WHAT DID IT COST? CHECK THIS LINK FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE PRICING: ahmcorp.com/?ref=greenacrehomestead Also note: The component shown at @16:50 is not intended for the AHM excavator and has been phased out by the manufacturer in subsequent models.
As a 28 year Chevron employee, I can tell you the diesels are exactly the same. When the tanker goes to wherever he gets fuel, he selects diesel and for ag/off road red diesel he pushes an additional Red button. This injects the red dye into the “on road” diesel. They dyed the diesel so the IRS could catch truckers not paying the federal road taxes.
Diesel engineer, I'd agree. You're fine using offroad diesel. On road is just easier to find. Here in Indiana you can usually find offroad diesel at co-ops.
The boys are getting so big!!!!🥰 The older boy looks like Mom, youngest looks like Dad! What great kids they are!!!! Thanks for sharing them with us! I think I want a mini excavator, because it's adorable!!!😂😂
Red diesel and road diesel are one in the same. The only difference occurs at the bulk plant when the delivery driver puts a packet of red dye in it. I operate a bushhog-light clearing business and use the red-off road diesel in my Kubota L 4701 all of the time and have had zero problems due to fuel.
Yep yep,and back up until the turn of the century off road fuel prices were about 50% of on road fuel prices but thanks to gubmint overtaxation there isn't much cost difference... 😠 😡
Finally someone that gives off good chill vibes and explains everything and understand it’s for light duty work and not for big construction jobs…We need a video when changing the oil, what size grease fittings, Pos and Cons you have come across…Thank You
The sound of the diesel engine purr. That is SWEET. You are going to get a bunch of stuff done this summer. In ground pool, Cattle, Sheep, Meat Chickens and Emo's! Can't wait for all the videos. 🤣
You might want to add a thumb to your bucket. Looks like you have the Mountain brackets already on the boom arm. It would only be three pieces. The two arms and the piece that fits in front of the bucket
The needle grease fittings are standard on some 4WD driveshafts and axles. They are used in situations where extra clearance is needed and where a regular zert would easily be knocked off. They have been around in the US for years. Congrats on the new equipment. It will come in handy on the homestead.
If it's a traditional set up, the tracks can be tightened via pumping greasing into the track adjusters. It looks like you also have mounting points for a mechanical thumb on the bucket to help pick up debris/brush.
Seeing that big wooden crate brought back memories of when I was a child spent the summer at my grandparents and my grandpa had a big crate like that we played in all summer long as our playhouse
Look how handsome those boys are and have growled so much I enjoy seeing them too I’m so happy how much moma and daddy show them how to put equipment together they are going to be smart beyond years the Hollars show there boys too I love seeing parents teaching them how to work tyfs much love and prayers ❤
I just love your family and the way you teach your boys everything as they want to be involved. I think it's adorable that one takes after you and the other Angela ❤
What a fun and useful piece of equipment! I would love to see some cooking videos on good ol' country cooking Angela! Hope y'all have an awesomely blessed week!💖🙏💖
That's awesome. It's good that you are teaching your sons to work on it and operate it also. I would have been in so much trouble as a kid, digging holes everywhere. I would love to have one now.
That’s looks like waaaaay more fun than a whole wall full of shovels! Mini/micro excavator for the win! Looking forward to hearing your opinion on it over the long haul. 👍🏼
I've seen reviews on machines like this. The biggest thing about it is the tracks are narrow. Be careful and stay off slopes going sideways. Kubota diesel you can't go wrong.👍👍 Oh yes like me you don't need a counter weight. 🤣🤣👍👍
HOW MUCH FUN IS that! Glad you involved the kids and of course Angie. Should be a hoot using that thing. Half way through so assuming you will address cost but the chinese definitely have the ''Wal Mart' for big tools down. Thanks Sam and enjoy your new toy, not many folk get that chance.
That thing is awesome. I think it's a little bigger than the one you rented. Would be nice to have a few different buckets. Can you get an auger that would work with that? I know it's not a skid steer, but folks can dream.
