Green Light is to indicate if the operator is wearing a seat belt, it will light up if you fasten it. Majority of new(ish) equipment has it in the UK and it looks like the Health and safety nonsense has made it over the pond.
@@stu.c Not without getting a close up look as its just a switch in the buckle. However if you're working on a site thats so strict they need flashing seat belt lights then I guess you're going to be watched like a hawk from the moment you turn up for work.
I see all the new machines today and when I started it was a butchered up massy tractor with a jerry rigged backhoe on the back of it.been a lot of changes in 65 years. I enjoy watching you and the amount of Furness you have and the great pride you take in your work. Thank you
NICE.! One bad thing about DEF as many truck drivers this winter found out "DEF FREEZES AT LOWER temperature than Diesel fuel. A friend who is "Lease purchasing" from PRIME Transportation had DEF tank frozen at a time when the Exhaust emissions filter had clogged up & needed a FORCED REGEN, had to be towed to a Freightliner Dealer, where it sat several days in "-20f" degree weather & caused the fuel to gel & stop up fuel lines. If it wasn't for being under warranty, she would have been out several thousand dollars, with warranty, all she had to pay was for oil change & cleaning out fuel lines & refilling the gelled diesel fuel. :-( (She hadn't received the tow bill at last check.)
For someone who’s ran a E model 336 for years which has basically 0 visibility out of the boom glass, these new models seem like they’d be a dream to work. Especially in tight areas or around grounds men.
Its a nice machine, the feel on the controls is a little bit different since it has no pilot hydraulics but electronics instead, but once you get used to it in my opinion it is fine. I really like the feature that there is a mode, that prevents the cab from being hitten by the bucket, and such. It gives you much more peace of mind, when the machine is parked on a pile of gravel, having truck drivers that use an excavator maybe for the first time, to loading their trucks. The Machine on your video has quite a huge Quick Hitch build height.
That is an extremely nice machine. I love the cab design and the overall look of it. I would be curious to see it in action and actually putting in some work.
Imagine driving to your job site and your new fancy ram 3500 goes into limp mode in the middle of the freeway due to the emission control module. Then you jump on your new excavator and it goes into limp mode....lol.. i think the green light is for directing boat traffic.
Hey Chris all of those oil lines on the top of the boom!!!!!! with no cover that's asking for trouble doing a demo job something dropped on one of them not good!!!!!!!!! back at Disney World again,,,,, glad to see your having a good day,,,,,,, thanks for the input and information what's going on take care junkman do
My brother in law bought a new one a couple yrs ago and he loves them. He buys one about every 5 yrs. He's like you he keeps them all spotless and changes fluids when they come due. He told me that customers don't like you bringing dirty leaky nasty looking machines to do their work. He said they pay better when you bring nice shiny equipment it makes you look professional and that you're willing to do a good job. He's been right so far he's been doing it that way for 20yrs and he does over 2mil of business a yr. That's more than I do a yr lol
Todd the Russian equipment does brake down a lot but the way there built you can rebuild the engine and reuse the gaskets in the field no need to transport to the shop and I’ve yet to see one that is operator friendly
Wonder if they will last as long as older machines. It's nice but seems like to much fancy stuff to break. If it breaks down I'm sure Cat has to come out. But nice tractor. Like the 2 dipsticks. So u can check w out crawling up on it
Extra lines on the cylinders might be for regeneration. Takes the oil from the rod side of the cylinder and redirects it to the butt side for "closer to same" extension and retraction speeds.
There's probably a default code for mechanics that works them all anyway. Peugeot used to have a code entry to kill the engine immobiliser on their cars years ago, I shifted hundreds to the auctions using the default number to allow the engine to start.
I just looked at a 200x JCB that has the same looking seat and controls. I’ve been so impressed by my Volvo ECR355E that I can’t imagine newer technology like this can be any better. Mine does everything I have ever wanted it to do and seems to never be challenged.
