Trying save 10k by doing some DIY repairs on the 140 Volvo coupler in the shop with MBTS 

MBTS and DP act like old married couple and get the job done, and MBTS done a excellent job

10 grand? I'm in the wrong business! Good looking repairs fellas!

The casual humor of MBTS always entertaining . At 1 min. " bad operator ?" 😂😂😂. Cheers !

Excellent work done. Saved enough to go back to work on Lt. Dan & finish him to go to work.

I can see Lt.Dan waiting patiently and drumming his fingers on the deck, praying someone will soon begin finishing the job started Loooong Ago!....LoL Those bushings and pins would go in soo much easier if they were put in a freezer overnight. Just a thought.

The Dynamic Duo strike again!!! Thanks for an enjoyable 48.13 minutes lol. Cheers guys.

You two crack me up, but you guys always get it done. Great video, love watching.

Great job guys👍. $5,000.00 for Aron and $5,000.00 for DP🤓

AARON TOLD ME THAT YOU REALLY NEED A WELDING TABLE

As good a welder as he is i wouldnt care if he hung himself upside down by his feet from the crane as long as he does a great job. He is obviously a heck of a welder

That was just awesome guys what makes it good is your sense of humour having a bit of fun on a tough job .. And saved yourself a bucket of money... Can't ca get any better than that.. God bless ya guys..

Glad to see Master Welder Aaron is back in the house.

A good welder is priceless and also the guy handing the stinger is a bonus ,LOL . Thanks for the great videos

You guys handled that nicely. Only detailed thing I would have done differently is I would have coated the bushings with a smear of regular grease before driving them in. These bushings were thick walled enough (and steel) to stand up to the beating you gave them without distorting, but less robust (or bronze) bushings could have suffered some distortion. A little bit of lubrication before driving home is always a good thing.

Man I don’t know what you would do without MBTS, what a treasure. Not sure what you pay him but he must save you a fortune at times.

"Bad Operator?" Hahahahhaha!!! Being a computer geek always being asked to look at people's computers, my usual reply is "the problem is a loose nut somewhere between the keyoard and the chair"

I’ve been watching your videos for quite a while now I love the way you and your friends work together with humor and respect it makes me miss my childhood friends keep up the good work God bless you family and friends

It’s amazing how MBTS gets everything done 😂😂😂😂😂

Brothers , friends or cousins. Still a great team ❤️

I've said it before, the dirt work is top notch but the shop work is awesome. It's good to see MBTS back in action. Great video Michael.

Your very good at what you do,but I enjoy the interaction between you and Aaron. Aaron is a hoot! Thanks for the fun times!

I'm getting an awful lot of glare on my screen when MBTS took off that welding hood....😁

I would doubt any of the manufactures use stick anywhere, it's a production setting. The use of proper technique will yield as strong as or stronger welds with mig. They use a 71M outershield wire, not to be confused with intershield wire, but does produce a slag covering. Also the shielding gas is a 75/25 CO2/Argon or even a straight 100% CO2, the CO2 makes it dig deep. Get Arron a roll of the 71M wire to try, it goes down like butter, he'll love it. Nice fix, hope it holds up for you guys.

Big thumbs up to MBTS👍. All BS aside its good to have a good welder around in this world. We r fortunate to have a cousin just like him in our excavating buisness. Keep up the good stuff gentlemen!

Great vid it is nice to see someone save big bucks by DIYing. These days it seems that getting the newest machine you can still work on is better than a new machine you have to pay someone else to work on.

I was waiting for the "CRUNCH" when turning the 140 back to the shop.

What a pleasure to watch two "professional mechanics, etc." I've got to watch more of MBtS's welding skills.

I had to smile a bit, MBTS extolling the virtues of stick welding; how much stronger etc roll forward a few months tile plough. All welding done with MIG. Interesting video. Just shows how a good welder can save $$$$

Great job MBTS You are the man Thanks for sharing Dirt Perfect 👌

This is actually one of the video's that I was smiling the whole way through, as usual great job guys!!

Thank you. Better then new.

Between DP & MBTS there isn't much that they can't repair or service themselves !! I bet it save a bundle of $$$.

Nice to see a complete project in one video. Good video.

MBSTS is great asset to your team.

Aaron feel your pain, it’s hard to soar like an Eagle when you have buzzards around.

Great job guys, for those bushings. Head to your local welding supplier and see if they can get you a small container of liquid nitrogen. It will shrink them up a few thousands. They slide right in. We do it all the time.

Well done, guys. Always a great video when DP and MBTS are together. This one was no exception !

Enjoyed the video as always Mike thanks!🙏❤️🇺🇸

Love these repair videos, thanks for letting us come along.

🤣 Y’all are like an old married couple …y’all work so well together and always entertaining! Great teamwork! 👏

..saving money is good...lol..keep safe..

Any video with MBTS is a good one!!!! Great job guys 👏👍

This a great mixture of injinuity, skill, knowledge and perfect working humour, just brilliant Derek from Scotland.

Good Job guys!

Man behind the scene. I like that the older we get the more we spread

AND last week I thought the "GO-CART was for "GUNNER" from Uncle MBTS! Again, you TWO GUYS provide so much more than content. O-Rings look like a bear! You saved 10K not counting your "120" included modifications. We really appreciate seeing this stuff ESPECIALLY with you BOTH! Big Thanks, guys! Sonny

I started having a machine shop make pins that are threaded for a large nut to hold everything tightly together. It didn't cost any more than the factory pins.

