Another awesome video Andrew. Here's what I like about your videos. You include all the problems that all of us men encounter when we try to do anything in our garage/shop when we tackle a project. A lot of people skip those parts in their RU-vid videos like having to run home and get your bigger pressure washer or stirring up old grease. Problem solving is what you are all about and (at least for me) what makes this channel such a pleasure to watch. Keep up the good work!
This is an excellent point. He includes a lot of thinking, like, "Since I'm doing X, I figured I'll do Y and Z as well." It's always helpful to hear someone explain their thought process.
Yeah, I know. A few years ago, being probably about 2016 or so, my grandfathers friend on my dads side and I had wired in a over the air antenna at his house, and the only thing we (mainly he) spent in putting in the antenna was the antenna, a 1 to 2 splitter, or maybe it was a 1 to 3 splitter, some grounding wire and maybe some coax cable ends. We managed to find some extra coax cable wire that we (again, mainly he) had laying around to run from where we had put the either 1 to 2 or 1 to 3 splitter to his upstairs living room tv, and we managed to use some of the extra cable from the downstairs from when my family lived with the one friend for a few months (that's a different story), and my grandfathers friend had his satellite tv provider setup a tv downstairs for me, the satellite tv provider installer left some extra wire downstairs when they installed the cable, and the other person from the same company just cut the cable outside where the satellite cable came down to, so we (my grandfathers friend and I) just used that for the downstairs tv, and I set up another connection to the over the air antenna later on for what would be my room when my grandfathers friend had his satellite internet provider person come out and "upgrade" him to a upper generation of a modem, and they snipped the one end of the 2 cables off and didn't use the one for the connection between the satellite and the modem. I think we ended up save hundreds with doing all that work ourselves, plus we did the work a lot better then another person working for a corporation could have done, not that I hate techs working for corporations, just sort of those that don't exactly do things properly.
You always inspire me to know that there are young people like you that enjoy doing good and being a great example of how success is also measured by the hard work and being able to purchase another piece of equipment when needed. Also you should go to the local schools on career day and show others the benefits of how they can be a successful business owner, with nothing but passion and a desire to listen to their dreams.
Andrew, I can’t tell you how interesting and informative I find your videos. Someday soon I plan to have some acreage and I know your experiences recorded here will be a great help. Thank you.
Been watching for a little while now. What I’ve noticed is, Andrew is like a pit bull on a chuck roast when it comes to repairs/modifications/standard maintenance on his equipment. He never fails to fix/correct a problem. This mindset carries over to any job I’ve seen him tackle here on you tube. I’d hire this guy in one second if I needed a service he provides. I enjoy this channel a lot. Thanks for these vids.
This was another great one Andrew. Thanks for another great tutorial. Hope that you get many useful years out of your machines. Praying for your safety, health and company growth this year. Blessings to you and your family. See you on the next video.👍👉
This gentleman has more tools and gadgets than a Home Depot! As a girl, I enjoy watching. Don’t always understand how these thing work, but respect your talent
Good maintenance prevents expensive major repairs , daily and weekly checks , two handy little 360s you got there , saves a multitude of hard labour . Im a great believer in mechanical assistance whenever and wherever necessary , pointless making work difficult when you can make it real easy and in lot less time with these machines , I operated and repaired them and dozers for over 20 years in highway and civil engineering construction . Happy days , keep up the excellent work .
I've been doing electrical work for many years and have never thought about the "light in place of a fuse trick so you can find your short and save yourself a shitload of time" method. Thanks for the tip!!
use different lamps depending on the amp rating of the fuse. you don't want a lamp that exceeds the amp rating or you can let the smoke out of the wiring. about 1/4 to 1/3 the bulb amp draw verses fuse rating. is about right. so the wires don't get hot.
I have a standing search on eBay for parts for my Cat excavator... seems like every day I get an email from someone selling LED work lights for equipment. Glad you showed how bright those things are. As usual, you made us wait to the very end for the best part of your videos!!
Ich schaue deine Videos schon 3 Jahre. Da ich deine Arbeit super finde, wollte ich mich mal bedanken, für die gute Unterhaltung. Du lebst deinen Traum mit deiner Burg in so einer schönen Gegend. Ich hoffe du machst noch viele Viedeos . Alles gute aus Switzerland !! Gruss Dani ( God bless you )
@@supertrooper7403 RU-vid used to have translation for comments, too bad they canned that when they went to google+ comments. He's just saying he's been watching for 3 years and he really likes what Andrew does and so he wanted to say thanks for once. Also believes that Andrew is living the dream in his castle on this nice place on earth. He's hoping many more videos will follow and best wishes from switzerland.
