Not only That: I startet to get more relaxed about my own projects as well! and thats priceless. To be ok with " It works, lets try it out and leave the details fot later" is way more fun! He is absolutely right about projects need to be fun and not "to do lists"... Musti1 is also such a guy. he laughfs everything off that went wrong and rather get on with it, instead of talking himself down about failure.. . Thats a gift!
This man is the ultimate high priest of janky genius. It takes incredible know how - both factual and instinctual, to see the potential in what others see as scrap, build the possibilities part way in your mind but mostly as you go, and have a sense of what you truly must get 'just right' vs what is "ok for purpose"
How does he not have a million followers. In a world where every UA-camr goes over the top with time and money this man does what every other man on the planet would do and gets it done while painting over the rust and dirt. Fine adjustments indeed my guy. Looks factory fresh to me.
As mentioned earlier, the bolt holes in your blade are for fitting a sacrificial cutting edge to so you don't destroy the bucket. Always enjoy your videos! More!!!
This channel is an almost perfect mix of education and entertainment... I wouldn't mind having this guy as a neighbor-- something I can't say about all of the channel moderators that I watch!
Here's an idea for using the tractors hydraulics & still being able to listen for parts snapping. You could put an accumulator in place for the hoist. That way, you still have pressure for a bit after shutting the engine off. It looks like you have plenty of space inside that frame.
Best looking Tractor/loader/engine hoist I've seen. As an aside, I have to tell you how useful I have found your mantra of "If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong ". I have been doing various repairs on my car and this mantra has made me stop when the fun stops. Not having fun? Stop and have a cup of tea and a think. Works wonders for this tea drinking Aussie lady who is 71 and still fixes her own car. 😊👍
Hey look it is everyone's favorite junk yard engineer shop teacher . I am about to pick up a 97 F250 truck & I am going to follow hos lead on this project.
I'm a simple man. I see Low-Buck posts while I'm at work; I automatically save for later and enjoy afterwards. Keep up the spirit of ingenuity and honest content.
That hoist needs an electric winch for quiet lifting after you set the boom height with engine hydraulics. I love the heavy hacking that you do. looking forward to the Low Buck Mine!
I think one of the really great things about this channel is that you play around with exactly the kinds of toys I would love to get the chance to play around with.
That chain/ balance beam pocket would be a perfect place to mount a winch. Cut a couple notches, drill a couple holes, bolt some pulleys on that hoist and that would solve your noise issue if you went electric winch, could use hydraulic which too. It would also add weight to rear and versatility to the hoist. Eliminates the swing effect of lifting with the ram.
I have read some good ideas about the hydraulic problem. All of them have merit. The quietest would be an accumulator cylinder. Either spring energy or air on one side of the middle located sliding piston. Perfect for the application of the rear mounted hoist. Limited volume required. Again, quietest solution only.
I'm still not convinced you would survive that seat breaking in reverse. It seems like now you would just end up under one of the two tracks rather than under the middle of the machine. Nice work and an enjoyable video as always.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, thank you for posting it ! i love the way you build or repair what you want instead of wasting money !! and lets face it times are hard for everyone these days .
How nice it must be to be able to work outside comfortably most of the time. Here in England it has hardly stopped raining since the middle of June last year. However, at least we don't have to put up with poisonous snakes and scorpions🙂
Sir... you may have radically altered you band/chop/hack saw, but I noticed at 2:40 that it has a moving fence that adjusts for angled cuts. Usually that means the fixed fence can also be adjusted to do the same thing. Really like the work, the vids, and especially the attitude.
8:33 replace the cylinder with one for a tractor and use an external (electric) power pack (bolted on the frame you made) to power it up. Other than the small whine of the electric motor, it should be plenty quiet. That said, i'd replace the secondary boom segment with something a bit more sturdy. The main one should be ok to take loads, but the secondary one kinda at its limit.
Hay it's time for a Friday version of a Low buck garage production. Just a thought. Add another control valve and a hyd. cylinder tied into the hydraulics of loader for the lift and you can operate it from seat position 💪👍✝️🙏
You should add a brace from bottom of lift to midle of arm. Take the weight off the piston when bumping it alone on the ride. Id add bolts to where lift is welded to angle plate. And extra brace from top of lift back to angle. Weld some hooks on side of bucket to hook wheel centres to add weight to front. Or fill a old axle case with weight so you can scoop it and hook a chain to secure. Good job. Very handy tool. Good luck..
