Big Problem Ends This Week Short

I think your calm demeanor in the face of problems may be as impressive as your work ethic. You’re amazing… 👏👏

Chris' biggest and probably last crushing job.

That is one complex machine, and it takes a bit of a beating just doing what it does, so yeah problems are to be expected...but a lot of the problems you have had are directly related to how the machine has been maintained...long before you got it. I know the frustration you must feel. It sucks.

Bummer on the belt. Thank you Zach for the great video shots from the top of the pile. Robert as usual doing such a fine job. I am amazed at how quickly you ran through that huge pile of concrete, Chris. I'm sure you will be happy when this is finished. But I appreciate you bringing us all along with you. Thanks for that.

The rental company sent you their maintenance problems . When it's time to pay the bill, adjustment is in order. Make them pay for your down time.

The transformation of this part of the site is remarkable and when the going gets tough some keep going and others are gone

Surprised the crusher holds up as well as it does its job 👍🏻🇺🇲

Having both machines working does make for a smoother operation

It is what it is! If it was easy everybody would be doing it. Have a good one Chris,take care and God Bless!!!❤😊

You've done a man's job sir! Maintaining a good attitude while having problems is crushing it!👏

It's a beautiful thing, watching two well maintained excavators working side by side with rhythm!.

That one shot shows why all the fines seem to go to one side. The wind separates it as it falls out of the conveyor.

I had a small plant with 3 50' radial stackers (made 3 different size products at the same time). I always enjoyed watching the 'pebbles rain' off the end of the stackers...and I throughly enjoyed watching this operation! Thanks for the video!!!

The only time machines break down is when you’re using them and then it’s usually right in the middle of a really good run. Crushers and conveyors take a pounding and quite possibly you got hold of a machine that had not had good maintenance pulled on it. Tough break, stay the course, you’ll come out a winner, thanks for the update, enjoy the videos.

So sorry for the breakdown. Better days ahead. God Bless.

You are the best. Hope the customer is paying you a helluva lot for this hellacious job!!

That crusher will damn sure be returned in much better condition than when you got it….. 🇺🇸🇨🇱

Note to self! Never purchase a second hand crusher.

That’s crazy how that crusher separates all that rebar and debris! 👌🏻

They fix belts on gold rush in one episode haha. That sucks thanks for the videos. Stay safe

Rockin&Rollin,&Crushin,,!!! No matter what you do,,You are the MAN ,,!!! LET'S DIG 18,,!!! THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US PATRIOTS ❤, YOU ARE BLESSED! ❤️

Lots of maintenance. That's the Crush Life!

No wonder the other contractor walked away from that job.

Let’s get ready to “CRUMBLE”!!!!

Like Roseanne Roseannadanna would say "it just goes to show you, it's always something - if it ain't one thing, it's another."

Can almost smell and taste the concrete dust. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing. Wish you well.

Yep, when it rains it pours doesn't it? Yeah it's not good for the belt but that's part of the job. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

Ready to see some roads built or some ponds.

Hello Chris, it's a wonderful thing to see people like Robert and Zach show up to help you with your projects. Robert does whatever you ask him to do and he's a machinist. Would be fun to see a video of you helping Robert at the machine shop.

That sucks. In my own experience rental equipment only get the most basic maintenance from the rental company, because so many different people operates them, and they do not always treat the equipment nice, so it'll be worn out prematurely, no matter the quality of the maintenance.

Every job, every project always has some problem to work out to keep production going. You have worked to finish what others started and gave up on after the 'easy work' was done. Your and Robert`s work ethic is commendable. I remember when concrete was $50 per yard out of the truck,,,used and broken waste was for bulkhead fill of shoreline. Now that its pushing $300 per yard, used concrete is a valuable commodity.

You are right about that if you aren't having breakdowns you are definitely not crushing.

"Rocking an rolling now!" Good one, Chris.

Such a great project. I've really enjoyed following along!

Job well done 👍🏻 5:46 love how your friend gets in the camera frame 😂

I don't miss working a crushing crew at all!!!!

Now we can see why nobody comes back to finish a crushing concrete job great video thanks Chris and Robert and maybe Charlie

Thanks for the video on crocher .

Good luck Thanks

The phenomena of the finished products being separated like the bigger stuff than the finer stuff in the pile.It's because the wind is blowing the finer stuff 21 side and the heavier stuff says to the other side

Thanks for the timelapse, looks impressive!

Hang in there Chris, it'll get better soon.