Your rainy days are my fun days.☺ Love watching Dirt Perfect and MBTS working together.🙂 Enjoy watching you out on the job but looking forward to the snow days. Be good , be happy, be safe and catch you on the next one.😊

Thanks for sharing!👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🇺🇸

It's nice to be able to work on your own equipment saves a lot of money

Love you guys keep up the good work 😉

Great repair always great videos with you two together 👍🏻🇺🇸

Mister Mike, A veritable PLDTHERA of congratulatory wishes for just a super vlog! Wow; you pretty much covered all the bases possible except for enlisting Mrs. DP and Miss M., any dogs on the homestead or Mr. Jerry in the cab. To me the investigation you did and explained so well was just excellent, and showing just what a continuous BITE IN THE BUTT being the owner/operator of a small to medium business with machinery can be when stuff is down with problems hiding more problems and parts are days away. This should be a mandatory class for anyone In blind rapture of being a sole owner intent of surviving in the real world. Great work, great editing and a big thanks for taking time you didn't have while sweltering to content The dots and demonstrate that guys like you have Goya REALLY WANT TO, even on weekends and in crap weather. You rock.

Im surprised the bushings went in that easy. Usually need to stick them in the freezer to shrink it a little bit. Glad it worked out

The ol split knuckle lol happens to the best of them buddy thanks for sharing

Mig welding can as strong as stick welding, it depends on the person running the welder and the preperation that went into the metal before the weld. Aaron is correct about them not beveling it and that's why it failed.

Great Video. You two make a good team

What’s better then watching a Dirt Perfect video? Watching the re-run!

The two of you did a fantastic job and had fun. I enjoyed this video

Most excellent job and a great saving.

One thing without a doubt, MBTS is a damn good welder!!

Great job boys. A good money saver!! Well done. Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧

@ 22:19, "That's HOT!" LOLz! 😂🤣😊🤣I almost felt as if I was watching Matts Off Road Recovery!

That pin driver is so much safer than a straight bar. Back in ‘85 I was working in a spring shop for my Highschool co-op class and we did a lot of walking beam suspension bushing replacements. One time the owner was swinging the sledgehammer and I was holding the bar to drive some pins out keeping my eyes on the bar to keep it on the pin. He glanced off the end of the bar with a swing and I felt the sledgehammer go through my hair. It freaked the owner out a lot, most likely because he saw it when I only felt it. Your pin driver keeps the other person well out of striking distance.

Great job team dirt perfect

Good job fellas . Be good or ve good at it. God bless

Great video DP and you have great help never forget that 🇺🇲

from the Netherlands thanks for the video DP and Aaron

At least VOLVO welded the two nameplates on really well on the sides of the broken parts!

Monkey Behind The Scenes is a grate helper.

Good work men👍

D.P., I always enjoy the shop collaborations between you and Aaron a.k.a., "The Man Behind The Scenes". You guys really know what you're doing and you look like you're having fun doing it. Keep it up!

I have seen this happen from time to time on larger machines. 349 cat had this happen. It had a 4 yard bucket on it and had too much slop between stick and coupler. So it would slide hammer the coupler when swinging with a fully heaped bucket. Eventually kept beating the coupler and breaking the welds like yours. Good luck! And keep up the good work.

Great job on the coupler. Always entertaining and interesting to watch. The Timelapse’s are great. “Almost” MBTS cracks me up. Great to hear you bouncing off each other. Thank for posting. 🇬🇧👍

Great video guys, as usual.

Nice work guys .looks good .

Nice work guys, saved some money and got the job done quickly. 👍👍🇨🇦🐶❤

Be careful Aaron! DP is still the driver of a YELLOW (VOLVO) BUS. He'll back up over you!

Great job guys . You know what they say if you want it to stick together you gotta stick it together !!

Great team work Mike!

I think I like you and Aaron, in the shop, just as much (or More) as out in the field. Great job.

Once again you guys didn't get hurt you did a good job and you didn't fight Great job

Old Blackie sure likes to be right in the middle of the show...he wants to be a star, I think.

dp and mbts the perfect combo for you tube bliss. lol

Great job. Nice way to save u money. And I bet it is a much better repair. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome job guys

SALUDOS D.P. AND AARON , ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS. MBTB IS A TREMENDOUS WELDER.

Knowledge is amazing when you have some experience you dare to dig into stuff a lot deeper. I enjoy diving in to projects that most people don't touch. But I know my limits.

Nothing is ever dull on your channel bro I am so glad I seen you on LD18's channel. Happy daz

You should patent the pin removal tool and the bushings tool.

Like #137 Thanks for the video! Life is a learning curve! Hindsight is 20-15! Great job! You guys work together well!

Little trick we used to do at hitachi was to stick the bushes in the freezer for a hr or over night makes them so much easier to get in great work

Damn you guys do good work.

It’s so cute when he tries to make his voice sound deep. Awwwww. Poor wittle finggggg.

Your videos are really entertaining. I enjoy watching them more the TV, I've never worked on Heavy equipment, but I did work on jet engines and aircraft. When we were rebuilding an engine and we had bushings to install we would put them in the freezer for a few hours and they were much easier to install . Also when you are pulling a busing if you wold heat up the metal around the outside of the bushing it will come out a lot easier instead of heating up the bushing it self.

Aaron sure does add humor to your videos.

You two are brilliant together,100% top video

Great show boy's 👏 👍

Need to get a block of Dry Ice and chill that bushing down - it will slide in and then expand !! Check around town who has some - second hand is handy - meat market might get some in plastic bags. Just have to look around. A big shop has a big bottle of liquid.

Great video ❤