Significant bend on the lift extension when lifting that engine. If that is 2" tubing, consider going up a gauge on that. Maybe if it is 1/8" thick, get a piece of 1/4" thick stock. Neat build and nice bucket repair.
You could replace the cylinder in the hoist with one that’s air over hydraulic, then add an air tank somewhere. However I just read another comment about putting a winch in that pocket behind the seat and I’m really liking that idea now.
I don't know if you know who "Dave's farm" was back In the early days of UA-cam, all the bad stuff aside he did some wild and cool stuff and you're really scratching that itch for me these days!
looking good there bud, remember when you repaire cracks in metal the most optimal way to ensure you'v stopped the crack is to drill a hole at the end of the crack and then weld it up. PS: i would love to do what you do!
On the cracks in the bucket you should have drilled the ends of the cracks it stops the crack from getting larger..I really like your channel and the way you do things ..
Another great piece of work James. If I were you, I'd keep the rear crane as mandraulic operation for that reason of being able to hear what is going on.
I've been watching and immensely enjoying your videos for quite some time now and I just want to say that your ideas are just ingeniously creative !! I really do think you should pass your knowledge and skills onto as many other people as you can. There is always room for genius in this world !!!!!
Adding check valve setup to isolate cylinder when engine is off so your hand pump valve still functions is one option. Electric pump would be another. Depends on what you can scrounge up.
For the hoist and in keeping with the 'something amazing out of nearly nothing" hitch up a power steering pump with a starter motor with the Bendix portion de-grafted. Presto- reasonably quiet electric hydraulics.
Well there's weight pushing down on the rear where he final drive is hence power to the ground. I would say it has about 50/50+- weight distribution now. A roof added to the hoist and your set
a valve rebuild kit will fix it like new, its very common on manual hydraulic rams and jacks, another common problem with them is they drop/bleed off(as if the release valve is open but is shut) not pumping can be low fluid but it wont be that problem if it doesn't leak oil
A hydraulic accumulator would let you use the hoist cylinder one stroke even with the engine off. For those not familiar picture a balloon in a pressure vessel filled with nitrogen under pressure. The hydraulic fluid fills the balloon and compresses the nitrogen even more. When the pump stops running you still have the fluid in the accumulator under pressure to use.
Theres a fellah up the way from me, deep in a hollow that has what looks like an Oliver very similar to that sitting there it never moves none of his other stuff seems to be running (alot of old trucks C20 and Fseries from 60-70s). Hmmm
Great work on that crawler tractor, making her useful again, nice rear attachment. You might want to put a cutting edge on that bucket to save it , if your going to use it alot , thanks for sharing 👍💨💨
The obvious solution to silent power lifting is to plumb a bleed valve from the loader cylinders. Then you can lift a heavy load in the bucket, turn off the engine, open the bleed valve and use the hydraulic pressure from the sinking loader to power the rear hoist.
For the Hoist you could make a wheel type mechanism with a lever connected to the pump that is powered by a cordless drill. Kind of like the wheels on an old train engine.
As for the jack. Put a leaver or spigot knob on the release valve. Instead of using the handle all of the time. Also weld a piece of pipe with a cross bolt somewhere to hold the handle.
I agree with the other guys who mentioned an electric hydraulic pump for the hoist. OR..... cheaper option...keep the boom manual pump and mount an inexpensive electric winch, so now you have more flexibility/option for moving material.
Maybe some type of safety pin on that boom in case the hydraulics fail? Also, when you were at the bottom of the lift cycle, that boom was bending like a plastic straw. I reckon it'll do. As to the hydraulics... why not put a switchable connection so you can use the hand pump when necessary then twist a valve to use the crawler's hydraulics?
*- James, I repeatedly found myself thinking how good it would look for the under belly to be pained in the green so camera shots would have that as background instead of harsh distracting yellow and rust.* *- How would you ever find railroad ties to cut up into enough blocking for cribbing to support a ramp to get the Oliver in the air for painting?* *- Where would you ever find an old garage oil pit and working electricity for a paint sprayer.*
Low-Buck Garage is like therapy, it always leaves me with a positive attitude and a smile on my face; thank you.
Not only That: I startet to get more relaxed about my own projects as well! and thats priceless. To be ok with " It works, lets try it out and leave the details fot later" is way more fun! He is absolutely right about projects need to be fun and not "to do lists"...
