Buying an early ~1970ish John Deere Straight 450 track loader with a host of problems. Attempting to work on it for 4 years and finally it gets a home in my new shop where it will be brought back to life.
Looking at the pace of the workshop construction I imagine that 2½ hours of viewing took at least a week to a week and a half to video. It was great viewing though eh. 👍
When I discovered Andrew Camarata's channel I thought this was the best you could find on RU-vid, until it led me to your channel (When you helped him with the flipped crane) and now I know I struck gold. Your set of skills is out of this world for a young guy like you. Kudos for that. With the way you deal with problems, you inspire people like me to tackle things I would consider very intimidating until I see someone else doing it. Then I feel much more confident in my abilities. Thanks for everything and keep the videos coming.
Excellent video and the most patient man ever. Great job. Many more videos please, we’re begging you. We love the fact that you don’t stand in front of the camera all the time like some RU-vidrs.
Just wanted to say how impressed I am with your knowledge and skill and willingness to carry through with a job all of your skills including your filming are to be commended.
Jesse, I worked for IH in R&D as well as teaching in their service school in the late 1960 early 1970's. You brought back so many memories of back in the day out in all weathers removing and replacing those darn clutches and break pads. Also had a few final drive units go like you have on this machine. The IH had the same system and many of the same parts as JD used, made it more economically sound as if they kept the cost down then they could discount better terms to the customer. Changing over to hydrostatic gears and wet clutches was a dream come true for our service guys.. The best part with your video was at the end and my hands were still clean. Looking forward to your big journey on the metal hunt and where you found them as well as the finished product as I admire the way you always keep the equipment clean as you can whilst working on them and your paint finish is good too. Stay safe keep well and spend down time with the family.
I hate to say it because Andrews channel was in my top three channels for such a long period of time, you have now taken his place in my top three. I started watching for the beginning and the quality of your videos. Just keep on getting better and better. Great job.
It's a lot of work, and in the end you know what you have. You can spend more on another machine, but also then you never know what you have bought. This was a nice 2.5h watch. Keep on going Jesse!
Your nice new shop now needs a crane, lol. Thanks for take the time to share this battle with us, especially the fact that you gave up and picked it back up again, we all need a reminder that life is like that at times. You might also get a sponsorship from PB blaster after this video.
Yeah, that would be nice if he could get a demo or trial piece of gear. The Channel has a fairly reasonable number of loyal followers now. I hope something nice and useful turns up for him one day.
We used to sandblast and paint bulldozers, backhoes, scissor lifts, straight booms, cement mixer barrels and chassis, any type of heavy equipment. The prep work ( cleaning, de greasing,taping, protecting glass and cylinders) but the end product was always total satisfaction. Jesse I give you all the credit in the world. I can't wait to see the loader when it's all done. People don't realize how much is involved but this video will give them some insight. No I don't miss it. It's the filthiest anyone can do.
I think you have the *sisu*. Finnish word meaning determination, tenacity, grit, resilience, and hardiness all in one word. Well done and greeting from Finland.
I see what a few more windows would be like in that building. You're older boy is about the right age to start turning a wrench. Prefect age to get started. Thanks for all the great videos what a great way to start a Saturday.
Hi god that’s a lot of dirty work it always amazes me when guys strip machines down & put them back together your a great dad having time for your sons Regards Steve U.K. London
What a lot of work! One thing you might want to get for that shop is a mobile gantry crane. I would make life a lot easier. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.
My goodness Jess my dad would have loved your work. Dad started in tool and die and many job shop making thing and the GM sent him to design school and during the war he worked on experimental Tanks.. The works of final drives fixes were fun for him and just like you bought TD 21’s for parts.. Dad was in silver mining in northern Idaho and an operator took a dozer thru are overflowing creek and destroyed the final drives later the same guy blew up the motor.. Dad fixed it all and saved money on parts.. Later bought a bread truck for the motor that was the same one.. I was about like your kids kind of helping in the late 50’s and early 60’s.. I have enjoyed Andrew but you and home pros are fun to watch you fix anything.. I think you are ready for a broken steam cleaner to fix and use.. Thank you for your great videos.. YOU ARE AMAZING GUY..
That poor machine…years of poor or no maintenance; what a waste, I always try to keep everything maintained so I don’t have to keep replacing it or suffering poor performance. Oh well, thanks Jesse for resurrecting it! Love the video.
First to like and comment. Was just scrolling to see what is good to watch and there you go....update from Jesse. 2 and a half hours of leisure coming up and sweet red wine on the side. What more can a man ask for
A lot to see in this episode of let's watch Jesse work his tail off but you were working in your new shop, not out in the mud and the elements. That alone was seeing a man enjoying the fruits of his labor. Just being able to use the cherry picker was worth the wait, not to mention being able to pick up items off of the concrete and not the dirt & mud. I had to laugh seeing the four buckets of muck that grew 4X, so thanks for that, and thank you for the video, we know that too is a major effort. I can hardly wait for your next one on this project. Best regards.
