Altering attachments to suit Merlo telehandlers

[@thomascangelosi3270]

4 Channels I never miss…Yours, Cutting Edge Engineering, IC Weld, and On Fire Welding! The best on You Tube for Welding and Fabrication. Keep making great content.

[@SteveShilling-y6u]

Don' Don't forget Welder Fabber

[@thomascangelosi3270]

@@SteveShilling-y6u Never viewed the channel. Since you recommended I will have to take a look!

[@dwarnermg]

Alistararc too

[@jayusher576]

Good to see hes started his own venture with Cal an his brothers !​@@SteveShilling-y6u

[@trevormansfield6495]

It’s not just the engineering I enjoy. It’s your workshop, the farm and the way you conduct yourself. Always interesting. Love the Massey at the end 👍

[@yeagerxp]

Oliver, you are surprised at how many people watch your videos? You give an insight into how things are done and why. REALITY of farm life. KEEP THEM COMING. Excellent work 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦

[@TedWilliams-e7y]

With the complexity of the problems that are being brought into your shop it is obvious that you will soon need that larger insulated shop and office complex because you will be spending more time there than in the house. Watching you is so easy, it goes back to that old teasing from high school “I love work, I could watch it for hours”. Stay warm.

[@deltan9ne306]

Sometimes, I need to watch your videos and Isaac's(IC Weld) to get myself motivated to make progress in the shop. Winter months on the Prairies in Canada can drag on, go to work and come home in the dark. Although, mother nature has been generous so far. I appreciate the fabrication and welding. It's like hanging out with a friend in the shop. Not watching an infomercial or continously pitched on products used. Id be stoked to follow along with shop projects, shop upgrades or just general videos of life on the farm. It takes a certain person to make videos, you seem to have the knack for it! Great video Oliver, keep them coming so you can get that shop spray foamed and that heat turned on for Winter 2024/25. - Ryan

[@mauricekeithjohnson2598]

New Fan in BERMUDA ! Like your NO fuss, NO bother attitude. 78 summers, retired Fireman, Marine Electrician, wood and Glas/fibre boat builder.

[@col2lin]

For me the draw card is that every time it is so different what you get up too. No bullshit just as it comes. Just think if you only showed what you thought wasn't boring we probley wouldn't see much. I enjoy what you do - thanks

[@DavoShed]

Insulated workshop and gantry crane sounds like an achievable dream. Go for it! Keep up the good work.

[@derekcomer4858]

I think this was my favourite video to date, very satisfying with the brackets but also seeing a little more of the farm and other tractors. We often view our own lives as a bit dull but to others it is interesting, please keep posting 🙏. I hope you do get the workshop insulated and heated, I’m still hoping to do the same but I’m 58 and still haven’t managed it. I live in hope 😊

[@SPEEDY-FABSHACK]

Always good to watch someone else at work, we all have our own ways to do the same job, but if there’s a better way or a tip here and there I can learn I’m all ears. Keep it up buddy 👌

[@danielyoder5928]

Oliver, I watch your channel to see how you get around some of the problems of retrofitting or repairing older equipment. I watch you, Issac and a few other guys who do fabrication work. Some of your projects have shown me a way of repair I had not thought of. When you install the new compressor plumb the old tank into the airline. Piping the air through the old tank will add capacity and should also help strip moisture from the air. I know that it will not add running CFM to the system but should lower the number of time that the air compressor cycles when running air tools. Good luck with it.

[@supremelandscapes]

On the other side of the earth it's Sunday night and we're now in Summer. Nice to see the snow on the ground. Thanks for another video.

[@christopherforster6555]

I hope you get your new work shop we need more people like you in this country well done.

[@snowballengineering]

Just an insulated roof would do

[@ronbuckner8179]

You work for yourself! That’s an important bit of knowledge for us, it explains the freedom with your design.