As business owner you live and learn as a former contractor you eventually determine which stuff makes money and what don’t

Good morning Robert❤

Happy Easter to you and your family, God bless.

If didn't have a problem during the job It wouldn't be a job. Thanks for the video

Just commenting for the algorithms. You'll have that on them big jobs!

A crushing defeat to an otherwise stellar week. Out of all of the jobs you've taken on, this one seems to be the most labor intensive. A guy needs eyes in twenty places at once, definitely no small undertaking. This stuff will happen, better days ahead, awesome job so far with 2-1/2 massive piles. At least you have material to use on the road until you get a belt.

With all that material you can make a lot of roads . That was a nice size pile of rebar to.

An hour of maintenance is preferable to days of breakdowns in my book

Remarkable craftsmanship displayed by these industrial giants.

I hope you got the rental insurance. 🤣🤣 Anything that runs conveyor belts is only an eye blink away from ruining your day. That’s going to take a lot of zip ties and duct tape.

nice to have a variety even if you wouldn't want to do it all the time

Great video, love the diffrent shots that show your progress. 🇺🇲👍

6:07 a really good view of why the fines wind up on the far side of the pile.

yeah its tough to keep a crushing operation going solo you just about need a full time mechanic part time operator just minding the crusher and the belts

Well, that certainly would shut you down hard. fun to watch you work with this machine… loved it a few years ago when you used it before and still enjoy.. too bad you’ll be down for a few days I’m sure…

I'm glad I wasn't the only person to have issues running an impact crusher. They work great when they work. But that's really not to often

With Zach - who needs a drone!

That’s what I call crusher run

Chris, you were going so well and getting towards the end of crushing !! It's not your fault that the belt broke, it may have had a weak section and needs to be repaired or replaced. Stick with it and the outcome will be fantastic to you and the owner of the property. Greetings from Australia

The place looks a lot better . I'm glad you had a crew there , nice extra footage from the job site wanderer 🤣

That's a self destructive device it's like a redheaded step child you got to constantly got to do something to it

Last night I watch the video from three years ago...you and Charlie crushed concrete for a lumber yard parking lot....you cone along way....thanks for the videos...

this clearly shows why "fines" fall on one side and the coarser stones fall on the other. plain as day

What a bummer that a crushing way to end the week.

I don't read all the comments but I think I figured out for myself why the tailings could be one side of the pile, the wind blows the tailings to the side as it comes of the conveyor. Man I just knew Chris was going to say "LET'S GET READY TO CRUMBLE!!!" . LOL

At least you have the fuel trailer to help reduce the maintenance time. Imagine doing fuel with your old buddy tank and a grease gun lol.

I used to wonder why so many operators had back problems, but after watching Chris rag-doll around in the cab, I think I understand.

I was operating a power screener few years back we putting out different grades of stone and I was running a loading shovel to pile materials up in between loading with excavator 👍 watching again Chris

Belts wear out pretty fast on a machine like that,just a matter of when.

Heya Chris. Wow. What an ordeal this has been for you. I guess looking back on it after you're done will give you alot of reasons for never ever doing this again! I'm certainly no expert in this, but it seems to me alot of the problems have been with the inferior and poor maintenance and service on a piece of equipment like this. The very last thing you said was the circ belt had a tear in it?? Wtf!! How does a rental company send out a piece of equipment like this without a thorough going over?? At the very least, they should give you a huge credit or reimburse you for lost time etc having to deal with their carelessness. Word will get around within the industry and that company should cease to exist. Hang in there. And sincere thanks for all you do that is honourable, honest and appreciated.

In one of your previous crushing videos you commented about the fines being separated on the pile. Look at around 8:00 - it looks like the wind may play a part in where the fines end up in the pile.

The different camera views made it more interesting to watch. 👍

I really liked the time lapse video and all the different angles, very nice while it lasted.

I don't remember meeting Robert. He is around a lot he is amenable to the idea, an introduction for those of us who are incurable curious would be nice! Maybe the other cast members of your menagerie too!

