PC200 Undercarriage Replacement

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  • After about 7800 hrs, my undercarriage is getting tired. Rails are worn through to the pins, a couple rollers are seized, and everything else is close enough to done that I decided to replace it all. Along the way I got a few videos of a couple parts of the process. Wish I had gotten more footage, but I was on a timeline to get it done between jobs. The machine is a Komatsu PC200-6.

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  • @FlahertyEquipment
    @FlahertyEquipment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Chrome sockets on an impact you naughty young man

  • @netwonc
    @netwonc 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Worked at Texas Welding and Press in the 1960's and we did it much differently than you all did. Generational thing I guess. Lots of sledge hammer work with track press and welders on the job for rebuilding rollers, idler, replace/build up sprockets. A young man's game for sure. Thanks for the video.

  • @deyvidsalazar5831
    @deyvidsalazar5831 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was My first job man... So nice to watch and remember

    • @darnellvassar3959
      @darnellvassar3959 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Deyvid Salazar I’m learning, replace buckets and cylinders

  • @strangedays4
    @strangedays4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you're going to use a cutting torch then burn the nuts off so you don't damage the pads.
    Also try using a 1" impact wrench before cutting the bolts. I have a 250 Litre Air tank which suits the job.
    97% of the jobs I do my air gun loosens the bolts.
    I've got a 1" Aircat 1992 impact wrench that loosens 20mm bolts & slightly bigger diameters & a 3/4" 1770-XL for bolts 16mm & less.
    I have a guy that assists me & we usually do a Pad Swap(roughly 84 shoes), 2 new chains, 4 top rollers & 2 Sprockets in 8-9 hrs but we're non stop from start to finish excepting the occasional swig of much needed water.

  • @azteck62
    @azteck62 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Cut the music

  • @MrNacho1946
    @MrNacho1946 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Good clip, suddenly I had an attack of vertigo that caused me to stop watching it. And the music was cruciating.

  • @RogerBY
    @RogerBY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'm just curious why you're turning your videos into music videos ...look at the context of your videos music has no place.

  • @theotherfinnegan9955
    @theotherfinnegan9955 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    love the open air cab

    • @randyleonard4126
      @randyleonard4126 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You get a much better feel for the weather that way..😂😂

  • @BusisiweMasilela-i1t
    @BusisiweMasilela-i1t หลายเดือนก่อน

    Help with the procedure of installing full undercarriage

  • @cookiesservices4552
    @cookiesservices4552 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kelly nice video thanks for sharing was suggested to me by TH-cam must be the recent comments

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you stopped by. Thanks for putting up with the ridiculously shaky video, and the "terrible music"!

  • @mikeward2890
    @mikeward2890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting. Helpful info

  • @JM-ue7rd
    @JM-ue7rd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You need to fire the cameraman it would be nice if you would have actually showed us how to put these parts on.

  • @themechanickomatsu682
    @themechanickomatsu682 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice infomation ☺️☺️👍

  • @greggminkoff6733
    @greggminkoff6733 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a retired welder I have to tell you you need to go back to school and learn how to set up a torch.
    Your job would have been a lot easier had you set the torch up correctly.

  • @davidbagley1783
    @davidbagley1783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a 1989 PC 200..komatsu motor..grey market..Humboldt County California

  • @iancox8041
    @iancox8041 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    It's good but leave the music out

    • @jusb1066
      @jusb1066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i second that, music was beyond awful

    • @jqzIII
      @jqzIII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I turned it down.

    • @pavanatanaya
      @pavanatanaya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The sound of those treads rolling was music

    • @jeffryblackmon4846
      @jeffryblackmon4846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed- the video was very informative. The "music" was terrible and detracted from the content. I turned it off.

    • @andrenober8746
      @andrenober8746 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Halo

  • @BusisiweMasilela-i1t
    @BusisiweMasilela-i1t หลายเดือนก่อน

    How to install the idler

  • @alvinliu1966
    @alvinliu1966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We can supply with pumps,valves, motors, reducers, reducing boxes of CCHC brand,for your excavators, loaders and rollers,from Shandong China.

