Blown Hoses and Rotted Cab - Gaining Ground on the Backhoe Rebuild

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[@HardwayRanch]

I started binge-watching this playlist yesterday and just got caught up. This series has got to be the best train wreck on KZbin! 😆

[@avahunkler4074]

Your channel follows real life timing. It s not a movie to be played when it is finished. Most of appreciate and get that because that is OUR life too. Accept we don’t film it. But we learn a lot from you. Thanks Captain.

[@ianh9772]

I love the way you chat to us in your vids, and the humor is always appreciated. Nice job as always Captain

[@CaptainKleeman]

I appreciate that

[@seansysig]

Can’t wait for more refurbishment videos. Use old firehouse to protect the hydraulic lines from chafing.

[@mirceanouradachian9168]

👍👍👍💙💛❤CAPITAIN KLEEMAN ,TOTUL SE REZOLVA ,PAS CU PAS.SUNT SIGUR CA VEI GASI SOLUTIILE CELE MAI BUNE. FELICITARI.💙💛❤👍👍👍

[@SPUDHOME]

I love the way you are old school. “you don’t keep your hands in your purse, -RUBBER GLOVES- , You aren’t afraid of getting your hands dirty all the time

[@glennwolfe1663]

Capt, one thing I look forward to with your videos is your random comments/ talking to yourself. You make this old man chuckle 😃 Thanks👍👍👍👍👍😺🫠🐺

[@loumiller2551]

Love your video's grasshopper, jumping from one project to another is what smart grasshopper's do.

[@joeanonemouse]

9:17 Racoon?? 🤣🤣 I think your roll on pickup bed paint is a great idea for the cab floor. Looking forward to more videos of the backhoe. Nice video, thank you Capt. 👍

[@smileywilson9972]

Putting in my last 2 hours of work for the weekend watching the captain 👩‍✈️ will be watching again when I get home from work guarding underwear is a lonely job lol

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@everestyeti]

I like the difference you bring Captain, you include us in everything, sometimes it's like that we are really there with you. Which includes all the frustrations that go with life in general. If you have everything planned out and it all goes as you've planned, how boring would that be 🤗

[@stephenneat4277]

Your so resourceful, trial GoPro mount now a shovel. Lol😂. You and Red Greene are lot a like. If the women don’t find you handsome they find your handy. Lol. Love your channel.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Exactly lol

[@LIFEISHARDSTUPID]

When in doubt, go for the yee Ole B.F.H.‼️👍🤣👍

[@gwbuilder5779]

It's like a brand new machine except for the rust and a couple leaky hoses, fittings, and maybe a packing kit or two. Lookin good Mike, lookin good.👌🤙

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@rustydismukes1422]

I just love your attitude towards criticism. Keep doin what you do to heck with all the rest.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@jamessimon7367]

CK, love your channel! You keep on bouncing around, keep em on their toes!

[@toddincabo]

👍 That cab is gold, it's the difference between "I dont think so" to "Yep, Iv'e got heat, getter' done". Hope your beeper button is ready for when you put those hoses back on and have to get those fittings started. sorry

[@CaptainKleeman]

I put three of them back on in the video,. They weren't too bad.

[@AllSpeed]

Im a fan of the mix of content. As they say, variety is the spice of life.

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@rhondasweeney7271]

I'm sure we all can hardly wait until what you are gonna do next. It doesn't matter what it is. Thank you for sharing and putting a smile on our face.

[@tonydurnell7951]

Mike I do hope that future machine designers watch this video. The reason in my thinking is that when they design route for Hoses and pipes etc that they think first and ask this question to themselves. When this hose, pipe or filler is going to be used when all guards and panels are as the finished article. Can that person reach and undo whatever with ease? If not then redesign it so you can. This has always been an issue when working on any machine the trouble you had to even get your finger on the nut without a crow foot you would have been in trouble. Think of when I was repairing those same machines without the aid of a hammer drill out in the wild without electric. I await your attitude to the designers when you come to refit those pipes. Cut a hole in the floor easier than growing an extra foot on your arms. Great video and I commend your attitude and answers to many of the negative comments some make about what and how you do things. I say keep on doing your way or they if they do not like it should take the Highway out of there. You and the family Stay safe and well over there.

[@Sparkey]

I love my weekly oasis from life in the Captains company. 😄

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@tallboy2234]

You are a Master at body work with an 8 lb sledge, Captain! 👍😉

[@gerrystoltzfus6938]

Start 6 more projects lol. Imma still be here watching. Thank you!

[@CaptainKleeman]

Lol thanks!

[@gerrystoltzfus6938]

@@CaptainKleeman yuppers!

