Hey guys, Tune in as I make some repairs to this John Deere skidsteer. It may be familiar to some of you, it is a common problem. I wasn't able to complete the job like I normally would have liked but it was beyond my control. Kick back, enjoy your favorite snack and fire up the keyboards. haha. Thank you for your support. I'm looking forward to the comments.
Having the opportunity to work with both your Dad and your Son is really cool. Every time I watch your videos I learn something and am extremely impressed with your pride in workman ship.
I appreciate that!
@@ICWeld we’re did you get the DCEP decal on your hood I’ve been trying to find it everywhere I really like that one. Thanks for the content man keep up the amazing work hope you and your family have a great day
We had a saying at were I used to work, "you can't fix stupid, but you can bill for it!". Wallowed out is the term, and you are correct about how bad it is/was on those hinge/mount points. You do good work and if I was in TX, I would hire you for my equipment repairs, and approve your suggestions. Great work as always!
Love that saying 😂
i work for a Cat dealer and I totally agree !!
I echo that comment
Permission to borrow that statement? 😂
But we say, "It's wallered out and buggered up." ; regardless of spelling. It's a colloquialism.
Dad does good work. He needs a BIG raise.
IC Weld is the most wholesome welder on KZhead I've ever come across. It isn't just the talent and years of experience he clearly has, it's the whole ethos and attitude behind it. Much love from Australia.
The only thing that could make IC Weld any better would be that if he were from Oklahoma and not Texas.
In most cases the customer could have the part cleaned up before they bring it to you. Great job as usual! 👍
Cleaning prior to any repair should be mandatory
@@BravoSeven Going by the fact that their idea of "maintenance" is to throw 16 buckets of grease at a loose hole... i'd say no. It boggles the mind, with these types, that just don't get that preventative maintenance and biting the bullet when major repairs are in order is always the right choice. I've never seen half-assed work that pays off. Not in the long term. That's why we can buy 10 machines at half price to make 1 good one. Because they went out of business "being smart".
@@jeromebarrette954 I weld for a garbage disposal plant occasionally and that is one thing that they have to do before I weld or I will do it myself and charge accordingly.
Where I work we get a lot of machines from the landfill. You can easily spend a day or 2 just cleaning the machine off to start doing the repairs. After getting billed at full shop rate several times, the finally wisened up some and clean them off the best they can.
@@SuperSecretSquirell sometimes it takes a little pain of pocket before they get the idea🤷🏼♂️
If your customer did not know you dont work weekends he did not ask enough questions of you People dont understand the meaning of a PROPER repair VS. getting the machine back in the field and hoping it still works Excellent video sir Dont compromise your work for anyone Always do the best work possible
There is that old sign that needs to be up in every shop I can do it right, I can do it cheap, I can do it fast - Pick any two
I truly admire how you include all of the start to finish; “down and dirty” aspects of the job! Not just the PRESTO, all done approach. Learn a lot from you and appreciate the thought and labor you put into each job! You are so blessed to have your Pop still with you and helping!🙏. Another PROPER job by Isaac and Family!⭐️⭐️😇⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'd like to meet him. A true craftsman.
I appreciate that!
I am a remodeling and repair carpenter, that does some welding to boot, and I am always amazed at how people who have never done "the work" know "what it should take" and "how long it should take" to do a repair job.
And they want it done for 0 money to boot.
They always want the fastest cheapest way but don't want to pay twice. We do what we can, with what we are presented with. Nice work as always.
Heh. I had a platoon sergeant in the Army who used to say "If you want it real bad (meaning in a hurry), you'll get it real bad." Words of wisdom :-)
I have a deep admiration for you fellas that work on heavy equipment. Seems it’s always covered in grease, oil, and mud. The owners and operators rarely give the machines proper maintenance. They call in the professionals (like Isaac) to perform miracles in the field and always gripe about the cost. My hat is off to you, Isaac. Bless you and yours.
I have been watching your vids for a while. Looks like you are a awesome dad and son for letting son and pops be apart of your crew.
You live by my motto- Do it right or don't do it at all. Some people spend more money on beer than on their machines and then cry when the machine breaks down. Good honest work as usual. Thanks.
You're correct about over greasing and not cleaning grease points. Too much is almost as bad as not enough. Equipment should be washed weekly and prior to services to detect leaks and potential issues. Great video.