  • @oska592
    @oska592 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    She got some new shoes 💯

  • @paulthesoundguy1
    @paulthesoundguy1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Music is great........mount camera on a stand.....I got sea sick watching

  • @carlosantoniomolina4388
    @carlosantoniomolina4388 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me gusta..Mantenimiento y Operador Maquinarias Pesadas...gracias por la informacion.............

  • @maxglomm
    @maxglomm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    05:06 is there a reason that the mud is left there? So much work, Restauration, cleaning but why always only this partly cleaning?

  • @ronr7753
    @ronr7753 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where is the air greaser for track tension

  • @umarkaterega1098
    @umarkaterega1098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My komatsu pc 200lc_8nl has a totally hard start problem...what could be the reason.......I replaced with new injectors,new priming pump,and a new rail pressure sensor : right I got some change immediately but after a month the problem still persists.....I need help and advice please....thank you

  • @kerrysupporter
    @kerrysupporter 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video. When you pumped up the chain you left a lot of slack?

  • @timothyball3144
    @timothyball3144 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If ya like the music, turn up the volume, if you don't like the music, turn down the volume.
    My method is to pull the pads while at a comfortable working height, meaning while the rails are still on the tractor and stack the grouser side down. Cut the rails, replace the rollers, sprockets and drive gear. Roll the chain on, lightly sand off the paint from the rails and the pads that are grouser side down. Throw pads on at a comfortable working height and install 320 nuts and bolts.
    I have some tricks along the way but that's the basics.

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! That's some real world advice right there. Greatly appreciated!

    • @timothyball3144
      @timothyball3144 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen I forgot to add that I liked the way that you pulled the rails under. I usually just use another tractor or a truck but if nothing is available or space is limited I'll keep that idea in mind for next time. In fact, I think the next undercarriage I will do will be on another PC, but this will be a PC120. Stacking the pads on a pallet is really handy if you have a forklift available. Especially if you don't have a young buck around to do the lifting.

  • @maxfang18
    @maxfang18 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting video I like it.

  • @johnlim123
    @johnlim123 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many hours do you think this took you? Looks like 3 guys helped?

  • @fordnut4914
    @fordnut4914 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who cares how they did it the important thing is it's done and it's working.

  • @ednash9183
    @ednash9183 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didn’t you show how track was joined up with master pin

  • @Senkino5o
    @Senkino5o 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, I liked the video perfect or not, thanks a lot.

  • @JRBUISEXCAVATING
    @JRBUISEXCAVATING 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a 94 case 9020. I sold it with just under 10,000 hours with the original bottom, which was still serviceable.I also had a pc200-5 with 17,000 hours, it was on its second bottom when I sold it and still serviceable. A friend of mine has a 200-3 and a 200-6. He replaced just the chains at 13,000 hours. I'm surprised that your machine needs chains so early. Do you work in a lot of sand? Rock?

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, lots of hard ground and rock, and mud packing into the undercarriage. And lots of rain to make sure it rusts while it's not working too.

  • @billrey8221
    @billrey8221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Between the bad music and the poor camera work I had to look for something else. yuck

  • @mikebeta1796
    @mikebeta1796 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    good work

  • @benjaminwei1448
    @benjaminwei1448 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    donot cut surface nut of plat hurt the plat

  • @8068
    @8068 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Get rid of the music. It's terrible!.

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Try the mute button. It works great!

    • @8068
      @8068 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Removing the music is even better!

    • @8068
      @8068 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's a free world. Don't like it - move to China or Russia.

    • @parkerbirch9374
      @parkerbirch9374 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen WTF!!! That music is 100 times louder than your voice!!! Face it you fucked it up.

  • @kerrysupporter
    @kerrysupporter 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What did it cost.

  • @mhazel9551
    @mhazel9551 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    One question Kelly Klassen, how did you install the master link? Did you have to have a pin press to do it or anything.

