Can We SAVE This $20K Cylinder Rod!? | Gouging SEIZED Nut
The nut has seized and locked onto this $20K hydraulic cylinder rod! We’re going to use carbon air arc gouging to try and remove the nut and save the cylinder rod. This is a bucket cylinder rod off a Hitachi EX1200 mining excavator. In this video we show the step by step process how to gouge off the seized nut using carbon air arc gouging. Stay tuned for the next video where we need to machine up a new nut and we will be machining new threads onto the cylinder rod.
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Your channel is the best bro.
@@mtebaldi1thank you!
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@17:24 My closed captions says "Excited Staffy Noises". HA!!
Thank you for the extended explanation of how air arc gouging works! Showing where the air comes out completed it for me!
awesome mate, glad that explanation helped!
They can be used to cut concrete to we used to use one in the early 2000s to cut piles
while i've seen him gouging before i'd never seen the air holes.
I used to use that same setup when I worked in a steel fabrication plant that made water tower and smoke stakes used to use cut tabs off that were Welded in the wrong place
Arc welding giveth, and arc gouging taketh away.
Kurtis, any time you feel like giving us an extended explanation like you did for air-arc, go for it. This video was the best use of my learning time for a week.
Agree! I love when you get into explanations
YES!! THIS!! I would absolutely LOVE a deepdive on various tools, Kurtis making the welding clamp is still one of my top 5 faves.
My first thought was "he's gonna gouge up the threads! Not like he has a lathe big enough to fix that!" You did not disappoint. Great video.
I have a carbon arc and it gathers dust. I’ve ended many debates with my scarfing tip that doesn’t leave hard spots. Use a pipe fitter wedge. They create big pressure and don’t pop out. You do good work so don’t be afraid.
Long time subscriber here... I want to take a minute here to just say thank you. It's after work time for me, so bourbon is also involved. I work at a truck manufacturer here in the States, and I found out a few months ago that we have machining/tool and die jobs here. Very hard to get into, but I want you to know that you guy/gal/dog/birds have really inspired me to study up, take all the preliminary tests and training I can (just took one this morning in fact), and hopefully one day enter into an apprenticeship program here. I'll be honest.. it may never happen, but you've kind of given me a goal to work toward, which after working all kinds of jobs in many different fields over the last 20+ years is actually refreshing. There's a reason this channel has exploded in the last year... and it's all you and Karen (and Homey, and George, and others)... and it's more than just putting out videos... it's about putting out knowledge, experience and information in a great manner. I hope I'm not the only one that's been inspired... but even if I am, know that I will also do my best to inspire someone else.... who knows, maybe in 16 years when the rest of my hair falls out, and before I get to retire, I can take on my own apprentice. Again, thank you all
Отличный комментарий. Я живу в России. Работаю в похожей сфере и могу сказать , сто я полностью с вами согласен и вы практически выразили мои мысли. С уважением , привет из Сибири 😊
@@R.A.G81 Спасибо, мой друг, я надеюсь, что это переводится
Good luck mate sounds like you have the right stuff.
....and do not take No, for an answer. Good luck to you sport.
@@robbfisher2876 не за что. Да. Переводится. А если бы нет, то я немного знаю английский 👍✌️
Love the short explanations in between, makes it more interesting and a lot easier to understand why he is doing what he is doing! Thanks for the great vids!
Glad you liked it!
This kind of content is so satisfying. I think so many people love watching a highly skilled person work, and explain what they do in terms that can reach those not in the know. Unique, skilled craftsman ship is what has built the modern world. It's interesting to watch. And yet seems so hidden from us most the time. Like, we're literally surrounded by it, and yet, we don't get to see who makes it and how they do it. Your content is just perfect. I'm glad I found your channel :)
He was great!!!
Security officer is on duty as always :)
nerves of steel to handle 20k+ worth of possible collateral damage always love to see a customer agree to a repair
Well the choice is order a new rod, or a 50 50 chance it can be fixed for half the price of the new nut. At least the air arc was a lot faster than the alternative of place complete rod in lathe, then machine the nut off it.
how long you been here? there is no chance he could muck it up. he that good.
@@TommiHonkonen Even if he did cut deep, Kurtis could still weld it up enough to cut that thread back again, probably even fixing the original damage as well, then cutting to match the original nut if they had one. But now he just has ordered a big chunk of good quality steel, and is going to take 70% off it, in order to release the inner nut hidden in the block. Hopefully one of the new tools is a set of diamond hole saws, to cut out the inner section of 120mm steel, so that he can either save cutting tools, or reuse it on another job as bulk steel rod. After all, if you do not make it into chips, you save a lot of time.
