One of the best upgrades was when they put the forward, neutral, and reverse switch on the joystick! I have it on my Cat 420F2IT backhoe, makes it nice to always have your left hand on the steering wheel!
Sawdust can actually cause respiratory problems in animals just like humans. Shavings are preferred. Collecting the sawdust may not be cost effective compared to just letting it go to compost.
New subscriber here in Alabama! Enjoy your videos so I figured I would finally subscribe. Love to make people laugh. If I can’t make someone smile everyday, I figure it’s a bad day! Ole CT3 couldn’t have moved them logs any faster than you did. Y’all have a good-un! I gotta go. My wife is in the bathroom yelling for something!
As a plant operator in the UK myself I drive these wheel loaders for a waste and recycling company. The two we have are 2008 JCB Waste Master 456ZX'S waste material handler spec grilles on the windows and waste handler tipping buckets and they are a beast at 47679.4lb 22 tons 6 cylinder turbo diesel but steering is so light on them.
Volvo loaders still have my heart. The L90D and L150D loaders are a go to for dam de-silting and raking. Although for logistics work in a laydown id run a cat IT62H, depending on whats being loaded/unloaded
All in all the mill got a free operator you got a free machine and the logs got unloaded in quick time. Not bad while you're learning about the machine. A good day.
I think there is a pause between forward and reverse so you don't get thrown out the windshield. With wheel loaders you have to look out for holes that will throw you around. I would have fixed that one on the way back.
Hitachi and Kawasaki were partnered up for years and Hitachi finally took over so they switched it Hitachi Loaders. Basically a Kawasaki loader with some new improvements.
You are pretty funny Chris, as you talk yourself out of using loaders. 😊 This machine should work nicely here. If this is a short term rental, put an operator in it and re-grade the property as needed, get some serious work done. Excellent video, thanks.
Jcb probably have the best “wheel loaders” out there. Clear vision of the forks, bucket or whatever us attached. In Ireland most contractors for agricultural use jcb 435s or 419s for silage or spreading muck. They have a brilliant pushing and lift power
NZ DIRT Hey cuz it's amazing what Kawasaki manufacturers ,or at least buys out company's and rebrands them ,I have had 4 kawka bikes well engineered ,and surprised learning Kawasaki make helicopters as well ,cheers from down under.
"Why is that beeping" lol I could see where that would be cause for concern especially on a new machine. Think I would stuff a tater in that darn backup beeper.
Never drove one he says. Never been in one yet. Then he test drive it for 2 minutes and goes unloading his trailer, with 5 logs on his second "scoop". Damn, is there a machine you can't operate !?? Really man, you're impressive ! 😲
The newer John Deere Loaders have a comfort ride system that you can enable via a switch in the cab that would have removed most of that rough ride. I could always run down a lease road from one location to another much faster than the other brands.
If haul a lot of tree on the trailer, and unload with forks like that. Add two 1/2"x6" metal strips across the bed to keep from getting into deck wood set them equal from center of trailer at the spread width of the forks.protect the trailer.
Gratifying the way you board an unfamiliar machine, grope at first, but after ten minutes or so have it pretty well mastered. Hydraulic oil in your blood might be one way of putting it, I suppose. Skill in depth and ready adaptability: ain't no one-trick pony.
This baby can have buck down and scoop ahead and take out the bump in real time! Just take a trip empty and have bucket in float or flat and drive the route.
6:00 if your so worried about having the forks dig into the trailer why not put two plates where you normally fork the logs off and use them as wear plates.
I guess for a small mill it would not pay to get log unloader with the claws that enclose the top of the load to stabilize the load and keep it secure in transport around the mill. Such a cheap addition to put on also.
Like with any machine! There's a learning curve, you just found one of the things you need to learn ! 🤔 you hit a bump with a front-end loader and they have a tendency to bounce, and if you're not used to it you can easily crash it out ! 👇😉👍🎶
Thought so too. But it sounds like he'd have rather spent the 3 hours it would have taken running back and forth on a skid steer than the 30 minutes to the same thing and more on the loader.
@@ArizVern Yep, this place is in dire need of Chris' grading. Funny though to see him jumping all around in that short wheelbased thing but real bad for his lower back !!
You’re right. A pretty recent new deal in that 2015. Deere had some agreement before that. I’ve been to Tsuchiiura Hitachi Japan and have had the trade line explained to me in early 2000s.
Was that seat more bouncy than the one you and Justin tied down in the off road dump truck? Doing a good job helping the lumber yard. Or playing on the equipment! Lol.
@@sighpocket5 Saw that on another site as well. But never mind what the smoke from the fires is doing. Oh no my town is burning down. Cant help you sir none of the equipment is tier 4.............
