Great stuff... Now retired, this takes me to my days as a plant fitter working on Blaw Knox and Barber Greene pavers. Snapped flight chains with a hopper of hot tarmac, auger bearings and drive chains snapping. All mechanical drive machines with multiplate clutches. Getting the machine up on 12"x12" 8' long baulks of timber to allow access under the machines. Usually red hot from the tarmac too. Then there were the floor plate changes, screed off the back, flight chains split and off, floor plate bolts burnt off, new floor plates in, all bolted by hand no battery tools back then.. If it's not laying, it's not earning..
I have no experience in machinery or plant hire what so ever. I've been watching this channel from the early days. I admire the way The boss delegates, ☝️ Best video to date, Boss, Cal and Luke 🔥🔥🔥🔥, great combo.
You most love how engineers design something and make it so easy to repair, just kidding. Repairing that crusher looked like a pain in the ass to repair.
Baz you are brillant at this you should have done it years ago most interesting down to earth man i ever heard your content is top class how do you keep going all the work top man baz
This is heavy work, I hope the governor of this organisation appreciates the engineering team. When the machine was fired up to align the ram pin, it was good to see the level of trust in each other on the job. It would be very easy for someone to get injured working on on this large plant. Big responsibility to ensure the engineering guys know their stuff. Hope the boss is a subscriber and is learning what great employees he has. Thanks Baz.
A really good look at your day to day work. you and your guys are tremendous grafters with superb knowledge. Congrats to all of use on a job well done the BOSS is a proud man.😄
Enjoy watching you boys working on the plant, more than the welding side. Im a hgv tech from Bolton, it's interesting seeing the transition from what i do on a day to day, to what you boys do on the plant side. Top job
Hope you had a great holiday Baz ,really enjoyed watching the repair on the crusher very cramped in there sending cal in ,I see these machines working all the time driving for Mick George,so nice to see how they operate.
we had the c12 toggle plates down to 15 mins I got sent to Manchester to do one fitted it and it was bent before I reached the gate gotta love Demi sites @@welderfabber
Don't miss working on crushers,change jaws every month,turn them 2 weeks in,on kue ken,change pegson every month,hard going on the old Shap blue granite
Ram seals have look to have failed. Machine is cycling ,trying to maintain ram pressure. I’m surprised it’s not throwing up a pressure fault. . Keep up posting the great vids. Thanks for sharing.
That was my thoughts but the ram was all good and not passing. Ended up being the check valve. I turned the pressure up to 44bar and it stopped surging. The draw bk stayed tight snd she was all good. It was losing pressure whilst crushing
@@welderfabber , good result then. 👍. Suppose the good thing about crushers is they keep us all thinking and on our toes. Never seem to get the same problem twice. 😀.
Hi Baz Another great blog as I have said in the past we all do the job differently,personally I would have put lifting bolts in the two holes in the toggle plate ,I have to change them on my own so always use lifting bolts.A lot of these toggle plates are designed to bend they act like a fuse ,so they bend so as not to damage the workings of the crusher.Normally when the crusher bangs like that it could be lack of tension on the spring or loose wedges on the jaws
I know all that mate, I’ve changed them many times on my own. The problem with the 330 was the spring tension losing pressure on the draw back. Youll see on the next chronicle this Saturday. The toggle plate still needed to be changed tho. Cheers for watching tho lad
Jeez Baz some pretty heavy work there lad💪💪 It's a credit to you and your team on how you keep on top of maintenance and repairs of all your plant and machinery. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience👍👍
Hi whilst i agree the job does need doing, the lack of masks being used does concern me, You already know silica dust is very harsh on your lungs. As you say this job is done on a regular basis so I'm thinking the accumulation on workers lungs could over time have an adverse impact. Have enjoyed all the videos of late ,just feel the impact on the workers health could be better ,and know working in them is not easy when hot and bothered, having recently retired I have visions of old guys sitting at home on oxygen because of work related injury. I support you business and enjoy the videos, keep them coming.Carl.
