Former Hydraulic Tech here. Check your valve block spools for the controls. A good spool will have a small relief cut into it before it gets to the "main part" of the spool to prevent from going from 0 to 100% right away. It'll allow a small amount of hydraulic fluid to pass which will give you better control.
@@billp3995 Yes. Rather than having all the oil dump past the spool all at once, having a small relief/tapered relief before the opening will allow a small amount past letting you be able to "ease" into the hydraulic actuation.
I have a Chery KV12 mini X that is very similar to your machine. I put in a cushion valve to help protect the swivel motor and it made a big difference. I also installed flow control valves on each of the cylinders and once I got them properly adjusted all the functions operate much smoother with less bucking and hopping. Hope this helps. Have a great day.!!
+27:40 the bulkhead compression rings are reverse threaded so that if bulkhead fitting is already installed when you connect an outlet pipe to it, tightening the outlet pipe into the bulkhead fitting will tighten the compression rings rather than loosen them.
Take all the time you can with the kids while they’re little. That phase is quick and then they’re gone. Take time to enjoy it and just be silly with them, even if you’re late on a video. If I could go back, I’d work less and laugh more with my little ones. Great job as always. Thanks for the videos.
Good video, I also have an H12 and bought longer bolts for the thumb from mcmaster carr. Also if you spin the thumb cylinder around backwards your hydraulic lines will set better and a little more protected.
We've got one of these and it's real handy around our small farm. To be honest its main drawback is its weight, at only 980 kilos ( less than a ton) it will lift itself rather than dig. Great video Matt, hi from Australia
Great video! On your thumb cylinder...rotate it 180deg around it's axis so that the hyd fitting point towards the arm...that way the aux hyd lines will have a nice bend.
Awesome! I have the same machine, but it has a cab. I wasn't looking for a cab, but it was the machine available and the same price. It also keeps it dry in any weather. Here are some of my early tips. All the fasteners should be checked for tightness. All hydraulic lines should be checked for tightness I added a return side, 10 micron spin on filter. I will be adding an oil cooler into the return line as well. I'm going to do the cushion valve too. The engine needing the choke to start, even when warm, is a function of the emissions requirements. I feel if you go up one jet size (maybe 2) on the main jet it will likely help with the starting. My choke only had the control wire bent on the engine side, so I added a proper cable end. Now it functions much better. The counter weight is cast, it's too light, and brittle. I gently touched the back wall of the trailer when loading it and cracked the tabs off. I can still mount easily it the same way. The digging and slewing worked great when I got it, but the track drive was really weak and stalled forward motion with next to no load on the blade. I check the hydraulic system pressure, and it was set way too low! It was at 1600 psi. I adjusted it to 2500 psi and it is much better. I agree it is an effort to be smooth. Like you I find it plenty powerful even at lower RPM and it is much smoother to operate. Keep the great videos coming!
I've watched several people running those Chinese excavators. Several people have put flow control values in line with the main control valve to smooth the operation. Another thing people are doing is flipping the teeth. It seems they have been installed backward to work properly. The little machine does pretty decent for the money, and a few changes like swapping the controls and the thumb update makes it much better to operate. I liked the video, and having your kids helping was just about perfect for the pond job.
I noticed a lot of people commenting that reliability and parts availability are going to be a problem. I had an AGT that I put almost 500 hours on in 2 years and that wasn't my experience. The few issues I had were easily solved with mostly off the shelf parts. Any specialty things like tracks are easy to get. Only real annoyance I had was the weird hydraulic fittings. Clearly you have the necessary skills and with some ingenuity and research, you could make this thing last. The thing people maybe don't realize is that these turds are built super simple. Like you could build it in your garage. Which means you can fix it in your garage as well. The best part is they're so small and silly I was laughing like a schoolgirl and having a great time the whole 500 hrs. Tipped mine over a couple times and it had no more drama that tipping over your office chair.
Also, I ended up running mine at just above idle unless I was tracking. Calms down the jerkiness. Mine wanted the choke even when warm as well. I just hogged out the carb jets a little with a torch tip cleaner and it made it run much nicer. I figured they have them running super lean from the factory to meet import regs.
What a cute little hydraulic tea spoon. It probably need a larger transfer case and some rubber mounts, but like you said, it sure beats a shovel! I also love the supervising ducks. Making sure everything is just so for their habitat.
