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Merry Christmas Karen and Kurtis - thanks for nearly 52 evenings of around an hour of pure engineering zen, expert craftsmanship and entertainment. Have a lovelyh holiday and I can't wait to see the Phoenix Crane rise from the ashes next year.
Hope you guys have a safe and enjoyable festive season and thank you for the entertainment throughout the year. Hopefully the hack hirer of this machine was handed the bill for the repairs and not at mates rates. Cheers.
(Retired Boilermaker here) Once you've been correctly taught the right techniques (as Curtis obviously has), the rest is just an extension of that knowledge. TBH, it can be great fun & quite satisfying, utilising massive machines to get the result you need. .'Judicious application of appropriate force' is the key... 🤣👍
There at 20:43 I was thinking of the old TV infomercials---"But WAIT!! There's a tool for that!!!" No matter what machine is needed for any job.....Kurtis got a tool for that.
I have never understood why anyone would treat a hired product so poorly. When we hired stuff it would go back in a better condition than we received it, then the next person does not have to worry about injury or the product not functioning correctly. I am an ex panel beater and have to say I have never seen a better example of hydraulic panel beating, and your welding once again is a thing of beauty. Karen has taught you well Kurtis, it is good of her to take a backseat and allow you to grow into the job. Well done Karen for your excellent videography, and the giggles. WOOF! To Homie and a Very Merry Christmas to everyone. It has been a great year of videos and I look forward to many more years of following your endeavours.
There is an acceptable level of wear and tear on heavy equipment. The problem is when it's excessive wear and tear. You can compare a row of identical machines with similar hours, and they will all be in a very similar state.
As somebody with a modicum of mechanical sympathy, it would pain me to operate ANY machine that badly! I went on a site a few weeks ago, had to use their forklift to do a 90 second job. I spent the first 5 minutes finding and fixing the metal-on-metal squeak that started as soon as the engine was running.
Heck... yeah, I dint think i could work in heavy machine hire.. arguing with'tools'who are trying to return damaged/dirty equipment & not paying the excess.. sluice be a list of their name's on a Do not Hire list. Anyway, to Kurtis, Karen, Homeless & team.. Merry Christmas & happy, safe holidays. 🎅🎄..
7:34 - This video perfectly illustrates why washing heavy machinery is so important. Dirt buildup can hide critical issues, like the loose bolts and bent...
Not even heavy machinery, basically every machine. As my dad always said, dirt hides problems so clean your car. And it's the truth, although I reckon the hirer in this case wasn't in a hurry to expose the damage they caused
Yes but I was hoping for Kurtis' Paintless Dent Repair and was slightly disappointed not to see it. But seriously hope those guages through the paint get fixed, though.
That's what I was going to say: biosecurity is no joke, especially in SEQ - fire ant central. And that's not to mention soil-borne diseases and fungi that can devastate farms.
I live out in the country and am constantly battling the incursion of pests, whether ants or mice and other rodents. It's a constant battle but necessary. We have to live in harmony with nature or it'll take its own back.
The fact that Curtis does this by himself is one of the most amazing things of these videos people who have never worked around large machinery have no idea how badly things could turn out while working alone but Curtis is the master Happy and healthy holiday to cutting edge engineering and their followers 🎄🪝🎄🥂
Hydraulic Press Channel: Let's see how much damage a press can do! Kurtis from CEEA: Let's see how much repair work a press can do! Seriously Kurtis the skill you put on display here to straighten the steps and toolbox...a thing of beauty. You have many talents sir and it shows. Just amazing what someone with skill can do with the tools they have at their disposal.
Always impressed with the level of skill shown by Kurtis, but the repair of the toolbox had me nodding and smiling like a Cheshire cat at my monitor :) Top job Karen capturing the entire process on video once again.
There is a very select few people in my workshop that I let borrow my tools. And those are the ones that bring the tool back clean and not broken, and if they fear they'll break it they dont use it. It's the way everyone should be.