I’m glad your getting to work with companies like this, it’s fantastic and the amount of projects with this machinery will make things so much easier, honestly not a bad price too I was expecting it to cost more, I think it could be a fantastic piece of equipment for anyone with land who loves to do projects ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️
Hi guys, wow what a wonderful little machine deal around a small farm to dig trenches, Gully pits etc etc keep up the good work looks like a lot of fun Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia ❤❤❤🇦🇺😁
Congratulations on the new "digger". I looked into one of these but then went with a "towable" excavator. Our homestead is much to steep for a small tracked excavator. Turnover would be high risk. Looks like a great machine! Look forward to watching ya'll use it.
Take a white paint marker and write down the belt and hose numbers under the seat panel that way there's no guessing and a quick glance will tell what part number to get..
Love it and the out takes at the end were hilarious. Your boys will be very helpful assisting with the new mini X. Loved the workshop build but love the family involved videos.
I does look like a well built machine. It is nice to have new toys to play with and good to have the boys involved. My wife watches all the time but when I saw "Mini excavator" I had to watch!! good stuff guys. Like you said, your just a little backwards on the controls. It did look a little weak trying to dig but was that just how you were operating it? Anyhow, for sure show us anything you do to it or with it. It will be awesome! Cheers Earl
Usually want to do digging or other work with the blade facing the work, and pushed down as far as possible. This takes some load off the drive motors and will help them last longer. It also adds stability, which is needed on a small machine. But otherwise looks like a pretty good machine.
you need to go over every bolt and test each of them for tightness, those machines are renowned for loose bolts on and around the turntable, you will probably put anything from 1/4 to a full turn and theres hundreds of bolts on the damn things, still better than a pick and shovel.
I have a 2 ton excavator Kabota Diesel- love it!! Water Lines, digging my pond, auger for post holes ( not going to miss post hole diggers!), ripper tooth for rocks, grapples for wood logs, 8” trenching bucket, tilt bucket/ I’m dreaming up jobs. Of course neighbors want to borrow it.
Awesome!! This will quickly be put to work on some trenches for electrical and water lines too. We have a pond in our woods that needs cleaned out I'm sure, too. :)
Well , how exciting !! I’m a little bit concerned that it was rather shaky at times looking as if it might tip over ? Is that why you want to tighten the tracks ? It was so nice seeing you work together to put it together and each learning to drive it was awesome!! This looks like a new ‘ toy ‘ that’s going to do a lot of work for you 🎉!!
Oh boy, Sam &Angela have a new toy. To bad you couldn't have rolled it out and used the crate as a small shed or for the boys to play with😊 Doug, @Diyfferent has one and he loves it Excited to see what you do with it.
You can swap the controls by moving 4 hydraulic connections on the valve. Tracks adjust with a wrench behind the plate on the side of the tracks. The needle grease fittings work pretty well, but it's also cheap and easy to swap to Zerks.
Thanks for sharing, yep the boys are catching on pretty quickly. Look forward to watching up coming videos on this machine. Went to their website to check them out!!
Thanks for the wonderful, informative video! I'll need to check into this machine. You should wangle for a commission deal with the manufacturer. Not sure I understand the purpose of a spare ignition module for a diesel engine, however.
Sam if there is showing slack in the tracks then they are loose. It might feel loose but look for the slack or droop in the track if you think it shows some perhaps they need to be tightened. We have a mid size Komatsu excavator and ours has a place to where we use the grease gun to shoot grease into it and the force extends the track. Not sure what you have on that line but someone should know or your owners manual should show it I would think. You are going to save your back pain for sure and Angela will love it. It's strange to try to figure out the management of it with the sticks I know steering and etc, but you will catch onto it. Good luck and I love that you have it. Anyone who has a place large enough and so on needs a machine to assist .....dig the roots out and tip the smaller trees over. Did they offer a "thumb' with that machine......being smaller maybe not. I wished we had one when we purchased ours years ago........we can still add it but that would be amazing help. God bless, be safe and don't overtax it, as they can get in a tipping feeling.....just use caution. Watch the boys with it if they drive it on the tipping but you are pretty flat there so....................... I think I see garden rows being dug?????
