What It's Like Being A Field Mechanic in Canada! - Interesting WEATHER?
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Cam heads way out to Hemlock Valley for a double service: one Kubota mini excavator and a big Samsung excavator.
The Kubota mini excavator gets a filter change and a recommendation for a final drive service. Plus Cam shows us this really cool air tool called the Radiator Genie - if you thought it was awesome too you can check them out here 👇
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Next up is the Samsung excavator for a full service. What was going to be a straightforward service turns into an epic saga. The swing oil takes forever to drain, a stubborn filter housing means the whole line system has to come off, the weather starts getting real nasty….
Did we mention the heavy duty mechanic was repairing all this in the rain… Also the sideways rain, also some slushy snow, followed by heavy snow, and occasionally some sunshine?
All in a day in the life of a heavy equipment mechanic.
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⌚ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:25 Welcome back to the truck!
1:15 Kubota service
10:25 Now that's a crane!
12:22 RIP CAMERA
15:50 CAMERA IS BACK BABY!!
16:10 Weather report
16:30 Samsung service
20:00 Milwaukee Fail
22:18 Suck it out
22:49 Another weather change
25:08 IT'S YA BOY
27:43 Another weather report
29:00 Seals at the zoo
31:40 O RING O RING O RING
34:28 Hmmmm...
34:38 DCA and SCA
36:26 Final drives and funnels
39:20 Gonna be bad boys
42:58 IT'S SNOWIN'
43:50 Pre-filling filters?
45:15 Making oil potions
46:45 Done for the day
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For what's it's worth, I do appreciate the shop humor. It's about 70% of the reason I watch the videos.
Thanks for the feedback! You'll really like the next two Service Call videos then lol
like 90 percent here lol
His question "do people really like these jokes" yes yes we do. Its now part of my vocabulary. Dont ever stop these im in college for heavy right now this keeps me motivated.
Im really thinking about getting into the trade, Im an apprentice for a regular 310s mechanics license right now but every 310s mechanic I talk to tells me to think twice about getting into it. The Hd work really interests me though
@Big Mike I genually say do what you feel you want to do. Im going for HD Diesel and Heavy equipment repair. I was a mechanic for light vehicles before and was a service writer as well. Every aspect sucked. Heavy is a more demanding but more upfront service, primarily commercial customers are "Usually" easier to deal with i think.
@@johnturk4041 I enjoy working on the cars but its always the dealership dramma that makes me rethink it. These videos obviously dont show the worst jobs but I think working more independently would be nice.
The vocabulary is universal, a lot of four letter words. I also threw my share of wrenches over the years.
The clip with the ratchet breaking on the next service was funny 😂😂
Haha thanks Jordan glad you liked that bit
I've been an industrial hvac tech for 15 yrs and always wondered what it was like to be a HD mechanic. I find this channel fascinating. Gotta love the sense of humor that comes with trade jobs.
Is HVAC worth getting into?
Literally starting HVAC in a week. Fingers crossed lol
What a great mechanic and tech. He is a funny dude and very very smart
A funny and smart mechanic he sure is
@@TekamoHD thank you for putting on these videos
Even though I do this for 10 hours a day 6 days a week I enjoy watching this when I get home ! 👊
Legend!
Haha when he said you can smell it on camera I know exactly what he means. They smell terrible especially on ones that get a ton of movement like dozers and skiddies
Thanks guy. I am reliving my youth as a field tech. Love it, keep our good reputation in the trade.
The old school guy.
Just an FYI. Worked on Kubota units quite a bit. For the engine oil level they like to be half way up the dip stick. If you over fill it on the old ones it will just burn down to half way on the dipstick. If you over fill the newer units. They will try and burn it off and sour the DPF, then it has to be replaced. Like the vids guys👍
You guys and girls I really appreciate. A good tech can save so many issues for an operator.
My compliments, this is my job from 45 years, all days outside hot,cold, rain snow and sand.
Unfortunately for me, today, all genius in white jackets hasn't this school, good only for open the laptop.
Tks
Tips for swing motor oil ... warm up the oil befor filling it . It gose much faster .. keep the good work and RIP 🙏 tool 🔧 ❤️❤️💯
Alright! Just what I needed to see, the Camster. Good to see you wrenchy
the VO cam sound effects are top notch
Interesting point of view about air filters. I work in west Texas and pulling filters to clean is commonplace because of the sand and dust. Our restriction numbers are gospel because of how easy it is to dust an engine down there. That being said we’ve always been pretty liberal about pulling filters to clean or even inspect between pms we are just very careful.
