Abandoned digger gets new bucket/hitch pins and widens a narrow trail.
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Slowly working my way through the multiple issues on the old excavator I found abandoned in the forest.
It feels like a new machine with fresh pins in the bucket and hitch.
Thanks Supercheap Auto for supplying the tools used in this vid-
ToolPRO 198pc Tool kit -
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I work an office job and live in a city, yet I can't stop watching these.
They can keep their mansions in the city , thats paradise right where you live marty
Brown Dog Ralph Just found his videos today and my thoughts exactly 👍
Mate, that half metal tube was ingenious idea, I would never have thought of that.
my guy is mr fix it for sure i love watching this. very helpfull as i dont have alot of money to fix my machine. please make videos for every repair you make would love to learn something new thanks you
Good to see the old girl working again
Love that there is no background music
I will leave the music videos to the pros ;)
Marty T trust me dude there is nothing pro about putting background music in videos...
Birdies and goats are music enough to me!
So much better without. Thanks Marty
Well, she will be coming around the mountain when she comes, would have been ok in that video.
Marty gotta get some highlights of those rams smashing the punching bag that was bloody hilarious.
They have their own channel here - ua-cam.com/video/vIjTxxD3M4U/v-deo.html
The repairs on the pins & bucket assembly bearings are working out quite well.
That is one sweet little digger Marty..we're all totally envious of course but delighted you share the diggers' story with us.
Nice work! I love the little grader behind you vehicle too. Thanks from Texas. :-)
Thanks man, the level bar is simple but effective
Good work.
I like your no nonsense, laid back, get it done approach. You certainly know what you're doing.
A man who excels at his work shall stand before kings. Great job fixing up that old work horse.
Holy hell mate... Respect from the U.S.
It's funny watching you drag that skid knowing that you'll soon have a much better way of doing it!
U did a great job on the track hole and did it right nice job.
Everyone should own a digger.
siskokidd, my life goals right there.
My great great grandfather owned a few diggers, before the war...:)
@@SmallMartingale
Steam powered ones?
@@SMGJohn would you complain?
@@SMGJohn would you complain?
It would be interesting to watch when you replace the seals in the track motor. Some of the bolts might be very very high torque. It will be interesting to watch you do this while so many Americans have failed on these drive motors. If you fill it completely full of gear oil so it cannot flow the hydraulic oil in it will keep the motor operating for a considerable time. I was just wondering Marty what is your day job for money. Not being sarcastic because I point people to your channel a lot because of your savvy nature. That tractor rescue in the briar patch was another good one. Thanks for your videos for a old man. And young ones too.
keep up the good work, she will keep working for you for years. I love it when "old iron" is saved.
What a great opportunity you have had acquiring this machine. I’m so happy for you. It’s great to see how you know the process of fixing it and making it a useful piece of machinery once again instead of it rotting in the woods left for nothing. Thanks for sharing your experience i enjoy the process.
Dear Jason Smith.
👍👌👏 Very well said, Sir!
Best regards luck and health.
yes hes very talented skilled
just watching the mill work on the pins, I know this man knows what he is doing, great skills.
how far away is fiber optic line from your home?you could dig it ready and then let it get installed.if its only 5km away i would take that effort
Couldnt have said it any better. Amazing to watch!!
I can't wait to see what you have in store for the machine. Keep us updated.
I like how you show fixing it up and using it after you got it running. Most videos only show them getting it running and I always think... I want to see the fun part of fixing it and using it
Good job on making your own pins up.
With your retaining bolts, leave them lose and double nut them as they break when tight
Good call, that makes sense
Can't wait to see the next video it is great to see that something left to die is still so useful
Nicely done. Favorite new channel to watch.
Thanks mate, lots of projects planned in the next few months
You not only DIY fixed it, but also DIY made parts for it, hats off.
Emils Kurpnieks watching him make those parts and the tools he used reminded me of an old metal shop I had worked in loved the work hated the pay unfortunately.
Easily the best part of the video, if not the channel so far.
I agree!
Marty has a healthy mend and-make-do attitude.
Going good there friend. great job on not rotating when you dig. Your machine thanks you. Remeber Keep em track side down.
you did an amazing job with those pins, well done.
