I know this sounds crazy, but I'm a 57 year old woman who is obsessed with gravel. It's the perfect ground cover for us living in the country. And i love hearing it crunch under my feet or under cars. Great drainage, soil protection and decent weed barrier. My husband thinks I'm a little weird about this, but i TOTALLY understand your happiness with the new crusher. You, my friend, can now actually MAKE gravel. You're my hero!
@@ModernSelfReliance if you are now obsessed with rock crushers and addon stuff yo might add... at 22 minutes into this video ruclips.net/video/P8HbI-1J7ag/видео.htmlsi=aQxmgfr8EBGaXSyS you might get ideas for projects.
@MikeOrazzi I was watching Itchy Boots traveling through parts of Africa on her motorcycle... some of those roads have so many rocks that need to be turned into gravel to both reduce rocks and fill potholes... An idea for a RUclips channel could be 'Graveling around Africa'... who would object to road improvement?
The rocks get pitched out because you are putting rocks in one at a time. It is designed to have the hopper filled all the time and the rocks that are getting pinched are held in by the weight of the rocks on top of them.
Cover that water entrance, or you'll likely fill it with rock dust. Also, those crush plates can be fixed up by hardface welding them as they wear. Don't let em get too worn out.
I work in a rock quarry and run a jaw crusher that can fit a car in and I agree about not letting those jaw dies wear out. Once those teeth are gone the rocks will eat a hole through it and the entire jaw die is garbage. My jaw dies are made out of manganese
The jaws typically are cast austenitic manganese steel, also known as Hadfield steel. They can be repaired by welding with a matching filler metal. Hadfield steel work hardens with impact and to some extent abrasion which is how it develops it's maximum hardness.
@@blacksheep9734 if they are in fact Hadfield Steel you absolutely can. Remove the work hardening by grinding, butter with a layer of E307-16 CrNiMn austenitic stainless, then finish with EFeMn-A. Finish the surface as needed by grinding.
And even if those get worn out, well get most of it out of the machine, make steel replicas out of those plates and put the hard weld on top and those last least half of what original will last.
Kevin I didn't see you fill the oil pots any? I would assume each use they would need filled to save the oil impregnated bushings. What type of oil did they say it needs?
Do these come filled with vegetable/rapeseed oil in the sump as shipping oil? It may be a country specific thing but all the engines I've recieved from China had veg oil in place of engine oil due to shipping regulations
I bought the same exact machine and engine 10 years ago. Some advice: keep it out of the sun, the UV will damage the plastic water fill, the plastic oil pump sight cap, the throttle screw etc and you will not be able to buy replacements. also the fuel filter will leak as every connection on the engine with oil. I've had to rebuild the fuel system with us parts as the chino ones are terrible. Replace the jaw bolts with grade 8 nyloks, and the original ones will break or keep coming loose., same for the flywheel bolts and bearing bolts, they will all come loose and none of them were tightened in the factory anyways. The water will rust the cast iron water chamber and clog the drain all the time, better to clean it with vinegar and paint the inside with epoxy. Store it out of the rain and sun, and it will last 50 years!
So basically do half the work they should have done lol I love these kinds of Chinese products, barely working out of the box but a tinkerer's paradise
@@FAB1150 yup! lol I purchased several of these, some better than the others, zero quality control and prob all made by prisoners lol. 1/4 of paint over the sand left in the casting is common, completely missing welds are common, different bolt threads in the same component is common, if you even get the bolts or the threaded hole at all. Every machine I buy immediatly is broken down straight out of the 1/64th thick wood crate and inspected, cleaned and re-assembled with real grease and american bolts. It's like a comedy puzzle or what i will find each time.🚩
Put it on a hill (or blocks). Then put a corrugated chute under it so the fines and rocks fall separately. Cut slits in the bottom corrugated for a fines outlet into a diverter. You can screen the gravels from there or not. It probably compresses better with some variety. Wish I had one of those on my WV property!
If looking to make a driveway, keeping it all together is best. “Crusher run” is what is used for our farm driveways, and after some compaction is gets really smooth.
I laughed so hard when you said "Im like a kid at Christmas, i don't know why I wanted a rock crusher & i guess im gravel independent now". At 1st i didn't think it was doing anything until you showed the ground shot while using it the 1st time. By the end of the video I was surely impressed with it.
I'm in Eastern Manitoba and many people in this area buy that 'blue rock' better known as black granite and pay a pretty good buck for it. Round rock is always harder to crush and granite being the hardest and you being in Northern Ontario will likely have lots of it around. It's also highly abrasive and will wear out your wear pads in the crusher a lot faster than concrete or limestone.
I would definately change the oil after the first hour of runtime, maybe twice for good measure, considering what came from coolant system from factory!
Very awesome! You might want to add lubricant to the back of the drum spinner in the three bolts on top. Product page says Regularly lubricate the machine every eight hours. 😅 I love and watch every video.
The bolt and spring in the motor side of the crusher I believe is the throat or size adjuster for the crusher, if you shorten the exposed part (tightening the spring) it should narrow the opening for smaller stone
Beautiful. How many people do you know that own a personal rock crusher? "As of today......one." BTW....that appears to be lime stone and and I think the fines mixed in with the mids make great road foundation with the larger rock then spread over it. Once wetted, the fines tend to cement together with the smalls into a fairly solid base. Depending on the makeup of the limestone the fines could also be good for lowering the Ph of soil, if necessary, which enhances plant growth. Awesome little machine.
