I must commend you on explaining all your processes. I am retired as a welder from the Union Pacific R.R. bridge construction department. For 40 years my brother and i were like the swat team when they had a bridge emergency. Nice to see a fellow welder that takes pride in the work you do. Excellent Job.
Eddie, with how big the U.P. has gotten, they must have had you and your brother zipping all over the system! Did you ever manage to get any time at home or have a quiet week? Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 We have a lot of low railway bridges in Melbourne and over the years they have been protected by heavy duty protection beams. Even with warning signs trucks still hit the beams. Montague Street in South Melbourne is notorious for being struck in spite of all the warning signs and dangle fingers.
Greg, love your explanations of how/why things fail and the engineering behind improving it. The welding isn't bad either. 🤣 Thanks for bringing us along!
Some issue could be the fact it's a D9 blade on a D10. Very easy to tell with the cushion blades, twin cushions are D9, tripple cushions D10 and 4 cushions D11.
MAATE. Im starting into this profession in my 30's couple years done of my apprenticeship here in Australia. Where I am working now this kind of repair is a lot more common, I will be watching a lot more of your content to learn from. Just a mint job mate.
It has been a long time since I work on a cushen blade. I remember back in the day, replacing big giant rubber blocks mounted between the bump stops. That kept the blade from bottoming out on the spring rods. The style of the blade looks the same, but maybe things have changed. Great job on the repair, looks like they'll rip the floors out of the scapers before they tear up that repair!!!
im not a welder or a heavy equipment operator.... however, i came across your channel the other day and found it very interesting to watch ... thank you .... i liked the way you explained what your doing and why ... nice work sir .
I'm glad I watched this three weeks ago! My Moose 50" snow plow had to be repaired like this,welding the 3/16 doubler on today. I boxed in the chinzy angle and reinforced the whole mess.
When i use to install root rakes, we welded a 1/2" plate onto what we believed was 1/4" plate behind the dozer blade. Then we welded the 1" thick brackets onto the 1/2" plate. Make sure to burn hot enough to fuse good.
Great video, really appreciate specs on wire and gas; Kurtis at Cutting Edge Engineering does this too and I think it makes a difference to those of us interested in improving our own skills ( I’m a farmer and tend to weld “accordingly” 😂)
Yes totally agree I wish people would talk more about that stuff and why you did it that way even the different types of metal and why you used it I'm in Ireland and trying to build my own business I was a mig welder for 10 years but I'm mad to go mobile on my own so I love your work and would love to no what all tools I need to go mobile like the size of welder and compressor to be able to plasma cut and air ark like you can on site 👌💪
Greg, I would gladly pay to see your heavy equipment antics on the big screen of any movie theater! 🤣😎🤙🏼. THANK YOU for sharing your experiences with us! Great content, and completely educational and entertaining for me!
You are right about the force is towards the D10, compressing the springs and only goes the other way if pulling on something. But during normal use when the pusher D10 backs off and reconnects or changes speed or they hit uneven ground... the springs allow for that change in pressure. That change in pressure may still cause oil canning of your brackets/plate due to the compression spring's relaxing force. Not sure. Doesn't matter. Going back to my beer anyway. Good job as always.
Awake and dealing with aftermath of a microburst storm when some heavy weld repair appears. Just what I needed to settle me down - creative problem solving and sparks!
I just watched CEE they’re reworking a D8 blade & then here you are. I C weld, a couple weeks ago Issac got a new plasma cutter with a long handle, you might could use 1 yourself. Thank you Sir for the video.
Just found your channel and I really appreciate your work. Keeping the things that keep this country moving moving. Must admit I was a bit disappointed when there was no yellow paint at the end :(
Beautiful work my friend. I have seen CAT use thinner steel probably in an effort to save money I am guessing..So many heavy pieces of equipment need reinforcing and rewelding in reality even when new.
Limited knowledge here but you have to wonder why the last repair wasn’t done more like yours? It just seems common sensical to tie in the roots like you did and have a 3/4 inch plate. Awesome vid, great description of everything, really enjoyed learning about those.