Awesome, now I can't wait to see what you do next. Awesome video Jesse. Jesse little man said leave my ice cream alone. man your kids are growing up so fast. awesome family.
I am a old man now and live in alaska. I worked in the southeast alaska islands and worked on heavy equipment for a good many years. Over those years found many pieces of equipment had some nice treasures, tools and parts that were still good or at least rebuildable. my biggest find was a Rolex watch in a bellypan on a track machine. Lucky for the guy who lost it and figured it gone forever was still working for the company so he got it back. There are some cool stories behind all of this that is boring for a most of the people and just too long to tell here anyway. The obvious thing is people lose stuff and don't know when or where they did and sometimes find it quicker to just go on. As a mechanic, I owned the very best tools I could afford and so some of my tools came from places just like harbor freight. As time went on and I built up my money, I went to all snap on tools. Now looking back was a mistake. Good tools don't need to cost a fortune. In other cases... spend as much as you can to get the very very best tool that can do a job right. Asking myself why fight with pulling those tracks off when you could of used a skid steer or even a pickup to pull them out from under this machine and then coil them up. Hind sight is twenty twenty. I do have a couple suggestions... as in when a machine is still workable, pour diesel in those dry clutches and let them work some of the issues out for you. Much easier to dis assemble. I also want to mention that rodents hate the smell of peppermint oil or peppermint anything. Spraying that oil under dashes and seats will help to keep them out of there. It won't harm metals or plastics, not offensive to people but the narely little mice might just give ya a break. Works in homes or machinery of any kind. I do believe that Case was a sister to this machine in those days. Different power units but many parts interchange. Don't forget a porta power is a friend when getting a quarter inch more room for taking out a sprocket ring. I learned a lot of tricks over many years of most now forgotten. Keep having fun doing what you enjoy. Noah is such a priceless child... heck they all are, he just steels my heart
yea I just kind of wrestled those tracks because I wanted to see if I could. I had equipment to move them easily, just wanted to see if I could get the right touch to move them without hurting myself. My body never hurts from what I do, mainly because I have good posture, but also because I usually know my limits pretty well. Yea I gotta get a porta power one of these days
This was absolutely amazing and so enjoyable! We love your detailed explanations of the work you are completing along with the challenges faced. You are my top RU-vid content creator by far! My love and I also enjoy the clips of your sons inter dispersed throughout the video. No better way to spend a Saturday evening than watching your channel!
I just love these long videos. especially working on the machinery. I'm a reatierd michnic. I've niver worked on dozers. But I'm loving every minute of it. Good luck putting it all together. I'm looking forward to seeing put back to work. Jessy keep the videos coming.
Jessy, I just wanna let you know me and my son love that long video I think at the end when you finish with this machine is gonna come out great we really love your shop and is not even done yet 👍👍
Incredible video, Jesse Admire your grit determination & skill to tackle these huge jobs. You can always guarantee that when Paddy's around there is going to be a big degree of infectious humour and teamwork. I've not seen Caiden in a video since the initial pour of the workshop slab pour. He's growing up quickly, and it won't be long until he's driving equipment around the home and helping his dad out more. This video has definitely made my damp dark and boring British Saturday evening more enjoyable
About 10 years ago I had to replace one of the tensioner rollers on my Cat 322 excavator. To get the master link out, I removed a couple of grousers and made up a flat bar to bolt back across with a guide tube to hold the drift. Similar to what you did with the second track, but it bolted across the chains using the grouser bolt holes. When I had to replace the track chains a couple of years later I took every grouser off by heating each nut up cherry red then using an 8 foot extension on a 1” drive breaker bar, that way I could reuse the bolts.
Watching Saturday May 5 from Texas. Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to watch you as you dive into a project and listen to your commentary in the process. Thank you for sharing. It is certainly encouraging to follow your thoughts because you never know what you'll encounter nor if it's worth the follow through to complete the repair. Lots of patience and insightful energy. Stay safe, healthy, strong, discerning and successful in Jesus's Name. Hope that you, family and your crew have an exceptional week. Blessings bro. ☝🙏🙌💪👊🤠
Love all the work you do, buddy. You take things apand put them back together. Like nothing you should talk to Clint from C&C equipment. He does a lot of stuff on RU-vid too. John Deere's. And cats that's all he works on. You should ask him about parts He carries a lot of john deere parts
WOW unreal the dirt and the carnage big job .I did my I H 500C With engine hoist but only took track and fuel tank off to get at cluches .Great video sir Jesse thank you
Let your son jack up the hoist while you guide the parts out, have him vacuum while you scrape the dirt. Build his confidence and strength while learning to work together. If you raise your expectations of your boys, they will rise up to meet them. They want to please you. Make sure to give them approval when they succeed (all sons desperately want that), and give them support and encouragement when they miss the mark. You do a great job providing us with entertaining content. Your most important job is to raise godly sons who serve the Lord and know how to lead and provide for their families. Keep up the good work!