I’m glad I was able to witness this machines growth. Thank you
So many satisfying moments. Great vid
What an amazing video!!
You are doing a great job, let me give you some advice on that hammer with flared out head you need to dress it up with grinder or you might be like me with a piece coming off in you ask me how I know I got a piece of chisel in me I will carry to the grave with me.
Good job sir!
Quick hitches hadn't been invented when I drove back hoes and 360 deg excavators. So I always kept all the pins well greased, working on new housing and road projects I would change bucket sizes several times a day. I developed a method to speed this up, lining up the next size bucket to the boom line and so I could slew left, I did this to allow me to operate the controls through the window and the slew would be away from me.
Hold the attached bucket just clear of the ground, pull the dipper lock pin (no bolts)and knock out the main pin with one strike of a 7lb hammer and the same with the boom pin. Slew onto the next bucket and align the boom holes, the pins had 2" tapers so hammer in the pins would align the bucket, attaching the dipper was just the case of putting a foot on a tooth and pressing down to align the holes. The bucket change would take 2 or 3 mins and I would be back making bonus.
Well done
Knowledge empowers when you have jobs like this to do
nice one marty very impressed with what you have done to this baby so far shes going along just great thanks for sharing
Another great video.
You can weld long chains to a steel rod and use it to level the road and spread rocks. Attached it to your small tractor or any for that matter. Works like a charm.
You are a very smart man. I would have to say a job very well done. That back-ho may be old but with all the work you put into it, it is working like a new machine once again. Thank you for these two video's and GOD BLESS.
Gotta love when something ends up cheaper than you budgeted for.
Good Job brother 👍
Great Job that you performed !
Nice work Marty. Thanks for sharing
Great video!
A heavy RSJ is good for leveling you track, as you can add weight so it will dig in a bit to help level the track way !
Have you heard of Thermal spray welding? It's a pretty neat process in building up worn surfaces. A thumb/grapple attachment for the bucket would be a great addition.
Sounds expensive
They have spray welding equipment for the home hobbyist and a few excavator jobs the thumb would pay for itself
My luck would never be so good getting those pins out so easy...lol
I would argue with the precision video cuts that he had no easy time getting those pins out.
Its a honor to watch you work please keep these coming!!👍👍
Thanks mate, yes I'll post any repair vids
When we had a machine worn loose like that we used to say it had a 'case of the grease worms'
I always say that the grease wasn't the problem, because there was none
Jonathan2.0 or to mutch
If given enough time, Marty could probably repair a "transformer"
Excellent repair, it's a good machine good luck with it
I believe you have UA-cam's most famous excavator right now haha. Damn good work man.
You didn't go to Hitachi for pins...you fabricated your own. deeply impressed
Great job with the bucket Marty & loving your grading technique!
very slick mate !!!
Dam nice new car as well
Thank you for the video. That repair was nicely done.
Thanks for watching, I went a bit unconventional on the grease hole but it was just a bit big for my lathe
@@MartyT Yes I saw it. I thought "hope that drill bit don't break" 😁.
It is great to find a unconventional solution where others would have not done the repair at all just because of the lack of the "right" tools.
Haha yes I was very aware of the risks and time involved to extract a broken bit that far in.. The local engineering shop wanted $100 just to look at the grease hole job so I figured I'd give it a go freehand
I feel so useless watching this.
Making your own pins! That’s inspirational
awsome. they won't let me like a video twice.
Be nice if you could find a 3ft ditching bucket in the future to do your finish work with...
You are so strong! You’ve got some mad skills! Wood working and Steel working. GO BOY!!!!!!!
Awesome video, always stoked to see a new one!
Stick welding rusty steel like a boss! So many skills bringing this beast back to top shape - good on you Marty!
You've really brought this machine back from the grave Marty. What an Awesome job you have done to make that machine productive again!!! GREAT VIDEO as always my friend! 👍👍.
Thanks mate
Don’t forget to check the inside of the turntable. Should have a inspection hatch somewhere
This guy is a true embodiment of masculinity.
very good
A buddy of mine took an old excavator track and made a drag out of it by attaching a chain at both ends for dragging!