Why is it so difficult? It was necessary to cut the groove with a CNC end mill.
20k is nothing to the company. The machine is running with another cylinder, and they probably have another couple still on the shelf.
Karen, I laughed when Homey lifted up the suction cap lever after seeing you push it down - pure gold!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
ME TOO!
you can teach an old dog new tricks
Glad I read your comment before I mentioned it. Smart as a whip. I imagine it is all the safety training. 😁😎
That was classic.
...and then he trots away laughing...
I've worked on high value parts for many years. No mater how skilled, there is always the possibility of something going wrong. It's nerve racking. Sometimes the customer will actually appreciate what you go through and what you saved them. It takes a lot of skill and experience to have jobs like this come out well.
just make the customer pay. 20k piston rod? you know the customer has the money, they are just being cheap.
This is the type of thinking and acting that has driven repair costs through the roof. Car don't start due to a corroded battery terminal? Replace the battery and starter for$700 and clean that terminal while you are at it. Use a cheep Chinese starter to replace the OEM that there was nothing wrong with, so you get it back soon to do it again. The customer doesn't always have the money, and several $20,000 unnecessary jobs like this can put them out of business with all the employees looking for another job. A company only exists to make money, and when it doesn't, they are gone and all the workers lose their jobs.
@@The-Fat-Kid Indeed. BTW, that made me think about how the fair "Right to Repair" initiative faces a lot of opposition from corporations. From Apple to John Deere.
1955 car generator rebuild in shop..$2 brushes $3 bearing 15 minutes.. 1965 alternator brush $5 bearing $4 diode $2.. About hours to remove and rebuild in shop..1985 alternator repair kit from Auto Zone $15 about 2-3 hours to remove and rebuild. Now between 2 and10hours to remove, no parts available. Rebuilt alternator from auto zone that lasts 6 months $100. New from dealer between $350 and $2000. Of course, they don't want you to fix it.
Not a big fan of rods and nuts but this was actually quite interesting👍
I think the best way to describe that air arc gouger is “a reverse stick welder”.
With added air blast feature 😂✌️🇬🇧
Stick unwelder? 😂
Stick welder with air bidet
Stick unwelder powered by a screaming banshee you just kicked in the nuts
@@fowletm1992 🤣🤣👍✌️🇬🇧
The skills that Curtis has to make this possible is absolutely mind blowing
Carl too!
Next level machining. You actually did a hell of a job not blasting the threads.
I thought I was clever using a Dremel doing this on a tiny scale on home projects! This is beyond amazing on a HUGE JOB with such skill!
a Dremel is the preferred tool for cutting a small nut
Kurtis goes straight for the "It can't be stuck if it's a liquid" mode :D! Love it! Keep em coming!!!!
I just WD-40 nuts like that
@@thomasrobbins3821 Don't forget a lot of praying goes along with the WD-40
@@thomasrobbins3821you could have used all the WD-40 in the world, and it wouldnd not have helped get that nut off!!!😄😄😄😄😄😄😄that thing was locked on there!
@@thomasrobbins3821 Yeah. Easy peasy and if it turns out to be a little more stubborn, whip out the nut splitter. LOL
LOL.
Your ability to fully understand the entire situation and provide the most cost effective solution must provide significant value to your customers. I am truly amazed at how much goes into what you do.
Polishing rods and busting nuts with 0.001” precision. Fantastic, subscribed.
As much as I am in awe with your work, I love your out-takes! Your playfulness with each other is really quite entertaining. You 2 are the best.
Once again he proves the difficult can be done right away and the impossible just takes a bit longer. Once again this is the best part of my Friday.
May I thank Kurtis for the extensive explanation about the process.I know you're not a man of many words, but it is massively appreciated. His craftsmanship seems second to none, seeing this job was absolutely rad. As a problem-solver myself, I love to see this process. And as always: meticulously filmed by Karen, so we see the complete process. ♥️🤟🇳🇱
💯 % agree!
A man of many fuck words 😂
He was brought up the right way..
I prefer people of few words. My ADHD can't retain info for very long in a conversation. So someone able to tell me what I need to know and nothing else is great.
@@centariprime9959 Bruh!
Dude! From here in the States we see you are quite the professional! Thanks for sharing and the very best of luck!