The green light is for your seatbelt and the lines on the ram are check valves if something were to go wrong like a pipe burst the will catch the pressure so the arm or dipper doesn’t drop
Green light is for safety handle,, safe to approach ,, why say something when you don’t know ,, you have a responsibility as a human not to be educating people when you don’t know yourself ,
@@burkaboy1 green light is for the seatbelt mr I’m so educated where do u think ure going to find a safety lever on a 6 tonne site dumper they have the green beacon too
I don’t need to research I have 3 in the yard I’m looking at and 14 out on pipelines , sorry no dumpers so not sure there , but yes excavators have the traffic light system , to do with the spitters you dumb ass , look up ‘Dunning Krueger‘ speaking of education & educate yourself , but hey hang on , how do you teach someone whoa thinks there talents clearly exceeds ability
Search up ? I order them a couple of time’s a year , and I’m 100% certain that we Ordered and run our green lights but they are not to let the world know that the Opperator is wearing his seat belt , kind of shite is that , go back to your dumpers , the reason there is such a concern in the industry with lack of skill and expertise is because young impressionable people unfortunately listen to dumb assholes like yourself who will never amount to knowing anything because you already know it.
Very nice Machine and better it's Brand New !! All U need now is a good operator and one can surely generate a lot of Money with Equipment like this!! A BRAND NEW CATERPILLAR, WOW !!
Put her through her paces Chris. You say she don't feel fast. What I see is so much power that that is what makes her quick. Moving that much material makes her very quick. Also I would bet she could lift a 200 series excavator right up out of a mud hole like no problem if she had good ground to stand on. How tippy did she feel at full extension? She looked rock solid on camera.
tracks fast...under no load hyd is fairly quick however im pretty sure with the baby kitten engin that loaded cyle times will drop and so will the power cat has been known for...i think they took 2 steps backwards
The new John Deere road grader at work theres no key either, just type in the code, I have a feeling everything will be that way since everyone and their brother can have a key for each piece of machinery.
We had one of these on a pipeline project And I ran it for a little while but when it came time to dig live I parked it And got on one of our older 210 komatsu`s. All of that electric over hydraulic Great assist It makes the controls horribleFor digging live lines. I would like to try valvo But you very rarely see a valvo excavator In Texas.
When I talk about Cat excavators, I'm talking about 20 metric tonnes and above, like a Tacoma truck, superior resale value, as well as a well engineered machine:) Smaller ones, it really depends on dealer support and parts availability as much as the machine!!!
@@OldBoldGuy my kubota and Case IH dealer sells small to full size case excavators wich he useually puts them on sale cheaper wich pretty good price for a large full size case cx series excavators for $89,900
I'd take that 320 over that Volvo any day. We're still in the F series at work but have seen some on the job although i haven't been in one yet. I'm a pipeliner so we're using the 349 and 336 series of machines. I have seen the new 336 on the pipeline but no 349's . My 349F has 4k hours already. I see they have a 352 out now. I expect to see a few of those on our heavy wall 42" projects. I love those 320's. Been yrs since I've been on one. The larger series that we use are pigs. But they will dig some ground for sure, especially with a 72" on it. Then it's all about volume over speed. That's where its at then. Great videos!! Keep them coming.
Cat "mitsubishi" make garbage trackhoes, they're slow, underpowered, and unstable on flat ground due to short pads, secondly they run Mitsubishi and perkins engines. I'll take anything over a cat machine.
good luck when it comes time to repair your modern marvel. seems like a whole lot of electronics to cause all kinds of down time. simplicity would be best.
Green light is to know if the operator is wearing a seatbelt or not, Most sites now in the UK if that green light ain't flashing you get kicked off site no questions asked
I think they have also studied that a green light is easier to see then a yellow or amber one as well as most of or county plows have added green flashers.
