How to inspect an undercarriage through pics when buying equipment with Todd from Truck or Track

[@jjj32801]

Always love Todd putting DP in his place! Go Todd Go.

[@sonnyblazer5504]

Very WORTHWHILE (educational) video by a couple pros who spent some time "under the carriage & across the tracks"! Todd is really knowledgeable and put you both together and it's explosive. (Hobby for me is buying COPART salvage vehicles online & w/virtual bidding many are out of state.) So many times we can pay a lot "for a picture"! This was great & now I SUB'D to Todd @ TRUCK or TRACK!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Sonny

[@pmae9010]

The interaction between you guys is so great, I have learned more than I ever wanted to know, but, I am here to learn, and my coffee is getting cold. And, any seal assembly that has movement across the sealing plane will cause damaging wear on the seal. darn, now my coffee is cold.

[@casycasy5199]

i love when todd comes to the channel.great show lots of knowledge given.and todd was right sorry dp

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@tgiacobbi]

You talking with Todd is always entertaining! Very informative, great video Michael.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Tom

[@waynetharp]

Different cameras can give the fish bowl look to pictures. Which can be hard to judge flat items in a picture. Sellers just need to figure out that honesty will sell and move something faster then anything...Thanks for very informative video, Fellers!👍

[@carve164]

LOL that was a great video. For some one that doesn't know a thing about this. I found it very interesting and entertaining. That was a fast 46min.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks glade you liked it

[@geraldheitman7687]

You have some great connections with suppliers, company's you deal with. This sure can be a bonus to your business !

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes it is

[@doylemullins8215]

Mr. Dirt Perfect this is a much better video than an old red dump truck driving thru a lightly muddy field..this video is very informative good job on this one..I throughly enjoyed viewing this video..

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@jimwesselman]

DP, thank you for sharing this video! Love when you and Todd get together. One, it’s very informative and two, it’s very humorous which makes my day!

[@kwshilts]

Todd is highly skilled at his job as a diesel tech. D.P. you are good at a lot of things he is better at his job.

[@kidhenderson8260]

Todd was awesome....told it like it is. Great info.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@tbix1963]

Thanks for sharing your adventures with Todd, he’s a hoot to watch on video. Very informative video. Wishing you and your family the best.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@clydeacor1911]

Always nice to see Todd on here.

[@hankhazen]

Thank you for doing this video. I have learned a lot about undercarriage.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching

[@tonysmith7502]

you keep growing because you are being blessed , you take care of people and in return God is taking care of you......by the way love watching you and all your friends the videos keep me laughing and learning

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Tony

[@suzylarry1]

good to see Todd in TRUCKORTRACK !

[@tomwold5366]

Great informative video... Thanks. DP and Todd you showed things many overlook which should be a part of inspection on service intervals not only a daily walk around before the start of the day..

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Tom

[@daveschmidt5713]

Happy to hear the update on Lt Dan. Interested in the camera set up Todd was talking about.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks and me to

[@maxobara1496]

Todd sells and DP lives it. Both on the same page. Just found this sucking me in more then I thought it would. Great job guy’s, you guys blend well together. Lot to know and thanks for sharing!!👍🇺🇸

[@triplejsolutionsllc990]

Great video Mike! I am in the market for a dozer and have been looking. Most dozers are high priced with worn-out UC, makes it hard for me to make the plung. I found the truck or track site very helpful to make sure parts are available.

[@DirtPerfect]

Good deal and good luck

[@larrywilliamsii7533]

We’ve always had good luck with welding the grousers up. In the woods and a lot of traming wears them down fast.

[@DirtPerfect]

Good deal

[@frag0mat1c]

yall should have a comedy act, love watching you two interact!

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol thanks

[@randallnottingham799]

Good morning DP and Todd

[@DirtPerfect]

Good morning

[@dansevern3291]

Excellent video, stuff I wish I'd thought of before I started buying equipment in online auctions. (But learning a lesson the hard way does make sure it stays learned.)

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@hollandduck79]

from the Netherlands thanks for the video DP

[@thomasdesmond2248]

I could watch you and Todd go at it. The company man and the business owner. Lol God bless

[@jasonmckee5030]

Does Truck and Track sell cab sun visors for International cabs? If not you should get one from a salvage yard for Lt Dan.. I bought mine from a salvage yard near me and put on my International tri-axle dump truck. I really think It Dan would look awesome wearing one. 👍🆒

[@stashoski2675]

Thanks trucker tack. Todd good info 👍👍👍👍👍👍. And Dirt Perfect

[@1waukesha]

Excellent information! Doing a 290 hitachi Hoe soon, might have to hit up the 5% promo!!

