Exothermic Slice torch For the Win???? 

Stuck was an understatement,good job Isaac and great job on teaching your son 👍

When I saw the 50 ton jack getting set up, I thought something is going to move or bleed. That was a hard fought battle. Nice job getting that pin out and making the video.

That young man swings that hammer like lightning. Never hits the same place twice.

Love seeing you and your son working together!! You all did an amazing job of just working through a tough problem - as you always do!! And you have been teaching this to your son and it shows!! I know many guys would have probably walked away from the job after the 1st day and 30 exo rods! The 50 ton press was a job saving idea! I would hope that they would drill that sleeve in 2 places and put in Zerk fittings!!

That was some patience. I would've thrown every tool after a few hours. You definitely toughed it out. Nice job!

I've run into the same thing a few times myself on frozen pins. Had to use the Oxylance on a couple of 'em and the porta-power reverse pulling method on the others. I have .5" and .75" male adapters that thread into the pin with a 1.25" threaded female side that I use a 24" section of allthread for pulling. 36-ton hollow ram usually persuades a non-compliant pin. Great content, Isaac! IMPROVISE. ADAPT. OVERCOME.

Had a similar issue recently. I welded a very large nut to the pin and used an impact to break it loose. I was even able to salvage the pin. Next step was the carbon arc if that didn’t work. I enjoy seeing your projects.

I love watching you teach your son about your profession. You can tell there ain’t no quit in your son. That’s a good thing. Thanks for sharing this video.

I like the attitude that you weren't going to let that pin beat you. Nicely done.

Maybe put a very large pipe wrench on it when you can get a good bite,and twist and push! I have done it many times on huge fan shafts and pump shafts! It seems to work better for some crazy reason! Nice video !

Was anyone else counting rods when he said “we have 10 left”? Lol. Love you videos and how you always stay positive. Great content always

Brought the "apprentice" along (your son). Nothing like good old fashioned OJT to learn the tricks of the trade.

I use those exothermic rods all the time they are sweet for blowing holes in stubborn pins I like the idea of welding the bracket to the machine definitely gonna keep that idea in my bag of tricks thanks for the video!

The first thing my father inlaw told me when I was around the first equipment maintenance issues was grease is cheap always grease the machine before use check all fluids before you use if you didn't use it the day before

Amazing how much work can be caused by simply not keeping a piece of equipment greased. Nice job! And, yes, some of us got the Cars reference!

I actually built those machines when I first got out of welding school. Lull Engineering was located in Eagan, Minnesota and it was a fun place to work. We used to be required to stamp our initials just below where that pin was located at the top of the frame. Nice job getting that pin out. Be safe.

A guy in Britain i think, used thermic lancing. It looks like the same procedure except his "thermal rods" looked like they would have suited this job a bit better. Just an fyi if you come across another nightmare like this. You really ate through those blue ones fast. Terrific work, you are a Jedi Master Craftsman.

Recently i had same issue same Lull machine . Really difficult.. I cut tube horizontal with grinder cut off wheel. Then spread tube with wedges . Then pin came out. I then rewelded tube later when pin back in. I was hitting pin with 500lb steel crane block on crane cable swung into pin . 🤣 Excellent work.

It really warms my cold black heart to see your "Mini Me" learnin how to do something. We have a huge bumper crop of button pushers and phone didlers coming up in the US therefore, they will not be worth anything much in the future. It takes some real skills to use a tractor supply bottle jack, a stick welder and some scrap to do with y'all did in this vid. Thank you for being a great and wonderful father and teacher!

That's like my grandkids. "That's never coming out!". Yes it is!! It's just a matter of time and to what extreme measure we have to use!:) I love to see the next generation learning the trade! Great job!

I love seeing Dad’s working and teaching their kids!

I have never seen anyone use a torch as good as you do ! Really enjoy all of your repairs ! Keep up the good work and God Bless you…

Outstanding job! You & your son are hard workers! Thanks for sharing.

One of the toughest jobs of work I have ever seen . . . thanx

You don't give up sir until the job is finished . Great job from both of you .