Really enjoyed the video have been waiting for the rock crusher content. Now that im 45 i find myself liking things i never thought I would lol. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from North Attleboro Massachusetts
Ha! As soon as the video started and you couldn't wipe the smile off your face.....you definitely ARE the kid in the candy store! I realized I was smiling too! You're contagious.
The build quality looks a little janky, but the results look good. I'm sure you'll end up beefing up the trailer. Gravel self-reliance. Another box ticked! I love this channel.
Like many things you buy...you grind out the welds and reweld everything! You take the bolts out and use loctite. You goi over everything with a wrench and socket. You do inspections quite regularly during the time you are running it. Leave nothing to chance!
I worked at a rock Cory for years and never seen anyone so excited about smashing rocks. You need a hopper on the top those hard to crush rocks do better if there is more wait on them from other stones keeping them going down. I see your landscape is going to change quickly love it and all your videos keep them coming.
Guess you don’t want any followers on your site rudeness is a defiant cancel subscription and words spread fast Think First then don’t send anything!!!
@@NotSureJoeBauers and you never learned to be polite and stop correcting people when you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Not everyone is typing.
@@OceanLover1188it was an interesting education about speech to text, I have my own issues with spellcheckers... reading the text I was guessing a bit of a technology issue rather than human error. I generally don't bother with other people's spelling issues.
So you will find certain material is harder hence some of those rocks don’t crack well. It’s called a splash cooled diesel. Essentially the cylinder is just splashed with water. Very handy. You can use literally any water or you can use proper coolant. The amount of time you get from the plates will vary depending on the material being used. Also. Having used similar products I recommend going over everything after an hour or two of use. Possibly grinding out any cracked welds and re welding. Check bolts etc.
The cylinder is surrounded by a jacket of water. I think you're confused by the term "splash lubrication" where the connecting rod has a dipper that splashes oil everywhere....
@@shawnbottom4769you're right, the engine is cooled by evaporation. As the water evaporates, it pulls some heat with it. This engine design is probably close to a 100 years old, but if it works it works.
I loved this video, really amusing. I wouldn't dare to spend 5k on alibaba, especially for a machine like this but I was hugely impressed. Subscribed, love to see more of you (we also live off-grid, in Portugal).
When I was young I worked for a company that sold and serviced industrial rock-crushing plants. These machines were huge and were nothing any individual could afford to purchase much less operate (millions of dollars to install and hundreds of thousands to operate monthly in fuel, maintenance, and manhours). While I am extremely doubtful of the longevity of your machine (it looks pretty janky), at today's crushed rock prices, ten triaxle dump truck loads would pay for that machine outright. So even if it only produces 180 tons of crushed before something breaks... the machine pays for itself. I would love to see how long it lasts before anything breaks (and things will break on any machine like that). I also would like to add that I have never seen one that small, I think it is a great option for a farm or homestead that requires gravel. I hope it lasts you a long time!
The plates are manganese vary hard and and be welded back up with hard surfacing rods after they get worn down. Next you’ll be getting a hammer mill or cone crusher
@@mountainmanprojectsif it cost 5000 for the crusher, and a truck load is 600, that is approximately eight and a half loads, how big a pile is eight and a half loads, and how much crushing time will it take to get that quantity?. I totally go with being self sufficient, but the quantity/time would be interesting to work out. Don't care I want one😊.
@@ModernSelfRelianceI used to work in a quarry years ago. We never had any problem with rocks spitting out like that. Drop a singe big rock in and some would bounce a bit until it got a grip on it, but as soon as it got the first bite the rest was history. But we never made small gravel like that on the primary crusher, there was a second pass through a hammer mill for that. So the jaws were opened up a lot more than that. I'm wondering if open the bottom up a bit bigger makes the jaws closer to parallel thereby reducing the tendency to spit those hard stones back out? It will be a cost thing. Shorter jaws and the associated frame they are mounted in are cheaper to make. However the shorter the jaws are for a given opening in the top, means a greater angle between the jaws, cheaper, but also greater chance of spitting rocks out again? Still a very cool little crusher for the price though. Love it, I'm jealous! Another thing/trick I just remembered, for the rocks bouncing instead of getting grabbed and crushed we would slow the crusher down a bit until it grabbed and then it could be sped up again. For those hard rocks perhaps it's going too fast?
Brilliant purchase for a remote property. Everything will be cleaner and dryer thanks to your gravel. Provided it doesn't require much repairing over time it will pay for itself quickly.
Wow. That was fuuuuuuun! I reckonnyou could make a channel just for rock crushing....ankther for milling... I could watch milling and crushing all day! I guess thats what age dies to you. Nice addition Kev. Get some drone footage of your before and after gravelling of the property's paths and driveway...or maybe with time lapse. Also get yourself a hard hat and some safety glasses. Finally, enjoy!
Also...a product/tool review channel.... But not just blowing smoke (like with ecoflow) for the sponsor...but being critical as well. And a channel for Kev's buddy trips.... With your metal man, tree surgeon, etc
Great video. It’s like watching a kid with a new toy. I don’t know what got you more excited… crushing up those man-made pavers/blocks or watching it vomit out those rocks it didn’t like. I am envisioning gravel trails all over your land, thank you for the unboxing and the walk around. Not sure how long before you begin modifying/rebuilding those parts that seem a little less than ‘perfect’. Thanks for sharing!