I want to involve Kaiden in more projects. But the problem is, he needs to keep up with his schoolwork. We homeschool him and he has a really hard time staying on task and getting enough work done. He would love nothing more than to help me a lot more, but schoolwork has to come first. We hope he will grow out of it soon
I’ve homeschooled 3 daughters which is not the same but something that helped my daughter that had that issue was having her do a physical activity first thing in the morning. Maybe have him get up with you and work him a couple hours then send him in to do schoolwork. Try to use all the math you can when he is working with you.
@@jmuller86 This is super admirable. Schoolwork is incredibly important. Like @kevinlockwood6946 said, it may help to find what the potential barriers are causing Kaiden to have a hard time focusing on his schoolwork and try to work with them rather than against them (Not saying you are working against them). Lots of people tend to have the mindset of "If you do your schoolwork first, then you can do X". For many kids that just causes them to be completely distracted from the schoolwork and only thinking about how time is left until they can do X (watching the clock or rushing through the schoolwork). Occasionally it can be useful to let them do X first for a limited time, then do some schoolwork as a 'rest' from the fun activity. Inverts the reward to tell the child that you 'trust' them to do what is asked and they are 'grown up' enough to handle the responsibility. Not saying this will work with Kaiden at all since all kids are different. But maybe worth exploring.
@@devinjohnson8623 I should try something like you and Kevin are saying. I feel like he missing out on a lot of stuff because he fiddles around all day instead of just doing schoolwork. I try to compare it to school, where you can really fiddle around. But maybe a different approach is needed. Problem is I am crazy busy during the day and his Mother Jeannine has a handful with Noah. Was thinking about sending Kaiden to a christain school, still undecided about that.
@@jmuller86 I'm a software engineer, loved math and science all through school but that isn't for everyone. People learn in different ways, and the most important thing to learn is the problem solving and how complex systems work and understanding them. From watching your videos you are great at all of that. So even if your son struggles with traditional schoolwork and keeping up on those subjects, if you teach him what you can do, he will have the tools he needs to succeed. If his playtime can still be educational and learning with you hands on, instead of a workbook, even if it slows you down, it is absolutely time well spent.
Jesse admit 57 to about 59 in your video the old saying is poverty is the mother of invention I like your helper your bolt holder doesn’t complain if it’s too cold doesn’t complain if it’s too hot doesn’t have to go to the bathroom didn’t call out because he got drunk last night with his friends and isn’t going to show up I was laughing to myself thinking how long is it gonna take you to figure something out you amaze me all the time I love watching your videos I wish I was there to help you you’re a smart man and yourself make sure you passing on to your boys I was glad to see you had your son and safety glasses on when you were driving it!!!!!!! my early 20s I almost lost my left I threw a piece of frag stealing that flew off of splitting maul wedge lucky I still got my EYE ….I continue my career on the railroad for another 30 years my father used to say they wouldn’t hire ME I ONLY HAD ONE EYE when I conductor and that’s what I was take care good luck with things Sam bacon a.k.a. the guy why aren’t working off sawhorses
definitely talk to Clint at C&C Equip. He can tell you the difference between a 450A or B model. And also can help with your final rive and brake parts. He has a great YT channel
Jesse, A big first job for your new workshop. When you want to weld nuts onto stuck bolts you need to buy unplated nuts as the plating is what makes your welds weak, remember the problems you had with the exhaust studs? If you look at the video you can see the color of the smoke is a give away of burning plating.
hello from Germany Jesse. once again a great video. I'm following your channel since a couple of years. I've seen a lot of videos on RU-vid with heavy machinery like dozers, track loaders, excavators and other heavy machines. but none was neglected like yours. as you have an enormous number of skills I am sure that we will see a well working machine at the end. 🙂 another argument: I have no problems to understand you though my career at school ended in 1973. expecting the next story on this machine Dieter
It is so nice a feeling to clean a piece of equipment and get it back to a well maintained machine. This shows you how durable these machines are even with so much abuse. I am looking forward to new parts and to see this machine with a new life again.... Great video.
I once asked in youtube from a professional welder why he uses flux core as it’s for cheap welders. He said because of penetration, he can get more done per day with flux.
not sure why i like watching you work so much lol, another great vid bro, still think you should get your merch game going to let us help you offset some of the costs of these projects
Jesse I take my hat 👒 of to you. That's a complete rebuild and is a bit of work and money, but to tell you the truth I am enjoying the video to see what makes this tip of machine works is amazing. Looking forward to the next video thanks for the hard work buddy 👍 👍 👌
Get some centipede strips to put around the various holes so they won't rub on hoses. Saves hose cost. Need a Scaler a air driven hand full of hard pins that cleans areas up easily.
Here I am wanting to broom the floor and brush as I go when I see uncovered dirt and debris. Especially when trying to roll the cherry picker around. Great content Jesse as always.
That was alot of work but it was a good video and very informative 👍 can't wait to see the continuation of the work and also it was nice to see the first job rebuild on the new shop 👍
Awesome video! Don’t give up on this project it is worthy of your time and money. It will more than repay you with the amount of work it will do for you. As always best regards John
