New Screens For The Screener

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[@hackdlc]

I work an industrial maintenance job. Really no wrong way if the job gets done. Usually figure out the easier ways as you do the jobs more times. Keep up the good work.

[@cubracer55]

The reason those carriage bolts kept coming loose is that the triangle shaped washers were all installed upside down. They are lock washers , when squeezed down they put the nut and bolt under tension. You can see by the impressions in the blue paint that they were originally installed correctly. Good job with the video though !

[@trickydicky78s3]

Have no fear the moment you post ANYTHING on the internet there will be people lined up from coast to coast stretching right around the world just waiting to tell you how you're doing it wrong lol. Going to be a great batch of top soil though, hope you get a good price on it to cover all the work !

[@soberpickle8195]

I like to see you work on things as much as I like to see you dig. I have always been curious how things are made and and how they work. Love your videos.

[@kennethhume8628]

I enjoyed watching the screens being changed , it’s always interesting seeing something new and different , good work Chris .

[@johnm840]

agree, was interesting

[@mikeseguin6443]

Those used screens work great for pulling behind a 4 wheel wheeler for levelling fresh ground.You are an all around very good operator and thinker so don’t let anyone tell you any different.

[@SailorAllan]

I was thinking they could make good gates on some critter pen.........

[@Davefromwisconsin]

Yes they do work great for that. I had one screen section for years that looks just like the ones on this machine. It’s got a 1000 miles on it behind the quad.

[@williamd6967]

BBQ lol

[@IslandHermit]

That screener looks like it would be a handy machine to have around, so long as someone else is responsible for its operation and maintenance.

[@craigpridemore7566]

Looking at what you're kneeling on is making my knees hurt. You guys earn every cent you make!

[@karenheartoriginal3783]

I love the screener. Sure beats doing it by hand like we did on a mission project in Guatemala 😳 👍👍👍💯💯👍👍👍

[@motorcrosskid90]

Some words of advice, build up your side bolts as much as possible with washers our nuts so there is no thread showing they will come right off without a problem and you will be able to tighten your screen more, also keep a good eye on your rubber capings that your screens sit on pointless putting new screens in if there done. I run quarry washers daily all sand and gravel. They do take a lot more maintenance tho than the topsoil ones. Your right about getting dirty when your working in the screen box lol

[@augustreil]

Would love to dig out my garden 2ft and run it through that screener. It grows rocks every year like crazy !

[@mlhrepairsllc6942]

Those s wire harps are the best screen you will put in if you have a blinding problem. I had the first Power screen Chieftain 2100 in the anthracite coal region. A 2006 model. We were the guinea pig company. I still have the magazine article. Good time's. If they start to blind, run a half scoop of middling back through it.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Thanks for recording the screener screening after you changed the screens. I always wondered what it looked like running.

[@lpalmer2606]

I run a powerscreen 2100 everyday and you guys made a easy job of changing the screens. we call the zigzag screen a self cleaning screen and it will do a far better job than the standard mesh type, great job done.

[@drmautz]

Looks like an efficient dirt making factory now. That's nicer than a friend letting you use his truck. That is a good friend.

[@markreetz1001]

I don't know what it is but I really enjoy watching screens working--classifiers, that is! Especially when you get them working well. Way to go Chris and Charlie!

[@49michaelh]

You have good finished product there Chris. Love the drone shots. Many thanks.

[@briandancause2722]

When we get small clay ball tailings like that we will flatten the pile about 12” thick and let it cook in the sun. Re run through the screen and watch that pile become 💰💰

[@SLCFarms]

Better cut them hoodie strings. Almost choke a man when they wrap up in the wrong thing. Fun job thanks for sharing.

[@imchris5000]

you just have to push them up into the hood then you still have them when you want them just dig em out

[@localcrew]

SLC Farms I always pull mine out. Try not to tempt fate, if you know what I mean.

[@kennethhume8628]

localcrew , good call , excellent idea .

[@blacksheep9734]

Just pull them out

[@deconteesawyer5758]

Least ways they both got their trousers up where they belong and not dangling round the knees.

[@stedder8436]

You don’t get many friends like Charlie.

[@treefrog7795]

I am enjoying this dig so much..Music is awesome right along with where you set the camera on digging. LOVE IT...in fact i am exercising to it..LOL editing is spot on.. better than a movie. Your digging is best...!!!!

[@tomoaktree4951]

Hi Chris, It appears that a requirement to owning one of these is to keep several sheets of plywood in your truck to lay and kneel on when working on the screens.