I thought it was easier to detect leaks when there’s dirt on the machine
@@Johnnyreengo With a clean machine you can find where it's leaking and what type of fluid is leaking easier when it's clean. The dirt absorbs the fluid and just shows wetness.
@@tct9mm151 But the dirt shows the tracks of where is has been leaking. Also, if it's clean when a mechanic looks at it, lots of small leaks can't be seen. I like to look over things when they are dirty so I can trace back to where the leak comes from.
Dirt it’s attached to the oil and leaves visible track lines.
"Too much grease is almost as bad as not enough" Hahahahahaha There are very rare grease points that can be greased too much, like under the cab on an excavator, but other than those rare examples, there's no such thing as too much grease. You'll just waste grease as it's pouring out of the joint but the joint will continuously take grease and won't hurt a thing.
When I operated equipment,every morning started with greasing all pivot points,bucket pins,dozer blade pins etc! I had to pump out all of the old grease,then wipe off all the excess! Everything we had looked and worked like it was brand new!
Always great to watch you . I love your doggo . She looks beautiful .
Issac, after watching many of your repair videos that you put up on youtube , I have to admire the fact that you take on the repair as if its your piece of equipment. That says a lot in my book. I'm sure your repeat customers know and appreciate that also. Caring has put you where you are now. Keep doing what your doing.👍
"There's never time to do it right but always time to do it again." I worked with industrial and utility electrical distribution equipment. I marveled at how customers would rather let equipment blow up and cost many times more than what an earlier repair would have cost.
You can tell this was going to be a mess by the poor condition of the skidsteer. If a guy doesn't take good care of his own equipment... he's probably not going to pay someone else to fix things correctly. You did the best you could.. with what they allowed you to do!
Same thing in the industrial mechanic world. Just get it running, right or wrong. One of the reasons I don’t enjoy the job at times. Save a buck to just have it break again in a couple months
It never ceases to amaze me that people bring jobs to someone, who was probably recommended, and then tell them how to do the work, in other words they ask for a neater bodge please, not a proper fix. Good, Fast, Cheap: You Can Only Pick Two!
Got to love it when the "patient" tells the "surgeon" how to do a heart transplant... well done on the surgery, doc!
Your puppy can poke his nose into the shot any time he likes! 😄
This guy is very good on his job, He really knows what is doing.
That wouldn't impress me either .if I was good enough to start the job I'm good enough to finish the job. Those customers you don't need . Yet it all helps at the end of the month Awsome video Great job
I enjoy how you work with certain activities, I hope you will continue to make the videos.
A valuable repair man dose what the customer wants. And delivers the best product he can . I feel your pain dealing with wants vr right . But that's why we get work . We make it work anybody can throw on all new parts
It's not properly repaired though..that was more or less a field expedient repair just to get the machine back in operation...it WILL fail prematurely because the cust didn't want to repair it properly...good on him for documenting it and ensuring it won't blow back on him when it does fail again and the cust tries to litigate because it didn't "run like new"
Good to see the customer cleaned it before bringing it in for repair!
I really hate to say it but it looks like folks bring you projects that others can't fix or screwed up the repair to begin with. You are a trooper and I really appreciate these videos and your dedication to an profession that is losing interest!
No need to hate saying it. That's a tribute. Competence is rare in the world and valuable.
Innovative approach in aligning to remnants of mounting surfaces, while linearly aligning bushings
You've EARNED the right to your OWN Weekends!!! That's how you roll.
Thank goodness for those in field fabricated dirt grease seals. The customer knows better, since he is the one paying the bills. Hopefully another customer will come to fill the work gap.
Dad did a great clean up and prep job !!
You did the best you could do in advice, work and ethics. It's great that we're all able to now record the goofs and problems as we proceed. My hat's off to you for maintaining your reputation and common sense! Thanks for another great video and life lesson!
Good work! I totally understand your frustration with a job that is not to your standards because the customer wants it cheap. Tough to do a good job on a half-way basis when the customer doesn't understand what it takes to make it right. I get too much of "just do it quick". I've finally "trained" my serious customers to let me do it right. In the end, they are happier with the job because it stays fixed, and I can repair something else instead of re-doing a half way repair. My dad had a sign in his shop that said something like "the satisfaction of a quality job remains long after the thrill of a cheap price dims."
We don't care about the noise That's what makes it real. I think most of us would watch this in real time.
