In the mid 90's I started developing medical problems. By the late 90's I could no longer work and was placed on full disability. I think this is why I get so much enjoyment from your videos. Just a simple man doing doing honest work. No embellishment, no big text popping out at you on screen like the old batman TV show I watched when I was kid.. No stupid exaggerated incidents. Honest man, honest work. Thank you for sharing.
Former jackleg miner .. the silica in gold mines got my lungs scarred up and now I'm mostly useless with 29% of lungs working and losing more every year . Here for the same love of honest hard work . Be well .
Would be a nice change if he actually did some work still. I get that he's working on stuff. But he isn't doing any jobs anymore. That's what I always enjoyed. Now he's just doing stuff on that hill for the hell of it.
That had nothing to do with Andrew, the guy driving the roller was inexperienced and made a lot of mistakes. It is one of the reasons Andrew went for years without other people in his videos, he said so himself many times.
I’d love to see a map of the roads you’re building and the purpose of all of the roads! It’s so hard to wrap your head around what you’re watching sometimes. Keep up the awesome footage. Love watching your channel!
Love it Andrew! Been on your channel for 10 years now, I’m 25 and have 6 pieces of equipment and running a property maintenance/ excavation business thanks to your inspiration. Lately have been in a new subdivision installing sewage pumps and lines from houses to the mains at the street and water line installs. Thanks from East TN!!! Always love your content.
Looking great there Andrew, I worked at a limestone mine for 25 yrs. Replaced many of those belt's. Always have someone check under the belt regularly since it has low clearance. When it starts building up with spillage you may have to move crusher a bit to clean underneath it. Then move back.
Hi Andrew! I love the videos, but I often feel a bit lost in the action. Can you please do a video where you explain your plans with the property and do a little tour of the work you have done and plan to do in the future? Thanks, and keep up the great work!!
I hope Andrew sees your comment. Great idea, simple to do, no extra cost. Shows experience has a lot of value and that it is always a good idea to listen to any input, it might be golden!
Cloky sort of like parking your car with a sunroof underneath the Leaky portion of your carport .. ensuring it's always going to be exposed to weather...
I used to run a full crushing setup with a primary jaw crusher just about identical to this one. A few tips that might help ya, 1. Run the jaw on a pad with a trench underneath the center, that way your fines have someplace to dump. instead of rubbing the belt and filling the tail pulley. When the pit loads up you can pull the machine ahead and make a quick swipe, g2g again. 2. Make sure your wipers and side flashing are in good shape so as to mitigate spillage, belt wear, etc. 3. Always keep an eye that your belt is tracking straight, and that rollers, head and tail pulley are relatively clean. 1 sharp rock that lodges in your tail pulley can tear a belt and ruin your day quick lol. And that v shaped piece of metal you took out is what helps to keep rocks out of your tail pulley. But I digress, and honestly for being new to the crushing game with no experience I'd say ur doing pretty damn good brother.
Get a job with a gravel pit and you'll be able to do it with your eyes closed. Its not a bad task splicing belts but it can definitely suck depending on location of the belt.
"This isn't supposed to be there. They made it wrong." 13:30-14:05 - LOL. I love Andrew's mindset, stated with dry humor. It's like the surgeon saying, "Naw, you don't need that part. We'll just remove it." @Adam Krultz, trusting you are speaking from experience, thanks for sharing this information.
I've done this kind of work most of my life, and I can sit and watch people like you do it for hours anyhow. Hopfully soon I will be back to doing it again! 🐰🐇
Glad to see you got everything back up and running. Now I see why the crusher takes such little bites. It's for those big boy rocks. Amazing how that huge rock started to slow it down but then powered right through. What a beast. Roads and camp area are looking great. Keep 'em coming. 👍
The really good thing about winter is all the new video’s . My grandson and I watch every video together. Time together with him talking about the equipment and machines . Thank you
As soon as I saw you flying up that icy road I knew they wouldn’t make it, you have high expectations for people who don’t need to risk so much for so little
The Demolition and Conveyor belt guys are professionals.....Nothing to do with driving skills....lol. They probably watched the Roller fiasco......No way will they let Andrew pull them up the hill...lol.
i remember in a previous video when you first got the rock chrusher that you were told it needed to be set up on level solid ground! good job, long time subscriber and follower, great channel!
