I remember when Samsung first released their line of excavators in the US, we used to think they looked so futuristic with the curved front windshield. If you don't end up using the other excavator, you can swap the bigger undercarriage under this one and have a hybrid. It would compliment the taller bucket.
My company works on different equipment, but what is nice about watching this is that folks can see what it takes to get this stuff functional or set up to use. There is no user's manual, only experience and processes that apply to different things. Buying used gear cheap that you can repair or restore is always a better way to go if you plan on keeping it. We just replaced the entire drive train in one of our 98 dodge 1 ton 4x4's except for the axles, and it was still way cheaper than buying a new truck, and it's paid for! :) We really enjoy the vids, thanks!
Samsung was a great machine, i still have mine and we bought it new. When they were new they were the fastest machine on the market. Mine currently has 8800 hours and runs great.
I enjoy watching these types of excavation videos these are young men who get it done they have learned there is no right or wrong way just what works for them I applaud their efforts keep up the good work
Jesse, you can easily make that paint look like new. I did this on my motorhome. Wash the surface down with Dawn detergent. Then dab a wet scrubpad in a cleanser (I used Bar Keepers Friend) and lightly glide it over the painted surface and rinse with clear water before it dries. You only want to remove the crud, not the sound paint. When the surface feels smooth, wash the paint down with Dawn again. When the surface is completely dry put on a pair of long vinyl gloves. Get a liquid floor polish such as DEP from Home Depot or Lowe's. Pour some in a paint roller tray. Don't forget to put on the gloves. Dip a padded microfiber cloth into the polish and wring it out so that you apply only a thin coat of polish on the paint. ! gallon goes a long way. Too much polish and you will get unsightly runs that are almost impossible to remove. Apply the polish evenly across the surface. Let it dry between coats. You will see results immediately but you need at least 2 or 3 coats. I used 2 coats, got a high shine and the graphics came alive. H/D now sells ZEP in a Wet Look which should be interesting. When I got the motorhome it looked terrible. I scrubbed the 1992 E350 cab twice with auto polish cleaner and couldn't get the dead paint off. Using the above method gave the cab a showroom shine. Good luck. Don't forget the long gloves.
that sounds like alot of worker for an excavator thats already beat the hell and is only gonna get more punishment.. i dont think its really about having nice glossy paint i think its more so about having an even layer over everything so its not 3 different shades and rusty in 7 spots and bright marks wherever there used to be a sticker or mount
As far as a pipe wrench goes: “If it don’t say Rigid, it ain’t no good”. Instead of tac welding the bushings, weld a small piece of flat bar to hold it in.
Great purchase Jesse at a bargain price. Of course you had the abilities to make right what was wrong with it and make it an even better buy! I agree with you that this machine may not be brought out on every job but when you need it, the machine will pay itself off in no time! Can't wait to see you fix the trailer up so you can haul this little bad boy around. Enjoyed this video and looking forward to that video!
Wow, that new bucket is great! It appears to have bosses for a "pincher" attachment, for like picking up logs with the bucket as half of the "jaw". I think it's great to have a large deposit of parts for the one really good machine. Decal residue? The BEST I ever used for boats & cars is Maguire's Cleaner wax, scrubbed with a sponge polisher. Ghost outlines disappear. Hit it with Wax & grease remover prior to painting.
Great video Jesse plus some very useful comments from knowledgeable viewers . Please do a video on work that you will be doing to the trailer for the Samsung 130 .
Jesse congratulations on your new toy. I know you work alot in the dirt and almost everyone will disagree but i just want to say giving the machine a good clean up and keep dirt off the machine after jobs will keep the rust away and keep the machine looking good for a long time. Also where you can buy a nice Cat yellow paint and keep all the machines looking good and new. My dad used to say it costs nothing to make something old look good.
Maybe add your company logo as well. If you don't have one, a local graphic designer could create it relatively inexpensively. Put it on all your equipment, nice professional appearance to represent your company.