[@TL64329]

You are making some progress on this old machine that has long been forgotten. Although you have a lot of work to do I think it will make a good reliable machine for your homestead. As always, waiting on the next video.

[@Manoffire260]

It’s called “life”. I love the fact someone else has the same issues I have - It’s kinda like therapy. Thanks Mike!

[@CaptainKleeman]

Appreciate you watching, very good point

[@art1muz13]

I dig your patient and happy-going demeanour. Absolutely love your videos, you know what you're doing whether you know it or not.

[@martingillard6572]

I'm interested in the math behind the odds of a racoon jumping in the cab and swinging the boom on you! I learn something on every episode. Keep up the good work!

[@kenfrazier616]

Cap, excellent progress. When I heard you say about jumping around on projects and not all those big dollars, thought of my two pups. They enjoy going potty and anywhere in the in are large backyard and free to do so, evryone has an idea on how to spend your money no theres.

[@troyweatherford9874]

That's a good trick for the hydraulic lines! Also I'm definitely a multi project guy too,keeps it interesting that way! Keep up the great work!

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@leol1682]

Mike take your time im not in herry ,just love wat your doing .

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks👍

[@leer-winnobbeefarms2131]

Well, Hay Mike! Absolutely wonderful tip from you and Clint! I've about busted a gut many times trying to get a hose off! I'm gunna make me a couple of those chisels! That alone was worth the watch! Great video! Lee PS: Once you get all the hoses changed, and you let it run a few hours and move all the hydraulic valves in both directions - change the hydraulic filter(s). You know dirt is the killer of hydraulics.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Yeah that's definitely the plan, run it for a little bit. Let all that oil cycle, change filters and hopefully we will be good to go

[@marknunya3035]

Hi Cap just wanted to say comment 😃. As always good luck and God bless you and yours.

[@Fatamus]

You got lost in the shuffle. 😮 tell Clint thanks 👍 for the rattle gun trick on rusty lines. 😁👍. Get me one of them, I have an pneumatic gun but need a new compressor . Thanks.

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@vic745]

I like the way you work on different projects. It makes your channel more enjoyable.

[@CaptainKleeman]

I appreciate that!

[@kaydog2008]

We did a floor patch job on a front end salt loader last spring. Cutting all the panels and had cut to shape stainless diamond plate to fit in the openings in the 3/4" frame. Than welded a bunch of hold up mounting tabs to bolt the plates flush with the top of the 3/4" plate frame. After it was all done it had a spiders web pattern to it.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Sounds pretty cool

[@kaydog2008]

@@CaptainKleeman The big plus with it done that way no water can settle. It just run down between the panels and frame to the ground makes for easy cleaning with a hose and scrub brush.

[@utubota5522]

Mike, I think your variety of projects if what makes your channel so watch-able. I left a couple of other channels, not because they had poor content, but every video was more of the same. Keep up what you are doing.

[@patrickcolahan7499]

For the future, don't mess with chisels to break bolts, just use the cut off wheel on your grinder and take the heads off. You will have less of a chance of damaging to the lower support holding the threaded part of your bolt. Sub flooring doesn't look as bad as I thought it would. Good luck Mike and thanks for sharing.

[@genegoodman5233]

You keep jumping around it don’t get boring. Keep jumping and let him jump somewhere else. I 👍before I start cause I know I’m gonna like it.

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@brianwebber7168]

Thanks for the ride along Captain!

[@CaptainKleeman]

Any time!

[@peterouellette3874]

You got your work cut out for you on that ride, best of luck to you Mike

[@Fault.Current]

That hammer drill trick is a game changer. And if anybody is critiquing your content jumping from one project to another, they should create their own channel and show us how to complete a project with an unlimited budget

[@philipx2]

Just been watching the playlist for the 555. Just a suggestion. Look into tractor supply for hydro lines. They have pre made lengths and sizes on the shelf at lower prices than the hydro shop charges. You may need adaptors and hoses most likely will be too long too. Good luck with all that plumbing. The struggle is real! "I know this video is 7months old too"

[@jorgel.dejesus3008]

@6:30 try some cut to length rebar just grind one end to fit the chuck on drill . It might work but is just my suggestion . Great content 👍👍.

[@robertzapatka1082]

Captain, you give a whole new meaning to the word "Hammer Drill"!

[@wingdwolf56]

One of the things so great about owning old sh…stuff is that you can do as little as necessary or as much as you want to it. You’re having so much fun, I can see a beautiful machine in the future

[@CaptainKleeman]

Absolutely!!