This is why I don't lend out my things anymore. Absolutely amazing level of disrespect shown to that poor contraption. I hope the renter never gets their steak cooked just right again
@@Floris_VI I loathe tool abuse. I retired to my wife's family village in West Java, Indonesia. I brought all my tools with me. I have had a number of construction projects here, which the locals loved, as it provided them with paid work. I brought out various tools that were appropriate to the task at hand at various junctures. I saw my tools get abused. The worst was my good long handled Stanley shovel. Some AH decided it would be better as a spade, and cut the handle down, making a T piece across the top. When I saw that I was livid. I had to walk away. If I had identified the responsible person I would have shouted at them in a language they did not understand, and ensured they were never permitted to work on my payroll again. Better to just leave it. My good 100L Sherwood Poly builders wheelbarrow had the tub destroyed by someone dumping a big rock into it. Various tools have simply gone missing entirely. Someone broke or removed a hacksaw blade, so then they promptly lost the square insert that holds one end of the blade, rendering that hacksaw useless. Ryobi cordless tools must be incredibly tough, as most of the rubber protection has been worn off my batteries, drill and impact driver. Those were both used for driving screws for roofing. The users tied string to them to avoid dropping them to the ground, but they did get bounced off a lot of metal edges. They still work, although I have to keep hitting the drill chuck with WD40 to ward off the rust. Everything rusts here. Even 304 stainless steel. I'm a believer in "You broke it, you bought it." But there is no hope of that here, as the labourers earn the grand sum of A$10/day plus food, coffee, and cigarettes. Tools I had for 40 years back in Australia, that came here in good condition, are now almost unrecognizable. I think some (maybe a lot of) don't respect other people's property, and have no incentive to look after it, unless they have money at risk. I would have thought it was common decency to look after something you had borrowed even more carefully than your own stuff. Maybe I'm just weird?
I'm loving the pressing and "technical taps" that are efficient and elegant solutions to someone's foul operating and worse responsibility by the supervisors of the leasing/renting company.
Dear Curtis, Dear Karen, Thanks' for all of your fine videos. Friday evening is my CEE evening. Ever a pleasure to watch all the fine metal work, like your last video of the lathe repair. Have nice holiday and see you next year again. Adrian from Düsseldorf/Germany
3:32 have had that happen, driving along Steve Irwin Way. Low loader with dirty macine on. Clod flew out, approach speed 200 kmh. Coming straight at passenger’s head. Stuck my hand in front of her face (futile?). But fortunately the clod skipped on the bonnet leaving a 4-banana tear . . . Heartbeat moment, for sure.
I was joining the motorway (UK) following a guy towing a 3.5T excavator on a trailer. Machine and trailer were both filthy, and there was a hail of gravel and clods of earth bouncing off the road behind him. I stayed well back. Behind me was a BMW with a driver who made it clear that he was FURIOUS about my lack of pace down the on-ramp. Soon as we got to the bottom of the ramp he got his foot down, accelerated past me straight into the gravel shower... and his windscreen shattered spectacularly.
I honestly couldnt work out how you would repair the internal angles of the toolbox with a press, butI have to say, that was a fantastic bit of knowledge... bet you are brillant at puzzles too!
@@tas32engineering I'd probably lean away as well. I'd be afraid of something exploding. My whole experience with presses like this is those crazy channels on RUclips where they crush things to destruction with pressed.. LOL
@@tas32engineering My own press is a mere 30 ton one I cobbled together twenty years ago, but I work on much smaller equipment repairs. Kurtis is a joy to watch!
I've been envious of your 150T press since the first time I saw you use it as a hold-down for large clylinders for exactly the uses needed for this project. Presses this size rarely come on the used market that have the power to press out and or flatten the most stubborn stuck and bent/damaged parts with ease. It takes care with this much power to not have items shoot out while using the press in this manner and cause serious injuries. Ray
Loved the part where Kurtis was reinstalling the toolbox and was starting the one bolt by hand with accompanying ratchet sounds timed with the hand motions. Great job restoring all the damage to like new condition.
When someone has the right tools and matching skills they make it look too easy. Whenever I've tried similar repairs (as an amateur) it hasn't exactly gone as smoothly. I'm impressed.
Hi friend. Despite I'm a welder and machinist, I love arc-air, press, and that "broken bolts removal - CORRECT full procedure" Moreover, respect to someone who generously uses antiseize paste.
Hi Kurtis. I am in awe. Once again you show a (to me) new side of metal workikg, that you are good at. Your skillset is VERY versatile, and it is fascinating to watch your work 👍👍👍. Whoever did this amount of damage to a rented machine ought to be ashamed of himself - and banned from renting anything ever again. I wish you, Karen and Homie a Merry Christmas. Cheers 👍☀️.
So cool to see such professionalism, skills, and competency! Always impressive to see how much respect Kurtis has for the machinery and tools!. Keep up the awesome work, CEE!
Hope that Kurtis, Karen and Homie all have a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Enjoy a few days "off work" (yeah I know there's really no such thing when you work for yourself. And I hope that the owner of that machine had good penalties written into the rental agreement cos the chump that is responsible for all that damage definitely deserves to be held liable for the repairs and the lost rental.
