How Many Gallons In One Galion
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- How many gallons in one Galion? seems like I've been pouring gallons and gallons of time into the Galion and it's never done, so Thursday I went to Advantage Machine and took the rams to Andy, got a free lunch out of the deal and a day off.........sort of LOL
That is the new business model, "we got your money, now go away"
I have an old engine manual that states "bores shall not be considered clean until wiped with a white rag and the white rag remains white"
Then you watch a old ford, or chevrolet factory assembly video. Somebody at the factory never bothered to read your old engine manual.
We all acquire hundreds of tools, yet never seem to have exactly what we need.
Have you ever thought of what it would take to completely outfit a shop from scratch? I did that for a company in the 70’s. Spent over $2.5 million on tools and equipment. It was actually hard work spending all that money, ordering all that stuff, inventorying and unboxing all the stuff, getting rid of the packing materials.
Jeff,
you don’t need to yell…, we are right here. Hahaha..! You eluded to (vaguely), the Western States story a couple years ago, but didn’t get too in-depth about it.
I also recall sometime back, you telling us the story about how the ordering process of the 336, went with their particular “gendered” sales associate(s), specifically regarding the counter weight issue. I suspect that their not wanting to “hitch their trailer” up to “jpaydirt”, might have something to do with it.
Hate to hear the situation with you and that company. It is certainly not just Western States. I know the feeling you have about finding a guy like that, at “Cherry Picker Parts”, that has all the knowledge and know how…, it’s priceless.
Great video,
Thank you sir.
I didn't want to be their social media darling, all I wanted was the film the block decking, if they would have actually spoken to me I could of explained that to them, but they instead chose to communicate through others and the phone game never communicates the actual truth after four people repeat the story as they heard it
@@Jpaydirt yessir, hear ya on that.
Jeff, I have an old 1957 D9H I used to get all my parts from parts depo in fresno. There was a Good old boy named Kelly that worked for them he knew everything about nines. Quinn Tractors bought them out and closed it down scrapped everything. If call them now they're clueless.
A 1957 D9H????😂
Now Jeff ....I dragged it all the way from the road with stuck Wheels....an then you open the door an there sits a for Wheeler 🤪👍👍👍👍
Homemade soft jaws on those pliers are simple to make by just putting hot glue on each jaw to keep from galling the threads. Then just peels off super quick. Simple easy tip..
It's because Cat isnt Cat anymore. They've gone the way of everyone else instead of requiring the best and more of themselves. They went to China and are making the same stuff as everyone else. They're no longer set apart from all the other manufacturers anymore, doesn't matter the brand anymore It's all junk nowadays. It used to be worth paying more for Cat.
💩cat an 💩joe Biden /China ever thing that u work on has to be reworked before we can use it ITS all a bunch of 💩!
You are absolutely right. The 200 series excavators were 100% designed by cat when they had that joint venture with Mitsubishi Cat abondoned there design and adopted the current Japanese design excavators which are far cheaper to manufacture cat used many castings in their machines which is more costly but moves welds away from high stress areas .
The only real thing cat has going for it is longevity. Cat machines you can buy parts on machines that are 40 years old. No other brand does that
John Deere also does that.
@@shawnthomas314 NO they dont. We have multiple john deere machines that are obsolete because of parts. Basically at 20 years dont plan on buying a new hydraulic pump, trani or other major components. John deere response go to a junk yard
It's awesome how You handle so many things at one time! 👍👏
regarding the changes at your local Cat supplier as others have said customer service is something that the Harvard MBAs just do not understand nor will ever accept as an asset to the business as it does not provide instant cash flow that they can claim as the result of Their Plan
Thanks again Jeff. Best Wishes to everyone at Anderson Construction.
Thanks again!
I'm just glad I did not assemble that rotary valve for a living. Thanks for posting.
Enjoyed this video bro and looking forward to see the crane operate. Safe travels. Ken.