Musti1 is also such a guy. he laughfs everything off that went wrong and rather get on with it, instead of talking himself down about failure.. . Thats a gift!
@@beakittelscherz5419a project that's decent and working is way better than an unfinished "perfect" project that you never get to use
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It makes me not wanting to trow stuff away and become a hoarder again!
@LowBuckGarage Quick question.. What are Conners and what are they used for ?
I wonder if the neighbors are looking out their window right now saying oh lordy Mildred he's building things again 😂😂
If I was his neighbor, I'd be looking out my window waiting for him to start building something so I could come over and help.
@@madmike9530 show up with a big hammer and ask if you could help adjust things🤣
MILDRED! 😄
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This man is the ultimate high priest of janky genius. It takes incredible know how - both factual and instinctual, to see the potential in what others see as scrap, build the possibilities part way in your mind but mostly as you go, and have a sense of what you truly must get 'just right' vs what is "ok for purpose"
Totally agree with you. He’s a very smart man.
How does he not have a million followers. In a world where every UA-camr goes over the top with time and money this man does what every other man on the planet would do and gets it done while painting over the rust and dirt. Fine adjustments indeed my guy. Looks factory fresh to me.
Add a umbrella mount to the hoist tower & set for summertime comfort
As mentioned earlier, the bolt holes in your blade are for fitting a sacrificial cutting edge to so you don't destroy the bucket.
Always enjoy your videos! More!!!
This channel is an almost perfect mix of education and entertainment... I wouldn't mind having this guy as a neighbor-- something I can't say about all of the channel moderators that I watch!
I could watch literally hour's of this. Now I realize anything mechanical is possible........
Thanks for the show.
Here's an idea for using the tractors hydraulics & still being able to listen for parts snapping.
You could put an accumulator in place for the hoist. That way, you still have pressure for a bit after shutting the engine off. It looks like you have plenty of space inside that frame.
I just realised your the Bob Ross of cunudgering (cunudgering - assembling things in a way that you are having fun and making something useful)
a starter motor, reservoir, hydraulic pump, all electric pumping for the manual hoist, quieter, more fun
I've heard that a power steering pump will make decent pressure, just need a bigger tank.
Best looking Tractor/loader/engine hoist I've seen. As an aside, I have to tell you how useful I have found your mantra of "If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong ". I have been doing various repairs on my car and this mantra has made me stop when the fun stops. Not having fun? Stop and have a cup of tea and a think. Works wonders for this tea drinking Aussie lady who is 71 and still fixes her own car. 😊👍
Hey look it is everyone's favorite junk yard engineer shop teacher . I am about to pick up a 97 F250 truck & I am going to follow hos lead on this project.
I'm a simple man. I see Low-Buck posts while I'm at work; I automatically save for later and enjoy afterwards. Keep up the spirit of ingenuity and honest content.
The glories of age! Old enough for the experience and youthful enough to actually do stuff. Excellent bucket repair!
Bob Ross combined with Scrapheap Challenge 👌🏻
That hoist needs an electric winch for quiet lifting after you set the boom height with engine hydraulics. I love the heavy hacking that you do. looking forward to the Low Buck Mine!
I think one of the really great things about this channel is that you play around with exactly the kinds of toys I would love to get the chance to play around with.
Always a pleasure to watch.
Yes. I definitely have a new favourite UA-cam channel.
You could use an electric driven hydraulic pump to run that hoist. That way you can lift easy and still hear everything that's happening.
Maybe putting on a proper cutting edge on the bucket is a great idea!
You built a very useful rig there, and it looks pretty good also👍, btw, you should hook it up to the pump, thanks for sharing.
That chain/ balance beam pocket would be a perfect place to mount a winch. Cut a couple notches, drill a couple holes, bolt some pulleys on that hoist and that would solve your noise issue if you went electric winch, could use hydraulic which too. It would also add weight to rear and versatility to the hoist. Eliminates the swing effect of lifting with the ram.
4:00 An eye for servicing later. Love it!
The Oliver is becoming one of my favorites among your machines! That was an impressive and much needed mod you made!! 👍Your dog is so obedient! 🐕😉🤣😂
I have read some good ideas about the hydraulic problem. All of them have merit. The quietest would be an accumulator cylinder. Either spring energy or air on one side of the middle located sliding piston. Perfect for the application of the rear mounted hoist. Limited volume required. Again, quietest solution only.
you can never go too crazy with spray paint
I'm still not convinced you would survive that seat breaking in reverse. It seems like now you would just end up under one of the two tracks rather than under the middle of the machine.