I would suggest removing the eyes from the top edges of the blade and providing something attached to the arms or low on the blade for them to attach to for pulling. You are correct that using this style of blade to pull with will cause it to fail.
Great video. Il be honest I hated Plasma cutters but bit the bullet and bought a newer unit and I love them now. I see no issues in cutting heavy plate, I just find it so much less hastle than cutting with Oxi Propane,
GREAT WORK 🤙🏼 thank you for sharing your everyday REAL world welding tasks, EVERY welder WILL experience cracked welds that they did and just need to get to it, do the repairs and MOVE ON! THANKS AGAIN for your no excuses attitude and sharing your content 🤙🏼.
According to other commenters the blade is actually designed for a smaller machine with less power. Its on a d10 which is about a 600 hp crawler when it's designed for d9 which is about a 450 hp crawler.
Like that dual shield, great deposition and for me hard to keep that proper electrode stick out. Get them worm holes! Pretty cool to see it on that machine. Thanks for the content.
The bores look pooched. Excellent workmanship. I am retired from a large steel mill as a fabricator/welder within a machine/fab shop. First thing I noted is none of our workers would touch that until it was sand blasted, (Unionized Workers). Secondly, everything we touched had a pre and post NDE inspection. I never agreed with the insistence of sandblasting everything.
Them tilt shock brackets are so close together the torque on them must be off the scale when the blades working. It's no great wonder they failed - any weakness there at all would get torn out fast.
When kids and Adults with goals in their life go to a movie theater to see how stuff is broken and fixed and they fill the theater seats, you will know the country is back on track with our industries.
Never be out of work.....Heavy equipment operators make sure of that...... years of experience on display.. perciate the video Hombre interesting musings stay healthy safe travels and always Carry a large caliber revolver for safety 🦺.
Cutting holes in the fill plate for a groove weld around the outside of the eyelets and welding them to the internal structure first then welding out the plate would be about as strong as you could get.
Kind of curious why you used the wire you used. If you could explain I would be grateful. I am old school and used rod on most of my equipment repair. Mostly 7018. 6010 for tacking. My final note. I not sure why you did not paint it. The difference from a professional look and just a job. I know it will not change the true quality of your repair except the quality job you did will look like true proffessional work. PS I think you did a great job. I just would have painted. Have a blessed day.
The wire I chose is almost exactly equivalent to 7018. I chose it because it’s stronger and faster. I was asked specifically to not paint it. I think so they can look for cracks.
@@OFW Thank you for your reply I sincerely appreciate it. I completely understand now why you did not paint. When working, the customer is always right. I am retired now and had just started playing with plasma cutters before when I retired. They look like they make your work easier, but as with anything looks are deceiving. I am sure your experiance helped. Experiance does not happen over night. I liked your thought process on reinforcing it and how you did it. Great job. Again thanks for the courtesy of explaining the wire type to and old guy. I guess once a welder always a welder. Thank you and have a very blessed evening, sincerely.
hi handsome I love your welds and your plasma cutter . could you take some time and talk about your tools of the trade in detail? explain why you use them and how your thoughts and practices from the "you used to use to what you use now." thanks
The inside gussets were welded before the outside plate was put on. The reason it failed was because thats where the cylinder mounts are and take the biggest beating.
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I must commend you on explaining all your processes. I am retired as a welder from the Union Pacific R.R. bridge construction department. For 40 years my brother and i were like the swat team when they had a bridge emergency. Nice to see a fellow welder that takes pride in the work you do. Excellent Job.
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Eddie, with how big the U.P. has gotten, they must have had you and your brother zipping all over the system! Did you ever manage to get any time at home or have a quiet week?
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
We have a lot of low railway bridges in Melbourne and over the years they have been protected by heavy duty protection beams. Even with warning signs trucks still hit the beams. Montague Street in South Melbourne is notorious for being struck in spite of all the warning signs and dangle fingers.