Ur gonna need to find yourself a conver belt and a hoper to make that sucker really work but you will be able to cover your driveways with crush stone in no time thats pretty cool Kevin man
That’s really impressive for something off alibaba. Was not expecting it to be as effective as it is with how it looks, but damn that broke down the rocks like a champ
To be fair it is a old very simple design so hard to puck up. The only issue is how long will that chinese engine last and how long will the crushing plates last (But at least those can be fixed up with welding on more and proper material)
We have piles of feild stones from the farmers feikds that have accumulated over the years and i was just saying to my dad how nice itd be to be able to make crushed stone from it..i would love to rent one of these for a week! Awsome little gravel crusher someone in the usa should start making these!
I worked on a similar jaw crusher but much larger one summer, it was a highway project near the town i lived in. I was told if we were to ever run gravel pit stone, round rocks, to always make sure i had a good mix of gravel and smaller rocks. The large jaws would spit huge round rocks high into the air if i didnt have ballest on top. Luckily we were able to stay in the blasted rock quarry.
Still running strong... I use it everytime I get stock pile of rocks.. works so efficiently I don't run it long. Probably 40-60hrs total run time so far.
This is really cool. Now if you wanted you can make gravel paths to your cabins and around your syrup trees so you don't need to worry about tredging through mud!!
Sir I’m from the United Kingdom, Manchester to be exact and I ❤ your content, your crusher popping those rocks had me laughing bro…. Please keep it moving as we say in Manchester ❤❤
I'd probably add a small hopper to the top of the machine for those harder rocks. If you have a load of rocks piled up in the chute then it will help to push them through without them getting yeeted into orbit! There is also a big metal plate on the underside of the crusher jaws, held in place likely with a big spring. If the crusher can't handle a rock or tries to jam, the metal plate will fall out of place to protect from those flywheels from destroying everything.
Hi Kevin, I ordered one it is built now and being shipped!. Linda @ Vansen was super helpful :) They decided to add a hopper to the top of new ones based on your input. I am looking forward to seeing your "torture test" crusher video when will you post? also, would you be able to share where you added the zerks? At my cottage there is unlimited rocks to crush! I also got an extra set of plates as well. I know where we can get parts for these motors now too... however they are very simple and will last a long time... Great video Kevin and I enjoy your channel. I am in Ottawa, would love to visit you sometime :)
Awesome! If you add me on Instagram I can send you photos. Where the bolts are I tapped and added zerks. Hopper will be extremely useful. Careful of the blue rocks... They don't like being crushed.
As always, great video! You must have sent a lot of traffic their way as they are now using a screenshot of your crusher in front of your sawmill shed on their product page!
Merry Christmas Kevin to you and your family. Your excitement over your new toy is fitting for Christmas time. Thank You for the laughs!😂 Please consider wearing a face shield. I'm curious if you could also make your own wood mulch with the new crusher?
FYI, for the water Drain. After Testing the unit, they might have pushes compressed air thru to fully drain the system and tank and then pushed some thick oil thur as well to coat the inside of the tank then drained the tank again. As a way to Prevent Rusting. So that bit of why it wasn't draining at first Could have been a little bit of thick oil at the drain that was left over.
Thick oil from China😂, first thing i’ve learned to do on the few things I have imported from china with motors or need for lubricants is to drain out the Chinese honey first thing.
I used to operate a walk-beside aka pedestrian three-wheeled chain trencher for a major telco. It had a single cylinder air-cooled 15 hp Yanmar diesel, also with a decompression lever. In its original form it had no electrics at all, being hand-cranked. Once I hadn't spun it over fast enough and upon releasing the decompression lever it started running backwards, crank handle spinning backwards instead of disengaging, black exhaust smoke coming from the air cleaner and sucking air in through the exhaust. Fortunately there were stop controls on both sides, a co-worker shut it off safely from the other side. After this incident the machine was returned to the manufacturer and fitted with electric starter/generator and battery.
I see they say the plates last about 4 months. Maybe you can provide some feedback if they truly last that long? Maybe a 6 month review? Thanks and have fun with your new toy. Merry Christmas
Also I had an idea to make it even easier to run. If you made some chutes and had the crusher raised slightly you could have the gravel slide straight into a trailer or something. You could also make a chute that you could just empty the tractor bucket onto so you don’t have to hand load it?
Hi Kevin, awesome I live on an Island in Australia and need to buy one. The one I’m looking at is a PE250 *400 what size is the one you bought. Cheers Kym
Kevin, if you find many limestone chunks you could build a kiln and bake it into lime to use for making free cement. You could also make some sort of deflector to deal with the rocks flying out. At least then you can try and aim them away from anything important?
@@glawenclattuc3127 I completely agree! I was giving an example of one of the important areas that needs to be protected from flying rocks. I would make the guard concave, so rocks flying up into it do not get deflected off of it, and fly out the front, for example.
Hi Kevin I love that crusher!! If you read my previous comment, I don't know now where it was, but fairly recent, this is another great money maker. Rocks should be cheap to pick up anywhere. Sell gravel in small or fairly large lots. Bob's your Uncle!!!!!!
The unknown lever will be a decompression lever to decompress the engine while it winds over then when the starter motor is up to speed you can let the decompression lever go and start it. Probably helps a lot with those giant fly wheels being permanently connected to the engine adding more strain to the starter
The most hilarious video i have seen in a long time , the rust on the bottom of the engine cracked me up , the most lethal thing i have seen throwing stones about , get a guard on the top and then sell it hahahaha
Very cool! I have an odd fetish with making gravel, lol! It's also interesting how the old timers did it before engines were a thing, it be cool to try and build something like that. Essentially big pounders that were raised and dropped using fulcrums and pullies. What you have is much easier though 😂 Be interesting to see how it holds up, hopefully you get your money out of it and a lot more.
