PURCHASING MY FIRST EXCAVATOR - John Deere 135C
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2023
- I PURCHASED A NEW EXCAVATOR! After looking for an excavator for a few years to help with my land improvement project and tiling business I finally found on that might fit the bill that I could afford! Join us in the video to take a walk around the John Deere 135C and take it for a test spin!
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iowANFarmer, Ben Van Roekel, is a 2nd generation farmer in southern Iowa. His goal on CZcams is to showcase what young farmers have to offer to the agricultural community. He hopes to give the general public a glimpse into what life is like on an American corn, soybean, and hay operation. The channel will focus on farming equipment, repairs, precision ag, and daily operations on the farm. Join him in his daily trials and tribulations in the changing agricultural environment.
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I have had my 135C for 14 years now and it has been great. They are powerful machines for the size and weight. I had a hydraulic thumb built for mine when I bought it and it has a lot of curve, the dealer thought I was nuts but it work’s amazing on brush, trees and rocks.
I had a heavy duty 36" bucket on my old komatsu 250 hoe (60,000 lbs). Its about a 1 yard with 4 huge teeth. Narrow bucket good for trees.
Nice looking mini excavator Ben
I TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO BEN
Thanks Randy!
Have fun with you new toy. You can dredge the pond, tear out trees, oh the fun to be had!
Lots of work to be done!
Congrats no better feeling than new tools
Thank you!
Mollie moving down on the love list ...... 🤣.... it is true... men do like new toys !!!!!
Yes they do. But no move down the love list.
Nice machine Ben, you did well.
Thanks 👍
See if you can find a used dump truck with a trailer! 👍 thanks for the update!
Don’t need a dump truck… yet
Thanks so much everyone!
Nice machine
It sure is!
Awesome!
I’m so happy that you finally found an excavator! You do like tiling (I know this bc you even traveled to Ohio to help Brown’s do theirs) & this will make tiling easier.
I think it will speed things up!
@@iowANFarmer I do too! I know you’ve been looking a long time & trying them out to find what you like. Your operation is growing!
Great video Ben
13.20=slip plate, love it.
dogs are the best.
"Just last month" you was at 25,000. time flies.
I think it’s been longer than a month lol
Had the same reaction when I saw my new bobcat had heating and air conditioning too. At that moment, I knew I had just cheated on my wife.
It’s the simple things
Ivers farms took us with them to a precision planting conference. It’s very interesting. I’m not a farmer, but have been watching farmtubers for several years. I’ve learned so much. The tech involved in big ag & it’s quite amazing how much little changes in soils can make a big difference when harvest comes.
Interesting!
@@iowANFarmer Take us with you!
congratulations on growing your farm equipment
Great looking excavator Ben! I think you will learn that the thumb is easier penned by putting the teeth against the ground and moving your boom to get the pen lined up.
That was my second plan if this one didn’t work.
Or move it closer to the cab until the balance point was right.
Looks like a good machine, sure knocked the tree over easy!
Big Boys and their Toys lol😊 love your videos 🎉
Nice purchase Ben! So much more work can be done and we can't kid ourselves, it's dang fun to play in as well... Congratulations man that's a awesome addition to the business!
Nice machine!
It sure is!
Get a step deck trailer and put either a conex box or box off an old cargo truck to hold tiling supplies on the upper deck
Ben there’s a valve on the arm side that turns the flow for aux from one way to bidirectional flow. This is what you turn for thumb to compactor style flows. If you get ahold of Clint at C&C Equipment who has a CZcams channel and a heavy equipment shop in Illinois he can help you with most anything John Deere. Hope this helps.
Good choice on the JD 135C. The next attachment to buy is a brush chopper that attaches to the boom. Great for overhangs and clearing ditches andmuch more !
Nice clean example with extra features especially for its age👍I had been looking at smaller excavator like Doosan, been watching Ali’s Digging Diary on YT for servicing n problems look out for. Enjoy new excavator👍
Congratulations on a nice unit !! I had to check and see the weight, and I was surprised at how heavy it is!!! I was thinking 18,000 and you shouldn't have a problem hauling it and then wow 30,000 plus and I was shocked,!!! Good luck with it
I bought a 24" smooth bucket for tile work and it's perfect in my opinion, I've also got a 30" smooth tooth bucket and for tile starts it's nice having the smaller hole to backfill.
That conference was like 15mins west of me
It was good!
@@iowANFarmer yeah I didn’t know they had one going over there
That’s sweet I live in Webster city
I need the blue excavator 🙋🏼♀️
2nd and 3rd on the love list. 😂
Lived in Webster City for 3 years after I got out of the military....1971-1974!
Thanks for your service!
Ben Congratulation on the equipment purchase, You dodged a bullet by not buying a Kubota excavator their engines a priceless to work on You will find out on your skid steer look up Dirt Perfect you tube channel, for you hydraulic thumb and a narrow bucket look up Letsdig 18 he came up with the perfect duo good luck!!!!!
There's a guy here in town that moves a 145 on a 20 ton tag with a tandem tractor. The RGN market is still pretty rough.
Thats a nice excavator. How deep can she dig?
Not sure on that. There is a graph in the cab that tell you I think.
135 are good Machines . Johndeere pins and bushings don't last . If you looking for buckets I would try Hayden Equipment in Springfield MO they have a ton of buckets on there lot ask for Jason Parker in sales . He's a honest guy for a salesman
Is that a used bucket place or new? I hear new buckets are $$$$
@iowANFarmer Ben they have both new used anything you could even want for a Excavator . Might even look on there website
@@zcole6612 I’ll do that
How many hours does skid steer have now. Awesome machine super clean
Your going want a hydraulic thumb . Nice machine
Ben wear safety glasses when you're banging that metal!!
We all laugh at the AI comments but we all know it’s coming down the road. Sweet looking machine Ben.
Grease ...........Grease ...... Grease
Congratulations on getting the track hoe. You’re going to love it! Hope you all have a blessed and Merry Christmas.
Did someone rebuild the boom? Something seems wrong with the paint.
That’s where a logo sticker was
Colts right, if it's wing nuts ...a hammer can be a wrench
That is a correct statement.
Probably won't be long before you ditch that mechanical thumb for a hydraulic one if you have extra accessory hydraulic outlets for one. Those non movable units can be a pain.
Wasn't they built by Hitachi ❓❓
Yes
It’s been repainted. The C series were all yellow this is painted to look like a D series
Good catch! Thank you!
Grease
Tint the windows
What’s that do?
The government mandated moving forward beeping is quite annoying.
👍👍👍👍🚜🚜🐶🐶🎅🎅🎄🎄❄❄
Nice track hoe
Did it come with a screwdriver?😅
"Now all it needs is a screwdriver" - Colt
EXCAVATOR not essssscavator. 😂
Stopped watching after you didn't have a hydraulic thumb!
Beggars can’t be choosers! I’ll get one hopefully
A little lubrication goes a long way when working with pins 👍🦾