@@linoleumbonypart385 The RU-vid world is upside down! The broken belt replacement is not a delay but makes more content and more income! We are in the wrong business of just trying to get jobs complete at lowest cost and most quickly!
Impressive work Andrew, I still shake my head when I think back over the years watching you advance. You are the same man, but what a rise in achievements. Top work.
As always, another fascinating video! I am a 71 year old woman who enjoys your videos tremendously. I watch them the same day they're posted, because I can't wait to see them. I have watched all of your videos, and not one of them disappoints. Watching the rock crusher do it's job was exciting. I live in NE Illinois we don't have much, if any, shale rock around here. I just love it, and love to watch it separate, and fall apart. I remember a video you had where you found some blue shale. I can't get that out of my mind. If you ever find any more, I would like to buy a small piece of it!! It's so beautiful!! I know you work hard, and it takes time to film and edit these videos, but please keep them coming. At my age, I need things to look forward to. Just try to be a little safer, huh? You've scared the sh@t out of me SO many times. Ha ha ha. Take care, Andrew, and thank you for what you do!!!!
so Andrew I have a small property and watching all of your videos have been a huge inspiration to me to get stuff done and not be afraid to rent a piece of equipment when it makes sense. I have graded my own driveway and built a few outbuildings that I was able to dig the foundation for based on watching how you did it. this new series has been super fun to watch as you get the new property to were you want it.
As a young man I worked on a cedar rapids rock crusher for one summer We had a 4 man crew & a case of beer (24 red cap ) was $4.25 we each put in a dollar & the Forman a dollar 25 (he made the big bucks) . We drank one a day as I recall and worked hard . You could shut that old Commader off and work for a day on it anytime. A rock crusher takes lot of maintenance, That's a cruel business. Good luck Andrew & thanks for the memories. Ike
The belt company guys should be struck-off. Not only can they not drive & have failed to understand the terrain they're working in but what that guy's doing at 19.55 is super-hazardous. If his sleeve, wrist-watch or any other item of clothing gets hooked on that belt then he gets pulled inside there & is potentially mangled to death! His buddy would never hear his cries!
The fact that you started out with a lawn mower and advanced to this is impressive. Enjoy your life doing what you like. You have earned it. Very impressive.
Andrew, you might consider getting a stacker conveyor for the crusher to dump into. You can build a much higher pile and move the conveyor in an arc to make a massive pile. I might also adjust the tracks on the 973 before you end up walking out of one (like you almost did with the crusher at 30:00). Now here is a little tip if you don't already know it. Keep the drives to the rear when turning on uneven ground. If you have to travel with the drives forward, stop and back up to cut. That keeps the bottom of the track tight so you stay in the rollers. When you walk with the drives forward, you are pushing all the slack under the rails which allows the crawler to sag into the low areas and walk out of the track as you cut. One more, A rubber tired loader is more suited for tramming around all that stone. You're just wearing out the undercarrage on the 973 and you know how expensive that can be. Crawlers are for traction and power not distance.
I'd like to think that Andrew reads this and takes notice. Today's video was more like the old Andrew with none of the hair raising dangerous work practices we have seen too often in recent videos, so I am hoping he is toning it down a bit. I imagine fitting the new conveyer belt cost thousands of dollars, and it was avoidable as the previous owner warned him about using the crusher on soft surfaces. Ignoring that advice saved him some time at the start, but by heck, it cost time and money in the long run. Keep your expert advice coming, and Andrew can chose to benefit from it or risk throwing a track on the loader. etc.
Crushers should work as workpair. One feeds and another carries gravel away to pile. Then stacker is not so mandatory. That belt ruined unnecessary, it could repair easily when it on place. There is quick way or belt guys melt rubber on site.
A coworker of mine about 4 years ago lost an eye from a steel shard that shot out of the track of an impact hammer crusher track while it was making a 90 degree turn on a jobsite. Freak accident I'm sure, but that closeup of the machine tracking over the rock is what reminded me of it. He has really neat prosthetic now though.