[@johnquinn3899]

And Todd made no comment about you using the hammer on the 120 light ?? He’s slipping!! Great resource Mike, and lots of info. Thanks, John

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol thanks John

[@rodneyskinner7741]

Good video Mike very interesting! The best all around bulldozer is a Cat D7E.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks and two of them in the past

[@terryclement9811]

Great information from you guys, thanks!

[@frank4532]

Great to see Todd Great job on the dozer Looking forward to more videos Thanks for sharing Dirt Perfect 👌 👍

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching

[@blackdogexcavator21]

That Takeuchi TL12 you showed is located near me. I've looked at a couple of machines they have posted in the past. They dress them up a little bit and ask a huge price for them. I'm always leary of a machine with a new bucket and tracks or new paint and the rest of the machine looks like crap.

[@donniebrown2896]

A dealer takes a trade, the trade in lacks a bucket and the tracks are really damaged. He gets more to replace the parts than selling as is. We bought a used mini van, listed at a bit below market. Great price low miles with no reports of accidents. Here we are 4 years later, paint is flaking on the edge of the hood showing factory paint. One headlight lens perfectly clear, the other fogged. In certain light angles I can see a slight variation of paint shade. I now suspect the dealer did body repairs on non insurance claimed accidents. What do you believe??

[@stevenr8606]

😡 I've seen my friends fender & hood of his Black truck painted with lacquered Black instead of Black clearcoat. Boy was he pissed! Didn't even leave the bodyshop.

[@dangerrangerlstc]

@@donniebrown2896 there's nothing that says body damage can only be repaired under insurance. What if the fender was rusting out and customer wanted it repaired? You don't make an insurance claim on rust.

[@donniebrown2896]

@@dangerrangerlstc true about rust damage as no insurance company anywhere will cover that. This vehicle came from Arizona, I did check for rust. This was a lease vehicle which meant it was probably "touched up" when the lease was up. Dunno. Oh well, learn by my mistakes I guess.

[@dangerrangerlstc]

@@donniebrown2896 just because the rental car came from Arizona, doesn't mean that's where it spent all its time. Those national rental companies move cars around all the time so they've got a good selection everywhere. Plus they have their own shops sometimes that fix little dings or damages without having to go through insurance. We all know how well people treat rental cars.

[@brimptonestateservices3317]

another fantastic film. I'm in the UK so I cant use his company, but would if he were in the UK.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@dmac5994]

very informative and good banter. thank you.

[@jimp.4531]

looks like a after market manufacture shop is needed for all the older machines.

[@DirtPerfect]

And new

[@sassafrasvalley1939]

Todd…. Thank goodness you came by to set Mikey straight on a few things. He needs that every once in a moonpie festival or so. With your PHD in the John Deere Underbelly University you certainly are qualified to handle my questions. Now, here goes: In 2007 I made an Army Tank for my 1 yr old grandson. All parts were made of hard maple but the tracks. They were drive belts from a Hoover Vacuum. (They resemble a flat rubber band 1/2” wide, 1/8” thick by 8” diameter.) I turned all of the pulleys (5 per side) so that they had a groove in them to keep the drive belt from tracking off. They appear to have no wear whatsoever… besides a little bit of paint chipping. The track however is starting to show its age. It has developed a permanent curve where it was stretched over the drive and idler wheels. I suspect that it is due to the fact that it sat in his windowsill undisturbed for the past 8 years. (It has what you might call the rubber equivalent of kinked tracks.) Now, here is where you come in…. I noticed that your Truck or Track website had a section for rubber tracks. I looked it over and couldn’t find any replacements that seemed compatible. (Which is a shame because you have some awesome looking tracks.). So, I went to the Hoover Vacuum website and priced a replacement pair. It was unbelievable to me but, do you realize that in the past 16 years, their price has doubled? They want $11 for a single track! In my book that’s price gouging. I mean, I know the cost of rubber has gone up. But, double? Well Todd, there’s a principal involved here. I mean the tracks are lightly used. They have no cracks. Their surface is not even heavily abraded. If replacement is absolutely necessary I’m gonna shop around. Here are my questions… 1. Do you recommend torching out the kinked section of the tracks and replacing them? 2. Do you think it would be worthwhile to take them off, turn them inside out and see it the kinks work themselves out? 3. If my destiny is to reach deep into my hard earned savings and buy replacement tracks, do you want a piece of that action? 4. If you quote on them, can you quote in both black and camouflage? (Mossy Oak is his current wardrobe phase. It would be ‘totally awesome’ to match his PJ’s.) My need to resolve this is urgent. You see Todd, he graduates High School next Summer. And, by my calculations he has just one last Winter at home in his bedroom to enjoy his tank. I believe that the reason it sat undisturbed in his windowsill is the kinked track… if I get this repaired he will certainly put it back to use this winter. Don’t you think? Any free advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated… you see I’m on what you would call a fixed income… which means… you never have enough income to FIX stuff!

