Modifying and installing a pin grabber quick coupler

[@Dmenbiker]

Jesse, I'm impressed how you turn these pieces of crap, broken down machines into money makers... You are a throw back to the days when most men did what you do now... Just proves what a jewel you are... A diamond in the rough... You will be/are successful like few are today... Long time follower... Lots to learn watching you go at it... I hope we can continue this relationship for years to come... Dave

[@patniemczyk8860]

Mad respect for you Jessie the way you handled new bucket not working out. Great attitude love your skills and approach to everything you do!!!

[@likearockcm]

Watching Jesse's videos is like watching a good movie to this retired construction guy. Love it !👍

[@jeffreygilchrist1330]

Every time I see the Gehl doing it’s thing I remember your engine rebuild smile and quite frankly marvelled at your ability to do that with the engine in machine and do it well ,this is a great Chanel love your work

[@philcollins7701]

Hi Jesse Love your can do attitude and your philosophy of bestway ,there are several haters viewing your channel these days and some of their comments are very aggresive in a negative way with opinions that give me the idea they may be a bit jealous and see your plans as "I wish I had done that "but they do not want to admit they neither had the skills or the balls. We do not want to see new machines arriving from the dealer and all the negatives that brings with all of the environmental rules for them,your make it work style is entertaining and stimulating it also puts people in reach of their goals which they could'nt achieve otherwise. Keep it up and good luck to you and your family,that includes your faithful brothers.

[@jmuller86]

thanks, I am glad that some people like seeing something besides brand new machines

[@jimanderson4495]

Jesse…. Thanks as always. Unbelievable patience and creativity. I really like these one plus hr videos. The narrative and cost analysis plus the recap at the end is also great.

[@johngarran7173]

You and Andrew have the ability to turn other people’s junk into gold..

[@jamesadams893]

More like brass

[@dodos3395]

​@@jamesadams893 😂😂😊

[@robertgeorgewerner]

Hey Jessie, I'll just add my gratitude to everyone else's for sharing their experience with this bucket. You have some awesome skill and I'm always impressed with how brave you are. I like hearing your thought process but I did want you to know you never have to justify how you make things work. You've shown over and over again that you're careful and thoughtful about how you do things. You use science and engineering principles that you've picked up through all your various study and reading. You remind me of my father who was a farmer but was willing to tackle almost anything because a lot of times in the past he had to. None of his welds could be considered world-class but he built lots of tools and equipment that he used all his life and nothing he built ever failed him in a way that would hurt somebody. You have the same approach that I saw him use all those years. There's no need to worry about what any of us out here in the internet think. Proof is in how well your refurbished equipment and other things work. And in my view they work very well.

[@jmuller86]

Thanks for the feedback. Trial and error are sometimes the best test's. I immediately put this machine to work on the hardest thing I could find, digging pure rock. Maxing out that bucket cylinder most of the time, and it works well. Like your father, sometimes you just have to try it, as long as it is not something that will get someone hurt

[@deadslow201]

@@jmuller86 Total of 45 deg bevel on is enough. Typically you would like to have 23 deg bevels on both plate edges. That is how it is done in industry. And X-bevel is top notch (23 deg bevel on each plate edge).

[@laoluu]

Good job! I didn't think the plasma would go through that thick material, but it did. Amazing.

[@327JohnnySS]

Jesse I admire your knowledge of so many things. Thanks for sharing your daily adventures brother.

[@The-Deadbolt-Deputy]

Jesse , it was super satisfying to see you hook the crane scale to the bucket without getting out of the excavator ! You got finesse no doubt. lol

[@PiazzaWoodWorks]

Great work man! Gotta be self sufficient these days! U made it work and saved a shitload of $$$$

[@prodriver12345]

Another useful thing of reversing a bucket is for placing wet concrete accurately. I do it often when the concrete lorry cant reach to the pour site

[@brittcofarms5620]

I had the coupler from a 315 but my machine took both pins 65mm yours is 70 mm on the main pin 65mm on the back i made a bushing for the main pin but still had to trim a good inch out, Seems like cat would have used the same size pin in that class are instead off a basterd size for the main pin. It makes use to have to work a lot harder! You did a fine job on making this work out!