Get an extra bucket if a 6in is not available and cut it to your wanted width. Most steel on these mini is thin and weld the sides back on in your garage. These machines like you said are a lite duty flat ground use. I'd say a landscaper dream.
9:39 That thing with alloy fins on it (bottom left corner, in front of that reservoir), I have one on my kubota diesel engine for my log splitter which failed about a year or 2 after owning it. It killed the electric start and I now just hand pull it so long as the compression button is depressed. Not saying this is what you need to do but more a heads up if you smell the magic smoke or lucky enough to see it, that piece is more than likely the culprit..
The fittings that are on it are a standard for equipment that may have a tendency to get snagged or bumped. Zerk fittings have a tendency to break off easily.
You should consider adding a brace behind the rear motor mounts connecting the two. It will help prevent the motor mounting flanges from bending which has happened on more than a few of these.There is a company that sells a prectut version that uses the motor mount bolts to attach. Once the mounts bend a little the tracks will not stay on.
WHAT DID IT COST? CHECK THIS LINK FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE PRICING: ahmcorp.com/?ref=greenacrehomestead Also note: The component shown at @16:50 is not intended for the AHM excavator and has been phased out by the manufacturer in subsequent models.
Mudd on tracks and dirt in the bucket sounds like a country song 😂
As a 28 year Chevron employee, I can tell you the diesels are exactly the same. When the tanker goes to wherever he gets fuel, he selects diesel and for ag/off road red diesel he pushes an additional Red button. This injects the red dye into the “on road” diesel. They dyed the diesel so the IRS could catch truckers not paying the federal road taxes.
Diesel engineer, I'd agree. You're fine using offroad diesel. On road is just easier to find. Here in Indiana you can usually find offroad diesel at co-ops.
Ive heard this before. Good info to share. Thanks!
Tyfs that it’s greatly appreciated because I didn’t know that
Gday
we dont have on or off road diesel the farmers or companys just get a different price for it
cheers
Off road fuel is the same as highway fuel except the dye. In some states like Iowa the fuel that you buy for auto diesel is pure crap it's bio diesel.
I love it when the little kid helps. He lights up when his dad lets him use tools
The boys are getting so big!!!!🥰 The older boy looks like Mom, youngest looks like Dad! What great kids they are!!!! Thanks for sharing them with us! I think I want a mini excavator, because it's adorable!!!😂😂
Red diesel and road diesel are one in the same. The only difference occurs at the bulk plant when the delivery driver puts a packet of red dye in it. I operate a bushhog-light clearing business and use the red-off road diesel in my Kubota L 4701 all of the time and have had zero problems due to fuel.
Yep yep,and back up until the turn of the century off road fuel prices were about 50% of on road fuel prices but thanks to gubmint overtaxation there isn't much cost difference... 😠 😡
It was my understanding that red dyed "off road diesel " has a higher sulfur content.
It's so awesome to see the whole family involved in a project. And Angela is certainly getting more comfortable in front of the camera!
Finally someone that gives off good chill vibes and explains everything and understand it’s for light duty work and not for big construction jobs…We need a video when changing the oil, what size grease fittings, Pos and Cons you have come across…Thank You
That you have your family helping you makes this so wholesome to me. Well done dad! Your one of the good ones
The sound of the diesel engine purr. That is SWEET. You are going to get a bunch of stuff done this summer. In ground pool, Cattle, Sheep, Meat Chickens and Emo's! Can't wait for all the videos. 🤣
Maybe some of those... but not all of them! :P Hahaha All kidding aside... meat chickens would be fun & a root cellar too!
You might want to add a thumb to your bucket. Looks like you have the Mountain brackets already on the boom arm. It would only be three pieces. The two arms and the piece that fits in front of the bucket
The needle grease fittings are standard on some 4WD driveshafts and axles. They are used in situations where extra clearance is needed and where a regular zert would easily be knocked off. They have been around in the US for years. Congrats on the new equipment. It will come in handy on the homestead.
If it's a traditional set up, the tracks can be tightened via pumping greasing into the track adjusters. It looks like you also have mounting points for a mechanical thumb on the bucket to help pick up debris/brush.
