Fixing the 5 Things I HATE About My Chinese Mini Excavator
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- Опубліковано 29 лют 2024
- I fix the things I hate most about my mini micro excavator. This is a followup to my last video, the 5 Things I hate about my Mini Excavator.
The grip tape I purchased from Amazon
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Grip tape roller tool
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The battery cut off switch I ordered.
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My Equipment
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My camera is an iPhone 15 Pro Max
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My watch is an Apple Watch Series 9
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The microphone I use
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My Tripod
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My tripod phone holder for my iPhone 15 Pro Max
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My Drone. DJI Mini 4 Pro
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I happy with how fast my mini is. Honestly its plenty fast because i live in hill country, also I had the same exact problem with my seat
What kind of machine do you have?
I had a Kubota U-25 for a couple years, loved it, but sold it (for what I paid for it, after putting 150 hours on it) and even it's 2 speed travel was slow, still faster than one of these though. Being so light though, I could see trailering it more rather than walking it, on a large job site, I have 70 acres.
@@portnuefflyeroh this would be horrible to drive on 70 acres! I have two acres and it’s awesome. I even occasionally trailer it across the yard. Haha.
Some lock tite could also help keep the nuts from coming off
I got the xh22d from Kymron. We use in in our small family landscape company. Has not disappointed yet..
We have mad some mods to ours also. Just small little detail things like yours.
Nice! They seem to be great machines. I have a few more upgrades coming, but it worked great out of the box.
Have you knocked off the grease fitting on the bucket knuckle yet? Give it time and you will. To avoid this, I replaced the Chinese fitting with a zert fitting, unbolted the hydro arm from the knuckle and spun it 180o si the fitting is on the inside and protected.
I haven’t, but thats great advice. I will go look at that. Thanks!
On a lot of hydraulic excavators you can turn up the hydraulic pump to increase your hydraulic/travel speed.
Something else you could do is to put a 12-volt fan on one of the posts to blow on you when it gets hot outside.
Good ideas
Nice job! Like me, you went into this knowing what you had and not expecting it to be a 50 thousand dollar digger.😁
Thank you.
Yup. It’s cheap enough to can afford, so I know it’s not perfect.
Great way to have some father/son time! :)
Haha yup! We had fun doing it.
You can add a steel plate to the counter balance on the back to help with the tipping. 3/4”should do it.
That’s a good plan. Where would I find something like that?
Any fabrication shop should have steel plate. May be cheaper getting some scrap from them than ordering a 4x8 sheet. Just attach with grade 8 bolts from like grainger so no chance of sheering off. You would be adding roughly 30 pounds per square foot you add with 3/4” plate.
@@rainman6080 As a 30 ton boom truck operator, who added a 1400 pound counterweight, I can attest to the fact that that would be the first thing I'd do with one of these little units.
Great job on the video (very well done). And great upgrades/repairs! -- J.Andre. / Old Iron Acres
Thank you. Slowly but surely making the toy nicer!
I added 2 more lights to the front of my mini, that really helped when you run out of daylight and need to drive it back.
Great idea. I bought a 21” light bar for the front and two cube lights for the rear. I plan to video that soon.
at 3:35 Won't those hex head bolts eventually tear a hole in your Leg? Pants? Why not use some flush fitting "FLAT HEAD" screws/bolts?
The seem to work just fine. I suppose if I pressed my leg flat on it I could feel them. I had bolts in the shop and no flush screws. They seem to work great. I didn’t drive to a hardware store to buy some.
Also get some rubber spaces 1/2" thick or thicker for under the seat to add some cushion and "suspension". Save your back!!
Hmmm. Not a bad idea. I don’t think I have enough space under for a spacer that big but I bet I could make it better. Good idea.
What about the back grill. Can it be rotated?
It can be but doesn’t work the way I had hoped.
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I wonder about adding heat-sound shield to the engine bay would make it quiter and less heat on the back of your legs. I would ad 2 12 volt mini fans to the unit one pulling and one pushing air to reduce heat in the engine bay. I would use windshield edge rubber on the seat platform and the edges of the engine bay.
All good ideas. I already have e a fan. The door edge guard is a good idea.
I may try more heat shield on the engine day. Good call.
Did the drive handles come with it or did you get them some other place? I am thinking of upgrading mine and haven't seen any online. Thanks
That’s just how it came. Well, one is a bit bent from a tree falling on me. lol.
Many thanks for sharing. Very good tips. Will do for with mini excavator. Do you have the link for your pressure roller tool ? Nice. Thanks again. Looking forward for seeing more adventures with the Tonka 😅… Have a great weekend
Thank you. I added a link to the roller tool in the description.
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I'm really thinking about buying one of these. About how many hours did you have on it previous to this video? Just wondering about longevity. Thanks.
It’s fairly new. About 25 hours. Great little toy.
Great video. I have an HT10 which looks almost identical. I found the short clip of taking the counter weight off interesting. I have yet to do that. Is it only the two bolts and how heavy is it? Keep the videos coming.
Thanks! That’s the next video. Weighing the counterweight. lol. I really want to compare a Highttop HT10 to mine. I think they are so close to the same. I want to find someone with one close to Oklahoma. Or maybe if these videos do well, I’ll buy one to compare.
I didn’t mean to take six days to upload the video on the counterweight. I actually filmed it all on the day I uploaded this video, it took a week to edit because … well, my job interferes with my UA-cam. Haha
I put a seat that adjusted the back
Where did you get it? Big upgrade?
@@OurLifeInTrees I bought off ebay
i come from china factory ,sell 12,15,18 and so on .can contact me
What factory?
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