[@littlefinkle7757]

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[@richwielechowski5191]

Interesting video. Lot of good information presented.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@thomasyerbey337]

Great information Mike 🇺🇲 I really appreciate you sharing this information 🇺🇲

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@kenmccall8051]

Great video DP love it when Todd on it always fun to watch .,👍✌️👌😎

[@buck3409]

Great video! Would you and your partner help me with judging idler wear. Specifically the shoulder or whatever its called. Not necessarily the bearings. Thanks

[@DirtPerfect]

Better ? For Todd

[@thomasleonard1846]

Love Yanmar engines, but they need a class action suit on that parts deal, 5 to 7 years on that no parts deal, it is done repeatedly!

[@kristystaats8390]

Good points to look at

[@michaeld_68]

Great video !!!! Keep em coming!!!! 👍

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@localcrew]

Some guys I know bought an old Case 450 loader and did some work on it - injectors, pump, new radiator. Brakes didn’t work. They decided to sell it and were asking 10K for it. I was half-ass interested until the weather finally dried out enough for me to get down to earth and inspect the undercarriage. The bushings were worn through. So basically, it was worth what they paid for it *before* they spent $1200.00 in parts and bunches of hours working on it. They sold it to a neighbor of theirs who must not know much about undercarriage stuff. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@joshdurbin4662]

This is some nice info! I was just looking at that 850 in Kentucky on machinery trader. I’m going to buy one next week if I can find the right machine

[@DirtPerfect]

Good luck

[@joshdurbin4662]

@@DirtPerfect bought a 2014 850k yesterday! Hope she treats me well

[@budlvr]

That, was a GREAT VIDEO ! Knowledge, Humor (interruptions) and Damm, is that Todd guy GOOD LOOKING !

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@f250ford2004]

You guys are comical together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Tony

[@davidjackson4112]

Wow, what an informative video. Thanks

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@Jameson4327]

DP you are a tease! Making this video on back of LT Dan. I can’t sit still waiting for a update.

[@ericsmith1673]

ty for your time sir.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching

[@Garren.B]

Excellent video. Thank you!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@groundupexcavation]

I’m going to look at a komatsu tomorrow, however truck or track doesn’t show the model I’m looking at. I was really excited when I remembered truck or track to.

[@DirtPerfect]

I would call the store good luck

[@groundupexcavation]

@@DirtPerfect headed home from checking it out. The undercarriage on it was pretty mint. Brand new rubber tracks idlers shoes very little wear, but, it has the good ole dirt perfect floppy bucket. Figure it’s a special edition so I gotta get it lol. But on a serious note, if it wasn’t for the bucket and the character in the sheet metal, I wouldn’t have known it had 8000 hours in it.

[@randyjohnson8873]

Awesome video! A wealth of info and entertaining as well!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@claytonl.covell2634]

Lots of great information. Thanks guy's!!

[@SLCFarms]

Great video as always Mike and Todd. Very informative

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks buddy

[@jamesc7383]

Great content as always.

[@DirtPerfect]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@andysukosd8177]

Great video, it was actually funny also, enjoyed watching.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@gdotone1]

you going to have to put todd on the payroll. funny. cut the tv off and had the whole family watch... good stuff.

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol thanks

[@dennis2376]

Thank you.

[@kevinmurray7135]

You do make this kinda stuff pretty cool Mike and Todd seems to be a good guy and the cameras do sound good are they too help MBHTS 🤔 cool video 👍😎🇺🇸NY

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes he is

[@kevinkenyon7045]

Mike great video! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@michaelkoop5380]

Great I formation. Thanks for sharing.

