Earth SQUEEGEE, EXCAVATOR Modifications that will surprise you. Ground clearing made easy!
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2022
- Excavator blade with a twist and several other modifications to an excavator.
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You sir are a genius. Love your innovations and your “MO” there’s got to be a better way. Love this channel. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on every day tasks and how to do them a better way.
I appreciate that!
I think my favorite was the swivel ratchet you mounted to the machine for the auxiliary hydraulics. That has to save so much time having it right there and not having to go back to the shop
A place for everything at or close to the point of use. Lol thanks!
@@OneEyeCustoms Watching you tweak all of these machines is going to force me to learn to weld someday. LOL -- I love seeing simple improvements that just make life easier! Cheers! --J.Andre.
Dang! Also very cool rubber excavator track add on to the custom blade!
Awesome dirt Squeegee
My dad always looked for
Ways to do things easier and better
Two thumbs up
I would legit buy that land squeegee in a heartbeat. Nice job!
This was an amazing video. Many kudos for all the great ideas!
Thank you!
Well now I got to plant more grass! LOL
DOUG, yer always thinkin !!!
So Im sure you've thought about Patents . You always got neat Stuff going on!
If you do patent what you invent and don't want to manufacture, sell the patent to a manufacturer.
All great compost 💚🌱✌🏻💯
Hey neighbor Doug. Thanks for sharing your mods you’ve done to your equipment. A few years ago I saw a contractor working around a new house he was building and he had something similar to your squeegee. Only his was just the blade without the rubber track
Very nice Doug. i mad a 5 ft rake that clamp on the bucket. worked great
the squeegee attachment is a good idea....
That was a goodun'!
Doug, you’re like the “mad scientist”, except you’re not crazy 🤣 I continue to be amazed with your logic, common sense and ingenuity demonstrated by the fantastic ideas you come up with constantly. Your squeegee blade attachment is simply awesome!! The whole time I was thinking, “Mike Morgan could really put that thing to good use.” Keep coming up with great ideas and content 👍👍
Doug may need to change his channels name to “One eye logical scientist.”
The rubber track concept - possibly add to snow plow edge, no damage to paved / concrete driveways
It would absolutely work!!
9/3/22. Hey OneEyeCustoms..much enjoyed watching yur channel 2day..several innovations/welding add-ons to blade/bucket/foot pedals etc. Very creative young man🙂👏👍👍👍🍺
I really enjoy your inventions. Every time I watch your videos, they remind me of my grandfather who was raised on a farm and got into the automobile business in the 1910s. He was a remarkable person and he could do and/or make just about anything because they had nothing. He would have enjoyed your channel as much as I do. Keep up the good work.
Excellent ideas.
Genius!
Another good video. I never tire of watching your content.
Perfectly done Doug! Glad you are making videos now and sharing your experiences and vast knowledge.
You should get that designed and patented.
That is a really slick idea. You should take out a patent and find someone to mass produce it.
That swathe claw is gentle yet very effective!! Great job designing the “ correct “ tools for the job 💯👍🔥
Once again Doug a great video with some very insightful thought out ideas implemented into actual functional working tools you’re the neighbor we all wish we had thanks for sharing the video and stay safe
Wooww very good work 👷👍🏼
Some pretty smart stuff...
@djkremer Thank you!!!
And thanks for watching!
That’s a nice addition to an excavator. Thx for sharing.
I use a piece of mine belt (rubber conveyor belt) bolted on an angle blade for a cutting edge for snow removal. It will squeegee off snow, slush and water before it can refreeze on asphalt and concrete without damaging the surface.
Love the creative problem solving!!! Thanks for sharing!
That’s pretty slick
I bet Mike Morgan would be interested in the grass clearing squeegee
This is a brilliant idea, love it !
Great and interesting video! Thanks Doug... stuff I hadn't thought of, that's another reason I enjoy your channel!
Decades ago I went to an engineering conference and a speaker said, "You know something is a great idea when you look at it and your first thought is, 'Why didn't I think of that?'" 🤣 Yep, that phrase popped into my head!
I can see a smaller version based on a standard grading bucket as a possibility for the squeegee - for those of us not blessed with a pile of old implements.
Great video Doug! Love the improvements that you do to your equipment.
Thanks for sharing Doug, really enjoy Your ingenuity!
Doug you always amaze!! With your inventions
That is so sweet! Love all your innovations Doug keep up the great content!