I hear exactly what you’re saying about the customer giving you a uneasy feeling about trust and paying! I had a crane service for a few years and one customer wanted me to drive on a school yard playground and I said my crane is a 56000 pound unit with tandem front and back axles and I will have to drive in and then back up to the building and I said imagine rutted mess and then x it by 20 and he said don’t worry don’t worry but I made him sign and print my rental agreement and that covers me if it goes to court but who wants to go through all that but a friend of mine who is a really nice guy but calls it out if he sees that something is wrong and it all worked out but he was dragging his feet paying! And I wasn’t sleeping much through all that. But I am with you about doing the job professionally if someone says don’t put your outrigger all the way out because he thinks it will save him a nickel on the bill I usually say you hired the wrong guy and sometimes it is good because I want to work for the guys that want to work with me so to bad sometimes it causes grief! But I loved the video and like you said keep on trucking!
Good Day Amigo, I think i need to visit Texas again. It's been a long time. You are so casual about setting "rests" that I'm sure many don't notice how effective it is to have good "steady rests" and checking your work swing. I did work for a farmer for four years (after retiring from the "Big Yellow Worm") that thought it important to wash the "tools" before we greased!. Thusly, we didn't find those killer damages in the field and a long way from the shop!~!!!!!! I'd sure like to see you "teaching" at our community college. We are of course in the heart of corn and bean growing. "Farms" are getting bigger and huge comp ared to 25 years ago. They have begun a program that concentrates on the hard skills. I am totally amazed every time I watch you "cut/gouge"!!~!!!!~!!!!~~~!!!!! They may say the customer is always right. The customer is not always right but they are still the customer...... Well, you don't have to serve him again!!!!!!
When a customer comes to a professional and wants something done half assed they need to specify how they want it done. You should have a sign that says your a professional shop and you do excellent work so if you want half done work go to a shop that does half the work 👍
In other videos your son is working with you in this video your dad is working with you it’s so nice too see a family and three generations all together. Great too see this my friend.
As an old friend of mine used to say: "why is there never time and money to do it right in the first place but always time and money enough to do it over?". This guy obviously doesn't have a clue. Yes, grease it BUT also clean it. The liberal application of a pressure washer would work wonders in preventing a lot of repairs. I wouldn't want to look at the bottom of those rods. All that dirt is destroying rods, seals, pins, etc. I don't think I'd care if he never came back. Kudos for taking weekend off. You deserve it.
Customer is always right in matters of taste.
Every job a gem! 👍👍👍
A steam cleaner is money in the bank, saves on repair bills and when it does need repaired the person working on it will like you more and know you have pride in your equipment.
I only do light welding and I don't even work on heavy equipment and watching these videos I always find something useful that I can apply to other stuff I do. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Wanted to see a great stack of dimes. Needs to be steam cleaned. Very clear video.
beautiful work also a good tradesman does it right no short cuts
Always happy to get the work Isaac, and in my younger days, I would pretty much take on any job that came in. Now that I’m sixty-one, and retired for the most part have done my time. I will do some jobs for lifelong customers or friends, but find myself refusing work. Just some of these that were never maintained or improperly maintained, and a lot that are just plain neglected! Way too many out there want the quick fix, not the right fix! IMHO. You are a craftsman, and a credit to the trade!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Don't spoil a ship for a ha'peth of tar' springs to mind! fancy him not letting you do it properly. I guess he will be back with more work sooner than he bargained for lol. Another great video.
Isaac, that's a repair it "Right", tell him the cost, then tell him to pay you what he thinks he owes you. If he shorts you from a fair and square job, then you thank him for not ever bringing his repair work to you again. Make sure there are witnesses to the transaction and don't say another word. The stars will align. Your rep will soar as one who does the job to be done...once. The only guys he will be able to get to work on his equipment are the ones who would cost him anyway. "Wallered"....good word in central Texas. I've used it all my 71 years.
Wow the least they could have done was wash off all the grease and dirt and such before bringing it to you to fix !! I think you did a great job fixing everything !! Great video as always and top quality work !!👍👍
Shortcuts rarely pay off, as an electrician it really chaps my ass when people want to cut corners. My favorite line is, "we've been doing it like this for years".
