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Fixing Chinese AGT TOP CAT Attachments fails & flaws
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Fixing AGT Attachments fails & flaws fix
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[@wellendowedstudios]

Use Grade 2 because the higher grades can't handle horizontal sheering as well. Grade 8's won't stand a chance for long term usage. "Tensile strength is the amount of pull the bolt can withstand before breaking" - Grade 8's are stronger for pulling but not side sheer. If you are using it for side load as for that pin then use a lower grade. Just google it if you don't believe me. 20 years ago I kept snapping in half grade 8 bolts on my ladder bars on my 69 Camaro, I swapped them out to grade 2's and never snapped another one. I wish you the best of luck, I love your channel

[@bkexcavating1054]

A few years ago I bought a paladin brush cutter for 13k thought something was wrong with the pump called them and no questions asked they sent me a new one it’s a great attachment and company, a few years later these Chinese attachments started showing up at local auctions I almost bought a Chinese Harley rake and didn’t, I’ll just buy the American version, but these are very tempting for the money I’m glad you’re putting this out on you tube so we can see how they’re made keep up the videos.

[@victorthomas6782]

That “fly back to china and they paint them and send them back” line was hilarious! 😆

[@DIRT-BOSS]

😂

[@floridabrushanddirt2482]

I know the diamond brand is expensive but it’s the way to go, literally can buy any part on it individually. Company based out of South Dakota. I usually get 250-300 hours out of a set of blades doing mulcher work with them lol.

[@markrielly6094]

Dude I give you a lot of credit, you got some wicked patience’s. Way to not let it beat you!

[@henryg683]

Years ago I saw a video of chinamen buying steel from local scrap yards to ship to China and at the time I thought they would keep the best steel for themselves and send the not so good steel back to us in products and this kinda confirms my suspicions seeing those thick cutting arms bend like that!!! Jeeeeez !!!

[@RYAN-nd8bv]

That shear the blade doesn't line up the whole way. It has to be bent or weld broken back at the pivot point. Nice fix on the brush cutter. I think I would still add another nut on top just to protect the threads so things will come apart easier.

[@anthonycash4609]

I would get another square plate and weld the two together and leave a space between them for the blades. It would not brake the bolts near as bad as it does now.

[@MichaelJones1527]

You keep repairing your "China Toys" and you're going to need my machine shop. LOL. Hopefully, I will have my milling machine and lathe up and going in a few weeks. Keep working hard Mike and don't get frustrated. Great video and it looks like you're healing up good.

[@LAKESIDEBOB1]

Young man very lucky you still have your teeth. God was looking out for you there.

[@genesispuredeaf2390]

The blade ripping right through that guard has to be alarming. Dang boss!!

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

The DBossman fix'n it RIGHT!👍💪💯

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Ya know, I been here since the start & saw you buy many things. You ALWAYS spent lots of time in RESEARCH and those things still run flawlessly. *AGT-NOT FOR ME* had me laughing but the time you had to spend is not funny with this JUNK plus *you or someone nearby could have been HURT! Anyway, you made GOOD our of BAD! Thanks!

[@MrSeadawg123]

Have you priced out the other brands? Outrageous!

[@batterpm11]

I was really considering a agt vibratory roller, really glad I spent the money on a Caterpillar now.

[@mead6754]

We have a saying here in Australia but cheap buy twice

[@mikethorntonr1]

Give cid brush cutter a try they aint stupid expensive i was gonna get a bradcon ground shark but ended up getting the CID extreme duty brush cutter its rated for 7 inch diamer hard wood and i did try there smaller one first that was rated for 4 or 3 inches only and the blades were kinda more like yours and were really more designed for grass fields i think so i got the extreme duty after one try and saw the blades and new i needed more rugged for what i do and the blade nut is also welded so to remove blades you gotta cut a weld first so no way it can come off

[@jake-f1l]

Thanks for the new video and i love your videos

[@SparkysGarage]

Love this kind of content mike, keep it up!

[@AnomadAlaska]

I've had good luck with major brand stuff. Especially prefer corn fed American stuff.

[@njonebale7889]

That’s funny D-Boss!…I love all the attachments out there…I look at them and then just talk myself right out of buying them….I bought that tilt ami ditch bucket like five years ago…thought it was going to be the cats meow…think I used it five times…got tired of messing with the hydraulic lines…it’s laying in the weeds somewhere…I just use a smoothie!