I Feel sorry for the poor bloke who rented the excavator out. The Idiot who damaged the excavator should not only be be given the Repair Bill from CEE and made to pay for lost income due to machine downtime but be banned from ever hireing any heavy machinery ever again. As that was compleate and total disrespect for someone elses property.
I really enjoyed watching you straighten the metal back and do this repair. It is a nice break from the other stuff. Also enjoy the crane rebuild, again something different.
@@Xamy- Yea. The key word is normal wear and tear. He could have at least cleaned it up before he brought it back. In my opinion the guy is a pig. I hope Kurtis learned his lesson. Judging form his character and his integrity. He did.
I really love sitting down on a Friday evening with a cold beer to watch Kurtis, Karen and Homie! It’s amazing to see the techniques, tools and expertise that go into these repairs! 1 million subs incoming!! Thanks CEE keep up the good work 👌❤
I'm pretty sure Kurtis doesn't really need the press to straighten that steel. He can do it with his bare hands but he doesn't like to show off. Merry Christmas Kurtis, Karen and Homie. Thanks for the lessons and entertainment throughout the year.
My brother and I owned a dirt moving company with a slightly larger excavator. While I can’t even play computer games, watching Larry run his machine was like watching a tango in process with two very professional dancers. Larry fired a couple of operators who did even less damage to his excavator than that. Larry could never understand how one broke the tool box completely off the back without knowing it within a week. One managed to get a tree through the caged front window without killing himself. It was fun watching you repair a machine with so many unforced errors on it.😅
Watching a really skilled operator is fascinating. I love seeing a small excavator load/unload itself off the back of a tip truck using only its bucket and tracks. We had a contractor install a massive 24" by 20-foot long bypass pipe outside a sewage pumping station in the foreshore - it was in the small hours of the morning (for low-flow shutdown reasons) in an excavation in the mud. All sorts of time-critical because storage was limited and the tide was going to come back in. The contractor had gone way past his abilities, he had just three men on site where a dozen would have been more appropriate, and completely inadequate gear. The little excavator and driver he had hired just to dig the hole saved his neck, the excavator provided most of the lighting, managed not to bog itself in the mud (no mean feat in itself), lifted this awkward bit of heavy curved pipe into place, pushed and pulled it to fit - if the driver hadn't been incredibly skilled we would all have ended up neck deep in tide and sewage.
When Kurtis said " you need to know when enough is enough" it occured to me that if someone managed to make me take that to heart as a much younger man, my life would have been much better/easier. Excellent video as usual and a pleasure to watch a true craftsman work their magic. Karen's camera and editing skills are top notch. Wishing you all a great holiday.
You can learn so much from Kurtis and the CEE legends, from machining and fabrication, welding and arc gouging, to repairs and how to not treat machinery. I look forward to every Friday because of you guys. Keep it up.
Great work on the repairs! It is infuriating to see how some people will abuse expensive rental equipment. I hope your friend gets compensation for the damage.
Brilliant camera work and editing on this one, Karen. You get better and better every week and you had a very high base to begin with. Kurtis is simply superhuman at his craft.
Hey guys, I am on time this week. Can't drink 'cause of meds. Hope you are all doing well. Isn't it time for Homies Elf costume for Christmas? Wasn't he an Elf or something last year? Cheers!
Karen and Kurtis, thanks for all the video's and knowledge shared. Every Friday morning looking at the new video is a great way to enter the weekend. All the best and hope to see you again in good health the next year.
Hire customer is now going to be paying engineer hourly rates for the cleaning of the machine before the repairs even begin. Perhaps he won't sit a dirt monkey in a hire machine next time.
I'd been wondering how you'd manage to straighten the inside of the toolbox? That bridge arrangement was clever. I'm surprised those parts didn't spring back more than they did - even after 500 tons bearing down on them. Super impressive as always Kurtis, and I'm only up to 28 minutes!
I can see how someone might (wrongly) think "it's not structural damage so it's just wear-and-tear", but not even bothering to hit it with a hose is just plain disrespectful.
Happy Holidays everyone! 🥳We have officially finished up for the year and are looking forward to a bit of down time! But what did you think of the state this excavator was left in by the hirer? 🤨 And Kurtis is practically a metal magician with that hydraulic press, so satisfying to see the metal be pressed back into shape! 😍 Have a great end of year and thank you as always for always watching, liking and commenting 😄
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Merry Christmas Karen and Kurtis - thanks for nearly 52 evenings of around an hour of pure engineering zen, expert craftsmanship and entertainment. Have a lovelyh holiday and I can't wait to see the Phoenix Crane rise from the ashes next year.