[@NathanCEnyart]

Your videos are great 👍. You are coming along great on the backhoe. Keep up the good work and great videos.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks 👍

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Cap’n thanx for the tip. I’ll tuck that away in my bag of tricks for the next time I need to loosen hoses. Perhaps I can try it out in my old garden hoses when I dig them out this spring? That floor pan was one molecule of rust away from falling apart. Fortunately, you brung the right tool for the job. Those rock chisels are perfect for cutting bolts. And, their safety guards are great for holding them in place for serious hammer strikes. Iffen one didn’t know better, he might assume they were actually designed for removal of triple nickel floor pans! I think it was wise to replace all those hidden hoses… it looked like they were just one bucket of dirt away from blowing. And, at the price of oil, you may have saved enough to pay for them anyway. Take care bud… I’ll see you in the next one.

[@SciPunk215]

Nice video !! Say, there's a tool you might find useful. You can find it at most hardware stores, Home Depot, Lowe's, Menards, etc. It's called a broom. 😄😄😄

[@martineastburn3679]

Thanks for passing the tip . Good idea. vibrate the connection apart.

[@CaptainKleeman]

No problem 👍

[@merlepatterson]

A good thing to have when taking more than a few hydraulic hoses off, is a bag of multi-colored tie straps to color code tag the fittings.

[@ronfrance4041]

In regards to the part of the video where you used a crows foot to loosen the fitting. I find the 12 pt style crows foot works better but they can be expensive to buy. So I keep a lot of extra old wrenches around and when I need a crows foot for a line on my equipment I dig through my pile of extra wrenches, cut the box end off the one I need with about an inch of handle left on maybe less and weld a female end off a broken adapter or extension onto it, then cut the box end open just enough to fit over the line. Works great and has saved me a bunch of money since I have the extras lying around anyways. Don’t weld too much at once, the heat will affect the shape of the box end and always cut it open after.

[@CaptainKleeman]

If you look close you will see one I bought laying on the ground,. It didn't work at all for me.

[@chadfranzen2088]

Keep doing what you're doing!! Love your channel and can't wait to meet you someday.

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@ronsatzler5771]

For me, Rustoleum red primer does a good job of stopping rust after the scales are removed.

[@Aerospace_EdC]

Remember Mike, a bigger hammer is ALWAYS better !! 😁 Nice progress on the 555, and it's really cool you get a lot of support from C&C Clint, DP Mike, ADS and others.

[@jameskurdy4873]

I'm really looking forward to ALL your work

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks James

[@jimdaly5077]

Another good verity of getting things done,job well did. 👍🐝🌞

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks 👍

[@dougackerman4182]

Love the backhoe series Captain

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@troyeddy860]

Nice. Every tool 🔧 is a hammer if you use it right. Lol. Love the Chanel keep on keeping on.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Absolutely

[@davidcolesr.8628]

Mornin’

[@CaptainKleeman]

Morning!

[@tracywagoner4907]

Congrats on the progress, even when it feels like going backwards. On that steel hard line, if you can’t get it replaced reasonably, I’ve had great success with brazing then instead of welding on hydraulic fittings. As always, I appreciate the content and sharing the tip/trick from Clint. Going to have to try that one when I replace my backhoe hoses.

[@Crewsy]

@11:41 Works for 99% of us too Captain.

[@williamgurtner4759]

I must've been lucky. I never had a hydro line connection seize up. That SDS punch sure looks like the ticket, Captain!

[@JOYR1234]

you look like you are having to much fun with this and you are learning a lot on how your backhoe works and what you need to fix it

[@philhammond5908]

Smoke wrench is my favorite go to!

[@CaptainKleeman]

Not on rusty metal like this. I don't wanna mess with that

[@mikeludwig4315]

I agree on your response to the jumping around on projects which creates content. I do the same thing because of availability and if the budget can afford it at the time or you have to save up in the piggy bank to move forward. Have a great day Captain.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Exactly! Thanks for watching

[@jerryoxley9556]

HI Mike,......Look out there’s a Racoon!! Jerry. UK

[@lincolnhaines6887]

I wish I had as much courage as you to tackle all that work on the 555, well done sir!!👍🏻

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@jackgreen412]

Good mornin' Captain, good mornin' sir. Hey, hey.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Morning!

[@davidbillings615]

Mike she is looking better every time. Loved the warning message those things need to be said because we are not always professionals and do not always now those type of things. Thank you for bringing us along.⛑🫵👏👏👍👍

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@dfusit]

Wise decision to replace that group of hoses all together. The sheer amount of dirt, debris and rust that came off the floor was downright impressive. Don’t you love folks that come onto your channel and try to tell you how to do your projects? 🤣 Stay safe Captain.

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@mikeboyer7738]

Mike a little tip you can use your sds the same way put it in the head of the bolt vibrate it with pb blaster and sometimes will come loose and not twist

[@kylejones2075]

Lots of fun dirty work looking good thanks for sharing

[@randymccabe7442]

WELL THATS AN AWESOME TRICK WIT THE VIBRATIONS.. THANKS !