I was Gobsmacked! I'm going into a swoon! A day in the life of enjoyment. Hours spent in the belly of the beast Just like working on asphalt plants- big, grey and dirty! If it is noisy ,tighten the spring a little, maybe help. Or weak spring. Cheers, TA!
I like the repair videos ,takes a lot of time too make and edit the videos . I MIGHT BE WRONG but it looked like the ram might be leaking inside of its self blow by .. also could you have cut a new plate for the machine ??
The toggle plate is a fail safe so is designed to bend if a big lump of steel or iron ore goes through the jaw. So basically it will bend that rather than damaging main bearing that run the jaw. Big money! The spring assembly is a draw back to keep everything together and should be fully tensioned at all times when the jaw is running. Hope that helps you understand a little more. They also have a dump pressure to stop the toggle plate bending. Sometimes fails tho
Its good to see companies still doing maintenance on thier equipemnt. So many companies now forgo the maintenance and push the machines to critical failure. Then spend all that money to have them repaired when they could have done proper proper equipment maintenance either before shift or after shifts. What kind of pants are those? They seem durable. Cant find pants that last more than a few months now.
Hi Baz & the team, Thank you again for creating this highly informative content. You channel is building into a superb resource - a veritable plant mechanic's encyclopedia. Just wondering what will happen to the old throat plate? Does it get scrapped, or is there any residual value in it? Could it be refurbished - built back up with hard facing welds and machined back to shape & size, or is that not an economical thing to do? Kind regards, Paul
In my self employed status l have been involved in toggle plate lower seat removal. Someone had tried previously and got a piece of wood jammed in, welded a bar to the seat and then abandoned the job. I was roped in to gas axe it out with gouging nozzles. It was a nasty job. I got quite a lot of it out but the job was finished by another (Very experienced and knowledgeable chap in plant work) unlike myself) lad because l had other work to do for a different customer. Not exactly got the T shirt but l have been there. Another top video young man. P.S. question. Could the old toggle plate be built up with weld given there is only 20mm at either end to restore it, so to speak? Top regards, Jon.
@@welderfabber you enjoy your holiday my mate and don’t even think about work switch off relax and enjoy with a couple of nice ice cold beers around the pool🍺🍺🍺
Does the the ram have an accumulator connected to it in the hydraulic circuit if so that could could have lost pressure. Had a similar problem on a agricultural machine.
Love the videos even though I just sit on a computer all day… Looking at when you lined up the toggle plates, are they reversible? Looks like you might be able to flip it and wear down the other edge too?
1 u have a face only a mother could love but I do love watching your videos and 2 can u tell me what the toggle plate is there for as u didn't really say on the video today and 3 I do like the mix of welding and the repairs keep up the good work
Amazing insight of your work , can you not flip the plates to get even ware and more use between consumables. But I also see that if you have to stop the machine it's not making money.can the wear faces on plates be greased
Toggle plate is a fail safe for the crusher. It will usually bent if say a big piece off solid steel went through the jaw. Most crushers these days have a blow off valve to release pressure if this happens. Crushers are used on quarry’s and within the recycling industry. Hence the mag belt to pull steel out. Thanks for watching 👍
You guys use extraction hoods when welding so whats the score with all that cement dust. My late dad worked 40yrs in the light then heavy plate shop in navy base. It was horrible to see him slowly 'suffocate' to death with I P F (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis), he did smoke though. Great vids. a must see, same as Dany's ✊️
No not permanent but we are going to try. Chronicles are weekly’s and every Saturday. Episodes are specific jobs so we will try but will be hard as the director can only do so much.
bsolutely PRICELESS Foxy should enter you in the OSCARS! So HAPPY ENTHRALLED in your Daily job sheet. BRSY WISHES Michael a retired former firefighter. Disabled [not through job] x3 major brain haemorrages, not all at once 1st at 27yrs ;omh story not bore you! be careful Danger Doesnt Take A Day Off!.
I got PTSD when you said the guys would be in the next morning at 3am........ I worked at a production plant where we worked 6am-midnight with people coming in a 3am. Do you think its necessary to have these early morning shifts that are essentially grave/nights?