Happy Holidays from Germany 🎄🎅
@@MajesticDemonLord thanks heaps mate, we notice and appreciate the support from you each week!
I would say, have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year and enjoy your holidays 13:20
Hope you guys have a safe and enjoyable festive season and thank you for the entertainment throughout the year.
Hopefully the hack hirer of this machine was handed the bill for the repairs and not at mates rates.
Cheers.
This machine turned up at our job site At Logans hospital 2 weeks ago. John Holland did the machine inspection and tuned it away.
Yep i would have too.
Kurtis is the best all-around metal worker i have ever seen. This guy can fix anything and make it look good.
(Retired Boilermaker here) Once you've been correctly taught the right techniques (as Curtis obviously has), the rest is just an extension of that knowledge. TBH, it can be great fun & quite satisfying, utilising massive machines to get the result you need. .'Judicious application of appropriate force' is the key... 🤣👍
There at 20:43 I was thinking of the old TV infomercials---"But WAIT!! There's a tool for that!!!" No matter what machine is needed for any job.....Kurtis got a tool for that.
Curtis' knowledge is seriously impressive. Sharing it on youtube like this makes him an absolute saint.
Anyone who would abuse a machine like that should never be allowed within a mile of any piece of heavy equipment.
This is just heartbreaking.
It's not THAT bad. Seen much worse....
The other thing it doesn’t have to be a new guy there’s people that abuse equipment just because “it’s not my machine it’s not my problem”
@@sorinal1234 You may very well have seen worse, I have no doubt, but it doesn't change the fact that this kind of misuse and abuse should not happen.
@@sorinal1234 This machine is practically new with only 2,000 hours on it.
it was rented out to Carl's Contracting LTD.
I have never understood why anyone would treat a hired product so poorly. When we hired stuff it would go back in a better condition than we received it, then the next person does not have to worry about injury or the product not functioning correctly. I am an ex panel beater and have to say I have never seen a better example of hydraulic panel beating, and your welding once again is a thing of beauty. Karen has taught you well Kurtis, it is good of her to take a backseat and allow you to grow into the job. Well done Karen for your excellent videography, and the giggles. WOOF! To Homie and a Very Merry Christmas to everyone. It has been a great year of videos and I look forward to many more years of following your endeavours.
There is an acceptable level of wear and tear on heavy equipment. The problem is when it's excessive wear and tear. You can compare a row of identical machines with similar hours, and they will all be in a very similar state.
As somebody with a modicum of mechanical sympathy, it would pain me to operate ANY machine that badly!
I went on a site a few weeks ago, had to use their forklift to do a 90 second job. I spent the first 5 minutes finding and fixing the metal-on-metal squeak that started as soon as the engine was running.
Heck... yeah, I dint think i could work in heavy machine hire.. arguing with'tools'who are trying to return damaged/dirty equipment & not paying the excess.. sluice be a list of their name's on a Do not Hire list.
Anyway, to Kurtis, Karen, Homeless & team.. Merry Christmas & happy, safe holidays. 🎅🎄..
Because they arent making the $7000 $ payment every month
Most operators have little real skill.
Is it me, or does Kurtis just know how use all machinery? He walks back to the helicopter, oh ok then flies off. 🤣
Nope - all the machines just know Kurtis 😂
That’s funny
@@Jakob_zH-M Kurtis allows the machines to work when he's not near them.
Comes with age, hard to believe he’s 60
He's got.... "The Knack".
The amount of quality and pride Kurtis put into his work is just amazing
7:34 - This video perfectly illustrates why washing heavy machinery is so important. Dirt buildup can hide critical issues, like the loose bolts and bent...
Exactly! I’ve seen so many machines that looked fine on the surface but had hidden issues under all the grime. Washing really does make a difference.
Not even heavy machinery, basically every machine. As my dad always said, dirt hides problems so clean your car. And it's the truth, although I reckon the hirer in this case wasn't in a hurry to expose the damage they caused
Totally agree! Have you ever seen what happens to seals and joints when dirt gets in? It’s a nightmare waiting to happen!
Curtis berated the renter for not cleaning out the bucket. Only not to clean it out himself!! 😂
Sums up government perfectly.
Plenty of loose dirty bent nuts who bolt.
Do you get my thread?
One of the most satisfying videos I've seen. Kurtis' Autobody Repair.
Yes but I was hoping for Kurtis' Paintless Dent Repair and was slightly disappointed not to see it. But seriously hope those guages through the paint get fixed, though.