[@dearanel936]

With all of those brand-new nuts and bolts I bet you will make Sally goodin tight very proud

[@edwardgaskin4245]

Very nice. The tailings look like what they use here in Florida for stabilizing a road.

[@alexanderbordeau7417]

The phone call at 16:11 was somebody calling to tell you it was wrong.

[@ramjet7470]

An dual shaft impactor with flail bars can be added under the hopper out feed. It pulverizes clods or twigs and makes a huge difference in processing topsoil. The new Chieftain 400 I rented 20 years ago came with one on it and was quite handy. It did not seem to interfere with flow from the hopper at all and I sure liked that machine. It worked trouble free and was economical to run as well as being easy for me to service and maintain by myself out in the boonies. I ran 30,000 tons of clean glacial till sand and gravel straight through it into a twin screw washer onto a radial stacker. I fed that tough little screen plant directly out of the ground with a Komatsu 180 wheel loader and it worked flawlessly. It sold me on Power Screen.

[@googies12a]

Hi @Ramjet74 - they don't fit on the warrior range. The hydraulic setup isn't there for it either. They do work well on the Chieftain ranges though.

[@ramjet7470]

@@googies12a I see. In the video after I posted it looked like there may not be enough room coming off the hopper. Thank you for explaining.

[@thomasdesmond2248]

So people don't realize that bolts on a shaker screener come loose. Try owning a Harley Davidson' motor cycle. Charlie just a suggestion blue locktite could save you headache. God bless

[@Drew6709]

I used to operate a Finlay model finish screen with piano wire lower deck screen. It was horrible about getting grass and rocks being stuck at the cross bars of the screen deck frame.

[@atvseatexchange2176]

Welcome back Charlie, always a pleasure.

[@timfagan816]

Was doing this exact thing today, from 20mm to 65 mm screen mats, ours is slightly different to yours, we have a belt over the top, of our mats so it makes it much harder (cheiften 1400 power screen turbo, by terex) but a much better set up than the extec screens! Yours is a scalper, not a power screen. Good work though! Nice job.

[@TrevorDennis100]

Charlie is good value and an interesting guy. I don't know how far he had to drive to bring those screens up, but it was good of him to do so and they made one heck of a difference.

[@charliefloria96]

2.5 hours

[@shammi8133]

Charlie works hard you know his pants start of life blue.

[@RonSales]

Found a screener in Gurnee Il. he brought me some 7/8 to dust crushed concrete over worked out great spreading it with my 882D cub cadet and dozer blade.

[@theshadow4292]

Charlie, you may not be aware that more than 88,000 cross-country/over-the-road truck drivers loss their jobs since the 1st of April, (compliments of COVID 19 layoffs)so you were really lucky that the screens got shipped to you. Really great video enjoyed watching you two guys working together and from looking at your clothes it turned out to be a real dirty job. (no pun intended) When working right, the shaker really does one helluva great job.

[@copperheadmarine]

Scott Haskell ,yes you don’t realize when things slow down......things slow down. My assumption was it was slow because terminals, manufacturers and supply closed or limited. Also had thought trucks hauling more important things than screens.

[@2badger2]

Need some rust conversion paint. That final dirt looks nice ...

[@fred-cm2dc]

looks like pure black gold great job ,you could call it dirt perfect

[@dustin6509]

I wouldn't be able to install the new screens until pressure washing it first and would be very tempted to cleanup and quickly rattle can some of the rusty areas.

[@janwellington3532]

Now the soil has had time to dry. And new screens. Loads quicker and cleaner end product. I think you done that right. Lol. Cornwall UK.

[@SuperEoin09]

Hi man, great video. Piano wire self cleaning meshes can still blind with some materials. Easy way to clean them is with an excavator tooth on a rope up down, left and right over the meshes. That’s the way I do it. Work smart, not hard!! Take care

[@keithdunlap2701]

Really Kickin' Ass Now ! Man, New screens made all the difference, Your getting a pretty good stock pile there now Chris, That's killer Man, glad it's working so good for ya !! Have a Great Evening ..... Stay Safe...

[@tinysworld1749]

Changing screens is always fun. Might have to look into those bottom screens for the pit

[@CoolMan5666]

Very informative, enjoy your videos!

[@TheWhiteSanatarium]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Have to say though the 40 yo kid in me would want to take a ride on the good dirt conveyer 😅.

[@1995jug]

Where i worked before retiring had a screener we changed screens often we welded the nuts to the bolts only way to keep screens tight.