These have a screw type track adjust. Take off the plate on the side of the tracks and adjust with a wrench
Awesome guys , that's going to come in handy !!!!! 😊🙏👍❤️
Seeing that big wooden crate brought back memories of when I was a child spent the summer at my grandparents and my grandpa had a big crate like that we played in all summer long as our playhouse
Awesome to see a family working together and sharing their experience learning together! I love this. Please keep sharing.
Look how handsome those boys are and have growled so much I enjoy seeing them too I’m so happy how much moma and daddy show them how to put equipment together they are going to be smart beyond years the Hollars show there boys too I love seeing parents teaching them how to work tyfs much love and prayers ❤
I just love your family and the way you teach your boys everything as they want to be involved. I think it's adorable that one takes after you and the other Angela ❤
What a fun and useful piece of equipment! I would love to see some cooking videos on good ol' country cooking Angela! Hope y'all have an awesomely blessed week!💖🙏💖
That engine you got is bullet proof. IMO they are the best. I own one no issues at all!
A mini is a game changer....it's so versatile and so FUN! Tractor Hard! 🚜💪!
I LOVE how far this homestead has come and watching you grow as a family. How fun to get a mini X. GOD bless
That's awesome. It's good that you are teaching your sons to work on it and operate it also. I would have been in so much trouble as a kid, digging holes everywhere. I would love to have one now.
Love your videos and enjoy watching them. May the lord bless and protect you and your family
😊 well, I am not surprised. You talked about wanting one a few videos ago. I am sure you all will enjoy this machine.
Hi Sam and Angela, that’s an awesome machine! It would definitely be handy on the Homestead.
That’s looks like waaaaay more fun than a whole wall full of shovels! Mini/micro excavator for the win! Looking forward to hearing your opinion on it over the long haul. 👍🏼
I've seen reviews on machines like this. The biggest thing about it is the tracks are narrow. Be careful and stay off slopes going sideways. Kubota diesel you can't go wrong.👍👍
Oh yes like me you don't need a counter weight. 🤣🤣👍👍
HOW MUCH FUN IS that! Glad you involved the kids and of course Angie. Should be a hoot using that thing. Half way through so assuming you will address cost but the chinese definitely have the ''Wal Mart' for big tools down. Thanks Sam and enjoy your new toy, not many folk get that chance.
It was so cool watching you guys and the boys working on on and trying out the new equipment! Very nice kobota! 😊👍💕💕💕
That thing is awesome. I think it's a little bigger than the one you rented. Would be nice to have a few different buckets.
Can you get an auger that would work with that? I know it's not a skid steer, but folks can dream.
The manufacturer shows an 8" auger attachment, and it has the extra hydraulics already there, so I would think so!
That would sure come in handy if available.@@sam-and-angela
I’m glad your getting to work with companies like this, it’s fantastic and the amount of projects with this machinery will make things so much easier, honestly not a bad price too I was expecting it to cost more, I think it could be a fantastic piece of equipment for anyone with land who loves to do projects ❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️
Cool that you have the whole family involved. You have a great channel.
Awesome! Mine is coming tomorrow! 😊
Wow!
Hi guys, wow what a wonderful little machine deal around a small farm to dig trenches, Gully pits etc etc keep up the good work looks like a lot of fun Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia ❤❤❤🇦🇺😁
Congratulations on the new mini excavator. It's going to help a lot. Great that Issac and Elijah can use it fairly easily.
Congratulations on the new "digger". I looked into one of these but then went with a "towable" excavator. Our homestead is much to steep for a small tracked excavator. Turnover would be high risk. Looks like a great machine! Look forward to watching ya'll use it.
I could totally see that. Our place before this was in the mountains where even a tractor would have been sketchy.
Take a white paint marker and write down the belt and hose numbers under the seat panel that way there's no guessing and a quick glance will tell what part number to get..
Cool machine. Great video. Love to see the whole family working on the unpacking ansld assembly. Your lads are great helpers.
Love it and the out takes at the end were hilarious. Your boys will be very helpful assisting with the new mini X. Loved the workshop build but love the family involved videos.
Ok Sam this thing is really cool! And you can’t beat free! You guys can plant trees and all kinds of stuff with this thing!