Great video again Baz.
Thanks again!
I really enjoy the crusher videos, I run crushers my self so I always learn lots from the crusher talk!
Keep watching mate we’ve plenty of crushers in our fleet to repair. Cheers
I cut them plates for Quarry Manufacturing if u need any let me know
It least your not on sight with rain running down the belt and your back love crushers and screens
love the videos where you re dealing with a specific problem like this one.
nice.. more please.!!
Again loved it, i could sit and watch these type of videos all night. love it great video boys
Cheers stu lad
I really enjoy the crusher videos, it's great to see how it is done
Another great episode. Dusty work that’s for sure.
Good Morning it's 2 am in New York // USA time to watch another great video
2:05 here in Orlando, Florida.....cheers, Paul
Cheers pal 🫡
Another great video baz aka welderfabber
You crushed it dude💪
Great stuff... Now retired, this takes me to my days as a plant fitter working on Blaw Knox and Barber Greene pavers. Snapped flight chains with a hopper of hot tarmac, auger bearings and drive chains snapping. All mechanical drive machines with multiplate clutches. Getting the machine up on 12"x12" 8' long baulks of timber to allow access under the machines. Usually red hot from the tarmac too. Then there were the floor plate changes, screed off the back, flight chains split and off, floor plate bolts burnt off, new floor plates in, all bolted by hand no battery tools back then.. If it's not laying, it's not earning..
Thanks for watching mate
Keep the episodes coming Baz and Director
Great video again Baz toggle plate right pain Paul is a good worker normally not seen on the camera as much that ram takes some serious stick
Thank you ashville love watching your videos I'm tractor mechanic. Love watching heavy plant machinery.
Good watching local lads doing top work. The "Welder Fabber" is goin places.. Keep up what your doing bud!!!!
Thanks 👍
Good job moving heavy plate in such confined space. The struggle is real!
Keep up the good work... from the other side of the pond... Boston Massachusetts!!!
Awesome video, great work. Thank youbaz
Appreciated
timed this just right.......love your program.......cheers from the US, Paul in Florida
thanks paul
That was top quality team work, I've done a lot of heavy work and every bit of that was possible wrist snapping finger pinching stuff !
😂😂 easy job mate
Looks like you've done it before !😂
Looks like there is more work to be done on the crusher. Great video as always Baz and the director. Crack On lad to the next one
Correct
Cracking video as always Baz and Director. Keep up the good work.
Thanks 👍
Quite the task. That buzzy would do my head in. Interesting stuff!
I have no experience in machinery or plant hire what so ever. I've been watching this channel from the early days.
I admire the way The boss delegates, ☝️
Best video to date,
Boss, Cal and Luke 🔥🔥🔥🔥, great combo.
I enjoy the videos very much ,they are very interesting well done
One of the best episodes so far. Great ingenuity you are teaching your lads 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
Keep them coming mate, great material and masses of knowledge 👍 fair play 👌
You most love how engineers design something and make it so easy to repair, just kidding. Repairing that crusher looked like a pain in the ass to repair.
Nice easy little job that mate. Wait till we change the main bearings
@@welderfabber I look forward to that video. Keep up the fantastic work and great videos!
enjoy your hols, baz! 😃🏄♂
Really good episode again baz and the director
would love to see more of these sorta episodes along side the chronicals keep up the good work
They are coming pal
Excellent work and thanks for the content! Much appreciation from the US.
thanks zeff
Its brilliant to see what's going on day to day. Brilliant channel Baz and director 👀👍👍
😎👍
Baz you are brillant at this you should have done it years ago most interesting down to earth man i ever heard your content is top class how do you keep going all the work top man baz
Bon Boulo😆😆👍👍
This is heavy work, I hope the governor of this organisation appreciates the engineering team. When the machine was fired up to align the ram pin, it was good to see the level of trust in each other on the job. It would be very easy for someone to get injured working on on this large plant. Big responsibility to ensure the engineering guys know their stuff. Hope the boss is a subscriber and is learning what great employees he has. Thanks Baz.