[@rickharper1497]

Charley, you should see the screens that we used on the shakers on the drilling rig offshore, I worked shakers for 10 years.

[@jpwilson1659]

Awesome perspective from the drone!

[@timmyfrierson2684]

Great video Chris I like it when you have ole Charlie out there I bet he’s fun to work with and those screens did make a difference well stay safe brother and keep the videos coming

[@dudestuff3352]

Wish you weren't so far away, that top soil looks great and I need a truck load.

[@RangieNZ]

If you mix the tailings in with the sawdust that was dozered out next door, it will convert to soil a lot faster (- there's loads of bugs in the tailings).

[@tropicanacoughsyrup]

Awesome. I loved the drone footage.

[@cathiwim]

Chris, if your wallet is always in your hip like that, it can cause hip pain. Try moving it to your front pocket and see if that is more comfortable working. My hubby discovered that years ago.

[@bigcountry1165]

Always good to see Charlie.

[@rickharper1497]

That screener is working 10 times better!!!

[@applianceman6194]

Chris...you are doing it all wrong!! 🤣🤣😂😂

[@johncolasanto605]

Awesome video..If those bolts keep coming loose, you might want to check out the Nord-Lock washers.. I had bolts on my truck that came loose from vibration & they put those on & they have not come loose again....BTW we could of done without knowing Charlie does Yoga lol

[@satan2133]

Small chunk of cutting edge or corner bit from dozer with old chain welded to it cleans screens nice run the screen drag chain in and out way easier does better job too

[@cq608]

Awesome machine

[@Graveltrucking]

For where I live you’d have 40,000 dollars or so in topsoil there if you have 1000 yards. Mix it with fertilizer you’d get more per yard. Good garden mix here runs 60-70 dollars a yard. Charlie hasn’t grown the soup strainer back lol.

[@glenjohnson9505]

A secondary conveyor off the finished product belt, would be sweet, make finished product piles with no need for a tractor or excavator, just move the belt where you want the pile.

[@76guzzi78]

I gotta say, I'd be looking at greasing that squeak.....

[@1armedguy4]

It's a fact that people who think they know everything in reality know very little about anything.🇨🇦

[@MacWalther]

Unskilled and Unaware of It: The Dunning - Kruger effect. (Not writing about Chris on Let's Dig - just the big mouths in general)

[@michaelspeakman8924]

Someone needs to build a building. For all that clean dirt. Conveyor it through the top. Of the building. Then you only have to move it once. If you're going to run a machine like that you might as well search for gold. It's basically the same kind of machine. But you need to wash Plant

[@dougieshepherd6333]

Is the top soil for your own personal use keep up the good work👍

[@jamesbreault5762]

Looks to me like your doing ok,though i must say i have never changed screens on a dirt shaker

[@farwest571]

Iv had to change tromell screens before...did it twice and realized the cab is the place to be...if you got to do 30+ years might as well be as comfortable as possible...nothing wrong with an old man in a crane

[@vaughnhill3437]

Man you can damn sure tell hiw much better its screening it . That looks alot better than the last batch

[@MikeyDunn]

That chirp-like squeak was driving me nuts.

[@fenceman53]

Tim calling “who gouged the deck on the log trailer” He answered a Deere did it

[@sandrawarren8393]

Some crude math while I try to justify this awesome machine. Our excavator operator gets $110 per hour per machine... you have 2 machines. The Screener cost I believe you said was $250K :O I just can't even comprehend the cost of the finished product. Mind blowing

[@BeytekinConstructionMachinery]

Looks like a new episode from Gold Rush. ;-)

[@pnwRC.]

There's ALWAYS more trash in them dirt piles than we think there should be!

[@jamesbreault5762]

Good grief its 420 am and I'm watching your videos my wife is just a tad put out over that.lol

[@merlepatterson]

Maybe the tailings would be good for road bed underlayment before surface gravel?

[@SledgeHammer43]

You should rerun the whole tailings pile. It will clean up the old tailings some more.

[@ArizVern]

NICE! Small screeners starts at $10k. Got to build a electric shaker single screen, no conveyer.

[@charlesmactaggart1676]

That's some mighty fine dirt.

[@nickbeam5432]

Use a heavy fiber push broom to clean them.

[@vinylvishrecords]

Let me just tell ya, u guys did a helluva job

[@KPearce57]

Reminds me of working on old combines changing the grain screens instead of dirt and dust we had chaff and dust. Oh buy the way your doing it wrong, from a key board warrior . Good Nuts are hard to find.

