It's not quite apples to oranges but REX chain company did lubrication tests many decades ago and their results showed that an unlubricated chain has about 600 times the wear rate of a properly lubricated chain. Oil/grease is cheap and works... very well. I constantly fight with customers to get them to throw even a few drops of oil on chains, let alone properly lubricating them. Downtime in my industry costs about $ 25,000 per hour and I have seen days of downtime caused by not using fifty cents worth of oil.
I bought a $300 electric grease gun. I gave them a ring with 6 sheet of lamented paper showing exactly where the grease fittings were. There was 17 on this machine. I told them in the morning grease it before the shift. I come back 2 weeks later... Well the grease guns battery is dead I cant grease anything... I mean you can only do so much.
Looks to me like the tractor fifth wheel jaw was also well out of adjustment. The driver must have been aware of the play between the tractor and trailer every time he slowed down or accelerated (clonk, clonk). At least people who decide not to maintain stuff like this ensures work keeps coming your way. Love your jobs, thank you.
I have a friend who has a construction and demolition company. He changes the colors of the grease he uses so he can tell if people are greasing or not greasing the equipment.
Greg is not BS ing about those 3M Cubitron ll discs.... I have been using for over 5 years now and the 36 grit removes metal very very fast and gives a smooth finish.... I use on hot rolled structural steel we use for making mobile bars for hotels and they have to look like furniture.... no chattering on bouncing around on the material.... Greg knows his Grinding Discs...... cheers, Paul
Just amazes me...the lack of simple maintenance and a little bit of TLC...if they made the damn operators go out there with you on repairs (and act as your handimen and gofers)...I bet they would take more pride in just pointing the equipment down the road...they aren't operators...they are just drivers Ah well...job security for a good welder! You need a sticker that says "I'm here because you broke something!" Keep em coming!!!!
Brings back memories , I’ve done some many of those things back when I started. But with a torch and and old hobart welder with jet rods!! Man how things have changed for the better. Great job!
This very sad see this but that way is sometime.i work coal 1980-88 as serviceman se bc and they are tough on this.they said" grease is cheap but parts are costly" you got good point there.i work on trailers banister pipeline some 30 years look near new due money spend on maintenance.thank expose this thing.😮
Those cubitron discs are really that good. The old timer I wrench under handed me a handheld grinder with one of those discs when I was angling a piece to join on a large bench grinder. So much better. It's the mobility of a handheld tool with more cutting power and precision than the benchtop. It's the new OG stuff, you recommend it because it is absolutely the best.
I have gotten to the point, if I see a no grease situation.... .I have no respect for the owner and do not want to do the job.... .cheers my friend, Paul in Florida,
Great work!!! Not trying to publicly blast...just asking a question to learn. Do the craters left behind by the carbon arc gouging process weaken the base plate?
I work at a Cat dealership and unless we need to dig something out with a hard stone we majnly use the cubitron sanding disks for everything. They are awesome!!
Great job on the replacement love the vids. One thing you do not grease the king pin , the jaws are out of adjustment on the 5h wheel. Many many fith wheels today use a Teflon or wear plate no grease whatsoever. Only place that gets greased is the side pins and jaw mechanism. You can see how the top of the pin is worn as well, the adjustment on the fith wheel is gone most likely the jaws are complete junk, and has been out of speck and illegal for some time.
@OFW they need to check and maintain adjustments, the driver who drove that trailer should have been screaming something was wrong just a small amount out creates a noticeable clunk also ruins the truck.
We can hope that they figure out that it’s cheaper to grease things every once in a while. So that they don’t have to call you. I greased my truck every 10,000 miles weather it needed it or not, when I sold it 1,125,000 miles on the original kingpins and bushings. 5th wheel needed to be rebuilt & I greased it every once in a while. Thank you Sir for the video
I'm not going to say that weld is not structural because it is to a point but most of the load force is back and worth not up and down the more important part is the fitment in the hole
I run my suitcase off of a bobcat instead of a big blue, I would be interested to see you test out live voltage readings with certain lengths of lead connected to it. It is surprising how much voltage drop occurs between my powerplant & suitcase depending on if I have 4/0, 2/0, or 1/0 connected, and 50' or 100' of lead.
