Worked at Cat for 35 years ,, put on a few of those bails ,, and used to press the bearings in that hitch half you were leaning on .. oh the memories , lol...
People so often fail to appreciate the importance of a good stomach and its associated core strength; whether used for alignment, support, or extra ugga-duggas when forearms alone are insufficient, the belly is a lad’s best friend when sending it. Superb demonstration of the foregoing principle.
My compliments on such great work. You make it look so easy. Ill bet you are the go to shop in your area. Take care of that cold and dont be welding any galvanized until you get well. Bill
The Goat of welding! Awesome repair brotha. Kurtis did one too and he said he lets it cool before closing it completely because they get so hot and to let out the fumes and moisture. I liked how you did something similar by doing half and then the other bottom half.
Another great video I learn so much from watching you and the work you do, sorry that you have been sick I thought you where coming down with this bad cold or the flu in your last video I hope you get well soon and get back to feeling normal again.
Great explanations, I could follow all the steps, you are quite good at that, along with the work itself! Really a joy to watch you and I think I can make a use from all your tips and hints to solve a problem, thanks a lot! 👍👍👍
I too have had two 'colds' this season, and still I'm coughing my head off each day for a few minutes. Man, it wears you out, doesn't it? Nice repair on that bail., I can imagine the real test of your welds will come soon enough, I'm also pretty sure those welds will pass the test.
Not all operators can push pull. This showed the one that can’t. Lol at least that’s what I’ve seen. Keep it up dude you do some nice work. Enjoy watching👍
Having seen the push/pull units worked in the field, it is amazing the steel and the welds hold up as well as they do. I've seen the machines working. The back unit pushes to help load the front unit which usually takes 90+/- seconds and the front unit pulls the back unit via the bail you just repaired and they will load the back unit in about 50-60sec. A 627 hauls about 25 yds, a 637 hauls about 35, and a 657 hauls about 45yds. It is an amazing sight to see the dirt just come spilling over the sides of the bowl.
Thanks for the welcome 👍 hopefully you get to feeling better and not get the explosive diarrhea flu bug going around 😅 I'll be darn I always thought those were soild not hollow as much weight and force they take.
Not getting off the stinger in time and the front scraper turned sharp when the back scraper was still hooked up . Beginners unless the bail ram failed . I have jigs for 637s And 657s .
I sent 3M a message about the positive comments you make about Cubitron. Here's what they said: Thank you so much for sharing! We watched "On Fire Welding's RUclips Channel" and it's amazing what he's doing! We appreciate the message! Have a nice day! 3M Product Application Support
@OFW Do you have links to the abrasives and crack detection supplies? Nice work, can you shoot through a welding lens so we can see what you are doing gouging, welding , etc? I want to learn if I can.
@@jimw6991 @weldingtipsandtricks has by far the best welding video setup. Check him out. Maybe if @OFW would contact Jody he might would share his video secrets.
This is my second viewing.... I love the push-pull units. Yes, I worked at the CAT Decatur, IL plant where they are built. I expected you to dye check the other side at the pivot end. U definitely know what you are doin, so I gather U hadn't seen any reason to check that side.
A point of interest. The crack that you found on the other butt weld, was at the edge of the weld in the heat affected zone (HAZ) of the pipe to pipe weld. It is very likely the crack started because of a stress riser caused by sharp edge in the weld to pipe joint. If the welds you completed were ground down, this would eliminate those stress risers. I know it’s more work, but with the butt welds ground flush, when the PT is done, circumferential cracks are easy to see. Also with all stress risers removed from the HAZ, cracking is much less likely
Would you mind putting a pic of the piece you’re repairing in the field or on the machinery it’s from? Really curious where this hook thing goes to now. Awesome welds, if you haven’t heard it enough yet.
we would heat treat these by building a big fire and laying the arch in the coals and covering in sand overnight. seemed to help with the fatigue cracking
I am glad I saw a respirator on your face (no offense!) You and youngblood should really try and wear them more often-with one setup for paint. Don't wait until you have problems. Nice job as usual!
You were running beads for most of the passes, then doing what looked like stitches (or dimes) rather than a continuous bead for the cap. Hard to tell because it's sped up but did I see that right, and if so what does do for the weld?
Hey love the videos I have a question about weld's I was told that stick should be used for anything structural because it meltes the steel together but mig is like laying a bandaid over the seem is this true?
100% not true. Wire is just as strong or stronger than stick if done correctly. The people that say that have probably never welded with a proper wire setup.
For those asking what the Bail bar does can check out ' Digging new landfill cell with fleet of Caterpillar scrapers ' . 3 part video series , very good videos . .