@@MrHyde2k haha, that's one way to do it! But I was referring to the two story machines they built that would raise a big heavy plate and drop it. A guy or two could work it, pretty ingenious machines.
open the jaws wider on the crusher for the blue rocks and make 2 passes to crush it if that particular one isn't adjustable make a hopper chute and keep it full it will greatly decrease the possibility of those stones popping out... that lever on the valve cover is a decompressor lever it opens the exhaust valve so that the engine spins over freely once its spun up you release that lever and it starts. you will want to add a feed chute to the crusher inlet with a removable plate steel hood, a good way to use this is a conveyor under the output to pile it into a trailer/ dump bed for spreading and a conveyor to feed the hopper chute for crushing...when I worked in the quarry we set ours on a set of concrete blocks (single pour 2ftx 2 ft x8ft solid cast with) removed the axle and hitch as it was going there permanently bolted in place through a set of hockey puck isolators set up a conveyor with hopper under the crusher exit that could pile it with a concrete block backwall... we fed it via a conveyor belt always keeping the hopper above the jaws full
I get ur excitement, and altho it didn't look too promising at first, the sumbitch turned out to b pretty frickin cool. Pretty fun to watch. 👍 Good job, Kevin.
Freight guy here- They put it on the smaller skid (which is actually a heavy duty CHEP pallet) in order to have a chance to even move it to the back of the truck. A pallet jack is designed to move standard sized pallets, and so in order to get it onto the liftgate it needed to be on that blue pallet.
Wow Kevin, you got yourself a Goldmine with that rock crusher. That would be so fun doing that and possibly making a profit and saving a whole Lotta money on projects that you could use that on. As always enjoy watching your videos take care..
You should build a ramp for it to sit on, that filters the various particle sizes, you could do multiple sizes with a single platform, and have them roll down to different areas. Sand below, 3" behind, 2inch to the right, 1inch to the left, etc.
I know this sounds crazy, but I'm a 57 year old woman who is obsessed with gravel. It's the perfect ground cover for us living in the country. And i love hearing it crunch under my feet or under cars. Great drainage, soil protection and decent weed barrier. My husband thinks I'm a little weird about this, but i TOTALLY understand your happiness with the new crusher. You, my friend, can now actually MAKE gravel. You're my hero!
Love this comment!
@@ModernSelfReliance if you are now obsessed with rock crushers and addon stuff yo might add... at 22 minutes into this video ruclips.net/video/P8HbI-1J7ag/видео.htmlsi=aQxmgfr8EBGaXSyS you might get ideas for projects.
I'm right there with you. Gravel is the best.
This thing looks like something I could use.
@MikeOrazzi I was watching Itchy Boots traveling through parts of Africa on her motorcycle... some of those roads have so many rocks that need to be turned into gravel to both reduce rocks and fill potholes...
An idea for a RUclips channel could be 'Graveling around Africa'... who would object to road improvement?
The rocks get pitched out because you are putting rocks in one at a time. It is designed to have the hopper filled all the time and the rocks that are getting pinched are held in by the weight of the rocks on top of them.
And, he is running it faster than I run a crusher that small.
Need hopper or you will destroy that engine with flying/falling rocks bro
You are what I like to call “correct”!
I thought the same thing - engine speed may be too high, thus the flying rocks.
Good point.
Cover that water entrance, or you'll likely fill it with rock dust.
Also, those crush plates can be fixed up by hardface welding them as they wear.
Don't let em get too worn out.
I work in a rock quarry and run a jaw crusher that can fit a car in and I agree about not letting those jaw dies wear out. Once those teeth are gone the rocks will eat a hole through it and the entire jaw die is garbage. My jaw dies are made out of manganese
The jaws typically are cast austenitic manganese steel, also known as Hadfield steel. They can be repaired by welding with a matching filler metal. Hadfield steel work hardens with impact and to some extent abrasion which is how it develops it's maximum hardness.
I don’t believe you can hardface them
@@blacksheep9734 if they are in fact Hadfield Steel you absolutely can. Remove the work hardening by grinding, butter with a layer of E307-16 CrNiMn austenitic stainless, then finish with EFeMn-A. Finish the surface as needed by grinding.
And even if those get worn out, well get most of it out of the machine, make steel replicas out of those plates and put the hard weld on top and those last least half of what original will last.
The little lever is your decompression Kevin it holds one of the valves open so u can spin up the motor easier it will save your starter
Good to know for sure. I found by trial and error it was easier to start with it pushed! Thanks!
Kevin I didn't see you fill the oil pots any? I would assume each use they would need filled to save the oil impregnated bushings. What type of oil did they say it needs?
@@richardnott9587 It looks like ALL the Instructions are in Chinese.
@@randallanderson4999 *_ See GOOGLE TRANSLATE _* 🤗🤔
Do these come filled with vegetable/rapeseed oil in the sump as shipping oil?
It may be a country specific thing but all the engines I've recieved from China had veg oil in place of engine oil due to shipping regulations
I bought the same exact machine and engine 10 years ago. Some advice: keep it out of the sun, the UV will damage the plastic water fill, the plastic oil pump sight cap, the throttle screw etc and you will not be able to buy replacements. also the fuel filter will leak as every connection on the engine with oil. I've had to rebuild the fuel system with us parts as the chino ones are terrible. Replace the jaw bolts with grade 8 nyloks, and the original ones will break or keep coming loose., same for the flywheel bolts and bearing bolts, they will all come loose and none of them were tightened in the factory anyways. The water will rust the cast iron water chamber and clog the drain all the time, better to clean it with vinegar and paint the inside with epoxy. Store it out of the rain and sun, and it will last 50 years!