Where I'm from, green lights are reserved for volunteer firefighters, many of whom respond to the station, or sometimes directly to whatever scene - fire/accident. They can have a green beacon on their dash or their roof, and (during daylight hours) can run alternating headlights. So I guess if you see a green beacon on machinery at a jobsite, you would tend to assume that it's this seatbelt thing, or perhaps like someone else commented, a warning that the machine is remotely controlled?
Looks like a damn fine piece of machinery!
Thanks for the video.
Cool machine. I always enjoy seeing the new ones. Looked like it could drive pretty fast.
You’d think that with all of the cats there they’d have a litter box for you to play in when you test the equipment
Totally underrated comment 😆
Seems plenty fast when you were in that field.
Great at looking machine shame the bike narrating didn't have a clue what he was talking about though🤠🤠
Green Light is to indicate if the operator is wearing a seat belt, it will light up if you fasten it.
Majority of new(ish) equipment has it in the UK and it looks like the Health and safety nonsense has made it over the pond.
Does it know if you're actually wearing the belt, as opposed to it being clicked in and you're sat on it...?
@@stu.c Not without getting a close up look as its just a switch in the buckle. However if you're working on a site thats so strict they need flashing seat belt lights then I guess you're going to be watched like a hawk from the moment you turn up for work.
if Chris buys one of these, he will get a blue light on top to indicate if he is wearing work boots or works in socks or sandals only.
@@silentepsilon888 Red light for ''UA-cam Recording in Progress''
Stu C no it don’t know .... just clicks in the buckle
Oh that's one nice excavator!
Hell of a machine, been running knee everyday for the past 6 months
I see all the new machines today and when I started it was a butchered up massy tractor with a jerry rigged backhoe on the back of it.been a lot of changes in 65 years. I enjoy watching you and the amount of Furness you have and the great pride you take in your work. Thank you
When you were testing it, sounds exactly like my old 1995 F150.
Cool beans!! Thanks for sharing another fabulous show 🍺☕️🥓🍩🥓☕️🍺cheers.
NICE.! One bad thing about DEF as many truck drivers this winter found out "DEF FREEZES AT LOWER temperature than Diesel fuel. A friend who is "Lease purchasing" from PRIME Transportation had DEF tank frozen at a time when the Exhaust emissions filter had clogged up & needed a FORCED REGEN, had to be towed to a Freightliner Dealer, where it sat several days in "-20f" degree weather & caused the fuel to gel & stop up fuel lines. If it wasn't for being under warranty, she would have been out several thousand dollars, with warranty, all she had to pay was for oil change & cleaning out fuel lines & refilling the gelled diesel fuel. :-( (She hadn't received the tow bill at last check.)
Neat machine, most of our Cat excavators at work are about 2- 3 years old.
The land owner is like "you dig my field you're buying it"
I love the 320. The one i ran you can change the boom control configuration for different jobs. Love it.
A big improvement on design 👍
Good demo, thanks
Looks quick enough to me :o) as fast I can think :D
IDK MAN that looked pretty quick
Seems pretty quick to me too
Not slow by any means
He is a Volvo guy, he is use to the cheap, off brand junk.
He is a Volvo guy, he is use to the cheap, off brand junk.
@@jeffreyhouston2043 Hahaha! he's kind of a douchebag too
I know it's been wet down there, but I swear I saw a couple ducks wandering around, checking out the equipment!
For someone who’s ran a E model 336 for years which has basically 0 visibility out of the boom glass, these new models seem like they’d be a dream to work. Especially in tight areas or around grounds men.
Nice looking machine
Its a nice machine, the feel on the controls is a little bit different since it has no pilot hydraulics but electronics instead, but once you get used to it in my opinion it is fine.
I really like the feature that there is a mode, that prevents the cab from being hitten by the bucket, and such. It gives you much more peace of mind, when the machine is parked on a pile of gravel, having truck drivers that use an excavator maybe for the first time, to loading their trucks.