Great job, seems like those bails snap to easy but I guess they're supposed to break before something more expensive does. Have you tried the cubitron 982cx pro purple discs?
To fix stubborn nosey throaty chesty ills, try your favourite pizza but with extra garlic sauce. You will wake up like a fish out of water, but when you go get in the shower, that crap in your throat will be screaming to get out! Make it suffer and wave it goodbye as it goes down the drain! 😂😂😂😂😂 It always cries out to me "I have a wife and phlegm to support!" My response is not fit for decent company unfortunately!😅😅😅😅😅 Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
It's the hoop arrangement on the front of various models of scraper that enables them to join together elephant 🐘🐘 style to help each other with loading up of material. Usually they are in pairs but sometimes threes, fours and fives. In a pair the lead unit will load first as the second unit pushes it. When full the lead unit helps drag the second unit until it is full. They then uncouple and start running for the dump location. In multiple unit set ups it's a little bit more complicated, but basically the unit being loaded is helped through and then they split up and individually head for the spread point. If you want to watch some of this sort of action then I suggest that you look up SoCal Earthmoving on RUclips and find some scraper clips. Hope that this helps you to work out how it works. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
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Worked at Cat for 35 years ,, put on a few of those bails ,, and used to press the bearings in that hitch half you were leaning on .. oh the memories , lol...
Have you considered giving the operators a reward for generating so much work for you to fix? They definitely deserve some recognition!
Have you ever thought about getting a reward for the operators for creating so much work for you to repair, they deserve something !!!
and the scrap yard guys! endless supply of work for the repair team
The Owners wouldn't like a Reward to their Operators ..and Repair Bills for them?
I like how you can take broken parts and make them like new and keeping tolerance at the manufacturer specs ! Great job as always ! 👍👍
*On Fire Welding* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
Amen! Such quality video content and admirable work ethic.
Hope you get feeling better and thanks for uploading the video
Thought you sounded under the weather, when I watched you repair the key way, get well soon brother, nice job on the repair
Nice work Greg another quality repair , get well soon
People so often fail to appreciate the importance of a good stomach and its associated core strength; whether used for alignment, support, or extra ugga-duggas when forearms alone are insufficient, the belly is a lad’s best friend when sending it. Superb demonstration of the foregoing principle.
My compliments on such great work. You make it look so easy. Ill bet you are the go to shop in your area. Take care of that cold and dont be welding any galvanized until you get well. Bill
ok Greg, keeping me up all night watching your exploits,
but ya know what, that is a great thing, cheers, Paul down in Florida
The Goat of welding! Awesome repair brotha.
Kurtis did one too and he said he lets it cool before closing it completely because they get so hot and to let out the fumes and moisture. I liked how you did something similar by doing half and then the other bottom half.
Another great video I learn so much from watching you and the work you do, sorry that you have been sick I thought you where coming down with this bad cold or the flu in your last video I hope you get well soon and get back to feeling normal again.
Great explanations, I could follow all the steps, you are quite good at that, along with the work itself!
Really a joy to watch you and I think I can make a use from all your tips and hints to solve a problem, thanks a lot!
👍👍👍
I too have had two 'colds' this season, and still I'm coughing my head off each day for a few minutes. Man, it wears you out, doesn't it?
Nice repair on that bail., I can imagine the real test of your welds will come soon enough, I'm also pretty sure those welds will pass the test.
Excellence comes as standard with your expert work. Thanks for posting, most enjoyable.
As usual.another masterpiece. You're an artist. Great videos. Thank you
Grinder and paint are your best friends
A grinder and paint make you the welder you ain’t, best damn quote I ever heard
Greg! Awesome work! As usual! Thanks for posting! 👌👍
Sounds like you have a cold...not nice when the dust and fumes are all around you. Nice job yet again.
thanks for posting even when not feeling well. I hope you feel better soon.
Not all operators can push pull. This showed the one that can’t. Lol at least that’s what I’ve seen. Keep it up dude you do some nice work. Enjoy watching👍
Like always another great video. I pray you get to feeling better soon.
Having seen the push/pull units worked in the field, it is amazing the steel and the welds hold up as well as they do.
I've seen the machines working. The back unit pushes to help load the front unit which usually takes 90+/- seconds and the front unit pulls the back unit via the bail you just repaired and they will load the back unit in about 50-60sec.
A 627 hauls about 25 yds, a 637 hauls about 35, and a 657 hauls about 45yds. It is an amazing sight to see the dirt just come spilling over the sides of the bowl.
Thanks for the welcome 👍 hopefully you get to feeling better and not get the explosive diarrhea flu bug going around 😅 I'll be darn I always thought those were soild not hollow as much weight and force they take.
