Your apprentice has great energy for that kind of work. He looks like he will be good at it. 👍
@rickbacon91508 күн бұрын
In the field action with the apprentice having some laughs and learning the trade- awesome. This is great content- love it!
@troubleis527110 ай бұрын
Great video. Your apprentice is getting good training. Clump of mud with everyone laughing is priceless.
@stevemcgarrett30310 ай бұрын
Instead of laughing why don't you call it what it truly was, dangerous and a form of bullying.
@6Diego1Diego910 ай бұрын
@@6Diego1Diego9 I'm sorry you've never had a fun job.
@stevemcgarrett30310 ай бұрын
@@6Diego1Diego9 you don't have many friends do you
@Bravo469910 ай бұрын
I remember being this age working thru HS and College operating skid steers, tractors, and front end loaders. I lost so much hearing in those years, I wish I could go back and tell my self to wear some hearing protection.
@chrisstromberg65277 ай бұрын
Huge respect for welders like you, salute from iraq
@ahmeds734510 ай бұрын
Incredible what you get done considering the job at hand. Whoever you're doing the work for can see your videos and know they've got one heck of a welder/problem solver on site. You'd definitely be my go to welder. These videos are amazing to watch cause you learn things about tasks that look impossible. 👍 Thanx.
@rapturebound19710 ай бұрын
have a great weekend Greg......making my Friday night complete getting to watch an On Fire Welding video....cheers from Florida, Paul
@ypaulbrown10 ай бұрын
Nice to see someone with an apprentice that doesn't treat them like garbage. Anybody under 30 reading this, spend your 20s learning as much as you can about whatever craft interests you the most. If you have 2 spare brain cells and can run your own small business, you will be a millionaire by your 40s. I have never seen the labor market in the shape it currently is.
@cg84697 ай бұрын
Greg, Videos are outstanding… we really enjoy on how you tackle these issues… take care my friend…😊
@alanschwier404510 ай бұрын
Good repair work man 👍 Lol 😢😂 cat mechanic 40 plus years ……. Years ago at Syncrude tar sands the operators found a way to get break time by filling the bowl (657’s) with overburden then pushing the ejector ahead with the apron down …. Ya you got it ,bolts torn out with the trunnions , apron arms bent We’d have two in the shop for repair , send one back to site and another would already be torn out ! Oh god the money wasted back then Heres another downtime gaurentee. Where the D9G’s were pushing fill over a bank they would go out over the edge and hit float ! The rod would fly right out the end of the lift cylinder. What a mess . They did it over and over again too wow !!!
@jacobuszwanenburg16294 ай бұрын
Nice, you fixed CATs design flaw.
@lactosis--undefined7 ай бұрын
I always think, why don’t they beef it up the way you’ve done, but then you wouldn’t have any work 🤷🏻♂️😂 Beautiful job man, thanks for sharing
@terrminatoragain46110 ай бұрын
You make that welding shit look easy! I've been watching a lot of your videos and must say it's nice to see someone that' takes pride in his work, perfected his craft. From one tradesman to another, much respect Sir!
@JimmyZ4089 ай бұрын
I always like seeing the repairs on the 637 for some reason. great job.
@familycornell886610 ай бұрын
That’s just flat out kicking butt with big boy equipment. Way interesting stuff to watch. Thanks
@frfrpr10 ай бұрын
12:45...using CAD....Cardboard Assisted Design........I love the way you think...PB
@ypaulbrown10 ай бұрын
It always surprises me how clean and neat the result is. Precision work really.
@zx8401ztv10 ай бұрын
i always enjoy your videos and the patience you have with your apprentice you'll pass off your work ethic which is important to these young people
@brianguest56110 ай бұрын
It only took you five hours .......... Very impressive. That was a lot of work. Keep up the great work guys. You channel should be up to 100K subs in no time.
@buynsell36510 ай бұрын
757👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing
@scotthultin776910 ай бұрын
O my God I hope he is ok
@scotthultin776910 ай бұрын
It's like, oh, you broke that? HERE BREAK THIS !