[@davidsnyder2000]

Thanks Jessie for sharing that plasma cutter trick, using it for gouging. That never crossed my mind. Clever tip👍 Thanks again 🙂

[@grahammctygue724]

Off cuts are so handy ,thanks for filming /creative use of fine idea blessing ,s to all

[@jonathankeith2547]

You are spot on with your comments about big v small excavators, big ones are. Just smoother and nicer to operate

[@williamdodd5113]

Great fabrication Jesse.

[@harrytaylor6854]

That was a lot of welding and cutting but as you said lot easier with other attachments well done hope to see some jobs you have lined up this summer great video thank you sir Jesse

[@jeroen1836]

Again Jesse, you’ve fixed all these things by yourself. Respect 👍👏👊

[@chrisoakey9841]

looks awesome. i would run 2 large beads vertically down from either side of the pin from the ears to the plate. each hit you drive down is going to want to slide the ears off the mounts, but a few buttress beads will resist that twisting force.

[@Rockport1911]

That plasma cutter paid itself with that jovb alone :) Paying a 1000 bucks for bucket with holes and worn out teeth that doesnt even fit is hard, but you made the best of it...

[@bigbird2100]

Great video 👍Nice bit of fabrication you should sell the yard bucket and put the money into more lighter attachments.

[@LAKESIDEBOB1]

Jesse wonderful video enjoyed it very much, thank you, you are one very skilled young man. I have a Caterpillar E120B with 30 inch track pads has a 24 inch manual thumb and 42 inch bucket .82 cubic yard heaped; machine weights right at 30,000 just over your Samsung 130 and I have no problems with the bucket heaped when stick is full extended in front of the tracks, on the side it does get lite in the back end stick all the way out but manageable, the wide track pads add 1,000 lbs helps a lot to plant it on the earth.

[@jmuller86]

Thats good to hear. It probably will do fine with that bucket and thumb. I will find out soon

[@pedromatajr8725]

that plasma cutter takes the cake, tough son of a gun. great video Jesse!!

[@jmuller86]

yea it has been good to me. it takes alot less time than anything else to anything curved or with no access with a saw. I have a torch too but it just never seems to come out, never need it

[@pedromatajr8725]

@@jmuller86 Thanks for replying! Great job with the videos! I'm sure I can talk for the rest of us!!

[@quixstation145]

tree loggers run their buckets backwards to keep from rollin down the hillsides while cutting trees down , great work there Jesse

[@amped5234]

Great video, Using the bucket backwards would take a little getting use to.

[@darrynruzicka2883]

You kick serious ass dude! One of the most capable dudes I've watched on youtube. You and Camarada could be brothers.

[@alangarratt7421]

Your content works for me here in the UK, many thanks.

[@DIGGER19860]

putting the bucket on backyards is a great way for moving concrete. they use this technique in europe a lot. ive seen it on tom pemberton farm life

[@pthomson9736]

Stunning work. Amazing thought process to follow. Thank you.

[@moparfamily4932]

You could always fabricate a sleeve to fill the gap on the coupler pin to bucket. Great remedy overall on the width problem.

[@tgilmore2080]

you have every TOOL known to mankind......do you NOT take a day off? excellent work ethic, and video- Thank you Jessie, and behind the scenes wife!!!😃

[@MaverickandStuff]

To keep your buckets for hitting the cab, you could add some collars to the cylinders to limit the travel.

[@Dirtlife98]

Or just pay attention and don't hit your cab with the bucket... No reason to be digging that close

[@W1LLB0]

Some of the rental companies here in QLD Australia do that for the smaller excavators . But that's more people doing DIY projects. The bigger ones it's on the operator

[@firesurfer]

Maybe a sign saying, stop dummy! (just kidding a little bit)

[@MaverickandStuff]

@@Dirtlife98 Well yes, that goes without saying. It is also for when the cylinders leak down some during transport or when traversing on site.