Mr.Frank gave you some good advise.New camera and mic are way better then what you were using.👍
Great video Jeff! Love how you stay so motivate for your age... I'm there too... Those are big projects... love your courage.
Grrrrrr8 video. I remember when you just had to get ìt started & could go to work. Gosh.....one little thing leads to 10 others. 😊
Hey Jeff, you will never get the boom up if it is overloaded, and you cannot two block the block, it will bypass also, now that's pretty cool. The advertisement says "the exclusive anti-two block Protection" You have done a fine job. There is a drum brake up on the hoist you adjust to help load the load.
If this machine has 2 block protection...it was an option until it was made mandatory
@@tomcander3669 Maybe so, theses, were in a refinery, had a safety class,had to read manual, hands on and a sign off.
@MY-ml5rp I can only speak of what I've learned over the years. I'm sure the refinery spent for all the options and then some
One thing about the bigger a business gets it is harder and harder to find anyone who is in charge or capable of making a decision. Back when the guy that owned the place was down the hall it was easy to get decisions and make things happen. Now everything goes thru "channels" those channells are deep and usually swallow everything that goes in and never to be seen again. LOL
Jeff will win, that Galion is going to be a top class machine. Ask Mr, Griffy, he knows !
Great job buddy thanks for sharing
Great video Jeff making progress on the Galion Crane refurbish. Looking forward to your next video stay safe Jeff.
Hello Jeff. We use gunk and the steam cleaning. It gets shut of all that oil and shit.
Thanks for the show Jeff 🍻 🇦🇺
My Cat dealer always treated me like a king. Their parts guys and gals were the best. Haven’t been there in years. Hope they haven’t lost their way.
Phil you can be so proud of those two boys,fantastic to see there maturity and the one one the gopro well I think Matt lost that job,he was so professional and too what they do is excellent.
Who is Phil?
28:27 Now that's a proper excavator parked-up there on site... Hitachi 💪👌💪
Should’ve gave me a holler on yer way through poky to look at those cutting edges! Glad your trip went safely! Keep up the good work on the Galion, you’ll get er licked!
When I was working Saturday I saw a old crane looked a lot like yours but it was a Clark the weeds growing around it
Good job you waited for the snow and ice to be gone before driving on Idaho freeway.
Hey Jeff, we have a galion crane just like that I am pretty sure the boss will sell it!!
Weather is doing the usual ElNino late season moisture flows, you guys caught a fringe. The Sierras and Rockies are getting serious snow.
The old snap ring looked like a old split lock washer.
Enjoyed the video. I work on some older stuff and your experience and knowledge of things has been helpful. I sympathize with your plight with the CAT dealer. As I am of a similar age and have had many interactions with dealers of different brands, CAT used to be the gold standard. Their folks seemed to be top notch, responsive, knowledgeable and helpful. Parts availability was above anyone else. Factory support was excellent. It seems to me that as the old heads are retiring and exiting the business that same commitment to customers is leaving with them. Now when I call about something and am told "Let me check and I'll get back to you" that it never happens and it is up to you to continually check and check and check again. Getting a call back after hours, well you can forget that. Don't mean to rant but I have noticed a difference over my career. Don't get me wrong, there are still some excellent folks but they are far and few it seems anymore.
Love the new camera and microphone. Great upgrade! I hope it fits in well at the jaypay dirtarosa!!
Used to be a sales person would show up with a hat and toys for the kids that matched your equipment ask how you liked it and maybe trading it in on the next model. Now nobody shows up and have to try and find the guy. Makes no business sence at all. Changing brands doesn't help either its the same every where. Good videos Jeff. Thanks
You are right. When you don’t buy for long enough, the salesman with toys for your 30 yr old kids, just realize you are no longer a buyer. You have become a mooch.
Heavy D Sparks bought a gallon crane with a bunch of other stuff a few months ago that you could probably buy for a parts machine
Thanks for the great video.
I understand where you are coming from,good for you sticking to your guns,loyality doesn't mean nuch to some bussisness,you are just a number.