[@ericsmith1673]

Sorry to bother you again. I could not locate cool zone a/c for trucks. There are many cool zones. I’m very interested in how you are adding a/c to your truck. Can you post a link? Will you do a vid on the install? Ty

[@DirtPerfect]

Will see if I can find it

[@aldimore]

That was a fun video! And lots of really good info.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@sirarbor22]

I'll be happy to send pictures of it. High & low transfer case and it's a 9 speed the old Detroit two stroke engine. 5th wheel. No front brakes ,Tulsa wench don't work

[@jasvan4359]

Looking to buy a Mini excavator , their are many ,never operated one at all purchasing it to work around a house foundation and drainage , looking at Bobcat e26 or a Takeuchi 230 which would be a better buy for service and durability

[@DirtPerfect]

Both or ok machines

[@jasvan4359]

Which is better in your opinion in the mini excavator market and why , I have no clue when it comes to this subject and will be purchasing one within the next 60 days

[@jasvan4359]

You made a come t on one of your post ,you said the year of equipment does not matter , I would think of buying a mini ex that was a 2012 with 1000 hours would be less than a 2018 with the same hours , why is that ? Please your opinion

[@patrickcolahan7499]

Now that was informative and funny, thanks for sharing.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks for watching

[@terryclement9811]

How many hours would get on an average excavator mini track used in dirt, not asphalt?

[@DirtPerfect]

1500 to 2000

[@jerrybennett6860]

Good info love how you throw captain Cleveland under the bus

[@barrb6134]

Great INFO!! Thks

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@dougyurecko6500]

Cameras??? Going to check that out now!!!!

[@DirtPerfect]

👍

[@inspectorsj]

Awesome, informative video

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@johnwever9336]

Listen to him......he's right.

[@ericsmith1673]

hi there great vid. Where did you get your A/C kit? ty

[@DirtPerfect]

Cool zone on the internet

[@robertkeime4907]

Great video

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@Graveltrucking]

On our SVL 75 we will run the tracks till the drive lugs tear out of them. We only get 600 hours out of a set of tracks on the SVL. We just put a new set on last month. Bear in mind I do quite a bit of reading during the winter I run the machine down the public roads. Rubber tracks on minis they don't last long, our 121 Kubota we went to steel tracks with road liners. Steel tracks on 200 size hoes we'll run them till they are falling off. Undercarriage is very expensive a good operator can run a hoe with baffed out undercarriage. We are not in mud were on shot rock broke with a hydraulic hammer.

[@wallieandwilly4588]

Oh man I wanna send you pictures of my excavator. They call it a gray Model. I'm not to sure but it's a hatachi ex something or another I've use John deer parts to fix it

[@AroundArno]

Educational video 👍🏻 👨‍🏫

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@Matt-mq1ep]

Hey guys, this is the weirdest game show i've ever seen. 🤣 Great info!

[@DirtPerfect]

Lol

[@hastingshayandtreefarm4402]

Learned alot once again thank you Mike very informative.

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@drewgargus8423]

Hey DP, why is two different tracks on a skidsteer a red flag?

[@DirtPerfect]

Yes

[@PgP736]

❤ from Norway

[@ericsmith1673]

Ty sir

[@CrimeVid]

Don’t worry about parts too much, Someone has one, somewhere, and when you find it eventually, five others will turn up, cheaper and closer !

[@justinotten6673]

I want a video of Todd cramming those undercarriage parts into a client's mailbox!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he said he didn't care, he'd do it!!!

[@Ken.Merritt]

Anybody know what microphone Todd is wearing in this video?

[@DirtPerfect]

Blink 500

[@andymoss3132]

Good information

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@gdotone1]

best ever!

[@markpowell4701]

That Pin Boss looks like a Dirt Perfect machine. LOL

[@randydobson1863]

HELLO MIKE AND TODD ITS IS RANDY AND I LIKE U VIDEO IS COOL THANKS MIKE FRIENDS RANDY

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks Randy

[@gwynbontrager7795]

Makes me want to buy something to be part of your group. You guys are awesome together!

[@DirtPerfect]

lol thanks

[@bobbydawson7706]

Very good

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@bhermon265]

Great video 👍

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@nevillekinsley5610]

Todd very funny man

[@chrisharrell8471]

Great video!!

[@DirtPerfect]

Thanks

[@clementhuppe227]

salutation à Mike et à trock- track

[@fotinatos]

προχωρα μηχαλη ολα καλα🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺👌👍👍👍👀