So basically do half the work they should have done lol
I love these kinds of Chinese products, barely working out of the box but a tinkerer's paradise
@@FAB1150 yup! lol I purchased several of these, some better than the others, zero quality control and prob all made by prisoners lol. 1/4 of paint over the sand left in the casting is common, completely missing welds are common, different bolt threads in the same component is common, if you even get the bolts or the threaded hole at all. Every machine I buy immediatly is broken down straight out of the 1/64th thick wood crate and inspected, cleaned and re-assembled with real grease and american bolts. It's like a comedy puzzle or what i will find each time.🚩
If it were me, I'd do a engine swap from harbor freight.
I bought nearly the exact same a few years ago, there is an old quarry on my place and it's a great source of FREE building material and now gravel !
how's it holding up?
now all you need is some anfo and you get even more
Nothing in life is free. You're working to quarry gravel.
Put it on a hill (or blocks). Then put a corrugated chute under it so the fines and rocks fall separately. Cut slits in the bottom corrugated for a fines outlet into a diverter. You can screen the gravels from there or not. It probably compresses better with some variety.
Wish I had one of those on my WV property!
If looking to make a driveway, keeping it all together is best. “Crusher run” is what is used for our farm driveways, and after some compaction is gets really smooth.
If you do want to separate some sand you could buy a sheet of crusher screen with the correct size hole guage you want, sand falls through.
This belongs in one of those "oddly satisfying" video compilations. I enjoyed it way more than I imagined I would!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I laughed so hard when you said "Im like a kid at Christmas, i don't know why I wanted a rock crusher & i guess im gravel independent now". At 1st i didn't think it was doing anything until you showed the ground shot while using it the 1st time. By the end of the video I was surely impressed with it.
pretty cool Kevin. I can see lots of places this would be handy thats for sure. good way to recycle the patio blocks.
Like mash potatoes... Really crushes patio stones like nothing.
@@ModernSelfRelianceYou may be you may be able to go to your local dump and get a bunch of old cinder blocks and stuff❤❤❤❤
NICE!! addition to the Off-Grid property Kevin. That looks like A LOT of fun filling n cruching all that variety of product.. Cool for sure
I'm in Eastern Manitoba and many people in this area buy that 'blue rock' better known as black granite and pay a pretty good buck for it. Round rock is always harder to crush and granite being the hardest and you being in Northern Ontario will likely have lots of it around. It's also highly abrasive and will wear out your wear pads in the crusher a lot faster than concrete or limestone.
I would definately change the oil after the first hour of runtime, maybe twice for good measure, considering what came from coolant system from factory!
Sweet toy! This should be a big help with the stream install.
I look forward to your many gravel purposes down the road!
Stay safe.
Very awesome! You might want to add lubricant to the back of the drum spinner in the three bolts on top. Product page says Regularly lubricate the machine every eight hours. 😅 I love and watch every video.
Yeah they sent me that the day after. I added some grease nipples to easily pump it full...
Looks like a lot of fun. Wear a good quality mask though, silicosis is no joke
The bolt and spring in the motor side of the crusher I believe is the throat or size adjuster for the crusher, if you shorten the exposed part (tightening the spring) it should narrow the opening for smaller stone
Beautiful. How many people do you know that own a personal rock crusher? "As of today......one." BTW....that appears to be lime stone and and I think the fines mixed in with the mids make great road foundation with the larger rock then spread over it. Once wetted, the fines tend to cement together with the smalls into a fairly solid base. Depending on the makeup of the limestone the fines could also be good for lowering the Ph of soil, if necessary, which enhances plant growth. Awesome little machine.
I love how happy this makes you. 😆
Really enjoyed the video have been waiting for the rock crusher content. Now that im 45 i find myself liking things i never thought I would lol. Have a good day and stay safe Jimmy from North Attleboro Massachusetts
You are having way too much fun!
Always!
Ha! As soon as the video started and you couldn't wipe the smile off your face.....you definitely ARE the kid in the candy store! I realized I was smiling too! You're contagious.
The build quality looks a little janky, but the results look good. I'm sure you'll end up beefing up the trailer. Gravel self-reliance. Another box ticked! I love this channel.
The good ones cost way too much though. You need to get gold and gems out of it if you buy the American made.
Like many things you buy...you grind out the welds and reweld everything! You take the bolts out and use loctite. You goi over everything with a wrench and socket. You do inspections quite regularly during the time you are running it. Leave nothing to chance!
I worked at a rock Cory for years and never seen anyone so excited about smashing rocks. You need a hopper on the top those hard to crush rocks do better if there is more wait on them from other stones keeping them going down. I see your landscape is going to change quickly love it and all your videos keep them coming.
All those years working but you never learned how to spell quarry...
@@NotSureJoeBauers bite me I was talk texting didn’t proof read before sending
Guess you don’t want any followers on your site rudeness is a defiant cancel subscription and words spread fast Think First then don’t send anything!!!
@@NotSureJoeBauers and you never learned to be polite and stop correcting people when you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Not everyone is typing.
@@OceanLover1188it was an interesting education about speech to text, I have my own issues with spellcheckers... reading the text I was guessing a bit of a technology issue rather than human error. I generally don't bother with other people's spelling issues.