Not to mention the potential of a dirty machine moving noxious weeds and/or pests - like fire ants - from one place to another.
Spot on mate
That's what I was going to say: biosecurity is no joke, especially in SEQ - fire ant central. And that's not to mention soil-borne diseases and fungi that can devastate farms.
Whoever trucked it, if not hirer, also needs to be 'held accountable'.
I live out in the country and am constantly battling the incursion of pests, whether ants or mice and other rodents. It's a constant battle but necessary. We have to live in harmony with nature or it'll take its own back.
@@philhunt9297Trucker should have refused to transport it that way, unless like you say, it was the hirer's driver
It sure is nice to see someone repair damaged equipment rather than just be a parts changer. Turned out very nice. Good job!👍
Getting the parts anymore is very hard. Kurtis is a master, it's fixed and the damage is documented.
Master of the 150 ton press. Next level skill set. Beginners take note.
Yeah, that was really impressive. What was the old Pirelli advertising slogan? "Power without control is nothing" (IIRC). Really applies here.
Those steps are probably more straight now then they were from the factory.
The fact that Curtis does this by himself is one of the most amazing things of these videos people who have never worked around large machinery have no idea how badly things could turn out while working alone but Curtis is the master Happy and healthy holiday to cutting edge engineering and their followers 🎄🪝🎄🥂
Hydraulic Press Channel: Let's see how much damage a press can do!
Kurtis from CEEA: Let's see how much repair work a press can do!
Seriously Kurtis the skill you put on display here to straighten the steps and toolbox...a thing of beauty. You have many talents sir and it shows. Just amazing what someone with skill can do with the tools they have at their disposal.
imagine hearing "here we go"
hydraulic press section was a joy to watch
Indeed!
Very satisfying to my OCD to see something get un-bent!
Always impressed with the level of skill shown by Kurtis, but the repair of the toolbox had me nodding and smiling like a Cheshire cat at my monitor :) Top job Karen capturing the entire process on video once again.
it aint mine i dont give a shit mentality, thats why i dont let anyone borrow my tools
I was lookin for this comment.. "dont be gentile its only rental" ugh
to me its the opposite as to too many of those people, if it aint mine ill be extra carefull.
There is a very select few people in my workshop that I let borrow my tools. And those are the ones that bring the tool back clean and not broken, and if they fear they'll break it they dont use it. It's the way everyone should be.
@@the.n00bishSame here.
This is Kurtis from the Hydraulic Press Channelll...
This is why I don't lend out my things anymore. Absolutely amazing level of disrespect shown to that poor contraption. I hope the renter never gets their steak cooked just right again
Yeah i dont understand how people just dont respect other people's stuff at all
I should hope the renter is going to be charged for both the repairs and the down time they can't rent it to the next customer.
Lend?!?! This is an employee
the renter will find his most precious used and abused like he did the excavator.
@@Floris_VI I loathe tool abuse. I retired to my wife's family village in West Java, Indonesia. I brought all my tools with me. I have had a number of construction projects here, which the locals loved, as it provided them with paid work. I brought out various tools that were appropriate to the task at hand at various junctures. I saw my tools get abused. The worst was my good long handled Stanley shovel. Some AH decided it would be better as a spade, and cut the handle down, making a T piece across the top. When I saw that I was livid. I had to walk away. If I had identified the responsible person I would have shouted at them in a language they did not understand, and ensured they were never permitted to work on my payroll again. Better to just leave it. My good 100L Sherwood Poly builders wheelbarrow had the tub destroyed by someone dumping a big rock into it. Various tools have simply gone missing entirely. Someone broke or removed a hacksaw blade, so then they promptly lost the square insert that holds one end of the blade, rendering that hacksaw useless. Ryobi cordless tools must be incredibly tough, as most of the rubber protection has been worn off my batteries, drill and impact driver. Those were both used for driving screws for roofing. The users tied string to them to avoid dropping them to the ground, but they did get bounced off a lot of metal edges. They still work, although I have to keep hitting the drill chuck with WD40 to ward off the rust. Everything rusts here. Even 304 stainless steel.
I'm a believer in "You broke it, you bought it." But there is no hope of that here, as the labourers earn the grand sum of A$10/day plus food, coffee, and cigarettes.
Tools I had for 40 years back in Australia, that came here in good condition, are now almost unrecognizable.
I think some (maybe a lot of) don't respect other people's property, and have no incentive to look after it, unless they have money at risk. I would have thought it was common decency to look after something you had borrowed even more carefully than your own stuff. Maybe I'm just weird?
