Mini Excavator For Birthday - PowerFab 125 WTD
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Over a year ago I received this made in Great-Britain PowerFAB 125 WTD MINI, or I would even go so far that I'd say a MICRO excavator as a birthday present from my father who rescued it from being hauled into the scrap steel company. It is clapped out and not very well maintained, but hey, it cost 150€ which is a reasonable price for something like that in the condition that it is in right now. The plan with this machine is to re-bore and recondition all the moving joints while checking the operation of the zerk fittings and the condition of some of the welding that has been done on this excavator to bring it back to a proper working order. I expect it to be a great helper on the homestead and just as big as needed. Okay, it could be always bigger but hey, it'll do the job IMHO. I also want to make tracks for it because as you can see in the video it gets a lot of wheel spin. I didn't stretch the boom out to get it nose heavy, that's true, but still, it could use some more grip and replacing those front paws with a single blade would be an idea so I could level the dirt after it has been excavated, too. But let's see how that'll work out. Thanks for watching and see you next time! Cheers!
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Cool little excavator! I’ve never seen one before, can’t wait to see some tracks on her:D
Now thats the sort of restoration I like to see , personally I would have that running and moving like a swiss watch , doing all the work myself , and it would be earning its keep , not sitting around pristine to be admired . Excellent mini excavator . Looking forward to viewing the rebuild . And re-use .
Machine looks very nice, cant belive someone would have hauled it off for scrap. Cant wait to see you repair the joints and make it like new again.
It's crazy what some people would send to the scrapper's. That's a great find and gift.
Congrats Donn! That Honda engine itself is worth some pennies.
Thanks for sharing. That will be a fun project to fix and plus it beats a shovel anytime!!
I need one of those! I WANT one of those!!!
Really neat little device. That would be the perfect help for anyone who has a farm.
I LOVED this video. Thank you.
I absolutely agree - it's small but effective. :D
@@DonnDIY this machine could be used about now ,, moving the stone around that your making with the rock crusher ,, I have a compact MF tractor with a front bucket and a backhoe ,, love the machine .. also picked up a DAVIS trencher ,, it steers in the middle of the unit you can walk next to it or ride on the unit .. about the same size tires as your drive tires on your machine .. need to get my trencher out of the weeds and get it going .. also need to build a back fill blade for it ,, it is also 4wd .. your videos are great to watch and gives me ideas ,, keep up the great work you do ..thumbs up ..
That thing is a real gem. Will be a great channel project redoing the worn out areas and bringing it back to its former glory. Looks to be in great operating shape. Good base line to start a rebuild on.
Absolutely. I just hope I'm up to the task of doing all that.
That's an early 125WTD built around 1985. You had to transfer the drive wheels and motors to the rear wheel position to tow it. They were quite heavy. In 1986 they had motors that would free wheel and allowed you to tow the machine with the drive motors in place. A brilliant machine at the time.
Best birthday present ever, father too a son. Looking forward to the rebuilding. Happy birthday Donny
What a great birthday present. Your Dad did good, you’ll make it work for you! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday, my kindred soul! One word...plans!!!! Actually, three words...plans, beverage holder!!!
I, instantantly, thought of a million uses for this little dream machine. The most important one is spending three times the cost to build one myself instead of actually buying one just to aggravate my beautiful bride when I tell her I "need" it to finish all the chores she has for me on her "honey do" list.
Yes, we're on the same wave length. I do that too. :D
Can't wait to see what you do with her. Track will be something to see!!
Happy birthday when ever it was😎😎😫
..and it might come in handy to load some logs on the sawmill...
Can’t be that big of logs eh
Aw wow, Happy Birthday!! Whoever got it is real cool to give you that for a present.
Here in the UK used Powerfab machines go for a lot of money so seeing someone scrapping a unit that works is madness! Check the prices on ebay uk to see what I mean. They are pretty well built and sought after machines.
It looks pretty well made for a micro. The ones I see today are junk when new. I'm interested to see the track retrofit.
I have always said every man should have a digger :D :D this one is prroperlly sized
I absolutely agree.
I can’t live with out them. I drive them for living. And have 3 of my own. And I’m only 18
That looks like it’s going to be a fun project
Very cool, you should give your Dad several years worth of pats on the back. Look forward to the entertaining videos on the Machine rebuild/repairs.
Nice! Can’t wait to see the rebuild.
The days of using a manual shovel are damn near gone!!
It looks like you live/work on a movie set. Beautiful place
The rebuild will be a good series of videos. Awesome little machine.
Oh that little digger is going to get you into all kinds of troubles 😉
I'm sure!
I have got the first generation of your excavator which is called a Gofor , excellent machines. There is a site on the internet were you can down load manuals and they also have spare parts.