Everytime I watch one of your videos I get childhood memories. I grew up on an excavating contractors lot. When I was just a kid I always watched the mechanics do this kind of work. Thank You Young Man I enjoy every one you make.

i hope your customers appreciate the tenacity and resourcefulness, you always get the job done.

Isaac you have always had great videos , this has to be one of the best . Your patience is off the chart .

Isaac, you amaze me and what you do you are definitely a master at your trade... and I’m smiling ear to ear to see your son working beside you..... I was the youngest of three my father had a heart attack when I was four!!!!!! so I was the machine and he was the motor we work together right up to almost a day died!!!! and we both worked on the railroad as conductors,, and your son said he’ll be careful when you’re looking at it it was you were pushing a rod out!!!!!!!!!!!! looking out to make sure you didn’t get hurt,,,, we did that with everybody around the railroad!!!!!!!!you brought a big smile to my face thinking how my dad and I would work together ,,, he’s been gone 30 something years,,,,, I miss him every day,, take care keep up the great work you’re very informative and I love your lessons junkman do

*I C Weld* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.

I completely enjoy and more importantly LEARN a lot from your programs. Thank you very much. Dave

Isaac and Son - you are a case study in patience, persistence and know how.

Your son is an awesome young man. I had both of my sons work with me at different times, and it was some of the best teaching and learning experience in my life, in both directions!!

Job well done ISAAC and SON! Great worth ethic and execution of the task!!! Wow! This one sure was a Bear!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

And im stoked to see your son out there working with you. Keep the trades alive!!!

Always nice to watch you work through it.

Knocked that one out of the park!! A great team in the making. Well done sir!👍

Man Issac you earned every penny on that one. You definitely have more patience than me. Thanks for sharing and as always keep up the great work Bud.

What a bear of a job. Your perseverance is admirable.

Patience and the correct tools,but your knowledge is the key. Your son has a good teacher

Gotta laugh when you mentioned the "Tanya 3000". I was a journeyman printer for 30 years in Portland, Oregon when that happened in the mid-90's. A lot of people probably don't know where or when that knick-name came from. Great channel... keep up the content. 👍

Extraordinary repair job, you two guys. I would email the owner a link to this video so he can see what all went into the job. I think he would be impressed like the rest of us.

That was amazing!!! Your ingenuity and craftsmanship is incredible!

Wow, I've never seen that rod used before. I really get a lot out of your video's sir. From gouging to now this exothermic rod, very educational. Thank you for sharing your work and great your partner is getting the education as well. Hat's off to both of you.

Another good reason to put things together with anti-seize. A few zerk fittings wouldn't hurt when installing the next one. Perseverance in the end always wins; excellent job!

You can always tell a man's experience by the swing of his hammer, you got some solid shots in there Isaac. We spent 2 hrs straight swinging a 20 lb Sledge and pin hammer to drive a stuck pin once, it was brutal on the hands........I like YOUR method much better!!! Good work as always brother, and thanks for the great content!

yet another example of how little I know ... I thoroughly enjoy your teachings, thanks

Outstanding example of how a "simple" job can take days - customer has to understand that this stuff is not always easy. And how it takes experience to figure ways to get it done. Love this. Bring on the line bore!

It was obvious that the two of you worked your tails off getting that pin out. The exothermic rod helped a lot, and I can't think of another way to get in that deep. Good thing you had that tool. Good to see your son working with you. Life isn't a video game, and sometimes you have to really dig in and fight till the end. Proud to see the two of you succeed

I thought the bolts job was a tenacity master class, but this was next level 👍 You could hear a pin drop!

Isaac, you are one absolutely persistently tenacious man when it comes to getting the damn-near impossible accomplished for a customer. Also, you have got to be part bloodhound when it comes to finding your way to these worksites that are in the middle of nowhere.

Well, I guess you have to imagine how much the company saved on grease all those years...What a struggle! I smiled at my own frustration as the pin refused to budge. Thanks so much for sharing this herculean effort with us.

Amazing work as always! I like seeing the length of time needed. I use Tri-flow. I know everyone has their favorite, but I do a lot of rusty stuff. And it works for me if I let it sit overnight. Anyway love the video!