I'm loving the pressing and "technical taps" that are efficient and elegant solutions to someone's foul operating and worse responsibility by the supervisors of the leasing/renting company.
I always admire Kurtis' professional and engineering integrity. I'm sure it's why your work garners so much interest; keep doing your thing 👌🏻❤️
Dear Curtis, Dear Karen,
Thanks' for all of your fine videos. Friday evening is my CEE evening. Ever a pleasure to watch all the fine metal work, like your last video of the lathe repair.
Have nice holiday and see you next year again. Adrian from Düsseldorf/Germany
3:32 have had that happen, driving along Steve Irwin Way. Low loader with dirty macine on. Clod flew out, approach speed 200 kmh. Coming straight at passenger’s head. Stuck my hand in front of her face (futile?). But fortunately the clod skipped on the bonnet leaving a 4-banana tear . . . Heartbeat moment, for sure.
I was joining the motorway (UK) following a guy towing a 3.5T excavator on a trailer. Machine and trailer were both filthy, and there was a hail of gravel and clods of earth bouncing off the road behind him. I stayed well back. Behind me was a BMW with a driver who made it clear that he was FURIOUS about my lack of pace down the on-ramp. Soon as we got to the bottom of the ramp he got his foot down, accelerated past me straight into the gravel shower... and his windscreen shattered spectacularly.
I honestly couldnt work out how you would repair the internal angles of the toolbox with a press, butI have to say, that was a fantastic bit of knowledge... bet you are brillant at puzzles too!
Never considered how useful a hydraulic press can be, especially in the hands of someone who knows how to use it..
It’s basically a large sledgehammer, Hulk size!
150 ton but notice how kurtis body has to lean away from work piece to operate lever.
@@tas32engineering I'd probably lean away as well. I'd be afraid of something exploding. My whole experience with presses like this is those crazy channels on RUclips where they crush things to destruction with pressed.. LOL
@@tas32engineering My own press is a mere 30 ton one I cobbled together twenty years ago, but I work on much smaller equipment repairs. Kurtis is a joy to watch!
just sitting here watching Kurtis work his magic. And phoof the video is over that was a fast 53 minutes,Fantastic work !!!!!!
Watching Curtis straighten bent parts on the press, is a special kind of ASMR that I didn’t know I needed.
Who's Curtis?
@@malcolmirving9485 dunno, he prolly meant Carl 😂
Curtis is a skilled mechanic/machinist all around. Enjoyed.
I wonder how the conversation between the previous renter and the owner of the machine went. Probably somewhat animated.
I take it that it involves a deposit that won't be returned, or at least minus the CEE bill.
I imagine the word ‘solicitor’ was mentioned a few dozen times along with an invoice that had a lot of zeros on it. 😬
I’m sure there is a blacklist among the hire companies that this clown just found his way onto.
Doubt it,done that job just point out the difference between on hire/ off hire, charge accordingly,hire again,that's business, machine wasn't that bad
They'll probably be getting the GFYS prices from now on.
Straightening all of those pieces with the hydraulic press was so satisfying to watch!
I've been envious of your 150T press since the first time I saw you use it as a hold-down for large clylinders for exactly the uses needed for this project. Presses this size rarely come on the used market that have the power to press out and or flatten the most stubborn stuck and bent/damaged parts with ease. It takes care with this much power to not have items shoot out while using the press in this manner and cause serious injuries. Ray
And the fact that he can move it from side to side is awesome❤
@@anthonyrivers8395 It's a great model and super versatile, it's very fast with a long stroke and locatable clylinder, I'm jealous!
How much mate? Carton of XXXX
Loved the part where Kurtis was reinstalling the toolbox and was starting the one bolt by hand with accompanying ratchet sounds timed with the hand motions. Great job restoring all the damage to like new condition.
kurtis is old school master of all trades.
Very satisfying watching the press go to work and seeing Kurtis' smart tactics for getting to those hard to reach places!
Bending the metal back into place was way more satisfying than I expected it to be😅
Arthur Tussik would approve of this work.
When someone has the right tools and matching skills they make it look too easy.
Whenever I've tried similar repairs (as an amateur) it hasn't exactly gone as smoothly.
I'm impressed.
Wow you made straightening that steel look so easy your very talented
Hi friend. Despite I'm a welder and machinist, I love arc-air, press, and that "broken bolts removal - CORRECT full procedure"
Moreover, respect to someone who generously uses antiseize paste.
You are an expert with the air arc gouge! It looks so easy, but I know it’s not with an acetylene torch.