[@harkbelial]

When you drag trees with shear tip it bends it

[@tf987]

thank you, I still ordered it but I'm a medical provider so don't think I'm gonna be as demanding as you, you don't play

[@mikeembrey9176]

The property looking great 👍🏻🇺🇲

[@matthewkiehle1809]

The blades should be tight up against the plate while still being able to rotate all the way around. I think you are having issues because the plate is bent and the blades get hung up when trying to spin away from an obstacle.

[@garymax992]

AGT aint going to send you a Christmas card this year.

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Good - then he won't have to send it back! Take care.

[@nayBobb]

I bought that same brush cutter at auction and i loved it! But then it locked up on me. Prob my fault for not greasing the motor. I ended up sending it back through the same auction and got a higher price for it which offset my buying and selling fees so i broke even on it

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Don't buy another one.. 😂

[@fernandj.michaud7454]

Blades are way to loose on brush cutter the way you have them. Scrap them and buy some good attachments.

[@TheOutFitPropertyMaint.]

Great video. I cant wait to shear some trees!! How would you price out a job like this? If you dont mind me asking.

[@HankinsExcavating]

I'm on one of those skidsteer attachments FB pages,they have American conversions for those now. It replaced the whole blade assembly. Only thing original is the gearbox

[@MrSeadawg123]

Which page is this. I need to find group like that!!

[@HankinsExcavating]

Skidsteer attachments

[@andrewstratton806]

Gotta weld steel bushings on so that those blade bolts dont wallow out the mounting hole

[@TyphoonVstrom]

Those mower blades need to have an L shaped bracket to hold them in, so they are captured both sides to reduce movement. It will also put the fasteners in double shear, which is incredibly strong. I also think the blades should run on nylon bushes.

[@LIFEISHARDSTUPID]

Cheena cheapa krapoli 👍👍

[@snowskier13]

I watched that chisel eject stage left at .25 speed. Man that could have been UGLY! Dirt Boss got cat like reflexes. The more I watch I feel you’re gonna go full office space on it soon! Stay safe Is the tree grabbing ram really in single shear? Thats a terrible design if it is. No wonder the pin snapped

[@larslarson2319]

Can you grease the pins? That might keep the pins from twisting.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

They were fully greased it lasted 20 minutes

[@bobbowlinex9319]

You should have got a Rut manufacturing brush hog.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Let them know

[@deanganske1297]

Check the pivot pins on the shears proble

[@user-ix4dl1dy7q]

AR 400 is more brittle than mild steel. Much more wear resistant

[@ericcowan7759]

Need some zerks for those bushings!

[@casycasy5199]

on the shear can you put some washers on one side to make the blades even.?

[@gimpy8349]

My brush cutter blades are fairly tight. As far as the shear goes, if while cutting you “roll” the shear it can bend the blades. Looked like you were torquing them pretty good while dragging one of those trees. Also, when clipping a tree try and keep it in the center of the blades. Looked like a couple trees were too far back and you were doing more crushing than cutting

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Good to know I might tighten mine a bit.. I saw that while editing the tree gets pinched..

[@shakes7333]

At 17:57 your coat looks like it is evil. That face its making 😈 lol Also @22:35 that tree is looking at you 😂

[@DIRT-BOSS]

👁️

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Boss man that was a jaw dropping ( & dang near jaw breaking) repair. Thanks for exposing this Chinesium junk. My daddy always said, “there’s nothing wrong with buying something that’s inexpensive… but, anything that’s cheap is junk!” Good luck keeping these running!

[@derrickpettit86]

Good fix mike, yea China makes nothing good it seems, not like Americans that's for sure, but like you said for your personal use it's perfect, thanks for sharing, I liked the video🇺🇲💪✊

[@nicksgreenthumb]

Was there a significant savings to Make it worth having to put the work into it?

[@DIRT-BOSS]

I made a video on how much i payed

[@Gooditalian]

Looks like to me the hydraulic cylinder on your right side is bent down where it attaches to the back.