[@delboytrotter7902]

I do feel warm watching your vids.....brings bad horrible memories of working in a cold workshop in winter, when all my tools were welded to the bench with frost lol

[@jonathanodell9507]

Oliver has it figured out lol. I don’t even know him but I’m still proud of him. Most kids today can’t even dress themselves let alone the knowledge and skill this guy has.

[@tomtd]

What a treat, a Snowball video on a wet miserable dark Sunday evening, thanks Oli.

[@TonyFromSydney]

We just copped 43 degrees here in Sydney. Those were real good jobs. Great videos Olly, so good to watch.

[@snowballengineering]

That’s hot! Too hot 🥵

[@richwielechowski5191]

Great video. Could you take a minute and give a farm tour. Would love to hear the history of some of the old stone buildings that we see in your videos. Thanks for sharing and stay warm.

[@williammills5111]

Lovely bit of weather you’ve got going on… thanks for persevering!

[@kindabluejazz]

It feels great when you get a bit ahead of the bills and can afford some new tools that make your work easier and more efficient. It's always a treat to see you solve puzzles. Season's cheers, Oliver!

[@AW-Services]

Another great video, Olly. I'm not overly surprised by the original amount of weld on the forklift carriage. I was always taught that 1 inch of clean weld with the correct heat and penetration = 1 tonne of lifting weight

[@kenjohnson5475]

Depends on the type of rod or wire used

[@sjv6598]

@@kenjohnson5475 and the material.

[@AW-Services]

@kenjohnson5475 fully aware of that. It was a marginalised comment

[@fowletm1992]

Depends if it was done by a farmer or a professional if a farmer did it it doesn't matter if he used the 4yr old wet rods, it's still 1t for 1inch

[@samuelsnyder5169]

That math doesn’t math

[@kwcty00pztak]

You need a good air dryer for the plasma cutter, the nozzles last longer. Thanks for the good videos!

[@snowballengineering]

I do! It’s on the list

[@pjofurey6239]

Cracking video , the Scandinavian woolly hat looks to be close to the flashpoint of Fred dibnahs cap, it won’t go rusty ! The plasma looks to save SO much time .keep warm!

[@warrenjones744]

Nice Job, I love the fixture you have for locating the lock pin. Simple but effective. I have the same dream Oliver, fully insulated works shop and crane. I have almost all of the parts collected and the foundation is in. A little bit at a time and no bank loan is the way I am going about it. It has taken some time with a few bumps in the road that have prolonged the progress. But I am gaining. Cheers

[@MicheleHicks-v1j]

Just watched your latest video, great job as usual. I live about 5 minutes from CEE Kurtis and Karen's workplace and it's a sweltering 38 degrees here today. Not sure if I could work in the cold like you do. Keep up the fantastic videos

[@tomtd]

He’s not got crocks in the local pond, that’s a plus that comes with the snow.

[@jamesaustin9882]

Not to worry - the immense spiders and long, thick snakes mostly keep the crocs at bay.@@tomtd

[@butchphillips873]

I live about 2000ks away from CEE and it was only 32c here.

[@jasonhovey815]

Look forward to Sunday’s morning just to watch what you have to build this week. Great video as always

[@BurnAndHackett_RC]

Another interesting video, good to see you applying your skills and equipment to repurpose some attachments for their new owner. I remember, back when I was a lad, that modifying a lifting attachment meant changing the bucket trip rope on the MF 135 front loader from hemp, to the new fangled polypropylene stuff 😅😅

[@ianbrooks6816]

Another great video. Thank you for taking the time to record your work and allowing us into your workshop. Love the lights on the tractor. Look like frog eyes.

[@malcolmbennett3907]

Interesting video Ollie. Very tidy weld runs and the plasma table is certainly a very useful addition to the workshop. Nice old Massey being put to good use at the end. My Dad was service manager at a Massey dealership back in the day.

[@JohnSmith-tv8ft]

It’s always good to watch your videos Ollie. Thanks for sharing, stay safe and warm!

[@frankpaine4504]

Nice work, I loved seeing the snow as it was 44 deg C (112 F) here in Sydney yesterday.