Nice work and an enjoyable video as always.
Mr Low Buck, loved the video regards Rob
The tractor turned out great and it looks factory on not like a hot glued Christmas ornament made your 3rd cousin that thinks she's crafty
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, thank you for posting it ! i love the way you build or repair what you want instead of wasting money !! and lets face it times are hard for everyone these days .
You should auction some of these pieces for charity at some point James, this thing is awesome!
How nice it must be to be able to work outside comfortably most of the time. Here in England it has hardly stopped raining since the middle of June last year. However, at least we don't have to put up with poisonous snakes and scorpions🙂
Sir... you may have radically altered you band/chop/hack saw, but I noticed at 2:40 that it has a moving fence that adjusts for angled cuts. Usually that means the fixed fence can also be adjusted to do the same thing.
Really like the work, the vids, and especially the attitude.
Beyond the functionality, the appearance of that crawler is stellar. Sweet project!
The side view of your Ollie with that hoist looks so much like a scorpion. The Oliver Scorpion!
I love your addition to that little machine, it looks just like it belongs there. Love your content keep up the good work.
8:33 replace the cylinder with one for a tractor and use an external (electric) power pack (bolted on the frame you made) to power it up. Other than the small whine of the electric motor, it should be plenty quiet.
That said, i'd replace the secondary boom segment with something a bit more sturdy. The main one should be ok to take loads, but the secondary one kinda at its limit.
Hay it's time for a Friday version of a Low buck garage production. Just a thought. Add another control valve and a hyd. cylinder tied into the hydraulics of loader for the lift and you can operate it from seat position 💪👍✝️🙏
You should add a brace from bottom of lift to midle of arm. Take the weight off the piston when bumping it alone on the ride. Id add bolts to where lift is welded to angle plate. And extra brace from top of lift back to angle. Weld some hooks on side of bucket to hook wheel centres to add weight to front. Or fill a old axle case with weight so you can scoop it and hook a chain to secure. Good job. Very handy tool. Good luck..
That Oliver is a keeper!
dude, nearly 70k subs and 4.4k likes, you are the hero we need
If you had the valving of a porter power where you have a remote hand pump you could pump by hand and you could also use the engine power
That extra weight helped a lot
Thanks for reminding me to put hooks on my tractor bucket. I forget until the day I need them.
I follow a lot of channels and can honestly say seeing you have posted makes my day . I appreciate what you do and sharing with us all so much 👍
Significant bend on the lift extension when lifting that engine. If that is 2" tubing, consider going up a gauge on that. Maybe if it is 1/8" thick, get a piece of 1/4" thick stock. Neat build and nice bucket repair.
Heck yeah man, found this channel a few days ago-- glad to see it is active!
You could replace the cylinder in the hoist with one that’s air over hydraulic, then add an air tank somewhere.
However I just read another comment about putting a winch in that pocket behind the seat and I’m really liking that idea now.
A man of many skills and common sense ,Maybe one day we'll find out what he can't do
I'd go with Vertices corners on the bucket. Easier to see. After you painted the back, it looks original! 👍
I don't know if you know who "Dave's farm" was back In the early days of UA-cam, all the bad stuff aside he did some wild and cool stuff and you're really scratching that itch for me these days!
What bad stuff?
Thats an awesome unit. This channel is a lot of fun to watch.
Those bolts are hardware grade. Grade 5 has 3 slash marks. I had the same problem at my local store. Soft and as weak as spaghetti.
Agreed, those are no grade 5. Tractor supply bulk bins are a great way to get legit herky bolts for low $$
looking good there bud, remember when you repaire cracks in metal the most optimal way to ensure you'v stopped the crack is to drill a hole at the end of the crack and then weld it up.
PS: i would love to do what you do!
Always a good day with a new LowBuckGarage video
On the cracks in the bucket you should have drilled the ends of the cracks it stops the crack from getting larger..I really like your channel and the way you do things ..
My over worked knee and leg joints think the step was brilliant planning !
You’ve turned that machine into a pretty useful unit.
I love this machine. I think you should stencil the year of manufacture on all of your antique equipment.
One of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work
Another great piece of work James. If I were you, I'd keep the rear crane as mandraulic operation for that reason of being able to hear what is going on.
I just had an Epiphanie...