@jeffo88110 ай бұрын
I’m sure that you remember before you had impact wrenches but your apprentice doesn’t have any idea what it was like to have to pull on a wrench that is stuck as those bolts were. Very nice, now it’ll have to break somewhere else, don’t worry it will. Thank you for the video Thank you Sir
@dirtfarmer747210 ай бұрын
Your apprentice catching the dirt clod was classic
@jamesriordan349410 ай бұрын
You are the man. Beautiful work as always.
@glenngosline171010 ай бұрын
Job well done! Keep them coming! Again thanks for sharing a little bit of your world! 👌👍
@rudyrivera742610 ай бұрын
love your laugh at 1:40...that was hilarious
@ypaulbrown10 ай бұрын
Well thought out repair, nicely done
@timtarran812410 ай бұрын
Very informative. Good job ❤
@mahomaho74898 ай бұрын
Thank You for the great videos. I love seeing CAT equipment being serviced. A friend and I did an upgrade on five 794 truck frames in plant. We replaced the block at the rear of the frame rails. The original was a fabricated block of 2.5" plates. We cut that out and replaced it with a cast steel block. Fixture top and bottom, cut out block, prep and weld in the new block. 3" vee welds using dual shield flux cored wire on both ends of the block. Fun job.
@danielpullum190710 ай бұрын
You have great content and quite a variety of jobs coming in. Surprising that hinge pin not having any gussets or welded to the outer plate. You did a cracking job on this one. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you from London UK.
@raycollington431010 ай бұрын
Love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam and watch out for falling dirt lol
@samuelspencer919410 ай бұрын
Looked good. Always thinking ahead !
@suzylarry110 ай бұрын
You do GREAT work I really injoy watching thanks.
@tonyjones97159 ай бұрын
Well done! Glad the helper guy didn't get a concussion... 😅
@middleway18858 ай бұрын
You do nice work,sir
@magnum82648 ай бұрын
I really like to see you take pride in your workmanship it’s getting harder to find all of the videos that you do show it
@timf291410 ай бұрын
I really enjoy the video..I love my welding rig 😜 it's a smaller version of yours, having a crane, hydraulic compressor,a remote trailblazer (quiet one)is priceless..... it's what I have been working for my whole career for.... trying to get the right gear to make the job easer.... remember you only as good as your last job. Keep up the amazing work brother. Thanks
@dennisshort401510 ай бұрын
Really impressive!!
@davidtown682510 ай бұрын
I’ll give it to the boy that impact is pretty heavy 😂
@clappedshinobi286310 ай бұрын
101%-better than OEM! Thx for showing! 👍👍👍
@horstszibulski1910 ай бұрын
Only 5 hours? Wow! Nicely done
@whodat9010 ай бұрын
Quite the informative video on how those aprons are fitted , just goes to show how much pressure those pins are put up to if it breaks off and just chews that metalwork up ..nice repair and clean welds good fitting plate . Think the lad will be wearing a hard hat the next time he gets inside one of these machines to undo the bolts .. thanks for an enjoyable video
@garyyorke108010 ай бұрын
That fit up was so sharp
@RamsesTorresLifevantageIndDist10 ай бұрын
love ur work
@mariomuz810 ай бұрын
You are an artist
@juquinha719510 ай бұрын
Great looking work
@petermccuskey183210 ай бұрын
Love your channel
@TacticalMainframe10 ай бұрын
Great job!
@hardcoreplayafromthehimala488810 ай бұрын
nice work as always
@ggcutter409810 ай бұрын
Well said ,well done ,,, with u all the way!! Cheers!;-)!
@MySynthDungeon10 ай бұрын
That kid is so lucky to be an apprentice to you. I hope he realizes the opportunity to learn.
@timothyoneill315410 ай бұрын
Yeah, he'll learn skills that fabrication engineers can only dream about.
@stevo689 ай бұрын
That's why PPE is of the utmost importance on construction sites🤕🧝♀️😂😂😂
@nevillesmith979510 ай бұрын
Your apprentice is doing great he's getting used to the jokes and he's putting a little bit of meat on him best of luck to him and he has a damn good teacher, I can't get over the damage you have to repair I've driven moter scrappers in my past life and never done this sort of damage to them but I enjoy watching you and your work because you do everything to make the job as good if not better than when the machines were brand new, can you tell me what's happening to the cat that got hit into a hi-way bridge parapet that you had to rebuild all of the front right corner and other damage please?.
