I wish I could watch a video a day on your you tube channel .You have without a doubt the most interesting jobs and nothing seems too difficult for you. Greetings from Sweden!
Great video Mr Charlie, one tip I learned years ago.when you weld something and need to check for leaks get you some marking chalk and mix it with a little water then paint it on the outside and let it dry afterwards spray some penetrating oil or diesel on the inside let it sit for awhile and check for wet spots.
excellent video and problem solving. Have you ever tried pulling the axle shaft and then using a piece of plastic pipe to sleeve the axle tube and then use a piece of rebar as a welding electrode/ pull rod, max out your welder power and burn the rod onto the broken stub then pull it out? It's a fix I learned while working on trenchers back in the 70's
As a former tribologist (industrial lubrication nerd. We can see the contamination in brand new oil, and everything gets fine filtered as it's pumped from the drum into the gear box), I approve of your moving to dedicated pumps and drums! Especially since you work in such a dirty and high abrasive environment, keeping as much contamination out as possible really makes a difference. It also surprises me, because folks in your line of work tend to be all right using oil transferred in a dirty bucket, or something sitting in the back of the pickup with no cap on it! *shudders Thank you for more videos, and for showing quality work.
@@copperheadmarine basically yes. Oil is refined by fractional distillation among many other processes that involve a lot of heat, and so there is always bits that get hotter and get burned, and filtering costs money. I haven't done it in years, but it can be fun to send a sample of brand new oil in to Cat or wherever for testing, and see how dirty and contaminated it is. This is why you will see pump carts in factories and such, with multiple large filters on them. Usually they will have one that absorbs water, a course filter, and then a super fine filter. All oil is added from the drums via these filters, and then periodically you can set it up like a dialysis machine and filter the oil in a particular machine through the pump cart to fine scrub the oil. Basically, we treat brand new oil as dirtier than what's in out precious machinery! (because it is...)
@@copperheadmarine now, I should add in the refinery's defense, most of the contamination in the oil is very small, and compared to most gear boxes and engines, it is cleaner than what's in there, and even the best oils have it to some degree. But when you are dealing with gear boxes that you are able to keep perfectly clean, filtered air vents, careful maintenance practices, etc, you can get lower wear by polishing your oil before putting it in. This is especially important when you have multi million dollar factory machines where unplanned downtime might cost millions per hour, but I think pre filtering the oil is still helpful for any sealed gearboxes that stay clean if you put clean oil in them. And even systems that have built in filtration, hydraulic systems, etc, generally have a very coarse filter, because they have to keep a high flow rate. Engine filters especially are coarse, and bypass if they start getting clogged. So on well designed systems there will often be a bypass filter system that has the polishing filters on it, and it just constantly works to remove contamination from the oil. They used to make them for car and truck engines that used a roll of toilet paper as the filter medium. Not as fine as I like, but better than nothing to keep the oil clean.
Well, late to the party... I subscribed but forgot to set up the notifications. You sound pretty good, hope all is well. You might have already figured it out, but @6:40 the young asshole was laughing at that other young asshole in the background @6:30 showing him what he would do if he could get a girlfriend. lol..
Charlie hears a question for the master. Which is better for stabilizing lime or cement for use on a private drive. Its virgin ground with about 30% clay content. Your thoughts???
A Plasma cutter produces BILLIONS of tiny steel particles....which fell into/around/inside the Ring and Pinion cluster....How did you clean that mess up (Surprised that you didn't use a cut-off wheel which would throw most of the debris outside the case.) Plasma was faster, I understand....but cleanliness before speed when dealing with gears and bearings.....
You don't recon I cleaned everything? Of course I did, pressure washer, compresed air , varsol brake cleaner, wire cup wheel. Magnet 🧲. Paper towel. Even after welding. A lot of spatter particles are produced. But your thinking and comment is 100% relivent !
@@copperheadmarine I KNOW you are SMART enough Charlie....but since you never mentioned it....well...and remember some of the people watching this video are well....NOT as Smart (to put it nicely)
I just saw Chris's video on your off road spreader that would not shift above 2nd. What did you do to solve the issue ? Do you have a video with the repair ? thanks.
I will add this..most times for me if i dont get a commercial before the vid starts..i get no sound either on the video...its a glitch or something..i just close out youtube and start again and it works fine 👍🏻
Every time I watch one of your videos, I just shake my head at your knowledge of heavy equipment... Nicely done
I just wanna work with them for the dang knowledge and experience..
Heard mention your heading to the auction with the youtube crew.Always enjoy when youu Letsdig and the others headout.
I wish I could watch a video a day on your you tube channel .You have without a doubt the most interesting jobs and nothing seems too difficult for you. Greetings from Sweden!
Wow, you have great practical knowledge and common sense!
It's just years of figuring it out
Good to see you're safe and sound Charlie, we were worried about you.
Great video Mr Charlie, one tip I learned years ago.when you weld something and need to check for leaks get you some marking chalk and mix it with a little water then paint it on the outside and let it dry afterwards spray some penetrating oil or diesel on the inside let it sit for awhile and check for wet spots.
Charlie, you always find some great way to skin the cat!
Nice fix using your southern Canadian / South Carolina Engineering , Go Charlie working Thur the challenges !
excellent video and problem solving. Have you ever tried pulling the axle shaft and then using a piece of plastic pipe to sleeve the axle tube and then use a piece of rebar as a welding electrode/ pull rod, max out your welder power and burn the rod onto the broken stub then pull it out? It's a fix I learned while working on trenchers back in the 70's
Damn bolts on the chunk are safety wired.Had to put up with that in the Military.