I finally found the Color in which I will spraypaint my Mobylette AV55 (Motobecane 50cc). This Green is Awesome🤩
I've been watching and immensely enjoying your videos for quite some time now and I just want to say that your ideas are just ingeniously creative !! I really do think you should pass your knowledge and skills onto as many other people as you can. There is always room for genius in this world !!!!!
We need more LBG!!!!!
It looks good , from when you first
got , I did not think you would
make it work
Adding check valve setup to isolate cylinder when engine is off so your hand pump valve still functions is one option. Electric pump would be another. Depends on what you can scrounge up.
For the hoist and in keeping with the 'something amazing out of nearly nothing" hitch up a power steering pump with a starter motor with the Bendix portion de-grafted. Presto- reasonably quiet electric hydraulics.
Well there's weight pushing down on the rear where he final drive is hence power to the ground. I would say it has about 50/50+- weight distribution now. A roof added to the hoist and your set
This is the kind of neighbor I need!
Another great video with all the fun elements - innovation - practicality - utility. Thanks!
a valve rebuild kit will fix it like new, its very common on manual hydraulic rams and jacks, another common problem with them is they drop/bleed off(as if the release valve is open but is shut)
not pumping can be low fluid but it wont be that problem if it doesn't leak oil
WoW! Your simply amaze me how you take a idea n manage to put it into motion without a floor plan! Just a vision in your mind!
Excellent video Low Buck Garage :) all improvements you did to Oliver Dozer sure did help lots and I like did too!
Recycling genius.
A hydraulic accumulator would let you use the hoist cylinder one stroke even with the engine off. For those not familiar picture a balloon in a pressure vessel filled with nitrogen under pressure.
The hydraulic fluid fills the balloon and compresses the nitrogen even more.
When the pump stops running you still have the fluid in the accumulator under pressure to use.
Always fun watching your ingenuity 🙂
I wait with bated breath for each new video. Great content and I get ideas from each one!
You made your crawler tractor too good. Now to fix every worn part and all the leaks. It will never end.
Theres a fellah up the way from me, deep in a hollow that has what looks like an Oliver very similar to that sitting there it never moves none of his other stuff seems to be running (alot of old trucks C20 and Fseries from 60-70s). Hmmm
Great work on that crawler tractor, making her useful again, nice rear attachment. You might want to put a cutting edge on that bucket to save it , if your going to use it alot , thanks for sharing 👍💨💨
The obvious solution to silent power lifting is to plumb a bleed valve from the loader cylinders. Then you can lift a heavy load in the bucket, turn off the engine, open the bleed valve and use the hydraulic pressure from the sinking loader to power the rear hoist.
For the Hoist you could make a wheel type mechanism with a lever connected to the pump that is powered by a cordless drill. Kind of like the wheels on an old train engine.
I recommend adding some padding to the hoist V-brace in case you take a header against it!
Your neighbors must love you. 😀 I have an HG-3 with a front loader and need to add rear weight thanks for some ideas
That's one bombproof seat protector.
As for the jack. Put a leaver or spigot knob on the release valve. Instead of using the handle all of the time. Also weld a piece of pipe with a cross bolt somewhere to hold the handle.
The video of you welding at night was cool. Looks like fireworks
What a cool machine, good job!
I agree with the other guys who mentioned an electric hydraulic pump for the hoist. OR..... cheaper option...keep the boom manual pump and mount an inexpensive electric winch, so now you have more flexibility/option for moving material.
Maybe some type of safety pin on that boom in case the hydraulics fail? Also, when you were at the bottom of the lift cycle, that boom was bending like a plastic straw. I reckon it'll do. As to the hydraulics... why not put a switchable connection so you can use the hand pump when necessary then twist a valve to use the crawler's hydraulics?
Gotta love the versatility of that ol' thing. And it just fires right up!
*- James, I repeatedly found myself thinking how good it would look for the under belly to be pained in the green so camera shots would have that as background instead of harsh distracting yellow and rust.*
*- How would you ever find railroad ties to cut up into enough blocking for cribbing to support a ramp to get the Oliver in the air for painting?*
*- Where would you ever find an old garage oil pit and working electricity for a paint sprayer.*
What is this guy’s background? Like? What did he do for a living before making UA-cam videos? He seems like a really cool person.
Love your work, an excellent worth while practical project, love your resourcefulness.
That dusk welding looked 😎
Always learn something , engineering at its finest ! Cheers man
Very classy job! 😊
That's a win!
Improvements all around.