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Thanks for the video. Your explanation about the elbow will save me some heartache I think.

Excellent Shawne, thank-you for sharing. Learning something new is a life time achievement. : )

Use the correct tools and wouldnt damage things

After Spending some time on phone with Customer Service at Harbor Freight concerning the oil filter , apparently it's a FRAM oil filter. Here's the FRAM number : PH2870A

Southern Nash Hydraulics ? Are you near Spring Hope N.C. ?

It's been about a year since you posted this video, Can you elaborate how the AW68 oil has held up , winter,summer , does the unit over heat the oil and slow down performance after a couple hours like we found the thinner oil does ? And is all the hoses suppose to be in the D-Ring on the boom knuckle ? We bought ours used and the orevious owner left 2 hoses out of tge D-Ring for some reason ... Somehow he managed to put the wheels on backwards to , that took some time to fix 😂

Can i get part number. I need a replacement cylinder like you have done

I can lay down the worst looking weld bead you've ever seen, but Grandpa always said, "Don't care how it looks, long as it holds." . 😂

The piston is part of the cylinder

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Back in business! That's all that matters. Recently broke a tooth shank off my bucket trying to pry a tree root (bad idea). Welded it back on and so far so good. Keep having fun!

Good old workhorse - worth the maintenance!

Slower thank a Cat 395, faster than me with a shovel. Looking forward to getting mine. $3000 is a good chunk of change but I can only shovel so many tons in a day

Are you from poland by chance ?

Have you experienced any noticeable leakdown of the 3-point hitch lift arms with an implement attached? I have, and my dealer is confronting Kioti over this.

ıs there a plan?

Awesome! Thank you for the information on the fittings. I think I'll get on finding me a few spares, before I need them. I received my trencher in July, but I had contracted lyme disease, so I was out of commission for a while. I'll be getting it going soon. I am so excited. I have consumed every bit of info I can find on the machine, learning all (most?) the pitfalls, and things to look out for, and I'm fairly confident I can use it without breaking it... at least for a little while.

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Any trouble with tilt steering not being tight enough when tilted down?

5:10 There IS a grease zerk for that main swing pin. Swing the machine to its limit to access. Not easy to get at. I use the mini grease gun from Harbor Freight for that because it has a narrower zerk coupler. Normal zerk fitting, not a needle zerk.

What is the reach of the boom? Can I dig 10 ft across without having to move the machine? I already dug out a small pond with my tractor front end loader but I need to finish it and make the back go straight down and deeper.

Yo nesecito una máquina como esa

5:45 Please stop using the Crescent wrench. You are doing it wrong and will round off nuts. Get a set of proper open end box wrenches. USE THE CORRECT SIZE, not SAE on meteric or metric on SAE. I like and use the Crescent wrench, but I snug it up on the nut/fitting and that prevents rounding off the corners of the hexagonal shape. You have a gap like using 1 size too large metric... The equipment you stop mangling will rapidly pay for the proper wrench set.

7:45 DO NOT USE A PIPE WRENCH! Go to a place like Tractor Supply and get a "Spud Wrench" Very handy version of the "Crescent" wrench with a tapered handle and actually has a flat on it for use as a hammer. Just a great tool to have with this trencher. You had an appropriate crescent wrench right there in the bucket! Or use an open end box wrench (which those fittings are made for... Actually the best solution.) Do not get the teeth of the pipe wrench on the threads. (which you did here...) as you can damage the fitting and need to replace it. You even used the pipe wrench backwards. Most likely way to cause damage before causing the fitting to turn. That was an example of "JUST NO."

The trencher came with rebuild kit for 4 cylinders... Came with the seals in a bag. I still have my rebuild kits. 3 year old trencher. It takes just a few minutes to replace the seals. (I've done others) The seals are pretty cheesy. If/when I need to redo a cylinder, I plan to look for better seals.

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Go not put grease in that pin it’s an oil pin use W30 non detergent oil

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go back and get that old gasket off the filter area you could see it hanging down in the video,

i just took my hoses in to a local hydraulic store and had the ends changed, costed me 30 dollars and now i dont need to special order anything.

Thanks for the video I need to do the exact same thing to mine. Now I just need to try to figure out how to order the parts.

the one issue that I can really see with this machine the boom should be a little bit longer it only gives you a certain amount of height

British standard pipe is what kubota uses as well if that is of any help. Difference between American and British pipe threads is. American is tapered and British is straight. If you thread American too deep it can gaul out the port or even crack the port. Just saw in my feed someone working on a backhoe keep up the good work.

My 5 year HF Digger.... The Pivot Pin has hidden grease fitting... swing Left to see the back of where the pin is at.... 2 holes, one about 1" down from top, and one about 1" up from bottom.... They are way in there deep... standard Zerk in there.

By the way you dont have to by the Harbor freight oil filter very costly You can use v w oil filter whole lot Cheaper

Don’t use an adjustable crescent wrench on hydraulic fittings. Because damage is easy

Way better than a shovel

shawne got skills

If you try using the brand of grease called GREEN GREASE you will find that you won't have to lubricate your machine but once a year or maybe longer it is a full synthetic grease and all i use on anything with a zerk fitting .

This looks like something from the new Zelda game 😂

While this may take a little longer to dig a nice sized pond than a Cat 320, it is much more affordable. Just be prepared that after digging 50 or 60 ponds, this piece of equipment may be near the end of its service life.

That filter had a little wobble when screwing it on.

Just an observation looks like you need a little more rear cant - try to keep the top deck of the tiller parallel with the ground by adjusting your toplink. Looks like it worked a treat! Tillers are fun.

I see you have the same luck with Arborvitaes as we do. 😁

Did you top off that hydraulic filter

That trencher is why I bought a welder - just seemed the timely thing to do :p

I bought my HF Trencher last Oct 2022. I watched a ton of different videos of many different UA-camrs (including all of yours) and I've seen several videos proving that exact same spot to be the weakest joint on the HF Trencher. I have done some upgrades/mods to mine already, but I have a ton more mods which I plan to do to mine. Many of the factory welds throughout the machine are of poor weld quality. Before putting mine through some hard work, I modified my outriggers, so that I shouldn't have the failure like I've seen in many other videos like yours in this one. On the outrigger feet, I ground down the factory welds to the base metal and then welded back over those joints as well as I welded a cap over the open end of the foot leg, that way dirt and mud can't build up inside the leg. And, I added a large gusset in the 90°of the foot and another gusset on the top where I place the end cap over leg opening. On the main outrigger arm that gets secured into the frame (the one where your problem happened), on that part I also ground down those factory welds and really beefed up those joints as I put down new welds there. And, on top of that, I put two half inch gussets on both sides of that weak point. I did this mod to the outriggers for both sides of my HF Trencher. I'm 100% confident I will not have any issues with my outriggers. I hate that you've had this problem, but seeing videos of other's problems has helped me to take some preventative actions. Thanks for your videos.

This thing is a useless peice of junk what a waste of money

FOR MORE PULL STABILITY HOOK THE MACHINE TO A TRUCK OR TRACTOR WHILE YOU DIG BUT USE THE PARKING BRAKE AND LEAVE THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR in neutral with automatics