Hey Jesse - Your videos are 100% totally fantastic! Always learn some things and really like all of your genuine qualities. You display confidence but never arrogance - not always for some I've seen.Thanks again for what you do. Am already looking forward to the next one.
That is great Jesse I so enjoy watching all your videos. You make them so interesting. I think you got a great buy on that machine. It will pay for its self in a short time.
Jesse I so enjoy watching all your videos. You make them so interesting. I think you got a great buy on that machine. It will pay for its self in a short time. You are smart to buy a good used or fixer upper and you fix it and get it running great. better than going in dept and owing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Best of luck with the machine and your company.
A: The shot with the GoPro, on the arm, filling the dump truck, was AWESOME. You are getting quite good at cinematography! B: Get that puppy a manual thumb as soon as you are able.
Dear J.R. 👍👌👏 Yeah, you are definitely not the only one! 😁 Even a small hairdryer produces enough heat and does not damage the paint. A heat gun is probably dangerous for a guy like this. Best regards luck and health.
Dear @@MikeHarris1984 As long as you don't try to dry out your ear canals with a heat gun everything is okay! Of course real men use gas torches so that the ear hairs are removed simultaneously! 😁😂 Best regards, luck and health.
I think I know what it is about your videos we like, the viewers. We have toy envy watching you do things that we can’t afford or don’t have the time. This gives us the satisfaction of experiencing out with you.
Samsung heavy industries was bought by Volvo so you know that they had something good going on! Nice "two-fer" purchase! Look forward to the work on the trailer!
You say it's not perfect well if it works and works just the way you want I think it's perfect you grown so much in such a little time I'm just extremely Proud of you Young Man I so hope that your videos will show all of these guys that they can do it too been on your channel for a while now and I/we are very impressed keep growing my friend and appreciate your values your family and mostly everyone thumbs up again stay blessed
thank you, I appreciate such good feedback. The machine still works great, a thumb is still on the wishlist, but right now I just want to get my new house built. Been waiting on engineers for months now to get started
Can't beat the ol Samsungs I know of a few still on commercial work only thing holding them back is the engine the 4bt wasent really big enough swapped a few 6bts in them back when they where on the hire fleet but tbh one of the best 14 tonnes I've ever had the pleasure to work with
thats good to hear. you swapped a 6bt into a 130 size? I feel like I am happy with the power, it never even comes close to stalling. I also never hear the turbo at all so I thought it just wasnt needing thr turbo much
To fill in that huge gap after you made all those passes you can drop a long 1/2" bolt in there and weld it in and then trim off the length. Key stock will work, go to the scrap pile and find some steel to drop in there. I don't know about strength? But let's face it... it won't be "Less Strong" than where you gave up. Another option is to make a trip to the welding store and buy a few pounds of a larger rod? If any of those teeth snap off I can promise it will not happen at a convenient time. Nice excavator!!! 👍👍👍
Dear Jesse, on behalf of a greatful nation thank you for considering all the dozen reasonable, efficient and generally accepted ways to changing out the ripper teeth of your Cat bucket and then forging ahead with Choice 13. Keep swinging, Dude.
Jesse; watching your videos are always an adventure! You are certainly skilled in modifying, customizing, making Rube Goldberg devices and making do, yet you always seem to make it work.
Great video! But one thing, I winced when I saw the rusty chain tight across the nice shiny chrome plated hydraulic ram on the old digger at 10:00. I've just changed seals on my rams because the damaged plating wore them out and I was losing a lot of oil.
Turned out pretty good. I was wondering about a trailer but I see you answered that lol. Also appears to have had a thumb at one time. 4bt engine will be good to work on. lots of them around in equipment and even boats.
