Shouldn't the customer pull the machine apart for you to do your welding job? I hope you're getting paid fairly to do all these different job descriptions.
I'm Metso certified and a former Con/Ag service tech. I don't miss those days, but I sure enjoy watching someone else do the heavy lifting. I'm many years past the days when I could change 4 hammers in a horizontal impact crusher alone in one day. The company I worked for had a full in house machining division for large parts like you're talking about. They were a former Terex dealer. The good old days I guess. I think the largest jaw die the company replaced was running in the ballpark of 10K pounds and required huge lancing rods to get the bolts free.
Yes, Gregg is good but Issac, I C Weld, is no slouch either. Equipment operators are always breaking things, Gregg & Issac get to rebuild, it’s called job security.
Man Greg , you knocked it of the park on this one. Burning the candle at both ends. Thanks for sharing another great episode and i hope they appreciate your expertise and compensated you appropriately.
Love seeing how it gets done out in the field away from the comfort of the shop. Never easy but you always make it happen. Brilliant to see you with an apprentice as well, top man. All the best
Wow! I am am really impressed! I had no idea that you had to disassemble and reassemble big, complex machinery like this crusher AND repair it as well. Great job. I really enjoyed every minute of the video. Thanks.
Nice work 👍 Understand the need to work through the weekend, I used to do ship repairs and it often had to be done over a weekend, I think my record was 40 hours during a single weekend (Saturday + Sunday). We usually had a hotel/motel room nearby, but it was mostly only to get a shower and some breakfast and maybe a couple of hours of sleep if lucky.
Made in the USA and repaired in the USA . I have no experience with video production but I wouldn't mind if yours were a bit longer. Thanks for the content.
Agree. However, I can only imagine how difficult it must be to make these difficult repairs and fuss with camera placement, lighting, etc. We do appreciate you, Greg! Fantastic production!
Really appreciate you recording, editing, & all that & sharing your knowledge. It's healthy if not necessary for people to understand how the world works... that there are people who fix the machines that dig the dirt that makes our roads, cars, houses, phones, jewelry, clothes etc. Thank you for doing what you do.
Absolutely brilliant I am so impressed with what you do. Without a doubt you are second to none in what you do it is always a pleasure to watch you work.
Hi Greg i got to say that since ive been watching you @on fire welding the work you do is top notch and you alway's try to go the extra mile for your customer's but you can only do what there willing to pay for what would it of tacken to weld that upright and put 2 concrete bolts in all the sake of a few dollars, got to say Jacob is a very good asset to you and the business you don't see many young people wanting to be out in all the weather can throw at you it looks like Jacob has a great work ethic too and get's on with the job good on you for teaching him the many part's of your business and great on him for being willing to learn, thank you for another fantastic video.
Well done, Mr.Greg you are the Master Smith! You are the Grade A! Extreme Heavy Duty Repair! Maintenance, Welder, Machinist and Mechanic all in one! Over the top! You getting it done! Score AAAA! Last of the true Smith! Well done! You get me beat! I'm a welder/extreme duty mechanic.
Brilliant work as usual. Your truck with that crane is such a great bit of kit, it not only helps you do this type of work but it helps get you the work because it gives you an edge in capability.
Worked on these things a few years, and every bit of it is a fight! I got tired just watching you guys. They start self destructing the moment you switch them on...lol.
You are right about those bolts if they don't go back and double nut them they will shake loose, and as you know it don't matter what you weld it with sooner or later it will brake it's a crusher plant, seems to me we are always working with are hands tied not enough time or money. Nice job done.
I work for lafarge in calgary alberta long time ago 2 season yup rock crushers and wash plant take hell beatin but after we have make inspection at each shift.when you got parts,bolt,crack on steel look like slack off.we have very old equipment but trow money at it and look after.the problems was sreen get good stuff due wear.belt and roller was install in winter work include welding at -40 below yup but was done.thanks video😊
Oh man, it would give me a lot of anxiety about the reassembly process when it was as difficult as it was to take it apart. Your crane seems worth its weight in gold. That job would have been a nightmare without it. As always, you get it done and make it look easy. 👍🏼👍🏼
Mig, Tig, Stick, it doesn't matter what process you use as long as you have the ability and the knowledge to make it work, buddy of ours welded up a rear-end unit for last minute race. He mig welded it, that weld did great, drove that hotrod for years before snapping a axle in a curve, ended up selling unit to another guy, looked just as good as day buddy welded it up!
Thank you for your videos. I learn something everytime. And I be willing to have you put welds, MIG or Stick, on any of my stuff!! And I bet it will hold. (referencing 13mins into your video)
Cheers for the video 👍🏽 As a ex-miner in Australia I would like to point out that the rocks weren’t load rated for the weight while you were welding 🫢 Love your work
As a younger guy, I got one heck of a lot of on-the-job welding experience working in the crusher business. You learn to stick weld well when it doesn't have to be pretty. One of my first tests was welding lifting eyes on manganese jaw dies to crane lift them. That's when there were still old salts willing to teach young bucks.
Excellent video. I like how you are editing with just enough fast speed to provide content and flow but not too much to create disinterest. I bet editing is as hard to learn as welding (almost)! Looks like you use the Dewalt mag drill a lot, still like it? Also looks like the top lights on the boom are a lifesaver. Top notch engineering ,fabrication and welding. Thanks for sharing this..
Luckily my wife does the editing but it’s still time consuming and a learning curve. I do not like the De Walt mag drill. I should have gotten a Milwaukee.
You mentioned that you were seeing issues everywhere you looked. That reminded of a time when someone asked if it sucks too much to have that much attention to detail? He wasn’t asking me directly that question but of a person we knew to have OCD to the level of almost needing hospitalization 🤣
I find it sad that big companies don't maintain there equipment I've worked for a few that run it till its no good no more like missing bolts not greasing anything but good job on the repairs
I was a welders helper back in the day, and we were holding a piece of C channel above our heads, trying to weld in the rain, and we both got shocked, and my friend was burned by the end of the sea channel. He had just cut with a torch.
I see you fight the know it all commenters too. I think you do great work and nothing wrong with dual shield wire , tensile strength is good if not better and not constantly changing consumables.
I like to try to reply to positive and negative comments. Either one gets my videos more attention. And I personally don’t care what anyone says. Like IC weld says, this video is about how I did it not how you would have done it. Thanks for the support!
2:57 I agree. The old timer stuff is cool & usually way over-built thats why it lasted so long! Sadly, a lot of stuff today is made to the minimum standard to make it work long enough to get out of warranty. I love the gears & the way gear reduction can make a little motor do really big work from compounding leverage & stuff!👍🏻👌🏻🛠️🔧🔩⛓️⚙️📏✏️📐🗜️🦺🚜🏗️🚧🔌🔋⚡💥💨⚠️😃
7:23 Man that didn't just happen in one day! That's been tearing apart for quite awhile to get that f'd up, ripping 3/8 plate apart like that. Just machine abuse and job security for craftsmen welder fabs like you. Tell them to keep ignoring the small issues til they cause real big *expensive* problems....like this or worse! 😃😃😂😂👍🏻
I was wondering how you were going to line up the mounting plates. I figured it would be too much trouble to crane it back into place just to tack it up. Nope!