Love watching you do this shit, very ' old school' instead of just replace with a new one. My grandad used to do stuff like this. Brilliant 👍
First decent explanation on how that air/arc works, back to the rest of the video. Thank you
And bonus points for Homeless for figuring out how to unclamp the toy from the floor :)
The 'really?!?' at the end had me in stitches.
You have an amazing skill set. Chief among them is the ability to explain things so clearly. Well done!
1.5 million views!!!! Kurtis and Karen, you are most definitely doing something right.👍👍👍👍
Years ago I worked as a cinema projectionist, by the time I got into that industry most of the cinemas had upgraded to pressurised xenon lamps that were good for over 2000 hours (longer if you didn't run them too hard) but a couple of places I worked at still had some old-school carbon arc lamphouses used for screening film-ads and trailers before the film. The carbons looked exactly the same as the round ones you're using for the arc gouging, I imagine it's the same process, except the burning carbon arc was used for a light source rather than a cutting tool. Despite quartz envelope lamp technology vastly improving stability, longevity, and safety, the carbon arc provided the brightest and most natural looking light spectrum when it was burning just right, they were the closest thing we had to the light spectrum of the sun. The downsides to carbon arcs were they were messy, dangerous, could be tricky to align properly, the sliders that allowed them to burn down smoothly required continual cleaning and maintenance, they generated a lot of waste, and of course they only burned for 30 mins tops. Lots of trouble, but they looked fantastic on the screen. It's pretty cool to see those carbon rods still in use, albeit for a different purpose.
Thanks for your comment, it’s interesting. 👍
Ah the good old days in the projection room. I remember I could still smoke and do 6000 foot reel change overs at the same time.
This episode is so full of good practical machining advice! And, what skill to gouge so close to the threads without hurting them. Thanks for a really interesting job.
Good job man. People with skills like you are in high demand.
Curtis has become such an amazing teacher. I remember when he didn't seem 1/10 as confident showing us a new tool. Now we get every details and he's aware enough of his experience to share all the nuances of his technique. I bet Karen is feeding him a lot of good questions from the viewers perspective as well. Amazing team.
I know getting that nut off was frustrating. I’m amazed that the rod threads weren’t completely messed up from gouging. As usual, great skill on display here. Thanks from Ohio USA.
Three thousand dollarydoos for a nut? I got my money's worth just watching...
also from Ohio! very cool video! But man, clean the seat on your tools when you rotate inserts LMAO brought back memories of my dad yelling at me in the shop lol
Great to see gouging to such an intricate degree. Touching the threads in one minute area was a credit to your expertise. Roll on part two. Thanks for the video.
That lathe is a monster!
The puppy is probably the best employee. 😅 that little guy is amazing.
Thanks for making disassembly look as tough as you did; now I don't feel so bad when I think back to all the nightmare teardowns I've had. In all earnestness, you're keeping it real, and giving so much respect to your viewers by showing the hard awkward bits too. Love the videos, you're a highlight of my week, every week 🤗
Watching Homeless undo the suction cup instead of playing with the toy.................... Priceless.
This is terrific. I loved seeing your dog!! I enjoyed the part about getting more tools 🙂
Enjoyed your video that I just happened to stumble upon. I'm retired now but remember many industrial repair projects similar to this. Keep up the unique skill set that sets you apart from being just a parts changer.
Im not an engineer, but i find this fascinating. Very professional work, and then the outtakes make you seem totally human. Love it!
That's ok he's not an engineer either.
@@Sugarsail1😂😂😂 clearly.. just look at the way he took it off lmao probably ruined the temper on the whole shaft lol.. drill a hole put a big steel rod in the hole and beat the rod to undo the nut in mere minutes not hours and u can still probably reuse the nut just fill the hole lol
I agree, if he could only see the end of the video........ RIGHT?@@sahilsquadron2286
Gday Kurtis and Karen, that would’ve been hard to screw up at all and I’m amazed at how much control you get with arc gouging, I’m keen to see the new tooling setup and part 2, have a great weekend mate, Cheers
Hey mate, yeah could've easily f'd that up was happy with how it went considering it gave a good fight. I reckon you're going to like the new tooling upgrade! Chat soon mate
Being hard to screw up is why the rod was in the shop in the first place 😂
Nice work! I knew from the get go that would be challenging, but y’all pulled it off well. Lots of respect for anyone who uses hand and mind skills and does real work such as this for a living! God Bless!