That thing works awesome Doug. Great idea
Great video! Love the diy track cleaning tool! Thanks
Hi Doug.
I bet your blower system is an air curtain you have in the lawn along the woods.
It's great Doug watching someone who not only has such good ideas, but is able to execute them so they function well and look good also.
Ed from Chicago 🙂
Great video Doug...keep them coming!
My three favorite RUclipsrs, "one-eye customs" "Hometown Acres" and "Outdoors with the Morgan's"
Great job with all the modifications. You are truly a talented man.
The land squeegee is ingenious. What a great look to that treeline when you were done.
@Jim Jessen Thank you!!
Great improvements
15:00 thats a good idea, i will built this for my Kubota.
Love the way you innovate! 👍
Great video extremely educational. Thanks
The more of your videos I watch the more impressed I am with your creativity. “Keep on Keeping on!” Tim in northern TN
Awesome innovative ideas!
Good stuff.
Cool stuff. I especially liked the foot pedal mod. I've borrowed my uncle's E35 a couple of times, and found those pedals very uncomfortable with my size 13s.
I also agree on the factory flip pedals for Forward and reverse. Being 6'5, I'm always struggling with this. I like your solution I might have to try this at some point. Thanks and have a great weekend.
Great video.
i think doug should do a video with mike morgan great video doug
Excellent ideas, keep up the great work. AC
Great video and I have to say I am very impressed with your land squeegee. That thing is awesome, I am actually really surprised some attachment manufacturers haven't already made something like that for mini excavation.
This has some really good ideas
Yet another outstanding video with great ideas. So glad you are doing this channel 👍👍👍👍
@David Hyman Thank you and thanks for watching!
i welded a lip on the top of my blade also. awesome idea. but when it becomes a problem is when unaware people are digging at depth with it. yep lucky me! my machine was retuned to me with a big bend in the spill guard from the barrel of the cylinder. no problem though, i used the opportunity to cut in a receiver for a hitch. awesome for moving trailers around and works well with a dump trailer in tow for digging and or bailing stone out of.
Awesome video ! I aspire to be you when I’m older ! I love tinkering and inventing/ modifying things ! Really appreciate you sharing !
Ps. I appreciate the clean cab too !
Great use of an old track. I’ve seen something similar from a snowmachine track used on top of a snow plow as a deflector.
Cool idea. I have always thought a york rake about the size of your squeegee would be excellent for an excavator.
@GFD472 Thanks for watching and the comment. Funny thing is, I tried a York rake first before making this. What I found is the tines on a rake are hardened and brittle when attached to an excavator with that much down pressure it would break the tines. After using it several times it had broke almost half the tines so I scrapped that idea. Although, I will say the rake works great along sides of ponds for clearing seaweed.
@@OneEyeCustoms To funny! I was specifically thinking about a rake for cleaning ponds, streams, spill ways as well as shaping loam and removing rocks & debris before hydro seeding. Light duty stuff to fine tune a property.
Great mods, my baby Kubota only has levers for tracking, sure I could make something like your pedals up. It would be so much better.
I love the way you are “always thinking”, I am a bit the same, it’s just getting the ideas executed I need to work on, sometimes a bit to much self doubt as to wether they will work out 😬. All the best from 🇬🇧👋
I use to put my toe under the forward and reverse lever on my Kabota tractor. I wore a hole on the top of my work boots.
Glad I stumbled onto your channel. I also watched OWTM's recent video on his new attachment, and even commented that I built a rake like that out of an old grapple, but wish I had done it out of an old spring tine landscape rake instead, because it will definitely get into tree roots very easily and pop them out of the ground. Plus that crossbar near the tines will act as a blade and you end up scooping a LOT of dirt up that you don't want to. That said, your "squeegee" is ingenious. It does EXACTLY the thing I want to do. Considering I am about to put new tracks on my machine, I'll be looking into using the old tracks to make one of these......probably. It just works too well to not try it. I think I will also look at adding an attachment to my thumb as well, using a short piece of used track as well. It will be mounted so I can "pinch" small saplings with it and the squeegee to pull them out of the ground a LOT more easily than trying to twist them and hope to pinch them enough with the teeth to do it. Muchos Gracias for the inspiration!