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm trying to remember, but that part's a little vague in my mind! I see in the video that I've got a sledge hammer and also an air chisel. I'm guessing from my comment that "a little bit of brute force worked" that I probably tried the air chisel and then ended up pounding the pin with the big sledge hammer. They make big fancy specialized presses for pins that the big shops have. I seem to recall that I called a couple local smaller mobile service outfits to see if they had a press and if I could hire them to come do the links and they said they just used a sledge hammer.

  • @truthsmiles
    @truthsmiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was surprised you didn't replace the sprocket while you were at it. Or did you and I missed it?

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes and no you didn't miss it. I replaced the sprockets previously so it never made it to the video.

    • @truthsmiles
      @truthsmiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen Ah, makes sense! They looked to be in pretty decent shape so I wondered :-)

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@truthsmiles
      Yep, they were in pretty rough shape before!

  • @hadm639
    @hadm639 ปีที่แล้ว

  • @robcowley3137
    @robcowley3137 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    cut the grouser bolts chain side, chains going for scrap anyway, will save you a heap of time ant the grousers wont get damaged good work tho .

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Crap. Where were you guys BEFORE I started??!! Awesome advice, wish someone had told me that earlier.

    • @jqzIII
      @jqzIII 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      #TeamWork

    • @mhazel9551
      @mhazel9551 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I was thinking, woulda sucked if the guy running the torch would have cut into the grousers by accident..

    • @teabola
      @teabola ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen 5 years too late, but there are benefits to doing it both ways. By cutting the nut off, you save yourself a headache from gouging the tops of the pads with the torch. Downside to that is depending on how snug the shoulder of the bolt is against the chain and pad, it can be a pita to get the rest of the bolt out. Sometimes a half inch impact will be enough to just spin them out, otherwise you're in for lots of pad-beating.
      The nice thing about cutting the bolt heads instead of the nuts is that the pads come off super easy almost every single time. Few taps and it pops right off.
      It also might be worth looking into bringing your tracks to a track shop in the future. I know labour rates can be outrageous, but I have small tracks like these in and out (both sides) in 10 hours total. Makes it a whole lot easier when you have an electric wtc track torque wrench and bench in front of you + a skidsteer haha

  • @davidbagley1783
    @davidbagley1783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you hear music

  • @GusCowMiller
    @GusCowMiller 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would have tried rattling those pad bolts loose with a 1" drive impact before fuckin around torching them off, but oh well

    • @arnorhermannsson5493
      @arnorhermannsson5493 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      these bolts will never come loose no matter what u try. they did it right. no fucking around and cut theme right away.

    • @GusCowMiller
      @GusCowMiller 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you ever used a 1" impact? With a proper sized air line? Those pad bolts would come loose like fuck all

  • @vietucnguyen6144
    @vietucnguyen6144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pc 200-6

  • @jt9498
    @jt9498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Camera is all over the place! Very hard to watch! And lose the music!

  • @arkadybron1994
    @arkadybron1994 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most of it sadly is impossible to watch, even with the sound down. Shame, it looked as if it could have been quite interesting.

  • @danielginther4879
    @danielginther4879 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually the music was far better than most, especially that techno crap.

  • @bobmccann1886
    @bobmccann1886 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Talk about a shaky cam?

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry Bud, I work for a living and have bills to pay. The job comes first ALWAYS, videos second. I just thought I'd grab my phone and record a little while I did it. Before I started, I had done some looking around on youtube and didn't find much, so figured I'd post up whatever I managed to get.

    • @bobmccann1886
      @bobmccann1886 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      When we watchers become spoiled with a tripod camera and near perfect sound and such, then see a video that shakes, well it was a knee jerk reaction. by no means pay attention to my silly comment.

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL. No worries! There's some pretty amazing work going up on TH-cam for sure!!. One day I'll be rich and be able to hire a camera crew. For now, it's just little old me and my lousy phone camera!

  • @bpetnoi1472
    @bpetnoi1472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sorry but video is next to impossible to watch with camera mounted on someone head and POV changing faster than a hummingbird flitting around. Gave up watching and I really am interested in this type or work. Please use a tripod and back the camera back so we can see the job being done in full frame. OH yes the music just plain blows.