Nice little excavator, what I see is a nice little crane for helping lift some heavier parts as you rebuild equipment down the line. It’s a nice little quick help for a small project in small areas. Thanks for the update, enjoyed watching.
Nice little episode of Matt testing out how well his cheapo mini excavator does burying a dead goat and improving the quack quack pond. I've no problem with these off topic episodes. I enjoy watching all his channel episodes. This one was special with us getting to watch Matt bonding with his little ones. His sin should grow helping dad learning how to operate his equipment.
Be very very very careful I rolled a kubota 008 which is about the same size on two different occasions I could have been killed On the second rollover came home fixed it up and sold it🙌 be careful man🙏👍
Nice change up from the excavator work Matt, gets to show you are a multi skilled person and those jobs need addressing to keep Mum happy…..especially when you want to buy toys, that’s what I found anyway. Great content Matt, enjoyed it
When Matt got the Hitachi i was looking for an Excavator as well last year in December i got a 2004 B-15-3 EX Ammann Yanmar 1.75 ton mini and that thing was worth the money. Digging, clearing, putting culvert pipes in and moving stuff around and not having to bust my back is fantastic just need to put a thumb on it and the machine is gona be worth its weight in gold for me. The mini excavators may not look like it but when you get the hang of em they can do some serious work and cause they are so small you can easily put them under a roof and keep them clean and in good shape.
BTW you have such awesome, knowledgeable expert professionals that really know the machines you have. Very impressive following. I myself have been impressed with your knowledge, too. Oh, that engine you got. That was so perfect. That will run forever. As soon as it started, I knew. Brand new.
I can certainly understand your need for the mini-excavator just with those 3 tasks you needed to complete. Nice to see the little Mattlings out there giving you a hand. I definitely see a D8 in that little guys future. Good video Matt.
Hey Matt, you can use a horse hitch to pull on something heave (or to make a rope tight. Basically, tied the front and back legs separately, then loop the long end of the rope, through and over once. You get one pulley's worth of extra strength and then just keep pulling until the load is suspended from the extended boom. First boom joint might be awkward, so try the second boom joint.
I'm a cat man myself, if you can get a quick change for the bucket and build yourself a cleanout bucket you will use it by far the most. If you load this little machine onto a trailer be careful, it will go over backwards in the blink of an eye.
I tried to operate one, that same jerky motions. I wound up putting pressure on the blade control all of the time to release some of the pump pressure on all other controls. It did help, still a piece of err. Like said, I wouldn't and of course can't use a hand shovel for moving snow around my porch here in alaska. I don't remember any place in washington that did not have a ton of rocks. Oddly toss a seed on the ground and it will grow about anything in that short season called summer. Your quite fortunate to have a dog like Charlie as he would take arms and legs off of anyone who tried to harm anyone in the family. Not sure about illegal immigrants in your area but these are a troubling times, price of gold by 2030 will be close or even more than nine thousand dollars. My son works in the largest gold mines in alaska as a superintendent. That said, his job is day to day with a lot of men getting fired for little things, a excuse for their letting men/women go. It looks like war is going to happen for the first time right here on american soil. Failed government and those two in charge.
Digging over the track motors can be useful if you need a lot of down pressure but digging over the lowered blade gives you a lot more stable lifting and pull ability
I’m jealous of your rock-free soil. Pre-historic Lake Bonneville covered a good portion of Utah-including where I live about a mile from the Northeast of Utah Lake. The sandy clay of the old lake bottom is like concrete. It’s mixed with rocks of varying sizes for a truly backbreaking experience even just to plant a rose bush or hedge. Tree planting takes half a day per fruit tree. My wife and I use raised garden beds everywhere we can.
This is good you have this little excavator. I started motorcycling with a Yamaha 60. My next motorcycle was a Yamaha 250. (@14 Years old and about 90 lbs.) I now ride a ZX14 @62 Years old and 190 lbs.. You will LOVE and appreciate the power of the Hitachi. You are awesome, Matt. Your Subs will grow. At some point you should see the "snowball". Low-Buck Garage just passed 100K (125K now) and he started before RUclips was coming of age, so to speak. He is now being recognized for his content. I get just as thrilled seeing a new video by you as I do him. Also Tony (I guess it is family time for him, totally understandable.) I think you are doing everything right. Stay safe so we can watch you reach the level of Subs you deserve. 🤩Matt!!