That was really funny the crusher repair dudes couldn't make it up hill. Your disappointment was hilarious "just follow me, do what I do". Great video as usual Andrew!
I like that just uses easy listening instrumentals. I shut a lot of videos off that have rap or very heavy metal in them. It seems it doesn’t matter what kind of music you use, 60 percent or higher won’t like it. It’s risky in my opinion putting any music at all. We love the sound of the machines.
Andrew, we love the channel and find your work absolutely fascinating!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing it all; the good, bad and not-so-beautiful!! It is all great content! Keep up the good work!
Andrew, I am totally amazed at what you've accomplished in your young life. I never get tired of watching your videos but sometimes I miss the ones when you were doing work for other people. Cutting in driveways and such. Please believe me when I say that I'm not being critical but I really enjoyed those also. God bless you, your family, and the Boys. 😊👍
His dad didnt want him to buy heavy equipment andwe can see why. You are correct, he is much safer when earning a crust doing a lot of little jobs. But his RU-vid channel is now a monster driving him on. He is not cut out to be a half decent mechanic, there is no methodology. Servicing and changing fluids is OK, but nothing complicated. His welding skills are excellent. But no use to him when one of his machines kill him - or worse someone else.
Looks great Andrew. Coming along nicely. It's going to look even better after a few spring rains clean the rocks more. That's a lot of work, but will definitely pay off in the end. I'm willing to bet you have a binder full of plans and Ideas for the Mountain top Castle Resort you're building. It's going to be Epic, I can see it now Brother. Keep up the good work. Cheers Blessings🙏. ps: Cody and Blue are such characters together😆, they should start their own channel🥰👍.
We have portable crushers at work. We dig a trench, and back the machine over the trench for the days run. Then pull it off at end of shift and clean out the trench each day, and you will not have that problem again or at least it won't eat your belting up.
They dint take long to put that belt in there good leaning curve for ya ....I must say I was cringing watching that crusher make that turn those tracks could do with a couple pumps of grease I think just to be safe 🤔
u need to load it at the back of the hopper, loading it over the grizzly wont give the fines a chance to sort and they end up in the jaw, killing production, fill at the back and the fines will sort out so its only clean rock in the jaw, ur also over filling the hopper, it should be a steady stream of rock keeping the jaw 75% full at all times with very few fines
You should load the hopper behind the undersized bars, so you don’t bend or knock them off. Usually dumping it halfway back or towards the end, helps with keeping them free, also if you feed to close to the jaws, large rocks can wedge inside the jaw and become stuck.
Awesome video brotha. I used to run a jaw crusher for a few years straight and the best word of advice I can give you to avoid the belt breaking prematurely is to CLEAN UNDER THE CRUSHER DAILY! Small rocks & dirt are gonna get down there no matter what you do and WILL touch the bottom side of the belt in time if not maintained.
These crushers need daily maintenance and checks every day. This one is NOT gonna have any of that. A trench under the macine that gets cleaned out everyday is the way to keep it running smoothly. Its a half million dollar machine....it wont last long. It will Break For NO Reason soon....lol...
Personal experience:To lengthen the lifespan on your belt you should suspend 2 mats in chains, to break the fall of the rocks onto the conveyor belt. The first mat breaks the fall, the 2nd mat stops the rocks from bouncing into the metal housing, and then it falls down, much less impact. and you wear out two 1m longer pieces of belt instead of the whole belt.
No need for that it has an impact bed already installed under the throat of the jaw. Also I would imagine the company got him the correct belt for the application like a rock master belt or you can even get Kevlar belts if you were worried about it. Depending on the belt material you would be amazed how tuff belts actually are
@@mRcOOL5YO would all depend on whos buying it im sure personally I've never been around it I just know they make it and I've had the salesman telling me some about it also. I would definitely say it is not cheap at all as typical belting can get very pricey
From a mining company I worked with some years ago - take care with the size of what you feed the crusher. It can jam, and it can break. Removing a jammed rock is.. laboursome, or explosive. And blasting it can ruin the crusher. Great stuff! And fun to see the dogs grow up. Blue is no longer the puppy pushover.