Brilliant video ! A perfectionist at work. The skill is obvious because you make it look so easy. Exceptional camera work as usual.
Hi Kurtis.
I am in awe. Once again you show a (to me) new side of metal workikg, that you are good at. Your skillset is VERY versatile, and it is fascinating to watch your work 👍👍👍.
Whoever did this amount of damage to a rented machine ought to be ashamed of himself - and banned from renting anything ever again.
I wish you, Karen and Homie a Merry Christmas. Cheers 👍☀️.
Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year too Curtis and Karen from the UK
Getting these while I'm stuck at work definitely makes the night better
That was cool! Curtis makes it look easy and Karen makes it look great.
So cool to see such professionalism, skills, and competency! Always impressive to see how much respect Kurtis has for the machinery and tools!. Keep up the awesome work, CEE!
You're like a surgeon with that hydraulic press! Always a pleasure watching you work. From Oregon, USA
Hope that Kurtis, Karen and Homie all have a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Enjoy a few days "off work" (yeah I know there's really no such thing when you work for yourself.
And I hope that the owner of that machine had good penalties written into the rental agreement cos the chump that is responsible for all that damage definitely deserves to be held liable for the repairs and the lost rental.
That hydraulic press sequence was impressive.
I don't think they're getting their deposit back...
Send them the bill
I Feel sorry for the poor bloke who rented the excavator out. The Idiot who damaged the excavator should not only be be given the Repair Bill from CEE and made to pay for lost income due to machine downtime but be banned from ever hireing any heavy machinery ever again. As that was compleate and total disrespect for someone elses property.
Ya. And a summons to court, at a minimum.
@@Maverick00555 That's what deposits are for.
Anyone who rents out heavy equipment should have a friend like Kurtis!
A skilled worker makes everything look easy.
Even the way he operated the machine, never noticed one "push and see" Or were they edited out????
I really enjoyed watching you straighten the metal back and do this repair. It is a nice break from the other stuff. Also enjoy the crane rebuild, again something different.
Absolutely shameful the amount of abuse that machine endured. I hope the owner was able to charge back some of the costs of the cleaning and repairs.
Kurtis made those steps look better than when they were new!!!
Any good mechanic knows how to operate 98% of the machinery they repair
Love watching. I appreciate Curtis' keeping it real. I wish you continued growth and success.
Likewise brightens my Friday Kurtis, Karen and the Hommie boy! Love you guys from Alabama USA
A true masterclass in highly skilled machine operation. What a friend Kurtis is to have!
How the hell did you maintain your cool. That pisses me off when people treat other peoples equipment like this.
This was a few days after Kurtis had first seen the state of it, he'd had time to calm down 😅
😂😂😂
and it is a part of the cee outcome. If nobody break it cee wouldn't exist. it is a simple thing
@@chrise.2495too reductive, plenty of things break from normal wear and tear
@@Xamy- Yea. The key word is normal wear and tear. He could have at least cleaned it up before he brought it back. In my opinion the guy is a pig. I hope Kurtis learned his lesson. Judging form his character and his integrity. He did.
Bending those plates was very satisfying 😂 great job.
Kurtis! You’re too young to know everything you know. How do you do it? The way you finesse repairs is simply amazing.
I used to work at a plant hire place in London and it always amazed me the condition some people would return equipment in.
I really love sitting down on a Friday evening with a cold beer to watch Kurtis, Karen and Homie! It’s amazing to see the techniques, tools and expertise that go into these repairs! 1 million subs incoming!! Thanks CEE keep up the good work 👌❤
I know exactly what you mean I'm the same way.
This is like Thunderbirds!!! International Kurtis to the rescue! 🤣🤣 Brilliant and top job mate!
The hydraulic press wizard! That was amazing work. You continue to amaze me with work ethic. Thanks again for all you do.
I'm pretty sure Kurtis doesn't really need the press to straighten that steel. He can do it with his bare hands but he doesn't like to show off.
Merry Christmas Kurtis, Karen and Homie. Thanks for the lessons and entertainment throughout the year.
Happy holidays everyone. Greetings from the Netherlands.
My brother and I owned a dirt moving company with a slightly larger excavator. While I can’t even play computer games, watching Larry run his machine was like watching a tango in process with two very professional dancers. Larry fired a couple of operators who did even less damage to his excavator than that. Larry could never understand how one broke the tool box completely off the back without knowing it within a week. One managed to get a tree through the caged front window without killing himself. It was fun watching you repair a machine with so many unforced errors on it.😅
Watching a really skilled operator is fascinating. I love seeing a small excavator load/unload itself off the back of a tip truck using only its bucket and tracks.