So you will find certain material is harder hence some of those rocks don’t crack well. It’s called a splash cooled diesel. Essentially the cylinder is just splashed with water. Very handy. You can use literally any water or you can use proper coolant. The amount of time you get from the plates will vary depending on the material being used. Also. Having used similar products I recommend going over everything after an hour or two of use. Possibly grinding out any cracked welds and re welding. Check bolts etc.
Good advice. I would just add check it regularly for crack and loose bolts with ongoing use too. Cause of vibration.
The cylinder is surrounded by a jacket of water. I think you're confused by the term "splash lubrication" where the connecting rod has a dipper that splashes oil everywhere....
@@shawnbottom4769you're right, the engine is cooled by evaporation. As the water evaporates, it pulls some heat with it. This engine design is probably close to a 100 years old, but if it works it works.
I loved this video, really amusing. I wouldn't dare to spend 5k on alibaba, especially for a machine like this but I was hugely impressed. Subscribed, love to see more of you (we also live off-grid, in Portugal).
Pressing the little lever on the exhaust valve is likely the proper way to use the decompression valve while starting
Watching you crush rock into gravel especially all those mismatch pavers and patio stones was super satisfying.
You are the best!! I learn so much from you. Thank you! This was so much fun to watch
Nothing else says youtube at 1am like a canadian playing with a rock crusher LOL
Same here 😂
When I was young I worked for a company that sold and serviced industrial rock-crushing plants. These machines were huge and were nothing any individual could afford to purchase much less operate (millions of dollars to install and hundreds of thousands to operate monthly in fuel, maintenance, and manhours). While I am extremely doubtful of the longevity of your machine (it looks pretty janky), at today's crushed rock prices, ten triaxle dump truck loads would pay for that machine outright. So even if it only produces 180 tons of crushed before something breaks... the machine pays for itself. I would love to see how long it lasts before anything breaks (and things will break on any machine like that). I also would like to add that I have never seen one that small, I think it is a great option for a farm or homestead that requires gravel. I hope it lasts you a long time!
I was looking domestically and all I could find was $125k-250k
@@ModernSelfReliance This machine still running ok?
The plates are manganese vary hard and and be welded back up with hard surfacing rods after they get worn down. Next you’ll be getting a hammer mill or cone crusher
Very interesting.. I got a spare set just to be sure.
You started it correctly.
These types of engines are common in asia especially in cement mixers
I’ve never seen someone so happy about gravel, but I get it. ☺️
Should have tried to get some during the covid lockdowns. I can totally relate to the happiness
At over $600 per truck load I can see why he is happy
@@mountainmanprojectsif it cost 5000 for the crusher, and a truck load is 600, that is approximately eight and a half loads, how big a pile is eight and a half loads, and how much crushing time will it take to get that quantity?. I totally go with being self sufficient, but the quantity/time would be interesting to work out.
Don't care I want one😊.
I have to wonder if there’s a way to adjust the crush-plate spacing to produce smaller gravel. Maybe spacers behind the crush plates if nothing else?
Yes you can adjust down to 10-15mm the size it's at is perfect for my application
@@ModernSelfRelianceI used to work in a quarry years ago. We never had any problem with rocks spitting out like that. Drop a singe big rock in and some would bounce a bit until it got a grip on it, but as soon as it got the first bite the rest was history. But we never made small gravel like that on the primary crusher, there was a second pass through a hammer mill for that. So the jaws were opened up a lot more than that. I'm wondering if open the bottom up a bit bigger makes the jaws closer to parallel thereby reducing the tendency to spit those hard stones back out? It will be a cost thing. Shorter jaws and the associated frame they are mounted in are cheaper to make. However the shorter the jaws are for a given opening in the top, means a greater angle between the jaws, cheaper, but also greater chance of spitting rocks out again? Still a very cool little crusher for the price though. Love it, I'm jealous! Another thing/trick I just remembered, for the rocks bouncing instead of getting grabbed and crushed we would slow the crusher down a bit until it grabbed and then it could be sped up again. For those hard rocks perhaps it's going too fast?
Brilliant purchase for a remote property. Everything will be cleaner and dryer thanks to your gravel. Provided it doesn't require much repairing over time it will pay for itself quickly.
Wow. That was fuuuuuuun! I reckonnyou could make a channel just for rock crushing....ankther for milling... I could watch milling and crushing all day! I guess thats what age dies to you.
Nice addition Kev.
Get some drone footage of your before and after gravelling of the property's paths and driveway...or maybe with time lapse.
Also get yourself a hard hat and some safety glasses.
Finally, enjoy!
Also...a product/tool review channel.... But not just blowing smoke (like with ecoflow) for the sponsor...but being critical as well.
And a channel for Kev's buddy trips.... With your metal man, tree surgeon, etc
This crusher was not sponsored...
Great video. It’s like watching a kid with a new toy. I don’t know what got you more excited… crushing up those man-made pavers/blocks or watching it vomit out those rocks it didn’t like. I am envisioning gravel trails all over your land, thank you for the unboxing and the walk around. Not sure how long before you begin modifying/rebuilding those parts that seem a little less than ‘perfect’. Thanks for sharing!
Your delight is infectious!