waiting 2 hours for this :first the baker for bread , then making coffe and eggs , sitting down comfortable and then press play on your video and my day is having a perfect start , love your videos , perfect balance , talking , fixing , working thanks Andrew 😁Peder , Svendborg , Denmark
I've got to say this. Since the beginning of your channel, I'm always impressed on how you can fix things, all kinds of things. Seems to me you never get stuck with a problem, and if you don't know how to fix something, you stay calm and figure-it out. I may not use my chainsaw on my dashboard (ah ah) but I must say I keep your attitude in mind whenever I'm facing something broken or not working, or not sure if I can fix it or not. But very often, I do figure-it out by myself and fix it. Just saying.... Thx
Nice job!! If only the conveyer was a little higher you could park the dump truck directly underneath it avoiding another step.Its definitely working great now.
It was like "old home week" for me watching this video. I spent almost 20 years working on conveyors in a large FedEx package sorting facility. It was blast watching the guys changing the rock sorting conveyors and comparing the similarities & differences to changing package conveyors (e.g.. pulling belting through the frame, cutting and lacing the belts). Even after 6 years of retirement, I could identify with the work.
And here I was thinking you would wait until the spring to fix the belt on the crusher. Andrew, you sure know what your audience wants. I say you make a move to features. Great video and thank you as always for sharing.
An hour goes by so fast watching this. It's facinating and very satisfying and I don't even know why. Please keep posting, this is better than anything Hollywood produces.
My 2 year old son loves construction trucks so we stumbled on your channel a few months ago. Now we watch your videos on repeat while he plays with his trucks. He asks a lot of questions about things you’re doing so he’s learning a lot at such a young age.
[1:07]: "Lets build a gravel pad for this to actually work on."* That's exactly what the guy recommended in the video when you first bought this-it's what they did. That, and to move it as little as possible, or not at all.
@@tbrowniscool I definitely remember a film or series that the dad hired a road roller for the day which he had secretly dropped off in a car park and then his kid caught him and they then spent the day running over everything they could think of.
In the winter when i worked in a Coal yard Antifreeze was our best friend! Especially on stacker belts or anything with a belt we would spray the Hell out of it and never had any trouble the next day! It will save you a lot of time and trouble!
“Everyone that I bring up here can’t drive” no, people just appreciate their vehicles and don’t want to destroy them like every piece of equipment that goes up there
I am about to start my journey into working for myself , after watching you for the last 6 years I have understood why u like doing the jobs u get , most of them aren’t commercial which is just a job with a budget no personal connection to it at all just a paycheck but the residential work u do for people changing there whole properties and making there dreams come true really is inspiring. I just bought my first mini excavator looking for jobs in my area. Doing just how u did going house to house leaving business cards / notes saying how there landscape could be better or some ugly trees cut down. I hope and strive to be 1/2 the Man U are thank you for being you Andrew.
That was some great work by you and your crew. Cold, wet, heavy….nothing seems to faze y’all. With the abundance of rock available, have you given any thought to moving the trailer and storage containers, etc. so you can put down a rock base for them to rest on ?
He hasnt even cleared the trees from the roadsides. If you gonna build a road - prep the area first...lol. The rocktruck is still dodging trees at camp..... Andrew cant wait - he does everything backwards instead of doing a proper job. Its the way Andrew works, he cant help it. If he was creating a road for a client, he would do it properly, clearing the area, laying down rock and to a good standard! But because its his own job he takes shortcuts.
Placing a gravel layer on your mountain road is great first step. Also removing some trees along the road would be a big improvement. Best wishes for this new year.
He really should have done that over the past year. But Andrew does everything half-assed. Marking a path for the road and clearing away trees and stumps. But no....he just jumps right in, you dotn get away with improperly handling heavy machinery.
34:45 We should also be able to park the truck in front of it to catch all the rocks. The only thing is you would have to move the truck every time it gets filled. But your big truck might be able to handle the larger load.
he should get another mountain woman offsider thats into the same stuff he is. He often says in his videos that an extra person would be more productive. Maybe he can make a little Camarata family and we can watch Andrew 2.0 taking over the property maintanence jobs ;-)
Andrew, I know you were wondering “what the heck are you guys doing” and had to hold yourself back from helping! Well…. lets just say, it got done. You did a lot of rock work and the road looks good!