  • @iyasser777
    @iyasser777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    plllz what is Back ground music

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe I used Dark by Breaking Benjamin, and Countermeasures by London Six Echo

    • @iyasser777
      @iyasser777 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kelly Klassen 👍🏻thanxx

  • @Bushguyrocks
    @Bushguyrocks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Another video ruined by bad music. Unwatchable

    • @seandunne5238
      @seandunne5238 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      put some paint on thread of pad bolts keeps them tight god burn bolts on chane side and stand her up to get rollers off dont b killing u self

  • @davidk8184
    @davidk8184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The music is just awful!

  • @davidmorrison3100
    @davidmorrison3100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have a part number for the top rollers?

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For my machine, I believe it was carrier roller: 20Y-30-08030

    • @davidmorrison3100
      @davidmorrison3100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen thanks man

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidmorrison3100
      No prob, that was easier to look up than I thought it was going to be 😁

    • @davidmorrison3100
      @davidmorrison3100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ive been asking a price for a package like you got and no one can give me one. I have a grey marker machine but it’s still a pc200lc-6

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidmorrison3100
      Grey market shouldn't matter at all for a Komatsu. Sorry to hear you're having trouble. I am lucky I have a couple good suppliers that have taken good care of me even though I don't do a ton of volume. Where are you located?

  • @jaywillow3762
    @jaywillow3762 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SQUEAKINESS IS GONE. YOU HEAR THE MACHINE SQUEAKING WHEN IT'S MOVING ON OTHER VIDEOS AND THAT SQUEAKING IS METAL ON METAL WITH NO LUBE. PEOPLE WHO OPERATE EQUIPMENT DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, THEY THINK NORMAL WHEN THEY HEAR SQUEAKING.

  • @dannycrow4193
    @dannycrow4193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Cut the music...

  • @lisaburnett3368
    @lisaburnett3368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would have been lot more instructive with the camera on a solid stand. Instead of a head cam. Sorry.

  • @derush20032000
    @derush20032000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you can do without the music

  • @Mad.Man.Marine
    @Mad.Man.Marine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Doesn’t look like you guys cleaned the paint off the mating surface between the pads and chains? You will be retightening those pads a few times before they stay tight I bet

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, we didn't clean off any of the paint. Haven't had any problems though in a year and a half since we did it. That's a good point though.

    • @tadasg8155
      @tadasg8155 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mad Man Marine stop

    • @Mad.Man.Marine
      @Mad.Man.Marine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tadas G stop what?

    • @melaniew77msn
      @melaniew77msn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mad.Man.Marine Evidently you should stop giving good advice. I got lucky and learned that lesson on a cutting edge. I think I tightened it back up 3 times in 2 weeks before it stopped haunting me. It was on the loader of a backhoe so it was not hard to access. But it was still a valuable lesson learned!

    • @Mad.Man.Marine
      @Mad.Man.Marine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tdej80 ya. I’ve just always been told if you want it right and tight it needs to be metal on metal.

  • @bope1469
    @bope1469 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much did that cost

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I put about $30k (Canadian) into it

  • @bashengel8365
    @bashengel8365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    not the quickest way to do it.
    first cut the old chain and remove the track pads, then place the track pads on the new chain whilst on the ground leave 4 track pads off to assemble the chain on the excavator its way easier then doing it on the excavator

  • @kraigwolters2601
    @kraigwolters2601 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its better to cut the nut off on rail side so you dont mess up the shoes

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a great suggestion that a few people with way more experience than me have mentioned. Wish I had thought of that before

    • @kraigwolters2601
      @kraigwolters2601 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I work on tracks everyday. I learn from others and pass it on when i can.

  • @gilraine1225
    @gilraine1225 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    done that a few times now. cat 235, d5 and a hitachi EX100. track work is so fun. not

  • @user-ff3zl7ed4c
    @user-ff3zl7ed4c 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am from Iraq and I have experience in heavy equipment and would like to go to America. Can you help me?

  • @josephperkins4163
    @josephperkins4163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why do people add music to their videos? Just don't do it!