Need more videos of this I like to see the out come a specially with tracks
I used to run a 125wtd years ago ..... a great digger in the day ... you have the Honda engine on that one we had the kubota diesel on ours it also had a roll bar , sadly the company lost a lot of ground by 96 they couldn’t compete with the efficient machinery that was being produced in other countries and got bought out first by lifton and then taken over by neuson which effectively discontinued the 125 they also had A smaller track version of it , it was purposed mainly towards utility , water , gas, electric companies digging up roads ..... it was a great machine with the ability to remove the drive wheels to get through a 2ft gap and drag /pull with the bucket difficult areas, check out history of powerfab on RUclips give a complete overview, the company has been reregistered by the original owners son so sourcing components should be easy enough now, lol used to sell for about 4k
That is the coolest birthday present ever. I love machinery
Hard to believe someone would send something like that off for scrap. Great rescue. Maybe a little back fill dozer blade on the rear ground anchor/stabilizer? Can’t wait to see this thing evolve.
Dozer blade would be cool. And to have on the rear is even better I guess. Needs less mods to achieve the desired result.
Happy birthday you lucky bugger.
Love to see you get back to this project, hopefully you’ll be getting to it soon!!!!
Мне кажется,что задние(маленькие) колёса,для лучшей маневренности,хорошо было бы сделать поворачивающимися,как на тележках в супермаркете,на вертикальной оси поворота,добавить бульдозерный отвал сзади,а зимой,вместо стрелы экскаватора,установить шнекоротор,для расчистки снега,-классная ,универсальная машинка,тебе очень повезло,что так удачно она у тебя появилась!!)))
Поздравляю,у твоего Валли-бобкета появился братик - экскаватор!)))А когда будешь ремонтировать трактор-фронлодер- у них ещё и старший брат появится...!)))
Pretty cool little machine sure beats digging by hand
Definitely. That's why it's locally called a "motorized spade/shovel". :)
What a wonderful thing! Waiting for new set of videos about repairing it.
I can't understand why someone would scrap that. They must have too much money.
To pay for the repairs that need to be done would have cost more than it is worth. Donn doing the work himself changes the equation a little and he clearly likes doing the work and will make a little money on the side from the videos.
It was used commercially when digging electric cable trenches. But the workers only dug and probably never actually maintained this digger in the company it was bought from. And usually when the exploitation period (around 5 years) is over these things are sold "as is" and gotten rid of ASAP to make room for new diggers.
Sadly we live in a throw away society... I've found many completely serviceable items in the scrap heap.
Great looking mini excavator, can't wait to see the final look
Love to see a update in this later 👍
// from sweden
My question is , with so many projects you've got, when do you find time to work ?
Great gift , glad you saved it from the scrap yard. I was given a south bend C model lathe once to keep her from the Chinese metal monsters.
This is his work 😉
heated seat too , how nice
Lol. Nothing like a Honda spooling underneath your tush to keep it warm.
that's what I call birthday present....nice little machine
Adding tracks will be a great idea but you might need a wider door on the shed for it then.
I can just imagine the ideas in your head for the future of your “excavator”. Maybe even the possibility that it might still dig dirt.
I can set the front wheels narrower. There's a removable pin system on the front which makes it able to change the axle track.
Beautiful foliage
These were a great little machine made in Tredegar in Wales before the advent of the tracked mini excavator. This one was a later model with powered drive at the front wheels. The earlier model was walked around with the bucket on the narrow rear wheels. They were available with a variety of bucket widths as well as a special grave digging bucket which was able to dig a much squarer hole for coffins to rest comfortably. The company that built these used to do sub-contract steel fabrication for Hitachi and when that contract ended they developed their own little machines.
That company is still going in Tredegar! You can still buy Powerfab machines, although i don't know how many they sell.
That is a awesome little machine.
When you put a heavy bucket on the stick you will get better traction. And it doesn’t seem to have too much play in the bushings. One real upgrade on the powerfab machines is a double hydraulic pump. It is much easier to use if you have that. If you put tracs on it you won’t be able to transport it on the tow bar of your ATV as easily. My neighbor has a powerfab on tracs that I used some this summer, here is a link to some film. Regards Nils.
ruclips.net/video/MV4QZDbTUSQ/видео.html
I was thinking the same thing. Also the tires in the front are pumped up too much I think, should let some air out to create a bigger contact patch to the ground.
Donn DIY The tires did look overinflated, perhaps lower the pressure and ad som window washing fluid to ad weight. Wheel weights (a easy project for you) could make a big difference too.
As someone said, use it as it was supposed to work and then make changes to it. I often find that what I think needs to be “fixed” is not the biggest problem when I start using a machine. Best regards Nils
Happy B day! Some repair and assembly required. Still its pretty good.
Can't wait to see what you do with it.
I wish I had one. Should be very handy.
I bet you could turn that thing into a sweet mini log forwarder!
Hey DONN ! The future is now. 😂😂👍. Hope you get i rebuild soon. 👍
Hey Donn, I think you should modify this and use it as the crane on your log trailer instead of the winch.
You could weld or bolt the front of the trailer to the rear of the digger and then tow the complete thing with your Quad.
Might be stronger, better and more stable than the winch crane.
Just a thought.