2 Questions for Cam or any of the other techs on tekamo. What is the most expensive bill you had to eat because of a mistake you may have made repairing it?
For example splitting a unit to do a clutch and maybe it wasn't set right and you had to split the unit again and fix your mistake, would you eat the labor for 2nd time splitting the unit or would you still charge the customer?
I'm curious because you are independent.
Whats the coldest weather your work in?
I live in the Canadian prairies where a couple months in winter can result in 30 or more days of -30 Celsius. How would you work in that? I would be very cautious and afraid of breaking components.
man this remined me of the 80`s when i was driving a wrecker towing Heavy on the motorways ,, shitty weather but the best job ,,,,, Love the vids man
Rob
Now in hot Australia (NO SNOW )
Awesome video as usual guys !
Thanks Terry!
Very true statement,,, everyone has their own way of doing stuff ...
looks great weather Cam Well done bloke keep up the great work Bit a water in hyd oil
Sometimes it’s a good sometimes it’s a shit! lol that clip is hilarious, we laugh our asses off at that at work. Cams humor is great
I like how cam beats the sh*t out of his impacts and complains why the plastic ones break😂
I'd fucking die laughing working with this goon every day. So damn funny.
Cool job with a view! NICE
I LOVE WATCHING THESE VIDEOS
Glad you enjoy them. More to come.
Super duper happy I found your channel fellas
there's a dip strip pack from fleetguard for testing the dca
you guys should make a video of everyones thoughts on best machines
I'm a 3rd year 310T Apprentice. I've been watching these videos non-stop because I've been looking to get into heavy possibly when I'm licensed in 310T. Anybody on here for advice would be great lol. I am looking at a job in Alberta currently. A little fact on air filters. The more dirt they accumulate in them they actually filter more efficiently using a dirt wall. So brand new ones technically don't filter as many contaminants as well until they have sucked in a bit of dust first. Cam knows his shit :D
Hell yeah another cam vidya
For sure everyone will have their own opinion and service style. Once I pulled an inner air filter and actually found a couple small pieces of the compressor blades just in behind the filter before there was any symptoms of a turbo failure. Not that that is something you usually are looking for but it is for me now lol. Personally I change the outter every 250 and the inner every 500 as , in my opinion, you can have a fair amount of "restriction" in an inner and not see it visually as it is a finer filter pleting. It is more exspensive for sure but that's just how I do our fleet. Great content, enjoy seeing other styles and techniques. Oh yeah, I work on road building equipment over on the Island!
Siiiick!!!! We need more speed metal 🤘🏽🤘🏽😂
40:09 killing me by putting the o ring there and taking it back then ready then back then ready then a different filter.
I have one of those kx121-3 with 12k+ hrs at 10k hrs it started at 0hrs again lol
Had to replace head at 11k, cracked on the left side water jacket and it was seaping. Still ran fine
My grandpa used to always say "tickety boo". Is it a BC/AB thing?
I’m just here for the “schmoo”!
i do pm's on generator and other service... i love it
its slick up here too lol
We heave to change the outter filter every 250 on our services because there’s so much dirt on our construction site so much grading and dirt moving if you don’t change the outter every 250 that light will come on before the next service
We just have to replace the air filters every 250 our spec doesn’t call for that but because the amount of dust in our particular equipment we usually always change them at every 250 not that I agree we should always but it’s part of the routine but again this is a very specific high dust application so that’s probably the difference certainly wouldn’t be necessary in most applications
@tekamo HD, hi guy I love watching your UA-cam video I am thinking of becoming a technician apprenticeship myself. From uk 🇬🇧
Interresting Video i like doing services its something i realy enjoy 🤣👍
Is it a good thing to do oil testing every service??
What about the swing oil? Never showed filling it
That water separator hose fitting should be tight on those, that may be where the sweating and dust accumulation is coming from.
Could we get a link in the description to the red gloves you wear and the safety glasses, love the videos!
Hey Jared! Sorry for the late reply man. The gloves are Milwaukee: amzn.to/3L7BbNZ and the safety glasses we really like are the 3M SecureFits: amzn.to/3v1ZAic
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U-Line sells a "patio" propane heater that runs smaller cans, should be enough for a pop-up with 3 side on a breezy day. Been trying to save for one for the balcony at home.
Edit: iirc less than $300
I first thought that there was a LOT of water in the fuel, but I'm used to seeing red diesel..
@8:19: Just like giving a piss sample at the doctors, gotta catch it mid-stream.