Koreans make some pretty good excavators. There is an old 220 Samsung around here with a processor. Same deal as yours all the electronics are toast. They've rigged it with Murphy gauges, hand throttle and some West Coast guarding. Its a good machine and it earns its keep
You could always cut that long pin about 2” out from the bushing drill a hole and use a spacer with bolt to hold the pin in and just drill a hole in the middle of the flush pin and just bolt a piece of flat bar to hold the bushings in. Use a heat gun and a plastic body tool/bondo spreader to slide those letters right off. Never knew you could get those style weld on shanks, need to get some for my track loader as they are shot on it. Love the vids man, keep em coming.
Since watching you change the cab on your truck to now is miles of experience and so think that in the next short while, as in not a bunch of years but oh to be fair fifteen months or more of running your own company... you will have only to look back and smile and say to yourself "I did it!" and you did. Its not a new machine but the payments are in learning it and fixing it. I really hope that you repair the other one as until your able to move your own, I see that as a handicap.Nothing but a thing but not to hurry and cost you over common sense. I have a feeling that you might watch guys like Matt at Diesel Creek or Lets dig 18 with Criss and make plans or get ideas on how to bid paying jobs and make some real money. I don't know how the virus is affecting work there but hope its not pulling you down... mighty proud of you
I see a crack in the side of the bucket it’s on the side your left hand is when you are setting in the machine, nice kool good job, thanks BigAl California.
Hey, next time you have to cut those mounts or teeth off.. you can use a gas powered demo saw with an 18 inch cutoff/ fiber disc and they come off easy.. plus you can sure use it on other stuff ... I use a Stihl 420.. saves so much grief. Thanks for the vid !
Hey Jesse it definitely wouldn't hurt to run some hard surfacing rods on the side cutters as they are quite rounded from use, seems to dig well. All the best !🇨🇦🇺🇸
We are working on pins and bushings all the time. Take a 4" or 5" piece of 1" cold roll, or about a 1" diameter bolt and weld it to a big sledgehammer. Then with a little aim and practice you can knock stubborn pins on through with some hard swinging.
I hope the excavator proves a worthy addition to the fleet. Time to put your name on that big as-a-barn side! Don't we all like to watch someone succeed? I know I do.
I agree with you Jesse, having a larger excavator in your fleet of construction vehicles is a very cool 😎 idea and will probably earn you your money back and most likely as not possibly more, so Jesse please keep these videos coming as I find them extremely interesting 🤔!!!!!!!.
Someone has probably done said this but you can get 7018ac rods. I just sold 3 welders, buzz box, big mig machine, older welder generator. Bought a 9000 watt generator from harbor freight and a multi purpose welder from Northern and love them both. I do miss my old ac/dc buzz box though!
I see you want to repair and upgrade an old excavator. Nice Tip never ever hammer a hard steal hammer to the locking pins. Next time put between the hammer a brass pin 1/2 " smaller in diameter ask a friend to help. Friend holds the brass with a wrench and you use a sledgehammer then you have got momentum to hit the pins in or out. Steal to steal the softer steal mostly the pin will stredge out en become stuck if you go on. For the rest I admire your efforts
you and Andrew should do a joint video. I think his video talents and your mechanical aptitude and your voice and his video presence when it comes to video would help both of you. Maybe a collective video would be awesome if you and he mixed a little bit of your video talents.
Great video Jesse. Hoping you have good luck with it. I think you would strip the other machine for stuff you may need down the road. Like glass and doors. Only if you don't plan on fixing the other one up totally.
The pins on the gauge cluster need to be soldered to their individual circuit board traces. I have fixed so many similar to that 60s and 70s dodge gauge printed circuit clusters. The pins are basically rivets. The harness vibration wiggles them loose.
Great Video, Been watching all your rebuild/restore videos. For stickers/decals order in a rubber eraser wheel. Chuck it into a drill and rub em off in no time. Can get em on Amazon or Ebay. Keep up the good work.
Very interesting and enjoyable, Jesse. Looks like you got some Plexiglas in there, too. Had to laugh with the teeth - too big, then too small - but like the Pappa bear, the Momma bear and baby bear, these were JUST right and if they weren't, you made 'em work! Thanks much, Jesse and looking forward to more excavator videos.