The Machine on your video has quite a huge Quick Hitch build height.
Doing a demo with one right now here in Florida. Very nice.
Charlie would be so proud if you bought a cat
Over 100 years of perfecting their machinery. Good shares to invest in 2021.
Looks good, get one, use it, and do some reviews!
That is an extremely nice machine. I love the cab design and the overall look of it. I would be curious to see it in action and actually putting in some work.
they are nice but they are extremely jerky, cant feel your bucket and stick like you can on the B C D E F models . its weird to get used to
Interesting to see a Finning logo down there
Great machines to drive
Imagine driving to your job site and your new fancy ram 3500 goes into limp mode in the middle of the freeway due to the emission control module. Then you jump on your new excavator and it goes into limp mode....lol.. i think the green light is for directing boat traffic.
Love it jelly as hell
I believe once the camera turns off, your true love for cat(equipment)turns on. Had to be specific, some of you went there quick🤔😂🤣
yepppp!!
Looks like that pressure fitting on the top cylinder would be the first thing to get broke off
I ran several different 230s and had very good luck with them
I sat in a 323 New Gen and it seemed like a nice machine. No demos or anything so I don't know how good it is.
323 is sluggish and powerful, strong machine for digging but thirsty for diesel.
Hey Chris all of those oil lines on the top of the boom!!!!!! with no cover that's asking for trouble doing a demo job something dropped on one of them not good!!!!!!!!! back at Disney World again,,,,, glad to see your having a good day,,,,,,, thanks for the input and information what's going on take care junkman do
If you manage to drop something on top of the boom during a demo job, you should probably get back to just digging holes
The grade control was interesting on that machine. Nice walk around!
Those new 320 are sweet
The machine performs its own calibration process for the payload system as well quite impressive
My brother in law bought a new one a couple yrs ago and he loves them. He buys one about every 5 yrs. He's like you he keeps them all spotless and changes fluids when they come due. He told me that customers don't like you bringing dirty leaky nasty looking machines to do their work. He said they pay better when you bring nice shiny equipment it makes you look professional and that you're willing to do a good job. He's been right so far he's been doing it that way for 20yrs and he does over 2mil of business a yr. That's more than I do a yr lol
Do a line up of all your machines and equipment please
You can adjust about everything on the newer machines, I bet the "slow" you feel is just the controls not being set up how you like it.
They're all slow and jerky. Even when turned up
Travis Roach 🤨
cool video.. the green strobes are activated when you put your seatbelt on...
AHHHWHAAATTTT!!??? Holy emissions Batman 😳
Buy Russian machinery. They. Surely dont have no emission crap. They might not run. But no emissions
Todd the Russian equipment does brake down a lot but the way there built you can rebuild the engine and reuse the gaskets in the field no need to transport to the shop and I’ve yet to see one that is operator friendly
When that pretty little engine starts to get emissions issues the owner will want to take it in a pond and drown it.
Wonder if they will last as long as older machines. It's nice but seems like to much fancy stuff to break. If it breaks down I'm sure Cat has to come out. But nice tractor. Like the 2 dipsticks. So u can check w out crawling up on it
Super quiet!
Looks like it wouldnt be to bad to work on.... seems like plenty of room everywhere
Push to start pickups now push to start excavators😂
Is this anything like kick start co-workers?
Nice machine 👍
I was just there and ran that cat 320 exervator
320 is a great machine. For sure out dogs a Volvo!!
Finning is out of western canada. Interesting that the machine is already down in your neck of the woods
It's still a Caterpiler first and foremost.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finning
Extra lines on the cylinders might be for regeneration. Takes the oil from the rod side of the cylinder and redirects it to the butt side for "closer to same" extension and retraction speeds.
You mean to tell me that cat finally figured out that maybe everyone on God's green earth having the same key might not have been a good idea?
Most of the new cats are this way. It’s programmable. You still lock the fuel cap and doors with the standard cat key.