Great job on the repair, hope you feel better soon.
Nice disclaimer about the shopping cart. I also have a few Home Depot shopping carts that I also found at the scrap yard. Lol
Желаю тебе железного здоровья и не болеть.
Better than new as always you the man get well soon brother
Thank you for sharing, another great job, always a pleasure watch your project👍👍👍👍
I've got the same cold /flu been down for 6 days didn't eat for a week .I'm from Ontario Canada.
Great videos great work
Not getting off the stinger in time and the front scraper turned sharp when the back scraper was still hooked up . Beginners unless the bail ram failed . I have jigs for 637s And 657s .
Those Diablo blades are the best blades I’ve found for the cold cut saws
Get well soon young man, an interesting job that one!
I sent 3M a message about the positive comments you make about Cubitron. Here's what they said:
Thank you so much for sharing! We watched "On Fire Welding's RUclips Channel" and it's amazing what he's doing!
We appreciate the message!
Have a nice day!
3M Product Application Support
Awesome!
@OFW Do you have links to the abrasives and crack detection supplies? Nice work, can you shoot through a welding lens so we can see what you are doing gouging, welding , etc? I want to learn if I can.
@@jimw6991 @weldingtipsandtricks has by far the best welding video setup. Check him out. Maybe if @OFW would contact Jody he might would share his video secrets.
Nice work! Being sick sucks! Glad to see you wearing that respirator tho!
This is my second viewing.... I love the push-pull units. Yes, I worked at the CAT Decatur, IL plant where they are built. I expected you to dye check the other side at the pivot end. U definitely know what you are doin, so I gather U hadn't seen any reason to check that side.
Nice job hope you are feeling a lot better soon bud
Western Truck and Tractor Repair gave you another mention on his video 3304 Cat reassembly pt1 at the 32:13 mark
Excellent presentation. Thank you.
A point of interest. The crack that you found on the other butt weld, was at the edge of the weld in the heat affected zone (HAZ) of the pipe to pipe weld. It is very likely the crack started because of a stress riser caused by sharp edge in the weld to pipe joint. If the welds you completed were ground down, this would eliminate those stress risers. I know it’s more work, but with the butt welds ground flush, when the PT is done, circumferential cracks are easy to see. Also with all stress risers removed from the HAZ, cracking is much less likely
Nice solid repair, Greg!
Would you mind putting a pic of the piece you’re repairing in the field or on the machinery it’s from? Really curious where this hook thing goes to now. Awesome welds, if you haven’t heard it enough yet.
FANCY! Doing two-tone paint jobs now, are you? Great repair! Hope you feel better.
I hope you feel better soon.
OMG - the second I saw the shopping kart I thought to myself "SURELY they didn't steal a shopping kart!!..." 😂
They are quite cheap here where I live, you can take them with you for just 1Euro...
🤣😉😛
How much does that bail weigh, guesstiment good video
1,000 lbs
" I felt to bad to stay inside " Something only a father would say ....😁 BRAVO SIR
With his shitty tacky welds
Bad A!! as always. Nice pre-assembled welding cart!
Get well soon!
Привет, обратил внимание, ваш голос не такой как обычно, вы не здоровы, берегите себя и скорейшего выздоровления! Ваши видео многому меня научили.
Awesome job 🙌
Brilliant channel 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
Great job. Hope you are well by now.
Excellent repair!!
Nice work as always !!! Keep it up
we would heat treat these by building a big fire and laying the arch in the coals and covering in sand overnight. seemed to help with the fatigue cracking
Painting the hook is like puttin lipstick on a pig..Great weld job.Great vid 👍👍👍👍👍👍🥽🥽
I am glad I saw a respirator on your face (no offense!) You and youngblood should really try and wear them more often-with one setup for paint. Don't wait until you have problems. Nice job as usual!
always surprised by how much those cubitron wheels hog off
Never welded before, is the mask purely for protection or is there something you can see happening behind all the light?
It’s like wearing very dark sun glasses. You can see exactly what is going on in the weld puddle.
Greg, did you ever got one of these grinder wheels to break off especially that you don't use the guards ?
Not really. Maybe once a year.
Nice work , always need to careful when doing these they can explode from the heat when welding them up
Great work! Thanks for sharing. Do you find the plasma gouge easier to control than an air arc?
Yes.
You were running beads for most of the passes, then doing what looked like stitches (or dimes) rather than a continuous bead for the cap. Hard to tell because it's sped up but did I see that right, and if so what does do for the weld?
Yes, I changed my technique to try and fill the un even gap more uniformly.
You mentioning the candy apple colour makes me want a candied Apple ha ha
So dapper with the plasma tip switch. Pinky out! haha. Great work man. Clean as fuck, as usual. Can't wait for the next video! Feel better soon!
