psi and is rated at that level for 50 years out of the UV of the sun. You might get away with regular pex but its barely good for 100psi and wont last nearly as long. The MaxAir and RapidAir is both made from the Pex-Al-Pex for just this reason. You can get a 100 meter (320') roll of 1/2" off Amazon for around $150. It can be buried direct in concrete or in the dirt and a 1/2" line will flow 20+ SCFM over 100' which most compressors cant keep up with. Good luck with all your projects. Thanks for sharing your videos. (Search on Amazon for B009A0ZLMS for an example of the stuff I used 7 years ago. Still works great and its ASTM certified)
Thanks for the info, I have a ton of fittings and crimp rings leftover from remodeling my house, I'll check out that piping.
Nice job. Love your videos
I used 1/2” Pex lines for my air system & it worked well. Much easier than rigid pipe & less expensive too.
Thats a very clever system you have there fixed wheels would make that bit better all the best with the project
I am continually impressed with your technical skills and ingenuity in solving problems. That said, I am concerned about your safety and, my opinion, my opinion, is that I think you need someone to help you. I really enjoy your videos.
Nice DIY channel. Impressive what he is able to do.
if your worried of the wind blow it away ..use handwintch to fix it in place.. :D
Don't you just hate when you are in the middle of a project and some goose comes by and criticizes your work.
I@15:50 - If you have a burlap or fabric bag, you can make a chain bag for that hoist. SV Seeker made a couple some time back for his yard boat project.
13:00.... "This is really dumb..." LOL, been there, done that. Watched your whole series on the dozer, really enjoyed it. Looking forward to watching this series as well.
Your Shepard is like mine. She brings me her ball to play anytime I am outside doing things outside. Too funny.
I don't think you have anything to worry about with the cylinders and turn motor, but lengthening the main span has downrated the capacity. And I would have taken the specification number with a grain of salt to start with.
For future endeavors consider inverted angle iron with steel V wheels (fencing and gate supply) they roll very smoothly. See svseeker's boat build for an idea of how easily they roll.
Practical, could be tied as to withstand storm. Fitted to add to inside shop after use. Seems well thought out to me. M.
I just swung by to see if you are still cookin! HOPE all is going well with you!
Yup still getting after it! Been waiting on a part to get machined, but very close to having the winch done and back on the Cat. Next video should be early to mid next week.
u got a lots of helpers there i see and great video!
I actually really like it!! The gantry looks super useful!! I got some big I beams I’m thinkin of making me one. Great vid can’t wait to see more videos on this excavator!!
Also like a lot of people have said replace the swivel wheels with ones that are fixed. Also get larger diameter wheels as they will roll easier with a load on them. Your back will thank you
I work with wire fed machines every day and am a degreed welding engineer. You should change that tip every 2-3 hours of welding and change the liner from the wire feeder to the torch every 100 hours. A good test to see if you need a new liner is to somewhat contort the torch in a position to weld in aka have some bend in the cable, unhook the drive roll and see how easy it is to pull the wire through the torch. More than 10lb of force and you need a new liner.
I'm just catching up but one thing I noticed is that shed roof seems to be pointing right at the top of the machine, where you were concerned about water intrusion because of lose fitting caps. If I had to guess, in a heavy down pour all that roof area is going to flood the top of the machine.
Yeah I'm still keeping buckets over all the places where water can get in until it's fixed!