Probably all have same code lol.
There's probably a default code for mechanics that works them all anyway. Peugeot used to have a code entry to kill the engine immobiliser on their cars years ago, I shifted hundreds to the auctions using the default number to allow the engine to start.
Those are indeed quiet
Now that a nice cat 320
Nice machine
This is a fantastic machine.
Did you take a bow there at the end? Cute!
Looks pretty fast to me!!
If the 320 was slow it was probably in economy mode instead of performance mode.
could be.but I also think since its new, the parts are tighter...after a few jobs it may loosen up
I just looked at a 200x JCB that has the same looking seat and controls. I’ve been so impressed by my Volvo ECR355E that I can’t imagine newer technology like this can be any better. Mine does everything I have ever wanted it to do and seems to never be challenged.
I'm shocked at how low the price is on one of those machines. I certainly expected more.
How much?
@@dztrbdgod I was quoted 170k for a new 320 with manual thumb
@@ScreamingEagle228 that is pretty good
The green light is for your seatbelt and the lines on the ram are check valves if something were to go wrong like a pipe burst the will catch the pressure so the arm or dipper doesn’t drop
Green light is for safety handle,, safe to approach ,, why say something when you don’t know ,, you have a responsibility as a human not to be educating people when you don’t know yourself ,
@@burkaboy1 green light is for the seatbelt mr I’m so educated where do u think ure going to find a safety lever on a 6 tonne site dumper they have the green beacon too
@@burkaboy1 search up what is the green beacon for and educate yourself a small bit before talking shit
I don’t need to research I have 3 in the yard I’m looking at and 14 out on pipelines , sorry no dumpers so not sure there , but yes excavators have the traffic light system , to do with the spitters you dumb ass , look up ‘Dunning Krueger‘ speaking of education & educate yourself , but hey hang on , how do you teach someone whoa thinks there talents clearly exceeds ability
Search up ? I order them a couple of time’s a year , and I’m 100% certain that we Ordered and run our green lights but they are not to let the world know that the Opperator is wearing his seat belt , kind of shite is that , go back to your dumpers , the reason there is such a concern in the industry with lack of skill and expertise is because young impressionable people unfortunately listen to dumb assholes like yourself who will never amount to knowing anything because you already know it.
Noticed the Finning decal on it. Strange to see that in OH
It's not slow its fast for a 320
I really love your video
more lines, more chances to rip off in the trees and brush
Scary af... Like we don't have enough to worry about. Call me old fashioned but I think we've got too fancy for our own good.
Nice.
Not very quick looks like it's quite a bit faster than that Volvo 200 e
Very nice Machine and better it's Brand New !! All U need now is a good operator and one can surely generate a lot of Money with Equipment like this!! A BRAND NEW CATERPILLAR, WOW !!
Put her through her paces Chris. You say she don't feel fast. What I see is so much power that that is what makes her quick. Moving that much material makes her very quick. Also I would bet she could lift a 200 series excavator right up out of a mud hole like no problem if she had good ground to stand on. How tippy did she feel at full extension? She looked rock solid on camera.
Actually not, it is slow.
Depends what mode you're in for speed too
How tempting is it to just grab a bucket full of dirt while you're on these machines? Lol.
Aww, they didn't give you a dirt pile to move!
tracks fast...under no load hyd is fairly quick however im pretty sure with the baby kitten engin that loaded cyle times will drop and so will the power cat has been known for...i think they took 2 steps backwards
Looks very fast to me Chris, Volvo faster Letsdig....?
The new John Deere road grader at work theres no key either, just type in the code, I have a feeling everything will be that way since everyone and their brother can have a key for each piece of machinery.
Watch, everyone will leave it on the factory code.. Lol
Logger Wade's new din din. With out scratches lol 🤪
how much it will be take in usd. please give me the information.