If ground is hard can use a thum to help break the hard ground. Changing attachments is easier with quick change. Looks like you need to take off the black panel on rear or make the back where it will open. Easyer to check oil
We’ve had a couple of smaller plastic ponds for our ducks. Unless you can compact it level you’ll get some settling over time. We did ours by hand and at a certain point, close enough is good enough
There’s just no “feathering” of those controls.., it’s either on or off. Wonder if there are any adjustment(s) hydraulic with flow, at the control valve(s)…? You are a good man there “Matt”.., helping out the neighbor lady. I have a few farm animals (cats, dogs, horses, calves) buried on my property.., not always a pleasant task. You put “junior” or “juniorette” on that machine, and you won’t ever have to get on it, they will have it mastered in about 5-10mins., hahaha..! P.S., you can get a pretty hefty pond liner at one of the local commercial nursery supply companies in your area. The liner is a very heavy duty (20mil thick) rubber.., not cheap by any means, but will probably be very resistant to the ducks bill.
I know that these Chinese machines are not that great but for the money they are worth it to save the old back! You are a good neighbor and I know that you are appreciated for helping out in a time like that! ❤
Good purchase for your work. If you don't somehow destroy it then it'll be worth more than you paid for it next year. Love your videos - was 35F here Tuesday morning. Will look forward to the Hitachi videos this winter!
4:19 since you have it, you should reshape the shoulder to the shop (right of the selected time frame). Seems a bit unruly at the moment. 7:12 well, yeah. It's made from parts. The only things you see on this, that are not shelf components, are the specific tiny excavator parts, like the banana and the thumb. The rest (bucket included) are all shelf bits from other production lines, some even from completely different machine types.
Those little cylinders sometimes use O-rings on the piston that can leak by. Could also be the valve. That little machine would be good for building trail on my place. 😊
Your boom up down should be on the r/h joy stick. Your stick in out should be on the l/h joystick……. In my opinion. Your hitachi should be the same. Cat controls.
I appreciate a neighbor helping a neighbor. When you get your escalator finished you will enable you burry all the goat that need to be burred. I sure enjoy your channel and you have cute kids.
Thanks for sharing this Matt. I have been looking at these for projects on my 5 acres and was wondering if they were worth it. Looks like your youngster likes it.
I would put more work lights on it. And when you want to dig have the blade in front of you it will stop the unit from tipping forward. God bless and be safe
It's good to learn both ISO (Cat) & SAE (JD) control patterns. It will take a little bit to get both control patterns straight. My dad operated a machine that had NW control pattern with right hand swing. But I don't know the rest of the pattern. Thankfully NW control pattern is no longer used.
Do you think changing the lever arm lengths at the valves would be easy or effective for slowing the rate of change in the spool valves? I hope you show a cushion valve install.
Got to admit i was waiting for the kids to fall in the manky duck pond, the earful you would have got from she who must be obeyed would have been epic! 🤗
Damn...I hate that your neighbor lost one of her goats...especially if she considers them more as pets. It was nice of you to help her with the burial.
I have a FF12 which I would think is pretty similar. I can hear the relief valve or something letting off pressure when I swing around and stop. But I have heard about the swing gear breaking so something to keep an eye on.
I built a boom for with a hydraulic cylinder which was fast acting on 3/8" hose and I bought a nipple which has a very small hole in it that restricted the hydraulic flow. Maybe you could put it on the main hose to stop the jerking.
Hi Matt! It took me a minute to realise the difference! It was daylight! Used to seeing you at night.. good to see you playing dad too. How many blokes have a baby monitor on thier excavator? Your geese will love you.. 🇦🇺🍺🍺
Chinese parts 101 Option 1 1: Buy lathe, milling machine etc and LOTS of raw material. 2: Learn how to USE the above 3: Make replacement parts and install 4: When replacements only last 3.2 minutes, learn how to re-make parts from tool steel and harden them Option 2 1: Sell crappy and broken Chinesium mini excavator 2: Use funds as a down payment on a REAL mini excavator 3: Work hard for remainder of life to PAY for half decent unit
No I haven't abandoned the big excavator rebuild, more videos of it soon! Just have to get through all my summer chores...
Got to do what you got to do to get crap done
CANt wait to see more💪🏽
I would have lent you my tractor with backhoe…
cant wait to see more of the big excavator vids!!!
The little one is the trainer... ha ha.
Former Hydraulic Tech here. Check your valve block spools for the controls. A good spool will have a small relief cut into it before it gets to the "main part" of the spool to prevent from going from 0 to 100% right away. It'll allow a small amount of hydraulic fluid to pass which will give you better control.
