If I had land in your area that needed work I would for sure give you a call. As a retired Electronic Engineer of 43 years in Silicon Valley, I appreciate the quality of your work.
Memories of being on car transporters with the ever present risk of a blown hose right at the point it made it impossible to continue loading or unloading. My special trick was to blow one, get that fixed and then have a second go bang on a different circuit two minutes after the fitter had left site :)
I always added stumps in the brush piles with the brush, started the fires, added a leaf blower at 1/2 power until the tank was emptied of gas. The fire's heat acts like a 'kiln' and consumes the brush and stumps in the first burn, which opens the job up for moving dirt/placing culverts. BUT all jobs are different, not all burns work the same as you know. Btw, when we started clearing at 7 AM we tried to have first brush pile burning by 10 AM....(a crew of 4)
Chris, I use to operate a 15 T Gallion Cherry Picker in New Orleans. One day the main ram blew out the bottom weld, the fitter grabbed an ark gouger and cut out the front half of the weld. The only fire was created when his ark blew into the molten steel and across the hydrolic fluid, that was leaking from the remaining crack at the bottom of the ram.
Replacing those ORFS O-rings when you change an ORFS hose is a good idea. A lot of times it isn't even the hose leaking but the o-ring has gone bad. From managing a hydraulic hose and fitting store in Charlotte, NC $200 seems a little steep to me for that hose even if you don't have an account wherever you obtained the replacement hose. Keep up the good work, love the videos.
And as usual you leave the project looking slick and clean. But leaving the machine broken for the night is not an option, atleast the hose can come off, no need to wait for 10 hours to do that... Just like always, it need to be ready for tomorrow, I can agree with that. Great job Chris.
After reading this video's title, I was worried in case the Hitachi suddenly became immobile with the bucket over the fire, or the screen too close, so glad it worked out OK. I'm guessing they design the hoses at the business end of the stick to be extra tough? It's not just exposure to heat, but trees and masonry pulling at them when clearing or doing demolition.
Chris just maybe the pressure hoses don't like the amount of heat you were subjecting them to. you were sticking them in, I could feel the heat from that fire and my home is in the UK. Cheers buddy love the vids keep the new volvo away as it will cost three times as much for new hoses.
I've often wondered if you could inject air into the center of the burn pile is that would speed up the burn. If you took a 20 foot pieces of steel pipe and stick one end into the center of the pile. Then attach some sort of fan on the other end.
I love these burn videos! I bet you would have really burnt them stumps up with the bucket flame thrower if that hose blew over the fire! Good thing it didn't! The ol Hitachi lives to work another day!!
Great Video Chris. I got to thinking that if that o-ring was that flat and crazed and getting hard then the one on the other side might be the same way! Not sure what the rest might look like. Just a thought that ran thru my mind is all. You do have some of the best videos on You Tube. Keep up the great work Chris.
I'm an old retired fart now. Had some experience on an excavator years ago. Never had a thumb. Cannot think of one reason to own an excavator without one after watching Chris. Amazing talent.
We call flat orings in the aerospace world "taking a set". Don't know why we just do. All the EHSV stuff we repair always gets new seals and orings regardless. They are tested and overhauled after so many flight hours. Yessir buddy that vaporized hydraulic fluid would have made a good flamethrower. That cleanup looks really good.........
With all of those piles of wood why not buying a woodchipper and use them for heating/generating electricity? Here in northern Italy whole mountain villages are heated via teleheating, burning woodchips out of town and distributing hot water through a dedicated piping
Chris do you have to get a burn permit for your clearing burns? it's so dry here we had to get a trailer mount air burner to beat the burn bans due to drought
Job is looking good. Why don't you grind up your remnants? I picked up a Bandit 3680 horizontal grinder at a Richie's bro. auction. It has been great for the 95 acres of woods have been clearing.