[@chhenglengtaing7136]

😅😮😅😅

[@arnoldromppai5395]

That's why as a welder all my life I have never changed from my cutting torch for cutting steel. Ya I picked up a small plasma for cutting stainless an aluminum. But with a cutting torch you can cut any thickness steel most I have cut is 6" thick. But I have landed really long pins out with it an brake tubing.. Just by changing a $12 tip. Glad to see you made the right chose to weld that up with stick 7018 an not no production mig that just dont have the penetration and burning power or tensile strength

[@jmuller86]

yea you can cut some serious steel with a torch. I have one, just barely use it

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

The problem with a torch is you always run out of one gas or the other. With the cost of renting tanks, it gets expensive to keep a spare and you always seem to run out of gas when the welding supply is closed. It also depends on how far you are from the supplier. I'm within 5 miles of my supplier but it still kills 30 minutes to get a tank. My local supplier isn't open on the weekends so you have to get their between 7:30 and 4:30 on a weekday.

[@patrikpersson9446]

It's a real shame that you only have 130' regulars at the channel.That housebild of yours for example is a one of kind.All of thoose techie thing aroynd machinery would atract some

[@carloskawasaki656]

Thank you, I learn everythink when I look your video , it is awesome 👍👍👍👍👍

[@AdelinoGambiarras]

Finally you got it drone I saw you struggling to change this bucket in some videos now you can even work more and foster. I have used the bucket backwards to many times before, every jobs is different just have to improvise and adapt.

[@donanything6816]

Nice job, Jesse. 72 rods!!! I'd say that there is a good possibility that the bucket will remain intact! It sure is nice when the pins fit well without binding the way yours turned out. I can appreciate that having built a hydraulic four foot tilt grading bucket for my Kubota U55. Thanks for another great video, nice way to start off a Sunday morning.

[@douglasthompson2740]

A few years ago I bought a 70 amp plasma cutter from Banggood to do the larger stuff my 45 wouldn't do. As long as you have a circuit that will take the 60 amp load ( I actually put a 70 amp breaker and #4 wire in to feed mine and it works great). I also ordered an extra long lead for my torch and put in a much longer ground as well which gives me a thirty foot circumference between the shop outlet and any project. Also made up a #4 extension cord of thirty feet just in case I need to get a bit closer. At the time the unit was the upgraded version of the "cut 40" units. I can't complain it eats 1" cleanly and will cut larger. Cost just about $250. Still going strong. Did take about six weeks to arrive. The consumables are more expensive than the normal 50 amp and less and a bit harder to find. Getting easier to find and I bought a bunch from Banggood at the time so it is not a worry.

[@jmuller86]

Thats good to know, sounds like a hell of a deal and not much to loose

[@donaldtrabeaux5235]

Hats off to you Jesse any means to save money awesome work.

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

You never give up. Remarkable how many different things you repair fix or change to do what you need❤❤❤❤❤

[@rogertucker6662]

I made a quick coupler for my mini excavator . The holes in my buckets weren't spaced exactly the same which didn't really matter before but with the quick coupler they needed to be the same . My fix was to make a short link on the back so it could be adjusted to fit and a draw bolt tighten it down . works pretty good . Don't know if that would work in your case.

[@williamdodd5113]

I always found Jesse changing attachments alone was easier if you put the dommanent pin in first then raised the arm and you can then swing your attachment around to fit .

[@mikesmith-yc3os]

Jesse rocking the videos out awesome man fantastic as ever dude.

[@TRFerron]

"It is what it is" & thick welding & plasma cutting... Almost got confused if i watch IC Weld or Jesse 😂😂😂

[@rhondasweeney7271]

Great job you are quite an adventur If it can't work you fix it Make it work

[@jonathankeith2547]

No matter what you did, it was always going to be a butcher job to modify it. I think you made the right choice by not messing with the H link, you can always return the machine to standard if you sell it. I have done similar things, cut the bushings out of ears and rewelded them to fit my Cat322B and my Cat305C with lots of different attachments. Good job, why don’t manufacturers build machines standard!