[@snowballengineering]

Wow that’s hot! 🥵

[@alanbrodigan7731]

Love your videos and your honesty when things go rong. Fabrication has it errors and your problem solving is what I like. Hope you get your dream workshop in the future. Keep up the good work 👍

[@thepagan5432]

We watch because you are a natural engineer. Nice going on the brackets, the only thing we done differently with gas cutting, we would cut in from the edge before cutting out the pattern, we avoided blow outs. Using a computerised system I don't know how you have to start the cut. The plasma cutting does leave a better edge than gas. Really interesting post, seeing the different equipment that you work on. Thanks for posting and take care of yourself 👍

[@pauldensley5459]

Excellent work again. Canny Yorkshire farmers, doing the sums, buy from auction and adapt to fit.

[@BruceBoschek]

Another fascinating and entertaining video. Thanks very much, Oliver. I do hope you can get your workshop insulated and heated! As I said last week, I always put on a winter coat when I watch your videos in winter! 🙂 Both the Kutavar and that big press brake are worth their weight in gold and you put them to the best possible use. A crane is certainly on the top of the list of items that would be of help to you. Thanks again for the video and I hope you have a pleasant and enjoyable week ahead.

[@snowballengineering]

Thanks Bruce. You too

[@Farm_fab]

Ollie, if you can get your shop insulated with spray foam, its the fastest way, and no itching from fiberglass. One must be certain that it is not flammable, though.

[@daveblack5109]

Nice Job Olli, You got your eye in quickly on the gouging, Always hated that job makes such a mess of the place, used to take that work outside if I could, also didn't do enough to be that good at it... Thanks for taking the time and effort over the videos, The quality and camera work is great. Much appreciated. It takes me back to a time when life made a lot more sense. 👍

[@markfiges999]

Another nice bread and butter job Snowy, keep warm, stay safe and of course - troshing

[@neilward9932]

Bet that shop is freezing🥶 first thing in the morning, dont envy you at all. Enjoy watching you work, and solving problems From a warm and thundery Victoria (Oz). Have a great Christmas ☺

[@snowballengineering]

Thanks, you too!

[@alandawson2813]

Wow it's snowed. Another great video. Looks mighty chilly. From kiwi land.

[@1973tjv]

You're wearing FINLAND knit cap 👍 Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮 now -20 deg Celsius. Great videos.

[@astroskyman]

Great video, super job and it's nice to see the new equipment making the job easier.

[@andrefrenette4849]

Love to watch you work! You will get that new shop one day….

[@jimlong527]

I hope your dream comes true, you are an excellent artist. You have earned an environment you feel comfortable in.

[@wmweekendwarrior1166]

Ug the sight of that snow is depressing. Great video

[@dwjr5129]

Here’s wishing you an insulated and heated shop in the future!

[@LifetimeinWelding]

BEST BIT. -- “RED TRACTOR IN THE SNOW” Glorious. Could put it out as a Xmas card!! Certainly as a SHORT!! No need for that much welding.

[@kennyjohnson5804]

Hello Oliver from the USA....looks to be a little chilly there! Enjoyed the video. Excellent work young man. Hope your dream shop comes true! With your work ethic, I'm thinking you are well on your way.

[@Jimf84]

I can relate to this very well indeed. Been doing similar at home in the farm workshop but changing implements from JCB tool carrier to pin & cone.

[@gbentley8176]

Thought you were building a tank. Excellent job. Just done my log run with the 62 Major. Thank you for posting.