@Python 357 Thanks for jumping on board, I also made a mount for a 3pt tine rake for my excavator to “rake” the ground. I found out very quickly that those tines are hardened and very brittle. They don’t bend very far before breaking off. After breaking several of the tines, I scrapped that idea and only use it along the edge of ponds to pull out seaweed. The old track works great, best of luck!
@@OneEyeCustoms what did you use to cut the rubber track?
@Python 357 I used a sawzall and a cut off wheel on a grinder.
I bet you could sell one of these squeegee attachments to camerata in a second. Great ideas
Awesome tool. I'm going to need to teach you Doug to license out some of these great ideas!! Cheers! --J.Andre.
Good morning old Iron.
I could see that squeegee being so useful and popular for construction companies, for road clean up. Either as a stand alone attachment or something that clips onto a skidsteer bucket.
Anyone who has ever had to do it would appreciate it.
Ed from Chicago 🙂
Mike with #OutdoorswiththeMorgans would really put this scraper to use! Tim in northern TN
Think the old track on the squeegee is inspired 😀
I appreciate the ingenuity, removing that thatch from the forest floor is horrible for ecosystem
Awesome work! New sub here
Man- I run a forestry services company. I could use that cleanup blade all the time.
premium model for the track pick should have a sliding handle so you could use either end without gettin your hand dirty
Adapt and adjust!
I really like that track cleaner and how you mounted it. Will mostly likely be copying that idea. I do t have the problems with my foot controls that you do but I have use some machines that would definitely benefit from that but I’ve never ever seen a foot peddle like that. Weird. It doesn’t look like some any real operator would ever want.
Track clearing tool. A golf putter
I like your creative problem solving and ingenuity in regards to equipment use, care. I can also see the value of the excavator landscape squeegee in backdragging without scratching hardscapes and also for gravel road/trail maintenance, but I’d shy away from utilizing it for stripping the forest floor. I appreciate the intention to protect the tree roots, but if those trees are really important to you it is best to leave the detritus/duff/mulch on the surface. Bush hogging/ masticating as needed should suffice. In a natural environment that organic matter top layer above the soil contains all kinds of beneficial micorrhizal fungi that breakdown plant and wood debris that contribute to the soil biome, aeration , soil density, pore space and nutrient availability to the trees fine feeder roots just below the surface. By removing all that material you expose those fine feeder roots to all the foraging animals, cause the upper soil surface to be exposed to the drying sun pulling moisture from the soil, and contribute to runoff when there are rains as there is not that organic matter (sponge) holding the moisture allowing it to perk into the subsoil. My .02
That's nice. I think the ground is too rocky here in the mountains
The company I work for has a Deere 85G mini X. My boss had an old bucket off an old tractor 7 feet wide. I built an attachment mount to fit the quick connect. We use it al lot for filling and grading. 7 feet wide is so much better to grade with that the biggest bucket available for the machine at 3 feet. The bucket is nice because while grading you can pick up materials and place them when needed.
@Eric Hill Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing and also watching. Lots more videos to come!!
Your ingenuity, creativity and workmanship are top notch! I would love to have all of those modifications for my mini-excavator. How did you like the Case 90XT? I'm actually looking at buying one this week. I currently have a Case 1840 and I'm looking to move up to something bigger. Unfortunately a newer tracked machine is out of my budget. Dave
@OakRun Acres I loved the 90xt! I also had an 1840 before the 90xt. The 90xt has so much drive and lift power, it was a beast of a machine, but the traction was the problem as it is with any wheel loader. Tracks extend the season of running by several months especially in the wet seasons around here. Best of luck
@@OneEyeCustoms Thanks for the reply Doug. I can definitely see the advantage of a tracked machine and I will definitely have one in the future. Glad to hear you were happy with the 90XT. More power is what we're looking for and it looks like the 90XT has lots of it. Dave
Cool scrapping, someone asked me could I take off 100mm of a section of his yard, beats shovelling, I said wait for his neighbor to come home he Hasan excavation business.
thats pretty cool but i dig way too deep to have that on top of the blade. i touch the boom all the time as it is. great vid
If I gotta dig deep, I dig from the other side. Not a problem for what I do. More benefits than negative for me.
Definitely needs a swivel function then it’ll be great
I built something very similar mine has a mount on the back of the blade the bucket slides into and I chain and binder it tight the rubber is a good touch though
I really like your track clearing tool but don't understand the triangular fitting on the opposite end. Please explain. Thanks,
Probably voids all warranties. But you do come up with some good ideas. 👊💪🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Awesome video and excavator mods. I like your style and attention to detail. Id hire you in an instant. Question; what is the rolled light weight stainless looking handle youve got on the track cleaning tool? Where did you get that handle to weld the two “digging/pulling” ends to?