[@toolwarrior1773]

As an engineer, I cringed a little when you offset those quick-coupler ears and then re-welded, but I always seem to underestimate the strength of a bead of weld. My whole perspective on weld strength changed when Andrew did that lift test with just a tiny bit of weld holding two parts together. Mind blowing. Well done, as usual, Jesse. Would love to see you spray a little paint on those weld areas so they rust a bit slower in the weather.

[@karencary3312]

You are a great problem solver. Keep at. Looking g forward to the tumblr addition.

[@davidrice4172]

Great video Jesse as always Love the long ones. You have the ability to do anything you set your mind to.

[@alanharriman23]

My 138 Komatsu excavator is my favorite tool too! Great job on that coupler. I assume you noticed that pin working out when you stopped. That would have tested your welds.

[@jmuller86]

Yea I just didnt have a bolt in it to hold it in, I got one since

[@MWestern-m4g]

That plasma is a game changer. I'm still amazed how that ripsaw blade cuts 1" steel. Magic blade. Great job House looks tite! How are you going to cool it? Mini Splits?

[@martinomalley7642]

Really enjoy your videos. You have a great work Ethic

[@SparkysGarage]

Great vid Jesse! Probably one of my favs

[@larryconley9438]

Great job Jesse. Youu can modify anything and make it work. Great videos. Keep up the great job😊😊😊😊😊

[@DavidGawel]

Looks good and nice work. Thank you for the videos.

[@davidlawton4217]

Slap a bit of yellow paint on it Jesse it will go faster and look better ☺

[@kennethcecil8937]

Next time turn the filler pieces and put them in as a diamond orientation, that way you didn't have to bevel them! Square cut in a different orientation would have gotten the same result faster. Great video!

[@Drew6709]

If you are looking to keep the bucket from hitting the cab, you might have to look into getting a shorter stick to offset the quick coupler.

[@FarmCraft101]

This man is single handedly causing a worldwide shortage of 7018 stick. Leave some for the rest of us Jesse! Lol. Jk. What plasma cutter do you have?

[@jmuller86]

Lol its an old Ltec 750i. Which is now esab. Works pretty good but thermal dynamics probably has a better one now

[@pmiller7886]

Both of your channels are top notch, love seeing you follow Jesse too!

[@MySynthDungeon]

Coffees on brother ,,here we go!!Cheers!;-)!

[@lunchlady2023]

The plasma cutter is definitely the star of this episode.

[@dalerobinson8992]

I always enjoy watching you videos

[@The_Home_Pros]

Nice work Jesse!!💪👍

[@robertironside3166]

Cool stuff Jesse.Glad you got a thumb! Nice! Be perfect for a lot of the stuff you do. Hank from Hamiltonville Farms keeps running into abandoned excavators in the woods in Florida and salvages them and sells them pretty cheap to folks who could use them. Seems to have found a couple of Kebelco's recently that guys have just walked away from or just stopped using and really just get Hank to remove them with Wyle [great channel]. Anyway, he's worth watching and is very approachable regarding equipment a young fella like you could use. Worth keeping an eye on. :-) He chats back and forth with Matt from Diesel Creek and even showed up with a tractor for Scott the Bus Grease Monkey who'd moved to Tennessee and built a shop in the woods there [cool channel as well]. :-)

[@jmuller86]

Yea I have a thumb for this machine already. Going to try to get to install it this week

[@scottraven1721]

Oxyetcetelene would be ok too for cutting Great video Thanks

[@jamescole1786]