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@williamkn621]

Love those projects

[@richardhedrick5601]

You have a good channel a person can learn a lot from you

[@CaptainKleeman]

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[@alexosborne5629]

Definitely worth replacing all those hoses at the same time, no doubt it will be an "ouch" factor now, but will save you time in the long term. And while they are off, it could be wise to cover the replacement hoses with fire hose too. I agree with you and Mike on the state of the cab, definitely salt corrosion there. Couldn't believe the amount of crud you took out the cab, will be interesting to see how much metal you will use to repair. And you are keeping us all hanging on your last sentence, bridge or trade up..... marvellous!!!! 😁

[@gregwitkamp5583]

I really like your ICF Ledger Bracket scraper

[@CaptainKleeman]

It works well lol

[@bruceaitken3977]

Keep right on doing what your doing - I’m not looking at short time - only good info I could, might , maybe use some time .

[@CaptainKleeman]

Appreciate ya watching

[@hubertwebb9869]

❤❤Alright, I can't wait to see you work on the bridge again. I loved watching you do the installation of it. It's a work of art in my opinion.

[@likearockcm]

The old gal is coming back to life ! Looking forward to fabricating. Noticeable up tick in your enthusiasm after using the Clint trick. The guy knows his sh...stuff !

[@CaptainKleeman]

Yeah he does!

[@robincochran1304]

That was a very good deal.

[@MikefromMissouri]

When welding in the patch panels you could use a weld through primer to help prevent rust between the panels. Used in auto body repair frequently.

[@benallen9178]

Por15 does help with rust but you have to coat something over it because UV breaks it down over time. Read the directions on that one. It saves you time later!

[@revo7721]

You do you and they can do they. Love the content!

[@CaptainKleeman]

Exactly,. Thanks for watching

[@SteveQ270]

Almost ready to go try it out for real. Good work Mike

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@franks.1373]

Great work Mike, things are coming along nicely. I enjoy the humorous commentary as well.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks 👍

[@claudethomas8084]

Looking great .😁👍

[@josephdriscoll8527]

Great trick from Clint it will come in handy saving time, thanks for sharing.

[@casycasy5199]

great tip for taking hoses off.nice job as always

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks 👍

[@ruthscott5166]

In regards to jumping from project to project - I'm more interested in some projects over others and appreciate him jumping around. :D

[@CaptainKleeman]

I think that's a great point too, it just adds good variety to the channel for people

[@TennesseeTraveler01]

Echo the live 'chat' while filming/working comment from Ian H. You have a great sense of humor, sometimes caustic, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, and sometimes reflecting your glass-half-full attitude. Keep it up - it is always a treat to catch up with your many projects and listen to the running humorous commentary. Ha ha -also noticed you decided to wear light colored sweatshirt the day you dove under the 555 to do the hydraulic line removals. Cleaning shortcut for you: no use wasting time trying to clean it up, just use pieces of it for fire-starters.

[@2wheelzdown180]

A tip - For pulling multiple hoses at a time off valve banks a great way to mark them on hose and port is using something like- Comtran 100 Pair Telephone Cable Cat 3 PVC/CMR Gray- It’s cheap and Every wire is color coded differently. We used this when fully disassembling knuckle boom and crawler cranes . Great video👍

[@justindorado8152]

good work captin keep it up thanks for the great content

[@lifeonmttammanyridge2565]

Hey Captain this cab rehabilitation project is starting to remind me of the curse of Oak Island project. You better be careful in there while you’re searching for those Bobby dazzler‘s and top pocket fines the word on the streets seven must die before the treasure can be found. 😳🤣

[@CaptainKleeman]

Hopefully I don't waste as much money as oak Island. Lol

[@spencer6764]

Aluminum panels and Flex seal works Awesome 👌

[@joycefuller9177]

Enjoyed the video.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mardimccabe6207]

love how you don't hesitate to flip your drill around and use the back end (battery pack!!) as a quick hammer to knock something loose!! whatever is in your hand at the moment can be a hammer when needed!!🤣🤣🤣

[@nathanhalsey3969]

Fine work captain...

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks!

[@dennisbates5736]

Great Job as Allways.

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks

[@maxobara1496]

Handy lesson there for sure on the stuck fittings!! Way to rip into that cab, triple nickel is in fine hands💪👍🇺🇸

[@CaptainKleeman]

Thanks 👍

[@ryandelaney4657]

I would try wrapping the new hoses in some old fire hose, especially where it goes up through the boom,it will protect them from wear and keep them from sun cracking

[@CaptainKleeman]

Yup