Keep up the good work Baz&Director
Thankyou
A really good look at your day to day work. you and your guys are tremendous grafters with superb knowledge. Congrats to all of use on a job well done the BOSS is a proud man.😄
Love all your video's thank you baz & the Director
Cheers bud
İ'm watching from Cyprus.I watch your videos with interest.I'm just learn English.Thank yok.Enjoy you work.👏
Enjoy watching you boys working on the plant, more than the welding side. Im a hgv tech from Bolton, it's interesting seeing the transition from what i do on a day to day, to what you boys do on the plant side. Top job
Top man
Needs musts when devil drives big man, cheers for the video Baz
Another great video! But get the overalls on lads! Lol Also watch out for the dust, that silica will get to you
Brill
That was really interesting...and sketchy! 😳
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it
Hope you had a great holiday Baz ,really enjoyed watching the repair on the crusher very cramped in there sending cal in ,I see these machines working all the time driving for Mick George,so nice to see how they operate.
I’m still on hol pal, just looking at comments over dinner. Mrs pulling her face…
.Hi, New to the site - don't know the first thing about heavy plant, but facinating to watch skilled men at work. Great site, Thank you.
Welcome aboard!
Another great video from Baz and the director. Your team work very well together, especially when the camera is on them 😂
Cheers mon
Excellent video, looks like some challenging working/filming conditions.
Very!
Happy new year Guys . Top job Baz .. your a tough grafter
This is like professional struggler on steroids. Loving the content baz. Interesting as well as informative.
Great content
Glad I found this channel
Welcome aboard!
Your like Keith Floyd directing the director 😂
This takes me back to my days of megabites and c12 crushers I’ve never seen a worn one ours always got bent with metal going through it
Ye had plenty of them mate
we had the c12 toggle plates down to 15 mins I got sent to Manchester to do one fitted it and it was bent before I reached the gate gotta love Demi sites @@welderfabber
Nice midweek surprise Baz, you did great on your own for this vlog, keep it coming!
Don't miss working on crushers,change jaws every month,turn them 2 weeks in,on kue ken,change pegson every month,hard going on the old Shap blue granite
Ram seals have look to have failed. Machine is cycling ,trying to maintain ram pressure. I’m surprised it’s not throwing up a pressure fault. . Keep up posting the great vids. Thanks for sharing.
That was my thoughts but the ram was all good and not passing. Ended up being the check valve. I turned the pressure up to 44bar and it stopped surging. The draw bk stayed tight snd she was all good. It was losing pressure whilst crushing
@@welderfabber , good result then. 👍. Suppose the good thing about crushers is they keep us all thinking and on our toes. Never seem to get the same problem twice. 😀.
Great video, love more of the heavy plant machinery stuff. Keep up the great videos director
Hi Baz Another great blog as I have said in the past we all do the job differently,personally I would have put lifting bolts in the two holes in the toggle plate ,I have to change them on my own so always use lifting bolts.A lot of these toggle plates are designed to bend they act like a fuse ,so they bend so as not to damage the workings of the crusher.Normally when the crusher bangs like that it could be lack of tension on the spring or loose wedges on the jaws
I know all that mate, I’ve changed them many times on my own. The problem with the 330 was the spring tension losing pressure on the draw back. Youll see on the next chronicle this Saturday. The toggle plate still needed to be changed tho. Cheers for watching tho lad
Yes it had seen better days and saved the seats from damage
Jeez Baz some pretty heavy work there lad💪💪 It's a credit to you and your team on how you keep on top of maintenance and repairs of all your plant and machinery. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge and experience👍👍
Your welcome, plenty more to come. I’m on here to help all out there in this game
some of the best footage yet.....
you and the Director are doing one great job of documenting a day in the life.....
cheers, Paul
Thanks Paul appreciate it
Keep it up mate. You are doing well
will do pal
Another brilliant video Baz,well informative and showing a good insight on how these machines work
Cheers les and thanks for watching. Top man
I found it educational
Meant to say Baz your Merc van is a rasper 👍 Rab from Scotland
👍
Hi whilst i agree the job does need doing, the lack of masks being used does concern me, You already know silica dust is very harsh on your lungs. As you say this job is done on a regular basis so I'm thinking the accumulation on workers lungs could over time have an adverse impact. Have enjoyed all the videos of late ,just feel the impact on the workers health could be better ,and know working in them is not easy when hot and bothered, having recently retired I have visions of old guys sitting at home on oxygen because of work related injury. I support you business and enjoy the videos, keep them coming.Carl.
