CAT 140M Issues 

Absolutely!

My father is a retired Caterpillar and Komatsu field mechanic. I was often with him on work when I was a kid and took interest but he didn't recommend it due to the hard work even during cold winters. I became a metal fabricator for the offshore industry and I loved it. Still wished that I could learn more from him. He is a fast learner and changed his profession to plumber at the age of 55 and worked till he was 72. The company's clients didn't want to lose his expertise. Learning from parents with great knowledge is priceless.

Very sad, but glad you made a success of your life. Best wishes.

I appreciate you mentioning that. The editing is almost more challenging than the repair itself.

​@@ICWeldHI MR.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU CUOAT THAT KIND THE WORK.

​@@ICWeldСколько мне нужно взять денег за такую работу примерно бро

Lots of mutual respect on both sides.

I've seen that done, haven't done it myself. Overhead gouging and welding not so fun

I was looking for this comment, l have 7200 hours operating a 160M, quite a bit less arc-gouging but enough to appreciate this man's work!

IC Weld, CEE, On Fire Welding and Snowball Engineering! Best of the best!

Thinking this is a design issue if it's affecting both sides of two machines that are as new looking as this.

​@@jasonpatterson8091Curtis at CEE has been doing some repairs on similar machines in Queensland, Australia. I think that you might be on to something about it being a design issue. The machines are getting so powerful that they are now exceeding the strength of the steel and the welds to stand up to prolonged work use. Previously, you would have been looking at a much older machine and said "Oh it's to be expected as it has been through a lot of hard work in it's life!" Now obviously the rocks and ground aren't changing, so what has changed? The machines have become more powerful and with a greater expectation of delivering more work more quickly and efficiently. Trouble is that the parts are being designed down to what designers think will do the job with some margin of strength to spare. But what happens when their calculations are off when compared to the increased power and work rate applications? It means that fairly new stuff starts breaking way before the same equipment used 20 or 30 years ago did. Sometimes CAD and finite analysis reduce the longevity of a machine because the data used hasn't factored in the greater power and expectations for work. Even steel has limits to it's strength! Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

Don't let the paint job fool ya, Richie Brothers specialize in 20 gallon over hauls. We have one that looks like this, paint and decals look like new but it has 75000 hours on it. We never had this issue in the drawbar but the gooseneck was made of glass I think as ours has broke 3 times.

​@@hommie789Ah 20 gallon reno sounds like what I call a lickety split home reno! In other words fresh paint and floor coverings. They still require work but sometimes hide deeper problems.

Seriously, if I ever teach another heavy equipment course: watching a few of these videos will be an assignment. I did not know you can rebuild a bucket like that -- as a laborer ground guy I've seen augers and such with welds on the wear points, but not the level of metal surgery shown here. Please make me feel better and say this is unique and I'd never have found a welder that could do this and thus have made a mess of it if id tried.

Also check out Snowball engineering from UK

True story!

Orthopedic surgery

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This is the second comment on a different channel ripping on Adam! 😮 Imagine having a successful RU-vid channel that you can travel to wherever you want? He's living the dream! Both he and his wife Abby can work remotely. She's been a great influence for him. I wouldn't mind having that lifestyle.

It's his machine or anyone else who owns a machine. So what your tell these people who commented. If I have a power plant/generator for when the power goes out I'm not allowed to change the oil. If only used mostly for when the power goes out.

I think what the OP is getting at, is that Abom used to have a good work related channel and it has since become more of a "talk about work" channel with way more talking than working? 😅 I used to watch some Abom years ago, but turned off around about the time he was extending his workshop and showing BBQ meals. It wasn't what I wanted to watch at the time and probably still isn't. But that is just me. I find my welding and engineering fixes through ICWeld and CEE, but I don't always get around to seeing every video, so perhaps my tastes are changing yet again? Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

@@dans_Learning_Curve Same individual... This time it is unwarranted as it is not directly related. At least in the other video a direct inference was present. One can never pull the world down ones own level.

Woah Buddy! Thank you so very much.