Thats a good idea, it would follow the shape of the road
hey cool an update on ur bush find. cheers from the great white north of canada where all i got is a skid steer i got for free :D
I really enjoyed these videos! You've rebuilt an amazing amount of the excavator with basic hand tools with a LOT of skill and ingenuity....BIG APPLAUSE!
i'm a bit late to the party i know, but given how the previous owner just left it with out even giving it a cursory glance to see if it could be fixed, i'd venture a guess that he didnt property keep it greased up, which is why the pins were so bad worn.
In Finland we have proverb: "Ei oo väljän voittanutta". It's like:"There's no winner for loose-fitting ". Suitable for conversation about machines, clothings, apartments or... ex-wife.
Poor old ex-wife, used like a glove, when worn out, thrown out.
Pins have paid for them self in that job alone.
Indeed they have, I've been wanting to widen that track for years. I'd hate to imagine the cost to get a capable machine in for 5 hrs work
$120 p/h +gst plus whatever it costs to transport the machine to the site... so nice work mate!
@@MartyT
Probably saved yourself a thousand dollars there, at least ! 😊
I bet cutting that new bit or bar you bought with a grinder was fun, can't imagine that being a quick a job
That excavator was an amazing find.
Just doing the track work you show in this video price it's worth.
I look forward to more on it in the future.
Any idea of its tonnage?
Regards Dennis.
Its a uh043 around 10 ton, very useful size for my place
Marty I had to do the same thing last year (2018) to my Komatsu PC60. Mine was so much more wore. I'm not mechanic so I ended up paying almost $8,000 US to a shop here in my town. I had to replace all pins and linkage plus the bucket needed lots of work and a rebuild on some of the Hydaulic cylinders. It was labor that was so much.
I just had the fuel pump go out and when I called places I was getting quotes between $2500.00 and $3500.00 for new and can't find any used nor parts to rebuild it. Finally found a place that rebuilt it for $178.70. Accurate Diesel .com Maybe they can help you out in the future.
Good luck with your machine and thanks for the videos.
Brian from Branford Florida.
Man thats expensive, Some of those hydraulic shops charge like wounded bulls
It always amazes me to see pins that worn. I have a backhoe and an excavator both with close to 20k on them (guessing hour meters are long gone in both) that are still pretty tight. Grease, its cheap and only takes 20 minutes.
You think youll ever paint it? Just love to see the finished article all shiny...
Watching and listening to you fixing this machine reminds me of when my cousin was restoring his antique tractor. Every once and a while he would pick up his small sledge and wack away. He'd look up with a small grin and say sometimes it takes a little persuading to get things to cooperate.
Haha, sometimes you just need a big hammer
You need big tools for big toys.
How is it you don’t have 10 million subscribers?!??
Hey, I just came across your videos a few weeks ago. You’ve done great work with that machine, them old ones always run forever with any little help.
What part of the world are you in?
A thumb would make moving tree stuff a lot easier.
You’re one determined man, I would have bought pre-cut and drilled pins to save the cutting and drilling 😂
I did buy some ready made pins off trade me but they sent the wrong sizes and then got the pip because I asked for a refund. Every other outfit wanted around $1k to make them so it was just easier to do it myself
Hi Marty ,
you do agreat job and i like watching your videos! i always like that "hold my beer, i'll quickly fix that!" attitude instead of sending machines to the scrap yard because the air filter is clogged.
Please do me a favour, even if the video is three years old:
1. Please buy a hand grip for that small angle grinder. According to the looks of the countryside the way to the hospital will be quite long when you end up in the grinding wheel.
2. Please cut of that burr from the axe and stop using it as a hammer! By the look of the burr, this is not the first time...