@mickbaker248310 ай бұрын
Waiting on some parts from CAT for that one.
@OFW10 ай бұрын
@OFW I just wondered what was happening with it and thank you for your reply because that's the first video I watched when I signed up to your channel and keeps me watching the very interesting work you do.
@mickbaker248310 ай бұрын
Great job
@michaelmackey7549 ай бұрын
Wondering why you didn't tie the gussets into the new skin too? A slot or a few well placed holes and you could have plug welded it all into a bombproof structure. Always enjoy watching you work =)
@chele-chele10 ай бұрын
I almost did that.
@OFW10 ай бұрын
Good job bro 👍🏼
@oscarborjon611210 ай бұрын
Nice Job!
@eamonmcdonnell827510 ай бұрын
great job!
@masseymm10 ай бұрын
Ouch... That hotdog has been pounding down that hallway for a good while.
@Look_What_I_Did10 ай бұрын
Stronger than factory. Gotta like that. 👍
@localcrew10 ай бұрын
I learnt to wear a site hard hat no matter how hot the weather from doing something similar - in my case less than a quarter fell on me than what hit your lad - and only half as far - had a hole in my head that needed seven stitches. There's also another downside - the scar used to be covered in hair!
@alanclark63910 ай бұрын
Just out of curiosity, has a lot of machinery you repair gotten better designs over years? Fascinating watching you work & neat to see your apprentice helping more…keep great videos coming. 😎😎
@ronpatterson548310 ай бұрын
A lot of what I repair is older but some of the new stuff fails especially if it’s abused or has a bad operator. I would say there isn’t much improvement.
@OFW10 ай бұрын
Don't know your background but your'e one talented guy with your field skills!
@russellgilson407210 ай бұрын
Красота👍
@grif766110 ай бұрын
Older and wiser says not that one chap !
@septicwhelk365410 ай бұрын
awesome. can you tell us more about your field truck/crane and the supplies you have in it.
@pavelow368 ай бұрын
Yes, There is a truck tour video.
@OFW8 ай бұрын
Amazing work Sir! I really like the way you added gussets to support the trunnion, and the side walls. Better than factory new! Thank you for these videos! The video and audio quality are superb. Btw, you have a wonderful bass/baritone voice. Do you ever sing in a group, or in a choir? The clarity of your vocal intonations is quite good! If you can sing on key, you might have a future in music after you step back from welding/fabricating.
@woodartist202110 ай бұрын
I have never sang. Never really thought about it.
@OFW10 ай бұрын
@@OFW They arent lieing you have a wonderful voice
@tannorstout74638 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@robinjchambers84510 ай бұрын
2:00 Always wear your hardhat. 🤣😂
@jaymann10 ай бұрын
Apprentice needs to bulk up a little.
@merkyworks10 ай бұрын
Yeah you did a nice job in the last one I don't understand why caterpillar makes those things so flimsy
@n.b.p.davenport70664 ай бұрын
Good repair!! You need to wear Safety Glasses..
@billsmith873910 ай бұрын
That is a great repair young man. One question though. Having cut the new infill panel with two 90degree corners and then welded into the dead end of the corner, would it be better practice to weld in towards a corner (say two inches from one side of a corner) and go around them and the stop say two inches beyond? Effectively, wrapping around the corners with a continuous weld rather than terminating all welds at the corners. This would possibly reduce the risk of cracking from a corner. Just a method I have used in the past. Much like when I weld a column to a base plate or I beam to an end plate. A bit like the airplane window theory of cracks developing from charp corners. Another way would be to radious the corners, I generally do that with fish plates and infill panels. Best regards, Jon.
@sackvilleweldingservices10 ай бұрын
Nice job. I wonder why Caterpillar doesn’t gusset the trunion to start with? Maybe on the current production?
@stevengiles34610 ай бұрын
good stuff 😀😀
@richmiller783410 ай бұрын
I really like your work. Your attention to detail and such. I was a carpenter by trade but still relate to what you do. It's good you're teaching the younger generation too.