Cheers I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching 👍
I was Gobsmacked! I'm going into a swoon! A day in the life of enjoyment. Hours spent in the belly of the beast Just like working on asphalt plants- big, grey and dirty! If it is noisy ,tighten the spring a little, maybe help. Or weak spring. Cheers, TA!
Good job man keep up the good work
Thanks, will do!
Brilliant content how your team work day to day. very interesting different machinery
Thanks 👍
Hi Baz I worked in dusty conditions for years and didn't give it a thought, I now suffer from copd iam 49 now 👍
Sorry to here that mate, few things we need to improve on. Noted
I like the repair videos ,takes a lot of time too make and edit the videos . I MIGHT BE WRONG but it looked like the ram might be leaking inside of its self blow by .. also could you have cut a new plate for the machine ??
Check out the chapter coming out on saturday bud
Another brilliant video Baz, keep em coming. Any chance you could explain what the toggle plate and the ram with the spring on actually do mate?
The toggle plate is a fail safe so is designed to bend if a big lump of steel or iron ore goes through the jaw. So basically it will bend that rather than damaging main bearing that run the jaw. Big money! The spring assembly is a draw back to keep everything together and should be fully tensioned at all times when the jaw is running. Hope that helps you understand a little more. They also have a dump pressure to stop the toggle plate bending. Sometimes fails tho
@@welderfabber Very informative pal, cheers.👍
Hey Baz, seems a good bunch of lads you've got there,. Must be a few unsociable hours worked doing quarry plant?
We do whatever needs to be done to keep them machines running mate
@welderfabber for sure, but its hard to get decent guys to do funky hours tho,
Its good to see companies still doing maintenance on thier equipemnt. So many companies now forgo the maintenance and push the machines to critical failure. Then spend all that money to have them repaired when they could have done proper proper equipment maintenance either before shift or after shifts.
What kind of pants are those? They seem durable. Cant find pants that last more than a few months now.
Cheers for watching. Pants are scruffs mate. That’s all I wear
Hi Baz & the team,
Thank you again for creating this highly informative content. You channel is building into a superb resource - a veritable plant mechanic's encyclopedia.
Just wondering what will happen to the old throat plate?
Does it get scrapped, or is there any residual value in it?
Could it be refurbished - built back up with hard facing welds and machined back to shape & size, or is that not an economical thing to do?
Kind regards,
Paul
I’ll cut it up and use for something, defo not scrap mate
In my self employed status l have been involved in toggle plate lower seat removal.
Someone had tried previously and got a piece of wood jammed in, welded a bar to the seat and then abandoned the job.
I was roped in to gas axe it out with gouging nozzles. It was a nasty job. I got quite a lot of it out but the job was finished by another (Very experienced and knowledgeable chap in plant work) unlike myself) lad because l had other work to do for a different customer.
Not exactly got the T shirt but l have been there.
Another top video young man.
P.S. question.
Could the old toggle plate be built up with weld given there is only 20mm at either end to restore it, so to speak?
Top regards, Jon.
No mate but it will come in handy at some point in the future for god knows what yet
Hi Baz, what is it with your bloody videos? I’ve never known time to go so fast. Keep up the great work you and the director & Thank you
Don’t know mate, me just doing my thing. Sat round a pool in the sun today tho 😎 Thanks for watching. Crusher fixed properly in next chapter 👍
@@welderfabber you enjoy your holiday my mate and don’t even think about work switch off relax and enjoy with a couple of nice ice cold beers around the pool🍺🍺🍺
Great video keep up the good work baz and the boys from the USA, im sure you have said before, but how would one go about getting a welderfabber hat?