Here in Ohio you might find a Galion crane on the back lot of a construction company or junkyard. I think Dresser Industries was the last owner of Galion and like every company they owned it went to pot. Several years ago they sold at auction the remaining shop equipment, tools,pallet racking and maintenance inventory . AL B.
Komatsu owned them last!!!
G'day Jeff,
Cool vid ,as always.
Good you got the squared "O" rings , should do the job nicely.
CAT missed a great opportunity to advertise to the right people ,
moreover, would have thought they'd offer to do the work for free all things considered .
Their loss.
Really enjoying this rebuild.
Respect...!
Look into Carlson Machine Works in Miles City MT. for your block plaining. I know it's a long way, but they have a full service machine shop, and specialize in heavy equipment.
Swivel packing is square urethane with buna energizer
Main boom cylinder is polyurethane packing and falls apart when it contacts water
Not that hard to get it out and put a fresh packing in
To dry those up I plumb all the returns into a cut off drum than a centrifuge than a filter cart than back to tank
not in the early 60's I've done cat ones and they are urethane but this old girl is just buna 90 duro
Normal crane overload safety, kick out winch up function, lower load function continues to work. Have small engine crane to put centre value back together.
jay, you should look into the dji cameras. I see a lot of your type of channels moving to them. They have no regrets. Nevermind, you got one :)
Good video as always I know one thing you have more patience than I do
I've always wondered why they never built an excavator with a separate hydraulic pump in the lower track drive section and then used big slip rings and brushes to transfer electric power from the engine instead of a prone to failure hydraulic swivel valve? Or even direct drive electric motors? Then the motor could have a piggyback generator on the motor. I don't know how it might work out, but like freight trains, it should work I'd think?
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
Get yourself some cannon plug pliers or sweet lip pliers as we always called them to hold on to threaded parts and remove cannon plugs.
Things are not the way they used to be at my dealer also. I learned the old school ways and they used to be that way also. All the old guys are gone.
Maybe those o-rings were standard round ones, and are that shape now due to age / compression. I have seen plenty of "flat" ones over the years that started round.
Dji doing you good with sound and video quality.
Watt u could do is open up the holes on the plate to take the bigger O rings but I think that one that's a good fit will be just fine ...
Unfortunately I have had similar luck with “infinity warranty” all aluminum radiators. Nothing but trouble, cracks, leaks, etc. hopefully the third one is a charm.
New camera looks good Jeff!! Hope the new DJi works good for you
I bought a cheappy OSC radiator from rock auto last year for the 97 12 valve. Didn't get to test in real summer heat yet. Only complaint I have, is the pressure caps don't seal. I put a pressure release type cap and seems to help. Stupid china crap. But no leaks
I don't like the square ring protruding into the bore I think a o-ring with a little larger diameter would be better, any machine shop with a rotary table should be able to machine the grooves
Every dealer is doing it . Its about extracting the most money from a customer and getting you out of there face. We buy basically all our equipment form rbauctions because we got sick of dealer premiums to have a warrantee they wherent gonna honor anyway.
Do you plan to use the Galion for much after the engine work on the D9, Jeff? You will have a superb old machine when you're done, bud...
Video quality is much better with the new camera
Looks like those valve body with those O rings went in easy as that big tower did but I know watt u are thinking if it's not tight enough there's going to be leaks between them ...good luck it's coming together slowly..
thank you jeff for the video
Pretty hard to beat those knives pliers !
that round plate with round holes in it
As a learned man, Jeff, I'd expect you knew always install a series of o-rings first groove first. that way every time you put the next one on, it slides over the previously installed o-ring and not over the empty grooves. Too frustrating!
The audio seems better now
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Are you going to rig up a pressure test for the "slip ring" before you install it? Wouldn't be too hard and could save you lots of headache.
A good place for a tooth brush
I've experienced the poor quality repair parts issue also, everything made in China is just not what made in China once was.....I remember the story you made about having to reworking the new oil pump for the N14 which is sad but unfortunately common.