@dankenney78278 ай бұрын
You enjoyed that dirt drop
@johnpope44647 ай бұрын
I can’t believe that pin thing was welded to that thin metal. You know that gate weighs a lot.
@oscarborjon611210 ай бұрын
HA HA HA This has to be the BEST Video so Far !
@melissatuason239510 ай бұрын
Gravity sucked for that split second there.😆
@tenthousanddays210310 ай бұрын
Are the skins made of mild steel? It seems the guys always have you come to fix these machines I think your repair was brilliantly done!
@JesusThineBeTheGlory10 ай бұрын
Technically yes, it’s A 572 why is basically grade 50 mild steel.
@OFW10 ай бұрын
You should get a air hammer you get you metal unstuck and use a blade to scrape off the mud and dirt
@randyhughes516010 ай бұрын
That should work. Hell you've go nowhere to go but up. LOL.
@ShainAndrews10 ай бұрын
Those are never heavy enough when they made those machines
@n.b.p.davenport70669 ай бұрын
"That ain't goin nowhere"
@tenthousanddays210310 ай бұрын
Bon,Boulo👍👍😄😄
@paulusmarc10 ай бұрын
Man. When that Dirt hit his Head, poor guy 😅
@jsote198810 ай бұрын
That trunnion has had more work done on it than Joan Rivers.
@trep5310 ай бұрын
Hearing protection ?
@jmyyer10 ай бұрын
2:20 hard hat & glasses or workers comp claim
@LanceMcGrew10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing guys 🦘
@kerrygleeson440910 ай бұрын
I've found that cutting the patch plate frist an use it as a template
@johnpope44647 ай бұрын
Great as usual! About how much does the apron weight?
@curtishatfield962910 ай бұрын
4,000 lbs
@OFW10 ай бұрын
@Jpaydirt would be proud to know you!
@Watchyn_Yarwood6 ай бұрын
Pozdro😊😊😊
@AdamCichanowski10 ай бұрын
You can make this shit up. Newby hazing. And the impact looks heavier than he does.
@thomas484410 ай бұрын
👍
@anatoliisliusar81293 ай бұрын
You need a needle scaler for packs in/ on dirt!!
@warrenmurphy51659 ай бұрын
Have one. It only works sometimes. You got to use different techniques depending on the type of compacted dirt.
Your apprentice has great energy for that kind of work. He looks like he will be good at it. 👍
In the field action with the apprentice having some laughs and learning the trade- awesome. This is great content- love it!
Great video. Your apprentice is getting good training. Clump of mud with everyone laughing is priceless.
Instead of laughing why don't you call it what it truly was, dangerous and a form of bullying.
@@6Diego1Diego9 I'm sorry you've never had a fun job.
@@6Diego1Diego9 you don't have many friends do you
I remember being this age working thru HS and College operating skid steers, tractors, and front end loaders. I lost so much hearing in those years, I wish I could go back and tell my self to wear some hearing protection.
Huge respect for welders like you, salute from iraq
Incredible what you get done considering the job at hand. Whoever you're doing the work for can see your videos and know they've got one heck of a welder/problem solver on site. You'd definitely be my go to welder. These videos are amazing to watch cause you learn things about tasks that look impossible. 👍 Thanx.
have a great weekend Greg......making my Friday night complete getting to watch an On Fire Welding video....cheers from Florida, Paul
Nice to see someone with an apprentice that doesn't treat them like garbage. Anybody under 30 reading this, spend your 20s learning as much as you can about whatever craft interests you the most. If you have 2 spare brain cells and can run your own small business, you will be a millionaire by your 40s. I have never seen the labor market in the shape it currently is.
Greg, Videos are outstanding… we really enjoy on how you tackle these issues… take care my friend…😊
Good repair work man 👍 Lol 😢😂 cat mechanic 40 plus years ……. Years ago at Syncrude tar sands the operators found a way to get break time by filling the bowl (657’s) with overburden then pushing the ejector ahead with the apron down …. Ya you got it ,bolts torn out with the trunnions , apron arms bent We’d have two in the shop for repair , send one back to site and another would already be torn out ! Oh god the money wasted back then Heres another downtime gaurentee. Where the D9G’s were pushing fill over a bank they would go out over the edge and hit float ! The rod would fly right out the end of the lift cylinder. What a mess . They did it over and over again too wow !!!