I have the same setup, seems more jerky after switching to SAE. A good spool will have a small relief cut into it??
@@billp3995 Yes. Rather than having all the oil dump past the spool all at once, having a small relief/tapered relief before the opening will allow a small amount past letting you be able to "ease" into the hydraulic actuation.
Videos of you doing summer chores is still better then 99%of YT content. As always, great video.
Neighbour: "My favourite goat has died"
You: "YES! I can test my new mini digger, I mean, I'm so sorry to hear about that".
I think Charlie wants to be in control of the little excavator
I have a Chery KV12 mini X that is very similar to your machine. I put in a cushion valve to help protect the swivel motor and it made a big difference. I also installed flow control valves on each of the cylinders and once I got them properly adjusted all the functions operate much smoother with less bucking and hopping. Hope this helps. Have a great day.!!
You need to make a video!
100% @@jamesrussell6870
nice to see your kids getting in on the action.
I’m a full time digger driver on a building site for past 8yrs+, anything less than a 5 tonne just ruins my back. Damn rocking horses lol
+27:40 the bulkhead compression rings are reverse threaded so that if bulkhead fitting is already installed when you connect an outlet pipe to it, tightening the outlet pipe into the bulkhead fitting will tighten the compression rings rather than loosen them.
Take all the time you can with the kids while they’re little. That phase is quick and then they’re gone. Take time to enjoy it and just be silly with them, even if you’re late on a video. If I could go back, I’d work less and laugh more with my little ones.
Great job as always. Thanks for the videos.
I totally agree!! trust me before you know it they have grown up and left the nest!!
Good video, I also have an H12 and bought longer bolts for the thumb from mcmaster carr. Also if you spin the thumb cylinder around backwards your hydraulic lines will set better and a little more protected.
You on the thing makes it seem it seem even more mini than it is…Heck your dog makes it look mini 👍🏻🤪😆🐕
We've got one of these and it's real handy around our small farm. To be honest its main drawback is its weight, at only 980 kilos ( less than a ton) it will lift itself rather than dig. Great video Matt, hi from Australia
Good to see Charlie! That sure is a beautiful area! What a back yard.
Nice to see the kids enjoying it. The ducks are anxious to enjoy the pond.
Great video! On your thumb cylinder...rotate it 180deg around it's axis so that the hyd fitting point towards the arm...that way the aux hyd lines will have a nice bend.
Awesome! I have the same machine, but it has a cab. I wasn't looking for a cab, but it was the machine available and the same price. It also keeps it dry in any weather. Here are some of my early tips.
All the fasteners should be checked for tightness. All hydraulic lines should be checked for tightness
I added a return side, 10 micron spin on filter. I will be adding an oil cooler into the return line as well.
I'm going to do the cushion valve too.
The engine needing the choke to start, even when warm, is a function of the emissions requirements. I feel if you go up one jet size (maybe 2) on the main jet it will likely help with the starting. My choke only had the control wire bent on the engine side, so I added a proper cable end. Now it functions much better.
The counter weight is cast, it's too light, and brittle. I gently touched the back wall of the trailer when loading it and cracked the tabs off. I can still mount easily it the same way.
The digging and slewing worked great when I got it, but the track drive was really weak and stalled forward motion with next to no load on the blade. I check the hydraulic system pressure, and it was set way too low! It was at 1600 psi. I adjusted it to 2500 psi and it is much better. I agree it is an effort to be smooth. Like you I find it plenty powerful even at lower RPM and it is much smoother to operate.
Keep the great videos coming!
I've watched several people running those Chinese excavators. Several people have put flow control values in line with the main control valve to smooth the operation. Another thing people are doing is flipping the teeth. It seems they have been installed backward to work properly. The little machine does pretty decent for the money, and a few changes like swapping the controls and the thumb update makes it much better to operate. I liked the video, and having your kids helping was just about perfect for the pond job.
I noticed a lot of people commenting that reliability and parts availability are going to be a problem.
I had an AGT that I put almost 500 hours on in 2 years and that wasn't my experience.
The few issues I had were easily solved with mostly off the shelf parts. Any specialty things like tracks are easy to get. Only real annoyance I had was the weird hydraulic fittings.
Clearly you have the necessary skills and with some ingenuity and research, you could make this thing last.