Ur gonna need to find yourself a conver belt and a hoper to make that sucker really work but you will be able to cover your driveways with crush stone in no time thats pretty cool Kevin man
That’s really impressive for something off alibaba. Was not expecting it to be as effective as it is with how it looks, but damn that broke down the rocks like a champ
To be fair it is a old very simple design so hard to puck up. The only issue is how long will that chinese engine last and how long will the crushing plates last (But at least those can be fixed up with welding on more and proper material)
It's already cracked in several places and rusty not looking good
We have piles of feild stones from the farmers feikds that have accumulated over the years and i was just saying to my dad how nice itd be to be able to make crushed stone from it..i would love to rent one of these for a week! Awsome little gravel crusher someone in the usa should start making these!
Mount Baker Mining and Metals makes crushers and more in the USA! MBMMLC. Their videos are on youtube.
I worked on a similar jaw crusher but much larger one summer, it was a highway project near the town i lived in. I was told if we were to ever run gravel pit stone, round rocks, to always make sure i had a good mix of gravel and smaller rocks. The large jaws would spit huge round rocks high into the air if i didnt have ballest on top. Luckily we were able to stay in the blasted rock quarry.
I did not know that I needed one of these!
Do you still like it? Any mechanical issues? How often do you use it? Love seeing how excited you are - I’d be the same!
Still running strong... I use it everytime I get stock pile of rocks.. works so efficiently I don't run it long. Probably 40-60hrs total run time so far.
This is really cool. Now if you wanted you can make gravel paths to your cabins and around your syrup trees so you don't need to worry about tredging through mud!!
I hate mud season.
Sir I’m from the United Kingdom, Manchester to be exact and I ❤ your content, your crusher popping those rocks had me laughing bro….
Please keep it moving as we say in Manchester ❤❤
Oh boy….a new toy!
Kevin the Krusher👊🏻👊🏻
seeing good gravel get made is like finding a really good stick. It's just good, no explanation needed.
I'd probably add a small hopper to the top of the machine for those harder rocks. If you have a load of rocks piled up in the chute then it will help to push them through without them getting yeeted into orbit!
There is also a big metal plate on the underside of the crusher jaws, held in place likely with a big spring. If the crusher can't handle a rock or tries to jam, the metal plate will fall out of place to protect from those flywheels from destroying everything.
That's good to know.
Hi Kevin, I ordered one it is built now and being shipped!. Linda @ Vansen was super helpful :) They decided to add a hopper to the top of new ones based on your input. I am looking forward to seeing your "torture test" crusher video when will you post? also, would you be able to share where you added the zerks? At my cottage there is unlimited rocks to crush! I also got an extra set of plates as well. I know where we can get parts for these motors now too... however they are very simple and will last a long time... Great video Kevin and I enjoy your channel. I am in Ottawa, would love to visit you sometime :)
Awesome! If you add me on Instagram I can send you photos. Where the bolts are I tapped and added zerks. Hopper will be extremely useful. Careful of the blue rocks... They don't like being crushed.
As always, great video! You must have sent a lot of traffic their way as they are now using a screenshot of your crusher in front of your sawmill shed on their product page!
I just bought this last week, saw our video on their page 😊
Will make a video of the unboxing in five weeks time🎉
Thanks for your videoes
Merry Christmas Kevin to you and your family. Your excitement over your new toy is fitting for Christmas time. Thank You for the laughs!😂 Please consider wearing a face shield. I'm curious if you could also make your own wood mulch with the new crusher?
It has to be brittle to crush.
The Little Beast is up and running!! I am GRINNING as much as you are!! LOL!! Impressive!
I like your new toy Kevin!
lol, they are using your video in the ad now. Great video, thanks!
FYI, for the water Drain. After Testing the unit, they might have pushes compressed air thru to fully drain the system and tank and then pushed some thick oil thur as well to coat the inside of the tank then drained the tank again. As a way to Prevent Rusting. So that bit of why it wasn't draining at first Could have been a little bit of thick oil at the drain that was left over.
Thick oil from China😂, first thing i’ve learned to do on the few things I have imported from china with motors or need for lubricants is to drain out the Chinese honey first thing.
probably full of all types of aquatic parasites and diseases.....and the bottom of the motor was already rusted 🤣
love how they now use your video on their site
Oh now that is an awesome toy!
Hey Kevin could you do a few tests with Granite peices?
Would be interested in getting one here in Manitoba.
Very cool machine 👍
Add me on Instagram and when I accumulate enough small granite I'll give it a whirl, they said it will do it no problem..
I love how you come with new things and use what resources you have to build things
I used to operate a walk-beside aka pedestrian three-wheeled chain trencher for a major telco. It had a single cylinder air-cooled 15 hp Yanmar diesel, also with a decompression lever. In its original form it had no electrics at all, being hand-cranked. Once I hadn't spun it over fast enough and upon releasing the decompression lever it started running backwards, crank handle spinning backwards instead of disengaging, black exhaust smoke coming from the air cleaner and sucking air in through the exhaust. Fortunately there were stop controls on both sides, a co-worker shut it off safely from the other side.
After this incident the machine was returned to the manufacturer and fitted with electric starter/generator and battery.
This video and machine is fantastic!
Good morning from Minnesota USA! Very cool!
I see they say the plates last about 4 months. Maybe you can provide some feedback if they truly last that long? Maybe a 6 month review? Thanks and have fun with your new toy. Merry Christmas
If they last 4 months of run time that is a pile of time.
