First time I've heard a welder called a "booger blaster". I got a good laugh over that. The cover retaining threads probably wore out and someone was tired of constantly tightening the bolts, so they welded it. Those flails cause vibration. Great job fixing the cover correctly. You definitely take pride in your work!
We don’t need no bolts - got us a booger blaster!!! 😅 another interesting video. Thanks . By the way, the municipality you work for is very fortunate to employ someone who does his job as well as you do!
Thank you I appreciate that. You know on the sliding scale of welds. One side the stack of dimes look and the other is a pile of boogers. I like to think I’m somewhere in the middle. It’s all about the prep though, mig welding is easier then stick or tig but if the machine isn’t set up right it has the most variables that could be going wrong.
Our town just bought a new John Deere with the same setup. The road I live on has stone walls on both sides about two and half miles long. I here the town guys bouncing that mower off the walls for miles. Can’t imagine what the mower looks like. Great video Jason.
We had a guy who was learning how to use it and everyday was an adventure. One day he hit a stone and broke the glass door, another day he sent a stick flying into a house and broke the vinyl siding. He got a carpet stuck in the blade pretty good, mowed a bush down that was in a persons yard. The best one was he broke a hydraulic fitting on the top of the boom and called me to tell me about it. I said I can come out if he can’t drive it back he said he should be able to and I reiterated if it’s leaking or he can’t drive it let me know and I’ll go out there. About a half hour later he came flying in the yard with the boom still hanging off the side and a woman pulled in behind him to tell me he hit a telephone pole with the boom and broke it off and it was hanging. That was the end of that. He’s gotten a different job since then but he had a hard time getting used to the machine.
@@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic Yikes😂. I think I would have gave up after sending the stick flying into the house. The boom seems to bounce a lot or the operator is not very smooth on the controls.
this was giving me flashbacks of my days fixing stump grinders. Those belt guard cover mounting tabs are the craziest thing. Unless you really over build them they crack in the corners. I get why it was welded on.
The bearing had Link Belt written on it no wonder it cost 700 bucks. If people only understood how much tax dollars are spent on equipment. Good point about the bolts a lot you’ll find a lot equipment with full thread bolts, that’s on purpose. Thanks for the video
Once you step into the heavy equipment and commercial truck side prices skyrocket. There isn’t much of an aftermarket for most parts. Even then it’s still pretty expensive.
Very dogged work, sir! A thought or question, for you. Who do you see as being the audience for your channel? If it's professional mechanics in the same field as yourself, then - hey, the format is fine. If it is a wider audience: especially non-mechanics and non-users of this type of equipment, then you would do well to actually explain the principles of operation. eg Do not assume that it is so blindingly obvious that you don't need to explain why you purchased only one bearing rather than two (after all, there are two ends to that shaft). Don't assume that people know how to tap a bolt - what sort of equipment is needed, and how to actually do it. If that is your intended audience, but you don't show and tell the people in a language they can understand, then the video ceases to be educational and becomes just another "here is what I did, aren't I great ?" video, and there are already plenty enough of those on RUclips. Don't think I'm slagging you. I'm just giving you my reaction to my first visit to your channel. It was interesting and enjoyable (especially the music), but maybe I'm not one of intended viewers so I didn't get as much out of it as I might have done. Regards
I can see your point. I used to explain everything and film the entire process of my repairs in the beginning but unfortunately no one watched the videos (not that I get many views at all now). Something like this I figured is going to be a more of entertainment type video. Most of my videos I give out filter numbers, bolt and nut sizes along with the torque specs for reassembly, I think you just happened to watch one that I didn’t really do that. I will say your at one end of the video spectrum though. I literally had a guy go off on how I was only in it for the money and wasting everyone’s time because I talked for a total of three minutes before he got the answer he was looking for. I don’t remember the video but I do remember the information I gave in the video was almost impossible to find (without a pay service) and took me all day of searching to get. I generally get more people that say the videos are too long, but I think if you tried another video you may find more detail in some other ones, I generally try to include all the information required to make the repair.
First time I've heard a welder called a "booger blaster". I got a good laugh over that. The cover retaining threads probably wore out and someone was tired of constantly tightening the bolts, so they welded it. Those flails cause vibration. Great job fixing the cover correctly. You definitely take pride in your work!
That’s pretty much what happened, the nuts kept breaking off and they just welded the cover on. I’m interested to see how it holds up.