Nice! That should be very handy. I have seen several videos on these and would really like to get one someday. We'll see. 😁
Congratulations Sam and Angela! Excited to see what you do with your new piece of machinery!
A NEW TOY . I LOVE NEW TOYS. Have fun with it. Gods blessings your way today and everyday FROM NORTH CAROLINA
Sam congratulations on the new toy. Looking forward to seeing all the projects for it. Stay safe and see you next time.
I does look like a well built machine. It is nice to have new toys to play with and good to have the boys involved. My wife watches all the time but when I saw "Mini excavator" I had to watch!! good stuff guys. Like you said, your just a little backwards on the controls. It did look a little weak trying to dig but was that just how you were operating it? Anyhow, for sure show us anything you do to it or with it. It will be awesome!
Cheers Earl
Nice video guys, I like the machine.
Glad see the family enjoying the new equipment. 😊 always informative.
cool lil mini X can't wait to see it in action the boys seem to love it 🙂 they are really getting big quick 💖
Smoothly and steady. He has this look out he will be driving it to town. Call it the CLAW as in Toy Story. Ha ha I love❤ it. Happy Valentine’s Day
😁
Usually want to do digging or other work with the blade facing the work, and pushed down as far as possible. This takes some load off the drive motors and will help them last longer. It also adds stability, which is needed on a small machine. But otherwise looks like a pretty good machine.
Thanks for the advice ,im thinking about getting one
That’s so cute! 😂 I want to come and play with y’all’s cool toys! 🙋🏼♀️
Wow!
That’s even smaller than the one “Diyfferent” bought for their place.
Good luck!
you need to go over every bolt and test each of them for tightness, those machines are renowned for loose bolts on and around the turntable, you will probably put anything from 1/4 to a full turn and theres hundreds of bolts on the damn things, still better than a pick and shovel.
I love that this is a Family Affair - You guys are doing well.
Very cool, that thing moves pretty fast! I think a 6 inch bucket for trenching is a good idea like you said
I have a 2 ton excavator Kabota Diesel- love it!! Water Lines, digging my pond, auger for post holes ( not going to miss post hole diggers!), ripper tooth for rocks, grapples for wood logs, 8” trenching bucket, tilt bucket/ I’m dreaming up jobs. Of course neighbors want to borrow it.
Awesome!! This will quickly be put to work on some trenches for electrical and water lines too. We have a pond in our woods that needs cleaned out I'm sure, too. :)
I like that you are having your boys help explain. GOOD practice for them. - A CHRISTmas greeting card family photo on the mini excavator.
Well , how exciting !!
I’m a little bit concerned that it was rather shaky at times looking as if it might tip over ? Is that why you want to tighten the tracks ?
It was so nice seeing you work together to put it together and each learning to drive it was awesome!!
This looks like a new ‘ toy ‘ that’s going to do a lot of work for you 🎉!!
That can be a game changer for many projects and the Kubota is tough as nails
Sweet! The perfect equipment for Y'all! Will definitely be an asset!❤❤❤❤
Oh boy,
Sam &Angela have a new toy.
To bad you couldn't have rolled it out and used the crate as a small shed or for the boys to play with😊
Doug, @Diyfferent has one and he loves it
Excited to see what you do with it.
Hey Jim! I'm a watcher of Doug and Ashley's channel too! Sam and Angela are great friends with Doug and Ashley! Didn't know if you knew that.
@@tamistone7344What's the name of their channel please
I love y'all family ❤. The boys are so cute 🥰. They will be grown before you know it.
Cheers for the video. Getting mine delivered tomorrow and this video was helpful! Here in NSW Australia. Mines orange too yew!
You can swap the controls by moving 4 hydraulic connections on the valve. Tracks adjust with a wrench behind the plate on the side of the tracks. The needle grease fittings work pretty well, but it's also cheap and easy to swap to Zerks.
Thanks for sharing, yep the boys are catching on pretty quickly. Look forward to watching up coming videos on this machine. Went to their website to check them out!!
Congratulations! Amazing! Love watching your family!
Thank you so much!!