Seems you handled this transaction like a gentleman. If it was me . It would be triple the cost on his next estimate . In hopes he would find someone else. Winner winner chicken dinner.👍🏻
The great part about being a sm. business owner is being able to tell customers to pack sand. I've chosen to not do business with rude people on the front end and did it with a smile on my face. If they are a jerk before doing business with them, imagine what they'll be like after...
The right customer is right. The wrong customer costs you money and time.
Value the time spent hanging out with your Pops my friend! I miss mine every day. I'm sure yours if very proud of your talents and ethics. We all know that people who operate that type of equipment certainly own a steam cleaner. I ask them if they neglect to bathe before going to a doctor as well? We have to train our customers at times, and at your skill level, it's certainly okay to fire them as well. Trust me, it gets easier and easier the older you get.
Boy that’s really neat I never seen arc gouging through a lens before I really appreciate that I want to get one for my ag repairs I do it’s so much faster and cleaner then hacking around with a torch
Hopefully someday you will get a customer to will take the time to clean their equipment just a little before you get to repair it!
I hope so too
You make your shower really good to watch with your sense of humor I love that man keep up the good work
I appreciate that
And again another awesome job , its a good thing to see your father on the job site , I truly miss mine ! Please more videos , Alan Thomas
More to come!
Man, when this thing starts to burn you can call "Red" Adair to blast the fire out. Anyway good work as always and you are absolutely right with the use of old and new parts together with this. 😁
One thing that I learned over the years as both a contractor and customer is that you can tell a lot about a contractor by the condition of the equipment that they use. I had subcontractors that came in with beat up equipment on my jobsites and they did shit work, cut corners and ended up being back-charged by my company for shoddy work. There are times when you need to cut corners to get something done, but you don't do that with heavy equipment.
As someone who does that same work as Mr torch-Norris -this. I like to explain like pinching a broken brake line off to get home, you don’t leave it that way, unfortunately some do leave it.
Need a video the all three generations on a project! Great stuff!
I don’t blame you for documenting it there is a name for someone like that
I'm in Northern Ontario Canada, always look forward to your videos , being CWB certified for structural welding I find your approach to every job informative and fun to watch, keep up the good work, and invest in a good power washer, lol.
Great to see more gouging & welding! "You can lead a horse to water"..... For some reason, some folks prefer to fix things halfway, but do it twice as often- 🤣😂 Great video anyway. Thanks!
There's a saying here in Argentina. It translates to something like "cheap stuff is expensive"... I'm sure that was much more expensive and complicated than doing it the right way to begin with
Sometimes one worries if one is up to the customer standards, but sometimes it is if the customer is up to your own standards. Been there.
Wow!!! Some of the best arc gouging shots EVER! Bravo to a job well done setting up the perfect camera angle and sharing your process. Skid steers are difficult in the sense that they're used for so many different things that customers always need them back as "fast as you can." Contracts and deadline pressures put tremendous pressure on folks.
i didn't understand how an arc gouger works until i saw this. it blows compressed air to take out the molten metal
I am surprised you didn't pressure wash all the crud off before you started the repair. Great job repairing something so badly damaged.
He is a welder/fabricator...not a pressure washer, that should be a billable operation if the cust doesn't deliver it clean
I'd rather work on dirt and grease than mud/ dirt and grease can be scraped off and swept up, just my opinion from working in the feild.
@@tommussington8330 When you have to worked on something that been stream clean. You never want to you work on grease/ mud again. The great thing steam it doesn't make a wet mess.
Great work on your part. You learn who you want your long term customers to be partly based on their desire to do things properly, so they don't then bring them back and tell you it's broken again. From the looks of that machine, it will be dead soon from lack or proper maintenance.
Oh look 👀 another IC Weld vid 👏
Thank you Isaac. The grease fire will save on welding gas😂😂😂.
Isaac I have an old saying that I live by never have time to do it right but you always got time to do it over I’ve lived by that for long long time great job you can’t please everybody and good for you you only work five days a week probably 12 hours a day you’re not 20 anymore you’re probably not even 40 anymore I don’t blame ya five days a week is enough take care yourself keep up the great work love the videos your Yankee friend from back here in New England junkman do
i hit Five Zero already.😒😒😁😁😉
Love your videos, real-world repairs. Great close-up camera work, especially during the cutting. You need to get your dad one of your tan shirts, they look really sharp.
I happy you documented it to that machine will not last as long as it should with those short cuts
I’m not a welder or no where near but I like looking at your videos 💪🏻
You do excellent work, they should notice that and listen.