That's a hell of a fix opening up that housing was the ticket.
Glad to see you got a couple days to breathe 👍. Enjoy and thank you for the video!
As a former tribologist (industrial lubrication nerd. We can see the contamination in brand new oil, and everything gets fine filtered as it's pumped from the drum into the gear box), I approve of your moving to dedicated pumps and drums!
Especially since you work in such a dirty and high abrasive environment, keeping as much contamination out as possible really makes a difference.
It also surprises me, because folks in your line of work tend to be all right using oil transferred in a dirty bucket, or something sitting in the back of the pickup with no cap on it! *shudders
Thank you for more videos, and for showing quality work.
Always seems like there is soot in the bottom of containers? I assume settled out particles from refining process?
@@copperheadmarine basically yes.
Oil is refined by fractional distillation among many other processes that involve a lot of heat, and so there is always bits that get hotter and get burned, and filtering costs money.
I haven't done it in years, but it can be fun to send a sample of brand new oil in to Cat or wherever for testing, and see how dirty and contaminated it is.
This is why you will see pump carts in factories and such, with multiple large filters on them.
Usually they will have one that absorbs water, a course filter, and then a super fine filter. All oil is added from the drums via these filters, and then periodically you can set it up like a dialysis machine and filter the oil in a particular machine through the pump cart to fine scrub the oil.
Basically, we treat brand new oil as dirtier than what's in out precious machinery! (because it is...)
@@copperheadmarine now, I should add in the refinery's defense, most of the contamination in the oil is very small, and compared to most gear boxes and engines, it is cleaner than what's in there, and even the best oils have it to some degree.
But when you are dealing with gear boxes that you are able to keep perfectly clean, filtered air vents, careful maintenance practices, etc, you can get lower wear by polishing your oil before putting it in.
This is especially important when you have multi million dollar factory machines where unplanned downtime might cost millions per hour, but I think pre filtering the oil is still helpful for any sealed gearboxes that stay clean if you put clean oil in them.
And even systems that have built in filtration, hydraulic systems, etc, generally have a very coarse filter, because they have to keep a high flow rate.
Engine filters especially are coarse, and bypass if they start getting clogged.
So on well designed systems there will often be a bypass filter system that has the polishing filters on it, and it just constantly works to remove contamination from the oil.
They used to make them for car and truck engines that used a roll of toilet paper as the filter medium. Not as fine as I like, but better than nothing to keep the oil clean.
Great video bro. No audio problem here in NZ. Safe travels
Amazing!
cool stuff there, thanks for the video
Great video, and good Audio here in IA.
Nice innovative repair.
not fun when parts break off and you cant get too them .. great video ..
55 gallon drums are probably cheaper in the long run too. Not to mention not so many trips to the store or waiting on deliveries.
Some times you just have to do what you have to do. Good idea removing the cover.
Great video, thanks for sharing 👍
When I first started watching it was I've never seen a diff like that lol then you said you torched the cover off.
more than one way to fix stuff.
Well, late to the party... I subscribed but forgot to set up the notifications. You sound pretty good, hope all is well.
You might have already figured it out, but @6:40 the young asshole was laughing at that other young asshole in the background @6:30 showing him what he would do if he could get a girlfriend. lol..
They both "playas"!
@@copperheadmarine LOL..... yeah, I bet they are. Ah to be young and full of yourself again.
Charlie hears a question for the master. Which is better for stabilizing lime or cement for use on a private drive. Its virgin ground with about 30% clay content. Your thoughts???
Cement, lime will re hydrate. Cement will seal.
@@copperheadmarine thanks
How deep is your pit? I'm going to put one in my shop and I'm curious on what's the best.
5' flat
4.5 wide,
👍 thanks
You knew what would happen to your axle, so the next time what will you do? 🤔Tough decision.
A Plasma cutter produces BILLIONS of tiny steel particles....which fell into/around/inside the Ring and Pinion cluster....How did you clean that mess up (Surprised that you didn't use a cut-off wheel which would throw most of the debris outside the case.) Plasma was faster, I understand....but cleanliness before speed when dealing with gears and bearings.....
You don't recon I cleaned everything? Of course I did, pressure washer, compresed air , varsol brake cleaner, wire cup wheel. Magnet 🧲. Paper towel. Even after welding. A lot of spatter particles are produced. But your thinking and comment is 100% relivent !
@@copperheadmarine I KNOW you are SMART enough Charlie....but since you never mentioned it....well...and remember some of the people watching this video are well....NOT as Smart (to put it nicely)
@stirlingfromla , that makes senses, it takes time to clean and so boring content.
Charlie how many axles to haul a 235c and do you know how much they weight
I just saw Chris's video on your off road spreader that would not shift above 2nd. What did you do to solve the issue ? Do you have a video with the repair ? thanks.
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
What's the name of the concrete remover you always talk about?
Cast off
@@copperheadmarine see I tried searching for that an nothing came up.. Be nice to start the season off with a clean truck
Is the Vice President’s school , mask optional ?
Voluntary
Great
Unfortunately there's no audio.
It works for me; your post showed "7 mins ago", probably more like 20 mins ago, its 9:48pm East Coast time rt now, fwiw.
I will add this..most times for me if i dont get a commercial before the vid starts..i get no sound either on the video...its a glitch or something..i just close out youtube and start again and it works fine 👍🏻
Did you ever get audio to work?
I realize the Customer always wants to be Right but the Truth of the Matter is, they’re Totally Clueless. 🤔🤪