Congratulations, love the mini excavator. I would love to have one. Great video!👍🏻
Get a thumb on that bucket and that thing will be mint! Congrats on the new tool!
Nice to have is own toolbox, always with the machine.
That mini excavator is nice!
Wait did I see a pass through from your old work shed to your new workshop? That's awesome!
You did. :) It's still under construction, but will be shown on my Samcraft channel when it's done.
Im glad its as functional as it is cute. ❤️❤️❤️
Looking forward to seeing more videos on the mini excavator!!
Looking forward to the new project. ❤❤❤❤
Tracks are tightened by adding grease to fittings under top track
Really cool! By the way, Harbor Freight has Metric and SAE grease fittings on the cheap.
It’s so pertty!!! I want one!!! So happy for you! You are going to get some really good out of it!! 👏👏👏👏👏
That create box can make in a cool club house for the boys
I have been looking at these for a while and everybody says they are definitely worth the price! Also you can never go wrong with a Japanese motor!
Thanks for the wonderful, informative video! I'll need to check into this machine. You should wangle for a commission deal with the manufacturer. Not sure I understand the purpose of a spare ignition module for a diesel engine, however.
Oh that looks like your sons will have fun growing up leaning to use this toy
Well that looks like fun to play with.
I see it’s already plumb for a thumb, that’s pretty cool and I like the fact it has a diesel in it! Nice!
I just put a hydraulic thumb on it the other day. :) That'll be in our next video. It makes a huge difference!
@@sam-and-angela that’s awesome Sam!
Gooooooooooooood evening, Sam and Angela.
I'm with you a 6in bucket is a no brainer for this size of excavator. I'm surprised that they do not offer one.
Sam if there is showing slack in the tracks then they are loose. It might feel loose but look for the slack or droop in the track if you think it shows some perhaps they need to be tightened. We have a mid size Komatsu excavator and ours has a place to where we use the grease gun to shoot grease into it and the force extends the track. Not sure what you have on that line but someone should know or your owners manual should show it I would think. You are going to save your back pain for sure and Angela will love it. It's strange to try to figure out the management of it with the sticks I know steering and etc, but you will catch onto it. Good luck and I love that you have it. Anyone who has a place large enough and so on needs a machine to assist .....dig the roots out and tip the smaller trees over. Did they offer a "thumb' with that machine......being smaller maybe not. I wished we had one when we purchased ours years ago........we can still add it but that would be amazing help.
God bless, be safe and don't overtax it, as they can get in a tipping feeling.....just use caution. Watch the boys with it if they drive it on the tipping but you are pretty flat there so....................... I think I see garden rows being dug?????
I can see there will be hours of fun coming!
That's a bad ass little piece of equipment
Get an extra bucket if a 6in is not available and cut it to your wanted width. Most steel on these mini is thin and weld the sides back on in your garage. These machines like you said are a lite duty flat ground use. I'd say a landscaper dream.
Thank you for the bloopers! 😂 I needed a
good belly laugh!!😂
9:39 That thing with alloy fins on it (bottom left corner, in front of that reservoir), I have one on my kubota diesel engine for my log splitter which failed about a year or 2 after owning it. It killed the electric start and I now just hand pull it so long as the compression button is depressed. Not saying this is what you need to do but more a heads up if you smell the magic smoke or lucky enough to see it, that piece is more than likely the culprit..
Congrations to Sam, Angela and the boy's
The fittings that are on it are a standard for equipment that may have a tendency to get snagged or bumped. Zerk fittings have a tendency to break off easily.
Sam, love how you explain everything. Live seeing boys helping?
Love the bloopers and outtakes! 😂👍💕💕💕
Very cool! Congrats! 🎉
Nifty tool , I could use one of those !
So enjoyed watching! You guys are great😀
Where did you buy it and how much
You should consider adding a brace behind the rear motor mounts connecting the two. It will help prevent the motor mounting flanges from bending which has happened on more than a few of these.There is a company that sells a prectut version that uses the motor mount bolts to attach. Once the mounts bend a little the tracks will not stay on.
Sam, you could probably get a steel fab shop to make a 6” bucket for you. You could design it and they make it