We don’t need no bolts - got us a booger blaster!!! 😅 another interesting video. Thanks . By the way, the municipality you work for is very fortunate to employ someone who does his job as well as you do!
Thank you I appreciate that. You know on the sliding scale of welds. One side the stack of dimes look and the other is a pile of boogers. I like to think I’m somewhere in the middle. It’s all about the prep though, mig welding is easier then stick or tig but if the machine isn’t set up right it has the most variables that could be going wrong.
I liked your choice of music. That type of machine takes a beating.
I wish I could put on any music instead of having to stay in the copyright free stuff. It is quite the machine, like a hanging wood chipper.
Our town just bought a new John Deere with the same setup. The road I live on has stone walls on both sides about two and half miles long. I here the town guys bouncing that mower off the walls for miles. Can’t imagine what the mower looks like. Great video Jason.
We had a guy who was learning how to use it and everyday was an adventure. One day he hit a stone and broke the glass door, another day he sent a stick flying into a house and broke the vinyl siding. He got a carpet stuck in the blade pretty good, mowed a bush down that was in a persons yard. The best one was he broke a hydraulic fitting on the top of the boom and called me to tell me about it. I said I can come out if he can’t drive it back he said he should be able to and I reiterated if it’s leaking or he can’t drive it let me know and I’ll go out there. About a half hour later he came flying in the yard with the boom still hanging off the side and a woman pulled in behind him to tell me he hit a telephone pole with the boom and broke it off and it was hanging. That was the end of that. He’s gotten a different job since then but he had a hard time getting used to the machine.
@@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic Yikes😂. I think I would have gave up after sending the stick flying into the house. The boom seems to bounce a lot or the operator is not very smooth on the controls.
this was giving me flashbacks of my days fixing stump grinders. Those belt guard cover mounting tabs are the craziest thing. Unless you really over build them they crack in the corners. I get why it was welded on.
That makes sense. The original tabs looked pretty thin to me.
I really hope this works out for you, you make thanks look easy
The bearing had Link Belt written on it no wonder it cost 700 bucks. If people only understood how much tax dollars are spent on equipment. Good point about the bolts a lot you’ll find a lot equipment with full thread bolts, that’s on purpose. Thanks for the video
Once you step into the heavy equipment and commercial truck side prices skyrocket. There isn’t much of an aftermarket for most parts. Even then it’s still pretty expensive.
How do you not have a pulley for this if you're doing this kind of work
It’s not me owning a puller it’s the town I work for not owning a puller. Honestly it doesn’t come up much as a necessity.
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Ever think about doing a toolbox tour for us?
I thought about it, but I don’t find it very impressive. It’s just regular tools to me. I can make one if you’d like me to.
@@JasonTheMunicipalMechanic it's always cool to see what other guys have. Sometimes I get new ideas from them. Thanks for your videos
Very dogged work, sir!
A thought or question, for you.
Who do you see as being the audience for your channel? If it's professional mechanics in the same field as yourself, then - hey, the format is fine.
If it is a wider audience: especially non-mechanics and non-users of this type of equipment, then you would do well to actually explain the principles of operation.
eg Do not assume that it is so blindingly obvious that you don't need to explain why you purchased only one bearing rather than two (after all, there are two ends to that shaft).
Don't assume that people know how to tap a bolt - what sort of equipment is needed, and how to actually do it.
If that is your intended audience, but you don't show and tell the people in a language they can understand, then the video ceases to be educational and becomes just another "here is what I did, aren't I great ?" video, and there are already plenty enough of those on RUclips.
Don't think I'm slagging you. I'm just giving you my reaction to my first visit to your channel. It was interesting and enjoyable (especially the music), but maybe I'm not one of intended viewers so I didn't get as much out of it as I might have done.
Regards
I can see your point. I used to explain everything and film the entire process of my repairs in the beginning but unfortunately no one watched the videos (not that I get many views at all now). Something like this I figured is going to be a more of entertainment type video. Most of my videos I give out filter numbers, bolt and nut sizes along with the torque specs for reassembly, I think you just happened to watch one that I didn’t really do that. I will say your at one end of the video spectrum though. I literally had a guy go off on how I was only in it for the money and wasting everyone’s time because I talked for a total of three minutes before he got the answer he was looking for. I don’t remember the video but I do remember the information I gave in the video was almost impossible to find (without a pay service) and took me all day of searching to get. I generally get more people that say the videos are too long, but I think if you tried another video you may find more detail in some other ones, I generally try to include all the information required to make the repair.