I don't know if that hydraulic line was still under pressure when you checked for leaks but please be very careful I would hate for you to be seriously injured due to hydraulic injection. AvE has a series on exactly that atm....scary stuff! Btw.....i'm no expert and have never and will never use an excavator, but good lord do you know how to move that thing precisely!! Awesome skills
Chris: Another super video. I check daily looking for a new one to enjoy. Keep them comin'! Any chance you will ever wear a mic? Sure would be nice to hear what your telling us. 🇨🇦
Robert Lee Murrer, Jr. they have their place, the problem is if they squashed in any way the wire acts like a cheese grater on the outer cover, then it leaves wire braid exposed, it’s starts to rust and KABOOM that’s the end of that hose. It does increase the abrasion resistance when it’s not crushed though. I prefer the plastic spiral wrap much more versatile 👍
@@matttom94 Yep same here...changing out to those plastic spirals as I replace hoses. Saw where cottontop outfitted his machine with retired fire hose.
18:16.., LMFAO.., I knew you wouldnt have let it go!!.., I had a proper laugh there :-p.., I would also watch you move stuff onto the fire and if something kept flicking back or getting stuck in the teeth I can just picture your anxiety levels going through the roof.
I do not understand - even if you cut down all this vegetation - must burn it? Is it healthy for the environment? Is it impossible to bury these trees?
Not saying that's the cause, but you might consider using a laser thermometer to check the stick and bucket hoses after playing in the fire. You might be surprised how much heat they absorb in just 10 or 15 minutes. Flamethrower. That'd been interesting. Yee hah!
Not for noth'n, but you must be single....or soon to be, with your work schedule, Uncle's company, Your side stuff, LETSDIG18 merchandise & new puppy dog.
Chris you do a hell of a job. Your maintenance on your equipment is great. It's easy to see you take pride in your work and equipment.
Hitachi a good machine for burning piles don't have to worry about discoloring paint
If I had land in your area that needed work I would for sure give you a call. As a retired Electronic Engineer of 43 years in Silicon Valley, I appreciate the quality of your work.
I'll clean the tracks for you.
I don't mind the grunt work.
Love your eye for detail and all your work.
Work Site looks Great as Usual. You’re Conscientious from the Beginning of the Project to the End.
Hello Chris! Always Glad to see another Great 👍 Video is Ready for Prime Time Viewing. 👍
The house Lot is Looking Great. Job well down. You guys be Safe. 👍☕️🍀
I don't do anything all day long. But I do watch stuff get done all day long.
Another awesome job Chris, well done mate👍. Hello from down under.
It was fun to watch this again, now that your back doing his other work for him HERE IN DEC2021!! It was also weird seeing a "THUMBLESS" VOLVO.
Memories of being on car transporters with the ever present risk of a blown hose right at the point it made it impossible to continue loading or unloading. My special trick was to blow one, get that fixed and then have a second go bang on a different circuit two minutes after the fitter had left site :)
I don’t know why but I love watching you working on the burn pile almost as fun as watching you play in the mud 😂
Me too. Kinda like a camp fire you keep tossing over and over (holding a beer) but at another scale !
I always added stumps in the brush piles with the brush, started the fires, added a leaf blower at 1/2 power until the tank was emptied of gas. The fire's heat acts like a 'kiln' and consumes the brush and stumps in the first burn, which opens the job up for moving dirt/placing culverts. BUT all jobs are different, not all burns work the same as you know. Btw, when we started clearing at 7 AM we tried to have first brush pile burning by 10 AM....(a crew of 4)
Chris, I use to operate a 15 T Gallion Cherry Picker in New Orleans. One day the main ram blew out the bottom weld, the fitter grabbed an ark gouger and cut out the front half of the weld. The only fire was created when his ark blew into the molten steel and across the hydrolic fluid, that was leaking from the remaining crack at the bottom of the ram.
Replacing those ORFS O-rings when you change an ORFS hose is a good idea. A lot of times it isn't even the hose leaking but the o-ring has gone bad. From managing a hydraulic hose and fitting store in Charlotte, NC $200 seems a little steep to me for that hose even if you don't have an account wherever you obtained the replacement hose. Keep up the good work, love the videos.
Excellent clearing job Chris, site looks clean as a whistle after finishing 👌
And another mess fixed good job 👍👍👍👍
I really like the way you maintain your equipment CHRIS! I love the Hitachi, she’s a good ole girl!
The blessing of the Lord on you
Great little clean -up video Chris , Great as always Man !! Have a Great Evening .....On to the Next !!
And as usual you leave the project looking slick and clean. But leaving the machine broken for the night is not an option, atleast the hose can come off, no need to wait for 10 hours to do that...