  • @mintumalithya1067
    @mintumalithya1067 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice hai bro

  • @kengrev11
    @kengrev11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    music toooooo loud ....

  • @johanmulderij6437
    @johanmulderij6437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    first timers i see after the guy holding the torch, cut the bolt, why damaged plates will come loose 100%, cut the nuts chain is scrap anyhow.

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Johan Mulderij
      That's a way better idea. Why didn't I think of that!? Next time... Thanks!

    • @johanmulderij6437
      @johanmulderij6437 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, did several chains, >50
      Also your chain lays on te wrong way, normal busing enters sprocket first, pin turns in busing save sprocket and lesser wear on your under carriage. know a lot had an old mechanic who learned me the ins and outs, now i even overhaul hydraulic pumps and diesels, work for a Liebherr service center

    • @killingoldgrowthsince
      @killingoldgrowthsince 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      One inch air gun is even better, faster and cheeper.

  • @Janne1Hirmu
    @Janne1Hirmu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Horrible music

  • @melaniew77msn
    @melaniew77msn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow you have caught a lot of shit! I used to be a heavy equipment mechanic blah blah blah. I did used to be a heavy equipment and everything you did was not perfect. But you were working on your own equipment to save a few bucks. At the end of the day the job is done and you have been using the machine without problems related to the work you did. People wonder why they roll up on videos where the comments have been disabled. If people want to give pointers it is great, but there is no reason to be rude or insulting!

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yah, no kidding!! For some reason everyone seems to think it's really important to share that they have a different taste in music, and that there's better ways to do things!
      This was my first undercarriage job and I was learning as I went. Before I started I did some searching and hardly found any videos on the process. As I was doing the job I grabbed my phone to grab a few clips for myself, more for my own records than anything. As an afterthought, I threw it up on TH-cam thinking that maybe someone else one day might get a bit of a handle on what's involved if they were searching for some info on the same.
      This isn't entertainment, it isn't an instructional video, I'm not telling anyone how to do this, I'm not telling anyone else they're doing their job wrong and that my way is better. I just threw a collection of crappy, jerky video clips together for a record of what's involved, and how I bumbled my way through the job and got it done. Oddly, this has become my most watched and most commented-on video. It's comical, really!
      Maybe someone can watch it and decide if this is something they want to tackle themselves or hire the job out (to a professional - there certainly seems to be a lot of them here on TH-cam!).
      So here's a thought for everyone else: If you've been doing this for years and know better ways to do things, instead of sitting on your butt behind your keyboard pounding out not-so-constructive criticism, take a video of the way YOU do it and post up. As I said, I was looking and didn't find much when I looked. I look at this an opportunity to learn, that's one of the best things about TH-cam. If a guy honestly wants to learn, there's almost no end to what he can find here. Just use your own head and take everything for what it's worth.
      Sorry to rant on your comment tdej80!!

    • @melaniew77msn
      @melaniew77msn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen Not a problem at all and no need to apologize we feel the same! Some of my friends are trying to get me to start a youtube channel. I might just share this video with them. What you are facing on this video is what is stopping me. I have more certifications in welding than most people have teeth, have worked as a mechanic on heavy equipment, do automotive repair at my own shop, change tires on tractors, semi trucks and heavy equipment, I have decent skills on manual machine tool, plumbing, electrical and appliance repair. I could share a lot with many but why do I want to slow down my working to record it just to spend time editing and posting to have keyboard commandos run my video down because I like Chris LeDoux and they don't? The world seems to love buffoons like chuckie2009 not men with real skills! Sorry for my rant, but it is nice to find someone who understands how you feel! Stay cool Brother.

    • @melaniew77msn
      @melaniew77msn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen After this I had to subscribe, you are spot on man!