[@BlakeMerckleTrucking]

I've been talking to the manufacturer for raytree and he's really open to improving his stuff if you get anything from them let me know I can get you his contact info he will fix any issues you have an send you the new parts. Ik some of these cheap attachments don't have any support but them guys seem to be pretty good

[@dillon40R]

A regular Bolt of any grade should not be used for a blade on any heavy cutter like that. There is a safer heat treated forged head bolt with castle nut and role pin on quality cutters, be aware!

[@DIRT-BOSS]

No doubt

[@mrbill8542]

AGT must stand for "All Garbage Tools"--What a shame !!

[@timmoore486]

Junkyard bond before you get hurt

[@LIFEISHARDSTUPID]

It looks like your going too far in when approaching the trunk. Just watch this video over. I think the shears bent from a tree falling forward when in the shears.

[@henryoppermann134]

By knocking out those bushings, you just transferred the wear point to the hole that will now wallow out…not the best idea.i would have put a steel bushing in place of the shouldered bushing, as a wear point….so the primary hole on the carrier doesn’t wear out….

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Make sense

[@Gooditalian]

What’s the recommended diameter for those shears think you maybe cutting to big of diameter trees. I ran a rotary brush cutter for 25 years and I would brake a blade once a month you hit a rock just right and they will brake in half and shake the hell out of you. And I used grade eight bolts. There’s a limit of 4 inch round tree you can cut down with those rotary blades those were American bolts and blades I used. They also were supposed to be torqued down to 600 ft pounds.we eventually got rid of the rotary blades and went to a flail. They break too but way more cheaper to replace.

[@patbrehm7574]

seems to be a lot of that cheep crap at every auction I go to

[@kevinhennessy6193]

Don’t they make some kind of bolt for bus hogs that has a big cap on one end and allows it to spin and is very heavy duty? Look under a standard bush hog and see, maybe you could order them.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Yes I explained that in the video.. unfortunately these blades are odd size hole and the plate they don't make brush hog shoulder bolts that small

[@kevinhennessy6193]

Ok my bad for not paying better attention. Could u just drill hole bigger? U probably answered that too! Getting old lol

[@DIRT-BOSS]

@@kevinhennessy6193 I didn't want a week in the blade or go to dramatic with the engineering

[@MrSeadawg123]

Hate to ask. But could you buy the skidsteer hammer and auger gear next and do a review. You are literally. The only one doing a review of this treecutter!

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Lol no I'm done with AGT

[@MrSeadawg123]

@@DIRT-BOSS I hear ya! But we need somebody with some skills and common sense. To tell us are they worth buying! I was a Natts ass away from buying that tree cutter. Until I saw your video. If I can catch it for 1500 or so at auction. Still might buy it. I think AGT sells them for four thousand on their web page. But we need reviews on their other products. There is a huge demand for that kind of review!!

[@In2investing]

Dirtboss do we really need to say it?? You get what you pay for, why do you think this stuff is so cheap? Bolts, pins, it all adds up

[@DIRT-BOSS]

I bought this thing to make videos that's about it

[@harrybeatty4078]

They just have Standards 4 Equipment

[@garethjudd5840]

It's bent because it's made from poor quality steel full of impurities.

[@Californians_go_home]

⭕️We have to take a stand against this Junk. Don’t buy anything at all if you have a choice coming out of that dam country. I like how KZbin puts a warning label because Mike says the word ‘Chy neese’ . ⭕️

[@thomassuhadolnik8027]

Amazon wouldn't let me post when I said cheap chinese junk

[@mikesmith-ug7re]

Kubota is just to strong lol

[@douglaspeck8535]

those blades are too loose,they will be flying off

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Im gonna tighten

[@alanbierhoff6831]

1) You get what you pay for. I’d have more opinions on this but, those pesky community guidelines keep biting me in the a$$ 2) Buy once, cry once 3) This is why women live longer than men 😂 Matt (DC) says these AGT attachments are made of “Chinesium” 🤣

[@memyselfandifarmer]

Yenz get what you pay for.

[@boitanoexcavation3564]

Unfortunately, get what you pay for

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Agreed but it shouldn't be that way

[@Gman2930]

Chinese garbage engineering. How cheap can we make it, how much money can we make on inferior garbage parts.

[@fernandj.michaud7454]

Total junk! Surprised you didn’t know better.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

Bought them for video content

[@windzer]

get wat ya pay for unfortunately i wouldnt expect to much from the chinese