We had a contractor install a massive 24" by 20-foot long bypass pipe outside a sewage pumping station in the foreshore - it was in the small hours of the morning (for low-flow shutdown reasons) in an excavation in the mud. All sorts of time-critical because storage was limited and the tide was going to come back in. The contractor had gone way past his abilities, he had just three men on site where a dozen would have been more appropriate, and completely inadequate gear. The little excavator and driver he had hired just to dig the hole saved his neck, the excavator provided most of the lighting, managed not to bog itself in the mud (no mean feat in itself), lifted this awkward bit of heavy curved pipe into place, pushed and pulled it to fit - if the driver hadn't been incredibly skilled we would all have ended up neck deep in tide and sewage.
Lol you forget to wash the bucket😂
Love the show keep it going
When Kurtis said " you need to know when enough is enough" it occured to me that if someone managed to make me take that to heart as a much younger man, my life would have been much better/easier. Excellent video as usual and a pleasure to watch a true craftsman work their magic. Karen's camera and editing skills are top notch. Wishing you all a great holiday.
All of the press work was super fascinating, happy holidays
Best Tradesman / Craftsman on RUclips! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Not sure about that mate but appreciate the compliment 👍
Man, you’ve really developed some awesome skillz.
this video was way more relaxing than i imagined
You really made short work of that job. Your skills with reforming all of that bent steel was impressive.
Happy Christmas everyone
Always enjoy this highly skilled team at work.
I am surprised the hire company bothered to have those repairs undertaken
Great camera work Karen! You did pretty good with that hydraulic press too Kurtis.
Premium press work Kurtis!!
Great film and edit work Karen!
Thanks again for the fun vids
I always expect to see Curtis say "darn, I'm good" but he is always too modest it seems
Thank you so much for entertaining us so well over the past year. You’re both an inspiration! Happy Holidays, you deserve it.
18:24 Hey Kurtis, I have a few dings in my car. Do you think you can straighten them out?😂😂😂
Ask Andrew Camarata for that. Mr. Chainsaw surgeon
You can learn so much from Kurtis and the CEE legends, from machining and fabrication, welding and arc gouging, to repairs and how to not treat machinery. I look forward to every Friday because of you guys. Keep it up.
Great work on the repairs! It is infuriating to see how some people will abuse expensive rental equipment. I hope your friend gets compensation for the damage.
Brilliant camera work and editing on this one, Karen. You get better and better every week and you had a very high base to begin with. Kurtis is simply superhuman at his craft.
We need a reaction video when they get the repair bill.
Great job on the repairs
I found this so relaxing to watch I didn't even blink! Lol
Hey guys, I am on time this week. Can't drink 'cause of meds. Hope you are all doing well. Isn't it time for Homies Elf costume for Christmas? Wasn't he an Elf or something last year? Cheers!
Karen and Kurtis, thanks for all the video's and knowledge shared. Every Friday morning looking at the new video is a great way to enter the weekend. All the best and hope to see you again in good health the next year.
Hire customer is now going to be paying engineer hourly rates for the cleaning of the machine before the repairs even begin. Perhaps he won't sit a dirt monkey in a hire machine next time.
After having been in the equipment rental business for 65 years, this sort of damage looks really familiar.
Thanks for everything you two, very much enjoy.
I hope the dry hire get a nice large invoice for your work, mate! And a ban from hiring other equipment
i was thinking the same thing
Great work Kurtis, it's fascinating watching you work that metal. Merry Xmas to you and the wife, have a well-earned break!
Nice video and good job Kurtis. You're right about the rookie using it. Take care and have a blessed and safe day and Merry Christmas 🤶 🎄
I'd been wondering how you'd manage to straighten the inside of the toolbox? That bridge arrangement was clever. I'm surprised those parts didn't spring back more than they did - even after 500 tons bearing down on them. Super impressive as always Kurtis, and I'm only up to 28 minutes!
Need a new play list: Things Kurtis Didn't Break
You mean Carl.
I can see how someone might (wrongly) think "it's not structural damage so it's just wear-and-tear", but not even bothering to hit it with a hose is just plain disrespectful.
"Don't bring me dirty shit" _______ Kurtis (unless it's a good friend, then he'll wash the damned thing because that's what friends do).
Have a wonderful Christmas all 3 of you and thank you for all your hard work and sharing your wonderful productions
Thanks to Curtis, all sorts of machinery keeps trondling on - and thanks to Miss K, we are able to have a great time in the process... ;) Happy days.
We appreciate the love, thanks for watching! Cheers!