Your going to have some fun with this thing
great video
Cool new toy Donn!! Cant wait for episode 2 😎😎
Now you can make a dirt bike track around your homestead :D!
wow you get mini excavator for your birthday and i got underwear lol. great stuff 👍
What a nice landscape are you having there! Y think is inspiring you! anyway,like for you,from România!
Why would someone want to scrap something so nice and so useful. I would have bought that machine without an engine and even if all the hydraulic were not working! What make and model is that?
Fun times ahead!
Don't forget a roll bar an can't wait for ur videos when u do the improvements on her sir
Can’t wait for the rebuild on this donn
Can't wait to see you refurbish it.
Will the build on this happen or has the project been canceled?
Tow hitch fitted below the boom for your log trailer and you've got a forwarder 👍
that is a thing of beauty
I suggest that you fix it up without the tracks. Then use it for a while. Unless you have a need for tracks you my find you will do well without them. How do you propose to do the tracks. Is there an easy way to put tracks on it?
Could easily extend the dummy axle (Rear) and get some mining belt and wrap it around the tires with some guides (so it doesn't come off) like the older farm tractors
That is awesome! I can really see in front of me how you builds a log gripper and other equipment for it. Send a message if you want help with any cad, drawings dfx or dwg for example lasercut parts. Keep doing what you are doing, regards Gustav in sweden
How awesome is that 😀😀👍
Any progress with this machine?
Nice!! I see a mini skidder in your future!
put swivel wheels on the back and forget the tracks.. also unless you are bored its not worth spending the time to redo the joints if you only plan to use it a dozen times a year.. but thats just my 2 cents
Do you still have the machine? I ask as I have just bought one and it has the number 11 on the same as yours?
Aah, sorry, I don't. I had to sell it to relocate assets. 😬
Best present ever! :)
Absolutely! ;)
any progress on this machine?
Great video as always keep up the great content 👍🏻!!!!
The best gift ever ;)
That's a little wicked thing :D Who are those people who haul this kind things into the scrap steel? I need to open a scrap steel company :D
I don't know but I'm happy my father got a hold of it. I've read in the Estonian forums that seeing fully operational lathes, motorcycles, stationary engines and such from time to time is a common scene in the scrap yards in these days. People just don't care about'em I guess.
Yep, I have seen these things too. Last year we took some cylinders from an old tracktor in scrap yard. There was some new parts mounted to this tractor before.
Happy Birthday!
handy rig Don
You should mount that digger to your track rig.
😁
Ты крутой парень. Лайк. В конце ролика лада 2101?
Da.
Re-purpose hydraulics for log handling on the mill? I used a Terramite once and it was lots of fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with this.
Do you still have it? are you gonna make another video with this soon? :)
I still have it. No plan of getting rid of it. I haven't had the need to use it so I haven't spent any time on it tinkering. But I will in the future. I wanna see what this thing is capable of. 😀
a more ergonomic engine/seat housing would be good... also does the engine have enough power to turn with tracks? seemed like it was having a hard time turning with only the wheels =) @Donn DIY
excellent machine! I would like have it
wheels are driven by a couple of hydraulic motors? thats a cool design if so
should get a bucket on there and a seat try it out digging/working before investing time/money fixing the pins/bores and making tracks for it
Yup, I have the bucket. It just has to bee attached to the boom. That's all. :D
Very KOOL
It will come in handy . i was thinking lifting logs onto the bandsaw mill as 1 , but so many uses for it in diy on a small farm....Thanks for sharing...them Honda motors as so good...;-p
I've been thinking about several things when looking at it. I also thought that maybe I can use its powerplant and boom to somehow power the timber trailer and make the log loading onto the trailer more comfortable. :D But we'll see.
If you widen the rear axle,you can even fit rubber tracks from whatever popular machine,like a bobcat or a mini excavator.(so no need to build them and cheap used ones avaible...)
Or simply goes maneuverability and agility : ruclips.net/user/results?search_query=bell+log+loader
Lucky find
Хорошее видео!
The way it fits through the door the WT must mean Wide Track?
It might. WTD - Wide Track Digger? :D
@@DonnDIY wrong ! With tow and drive WTD, they manufactured them close by , toured the factory when we had ours !
Palju õnne! Tõeline kingitus. Edu sulle!
Greetings from Ukraine))))
When’s the rebuild coming? Loving the channel!
Don't know. But it's in my to-do list.
I have a Dirt Master toe behind back hoe and have learned a few things that maybe helpful.
Mine is a heavier built unit that can lift about 500lbs. No idea what yours will do but it is going to want to pivot on the front. The font pads will help. Maybe some weight on the back but the unit is not designed for heavy lifting. Also avoid side forces, this is the weakest axis and you could bend the boom.
Simple pins like diggers use need frequent greasing. Mine is supposed to be greased every 8 hours. If I had to do it over again I would grease it more frequently. While the joints are not totally worn out they are much closer to it that I would have expected at 200 hours.
Occasionally I use mine as a shop crane. It is the absolute best for moving hot tubs.
Put the bucket on it and let's dig some dirt!
This could be a nice log mover if it were properly redesigned
The 29 dislike must be scrapyard owners lol
Yes. :D