I read that, too. Can't have polluting heavy equipment around those forest and grass fires. California has been great at creating problems then creating bureaucracies to deal with them that never do.
Does that mill owner know you can get quick change log grapples for those machines? Be a Hel of a lot safer and easier if he did, them forks are kinda sketchy and narrow to be moving logs on the regular
If your going to clean things up there might be a bump or to you could smooth up when you get older and your back holds you hostage you will fix it or go damn slow
One of the best upgrades was when they put the forward, neutral, and reverse switch on the joystick! I have it on my Cat 420F2IT backhoe, makes it nice to always have your left hand on the steering wheel!
My favorite video from this mill is when we got to watch the sawmill in action. I could watch that all day.
I still find it amazing that they throw the saw dust and shavings away!! Around here, the horse people and dairy farms PAY for that stuff!!!
we had a saw mill in our town few years back and people bought it for the horses
Sawdust can actually cause respiratory problems in animals just like humans.
Shavings are preferred.
Collecting the sawdust may not be cost effective compared to just letting it go to compost.
New subscriber here in Alabama! Enjoy your videos so I figured I would finally subscribe. Love to make people laugh. If I can’t make someone smile everyday, I figure it’s a bad day! Ole CT3 couldn’t have moved them logs any faster than you did. Y’all have a good-un! I gotta go. My wife is in the bathroom yelling for something!
I always loved the kawasaki loaders, glad hitachi are keeping them going. Best loaders made
As a plant operator in the UK myself I drive these wheel loaders for a waste and recycling company. The two we have are 2008 JCB Waste Master 456ZX'S waste material handler spec grilles on the windows and waste handler tipping buckets and they are a beast at 47679.4lb 22 tons 6 cylinder turbo diesel but steering is so light on them.
Nice to have the A/C working here in the south , the dew point in Raleigh today was 71. That’s dripping wet if you are moving around outside today
Man that is quiet. That would be awesome up north for snow clearing in residential areas.
Volvo loaders still have my heart. The L90D and L150D loaders are a go to for dam de-silting and raking. Although for logistics work in a laydown id run a cat IT62H, depending on whats being loaded/unloaded
All in all the mill got a free operator you got a free machine and the logs got unloaded in quick time. Not bad while you're learning about the machine. A good day.
I love the old detroit diesels for the crazy sound they produce. But for videos a quiet cab is a nice change
Detroits and my 20 percent hearing loss. Thanks
I think there is a pause between forward and reverse so you don't get thrown out the windshield. With wheel loaders you have to look out for holes that will throw you around. I would have fixed that one on the way back.
Hitachi and Kawasaki were partnered up for years and Hitachi finally took over so they switched it Hitachi Loaders. Basically a Kawasaki loader with some new improvements.
That reverse sounder is much more muted on this - I don't think you'd get annoyed enough to want to disconnect it! :)
You are pretty funny Chris, as you talk yourself out of using loaders. 😊 This machine should work nicely here. If this is a short term rental, put an operator in it and re-grade the property as needed, get some serious work done. Excellent video, thanks.
Annoying to watch him run over that bumpy ground over and over - not the brightest bulb in the pack...
Nice different bit of kit there perhaps you should get one with a grab bucket for the logs.
Jcb probably have the best “wheel loaders” out there. Clear vision of the forks, bucket or whatever us attached. In Ireland most contractors for agricultural use jcb 435s or 419s for silage or spreading muck. They have a brilliant pushing and lift power
Hitachi always made good loaders, kawasaki partnership now too
tata from india
NZ DIRT Hey cuz it's amazing what Kawasaki manufacturers ,or at least buys out company's and rebrands them ,I have had 4 kawka bikes well engineered ,and surprised learning Kawasaki make helicopters as well ,cheers from down under.
I couldn't help but look at my microwave ever so often when watching one of its' family members unload logs. LOL
Kawasaki loaders are very solid as well. We have an old 80ziv at work at it still runs great
"Why is that beeping" lol I could see where that would be cause for concern especially on a new machine. Think I would stuff a tater in that darn backup beeper.
The machines beep as a safety feature when backing up
I usually put a switch in to turn the backup alarm on and off. That way you have it when you need it. But you can turn it off in the winter.
Sounds very quiet Chris nice Hitachi wheelloader 👍😎👌
Impressive, those logs shook the camera from all the way over there when they fell off the trailer @7:75
Wow, that Hitachi is so quiet while inside the cab.
If that guy need to get that lumber yard graded out I can refer someone to him lol
That Bad Boy there is Quiet !! Nice Machine..... Another Great one Chris !! Have a Good One.......
Never drove one he says. Never been in one yet. Then he test drive it for 2 minutes and goes unloading his trailer, with 5 logs on his second "scoop".