Awesome job adapting and over coming the problem. I had an upper pin on a Case loader arm that I lanced and it still wouldn't come out. We used a breaker on a skid loader to drive it in and cut the other end off (only could move it a few inches) until it was out. A field lance tool was an 1/8" black pipe with a ball valve on it.

Wow that was tough. You both got your work out that day. Another memorable father and son adventure and triumph. Days you will never forget. Dad thanks God he had his son's vigor and energy and son gets a valuable lesson in tenacity and get er done confidence. Love it. Great job you guys. Good safety work also. High pressure equals DANGER. Dad knows this and now son does too!

Great video. Goes to show what a man with the right tools and a lil bit of know how can do.

That was a fairly cool process and that pin put up 1 hell of a fight. It was cool watching the board "under" the jack compress down to about 1/4" as the pressure built up then spring back maybe an 1/8" at a time.

At first Isaac, I thought this was going to be a "you don't win them all" & you would cut away the pin bore housing & replace/weld in a custom machined housing & pin. But about half-way thru the video when you bought a new bigger jack, Isaac is going to win, no matter what! Awesome job!

That was a 12 round fight for sure but your ingenuity and perseverance prevailed . The education your son is getting from this puts him light years ahead of his competition and any person in his age group just starting from scratch . It's good to see our youth learning this much needed trade . He will be prosperous and live a good life with the skills , tricks and ingenuity he is learning from you . Hopefully he will pass it down to his generation .

Just like most of your other videos I have learned something new thank you very much you are a scholar and a gentleman

Recently had a 90mm pin in an excavator bucket pin that a 25 ton wheel loader wouldn't budge. Snapon air hammer got it out. No comparison between jacking and air hammer. It never fails me. The shock action makes all the difference. It never budged with the biggest sledge and a hundred shots and came out in about 10 minutes with the air hammer.

I had to do the same thing on one of the thoughts machines I was fortunate enough to have a 50-ton pin puller. Nice job

Wow the struggle. Glad you all finally got it.

Bottle jacks are designed to work in a vertical position. Inside the bottle jack the hydraulic fluid pick up hole is located in the bottom. if it is exposed to air inside the bottle jack it will be unable to pick up the fluid. I converted one to work upside down in my hydraulic press. It was a lot of work but works well.

That was a tough one. You got it out though. You got to be proud of your son. He's quite the worker. Never stops. Keeps on going. We never hear him complain. You'll be a good worker. One day he'll be on his own and have his own company. Good stuff. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦

Another good job Isaac, nice to see your boy working with you, the work ethic in this country is definitely fading it is up to the parents to put it back in place and you are👍🏼 doing a fine job.

"It's early in the day and we've got patience" that is pure knowledge and determination passed from father to son expressed in the most prophetic way.

I did learn some new techniques. Thanks. You work well as a team.

Just a old man here. I got 50 years on one of those short handle BFH's, I got the shoulder rota tor cuff issues to prove it [ two surgeries, one PRP injection, just had stem cell & PRP Jan.4th, it has been impressive as to amount of healing]. Re watch your own video, focus on how high of a level your arm is to your shoulder and realize you are in an impingement state where you are exerting the greatest amount of stress on rotator cuff fibers creating maximum wear. Better yet show the video to a physical therapist! For that situation pro active thinking would be to of raised the fork lift platform to where you are swinging the hammer more on the plain of a golf club. If you really want to listen to a old man develop a regular gym style work out program. Nolan Ryan pitched an outstanding long time due to a regimen of rotator cuff exercise. Do your self a favor, take the video to a physical therapist, take your son, he will suggest that you two start bonding working out at a gym. I think if you do you will see it as one of the wisest business/money making/ father son decisions you can make. I have been really impressed with your presentations, you put the man in the word manhood. I posted my first RU-vid video a couple of days ago dealing with my new Miller Air Pack Bobcat and how to charge battries with old constant currant machines. I intend to do a video on the Astro [Big Nasty] air hammer and truck drag link replacement and ujoint replacement specifically for that tools ability to minimize rotator cuff wear. I am 76 I can still pop axles with a sledge.

We used those setups at the steel mill I worked at. We called them oxygen lances. We used them for big shafts and large bearings that were seized.