282 miles to the spares shop??. I complain when I have to drag my tractors 28 miles each way. (at 25MPH)
Video looks sweet 😊
Good content Jeff
Good old Idaho weather
Good to the last drop. 🏆
Hey Jeff great series and I try to watch all your videos. I’m wondering if a “clandestine” meeting with someone like Josh from the adept ape channel could lend some insight as to what makes western states cat click. After all I believe he works for them somewhere in Idaho. Others can correct me if I’m wrong. Hate to see you burn the long term relationship with a local vendor if you can turn them around. And that would mean Jeff wins again!
Regards Joe vukman
Customer service has taken a back seat to product/ company image.
34:52, they made a mistake that has no cheap and easy solution. I just wonder if they would trade sticks off a machine lost to a fire maybe? Or, is it possible to upgrade your machine to a removable counterweight system like those big machines have? That’s probably expensive, but you end up with a solution…rather than a problem. A quick and easy removal of the thumb may slightly help a little bit???
Cant your 336 lift that D9 engine out?. Seems like a lot of work for something that’s rarely gonna be used
Maybe he will do some crane work over the summer other than lifting one engine.
That is unfortunate about Western States...
It's a shame when you have good rapport with a company, then something changes, however small, and it melts away. Stay small, stay local. We had 1 more day of winter here, just to say goodbye i hope.
There’s no loyalty anymore,they’ve gotten greedy!
I have gone through 6 of those .p.o.s. I keep having weld leak s.
you need to call C&C bet they can make one
make what?
Eres un crack saludo desde España 👍
Sí, soy un crack😂
Anybody related to taco Ernie
The problem is they now have that "We're their dealer they have to use us" attitude.
Cat wonders why they're losing their market share domestically and abroad
hey, acetone is not a good cleaner for removing petrolium products, i used it on my former job as a solvent for removing acetate residue from parts, it desolves plastics, nylon, screwdriver handles, but not so much oils and greases
solv it best stuff?
Sounds to me like your cat dealer has a DEI problem
They just don't communicate with me, all I want is someone to say yes or no, I don't like being ignored
What are you going to use to glue those square rings into that disc?
Where are they going? didn't plan on it. unless there's something you know that I should
Kinda like cleaning your firearms 😂
It won't go together beacuse the designer does not ever have to work on the kit, neither does the "Spare" parts manufacturer ever hve to fit the parts he makes.
Jay times has changed so much for the younger generation they don't know nothing about commendation and pride in work isn't worth shit no more it's ladder climbing a mans word is not his bond no more I find that out even with friends anymore I'ma tat older than you but our time word meant something now people will satisfy you for climbing the ladder but there's one little thing about climbing that ladder ( be careful who's fingers you're stepping on going up because you don't know who you are going to meet going back down ) hoping you have a better day coming Jeff
As if you could understand mgmt urges...hmmm
Wow, that story about Western State was really sad. I think it comes down to corporate greed. They worry more about the shareholders, than the customers. The refusal to pay, and retain people with institutional knowledge, really hampers the company’s ability to provide quality service. Overseas manufacturing with be the death of this country, if we don’t wake up.
I shouldn't of said anything, but I'm tired of not getting people to talk to me, if you don't want to deck my block and let me film it just say so. but ignoring me pisses me off
Obama happened... FFS... that's what happened!
It is big business that moved to china. Not the democrats. Wake up
Loyalty is a hard thing to win. But easily lost. Does this mean you're going Volvo now? 😈
I'm old enough to just say "I don't care anymore" LOL
Say your bored right .me to smoking some ribs
Just stop dealing with that Western parts. Too much of a headache after the way they done you. I can’t imagine over the years how much money you spent there.
If it was me. I would go back through my company records calculate every year you have been in business how much you spent there. Write up a letter to the CEO of Caterpillar. Tell him about how much you have spent there and how bad they treated you.
The job’s NOT done till its DONE JPay😳⁉️
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procrastinators-r-us incorporated. I'm a founding member. thanks for the great content
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