Isaac I always enjoy your sense of humor & professional approach to doing the job the right the first time. Your skill level using carbon arc gouging is impressive. More guys would use less grinding wheels if the utilized more carbon arc gouging in many applications. Anther good video!
Just look at the chrome on those rods! This machine is beatup.
> yup, wallered out is a word here the philippines; along with flaming gumba for all that torch ignited greasy dirt. cutting them bolts is the best way of not being asked to re-use em...thumbs.
Great vid as usual, Isaac. I am shocked to see the level of neglect evidenced on this machine. It probably hasn’t had that much attention since it was manufactured, but you bite your tongue and do your magic. 🙏🏼
Great video brother!! Your so right on shortcuts. It usually causes double work!👍👍👍
Thanks for the great arc gouging shots. That is one thing I haven't learned, but it is on my list.
One thing I always tell myself is I didn't break it so don't feel bad about billing for it. The customer is rarely ever right, they are trying to spend the least but you want to fix it right, sometimes it is better to just have them take it to someone else than put your name on a crap job. You did a great job with the cards you were dealt.
Guy really skimped out on a couple bolts wow 😯
Greetings, I really enjoy your channel, and your craftsmanship. Also, your demonstrations of when things don’t always go, so well, as in not just showing the stuff that goes right. As a sidenote, I am really impressed with your musical selections, and the high production quality they have. My background is as a musician and recording guy, and the selections I have observed are top notch!
Interesting job. A dollar spent on maintenance saves 10 bucks in repair. On the other hand its good billable time. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome work as usual... this is eye candy for me.
Love the video Isaac. Keep them coming sir.
Sometimes it’s better to walk away from a customer like that, more trouble than their worth. Especially when your reputation comes into question. 👍🏴
Enjoy the time with your dad. Mine taught me how to get started working for myself. I lost him 5 years ago, there’s times I want to turn around and say Dad what do you think? Sure miss those days.
yeah man. i bet. sorry for the loss.
Good idea using the angle iron to align them.
I was thinking a bar, but the angle iron was ALOT cheaper and easier :)
Been watching your channel for a while now, like how you work and lets get it done approach. your the professor of weld. Keep up the good work.
You are skilled craftsman not a hack. It's better to turn away some jobs. I have learned this from my 17 years in my current trade, there is the right way or the highway. If something goes wrong and someone gets hurt because the customer wanted you to "farm tech" the repair you will be surely be named in the lawsuit and the customer will be floating the river "da Nile". CYA and demand professionalism and standards from your customers. It will pay out in the long run. I would have told the customer to bring the machine back when it was cleaned and provided a writen quote with the requred parts and procedures to repair the machine. If they don"t want to do it correctly then let them go elsewhere. I will say it again you are a skilled professional craftsman.
Bloody unreal They couldnt be bothered to spend a bit more money and get it done write. What a wally. Like you said at least you got it documemted that he wanted the short cut. It must piss you off when you get customers like that . YOUR work is so good but idiots like that only want a half done job. I wouldn't be doing any more work for him. You obviously cannot give a guarantee under those conditions. He should of done it himself. Lol. Great work. THANKYOU Andy Australia
Thanks Issac.., enjoyed watching the rebuild process. As far as shortcuts. Cheap is as cheap does.
Doing things the right way. Great. I love to work like that too.
Another awesome video Isaac! Great to see your dad out there helping you. Keep him active in your life. I miss doing what you do with my dad, but for me it’s time to pass on the torch. Don’t worry about customers like that, they steal your joy and worries are nothing but vapors, they have no power. Keep up the good work! Jesus is Lord!
There's never enough time to do it once, but there's always enough time to do it twice.
Got the "uncleaned machine" T shirt many times over. Farmer's (who most of my mobile welding repair work is for) never clean their machines or whatever it is that needs repairing prior to my arrival. I also understand the situation with customers wanting to cut corners. I had a customer recently that wanted me to weld a headstock to a headstock by the "just mig it on" method. In other words do a hot glue gun style stick them together and it will do. Havnig looked at it and decided it couldn't be safely done in an hour, I took him the parts back and advices him to stick together himself. Politely of course! Interesting video because you show a way of aligning the taper cones and the pitfalls of working with some customers. Much respect!
I hope you pay your helper (dad) well! He looks like a keeper.