Nice, you fixed CATs design flaw.
I always think, why don’t they beef it up the way you’ve done, but then you wouldn’t have any work 🤷🏻♂️😂 Beautiful job man, thanks for sharing
You make that welding shit look easy! I've been watching a lot of your videos and must say it's nice to see someone that' takes pride in his work, perfected his craft. From one tradesman to another, much respect Sir!
I always like seeing the repairs on the 637 for some reason. great job.
That’s just flat out kicking butt with big boy equipment. Way interesting stuff to watch. Thanks
12:45...using CAD....Cardboard Assisted Design........I love the way you think...PB
It always surprises me how clean and neat the result is. Precision work really.
i always enjoy your videos and the patience you have with your apprentice you'll pass off your work ethic which is important to these young people
It only took you five hours .......... Very impressive. That was a lot of work. Keep up the great work guys. You channel should be up to 100K subs in no time.
757👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing
O my God I hope he is ok
It's like, oh, you broke that? HERE BREAK THIS !
I’m sure that you remember before you had impact wrenches but your apprentice doesn’t have any idea what it was like to have to pull on a wrench that is stuck as those bolts were. Very nice, now it’ll have to break somewhere else, don’t worry it will. Thank you for the video Thank you Sir
Your apprentice catching the dirt clod was classic
You are the man. Beautiful work as always.
Job well done! Keep them coming! Again thanks for sharing a little bit of your world! 👌👍
love your laugh at 1:40...that was hilarious
Well thought out repair, nicely done
Very informative. Good job ❤
Thank You for the great videos. I love seeing CAT equipment being serviced. A friend and I did an upgrade on five 794 truck frames in plant. We replaced the block at the rear of the frame rails. The original was a fabricated block of 2.5" plates. We cut that out and replaced it with a cast steel block. Fixture top and bottom, cut out block, prep and weld in the new block. 3" vee welds using dual shield flux cored wire on both ends of the block. Fun job.
You have great content and quite a variety of jobs coming in. Surprising that hinge pin not having any gussets or welded to the outer plate. You did a cracking job on this one. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you from London UK.
Love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam and watch out for falling dirt lol
Looked good. Always thinking ahead !
You do GREAT work I really injoy watching thanks.
Well done! Glad the helper guy didn't get a concussion... 😅
You do nice work,sir
I really like to see you take pride in your workmanship it’s getting harder to find all of the videos that you do show it
I really enjoy the video..I love my welding rig 😜 it's a smaller version of yours, having a crane, hydraulic compressor,a remote trailblazer (quiet one)is priceless..... it's what I have been working for my whole career for.... trying to get the right gear to make the job easer.... remember you only as good as your last job. Keep up the amazing work brother. Thanks
Really impressive!!
I’ll give it to the boy that impact is pretty heavy 😂
101%-better than OEM! Thx for showing! 👍👍👍
Only 5 hours? Wow! Nicely done
Quite the informative video on how those aprons are fitted , just goes to show how much pressure those pins are put up to if it breaks off and just chews that metalwork up ..nice repair and clean welds good fitting plate . Think the lad will be wearing a hard hat the next time he gets inside one of these machines to undo the bolts .. thanks for an enjoyable video
That fit up was so sharp
love ur work
You are an artist
Great looking work
Love your channel
Great job!
nice work as always
Well said ,well done ,,, with u all the way!! Cheers!;-)!
That kid is so lucky to be an apprentice to you. I hope he realizes the opportunity to learn.
Yeah, he'll learn skills that fabrication engineers can only dream about.
That's why PPE is of the utmost importance on construction sites🤕🧝♀️😂😂😂
Your apprentice is doing great he's getting used to the jokes and he's putting a little bit of meat on him best of luck to him and he has a damn good teacher, I can't get over the damage you have to repair I've driven moter scrappers in my past life and never done this sort of damage to them but I enjoy watching you and your work because you do everything to make the job as good if not better than when the machines were brand new, can you tell me what's happening to the cat that got hit into a hi-way bridge parapet that you had to rebuild all of the front right corner and other damage please?.