What kind of steel did you use? Somewhat thick walled...
Customer supplied. It’s probably a standard DOM tube.
Again a master at work. Have you ever done any work for SuKut. I know they have one of the biggest scraper fleets in the US if not the biggest.
I have not.
Hey love the videos I have a question about weld's I was told that stick should be used for anything structural because it meltes the steel together but mig is like laying a bandaid over the seem is this true?
100% not true. Wire is just as strong or stronger than stick if done correctly. The people that say that have probably never welded with a proper wire setup.
For those asking what the Bail bar does can check out ' Digging new landfill cell with fleet of Caterpillar scrapers ' . 3 part video series , very good videos . .
I notice you doing a lot of dual shield welding. I hear in NL that dangerous gas comes from it. Are you concerned?
Yes. I always try to wear a respirator or have good ventilation.
Great job, seems like those bails snap to easy but I guess they're supposed to break before something more expensive does. Have you tried the cubitron 982cx pro purple discs?
Yes
Do you think the purple discs are any different to the brown ones you like to use or do they just cost more?@@OFW
When should you preheat your materials ? when welding heavy thickness
Typically yes. Or depending on the alloys.
Love the channel. How much would it of been to buy that stock.
About 15k if you can find one
@@OFW that 10k more than I thought. Damn
Alright! Morning coffees on! Here we go! Cheers!;-)!!
Seems your shop dog is on holiday in the sunny south.
Could you have tacked it with dual shield or is there specific reason for tacking with solid wire?
You can definitely do it with dual shield. Hard wire makes a nicer root pass in my opinion. And it was right there ready to go.
Awesome thank you. I was just curious.
Hope you feel better my friend
Why is the dye used for finding cracks in this application vs something like magnaflux? Is it down to personal preference or is there more to it?
It’s all I had.
@@OFW Sorry, I meant to ask is one better than the other or are they used for different applications?
@@deathlyhopeI think it depends on the situation. Both can be effective.
Nice repair, Greg, hope you're feeling better soon. If I may, what brand wire wheels do you use/prefer?
I have been using harbor freight wire wheels with great results.
@@OFW Thanks, Greg!
To fix stubborn nosey throaty chesty ills, try your favourite pizza but with extra garlic sauce. You will wake up like a fish out of water, but when you go get in the shower, that crap in your throat will be screaming to get out! Make it suffer and wave it goodbye as it goes down the drain! 😂😂😂😂😂
It always cries out to me "I have a wife and phlegm to support!" My response is not fit for decent company unfortunately!😅😅😅😅😅
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
I've seen those big hooks. They help move a lot of weight.
Выздоравливай!!!!
Great job. Thanks
What are the height of your tables? Great video!
37” to the top.
Nice fix! 👍 What are you repairing on that Cat scraper hitch tower?
Line boring all the holes.
Man, so hard to see your videos when watching through a welding mask….so I don’t hurt my eyes. I have the brightness of my tv turned to max…..
Can i suggest you make a reaction commentary video on the pakistani truck or similar YT channel repairs. Those guys are total macgyvers.
That root pass weld looked so good, why change wire for the rest of the weld? Great video as usual. Thanks for sharing.
It definitely could be welded out with solid wire. Dual shield has a better deposition rate and is a little better under massive stress.
Came out the balls! Thanks.
562 👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing 😅
what function does the bail perform?
Scrapers perform a push pull technique when cutting. The bail links them together.
So how is that new Miller welder doing?
It’s doing fantastic
How come you opt not to use an 3M adflo
Because I don’t have one
@@OFW they are quite an expense, thanks for the response!
Anybody? What's the bail on a cat? What's it's purpose and where is it located?
It's the hoop arrangement on the front of various models of scraper that enables them to join together elephant 🐘🐘 style to help each other with loading up of material. Usually they are in pairs but sometimes threes, fours and fives. In a pair the lead unit will load first as the second unit pushes it. When full the lead unit helps drag the second unit until it is full. They then uncouple and start running for the dump location. In multiple unit set ups it's a little bit more complicated, but basically the unit being loaded is helped through and then they split up and individually head for the spread point. If you want to watch some of this sort of action then I suggest that you look up SoCal Earthmoving on RUclips and find some scraper clips.
Hope that this helps you to work out how it works.
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
@@markfryer9880 thanks for reply. I'm just a novice. I never would have figured that one out.
Good work 👍
Feel better ❤️🩹
Had to use dye pen to check for cracks in aviation to be legal.
I never found a crack that I couldn’t see with a magnifying glass.
Where are you located?
Fresno California