The thing people maybe don't realize is that these turds are built super simple. Like you could build it in your garage. Which means you can fix it in your garage as well.
The best part is they're so small and silly I was laughing like a schoolgirl and having a great time the whole 500 hrs.
Tipped mine over a couple times and it had no more drama that tipping over your office chair.
Also, I ended up running mine at just above idle unless I was tracking. Calms down the jerkiness.
Mine wanted the choke even when warm as well. I just hogged out the carb jets a little with a torch tip cleaner and it made it run much nicer. I figured they have them running super lean from the factory to meet import regs.
thanks for the tips!
thanks for the tips!
What a cute little hydraulic tea spoon. It probably need a larger transfer case and some rubber mounts, but like you said, it sure beats a shovel! I also love the supervising ducks. Making sure everything is just so for their habitat.
Nice little excavator, what I see is a nice little crane for helping lift some heavier parts as you rebuild equipment down the line. It’s a nice little quick help for a small project in small areas. Thanks for the update, enjoyed watching.
Mike, you always do your best work in the dark.
Another quality video and cool to see the kidos and tree house. Well done Sir.
That's the most useful work I've ever seen anybody do with one of those! Most demos have just been moving compost or sand.
Oh my gosh Matt those kids are ADORABLE!!!
Great video. Kids grow fast. I have 6. 4 girls and 2 boys. Range from 22 to 10 yrs.
The years have flown by. Enjoy.
Great to see another video. Please post more, I know you are not a full time you tuber, but we love the content.
Great demonstration of that machine Matt did quite a good job 🦘
Nice little episode of Matt testing out how well his cheapo mini excavator does burying a dead goat and improving the quack quack pond.
I've no problem with these off topic episodes.
I enjoy watching all his channel episodes.
This one was special with us getting to watch Matt bonding with his little ones.
His sin should grow helping dad learning how to operate his equipment.
Be very very very careful I rolled a kubota 008 which is about the same size on two different occasions I could have been killed
On the second rollover came home fixed it up and sold it🙌 be careful man🙏👍
Nice change up from the excavator work Matt, gets to show you are a multi skilled person and those jobs need addressing to keep Mum happy…..especially when you want to buy toys, that’s what I found anyway. Great content Matt, enjoyed it
This is good practice for when you get your big one fixed 👍🏻😁
For certain jobs a mini excavator is the perfect choice.
When Matt got the Hitachi i was looking for an Excavator as well last year in December i got a 2004 B-15-3 EX Ammann Yanmar 1.75 ton mini and that thing was worth the money.
Digging, clearing, putting culvert pipes in and moving stuff around and not having to bust my back is fantastic just need to put a thumb on it and the machine is gona be worth its weight in gold for me.
The mini excavators may not look like it but when you get the hang of em they can do some serious work and cause they are so small you can easily put them under a roof and keep them clean and in good shape.
BTW you have such awesome, knowledgeable expert professionals that really know the machines you have. Very impressive following. I myself have been impressed with your knowledge, too. Oh, that engine you got. That was so perfect. That will run forever. As soon as it started, I knew. Brand new.
I can certainly understand your need for the mini-excavator just with those 3 tasks you needed to complete. Nice to see the little Mattlings out there giving you a hand. I definitely see a D8 in that little guys future. Good video Matt.
Great video ! The new pond is a huge plus . Thanks for sharing !
Hey Matt, you can use a horse hitch to pull on something heave (or to make a rope tight. Basically, tied the front and back legs separately, then loop the long end of the rope, through and over once. You get one pulley's worth of extra strength and then just keep pulling until the load is suspended from the extended boom. First boom joint might be awkward, so try the second boom joint.
I love how your dog thinks it a chew toy , and what's to play with it .
Never thought I'd watch someone bury a goat with a mini-excavator for 12 minutes, but here we are.
I'm a cat man myself, if you can get a quick change for the bucket and build yourself a cleanout bucket you will use it by far the most. If you load this little machine onto a trailer be careful, it will go over backwards in the blink of an eye.
Can you get some inline flow restrictors for the problem circuits. That should smooth it out.
I tried to operate one, that same jerky motions. I wound up putting pressure on the blade control all of the time to release some of the pump pressure on all other controls. It did help, still a piece of err. Like said, I wouldn't and of course can't use a hand shovel for moving snow around my porch here in alaska. I don't remember any place in washington that did not have a ton of rocks. Oddly toss a seed on the ground and it will grow about anything in that short season called summer.