Just like always, it need to be ready for tomorrow, I can agree with that. Great job Chris.
After reading this video's title, I was worried in case the Hitachi suddenly became immobile with the bucket over the fire, or the screen too close, so glad it worked out OK. I'm guessing they design the hoses at the business end of the stick to be extra tough? It's not just exposure to heat, but trees and masonry pulling at them when clearing or doing demolition.
Nice job Chris. Looks good definately 😀.
Well done.Very nice.
Chris just maybe the pressure hoses don't like the amount of heat you were subjecting them to. you were sticking them in, I could feel the heat from that fire and my home is in the UK.
Cheers buddy love the vids keep the new volvo away as it will cost three times as much for new hoses.
Another nice tidy job Chris 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧
Heat from the fire must be hard on hoses.
No, they got a pretty high temp tolerance, time and weather play a bigger factor on hose life.
In Florida we are not lucky enough to burn on site. Have to run everything thru Mobark flat grinder. Great job
I've often wondered if you could inject air into the center of the burn pile is that would speed up the burn. If you took a 20 foot pieces of steel pipe and stick one end into the center of the pile. Then attach some sort of fan on the other end.
Top notch work as always. Nice to see a fire video only.
Now Chris, you working with a thumbless handicap , you’re still a better operator than most . Love these burning videos.
Looks great.
I love these burn videos! I bet you would have really burnt them stumps up with the bucket flame thrower if that hose blew over the fire! Good thing it didn't! The ol Hitachi lives to work another day!!
Bad o-rings are no joke, good thing you're thinking ahead.
Fyi, worst know o-ring faliure so far is the Space Shuttle Challenger.
heck those O-rings were flatter than my first girl friend! :)
How much does pushing/digging in those dry ashes shorten the life of an air filter?
Great Video Chris. I got to thinking that if that o-ring was that flat and crazed and getting hard then the one on the other side might be the same way! Not sure what the rest might look like. Just a thought that ran thru my mind is all. You do have some of the best videos on You Tube. Keep up the great work Chris.
I always enjoy watching you make a good fire Chris!
To the theme of wizard of OZ in the back of my head, “If I only had a thumb” rather than if I only had a heart, brain, courage....
I'm an old retired fart now. Had some experience on an excavator years ago. Never had a thumb. Cannot think of one reason to own an excavator without one after watching Chris. Amazing talent.
awesome job and yes 79 cents just saved you a lot of money and big headache
We call flat orings in the aerospace world "taking a set". Don't know why we just do. All the EHSV stuff we repair always gets new seals and orings regardless. They are tested and overhauled after so many flight hours. Yessir buddy that vaporized hydraulic fluid would have made a good flamethrower. That cleanup looks really good.........
Welcome to Chris's tree cremation services. Were you can lay you beloved tree to rest. Lol God bless
Lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🔥🔥🔥
Chris! Your a Controlled Fire Builder like Myself!
I would love to have that job!!!
5 o'clock on a friday, and Murphy just smiled down upon thee.
Nice job👍
With all of those piles of wood why not buying a woodchipper and use them for heating/generating electricity? Here in northern Italy whole mountain villages are heated via teleheating, burning woodchips out of town and distributing hot water through a dedicated piping
As always great video and great heavy machine operator,burn on😎😎😎👍👍👍
Chris do you have to get a burn permit for your clearing burns? it's so dry here we had to get a trailer mount air burner to beat the burn bans due to drought
High vacuum grease helps to keep them o-rings in place.
I like how the auto-generated captions say [music] when there is only machine sound... Somehow appropriate :)
Watching you stoke that fire one question kept coming to mind what temperatures with your hose withstand but I guess I was that hop.
Love your content Chris. Keep up the great videos
I get worried about the hydrologic lines near the fire. I know they are sheathed in heavy duty jacketed lines, but still.
Is that very hard on the air filters?
Please be careful using a rag and your hand to check for hydraulic leaks while under pressure. It only takes about 15 PSI to pierce skin.
Job is looking good. Why don't you grind up your remnants? I picked up a Bandit 3680 horizontal grinder at a Richie's bro. auction. It has been great for the 95 acres of woods have been clearing.