Thanks for explaining the gouging rod, I allways tought the rod is hollow and the air comes from the inside of the rod and somehow the torch penetrates the rod to blow inside the air.
Asking my 3 yr old daughter "What's today Kiddo" "Its Homie Dog day!!!" she replies, running around squeeling in delight...
that's adorable! hope she enjoys seeing Homey on today's video 🥰
You are a metal surgeon, Dr. Kurtis. And a very experienced one. I could not take my eyes of it, just anxious if this stunt would go well. Exited to see part 2. Have a good weekend. Best regards from Germany.
i always pickup new information I can use for my own efforts when I watch these informative videos. They are well made and always show what can be done by a professional who works to save the customer time and money.
The shock on my face when he put that thing on a lathe!
That was a huge amount of work to get that nut off without doing any more damage. Well done. It was interesting to see a welding process being used to remove rather than to apply material.
Best thing about Friday is a new CEE video dropping. Cheers.
I hope people appreciate the skill, talent and patience it takes to do this work. Exceptional work mate! Cheers
The production, staging, lighting and cinematography is superb. The shot-setup at 18:00 has a proper stage, with a backdrop and proscenium. So elegant.
Nah, just slap a little peanut butter on it and let Homie at it, he'll chew it off
😂 that was the next option
👌🤣🤣🤣🤣
Homie's a smart doggo, loved how he outsmarted Karen. Undoing the vacuum lever LOL.
He'd have destroyed the rod 😂
After the rod would come, the containers and well the rest would be Homies home run😅
Homie is starting to show his age, be kind to him and don’t let him work hard in the heat of the day, I really enjoy watching a craftsman at work, it reminds me of being with my Father when I was a kid.
In the states we call this scarfing using scarfing rods. The guys in the shop did this kinda stuff all the time. I gave it a try once. It takes a gentle touch to not ruin a piece. You do nice work.
I really like the narration/explanation from Curtis. I know it's not easy for him but I'm sure I'm not the only one that appreciates it.
Hi I am wondering why you did not just bolt it down on your boring machine and mill the nut away, we used gauging rods 50 years ago but it was never classed as the go to option for use on expensive components although credit where it is due you have turned the method into a bit of an art form and can clearly achieve some precise results good job.
Karen's recording and editing separates you from the mob. What she does equals your talents. Go Team
safe hands there and engaging too
I absolutely could not agree more! Kurtis has the shop skills and Karen has the camera and editing skills on point!!
@tylerhensley2312 yeah, she does a great job for sure
@@todddooley793 never drones along which is always nice. Very very natural.
And what skills Curtis has in repairing everything, Homeless has in obliterating dog toys ;)
I've never seen anyone be so surgical with the air arc....great job!!
I think they had as much fun making this as I did watching it. Pro machinist and craftsman. Thank you!
It must be good for a high capital cost business to have a go-to person for the urgent repairs that pop up once in a while. Good on you, Kurtis, for being there.
It absolutely is. For both parties
Agree: a service to the regions heavy equipment operators and likely lowering the regional equipment operating cost and just making more jobs for everyone else by getting it done
Your work with the arc gauger was damn masterful, despite breaking through in the one area. I never would have thought that was possible without melting the whole thing. Looking forward to some big thread turning next time! Great work you two!
Don't forget that loving rascal dog! He is part of the team as well.
after working in a fab shop i was very surprised when i first saw a video of him gouging. definitely a master like you said.
Maybe a master at using the arc gouge but his choice of tools was poor. Definitely not an engineering background or a fabrication background lol.. could of had it off in maybe 30 mins to an hr and still have a reusable nut with minimal damage 😂
@@sahilsquadron2286what method would you use to achieve that kind of result?
@@sahilsquadron2286explain it then huh
Curtis: I laughed at several of the things you did. Understand that I laughed because I learned how some of these seemingly impossible tasks to me, looked so obvious when you did them. I have learned the names of many tools, & observed how things were repaired via procedures that I would never have thought of. Wow! Curtis, you are a warehouse of knowledge in your trade, & my hat is off to you. It is a pleasure to watch you start to work, AFTER you have considered the best avenues. Great Stuff Curtis !
As a retired conventional Machinist, this video totally demonstrates why the "push button cowboys" still need our skill level. Your skill and job planning are essential to this repair. Thumbs up!
