I watch your videos every weekend like clockwork, and I notice one thing most of all. You are a good guy, solid. I say this from watching how you treat your critters, treat your wife and now Eli! (Good job Eli, BTW, best video ever!). I just enjoy watching and listening to you go through the day.
Western truck and tractor Repair you are a well informed person with alot of knowledge and experience behind you I have started watching you three months and I do like following you please keep up all of your great work you are doing I learn about things you do and how you save and work on Engines and the drivetrain
Little tyke, my fondest memories are riding with my dads friend in his logging truck when I was about his age. The mentors I was blessed to be around guided my work ethic today.
Warrent, of all your cool tools the one I'd like the most is that crane!! I bought a '91 D5C and the rails and sprockets are toast. The guy ran it under too much tension so the pads and flat part of the rails are decent, and I think I can rotate the pins and bushings and change sprockets to give the undercarriage about 85 percent. Everyone wants me to spend five grand for new stuff so they can clean up on ripping me off on the metal recycling, and I'm sick of them!! That crane would sure be a help!! Love your videos! Wish I had your energy level!!
This type of job is back breaking physical work that takes all the energy out of the body. Just crawling under the equipment several times a day while not to mention handling the heavy parts this fellow is working with zaps all the energy out of the body. This fellow is one tough hombre and seems to be one heck of a good mechanic. He's not a technician since all they do is swap parts. This guy fixes things using what he has available; whether parts provided by a supplier or a quick bush fix where he doesn't have the right parts. I appreciate the work he does and understand the physical aspects most folks don't understand or have even considered doing. He's the type of fellow I'd hire in a heart beat because he gets the job done. No millennial type attitude here. This guy earns every cent he charges. Thanks for the video and sharing.
Thanks for the shout out Warren, it was my pleasure assisting you with that KW. I look forward to talking with you again! I still don't know how in the world you get that belly pan back on in the field by yourself!
@@westerntruckandtractorrepa1353 I see, I think I would have had to drink a couple of beers and scratch my ass for awhile to come up with that method! thanks for sharing!
Any time there is a kid involved in any trade I am in! Badass on you for stepping up when he needed you. You can see in how he videoed for you the impact you made. We all aspire to do good, you obviously have and continue to do good! I am in awe!
Teach that boy the value of brake cleaner! My dad used to take me to work in NYC and I watched him work on skyscraper HVAC systems. What a gift you’re giving that boy watching you work on those huge machines.
Eli is doing a great job for a litle fella. Eli little man you take every chance yoh have with Warren and watch and learn what he is. Doing. It will make you a better man one day.
You earn your money, mate. Heavy work, working in all weathers and situations. The wheel dropped nicely into place. 14:55 I guessed that's what might have happened, it sunk, remembering what you said about this site being soft ground. 23:00 That first starter bolt is always a victory. 👍
Hey Warren, I really love the videos and thank you for taking the time to edit and get them up. I've always loved heavy equipment repair since I was a kid and helped- watched my foreman fix a dozer. Thanks again!!!!
Warren, you are one AWESOME fella. I would drink a beer with you anytime, anywhere. Man I wish there were more like us. You remind me so much of my Grandfather. So much common sense and insight to things in life and such a great work ethic.
Great to see the Cat track moving after that heavy work. You made the job look easy only because you have so much experience on them. I was wishing you had 2 cranes when the blocks sunk but I have had blocks sink on so many machines and I knew you had a fix ready to go. Great video. Thanks Warren! Be safe.
Just started today as a diesel mechanic apprentice in a sand mine working on some of the biggest equipment I’ve ever seen and water dredges going to be interesting
Good man Warren to continue taking care of Eli and giving him mechanic experience, I wouldn’t even think about any crappy comments on here, seeing what kind of man you are you can hold your head high
Just remember new camera man, we all are new at things we have never done before. Learning can be lots of fun, just keep going and watch to Warren, he's a cool guy and a great mechanic. Between you and me, you were better on the camera than I would have been. Good first time.
Good job helping to raise and take care directing him in life, Eli may find he likes being out there in the world. Kotos to you ! P.S. behind every good man is a great woman, give her a thumb up please
Warren, buddy thanks for sharing the details of another job well done. Keep the awesome videos coming. We as an audience can learn so much. Hope you have a great week.
I'd like to suggest some good dowel pins, same thread as the bolts you are using. I know with the mix of machines you'd probably have a decent set when you're done but that hub would slip right on with some pins. Stop fighting it, cut some heads off some bolts and save em.
I can't have every special thing for every job, if all I did was undercarriage work yeah I would have them. I work on a wide variety of equipment, for all the stuff you guys say I got to have I would need to tow a 53 foot dry van full of special tools to every job I do.
Tom has a decent suggestion. I realize it is hard to accept suggestions or advice sometimes. Dowels would make the job much easier. You could keep the stuff at your shop and take it with you when you know you will need them...... The work you do is hard. He is just trying to help.
Watching your videos is educational. They are scary as well. You be careful out there. I try to imagine on every remote machine, how you could be extricated and treated should serious injury occur. Be safe!
Love the videos, found my new favorite channel. When you were slipping that track back on, I kept looking at that front jack leaning hoping you'd catch and re-position it, I hate working on soft ground and worrying about sinking.
@@josedude9812 Not in my eyes, point it there! Oh yeah my first mechanic job, then handing wrenches, washing parts in gasoline, eventually it was my brother and I working and dad was our consultant!
Thanks for the video sir , as for the people complaining they will always find something to bitch about it seems.. keep doing what your doing your way man ! I love working on my own stuff nothing as big as what your working on (my truck,wife's car / boat ect..) but THATS the appeal to your channel . Its fun to watch someone tackle something that is waaay out of my expertise and skill level and watch how you handle your business. Keep on keeping on sir
Hey Cowboy I like how u work on all makes/ models, it’s very interesting to watch and listen. THANK YOU for posting the videos you produce. I believe ur channel has the potential to be HUGE!
I am a auto tech well still in school and have worked on plenty cars and trucks but I am interested in diesel and heavy equipment. Great videos I hope one day to be as skilled as you are.
There was an old adage, "You can tell the quality of a surgeon by the size of the incision." Having good access to the objective makes the quality of the job better. By moving the track, you have full access to do the repair without making any compromises or not seeing an issue that should be resolved. Stick to your standards.
if you go back to 21;00 and watch the tensioner you can see it move out some. that may or may not of been the reason it was fighting you lol so cool to watch you work
I watched a CAT mechanic do this job on a 65E. He used three pieces of 3/4" all-thread (about 3-feet long) through both idler hub flanges. Then he put each half of the front idlers on and pulled them in by threading the nuts down the all-thread. It was easy to hang the idler halves because the all-thread extended out beyond the side of the track. The guy had it down to a science... wouldn't even let me help. Hope this helps.
A couple of 8" long pieces of threaded bar screwed into the bolt holes in the hub would probably make it easier to get the drum aligned. Some may call it a stabbing guide. Hell of a job you do having to work on your own all the time. Don't really envy you.
Thank you for posting these great “how to” videos. Informative, entertaining....truly look forward to every new episode. I hope Discovery or the like picks up on these (similar to “Big Fix Alaska”....great program that ran for a season).
when you going to hire me man? hahaha damn are you one smart dude!!!!!!!!!! love learning everything i can from you Warren. so glad were both alive at this day in age and i can say i know who you are!