I grew up on a farm and we also do everything by ourselves. i do know, how annoying stuff can be, but i was always told, that axe heads are not suitable for hammering and by seeing your mushroomed, burred axe i totally understand why. The head is not forged and heat treated in a way to withstand hammering. Have you ever seen a hammer mushrooming up like that? And those burrs are dangerous AF. I have an uncle, who is as ignorant as he is stubborn. He knows next to nothing about tradecrafts and tools, but does alot of DIY stuff. Everytime someone tries to give him good advice, he stubbornly refuses it, because he feels patronized. He used a burred chisel, because he was too lazy and ignorant to cut of the burrs and when they went off by themselves, he nearly lost an eye to it. And to get it right: It wasn't that kind of nearly, where 5 mills to the right he would have been hit in the eye but got away lucky, it was that kind of nearly, where we are talking about a complete loss of the eye. He was lucky to keep 10% vision and sterescopic viewing. So why are manfucatures not just forging axe heads like hammer heads then? I just looked that axe stuff up and also are axe blades anedagered by the vibrations from hammering. One guy said, that the blade violently disintegrated one day from hammering a wedge in and sharp metal shards flew around. Since that day he is always taking a proper hammer into the woods to drive in wedges.
Best regards
Simon
Well done mate, just shows what patience, persistence and a can do attitude will accomplish. Really liked how with a welding kit and basic tools got the job done!
Are you going to do a video of changing the track motor seals? I have the UH 083 and need to do the same but don’t know how.
So excited seeing a follow up to this.
I've only seen one other video from you suggested by UA-cam, it was the video recovering this digger.
Thought it was really fascinating to watch.
Also, I admire your vast seeming amount of skills.
Thanks for the entertainment!
Appreciate your know how around machines like these, but c'mon, gotta give ya credit for makeshift motor grading with a nav and some 2x4
Haha, the level bar brings the tracks up nice, fills in any potholes and knocks off the high points
@@MartyT The vehicle you drove to tow it is a bit smoky though.
Those machines are incredibly useful for almost anything!
Yaaay. Finally something good to watch on UA-cam. Props Marty!
Thanks mate
How 55 fools didn't like this inspiring video is beyond me..
Best Video for DIY I've seen in years..
A++ Marty!!
Those seem to reproduce (in breed !) they're 76 now. Gosh !
Keeping the ole girl running. Liked how you put the old pins to use. Recycle at its finest. Pride in a job well done
I'm really impressed Marty. What a difference that has made. It's a few weeks since you bout that big arsed bar, so did this take a wee while to complete?. I love how you worked out the plumbing for the grease fittings. That'll keep it sweet for a good few years. What are the chances someone will lay claim to the digger after all the work you've done. I know some people who had a lifestyle block out behind Canvastown. They found an old rimu log in the river running through their property, so they towed it out and got it milled, and then set it dry on their property. Somehow the local iwi (I'm guessing Ngati Kuia) and paid them a visit laying claim to the timber which they had to hand over. You'd think Maori probably don't have rights to long abandoned diggers, but nothing would surprise me. ⚔️😮😞
Haha.. No comment on the indigenous people / inbuilt sense of self entitlement subject. Yes I have 2 toddlers to look after so I don't have a lot of spare time on my hands. I can only work on projects my days off, then night shift editing the footage. The job actually went smoother than I anticipated, to be honest I was expecting a real mess in the bushing housings
Marty T great way to make sure our country stays divided.one would hope they had to pay what the owner payed for salvage and milling fees.I think there would be a different tune being sung if the allies had lost ww11.good job getting the old girl running.
Subbed. I rescued a Bobcat X320 mini digger in much the same way. Wound up fabricating all new bushings then line bored on my Bridgeport, fabricated new pins, replaced the radiator with an aluminum DIY kit rad, water pump, fluids, fuel level sender, repacked all rams, replaced all hydraulic lines, and then repainted and otherwise restored the digger... it was fun, but time consuming and I'm fortunate to have proper machine tools--you did it in the dirt with the basics--much respect. You made the pins exactly right and from the correct material. Why anyone would have used mild steel is a mystery, I had the same problem on the bucket pins! Fabbing pins is so easy--grind through the case-hardened layer, drill, tap, repeat. The projects never end.
Cracking Job, Great seeing her getting better and better.
Suddenly my power tools look totally inadequate
Next, installing mechanical thumb 😉👍
So you have a use for it, fantastic, well done. One man's abandoned digger is another man's useful equipment.
Nice vid!! :)
The wife came down the hall around the 03:25 point, and heard the bleating sound followed by Marty saying "...she's still nice and tight in there, so....". You can probably guess who got accused of watching some sick pornography on the internet.
Geez marty is there anything you can't do your unreal...