I Bought a John Deere 35D Excavator! Needs A lot of Work :(

Much worse than I thought...I should have inspected it better. Replacing undercarriage rollers, Bucket teeth and some misc. repairs.

[@moe2470]

Hitachi in their infinite wisdom put the a/c heater unit under the floor & surprise surpise it fills up with dirt & dust & water.😂

[@BeltechLLC]

lol...ya, great design! I'm sure the mice will make it a nice home also.

[@jerrycopley9325]

At least you will know exactly what you have when you get done. Sure it will cost more than you was planning on but when you get done go price a new one and you will not have those big payments every month :) Trying to help lol I have done worse down through the years

[@BeltechLLC]

Very True! I found more since this video...I'll include in the next video of installing a hydraulic thumb. I feel good knowing it will all be new undercarriage when I'm done and should last me several years....I hope!

[@donaldmendes184]

Looks like your sprockets warn out, that could cause lot noise, especially with rubber tracks. Buy you know what new excavator cost probly $ 80,000 or 90,000, sure you may need to invest $3,000 or $5,000

[@BeltechLLC]

After looking at everything a little closer, I found the main issue with the left side... I put it in the "Adding a Thumb" video. I'm still waiting on rollers for the right side...that should help also.

[@oneworldsteve8433]

Trust but validate!

[@darwindropmazda]

Great job so far. Can’t trust many people these days with used equipment. How many hours does it have on it?

[@BeltechLLC]

@darwindropmazda about 5600hrs... she's a little sloppy... I'm about to do some more work on it and I'll try and make a good video 🙂

[@darwindropmazda]

@@BeltechLLC thanks for the great content! Keep us posted! That is a lot of hours on her! Lol

[@BeltechLLC]

@@darwindropmazda Thanks for watching! I'll do my best to make watchable videos...lol

[@mikel9666]

🤙🏽🤙🏽for the algorithm

[@oneworldsteve8433]

Please learn to pre heat bucket when you weld on it

[@donaldmendes184]

Each drive motor is probably $3,000 each