@Shaka Farms Thanks for the comment and compliment! That is an oval chrome plated tube. It is oval shapedso you can actually rotate the tool easily when digging dirt out and it is chrome plated so it will not rust. I intentionally did not tell you what it is because that is kind of a trade secret for me and my way of wanting people to purchase from me rather than making their own. I hope you understand why I would keep that to myself. And, if I told you what it was really intended for, you probably wouldn’t believe me anyhow. 😂
Again, thanks for watching and the compliment!!
@@OneEyeCustoms I half way assumed that was the case. Just made one from some emt pipe and a piece of old bed frame 😅 still I greatly appreciate you sharing the idea as this will save me time everyday. I’ll gladly purchase one to support your business. Check out my tiktok where I share a video of your idea in action 🤙🏻
@Shaka Farms I searched Shaka Farms and found your videos but could not find one that showed the idea. Do you have a name for the video on TikTok? Or a way to easily find it. Now I am curious. Lol
What type of excavator and attachments would you recommend for removing large amounts of blackberries?
Thanks in advance
Any midsized excavator with an attachment/bucket that has short wide teeth and a thumb to match. You bent want teeth that dig deep, but pinch evenly with the thumb. I hope you understand what I’m getting at.
I know exactly what you mean. Thank you again!
I was think about making a York rake for my excavator
@Rob Bobcat a word of caution or what I learned when I made one for mine. I had an old rake I adapted to the excavator, and found that the tines are hardened steel. The power of an excavator and downward pressure snaps the tines right off!! Your rake tines were not made to have downward pressure, they were meant just to float behind a tractor. They harden the tines for better wear which makes them less flexible. Ask me how I figured that out. Over time I broke more than half of the tines on the rake and decided I needed a better way. And that’s how this blade came about. I will say that the York rake idea works great for cleaning seaweed off the edge of ponds!
@@OneEyeCustoms Thanks for the info
Cat has a few newer machines you can remove the foot controls all together and drive it like a skid steer loader
I hate bobcats drive pedals. I hope they change them on the next series. I made new bolt on pedals that have taller toe placement and a little different operating arch. Kinda hard to describe. But I’m sort also at 5’7”. So I have a little more foot room than most others. Love the squeegee attachment, the rubber is a great idea.
I like how the ground looks after you squeegee it, but what about erosion?
@J.C. Wren I haven’t had any erosion at all. I’ve been doing this the past two years and no problems.
Do you have the info for the guy that made the x change coupler for you I’d like to get on made for a bucket I have in order to put it on a bobcat
@james bagos he makes them for our local bobcat dealer.
Bobcat of Erie Pa.
You can call them to see if he is still making them.
Would like to see the track cleaning tool in real action on job site with red clay...not doubting you just would like to see real mud.
Thinks .like your viedos.
Doug, is the inside of your house as customized as your shop and excavators?
@Michael Chilton there are a few things I have done in the house. Maybe some day I’ll show some of it…
I'm Surprised that there isn't a boot for that blade cylinder
Yes, that would be a great idea! Thanks for the comment and view!
@@OneEyeCustoms hellll ya man! Been debating on whether to get a skidsteer or a excavator and this video is one that's definitely pointing more towards the latter!
One other consideration I don’t think many think about is fuel consumption. I think my track loader uses 3x’s the amount of fuel in an 8hr day than the excavator. A lot has to do with the HP and also you run a loader much harder than an excavator. Something else to think about!
How does your squeegee work with pine needles?
Perfect! Same as leaves.
Do sell your track cleaning tools to the public or online somewhere?
At this point, I only sell them local. Sorry!
Hey Doug, great video! That “squeegee” is perfect for light land clearing. One question, can you provide a link to the tool holder on the excavator that holds your track cleaning tool? That is exactly what I’m looking for to mount on my ztr mower. I’ve tried searching on Amazon but I must not be using the right search description. Thanks Doug and keep up the great videos!
@Paul Wiederman search Amazon for “Mini Quick Fist Clamp” that’s where I got them. Good luck!
Thanks Doug, I appreciate it!
Doug you gotta get amazon affiliate links setup to monetize the referrals! Each video I think “I have to have one of those”