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I am able to clean pots & pans 😂Vivian Hyde 😅
Greg, love your explanations of how/why things fail and the engineering behind improving it. The welding isn't bad either. 🤣 Thanks for bringing us along!
Another “Better than when new”repair! Greg, once again I am impressed with your knowledge and skill level! Wonderful video, so keep ‘em coming!
Some issue could be the fact it's a D9 blade on a D10. Very easy to tell with the cushion blades, twin cushions are D9, tripple cushions D10 and 4 cushions D11.
It could be an early D10 which is what the D9 basically became
@@scubasteve7946 the D10 became the D11N
TS - 14 Terex , twin scrapers have their own (optional? ) cushioned push block .
clearly you didnt pay attention when he explained the blade
Was this person accurate re D9 blade on a D10… and thank you Sir for noticing and mentioning this
MAATE. Im starting into this profession in my 30's couple years done of my apprenticeship here in Australia. Where I am working now this kind of repair is a lot more common, I will be watching a lot more of your content to learn from. Just a mint job mate.
Greg, your work is second to none! Please keep the videos coming.
It has been a long time since I work on a cushen blade. I remember back in the day, replacing big giant rubber blocks mounted between the bump stops. That kept the blade from bottoming out on the spring rods. The style of the blade looks the same, but maybe things have changed. Great job on the repair, looks like they'll rip the floors out of the scapers before they tear up that repair!!!
I dont weld or work with big equipment, but I do enjoy watching a craftsman at his trade. you're gifted at what you do
And yet another fine job fixing the endless supply of broken earth movers...
im not a welder or a heavy equipment operator.... however, i came across your channel the other day and found it very interesting to watch ... thank you .... i liked the way you explained what your doing and why ... nice work sir .
Didn’t know there was a spring dampened blade for pushing earth movers on those dozers. Great video and once again thank you sharing with us!
I'm glad I watched this three weeks ago!
My Moose 50" snow plow had to be repaired like this,welding the 3/16 doubler on today. I boxed in the chinzy angle and reinforced the whole mess.
When i use to install root rakes, we welded a 1/2" plate onto what we believed was 1/4" plate behind the dozer blade. Then we welded the 1" thick brackets onto the 1/2" plate. Make sure to burn hot enough to fuse good.
2am in Nebraska cant sleep and a On Fire Welding video comes on How AWESOME is that !!! You had a sit down job for a while👍
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Great video, really appreciate specs on wire and gas; Kurtis at Cutting Edge Engineering does this too and I think it makes a difference to those of us interested in improving our own skills ( I’m a farmer and tend to weld “accordingly” 😂)
Me too.....🚜🇨🇦
Yes totally agree I wish people would talk more about that stuff and why you did it that way even the different types of metal and why you used it I'm in Ireland and trying to build my own business I was a mig welder for 10 years but I'm mad to go mobile on my own so I love your work and would love to no what all tools I need to go mobile like the size of welder and compressor to be able to plasma cut and air ark like you can on site 👌💪
"Young guys "
Greg,
I would gladly pay to see your heavy equipment antics on the big screen of any movie theater! 🤣😎🤙🏼. THANK YOU for sharing your experiences with us!
Great content, and completely educational and entertaining for me!
I love watching the big boy equipment getting fixed. Good filming.
You are right about the force is towards the D10, compressing the springs and only goes the other way if pulling on something. But during normal use when the pusher D10 backs off and reconnects or changes speed or they hit uneven ground... the springs allow for that change in pressure. That change in pressure may still cause oil canning of your brackets/plate due to the compression spring's relaxing force. Not sure. Doesn't matter. Going back to my beer anyway. Good job as always.
Awake and dealing with aftermath of a microburst storm when some heavy weld repair appears. Just what I needed to settle me down - creative problem solving and sparks!
Was literally just watching a vid on someone doin maintenance and repairs on an old D3 when this popped. Yeesss!!
Another master class.Thx fer giving us some engineering and welding repair.Makes understanding what is happening easier to grasp!