First time that I've seen that type of rod used . I sure could have used them back before I retired . Gotta love the gouger , gouge it , grind the slag and weld back on if needed . Expensive job for sure . Really great Video , thanks for sharing .

Longtime subscriber. Thanks for letting us see you and your co-worker deal with work in the "real world." Excellent content as always.

Great job, great perseverance. Once that pin was out about an inch I was thinking putting a 3 foot pipe wrench on it and turning it while pressing with the jack might have helped. That sure was one stubborn pin. Strong work!

Glad to see your helper getting some time in! Learning some important lessons there! Need the piece of 3/8 rod with a beltsander belt section attached to make a deep bore flap wheel. Usually use gorilla tape to get the belt to stick to the rod.

Great work Isaac & Son, one of those crazy tough jobs...

Smart man , always impressed . Thanks for the knowledge .Have a great day !

Great video as always Isaac! What I learnt most from this video and also me always looking for ways to do something easier. If I ever need to do something like this I need to buy a pneumatic hammer of some kind and if I need to break out hydraulics I need to buy something where all I have to do is press a button.

The piece of wood under the base of the jack saves your base. Nice work, can't believe it was stuck that bad!

Man, that pin fought you 100%. Sometimes they just don't wanna go. Good job, both of you!

Perseverance and determination ! Wow !

Now that's what I call stubborn. Those rods really don't last long from the looks of it.

I sure felt for you and the struggle. Hard to tell from here what else could be brought to the battle. I've got a 10 ton porta-power and I have an hyd cyl for it that creates 30 ton but on moves a half inch. I have used it twice since I got it and it will move mountaiins a 1/2" at a time... Ah, good ole Tractor Supply. This was a Great video highlighting the teamwork with your son. Best to You as Always. I've seen a couple of guys that welded a pin to a 5' bar which allowed them to pound on the pin with smacking the person holding the pin; I watched a guy in Ireland using an oxygen lance to burn out a post for a rock crusher. The rods he was using were 9' long x 1.5" with 1/8" rods inside the rod. It was hooked to a bank of 15/16 oxygen bottles. Unbelievable....

That was a hell of a great job guys...👍

I have always said you were a patient man and this shows that !! It paid off nice work job done and very well at that !! 👍👍 I really enjoyed this video !!

Tough job . Glad it turned out great... The owner must have a few cylinder hones he can use to clean that bore out... That was one stuck pin...

We use to use a bigger version of this to remove frozen pin. They were 1/2” pipes 8’ long and stuffed with wire. They had flared ends so you could stack them and would they move metal, as long as you could keep the oxygen to them, and they went through a lot of it. Sometimes you just have to report to extreme violence, judiciously applied.

you explain your procedures the best on RU-vid.

I've never wanted to have kids, but seeing you work with your son is moving man. Keep up the good work

Nice job Isaac and son! It’s great to see him following in your footsteps. Also good to see him indoctrinated into hard work. But you could’ve converted the jack to air over hydraulic. Lol

I had a job removing some 2 inch pins that were frozen in about 8 inches. A lance would have been nice, but I drilled holes through them and use a torch to melt out the rest. That was quite the ordeal

Genius to put the piece of timber under the base of the jack. The previous guys who tried to get the pin out, gave up. You did not. well done.

Patience wins the race. Great job.

Had a similar job on a 375 ex. Lanced it and then drove it out with a demo hammer on a backhoe

That was stubborn pin ! Maybe a couple chunks of dry ice pushed inside the pin might have done some good. I dunno. Surprised you don't carry a Porta-Power around in the truck. Maybe a little easier than the big jack. Good to see your kid working with you !

Great show of ingenuity and stick to it abilities! And nice road trip showing us how far it is to "the store."

Wow perseverance!!!!! To the hilt. Always liked your choice of background music too. You get the most interesting jobs to figure out.. And you do them all.

Just shows how strong your welds are when it breaks the jack first 😂

I had the same issue with a job 2 months ago after hearing and torching I came to last resort of using my dewalt jack hammer setting it side ways and within 10 minutes got it out wondering hmmmmm why didn’t I do this from beginning lol

I see you brought out the best tool on the truck. Persistence! Nice work guys!

I love watching this guy work