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@melaniew77msn
      Hey, thick skin brother! You can't be here without it. Some people take this way too seriously! Lol.
      By all means, start a channel!! Sounds like you've been around the block, learned a thing or two, and have a lot to offer.
      I hold no extraordinary insight with this, many have observed that we have a huge demographic gap in the workforce. We have a lot of older, very skilled, very experienced, and very talented guys on the verge of retirement, and then a gap (that I identify myself in), and then whole pile of eager, young guys starting out with very few of us to generationally pass that baton to them and mentor them. In my industry (construction) I see a crisis of that whole accumulated collective knowledge base being snuffed out in 1 generation.
      In my day when I was graduating from high school there was a huge push to pursue higher education and get a degree. Honestly, that was my goal too and I never thought I'd end up in construction, but yet I did. Very few of my peers followed a "industry" or "trades" path. I consider myself lucky to have worked for and learned under masters. Others whom I worked for didn't teach me a thing about construction, but taught me immensely about HOW to work, and how to THINK at work, and how to LEARN. Talk about things that have been lost on a generation!!
      So now as a business owner, I take mentoring of my guys very seriously. I make very poor "business" decisions and "waste" a lot more time/money than I should mentoring kids that I'll never get a dime back out of because I'm passionate about this stuff. I'm very good at my job, and I'm always learning. I'm fortunate to have been blessed with people in my life to teach me, and I believe it's my honor and responsibility to pass that along.
      I'm not going to pretend for a second that I'm one of the masters in the area of machinery maintenance, nor was it my intention to make this into an instructional video. But maybe someone else can learn from my mistakes, and from some insightful tips from others here in the comments. At the very least I hope it inspires someone else to not be scared to jump into a project that they've never done before. Not blindly or stupidly, but jump in without being afraid to make mistakes and to learn from them.
      So long story to say, go for it! Start a channel, share what you've been blessed with, expect to be flamed, and continue on. To be honest, this video aside, most of the comments on my videos have actually been extremely positive. If this is something you've been thinking about starting, I'd like to really encourage you to do it.
      Oh, and Chris LeDoux is awesome and highly underrated, so don't let anyone give you crap for that either!

    • @melaniew77msn
      @melaniew77msn 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen I am not as old as my level of experience, I am 38 years old. I started working on everything young. We did not have any money when I was a kid. My Dad fixed everything of ours and stuff for other people to make a few extra dollars. Before I was 10 anything he was doing I was right in there helping. I am lucky my Dad is super smart and working together was how he chose to raise me. In today's modern world people would say my Dad is wrong. I don't feel like he was wrong, he passed his knowledge on. I am a Father and I know now how much he did for me. When ever you are teaching something while you do it that makes things go slower. My Dad is 65 and now sometimes he needs my help. It feels good to be able to pay him back. My Grandpa also taught me a lot not to mention we lived in a poor rural community. So there were a lot of friends and neighbors that were incredibly crafty at trades. You know you were raised right when for help you traded work with people. Where I work overtime comes and goes and being decently skilled at many trades has made me and mine a good living there. I will do any job my boss wants during the week so if the place is open on the weekend he finds ways to get me in. The Lord has blessed me in so many ways and I am grateful and thankful for it! When I was young lazy young was becoming a popular trend so many old timers would teach me just based on the fact that I would work. One friend of my Dad's welded for the gas company. I spent a lot of days earning some knowledge by working for it there.

  • @tyler1h23
    @tyler1h23 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!!! What are the background songs?

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tyler Henderson
      I believe I used Dark by Breaking Benjamin, and Countermeasures by London Six Echo

    • @blackdogexcavator21
      @blackdogexcavator21 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen I don't know why everyone is complaining about the music. I enjoyed it.

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blackdogexcavator21 Haha, thanks! Yah, you can't please everyone.

  • @Deere2154D
    @Deere2154D 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fuck all the bull shit about taking the bolts off this way or that with a torch. Buy a God damn impact. You get paid to work but why do it inefficiently and more costly?

  • @sejanqureshi3777
    @sejanqureshi3777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Contact details

  • @jamesfitzmaurice9829
    @jamesfitzmaurice9829 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid, music crap.

  • @andrewmaloney8246
    @andrewmaloney8246 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn’t take the paint off the track chain hello loose pads

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrew Maloney
      Yah, someone else mentioned that too. Almost 2 years later and zero issues.