I was laughing pretty hard at that too! But it is smart that he demonstrated it, wires can only handle so much load and then, bang, flames. This is how stuff burns to the ground!
I very much enjoy this honest example of living with equipment. That tree was giving me flash backs. I loaned a friend my little yanmar excavator and was working with my backhoe. I supported under the tree with the front bucket but the second section hopped out and hit me in the arm on the way down. Got thrown about 10 feet and still can't feel the skin on the arm where I got hit after 2 weeks.
Nice video Andrew! That Kubota is a work horse for sure! And man, with almost 10K hours on it, that speaks volumes about build quality. I need to fix the light on my Kubota U35 mini excavator, I have the same setup as your KX121, I think just the bulb burnt out though. Replacing with LED is an absolute must! At least when stuff on your KX breaks I can watch and learn since we almost have the same minis, LOL! Hope all is well.
I have learned so much by watching Andrew tinker with and repair things. He's a very smart and talented guy. I'm glad he gave Levi many experiences that most dogs don't have, before Levi passed.
20 years car electrician and this kid teach me something new, wow, we never stop learning and this one here have been fixing things all his life, half of mine, wow, cheers Andrew
Nice work! The first log gave me some squeezed eyes, jumping logs are no fun... 8-/ The Kubota looks good now, especially with the working lights! These loose teeth on the bucket will be next job? Thx for the vid! :-)
I commend Andrew for his mechanical tenacity and ability to fix things instantaneously. I wish he had a son who has his mental capacity, just like what his Dad has !!!
Andrew, thanks for your videos! I appreciate you making so much content for us. This is logistically a huge ask but I think it would be an amazing episode if you got every machine you had and lined them up out front of your building and talked about them all. Seeing all of the cranes and lifts during your metal roof build made me think of it.
On grease: I'm not a petroleum engineer (just an old guy) but there are 2 main types of grease: dino bones and synthetic.Dino grease is paraffin (wax) based and synthetic is polymer based. Which is better? Probably synthetic.What you saw on your grease separation was the lubricants(oils) and additives separating from the paraffin base.Not so much of a problem with synthetics. Do what you did when stirring the dino grease and it will be fine in the application for pins,bushings etc because of the frequency of grease cycles. On things requiring less frequent greasing such as wheel bearings etc I prefer synthetics.
HOW TO FIND SHORT : HOOK UP A 50 AMP BATTERY CHARGER +&- AND WHATEVER CATCHES ON FIRE WAS THE PROBLEM! BRILLIANT! Im an electrician and never thought of tracing a short in the harness with a fog light.. Brilliant. Another thing I loved,
I like the Kubota! But then maybe I’m biased since I have a Kubota L3901 tractor with the BH77 backhoe. LOVE operating the backhoe so I understand why you love doing what you do. I’m sure you’ll enjoy that closed cab on the Kubota! Thanks for the good electrical troubleshooting tips!
Andrew i'm writing this comment while the video is paused when you hook the battery charger to the boom light and it burns. Excellent instructional video, shop teachers should show this to their students when discussing vehicle wiring. Entertainment while you learn what's get better.
I have a cousin nearly twice your age that went to college to learn how to repair electronics and still cannot troubleshoot electrical issues as efficiently as do you. Keep up the good work.
I feel like Whim Hoff disproves all the old timers encouraging you to heat your shop. You're a King good Sir, we all admire your resilience, persistence, work ethic and patience. I learned so much from this video, thank you for sharing it with all of us!
schools are a money pit as soon as you learn to spell correct and can use math. your quite done. all the rest you can read in books for a fracture of the costs. college is an extreme version of wasting money.. and university is for the very few, and not perse because intelligence or IQ, but for the next generation of ''the powers that be''. the world is not about what study you had its about the clubs you belong too.
Very gratifying to see correct electrical repair. So many videos use the butt connectors, just plain crap, or wire nuts, useless on machinery, instead of soldering the joint and using shrink tubing, the correct way to connect wires.
Hi Andrew! Great video. I have to admit you have more equipment than I have :-)). I have a small piece of land that I maintain by myself so I mostly use electrical power tools. I learned a lot of new great (bigger) tools from your videos and how to use them. It is really great that you show all the problems you run into and their solutions. Great work!
Wow, cool shot of the fuse blowing! That must've taken a few fuses to accomplish! Thanks for taking the time to get those detail shots. I think I need to order a test light for diagnostic stuff on my old boat.
That's one of the things I really like about Andrew's videos - he takes the time and effort to show different camera angles and shots - adds a whole new dimension to his shows. Very professional and entertaining.
fatb0tLP skip a test light, multi meters are $10 or free with a harbor freight coupon. Way more useful and precise than a light plus more functions and safer.