Your quite fortunate to have a dog like Charlie as he would take arms and legs off of anyone who tried to harm anyone in the family. Not sure about illegal immigrants in your area but these are a troubling times, price of gold by 2030 will be close or even more than nine thousand dollars. My son works in the largest gold mines in alaska as a superintendent. That said, his job is day to day with a lot of men getting fired for little things, a excuse for their letting men/women go. It looks like war is going to happen for the first time right here on american soil. Failed government and those two in charge.
Digging over the track motors can be useful if you need a lot of down pressure but digging over the lowered blade gives you a lot more stable lifting and pull ability
I’m jealous of your rock-free soil. Pre-historic Lake Bonneville covered a good portion of Utah-including where I live about a mile from the Northeast of Utah Lake. The sandy clay of the old lake bottom is like concrete. It’s mixed with rocks of varying sizes for a truly backbreaking experience even just to plant a rose bush or hedge. Tree planting takes half a day per fruit tree. My wife and I use raised garden beds everywhere we can.
Oh, I enjoyed your extra “helpers” Charlie was a hoot trying to fetch the excavator bucket.
I have to wear a back brace when I use mine. It helps with the jerking and supports my upper body
Great to see a child climb a tree 🎄
Finally let's get it on
When you warned Charlie away I could almost HEAR him thinking "BUT DAD!? You're always telling ME NOT TO DIG!" LOL What a wonderful dog he is.
Tha😢Matt for another video. Love your work
This is good you have this little excavator. I started motorcycling with a Yamaha 60. My next motorcycle was a Yamaha 250. (@14 Years old and about 90 lbs.) I now ride a ZX14 @62 Years old and 190 lbs.. You will LOVE and appreciate the power of the Hitachi. You are awesome, Matt. Your Subs will grow. At some point you should see the "snowball". Low-Buck Garage just passed 100K (125K now) and he started before RUclips was coming of age, so to speak. He is now being recognized for his content. I get just as thrilled seeing a new video by you as I do him. Also Tony (I guess it is family time for him, totally understandable.) I think you are doing everything right. Stay safe so we can watch you
reach the level of Subs you deserve. 🤩Matt!!
could be the first burying a goat video on you tube!
He certainly dug the biggest hole for one goat.
First one I've watched 😂
@@Isthatyoudermot I just hope that the You Tube algorithm doesn't push a lot of other "burying" videos to me. LOL.
Honey I shrank the excavator!
I guess something so small could come in handy but I'm here for the Hitachi. LOL
If ground is hard can use a thum to help break the hard ground. Changing attachments is easier with quick change.
Looks like you need to take off the black panel on rear or make the back where it will open. Easyer to check oil
We’ve had a couple of smaller plastic ponds for our ducks. Unless you can compact it level you’ll get some settling over time. We did ours by hand and at a certain point, close enough is good enough
Great video. That little machine is not a strong as the excavator will be but it is better than digging a hole by hand.
There’s just no “feathering” of those controls.., it’s either on or off. Wonder if there are any adjustment(s) hydraulic with flow, at the control valve(s)…? You are a good man there “Matt”.., helping out the neighbor lady. I have a few farm animals (cats, dogs, horses, calves) buried on my property.., not always a pleasant task.
You put “junior” or “juniorette” on that machine, and you won’t ever have to get on it, they will have it mastered in about 5-10mins., hahaha..!
P.S., you can get a pretty hefty pond liner at one of the local commercial nursery supply companies in your area. The liner is a very heavy duty (20mil thick) rubber.., not cheap by any means, but will probably be very resistant to the ducks bill.
R.I.P. Goat Boy.
I know that these Chinese machines are not that great but for the money they are worth it to save the old back! You are a good neighbor and I know that you are appreciated for helping out in a time like that! ❤
Good purchase for your work. If you don't somehow destroy it then it'll be worth more than you paid for it next year. Love your videos - was 35F here Tuesday morning. Will look forward to the Hitachi videos this winter!
I am impressed with that headlamp!
You could put in reducer valves to make it less sensitive on the sticks
my life has reached a new level. I am watching a man burying a goat.
4:19 since you have it, you should reshape the shoulder to the shop (right of the selected time frame). Seems a bit unruly at the moment.
7:12 well, yeah. It's made from parts. The only things you see on this, that are not shelf components, are the specific tiny excavator parts, like the banana and the thumb. The rest (bucket included) are all shelf bits from other production lines, some even from completely different machine types.