When i get into an impossible situation at work, i try to calm down and focus on finding a way to solve problems. I think of Andrew always beeing calm solving problems hundreds times bigger than mines…
I’m only 10 minutes in, but fuckkkkk do I feel your pain. And I’m talking about having issues with a sandvik and having to clear it by hand. Pretty similar in physical work to clear it, but haven’t had a broken belt thank God. I’m sure it’s 10x worse with rock
If you want to have things nobody else has, you have to do things nobody else does. Such as going out on a mountain top in bad weather, fixing a broken machine with people who can't make it to the job site by themselves and putting the machine to work. Respect, Andrew.
If you want to have things longer than others have, you need to do things that others don't do - like watch where you're driving with expensive machinery that can cost many thousand$ to fix the simplest mistake.
Those two boys stay busy while daddy works when y’all are on the mountain, I know how you worry about them running off up there! At least they stay closer to you when they’re on the mountain Andrew, running around finding deer remains lol 😂! That Cody hogs them from Blue, they’re so funny to watch! Thanks for sharing Andrew, y’all stay safe, warm and healthy my friend! Sending prayers for you and your family my friend! Kirk from Lake Charles Louisiana! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
1 way to look at the belt breaking is that you can make plenty of mud flaps and skirting and battery mats and aphalt protection to run your excavator on roads out of the broken belt lol , lemons into lemonade 😀
Got to give Andrew credit...knows what he wants to create, has a plan, brings his fleet of equipment to bear and succeeds. And the video, I think, is one of his best long form vids. Well done. (Do we know what the belt and installation cost?)
@@berty1422 I doubt Andrew paid anywhere close to $620,000 for that crusher. That's what those go for if they were brand new. My guess is he bought it at auction for a small fraction of that.
Andrew, since you've been making videos for so long, can you go over what drones and cameras you settled on and what to avoid? Also, those rock crushers are awesome. LetsDig18 borrowed one from his friend very similar to yours and made some interesting videos.
Man, a lot of work had to be done to finally get to this point, running real production with the crusher, putting roads in. Big progress! Great work and great video! I definitely want to see another video on the crusher and more roads, this is nice to see. :)
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I used to work on big jaw role crushers, cone crushers and various breakers. I do not miss crawling inside them or rappelling down the jaws with a cutting torch in one hand, holding onto a chain with the other. Working 16+ hours a day in strange big city’s for 19$/hr.. So glad I went to college.
The owner of the company actually had his legs degloved on the jawroll that I worked on. Saw someone get there nose broken, arm crushed and the dust in the summer was unbearable on my lungs. Awful job.
@@patcb829 It depends on the material they are made out of. Some are made for heavy duty like rock and soil. Some are made for cardboard. Im guessing here, but id say $20 a ft or more. It's 36" wide belt and probably 180 ft long or so. You get to pay for the whole roll whether you use it all or not. $4000 roughly not including the labor to put it on. Another $2K there for that if not more. This is expensive equipment to own!
Andrew I'm surprised you don't set yourself up with a service truck with the utility body with torches and a welder in all your tools... As your operation grows it might be something to think about...
Andrew inspires me, no matter what keep moving forward. Snow? Moutain? Freezing weather? no matter what. Much respect! They've told him no so many times and he keeps going. :)
Love the videos but it’s not necessary to bitch some one out for not wanting to drive up your road, it’s major shit and for a guy trying to feed his family to potentially ruin his work truck is a bad deal. I’m a plumber and have turned down lots of work because of poor sight conditions, not worth the few thousand to ruin an 70k truck and not be able to feed my kids.
Hey, next time you do that belt(and there will be a next time) Get a belt that is skived for a superscrew belt clip. They outlast the flexco's you have and are less likely to have maintenance issues. they are made out of rubber. the belt is cut at a angle so they don't get as easily hung up on anything. Keep up the good work. enjoy the videos
