Nice little video, I used to shrink a few couplings in my day and it's nice to see someone comfortable with that task. I was a millwright in a steel mini rolling mill, so we did a lot of work on large welded gearboxes, made by Shloeman. Also a fair bit of crane maintenance and repair, so this brings =back a lot of memories of long days on projects. Enjoyed the vid very much, cheers!
Enjoyable and educational as usual. Thanks! You really have to wonder about the designer of that building. It seems silly not to have a larger door. It would be really interesting to see a video of the actually setting and alignment of the engine and gearbox. I've done a bunch of alignment with two components, but not three.
Hey Gary did you flip those tube and drill the other side or did you go straight through. Are those sparkplug wires does it run on N.G. also what do those engines power . Thanks for the Videos Steve
Steve, I did flip the beams to drill the other side. The engines are connected to generators. They run on landfill gas and they sell the electricity that the generators produce. I appreciate you checking out the video. Gary
Dale, They run on the landfill gas, coupled to big generators and they sell the electricity. I'm thinking they can go at least 50,000 hours. Heads will get swapped out more often. Not sure of the HP
Hello Gary, Good modification on the gantry cranes... I like your commentary, it's good how you explain what's going on... Thank you. Take care. Paul,,
Thanks Paul. I would prefer not talking at all, LOL But I guess explaining what im doing makes for a better video. Thanks for checking the video out. Gary
I would think some caster wheels on that sled would make moving those in and out of the building go a lot smoother. Looks like they are just dragging them but clearance doesn't look like an issue. Surprised they aren't using big Waukesha engines I hear they tend to rack up a lot of hours between overhauls.
Good morning Brian. I’m pretty sure they had equipment rollers under the frame when dragging it out of the building. I see you have a new video out, I’ll have to watch it after I go check out my favorite scrapyard :) Always nice to have you stop by Brian. Gary
I do a lot of fabrication with tube and a great tool to deal with the corner radius is the LaSquare. Instead of a 3/4" base it has a 2" base. Super handy for all kinds of stuff and stable enough to stand up by itself.
Hello Gary, i going to look at a pile of machines from a shop/property that was sold in March. The bad news is everything was moved outside and not covered. There's an American Pacemaker lathe and a Hendey lathe plus two Van Norman horizontal mills. Not even sure it would be worth restoration but could be parted out.
SO THEN THESE ARE CRANE MOTORS/ENGINES TO LIFT??? PLEASE EXPLAIN, SORRY IF YOU ALREADY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. VERY, VERY INTERESTING SUBJECT. @ 6:43 U MENTION QUITE EXPENSIVE... BALL PARK $$$ ??
Why do they use Austrian/German engines when you (USA) produce the best of all in Cummins and caterpillar engines - I don’t get it and to send them back to eu for re man wow - you content is fabulous tough that’s a saving grace
Im new to the channel great work. Its neat to see all the jigs and setups you have. I rebuild industrial gearboxes for a living and there arent many RU-vid channels out there that explain what goes into gearbox repair. Great to have finally found one.
I'm glad you found my channel. You will find a nice mix of projects that I work on. Hopefully you will find some of my other videos interesting as well. Thanks for checking it out. Gary
Great video, I appreciate the fact that you narrate what needs to be said without talking on and on because you are uncomfortable with silence. It is nice to see work on engines that I have only seen from a distance. The folks working on the engine swaps provides a great scale to show how big those things are. Stay safe and healthy.
Thank you Doug, Back in 1980 I thought it would be cool to be a crane operator. I played around with a couple 25 ton groves. Ended up wrenching on big tractors instead. I keep looking for a new video from you. Hope your doing good. Gary
A couple years ago, you made a video on making a 6" ZIP wheel guard for that grinder...I see you went "Hollywood" and switched to the INVISI-GUARD, for shame lol. Great heavy fabrication and machine work Gary!👍👍👍
Al, I did make a guard for it and try to keep it on when ever possible. Theres just those times when it does get in the way. I appreciate you stopping by and checking out my video. Gary
Another nice video with mixed content, many thanks for sharing. I don't exactly blame the client wanting to have the gantry crane locking pin re-instating. He's likely experienced some expensive pieces of kit being dropped, even a drop of a couple of inches can be costly in $$$ to repair, but factoring the downtime of the equipment can often be way more expensive.
I'm curious, why did you need the guide pin at all with the mag drill? Isn't the mag drill magnet strong enough to hold it steady, like a portable drill press? I use annular cutters quite a bit, have never used the pilot. I always thought that was for hand drills.
Thank you Steve. Was nice seeing you Sunday on ARW. I appreciate you taking the time to check out my video. I don't comment much but im a long time fan. Gary
What am I missing here? The engines were made in Austria, somehow you did some repair, or rework, and then they go BACK to Austria? They couldn’t do it there?
@@jpsimon206 I don’t know. The cost of getting a 12.5 ton engine ready for shipment across the Atlantic, along with the costs of trucking to the ship, plus the cost of the shipping, and doing that over again on the other side to get it to the shop, and then again across to Austria would cost way more than the cost of labor here. And what regulations? They’re not doing anything that would change the functionality, or the emissions, and if they were, the regulations back in the EU would take priority. If the regulations govern the work being done, or the employees, they wouldn’t be worse than the ones in the manufacturer’s factory.
Mel, they get Remanufactured engines once they get to the point of needing complete overhaul. The reman engines are as close to new as your going to get. At some point all engines that run 24-7 need to go back to the machine shop. So no they cant do them in that small building. The engine that came back to the yard is nothing more than a core. And yes they are crazy expensive. I hope I answered your question OK. Thanks for checking out the video. Gary