[@dennisryan7487]

Charlie's doing a fine job ! Faith and Begora leave him alone !

[@peterfarrow6717]

Chris you could do with running the stone from the storage lot through it.

[@randywilson6869]

I like how u say we and the only one is Charlie doing it . Those boys on gold rush would like to have Charlie as a friend

[@bashkillszombies]

Man - the gold mining I could do out bush with your equipment if the government here didn't ban locals from using any motorised equipment (yet Chinese mining giants get to use any equipment they desire, because Australia is a colony of China now).

[@rodneyadams7515]

Did you know 70% of the worlds screeners and crushers are made in Northern Ireland .

[@steveguy7165]

Rodney Adams aside from the Titanic the Irish make good stuff.

[@granvillew12]

@@steveguy7165 It was working fine when it left here.

[@sewasewa6585]

Probably expertise from the good old days when it was important to screen out the stones and tatoes):

[@imchris5000]

man you missed out on playing death treadmill by having charlie not turning on the belt

[@toad3048]

Hey Guys, thanks for the great video! You can slow the loose bolts down by doubling up the nuts and locking them in place:)

[@samcroad3046]

Hey this is really satisfying and you should get a loader you won’t want to use anything else

[@swamprat69er]

That is good looking topsoil.

[@aland7236]

Here is a useless fact, the angle that the sides of those piles end up at is called the "Angle of Repose". You're welcome 😊

[@WVdavidB]

There is two types of pipeline right of ways on hills around my area... those that have slipped and those that will slip. Civil engineer I worked with told me that joke once and also taught me about the angle of repose. Then again I always wanted to ride ATVs on sand dunes so I knew about the angle. Around here we have slate dumps from the coal mines instead.

[@DonnaMSchmid]

I try to learn something new every day! "Angle of Repose" is perfect! Thanks, Alan!

[@jemfly1062]

Not useless at all, Alan. No doubt you would also say that, having the angle, knowing that it differs between materials means that we can calculate the volume of material in that cone-shaped pile. Among other useful related calculations. So, a useful fact, really. 👍🌝

[@briangardiner1015]

The Angle Of Repose...Is the maximum angle material will lie before sliding. Your welcome!!

[@bashkillszombies]

@@WVdavidB As a rain hail and shine motorcyclist I loathe people who ride 2 stroke motored vehicles. You guys give us a bad name, and ruin millions of peoples weekends and time off with your angry mosquito sounds. >:/

[@flannel872]

28:00 How I like to make coffee in the mornings.

[@norman9573]

we’ve got a warrior 1400 set up for gravel. trust me it’s a hoot of a time changing those screen decks

[@MKOMKONNNN]

i can only wish we gots lotsa rocks here

[@Blazer02LS]

I'm surprised they don't use something like a nylock nut on those bolts. Or a jam nut. The lock washers they used don't seem to do much.

[@sitemaster12]

old charlie is a good old boy sorting all that out

[@kenbirkin7753]

They are called Z slot screens, Sometimes if you run some clean drain rock thru the screens they will clean up some, more so with trommel drums

[@shaenj]

That was fun, reminded me of myself and brother sifting for gold in the early 70 seventies when we built our own trommal in Aussie. May I ask what the dirt is and why is it valuable?

[@MacWalther]

I wonder if wood lot with a firewood processor ever bounced around Chris' head with all the land clearing.

[@stevenfeser4907]

Almost need to bend a hook onto a length of 3/8” round bar and then you can pull on er from the top.

[@51zuko]

hey man, i just need to let ya know that your not talking about the people that tell you " your doing it wrong" right.... just make them come show you so we can get on here and tell them they are doing it wrong and see how they like it!

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

They have leprechauns to install those screens in Ireland.

[@granvillew12]

That's Northern Ireland in this case.

[@Car-dash-Ian]

Yeah Northern Ireland a great place for heavy engineering, I'm from Ireland and never witnessed any help from the leprechauns or fairies my friend and I have left awkward jobs unfinished in the evening only to come back in the morning and they hadn't done a thing exactly as we left it very unreliable!!

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

@@Car-dash-Ian Did you leave a box of Lucky Charms for them?😉

[@Car-dash-Ian]

@@tiredoldmechanic1791 I'll have to try that next time, let you know how I get on!!!

[@kthemi10]

@@Car-dash-Ian you're supposed to leave them a bakers dozen thimbles of Guinness! 🤷‍♀️Thats why you didn't find your work completed in the mornin! 🤦‍♀️