I love my control SAE boom and slew in left dipper and bucket on right have it set up on my Rc excavator
Those little cylinders sometimes use O-rings on the piston that can leak by. Could also be the valve. That little machine would be good for building trail on my place. 😊
I would have loved one of these when I was a little boy.
Your boom up down should be on the r/h joy stick. Your stick in out should be on the l/h joystick……. In my opinion. Your hitachi should be the same. Cat controls.
I appreciate a neighbor helping a neighbor. When you get your escalator finished you will enable you burry all the goat that need to be burred. I sure enjoy your channel and you have cute kids.
I’m glad to see my shepherds aren’t the only ones who think they need to “herd” heavy equipment
Lmao bought the same one and first thing I did was swap some hoses for the controls.
*- Is there any way you can hacksaw the metal and move the seat back for leg room?*
Charlie has want to dig that spot since a pup.
I have one exactly like yours...when you switched the control hoses did you only do the top hoses or bottom ones also?
top and bottom
It helps to back down on the rpm's
Looks like it could get a light bar for the cab.
Thanks for sharing this Matt. I have been looking at these for projects on my 5 acres and was wondering if they were worth it. Looks like your youngster likes it.
I would put more work lights on it. And when you want to dig have the blade in front of you it will stop the unit from tipping forward. God bless and be safe
Love the videos, nice family
I’m not really knowledgeable of heavy equipment but why do the small excavators all seem to have such jerky/touchy controls?
Because smooth controls cost more money to engineer and build.
All boils down to cost. Cheap machine, cheap controls. You do get smoother with them with experience.
@@ericpaul4575 Thanks….
@@nicholasproietto2500 Thanks…
It's good to learn both ISO (Cat) & SAE (JD) control patterns. It will take a little bit to get both control patterns straight. My dad operated a machine that had NW control pattern with right hand swing. But I don't know the rest of the pattern. Thankfully NW control pattern is no longer used.
Most newer machines have a simple switch to change between the two.
Wow. Didn’t see the goat video coming Matt!
Do you think changing the lever arm lengths at the valves would be easy or effective for slowing the rate of change in the spool valves? I hope you show a cushion valve install.
When you dig try having the tracks 180 degrees from were the boom is pointing,
Got to admit i was waiting for the kids to fall in the manky duck pond, the earful you would have got from she who must be obeyed would have been epic! 🤗
sounds like a lawn tractor. The ducks seem happy
looking at the valve block. it looks more like a knuckle buster set up
Hey Matt Winter Sure Went Fast It's Spring Already ha ha *I Like Your Supervisor Charlie*
Damn...I hate that your neighbor lost one of her goats...especially if she considers them more as pets. It was nice of you to help her with the burial.
I bought the next one up from that. I swapped the hoses to make it work like my bobcat mini.
Handy little tool.
I switched the hoses on mine so I could operate it with SAE control
Yeah, I couldn't imagine 6 or 8 hours on that little unit but for what it is, it gets the job done apparently. Losing weight? Look thinner...
i quit drinking
@@PacificNorthwestHillbilly Wow, right on =)
Now that was a fun little project ,!!. Thanks 👍
You may find setting the throttle at 1/2 to 3/4 will help smooth out the controls.
I have a FF12 which I would think is pretty similar. I can hear the relief valve or something letting off pressure when I swing around and stop. But I have heard about the swing gear breaking so something to keep an eye on.
I built a boom for with a hydraulic cylinder which was fast acting on 3/8" hose and I bought a nipple which has a very small hole in it that restricted the hydraulic flow. Maybe you could put it on the main hose to stop the jerking.
Cheaper than a hernia operation💪💪💪💪
Hi Matt! It took me a minute to realise the difference! It was daylight! Used to seeing you at night.. good to see you playing dad too. How many blokes have a baby monitor on thier excavator? Your geese will love you.. 🇦🇺🍺🍺
How long do you have to wait for parts, 6 to 12 months
Parts?parts you say. Ha
Chinese parts 101
Option 1
1: Buy lathe, milling machine etc and LOTS of raw material.
2: Learn how to USE the above
3: Make replacement parts and install
4: When replacements only last 3.2 minutes, learn how to re-make parts from tool steel and harden them
Option 2
1: Sell crappy and broken Chinesium mini excavator
2: Use funds as a down payment on a REAL mini excavator
3: Work hard for remainder of life to PAY for half decent unit