Welderfabber.co.uk hopefully the merchandise will be uploaded tomorrow. Cheers and thanks for watching 👍
Love seeing the in's and out's of the heavy plant ! Is that crusher based in the yard that your workshop is in ?
We have approx 14 crushers mate they all go out on hire
Does the the ram have an accumulator connected to it in the hydraulic circuit if so that could could have lost pressure. Had a similar problem on a agricultural machine.
It was a check valve problem in the end mate
Love the videos even though I just sit on a computer all day…
Looking at when you lined up the toggle plates, are they reversible? Looks like you might be able to flip it and wear down the other edge too?
No that’s not a good idea mate. Thanks for watching tho
1 u have a face only a mother could love but I do love watching your videos and 2 can u tell me what the toggle plate is there for as u didn't really say on the video today and 3 I do like the mix of welding and the repairs keep up the good work
Toggle plate is a fail safe for the crusher mate. That will fail before it damages anything else such as main bearings. Big money
@welderfabber oh right from what I did see I thought it might have been but I was always told if u don't know just ask
Amazing insight of your work , can you not flip the plates to get even ware and more use between consumables. But I also see that if you have to stop the machine it's not making money.can the wear faces on plates be greased
No mate once worn it needs to be replaced
Whats a toggle plate do?
Were do all the rocks come from
On site transported in or is it a live quarry?
Toggle plate is a fail safe for the crusher. It will usually bent if say a big piece off solid steel went through the jaw. Most crushers these days have a blow off valve to release pressure if this happens. Crushers are used on quarry’s and within the recycling industry. Hence the mag belt to pull steel out. Thanks for watching 👍
Is it not possible to bolt 2 lifting eyes thru them holes in the toogle plate? Great work getting the job done no messing 👍
Yes that’s what they are for just didn’t go down that road this time mate
Love every video you do baz I find it all interesting mate you and your lad proper grafters aswell
Baz at the beginning of the video. It looks like you got a leak in the van on the headboard
I’ll look bk
Hi buddy great watch of your content uploads the toggle plate you installed couldn't you just have made 1 ?.
No mate they have machined edges on and they aren’t that much to buy. Thanks for watching tho
You guys use extraction hoods when welding so whats the score with all that cement dust. My late dad worked 40yrs in the light then heavy plate shop in navy base. It was horrible to see him slowly 'suffocate' to death with I P F (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis), he did smoke though. Great vids. a must see, same as Dany's ✊️
That looked like a right c*** of a job, but tackled perfectly 💪🏻
Easy job that mate 45 mins, thanks for watching
What time did you finish as you started at 6pm but still looked light
45min job mate
Given that it is just the one edgethat has worn - would it be economical to build it back with weld ?
Is the 2 episodes a week permanent? Hopefully, great content mate 👍
No not permanent but we are going to try. Chronicles are weekly’s and every Saturday. Episodes are specific jobs so we will try but will be hard as the director can only do so much.
Great video and challenging space to work in but you and the guys should be wearing dust masks in there, you’ll regret it later boys 😢
Love the series! What's your opinion on CASE machines? I see that you guys have a few and you don't really see a lot of them.
Case aren’t to bad, had a few dippers and booms crack tho
I've always wondered where the final product goes from the crusher and what it is used for?
Keep watching the chronicles mate I’ll show everyone the whole process
Its just a question but u put a new toggle in did u replace the bushes the toggle sits in
bsolutely PRICELESS Foxy should enter you in the OSCARS! So HAPPY ENTHRALLED in your Daily job sheet. BRSY WISHES Michael a retired former firefighter. Disabled [not through job] x3 major brain haemorrages, not all at once 1st at 27yrs ;omh story not bore you! be careful Danger Doesnt Take A Day Off!.
Thanks for watching mate. Rest up, respect
I got PTSD when you said the guys would be in the next morning at 3am........ I worked at a production plant where we worked 6am-midnight with people coming in a 3am. Do you think its necessary to have these early morning shifts that are essentially grave/nights?