Austin for Pipe and fab, Greg for the repair of anything and everything under the sun to the gold standard!
I just watched CEE they’re reworking a D8 blade & then here you are.
I C weld, a couple weeks ago Issac got a new plasma cutter with a long handle, you might could use 1 yourself.
Thank you Sir for the video.
As Mr. Eddie said, you explain things very well. Thank you.
Good fix, I like the high speed then stop for explaining the plan. Good editing skills
Just found your channel and I really appreciate your work. Keeping the things that keep this country moving moving. Must admit I was a bit disappointed when there was no yellow paint at the end :(
I just finished watching D8 dozer blade repair by Cutting Edge engineer and now this one
Back when I was a kid (60 years ago) a local guy was under a paddle scraper on stands. It fell and cut off both of his legs. Gotta be careful
I just watched you service truck tour on the KW and I would love to see a full tour of your ram and a shop tour if possible. Keep up the good work
NICE TO SEE THAT YOU TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR CRAFT......NICE WORK THANKS FOR SHARING!
Nice fix that should last a lot longer then the original brackets excellent see ya on the next one 😊
Also I love love how you w rigorously honesty show us the viewers the results of your job. Balls of steel mi hombre👋😎😀
Beautiful work my friend. I have seen CAT use thinner steel probably in an effort to save money I am guessing..So many heavy pieces of equipment need reinforcing and rewelding in reality even when new.
Limited knowledge here but you have to wonder why the last repair wasn’t done more like yours? It just seems common sensical to tie in the roots like you did and have a 3/4 inch plate. Awesome vid, great description of everything, really enjoyed learning about those.
I would suggest removing the eyes from the top edges of the blade and providing something attached to the arms or low on the blade for them to attach to for pulling. You are correct that using this style of blade to pull with will cause it to fail.
Great video. Il be honest I hated Plasma cutters but bit the bullet and bought a newer unit and I love them now. I see no issues in cutting heavy plate, I just find it so much less hastle than cutting with Oxi Propane,
Can't imagine how long it would have taken to grind bevels in 3/4 inch steel plates. You definitely made the right choice with a cutting torch.
well its a good thing a youtuber gives the final approval lmao
Found your channel the other day.Great work on some tough jobs there.Straight forward super videos.
GREAT WORK 🤙🏼 thank you for sharing your everyday REAL world welding tasks, EVERY welder WILL experience cracked welds that they did and just need to get to it, do the repairs and MOVE ON! THANKS AGAIN for your no excuses attitude and sharing your content 🤙🏼.
Another great job completed you fix things when engineers and designers fail
According to other commenters the blade is actually designed for a smaller machine with less power. Its on a d10 which is about a 600 hp crawler when it's designed for d9 which is about a 450 hp crawler.
High stress environment for sure. Nice job.
Great fix ! I love to see your tasks. You are very good. thanks for sharing.
Every fix you do isn't the same, good repair done very well
When a guy knows his craft, he knows! Great job!
Glad to be Back Greg.......cheers from Florida, Paul
Great video thank you for your time documenting the job.
You have been doing this a while you saved this guy a ton of money great job I am sure you stay very busy
Great channel! Your knowledge is a joy to watch.
Gota luv the plasma cutter. My favorite tool. Lightning on demand
a weld thats cracked down the middle means a good weld but over loaded. A weld cracked around the edges means lack of fusion and or bad weld.
Like that dual shield, great deposition and for me hard to keep that proper electrode stick out. Get them worm holes! Pretty cool to see it on that machine. Thanks for the content.
Excellent info presentation of All Aspects of your Job !
The bores look pooched. Excellent workmanship. I am retired from a large steel mill as a fabricator/welder within a machine/fab shop. First thing I noted is none of our workers would touch that until it was sand blasted, (Unionized Workers).
Secondly, everything we touched had a pre and post NDE inspection. I never agreed with the insistence of sandblasting everything.
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Them tilt shock brackets are so close together the torque on them must be off the scale when the blades working. It's no great wonder they failed - any weakness there at all would get torn out fast.