Damn, is there a machine you can't operate !?? Really man, you're impressive ! 😲
Enjoying your video Chris you do great work
The newer John Deere Loaders have a comfort ride system that you can enable via a switch in the cab that would have removed most of that rough ride. I could always run down a lease road from one location to another much faster than the other brands.
Turn on ride control. That way the boom will take the bumps
When the bucket is on you can smooth out your ride..
If haul a lot of tree on the trailer, and unload with forks like that. Add two 1/2"x6" metal strips across the bed to keep from getting into deck wood set them equal from center of trailer at the spread width of the forks.protect the trailer.
That looks like a lot of fun to operate 😂
I bet with all that swinging of the steering wheel you wish it was one of those fancy new ones with the steering joystick
thats nice the hitachi and the tractor you got reasontly...
Those are some pretty good size trailer loads of logs.👍
Gratifying the way you board an unfamiliar machine, grope at first, but after ten minutes or so have it pretty well mastered. Hydraulic oil in your blood might be one way of putting it, I suppose. Skill in depth and ready adaptability: ain't no one-trick pony.
Good thing you can't hear that beeper in the cab. Now if only you knew someone who does that kind of work.
This baby can have buck down and scoop ahead and take out the bump in real time! Just take a trip empty and have bucket in float or flat and drive the route.
U might have to bring your grader over and grade the lot smoother for them. And fill in the rough spots
@letsdig18 i think y'all should get one. i mean you have a backhoe/loader,compact track loader,excavator. might aswell build up the fleet of machines.
Dylan Chalmers he needs a trac loader 🤘🏼‼️🇺🇸
You need one of those with a rake grapple to move all that brush you deal with.
6:00 if your so worried about having the forks dig into the trailer why not put two plates where you normally fork the logs off and use them as wear plates.
Or, he could carry a couple of 4"x4"x8's , use as spacers and pile on the logs. 😊
Mr fishfind you think you know everything? You are a troll.
As this old alternator repair guy locally says “You got one a dem “high-tacky” units...”
I drive a Cat 966, I would say it is one of the best machines. Plus it has no steering wheel.
8:02 that dropped log shook the Camera from all that distance a way
I really like how the Truck just automatically changed at 11:17. O 🕰
That is a SWEET machine! If I ever have to get traditional employment again I think I’ll go for heavy equipment operator. If it’s air conditioned!
I’ve been waiting for you to buy a wheel loader. You could’ve used it on several jobs.
John Wilber that is not his that is One that was rented by the sawmill that he’s working at.
Alex Williamson's blind adventures, I know that. I watched the video. I’m just saying he needs to buy one.
I really like that Hitachi loader
No boom ride control? Best invention ever but sadly don't run one that fancy. Lol
Admit it
You love that new toy! You could find stuff to do all day with at thing!🤣
You suit a wheel loader so good👌🏻👌🏻
I guess for a small mill it would not pay to get log unloader with the claws that enclose the top of the load to stabilize the load and keep it secure in transport around the mill. Such a cheap addition to put on also.
Pretty good looking logs!
Looks like an orange deere. Thats a set of deere lift arms and cylinders thats for sure
Heh.... that linkage is pure IHI... developed back in the day....
Like with any machine! There's a learning curve, you just found one of the things you need to learn ! 🤔 you hit a bump with a front-end loader and they have a tendency to bounce, and if you're not used to it you can easily crash it out ! 👇😉👍🎶
We just got a brand new Cat 950M at work...its pretty nice. I like it better than hitachi. Cat cab layout seems better IMO
First a Hitachi excavator.. Now a loader? I bet your phone is blowing up with calls from Volvo saying what the hell I thought you were pure Volvo!
question : do u run air bags on the work trucks or ur personal truck ?
Well at least you didn't learn like I did on how to operate a loader. I got volenteered to drive one doing a shot of explosives for my first time.
My girlfriend said Hitachi makes some great equipment. She doesn't seem to know anything about wheel loaders tho...
Mine too she got excited when I said new hitachi but quickly lost interest after hearing wheeloader
"Cause it's a pretty color babe"
I see what you did there. 😁
Pat 318 turbo , it appears that you have problems with women , difficult childhood perhaps ?
Hey letsdig18, how do you have to sort the trees out when you unload them at that mill?
No log tongs? Looks a bit intimidating to handle logs
it take a real man to run wheel loader i work 17 years one a john deer 644
jerry cattau , I should imagine that a real woman could run a wheel loader just as good as you or perhaps a whole lot better .
Ain’t no hitalvo but it’ll do. :)
Is Jack getting the old girl fixed or is he in the market for a New (To him) one?
What did you gross on that second load...?