    • @killingoldgrowthsince
      @killingoldgrowthsince 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellydklassen a jod worth doing is worth doing right.

    • @killingoldgrowthsince
      @killingoldgrowthsince 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pad bolts and nuts should be soaked in oil aswell.

  • @RAVIL_ADJI
    @RAVIL_ADJI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gk tau bhsa nya

  • @psicopatalucifer
    @psicopatalucifer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    music to fucking laud please no music . but thanks for make the video .

  • @dougerrn
    @dougerrn 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh gosh can you shake the camera a little move I almost vomited but I looked away just in time.

  • @marty0715yt
    @marty0715yt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Suggestion --Buy a pressure washer!!! And use it!!! You guys work on dirty shit and don't clean it before OR after?? Or are you sick of cleaning as it will just get dirty again?

  • @rubenfernandez2161
    @rubenfernandez2161 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    muy mala filmación...!!!!

  • @ayra_marzudic
    @ayra_marzudic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    good music

    • @kellydklassen
      @kellydklassen  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Finally! ONE person who doesn't think the music sucks! LoL!
      Thanks

  • @howellmiller428
    @howellmiller428 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Use a tripod. The camera movement is sickening/\

  • @tmcqueen7848
    @tmcqueen7848 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Video was OK, but the music is terrible!

  • @matthewchurch1320
    @matthewchurch1320 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's look's to me you guys did everthing the hard why if you just did 1 side at a time it would have been easier that way you could have just took a chain on the buck and hooked it to the new track chain and put it on the drive sprocket it would have been a lot faster that's just me

  • @deanl2427
    @deanl2427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had to stop watching, I got dizzy

  • @georgeharris2418
    @georgeharris2418 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lose the music

  • @jamesbolton2525
    @jamesbolton2525 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    bad camera man

  • @eduardolemus3328
    @eduardolemus3328 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Blablablabla

  • @DimagoDiesel
    @DimagoDiesel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You guys are all old and are making so many rookie mistakes lol... You said you did sprockets last year. Should've done the chains then. You never change one without the other, otherwise you're 100% going to have pre mature wear on your chain bushings. Always cut chain bolt nuts they're scrap anyways also just take one pad off and cut the chain. No need to be wasting time cutting out or beating out the master link pin when you're installing brand new chains with a new master and always clean eating surfaces new or old. Paint and rust creat let small gap which over time wears down and causes your bolts to loosen up and have the potential to snap, stretch or bend if not caught earlier enough.

    • @killingoldgrowthsince
      @killingoldgrowthsince 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can't trust a man who can't even get the terminology right. SMH

    • @davidbagley1783
      @davidbagley1783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome Taylor

    • @davidbagley1783
      @davidbagley1783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@killingoldgrowthsince ..pride cometh before the fall

  • @joandoe5688
    @joandoe5688 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When your video is so boring that you have to edit in hideous background music , you have failed and get a thumbs down every time.

  • @raincoast2396
    @raincoast2396 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please take a camera operation course. Shaky, herky, jerky, movements about made me puke. And oh ya, lose the crappy music.

  • @ProtonD1200
    @ProtonD1200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fucking Music.

  • @donaldpruett852
    @donaldpruett852 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kill the obnoxious music and make your video man stop tap dancing while filming. Hard to watch with him jumping all over the place. Tripods work well.

  • @bruce111owoo6
    @bruce111owoo6 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    痴咗綫咩~咁樣整法,人工唔洗錢,風煤唔洗錢,零件唔洗錢,合乎經濟原則嗎?從中國買PC2OO行機練一對,不用$2OOOO元全新練。轆仔$9OO元,頭轆$24OO元,行機牙$18OO元。

  • @otheusischirosathanatos1035
    @otheusischirosathanatos1035 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Terrible camera man

  • @maxcomrade8184
    @maxcomrade8184 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    good work but terrible video

  • @hrxy1
    @hrxy1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is that brainless shit you are listening to, unwatchable bye

  • @user-mt6bq8o
    @user-mt6bq8o ปีที่แล้ว

    Комментарий мало по делу! Одна музыка. Невпизду!