Waiting on some parts from CAT for that one.
@OFW I just wondered what was happening with it and thank you for your reply because that's the first video I watched when I signed up to your channel and keeps me watching the very interesting work you do.
Great job
Wondering why you didn't tie the gussets into the new skin too? A slot or a few well placed holes and you could have plug welded it all into a bombproof structure. Always enjoy watching you work =)
I almost did that.
Good job bro 👍🏼
Nice Job!
great job!
Ouch... That hotdog has been pounding down that hallway for a good while.
Stronger than factory. Gotta like that. 👍
I learnt to wear a site hard hat no matter how hot the weather from doing something similar - in my case less than a quarter fell on me than what hit your lad - and only half as far - had a hole in my head that needed seven stitches. There's also another downside - the scar used to be covered in hair!
Just out of curiosity, has a lot of machinery you repair gotten better designs over years? Fascinating watching you work & neat to see your apprentice helping more…keep great videos coming. 😎😎
A lot of what I repair is older but some of the new stuff fails especially if it’s abused or has a bad operator. I would say there isn’t much improvement.
Don't know your background but your'e one talented guy with your field skills!
Красота👍
Older and wiser says not that one chap !
awesome. can you tell us more about your field truck/crane and the supplies you have in it.
Yes, There is a truck tour video.
Amazing work Sir! I really like the way you added gussets to support the trunnion, and the side walls. Better than factory new! Thank you for these videos! The video and audio quality are superb. Btw, you have a wonderful bass/baritone voice. Do you ever sing in a group, or in a choir? The clarity of your vocal intonations is quite good! If you can sing on key, you might have a future in music after you step back from welding/fabricating.
I have never sang. Never really thought about it.
@@OFW They arent lieing you have a wonderful voice
Good stuff
2:00 Always wear your hardhat. 🤣😂
Apprentice needs to bulk up a little.
Yeah you did a nice job in the last one I don't understand why caterpillar makes those things so flimsy
Good repair!! You need to wear Safety Glasses..
That is a great repair young man. One question though. Having cut the new infill panel with two 90degree corners and then welded into the dead end of the corner, would it be better practice to weld in towards a corner (say two inches from one side of a corner) and go around them and the stop say two inches beyond? Effectively, wrapping around the corners with a continuous weld rather than terminating all welds at the corners. This would possibly reduce the risk of cracking from a corner. Just a method I have used in the past. Much like when I weld a column to a base plate or I beam to an end plate. A bit like the airplane window theory of cracks developing from charp corners. Another way would be to radious the corners, I generally do that with fish plates and infill panels. Best regards, Jon.
Nice job. I wonder why Caterpillar doesn’t gusset the trunion to start with? Maybe on the current production?
good stuff 😀😀
I really like your work. Your attention to detail and such. I was a carpenter by trade but still relate to what you do. It's good you're teaching the younger generation too.
You enjoyed that dirt drop
I can’t believe that pin thing was welded to that thin metal. You know that gate weighs a lot.
HA HA HA This has to be the BEST Video so Far !
Gravity sucked for that split second there.😆
Are the skins made of mild steel? It seems the guys always have you come to fix these machines I think your repair was brilliantly done!
Technically yes, it’s A 572 why is basically grade 50 mild steel.
You should get a air hammer you get you metal unstuck and use a blade to scrape off the mud and dirt
That should work. Hell you've go nowhere to go but up. LOL.
Those are never heavy enough when they made those machines
"That ain't goin nowhere"
Bon,Boulo👍👍😄😄
Man. When that Dirt hit his Head, poor guy 😅
That trunnion has had more work done on it than Joan Rivers.
Hearing protection ?
2:20 hard hat & glasses or workers comp claim
Thanks for sharing guys 🦘
I've found that cutting the patch plate frist an use it as a template
Great as usual! About how much does the apron weight?
4,000 lbs
@Jpaydirt would be proud to know you!
Pozdro😊😊😊
You can make this shit up. Newby hazing. And the impact looks heavier than he does.
👍
You need a needle scaler for packs in/ on dirt!!
Have one. It only works sometimes. You got to use different techniques depending on the type of compacted dirt.
Eye protection !
👌🤘🤘