Does that have solid tires? They don't seem to squat with a load. The seat should adjust to take some of the bumps.
That loader is what you need
Am i the only one that thought he finally bought a loader when they saw the video
I was way to excited to see a new addition to the family
Thought so too. But it sounds like he'd have rather spent the 3 hours it would have taken running back and forth on a skid steer than the 30 minutes to the same thing and more on the loader.
@assassinlexx That would explain why there are tracks on their motor grader, their articulated dump truck, on scrapers, on stabilizers, mixers,......
the hitachi with the kubota orange paint lol
Wow they bought Kawasaki Kawasaki were good. Loaders. First articulated loader built before cat or deere
Oh look !! A ISB Cummins engine in a Hitachi front end loader !!
How about a tour of the sawmill.
that thing looks like your gona need a 5 point harness to stay in the seat LOL
If only you had something that was capable of smoothing out bumps.. 🤔
It's caller a Grader.
@@ArizVern
Yep, this place is in dire need of Chris' grading. Funny though to see him jumping all around in that short wheelbased thing but
real bad for his lower back !!
Justin he’s driving the tool to do the levelling out
Enjoyed that bro it made a great video
Hyundai HL 740 is a great loader
We had trouble with Hyundai center pivot bearings.
@@tiredoldmechanic1791 6 months old works in salt 24/7/365 it will rust out in 2yrs. We have had one issue [ fan sensor ]
Do you like the New Wheel Loader Chris?
Thanks for the video.
Hitachi paints Deere loaders orange under trade agreement . Cute loader
These are actually what used to be Kawasaki (KCM) loaders. They had a deal worked out and Hitachi ended up buying out Kawasaki's loader operation.
You’re right. A pretty recent new deal in that 2015. Deere had some agreement before that. I’ve been to Tsuchiiura Hitachi Japan and have had the trade line explained to me in early 2000s.
There's a company out here that only uses Hitachi equipment and they love them
Their excavators are reliable, efficient and quiet. Visibility is better than Cat. Plus, Deere distributes Hitachi parts.
@@joeytheprince Don't Hitachi and Deere have a joint-venture type thing to build trackhoes and suchlike?
@@sandy1653 tata it's a huge company in india.....
@@sandy1653 Yes they do. Hitachi typically have Isuzu engines, Deere put in their own. Yanmar in the small ones. Besides paint, that's about it.
I want to drive it! Seriously!!
Was that seat more bouncy than the one you and Justin tied down in the off road dump truck? Doing a good job helping the lumber yard. Or playing on the equipment! Lol.
Ah, how do your kidneys feel after a day with that!
Not as bad as when your in a skid loader on hard ground all day
@kennyBlankenship I think he meant that he’s going to sell his kidneys to buy one of them loaders
easy acess hood cause you will be spending more time there than the seat. new green regs are all about min. seat time
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!
heard a funny thing.. California is requiring Tier 4 equipment to fight forest fires.
wayne p libertards at work!!!
@@sighpocket5 Saw that on another site as well. But never mind what the smoke from the fires is doing. Oh no my town is burning down. Cant help you sir none of the equipment is tier 4.............
I read that, too.
Can't have polluting heavy equipment around those forest and grass fires.
California has been great at creating problems then creating bureaucracies to deal with them that never do.
That old Deere is held together with duct tape and JB weld at this point
And what is wrong with that? LOL
TheHOOfan1 You forgot the spit and string as well ,cheers from down under.
But I bet its paid for
Looks like a case knock off!
if i were near you i would ask how much i could get that old boat trailer for and get that out of his way. LOL
Is that a new truck
No he's had that for years.
Are you still using the Volvo equipment? Haven't seen that around much lately.
I thought the same, maybe it's building upto a Volvo/Hitachi marketing war.
Hey Chris ..... where was this at ?
He obviously didn’t have his ride control on? Just a switch on the side panel
Very nice machine. Showing every single log being unloaded made for a long video but didn’t add a lot. More editing perhaps?
Opinions like yours don’t matter
I appreciate your opinion of the Hitachi, but I really need Honest Cam to give me the rundown before I go out and buy one...
B Pease if you are in Alabama I can let you run one, we are a dealer for them Pittman Tractor Company in Daphne, AL
Does your pickup have bags for hauling in the rear ?
Does that mill owner know you can get quick change log grapples for those machines? Be a Hel of a lot safer and easier if he did, them forks are kinda sketchy and narrow to be moving logs on the regular
Would a track loader with 4 in 1 bucket not work well on a lot of your jobs? Something like a 953 or 963 CAT?
Is this at Jack Murdoks old place?
If your going to clean things up there might be a bump or to you could smooth up when you get older and your back holds you hostage you will fix it or go damn slow