Fitting a new hydraulic quick hitch to a mini digger

[@bobrose7900]

Well done and a good result, shame about the missing return valve/port. I have Engcon on a 3T and it works similarly. The Rhinox manual quick hitch on a 1.2T is a pain, even with their buckets. Makes for a good workout though! A couple of hopefully constructive comments: get some wrap for the hoses and a grease gun for Christmas!

[@bearplant]

Yes once you have a hydraulic hitch on one machine it's hard to not want them on everything! Yes wrap would be a good Idea 👍 though some customers seem to be able to damage anything... 🤦 Does it look un-greased? Everything gets greased before it goes out on hire - but I also hate overgreasing as the grease needlessly running down the arm and smearing everywhere really bugs me 🤣🤦

[@villageearthwright]

Really great video, i appreciate seeing this whole process. I do a lot of tinkering on my own machines and love to see how things like this quick hitch are installed. How come you didn't get a new hitch that fit your old buckets?

[@bearplant]

Thanks 👍 The hitch that was on it was made to take a different size pin setup to a standard one for that machine, which was a pain as it meant it wouldn't fit other attachments I had for other identical machines. But actually buckets and their pins (especially when they're welded into the bucket and you can't change them) get worn out and sloppy aswell.

[@kimdani1795]

would have chosen with tilt

[@bearplant]

Would be nice, but not worth it for a hire machine 👍

[@user-nh4pq2rs2h]

That "kit" is missing a lot of stuff lol😂

[@bearplant]

True! 🤣

[@user-nh4pq2rs2h]

@bearplant I'm in the process of buying a Chinese mini excavator , I think will follow ur tips in this , do you know more less to what pressure is this solenoid rated ?

[@nitinmore623]

👏👏👏👏👏💐💐💐💐💐

[@stevedue4485]

I ended up removing my hydraulic quick connector as kept breaking connectors on hoses, poor design , digging anything deeper than bucket would amount to rubbing them off.

[@bearplant]

That's interesting. What make was the hitch? These pipes actually broke after about 20 hours of use but after replacing them and routing them better on the arm, they seem to have been ok since with no problems

[@stevedue4485]

It is a china digger and hitch. Smaller arm as well went on top of arm which is ok but out of the hitch they cam out the side instead of like yours Ollie is cute lol

[@bearplant]

Ok, yes these pipes are tucked reasonably well out of harm's way - but stuff happens! As for Ollie... he's a cheeky monkey like them all 🤣

[@markedwards4331]

Whats with crazy music really annoying.

[@bearplant]

Lol, sorry it's not meant to be annoying. I'm afraid I'm only learning what works for videos 👍