When kids and Adults with goals in their life go to a movie theater to see how stuff is broken and fixed and they fill the theater seats, you will know the country is back on track with our industries.
I think you have a terrific show and I have never welded in my life , it is that your show is very interesting ,
Caterpillar has to be watching. , your diagnosis is so cool to watch
Coffees On!! That's morning coffees,,!Here we go!!;-)!!
Omg! Are you using the forklift as a table 😂😂 i get crucified by all the master welders on FB when I do that. Great work my friend
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You need a couple of quick setup canopy tents 😊😊
Looks like a very solid repair to me. Nice job!
Awesome work !!! I just didn’t see any pre-heating of your plate prior to you starting work!!?? Either way great job and thanks for sharing
A D10 push dozer. Great job again.
Great content. You excel in teaching. Thank you.
Never be out of work.....Heavy equipment operators make sure of that...... years of experience on display.. perciate the video Hombre interesting musings stay healthy safe travels and always Carry a large caliber revolver for safety 🦺.
Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing.
Hay have you been told your the shit lately....if not
Your the shit man your good dam good 👍🏼👍👍👍👍👍
Cutting holes in the fill plate for a groove weld around the outside of the eyelets and welding them to the internal structure first then welding out the plate would be about as strong as you could get.
Correct
That was some nice workmanship! I was wondering how you would line the bracket and pins backup after you cut them off. Nice work.
Great work again young man.
Nice job of understanding
Weak points and up grade
With thicker material
Very nice work being it was in a confined space for the final welds, a welding magician you are, keep the videos coming
Kind of curious why you used the wire you used. If you could explain I would be grateful. I am old school and used rod on most of my equipment repair. Mostly 7018. 6010 for tacking.
My final note. I not sure why you did not paint it. The difference from a professional look and just a job. I know it will not change the true quality of your repair except the quality job you did will look like true proffessional work.
PS I think you did a great job. I just would have painted. Have a blessed day.
The wire I chose is almost exactly equivalent to 7018. I chose it because it’s stronger and faster. I was asked specifically to not paint it. I think so they can look for cracks.
@@OFW Thank you for your reply I sincerely appreciate it. I completely understand now why you did not paint. When working, the customer is always right. I am retired now and had just started playing with plasma cutters before when I retired. They look like they make your work easier, but as with anything looks are deceiving. I am sure your experiance helped. Experiance does not happen over night. I liked your thought process on reinforcing it and how you did it. Great job. Again thanks for the courtesy of explaining the wire type to and old guy. I guess once a welder always a welder. Thank you and have a very blessed evening, sincerely.
Fantastic work as always thanks for sharing 🦘
Very talented guy. Thanks for the post.
They break em you fix em ! Lol Great job as always !
It warms my heart to know that I'm not the only one that uses a forklift as a work bench 😊
Cuts look damn good enough
Nice work again!
hi handsome I love your welds and your plasma cutter . could you take some time and talk about your tools of the trade in detail? explain why you use them and how your thoughts and practices from the "you used to use to what you use now." thanks
Great idea Greg!! Good job!!
Know nothing about welding but I watch anyways 🔥
Круто, дело мастера боится.
Awesome skills 👊🏻
Nice work, especially the plug weld. Do you use gas shield mig in outdoors situation or prefer flux core ?
That is genius using a magnet to hold the pipeliners cloud.
You best welding men 👏🙏👏
Excelente trabajo amigo!!
That blade, on that machine. It makes me think of "fat guy in a little coat"
bad ass. gettin it done brother keep it up
The inside gussets were welded before the outside plate was put on. The reason it failed was because thats where the cylinder mounts are and take the biggest beating.
Love your channel.
Nice Man👍👍👍👍Greetings from Russia
its a good cut you are good with tuch the plms
Good work
Nice work all Mig awesome job
Wow, great work where do you get your Caterpillar parts from.
Some awesome guy at Holt CAT!
Back again thank you for sharing