5 gallons of diesel to start the fire 500 gallons to grind it up
I don't know if that hydraulic line was still under pressure when you checked for leaks but please be very careful I would hate for you to be seriously injured due to hydraulic injection. AvE has a series on exactly that atm....scary stuff!
Btw.....i'm no expert and have never and will never use an excavator, but good lord do you know how to move that thing precisely!! Awesome skills
Love dozer work
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how to build a real fire !
Do you have to get burn permits in NC?
You do some jam up dozer work as always!
Big 🍊 = Big 🔥
I see the older excavator has a new tooth where the missing one was. That seems like a machine you should keep.
Chris do like the Hitachi excavators as a whole I know there not a Volvo
Chris: Another super video. I check daily looking for a new one to enjoy. Keep them comin'! Any chance you will ever wear a mic? Sure would be nice to hear what your telling us. 🇨🇦
My hydraulic shop discourages those wire-slinky hose condoms.
Robert Lee Murrer, Jr. they have their place, the problem is if they squashed in any way the wire acts like a cheese grater on the outer cover, then it leaves wire braid exposed, it’s starts to rust and KABOOM that’s the end of that hose. It does increase the abrasion resistance when it’s not crushed though. I prefer the plastic spiral wrap much more versatile 👍
@@matttom94 Yep same here...changing out to those plastic spirals as I replace hoses. Saw where cottontop outfitted his machine with retired fire hose.
I wonder what that dozer would be like with a clam shell on the front. Useful for brush but too front heavy probably :o)
Chris baths his machines in only the finest hydraulic oil. Lol God bless
What is that a trenching bucket you have on there that come off a mini excavator bucket?
That ash and dust will clog an air filter in a heartbeat
Question, I remember in previous burns the heat cracking your window, does the heat ever effect your hydraulic lines?
Ive never had a problem
@@letsdig18 cool, I have no experience biggest vehicle I ever operated was a LMTV at Bragg
18:16.., LMFAO.., I knew you wouldnt have let it go!!.., I had a proper laugh there :-p.., I would also watch you move stuff onto the fire and if something kept flicking back or getting stuck in the teeth I can just picture your anxiety levels going through the roof.
..about time for a big ass fire ..lol..good one,stay safe..
Wonder if the heat got to your hose??
Chris to Hitachi - No hydraulic thumb for you!
Hitachi - ☹️
Diggin the videos 😁 pun intended
What is your favorite kind of project Chris?
Very Neat grading
The most successful TH-cam channels introducer crew they show us who else works with you I know you didn't do all this by yourself
Looking good bro I enjoyed this video, bit expensive on your part but as for viewing it was great. Stay safe
Yea that hot hydraulic oil makes a helluva fire
Yaaay FIRE!!!! :-)
Love the smell of burning wood
Do we all have to pitch in so you can get a bigger bucket for your newer volvo? Here, Ive still got my stimulus check from the gov.
Being installed as you type. Check his instagram page.
Gotta stoke it!
I'm surprised these burning brush piles don't turn into a totally engulfed pile or one big ball of flame sooner.
I do not understand - even if you cut down all this vegetation - must burn it? Is it healthy for the environment? Is it impossible to bury these trees?
I take it the hose is gold plated and encrusted in diamonds.
Not saying that's the cause, but you might consider using a laser thermometer to check the stick and bucket hoses after playing in the fire. You might be surprised how much heat they absorb in just 10 or 15 minutes. Flamethrower. That'd been interesting. Yee hah!
Not for noth'n, but you must be single....or soon to be, with your work schedule, Uncle's company, Your side stuff, LETSDIG18 merchandise & new puppy dog.
The hydraulic fluid spraying on the fire will help it burn better and the bonus of it you may get another Volvo added to your collection.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rip air filters 🙏🏼
Chris, send some of that rain up here to Canada.
Central Alberta been raining steady here
Not too much rain here in Southern Ontario hot
"I'll put that on bake, 1800 degrees"
That's some quality t-shirt material!!!
Groovy Lewis i would buy one!
Dayum that is dusty!!!!
Looks like you found your bucket tooth.
You bring out the arsonist in me. Lol
Wow, I was going to say why not replace both hoses, while you're at it, until you said $200!!
aww man a typical day
Yeah I knew you not would leave that hose til the next morning lol
You obviously enjoy your career but I’m guessing burning brush is your favorite. 👨🏼🚒