Wow Kurtis that was quite a task so glad you are able to re-use the old shaft by making a new nut etc, your customers don'y know how lucky they are to have your services on hand, well done mate.:)
As a Boilermaker of 40 years I’m impressed with your Carbon arc.
If I was younger and lived closer could help you out, I have done this kind of repairs you do for many many years. Welding ,air arcing and machining second nature.
Nooo wait for part 2.... :) curious what new tooling goodies you have in the planning. Have a nice weekend!
pretty excited to show the tooling upgrade and see how it goes 😁
I like seeing you do the lathe setup, adjusting the jaws, and getting things centered.
Professionals at work. 👍
I've seen a few treasures pulled outta the rag bag but that frog hat was top shelf 👌The engineering was All Class too
Really impressive work. Always a pleasure to watch you take on a challenging job and looking forward to part two. Once again, Homeless demonstrates his problem-solving skills--he removed that suction cup on the floor in two seconds. It's always a great time watching and what a great present for my 70th birthday. Many thanks from the "land of bananas" and see you next week. Cheers.
Gouging near threads is always a nerve racking experience but I was good at it and I used to do a fair amount of it on oilfield casing thread protectors where one nick ruined the joint so it required re-machining. The worst job I ever had doing this was in a local pipe yard where they had about 100 joints that the thread protectors were all cocked and refused to come off. They called me out on a wet, rainy, cold, and generally miserable day. When I arrived at the yard I was taken out to where the pipe rack was and I was not impressed. The mud was up to my mid thigh but things were slow and I really needed that work to pay the bills. I moved my welding rig in and started to gouge the caps off. I had about 20 or so done when some clown in a company pickup rolled up and sat and watched me for a while. Soon he called me over to his truck and said, and I quote, "Don't you think you could save some of those caps? They cost money you know." He was worried over some twenty dollar caps while I was worried over some multi thousand dollar joints. Even though I saw red, I kept my mouth shut and walked away back to where my cables and airline were and started to wrap up. When he saw what I was doing he yelled at me, "What are you doing? That casing has to go out tomorrow." My response was simply, "I'm leaving." to which he responded, "I won't sign your bill unless you finish." I no longer cared so I finished wrapping up and got in my unit and pulled away with him still sitting there wondering what was going on and what he was going to do about it. When I arrived home my wife told me that they had called and left a call back number. I called and it was some middle management type who was trying to find out why I wasn't there. I told him to talk to his boss and have him call me. A little while later the boss called and he had me on speaker phone with the mid management guy and asked what the problem was. When I told him what had happened there was a pregnant pause and then he responded that he would take care of the matter. He then asked if I could come back and finish the job since they needed to load out the following morning. I told him I was on my way and would be there within the hour. It was dusk when I got there but there was a set of pipe racks set up on high ground next to the road along with some portable yard lights and a large Caterpillar loader ready to move the joints over to them. I set up, a guy rolled the pipe over the "MUD" racks to where the loader could get at it without getting stuck, the loader moved the joints over to the high ground racks, I cut the caps off, the loader moved the joints to a waiting tractor trailer, and then went and brought more to me. The set up worked like a well oiled machine, not a single joint was damaged, and a couple of hours later we were done and the trailers were loaded and ready to go for morning. There were a couple of guys sitting in a pickup who sat and watched the whole process from beginning to end. When I was done and making out my invoice, they came over and introduced themselves. It was the boss and his manager. Turns out the boss was the fellow who actually owned the company and as he signed my bill he apologized for what had happened earlier. He said he had no idea that kind of thing was going on in his yard but assured me it would never happen again. I told him no harm done and these things happen. But he saved the best for last when he pointed out that the guy rolling the pipe over to the loader from the mud buried racks was the same guy who pissed me off to begin with and he did not look all that happy. Seems he was the yard manager and he had been told he would roll those pipes over to the loader in the mud or he could get a new job. I worked for that company many times over the years, made thousands of dollars from them, and never had another problem. Sometimes you just have to talk to the right guy to get things done.
F*ck em. Know your value.
Ive been doing custom metal fabrication for over 12 years. I work for a well know global machine manufacturer. This is truly impressive and educational. I could ask a million questions man. Keep up the great work.
I learned air carbon arc gouging in high school, and it was one of the most fun things I ever did. I REALLY want to get back into it now. 😄
19:33 Idk why but slipping that huge cylinder gland off the rod without even brushing against the threads was just awesome.
I can't believe I feel like you left us in suspense on a machining channel ! 🤣
yeah i mean wtf Curtis !