[5:58] The Third Man [10:22] The 220 keeps up with the crusher well enough :-) [19:51] That belt will cost a few dollars to replace. [19:40] Would be a good idea to get the other pieces of rubber, before relocating to the next section, so as to get more stuff crushed and crush the problems :-)

mbmm has a turnkey system for processing ores to get precious metals from, they have vids of the system on their yt channel. the vids show how much difference proper maintenance being done makes. while their gear is smaller, crushing hard rock ores is just as hard on the gear and they put the effort in to keep it running right, even to make the maintenance easy to do. the system is a jaw crusher, a conveyer into a hammer mill into a shaker-table into 4 outputs, the 4th being the tailings that drop into a screw conveyer that lifts out the tailings and separates them from the water the hammer mill and shaker-table use. the water is sent into a setting tank and is reused by the system. the first 2 outputs are the pay dirt the 3rd might have some ores but usually not. small gear for smaller tasks but it gets pounded as hard by the tasks.

Bummer , that thing is pretty bad azz when its working ... 1000 tons a day is a lot of material .

Any kind of work when you have a conveyer you will get problems and if the servicing is not up to a good standard then crap will happen it's a sham your getting it through Chris, crusher pads and a water leek and now the belt saying bye bye, I just hope the rental company are on the ball and get you a new belt and the rubber guards so you can get back to crushing asap because you still have the concrete bases to crush up that other road, I wish you good luck with the rental company and they get you back working quickly thank's for your great videos they bring back many memories of when I was on site work from shovelling muck by hand to operating excavators and even repairing them.

Losing a belt brings back some tramatic memories for me.....I had just gotten over the pointing and laughing and now this! :)

Chris I definitely feel like you are doing your part a the renter as far as respecting the equipment, but this rental company has sent you a piece of junk that has not been maintained or checked our at all between renters. They should definitely knock some money off the rental fees.

It is very annoying, if on the last Worktime the Convetor Belt to tear! The Time Planing for this Work not to observance is. Then a new Convetor Belt new to instsll to take a long Time. Thank for this good Video. 💪👌👍🥵

That concrete has to be hard on your equipment.

Anybody can do the easy jobs. Cudoes to Chris and Robert for doing such a tough job that needed doing. Not being a contractor myself I don’t know how u would bid a job like this if not on a cost plus basis. Great job anyway

Best idea you had was to rent this unit. Tell them to get a new belt on order. Hate to see this for your progress to take the hit though!!

You'll have that on them big jobs, lol. I am enjoying the crushing job. I missed the video where you explain what all this road base is for.

I think anyone who runs or has run any heavy equipment has to be calm or become calm. Whether it's a combine harvester a forage harvester or even trucks you can get into some serious problems at least with rock crushing you don't have the pressure of weather and customer complaints. I think powerscreen Terex Finlay have revolutionized crushing and screening 30 years ago only static plants existed so everything would have to be hauled there or you would just have to bury it on site. I remember one such operation and when some breakdown would happen the 2 way radio would get busy and all available men would be called to help and service vans would arrive on site and work through the night and the weekend to get the plants back up and running. So breakdowns don't really phase us we just get involved and the buzz and adrenaline keeps you going plus you get the appreciation from the operator as someone who they can count on in crisis. Love watching the videos it's like a bus man's holiday to me.

Need to add a electric magnet bucket

Crushing is a cruel mistress. Just when you could see the light at the end, she snatched that victory right out of your hands, lol!

Chris, this has been a beast of a job, but I'm confident to say, you wouldn't have taken it if it wasn't going to pay off handsomely..$$$$ Peace, nicely done.

Id like to know at the end of the day how or if there was any savings on the amount of crush and run versus buying and hauling it to the site.

what that machine goes through I am surprises that it not breaking down all day ,,,tough machine

Oh Man !! Ain't that some BS !! Can't win for losing, seems like it's always something with a damn rental machine !! Seems like such a Big complex machine like that, that they would go over the whole machine before letting it go out the door again before everything was went over !! Dammit Man, hate that for ya Chris, that's costing you money every time that machine stops before your done. Well, It was a great video and it was going pretty damn good it looked like Man, always something !! jsmh... Well hell ,try again soon as ya get the dang belt !! lololol... Great as always Chris, Have a Great Evening , And, On too the Next !!

ouch , that sucks

Wish you could see the rocks actually getting pulverized in the machine

Well that's a bugger bro ya was going along well too. Safe travels. Ken.

on the WelderFabber channel he is always preaching that the crushers he works on need to have a dedicated person sent with them to oversee-operate when renting them out. To many things to maintain and go wrong to have JoeBlow rent out the machine and neglect it.

As the material falls off the conveyor, the bigger pieces fall straight down, and the fines are blown off to one side of the pile. Great job. Do you get paid for the repairs you do to the rental equipment?

Broken belt. A rental you have to maintain and repair. Bummer.