[@Ivc406]

You make these video's worth watching as the subscriber's that have never worked. In eng/fab shop you make it easier for them to understand what the work entails also it's well narrated as always,Ollie proud of the way You're arc air has improved 100%regards as always always stay safe when working alone ps I would like to see you make a set of heavy duty trestles 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🚜🚜

[@andrewedwards6548]

Blood blisters are the worse as a mechanic i know 😂 Another fantastic video. 👌 😊

[@onlyme7939]

Thanks for my Sunday morning treat Oliver

[@zephyrold2478]

Love those 2 eyes on the old Massey, Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@zacdrilling4554]

I certainly pray the lord will bless you with that shop someday

[@paddynfs6452]

Olly great adaption of old attachments and means farmer Mo can get their chores done easier (we all like a bit of easy 😝) I have similar problem with condensation in my Nissen hut and lean to building. In the Nissen hut I found some old 3/8” hardboard round grain bins at farm sailsand used those to insulate building (air gap) and made huge difference in condensation and retaining heat from oil burner. Need to deal with lean to flat roof and considering in spray foaming it, can get the kits but also going to enquire with a local firm whom sprays agriculture buildings (tatttie stores etc) as hoping they could call in when in area for a couple of hours to spray. Will cost a few quid but worth the investment I reckon. Great video as always and hope you catch up with some of them little jobs over Xmas 😉👍

[@robinbarden1326]

Great video. some of the views around the farm would make great Christmas card images 😊

[@rescuecow90]

I use an industrial 135 fergy every day to push feed up to my cows,minus six last week and it starts without heat and a flick of the key,greatest tractor ever made in opinion.👍

[@hemibreath]

All Good Nice to see the “adjustments” and that everything isn’t perfect ! 👍 👍 Nice Sunday watch ☕️

[@passenger6735]

Great job as usual. I put my compressor outside in its' own house. Saves me shtting myself every time it fires up.

[@mikeboring1293]

Great work as always, love watch other make stuff. Most don’t understand who much a lil extra heat helps with penetration on steel

[@gav2759]

I wasn't ready for the blood blister with my bran flakes. They're nippy little beggars. Another great vid kid. Thanks for posting.

[@Gogsnik]

Hopefully one day you'll be able to get a "dream shop" like Diesel Creek, heated floors and the giant overhead gantry to haul everything around; a good ambition to have and I'm sure it will come in time, I've followed a few youtubers for many years and it's incredible to watch people grow a business from almost nothing and when they never imagined it could actually happen, but it does, and always well deserved.

[@gerryoneill8881]

A gantry crane and an insulated workshop would be great additions for you and your comfort.

[@lemmy9996]

Always a good start to Sunday. Ashville Weekly followed by Oliver grappling with metal!!👍👍

[@JRattheranch]

Enjoy watching Olly? It's become the highlight of my Sunday afternoon viewing! Glad you have more success than me, with a can of aerosol paint, especially as it's so chilly! 😅

[@DavidJohn-lp2gv]

Hi Oliver enjoy your channel a lot I have a question for you I am in process of restoring a roadless super Major and have back gearbox apart however the mating flange which goes on to the back of the main gearbox one of the holes there the bolt goes through is damaged but it has had a previous repair. I am I right in saying the gearbox is cast steel and what options are open to me as to what process I use to repair this Thank you Oliver be safe

[@aserta]

You guys got hit by snow too. It sneezed here for a day and then that was it. Weird world we're in. :))

[@bradanderson1627]

You never stop learning something always! Thanks kid

[@delboytrotter7902]

Oh, and that cnc plasma cutter thingy is a FULL on 'I've been expecting you Mr Bond' tool. It's great 😀 I'd have had some bacon n eggs chucked on there by now too.......

[@randytravis3998]

Good morning looking like you been getting the good jobs too work on

[@hornetboy3694]

Awesome video, amazing work. Thank you Oliver

[@wallacegeo48]

I have a 50x70 metal workshop and had the same trouble with condensation. I now run a big fan all the time and that keeps the condensation from occurring!

[@rupert5390]

I love your approach to work - always pleasure watching someone do real work not made up u tube stuff - also seems the UK suffering the full effects of global warming - dunno how you'll survive the heat.

[@markr9895]

Oliver, what is your power source for arc gouging?

[@Hesston4860s]

Just wondering if you need that Hyd valve block on the tines or if it could be piped straight to the top ?. And if you do need the valve block would it be better on the other side of the the tongue as the auxiliary hydraulics are usually that side of the boom ?.