Oh cool I didn't know that the fifth wheel plate could wobble left and right. Come to think of it I've never looked at the kingpin of any trailer but dry van. Makes sense, just never thought about it.
Every now and then I get to deal with dry 5th wheel plates. In that the trailer will not allow the truck to steer, it keeps the truck going in a straight line. Lube 5th wheel and truck steers normal. I had one on Hwy 299W in the Trinity River canyon, driver had hard time making the curves. Perhaps you went up 299W to get to Happy Camp. You got good stuff!
I work for a small equipment rental company and we deal mostly in power generation, but pretty soon we'll be entering the earthmoving sector and i'd love to hear your reccomendations for a welder/generator to go on a service truck? We don't have a dedicated welding truck, it's a lube truck and while not ideal I'll have to do my best to make sure it's equipped for most jobs. I'm the head mechanic (one of only 3 total) and the owner of the company told me he'd like me to learn the hard-facing process for the buckets on machines we'll be getting. I'm not a certified welder, although I have some experience with flux core and MIG welding but no experience with dual shield or stick. I'd be looking for a machine that will cover all the bases, would love to learn arc gouging too. (I don't plan on doing any structural welding until i have the experience) What's the best way to go for a good all around setup without breaking the bank? Love the videos!
My choice would be a 302 air pak. You can do light gouging and it will provide all the air you will ever need. You can run a wire feed unit off of it. Good all around machine.
Boy!!! that's real risky stringing!!! I would NEVER use use fabric straps thru a pin bush hole--- could be a burr in there that would cut that strap like butter!!! just ask I,C weld about that---- always use a shackle with a strap!!!
I also have used cubitron abrasives at my work and we only ask for them, they are the best full stop, even tho the higher ups dont like spending that kind of money on pads, disks and grinding wheels they cut down on labour time by a big margin and they last alot longer then other brands so you dont buy them as often therefore saving money and waiting time on ordering consumables. I swear by them
AirArc is just awsome I watched a Russian dude cut a massive steel roller his rods must have been 10 ft long and he spend all day cutting this thing into giant chunks lol I've been binge watching now for two days On Fire Weilding is at the Top of his game one of the very best I've seen on YT God bless O F W 💫✝️✨
If most management had to choose between preventive maintenance and going blind they'd be navigating by striped cane. Cubitron and everything else 3M make is wonderful. Not cheap, but cheaper then blowing through crappy abrasives when time is money.
I have owned and been working on trailers and trucks my whole life and I would think that the tractor that has been pulling that trailer has wore out fifth wheel jaws or they are extremely out of adjustment with a lot of slop to wear out a king pin that bad on a relatively newer trailer even with a low amount of grease that was on that plate and kingpin.
That cubitron abrasive pad, how well does it work grinding along its own plane? I mean along its edge. Say for example I have an interior fillet weld that I want to grind down with higher precision than I can get with a flap disc, how well does the edge of that pad hold up?
Hi Senioro Greg, Yours is an prime example of leave them wanting. The 60 min plus vid's are seldom worth staying the course. I looked at your weld around the new plate and on the "right" side, it looked like the weld just rolled up against the plate edge. I know your work better than to think that but why did it look like that? I tried some 3m Cubitron sanding discs but did not see a big plus over the good quality alum oxide discs I buy. I haven't tried the grinding discs because I haven't had any welding goin on. I could see what you did in real time and it is clear they cut like a hungry bear..... Threeeess to Ya Laddie. Ye Ole Caterpillar Cowboy
Hey brother, great videos, learning a lot from you. I’m watching your excavator bucket wings vid. If you love your dog please don’t have it around while you’re welding because it will look straight at the light! I’m sure you know how that feels as I do. Please point this out to your viewers because I’ve seen this on many different channels, please help all the pets out there! Keep up the great work & videos:)
"We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine, We were melted in the furnace and the pit- We were cast and wrought and hammered to design, We were cut and filed and tooled and gauged to fit. Some water, coal, and oil is all we ask, And a thousandth of an inch to give us play: And now, if you will set us to our task, We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!" Rudyard Kipling, the Secret of Machines Enjoy your videos, too often components fail because of simple maintenance such as lubrication
I grabbed som e elcheapo ceramic disc before I spent the 3M money, holy shit they cut and last longer than aluminum oxide discs. I know where I can grab some from…..