Really enjoy watching a young guy build a company from the ground up grinding it out with talent and sweat...keep going young man. Its hard to imagine where you and your family will be in 10 years.
Sweet machine for sure. I have a feeling you'll be able to do some fast foundation digs with it. Should pay for its self pretty quick. Time is always the enemy, that thing is going to save you LOTS of time down the road.
7018 welding rod is an all purpose rod. it can be used AC or DC 6011 and or 6010 is a hot pass rod . to finish out those welds use 609 or 612 stainless rods it is hard steel and resists wear. when welding on buckets you should pre- heat the steel with a torch so do not stress fraction the base metal. you will learn these things as you spend more money on your mistakes. does not hurt to ask the old hands questions to learn old tricks. good luck you are doing great.
when welding teeth on or track grouser bar, standard id a low hydrogen rod, 8018. 80,000 lb strength, 5/32 or 3/16 rod, i have used 1/4" many times just a few passes.. and done.. root pass 6011, your cuts on the old shanks should be tapered as well ,, not a strait wall. hope they hold for you. not cheap if even one comes off. i an glad to see you had the brains not to use a mig.. i see your note saying one of these day you will buy a DC machine. i have told you in the past, you can buy 7018 as well as 8018 in an AC rod. and it welds nice.. i dont know how the usa works but it is not worth keeping up with a class A-Z drivers license, to move one peace of eqipment. some thing that heavy you cant us a class D-z witch is needed to drive a big dump truck, as you still can only have a towed veical weight of max 10,000 Lbs, you need a class A-Z same as any transport driver. i think in the usa it a CDL. not sure, and to keep a truck and trailer on the road, doth the truck and trailer must have a yearly safty check done on each peace, just to have a safty done on my F600 dump truck, the shop charges around $1500$ just for the safty. no parts or repairs, then plates for month is another $600 to give me a 1500kg GVW OR 33,000 lBS. TO MOVE ONE MACHINE AROUND ITS FAR CHEAPER AND FAR LESS STRESS JUST TO HIRE THE MOVES OUT
is the 7018AC as good or close to as good as 7018dc? somebody else said tractor supply carries 7018ac, If thats the case, then I will go get some tomorrow
thats crazy about the safety fees, my dump truck is about $40 a month in insurance, and less than 200 a year for regi, 10 for inspection. I am working on getting my cdl, I got my permit for CDL A , which is everything
@@jmuller86 yes the 7018 Ac rod is just as good. i am a welder by trade. it still also a 70,000 lb rod strength. but buy a good brand name, i use Air liquid Canada rod, blue sheld, antex. when buying rod it a lot cheaper buying by the case. there is 4, 10Lb boxs in a case, buying it in a 10 pond pack is more money as they mark it up for braking up a case. i have used thousands of ponds of both AC and DC rods in mt 58 years. to be honest. as a welder i cant see any diference between using the 7018 or 8018 Ac to the DC. my i have a 265 amp thunder bold welder AC-DC and i also have a 500 amp strait AC welder, very old one, it will run on 220 volt, 460 volt and 550. depending how you set the jumpers
@@jmuller86 the Z is air brake endorsement.. yes it is totaly a rip off. but the shop has to take every wheel, brake drum off, check brakes and measure the drums for a set minimum in side size, if wear it gone to far or close. drums must be replaced. they have to take a lot of stuff a part to check. these are done by truck shops that are licensed to do MTO safety, just like when you buy a new or used car. but anything 1 ton and up must have an MTO SAFETY EVERY 12 MONTHS. my insurance in under $200 cnd a year no collision on it just PL PD. then you have to wory about the scales on the hwy's they can pull you on the scale and do a look over every thing. they dont take anything a part. but if they dont like you, they will find some thing, and you cant leave until a licensed macanic repairs it
@@arnoldromppai5395 yea the DOT is really bad here in NY, but that safety inspection for you sounds like it could be here next. They are already doing some things like that in california