I love that i can feel your sincere joy in whatever you do
You're going to have a blast with this! Glad its finally arrived. Let me know when you're ready to start crushing and I will be your assistant
It was so delightful to see your infectious happiness - was SO happy for you 😃 ...like a kid opening their presents on Christmas morning 😀😃😄😁
This would be great for making little roads and paths for all ur machines and no more muddy boots
Also I had an idea to make it even easier to run. If you made some chutes and had the crusher raised slightly you could have the gravel slide straight into a trailer or something. You could also make a chute that you could just empty the tractor bucket onto so you don’t have to hand load it?
I never thought the giant coffee grinder (big cone grinder) we use at work would seem safe by comparison.
Hi Kevin, awesome I live on an Island in Australia and need to buy one. The one I’m looking at is a PE250 *400 what size is the one you bought.
Cheers Kym
The link in the description is the one I bought.
Kevin, if you find many limestone chunks you could build a kiln and bake it into lime to use for making free cement.
You could also make some sort of deflector to deal with the rocks flying out. At least then you can try and aim them away from anything important?
like the top of the engine?
@@CuriousEarthMan like a metal flap to act sort of like a lid for the hole the rocks go in to stop them flying back out so dangerously…
@@glawenclattuc3127 I completely agree! I was giving an example of one of the important areas that needs to be protected from flying rocks. I would make the guard concave, so rocks flying up into it do not get deflected off of it, and fly out the front, for example.
I’d probably install a heavy rubber mat over the top to help with keeping the rock chunks in if they happen to explode out the top.
Best Quote: "I am in the gravel business!".
We were thoroughly entertained my friend. That may be a good addition to OUR Cabin.I'll get you up to speed when we see you soon.
Hi Kevin I love that crusher!! If you read my previous comment, I don't know now where it was, but fairly recent, this is another great money maker. Rocks should be cheap to pick up anywhere. Sell gravel in small or fairly large lots. Bob's your Uncle!!!!!!
Yep. Easy Peasy.... Japanesey... Errr Chineseasy
Way cool.... I could see screening out some sand for many uses.
Now you can make your own railroad ballast.
Our crusher is going to be here in a few days!!!! Excited!
this made my morning. tks
Is there an adjustment to move the plates closer or farther away to make different size stones?
Yes. Go down as small as 10-15mm
Now that is just awesome
I can watch this all day 😂
The unknown lever will be a decompression lever to decompress the engine while it winds over then when the starter motor is up to speed you can let the decompression lever go and start it. Probably helps a lot with those giant fly wheels being permanently connected to the engine adding more strain to the starter
Donny DIY made a rock crusher… I’ve been looking at the China-made options. Great demo! Totally enjoyed your enthusiasm and excitement!
Just like Christmas except that if you're not careful, you will need 2 front teeth! 😂🎄👍
Bahaha
The most hilarious video i have seen in a long time , the rust on the bottom of the engine cracked me up , the most lethal thing i have seen throwing stones about , get a guard on the top and then sell it hahahaha
Very cool! I have an odd fetish with making gravel, lol!
It's also interesting how the old timers did it before engines were a thing, it be cool to try and build something like that. Essentially big pounders that were raised and dropped using fulcrums and pullies. What you have is much easier though 😂
Be interesting to see how it holds up, hopefully you get your money out of it and a lot more.
I was thinking of making a heavy thing that drops.... But then I bought this thing.
They used big hammers and muscles. We got to see it in jails in the south. Also Mr. Nobel invented something else to help with the big rocks!!
@@MrHyde2k haha, that's one way to do it! But I was referring to the two story machines they built that would raise a big heavy plate and drop it. A guy or two could work it, pretty ingenious machines.
I think your talking about stamp mills, they pounded gold ore to dust for gold extraction@@tradermunky1998
open the jaws wider on the crusher for the blue rocks and make 2 passes to crush it if that particular one isn't adjustable make a hopper chute and keep it full it will greatly decrease the possibility of those stones popping out...
that lever on the valve cover is a decompressor lever it opens the exhaust valve so that the engine spins over freely once its spun up you release that lever and it starts.
you will want to add a feed chute to the crusher inlet with a removable plate steel hood, a good way to use this is a conveyor under the output to pile it into a trailer/ dump bed for spreading and a conveyor to feed the hopper chute for crushing...when I worked in the quarry we set ours on a set of concrete blocks (single pour 2ftx 2 ft x8ft solid cast with) removed the axle and hitch as it was going there permanently bolted in place through a set of hockey puck isolators set up a conveyor with hopper under the crusher exit that could pile it with a concrete block backwall... we fed it via a conveyor belt always keeping the hopper above the jaws full
I get ur excitement, and altho it didn't look too promising at first, the sumbitch turned out to b pretty frickin cool.
Pretty fun to watch. 👍
Good job, Kevin.
Freight guy here- They put it on the smaller skid (which is actually a heavy duty CHEP pallet) in order to have a chance to even move it to the back of the truck. A pallet jack is designed to move standard sized pallets, and so in order to get it onto the liftgate it needed to be on that blue pallet.
Wow Kevin, you got yourself a Goldmine with that rock crusher. That would be so fun doing that and possibly making a profit and saving a whole Lotta money on projects that you could use that on. As always enjoy watching your videos take care..
Watching it crush rocks was oddly satisfying to me. Very cool! 👌
You should get some sort of conveyer to move gravel from the machine.
You should build a ramp for it to sit on, that filters the various particle sizes, you could do multiple sizes with a single platform, and have them roll down to different areas.
Sand below, 3" behind, 2inch to the right, 1inch to the left, etc.
Wearing a helmet and safety glasses might be a good idea. Awesome machine, gravel is very handy.😊
you do cool things
your content is always up-to-date and on point!