You can tell its a 22 by the size of the socket that fits on it 😂
Also missed where you greased the points and tightened that loose track 🤨🧐🤣😂
I still dont understand why cam went under the machine to take off the filter?
Amazing don't know how you do it.
looks like absolute hell to me!i work in a shop in front of a furnace with a heated vest on...i control the heat in shop..its always warm
I work both, so I dress for 0° and then have to strip down to work indoors for the afternoon 😂
Missed where you refilled the swing drive gear🤨🧐🤣😂
What your go to tool? Also did you get your impact fixed?
Battery powered drum pump and fill from the bottom, final drives get full in minutes.
16:54 sounds like red green 🤣
Need more heavy equipment repair boys
Do you not use brake clean Cam
Which brand was that ratchet?
I had to do an oil change on a 7.3L diesel, and the drain plug bit was stripped to fucking shit, and this explains.... so... so much... I had to get a file and essentially make a new head... not gonna lie I kinda had fun doing that, felt like a machinist.
why not fill filters with oil before putting them on?
as a hd mech i gagged when i seen the hub oil instantly tasted it
Thought silicone was for bathtubs
How long does a service of one machine usually take?
Could be 2-8 hours depends on the machine
A 2000 hour service bills for 13 hours, but very rarely calls for it. Usually it takes 6-8 hours.
I work on Cummins generators that use 3 and 4 cylinder Kubotas like that and my goodness do people tighten the shit out of the drain plugs on them, I almost always have to use my big 1/2" snapon ratchet to get them loose.
Trick I do with the snap on handles is get a screw driver with the hard handle and switch them to my ratchets that’s the only way I’ve found to get the hard handle
You're kind of like a slightly discounted, yet manlier and funnier Ryan Reynolds.
Whats the Tool called He used on the Pipe wrench for more leverage?
I've never seen a cheater bar/pipe like that one. Kinda like that so I had to look it up. This is what I found -Mueller-Kueps wrench extender
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Next time pull the oil fill cap so your drain stream comes out smooth 😊
Just risking contamination for no reason
What kind of work boots yall rockin?
Red Wings 2414 is the one Cam wears. Majority of the guys on this channel run Red Wings but different models
Dirty hands clean money 🤘🏻
Why not suck the oil out from the dipstick tube? Easy and clean.
Where is this location?
Where those oil sample kits from?
Depends on your area there’s a few places you can get em. Ask these guys they’ll know www.fortishd.com/
What. You don't have one of those fancy desks that lower and raise in case of back pain like all the government office workers have?
You don’t prefill oil and fuel filers. When i ford learned that’s how we had to do it
I bet you ford a lot...
When you smile I think of the Maple Leafs...
Dudes sound like paid actors lol
Down here in Texas we have 4 seasons of hot😂
how do you stay cool year round?
It took me a lot of years handling hot, full oil filters, only to find out the common sense approach. Now, I punch a hole in the bottom and let it drain. It not only prevents oil coming down the sides to get all over your hands, but it's lighter and it cools off without oil in it.
Punch your hole damn it!
Sorry about your ratchet. They won’t have red on the truck just the pink one of course. Pink rubber handle ! Lol yuk.
If only I were so lucky.
Man, I'm having ptsd flash backs of getting burnt final drive and hydraulic fluid on my covies and not being able to get the smell out for a month or two...
We’ll make old final drive oil air fresheners for you
@TekamoHD such a sweetheart, do you have any products to replicate stains for my seats too?
😂 Yessir we have authentic stained seats we can send you and we’ll take yours as core
Bahahahahw best video yet 😂😂😂
This is equivalent to a trailer park episode, same laugh factory withe commentary
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Haters gonna hate, potatoes gonna potate
How many Ugga duggas on the oilplug you said? 6-7 Ugga Duggas? :')
Swing drive oil our oil looks a little..........*let's say something that's keeps this on UA-cam*....*nothing.... "so yea" got a good laugh from me shouldn't have been that funny but it was
RIP red hard handle ratchet…
Cam keep making jokes like this. Ppl who hate it are so F**kin dumb!!! U make the job go by quick and fun
Trades run the world
Hack Cam dipping the stick way to much.
Dip stick doesn't reach the oil anymore, know where I can get a longer one?
One pig mat hahahaha
nothing like the smell of burnt gear lube! gross
Haters gonna hate, baters gonna bate. I’ll take a hat
Haters gonna hate, masters gonna bate?
giver a good UHGADUHGA
that's spec