We had one of these on a pipeline project And I ran it for a little while but when it came time to dig live I parked it And got on one of our older 210 komatsu`s. All of that electric over hydraulic Great assist It makes the controls horribleFor digging live lines. I would like to try valvo But you very rarely see a valvo excavator In Texas.
Komotsu almost as nice as volvo difference about the same as komotsu over cat
Nice machine! Definitely next generation. With no key how do you lock and unlock the cab door?
With your fingerprint
JAVA QUICKSCOPE cool! It really is next generation
Ya drag your weiner across the door
@@kevinmcgann9732 break out the glass
Retnal scanner is standard... I heard DNA scanner was coming out on the next generation series 2
it has an engine, not a motor, motors run on electric, engines run on diesel, gas or steam. lots of wires for the mice to chew on..
Like I told your buddy Mr Elite, once you go Cat, you won't go back:)
my buddy looking at a case cx excavators at my kubota and case ih dealer
When I talk about Cat excavators, I'm talking about 20 metric tonnes and above, like a Tacoma truck, superior resale value, as well as a well engineered machine:)
Smaller ones, it really depends on dealer support and parts availability as much as the machine!!!
@@OldBoldGuy my kubota and Case IH dealer sells small to full size case excavators wich he useually puts them on sale cheaper wich pretty good price for a large full size case cx series excavators for $89,900
I became a Volvo believer this past week. They way quicker and smoother than anything else I have ran, I see why Chris runs them now!
I'd take that 320 over that Volvo any day. We're still in the F series at work but have seen some on the job although i haven't been in one yet. I'm a pipeliner so we're using the 349 and 336 series of machines. I have seen the new 336 on the pipeline but no 349's . My 349F has 4k hours already. I see they have a 352 out now. I expect to see a few of those on our heavy wall 42" projects. I love those 320's. Been yrs since I've been on one. The larger series that we use are pigs. But they will dig some ground for sure, especially with a 72" on it. Then it's all about volume over speed. That's where its at then. Great videos!! Keep them coming.
Cat "mitsubishi" make garbage trackhoes, they're slow, underpowered, and unstable on flat ground due to short pads, secondly they run Mitsubishi and perkins engines. I'll take anything over a cat machine.
Chris is that cat the same size as your 250 Volvo it look pretty fast though
good luck when it comes time to repair your modern marvel. seems like a whole lot of electronics to cause all kinds of down time. simplicity would be best.
Cats maybe my second choice, but them volvos are the cadillacs of excavators to me
Colonial Roofing of North Carolina Volvo’s are nice but they’re way overpriced
@@reverandhale863 that is the truth there
Nice
Well that cat looks real purdy anyway.
Janggih banget cat 320 nex sekrang..
Dulu saya bawa cat 320d benar² jauh berbeda lihat di video ini
Can you get them with a backfill blade?
Our company mainly engaged in various world famous brands construction equipment of used excavator, second-hand forklifts so on.
Green light is to know if the operator is wearing a seatbelt or not, Most sites now in the UK if that green light ain't flashing you get kicked off site no questions asked
I think they have also studied that a green light is easier to see then a yellow or amber one as well as most of or county plows have added green flashers.
Always wondered what the new green lights were for!
So what if they just buckled the seat belt and sat on top of it? If things like that worked they would have them in the US as well.
Yep, that's ridiculous alright.
Where I'm from, green lights are reserved for volunteer firefighters, many of whom respond to the station, or sometimes directly to whatever scene - fire/accident. They can have a green beacon on their dash or their roof, and (during daylight hours) can run alternating headlights. So I guess if you see a green beacon on machinery at a jobsite, you would tend to assume that it's this seatbelt thing, or perhaps like someone else commented, a warning that the machine is remotely controlled?
Bet it has a ton of pollution controls on it that will break right when you need it .
CAT seemed to move faster than your Volvo.
Nice to see the fuel hose relocated to a more usuable position.
What are the extra lines on the cylinders for?