[@snowballengineering]

That’s up to the customer, my job was just to change the brackets

[@chox2001]

Great job I bet some equipment gets swapped and changed so much over the years. Nice cold start to finnish off thank you 👍👏🙏

[@stuartlockwood9645]

Hi Oliver, season's greetings to you and your's, nice job on the conversion , and bringing in the logs whith the old tractor was good, especially whith a bit of the white stuff lying about. Thanks for another interesting video mate, stay safe, best wishe's, Stuart Uk.

[@charlesemmer8856]

I hope when you eventually get your overhead gantry crane it has two hooks on it (very useful for rotating loads). I look forward to every video on your channel.

[@TAS0AadvarK]

Always a good evening when you upload mate

[@theessexhunter1305]

Nice approach, I was chuckling as not having access to any form of plasma cutting I would and have to cut out a cardboard paten for that flitch bracket. That is why I save the cornflakes boxes lol

[@lewisj1094]

another fascinating video, thanks for sharing and keep posting. I think I would have to install a wood burner in the workshop for the time being. 👍

[@snowballengineering]

The heat disappears faster than any burner so it’s pointless at the moment

[@royflint3551]

Enjoyed that! Another cool vid. Definitely getting the use out of your new CNC table. Nice one. Need a paraffin jet heater though, looks bloody cold. 🤪

[@AdelinoGambiarras]

I wish I was near you got some jobs for someone like you Olly thanks for the awesome videos.

[@nineoclockhero]

AlwAys enjoy watching your work. Have to say, when it comes to learning curves, a blood blister is a damned sight better than a mushy finger! 👍

[@steveg4iwr]

Another great video. Thanks for producing them.

[@ncut5547]

You will need a hot needle for that blood blister lol lol ....nice job well done handy having those jigs and headstock good to know no second guessing there ....thks for the content awesome job..

[@BrucePierson]

I was thinking early in the video that your wish list would be to have a heated and insulated workshop, then at 34 minutes you mentioned it. I hadn't thought of the gantry crane, but that's a necessity also.

[@vinegarjoe9706]

Numptie again, Olly. What do you use to "gouge" and how does it work????

[@snowballengineering]

I use my normally mig welder as a power source but put it into stick welding mode. Then you use carbon rods in a special hand piece that blasts air down the back side of the rod to blow the molten metal away.

[@marctunney3743]

Made me smile the way you showed your blood blister 🤣🤣 cracking vid olli

[@noahingram8052]

Great job I love entertaining and informative videos

[@mattybean4039]

Superb content once again, always look forward to a Snowball video 🤙

[@МастерскаяСССРСделайсамсвоимир]

Приятель я смотрю вме таои видео. Тоже занимаюсь таким ремонтом но чуть по меньше маштабами. До тебя еще расти. Одна мечта такая сварочная маска как у тебя. Но у нас она стоит 3000долларов😂 а так молодец. Сам учишься и не боишься говорить о своих ошибках. Молодец

[@shaunwootton798]

Great that you keep it real, mistakes & all. Great work!

[@GarethDavies-hk9cg]

Hi Oliver, one of the things that struck me while watching this video was how much weld fume and dust there was . Glad to see that you take your health seriously. Time I got an air fed welding and grinding helmet too ,do you have any advice on that front ?. Thanks for another interesting video.

[@snowballengineering]

Not much advice I can give really as this is the first air fed welding helmet i have had. Worth every penny though.

[@mikebarton3218]

You are so hard working and resourceful. I hope you get the insulated workshop and the gantry crane you need and go on to become obscenely wealthy. I originally thought you were in the Malton area but I googled your business and it seems you are more Northallerton way. Good luck to you mate.

[@snowballengineering]

Nearly Malton than Northallerton

[@allanfisher8248]

Great work Oliver 👌👌👌from Tasmania, Australia

[@andrewford4259]

What temperature are you looking for with your preheat?

[@harryjones8952]

Goodness me you have more snow than Edmonton Alberta it’s a nice walking day here -8. Lol