It's a barbeque, what happened to the flag on the Castle of Camarata ? In the winter months you need to add some heat in your shop. Wood stove ? It's not like you don't have any firewood . Quick question how did you pick the name Levi for your dog ? He is such a loyal trooper that is always by your hard working side Andrew. You should do a live stream a top of your castle at night some time so all your fans can have a question and answer with you. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting your great video's.
He does not live in there. I don't heat my garage and i have spent hours in there. 10-15 F. You get use to it. But it makes you pee like crazy. Laying on a cold concrete floor.
Chris laplant laying on the concrete floor might be ok when your young, but as you age your back tightens up and you can get arthritis,I’m talking through experience. I need a heated shop now for the body to keep going👍
Wow! Day 1 of video and 88k views with 164K subscribers. That is insane! Other channels are lucky to get 25 % of subscribed total after a week. Yes, I understand that not all viewers are subscribers but it's a metric I notice and like to compare channels. I think it shows a very active subscriber list. Love the heated pressure washer action. Can't beat heat. I've wanted one since you snagged this one at the auction. Cheers from B.C.
Andrew your videos should come with a health warning!!! ............ "Caution! Watching these videos may cause sleep deprivation". I have to be up for work in 5hrs and I'm sitting here in London watching someone pressure wash an excavator and I'm hooked!! Love your channel.
I love your equipment maintenance videos because you always have good how-to tips to share. Thank you. 90% of people would have threw that shorted light out and put a new one in before calling it a day. Andrew, he tears it apart to look for the short even with no intention of using it. It is that curiosity is why you are so good at fixing anything you want. I am envious of your knowledge. Hey, any thoughts on making a video on what you mechanically look at before buying a used excavator, skid steer, etc.? I plan on getting a mini excavator in a couple months and perhaps a skid steer down the road a bit. As always, thanks for taking the time to share, Andrew.
I have been watching RU-vid for many hours for the past 4 years. You could be giving money away ( postage paid ) and some asshat would give it a thumbs down. Go figure.
Maybe because people only watch thses videos because of all the clapped out junk he buys and has to always work/hack on the junk the day he buys it lol.... also how unprofessional he looks rolling up to jobs lol
@@lml6.653 Thumbs down to you, Justin. Thumbs up to Andy for doing a great job with what he can afford and when it comes to professionalism, there's no one better then him. Having new equipment don't mean squat if you don't know how to use it. Andy knows how to get the most out of any machine, new or used.
I could imagine myself accidentally leaving the air line on to the grease gun and somehow getting a hole in the line, waking up in the morning to go into my shop and see 10 gallons of grease on the floor. Great video as always, Andrew.
Heat that shop son, youre going to get Arthritis years sooner then it comes naturally! I know its feels better to stay cold and stay used to to the cold, but your bones hate it and it causes issues much sooner in life then it has to be, heat that shop son!.............. signed Doctor Hurley
Agree on heating the shop. After being a mechanic for 45+ years and doing work like Andrew in retirement it is true the cold works with Uncle Arthur (arthritis) as you age. A little propane torpedo heater to knock off the cold would be sound advice. I worked on concrete floors for 40 years and that is not good for you either.
I was also thinking this as he pulled the log back with the kubota. Door wide open. I’m assuming if nothing else it would have cut down on a breeze or bit of wind chill even if the heat isn’t on, *only guessing since it has a full cab it has heat*
Hey Andrew don`t you feel better now you have given the kubota a really good jet blast and got it pretty clean that probably got another yr or two out of it has unclean dirt and mess on machines just adds to the degrading of the machine...on another note please buddy tie off some rope to lever a tree that has partly fell that could have been a nasty injury if it fell and hit you please please be more cautious I want to see more videos of you in the future and doing things half assed is not a good idea please Stay Safe
Patriotic Porn oh, Forky gaming said the unclean dirt is right next to the run on sentence aisle and the bins that hold all the periods, commas, question marks and miscellaneous punctuation marks. See ya bro.
Andrew didn't cut that tree half-assed. I am an experienced Logger and that is exactly how you cut a cranked windfall tree quickly and efficiently. Being experienced, you know exactly how the log will move when cut, where to move to minimise exposure, how not to jam your saw in the cut and, perhaps most importantly, how not to waste time with ropes and unnecessary movement. I would rate Andrew's chainsaw skills as competent and fast.
Lol ye "unclean and dirt"....I'm no logger but it looked like it almost hit him and just using rope to tie off would be a safer option maybe because I'm from the UK we have Health and Safety drummed into us over here lol. no insult intended with half assed just figure off speech lol UK slang
Andrew, i would build a small slump concrete pond. you drive the tractors in and wash off the treads by agitation when you bring them home each time. would save on a bunch of washing.