Great work. I was impressed that you got the run out on the lathe to zero on such a big part. That’s a great collection of machine tools.
Thank you for sharing this. very enjoyable to learn stuff outside my regular field.
Hahahaha somehow I knew there was gonna be a part 2! Great job gouging that nut off. Love the bloopers ! Lol at homie unlocking the toy from the floor
I am properly impressed by the kind of precision you managed to pull of with that gouger, I was expecting there to deep pitting in the threaded area where you cut through the nut.
Simply amazing work. Definite Skills.
Very nice production job of the video and great job, all around on removing the nut. Thank you. It is encouraging to see a professional run into aggravating troubles with a job like this. It makes me feel better about difficulties like these that I have had, often times, and have had to do some thinking and extra work to complete the job. I guess we all have those difficulties, at times.
Awesome job, I didn't think the air gouge could be so surgical, a lot better than oxy in that situation. Interesting work and a great job on the video Karen. Cheers Billo
I'm a little surprised the arc gouger was the tool of choice for this project. Really surprised it didn't get into the threads any worse than it did. I've always used the torch on piston nuts that were seized. And yeah, the ones where the nuts fit up inside the piston suck to cut but it can be done without any significant damage to either the piston or the rod.
This repair is worth every penny charged as it will be good as new. Great camera work as always makes for a very interesting project. Thanks for sharing.
Marvelous work good sir, beautiful lathe too and your shop is a proper man cave heaven,goodwill.
If it just were a straight nut, I would have tried to mill it like you gouged it, but with this collar part that sticks into the piston you had no choice, great decisison! 👍 I laughed so hard when Homeless released the suction cup, nice idea btw! 🤣🤣🤣 Thx for the vid, let's see how it goes with the new nut! 👍👍👍
It may well have undone enough to mill the rest off once it was relieved, trouble with a galled thread is you never know if it's going to get worse or undo?? I would have been tempted to try and undone it after the first cut it may well have been enough. All in all its off and the rod is saved so job done, master of the ship chooses the heading.
You can mill wit angled mill and go 45° for example, so you can reach under that collar. And then use wide wedge and hydraulic press to crack the nut loose
I'd be afraid to gouge, so would've gone on the lathe. Just a small tack weld on end of rod to hold the nut from breaking loose unexpectedly.
Need to tie the toy to the forklift, I dont think he can pull that but he dosent know that !?!?!
Damn those are some fine pitch threads for such a large bolt. Nice work.
Has to be, lots of tension applied to those threads when in use, so the area of thread has to be much larger than the rod area to not suffer from fatigue. Plus only half of the thread area is engaged at best, simply because of the machining, and needing to keep some space for the nut to turn when installing or removing.
@@SeanBZA Great explanation. Thanks 🤙🏻
Best part of the video? Homeless un-hooking the suction cup at the end. LOL
Homie just makes my day! Thanks for sharing him with us.❤
The engineering content is fascinating as always. Sunset stunning, but that last outtake of Homie was awesome. Still laughing 5 minutes later!
quickly got the trick ! 😂
What a pain in the patootie to get that nut off. Great save. Had no idea gouging rods had that much accuracy.
They are that accurate when wielded by Kurtis. I'd probably have cut right through the cylinder rod 😧!
Brilliant work, and thank you for sharing your expertise with us all, wonderful.
Hi, Folks. GREAT stuff. I like the explanations of the planning of what to do and how to do it and the dollars involved for the parts as much as the 'ackshull' work itself. Gotta 'lurve' the bloopers and other bits at the end too. I have spent nearly 60 years operating earth moving machinery and now like to kid myself that I have some small idea of the 'suffering' that such machines are often subjected to. I also LOVE the way that 'dumm mutt' went straight for the lock on the suction cup at the end. Thank you. Just my 0.02. You all have a wonderful day. best wishes. Deas Plant.
Hello from California, big fan of your channel. Makes me miss when I used to run a heavy equipment work shop, love ur guys pup btw🤜🤛🙌
hey mate thanks for supporting the channel over there!
That absolutely ridiculously uncooperative bloody hunk of fricken threaded steel !!. Thank you for the Birthday shoutout, it meant a lot 🥰😍
The out takes were golden!
I'm from London and I visited Australia in 2016, touring it extensively for a month. I must say that this fella has the best old cockney accent I've heard in years. Great to know it persists in our old colonies. Warms the cockles, it does.