3/27/23; ..Great watch & learn 2day on yur quick 'pin-grab' connector. Lots of creative re-tooling via plasma & (7018) stick welding to customize t bucket just t way you want. Nice cameo with both sons swinging t maul! Little red head actually picked it up & made a few 'wacks/clang/bang' on bucket! Size comparisons of boy (with man size maul)-to-bucket was absolutely classic 'capture-the-moment' photography!..oops..video-og-graphy! Another A+✅️ video showing your talent & hard work ethic. Much enjoy your channel. Stay safe & carry on! Oh yes, thought I would see you start work on yur 'new' manlift, like 'ole John at Farmcraft101. He finished his main cylinder rehab. You mentioned his project on yur last video as you rolled your (same) machine into our camera 'eye' view. That will be a serious project with lots of 'moving parts'...maybe both boys going up, up in the basket.

[@jmuller86]

thanks, yea I still need to do more work to that boom lift. hopefully it will be in time to use it for the stucco finish on the house, but if not I can always use the one I got from Andrew. Just need to push/pull it around with the skidsteer

[@jamescole1786]

@@jmuller86 ok, be safe pushing all your heavy equip on undeveloped ground. Then once set up, hope you can capture yur 2 boys getting a thrill 'flying' upward in that basket, then looking down at familiar objects which would now look smaller...kinda cute enjoyable video if you think all ok...Much enjoy yur great video, close ups & narration. Your sincerity comes thru loud & clear. A+✅️

[@phillipmckinney7906]

Dam good call the stick weld melts it deeper and that was one ballsy call cutting it and just goes to show where their is a will there is always a way and you dam sure show that 👍💯

[@chriscash4118]

After cutting off the thumb bracket , You need a stop welded on or you will damage cylinder . You will get in a hurry digging and keep curling bucket too far , Just saying . You have some good plasma skills my brother . The bucket you bought looks like a good candidate for a swale bucket since it didn't work weight wise ? . Loosing the teeth will take a lot of weight off of it , Just an idea .

[@BWYinYang]

42" bucket - cut whole bottom, replace new metal. Should eliminate some weight. Or fix it up and resell

[@killerkitkats6783]

gotta get back bud - instantly grabs the sledge gotta love it lol

[@jmuller86]

that kid is a savage, no f*cks are given..at any time lol

[@youpattube1]

"That was an epic fail". That was funny. It's good to be able to laugh at yourself.

[@edneialmeida7612]

Boa tarde Jesse muito ótimo esse trabalho máquina meu amigo

[@genegoodman5233]

I’ve run into problems with a hydraulic cylinder moving whatever its hooked to father than needed. I don’t know if this will work on the cylinder that moves the bucket into the glass. I’ve made split rings whatever thickness it needed and put around the cylinder shaft so it bottoms out to stop the travel of said cylinder.

[@nellomichi6416]

as usual, totally amazing ! 😄😁🤠🎯‼ ‼ ‼

[@firesurfer]

38:49 Maybe put a liner (bushing) around the pin, no welding. Depends on how good a fit you can get.

[@jonathankeith2547]

To build up the locking dogs, i would have used 4112 or 4113 rods, less penetration into parent metal but smoother and softer finish.

[@abraham1513]

You should weld a bushing of some sort to the front bucket pins instead of the bead of weld on the quick coupler

[@cosmo1340]

Nice video mate❤ as always

[@Festoos]

Now the real question is how did you get the Quick attach levers on your skid to be so effortless,

[@mikeknoll1130]

Reminds me of when I was fresh out of high school and went to work in the ship yard fixing Great Lakes freighters,lots of 1-2 inch steel, would burn 50-75lbs of 6011 some days.

[@thomassuhadolnik8027]

I make pin shims out of old saw blades and the work fine

[@kieranosullivan02]

drill centre hole to pin size and just put em on? sounds good idea

[@josianrodriguez1249]

SALUDOS, JESSE ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. G.B.Y.A.

[@Alasdairryan]

Volvo bought out samsang, there are plant glazers who can hopefully can help you out with glass

[@alan2112drums]

Can you attach some sort of cage or bars to protect the glass?

[@wes3428]

You could turn it into a sieve bucket, cut the back out and weld in some rebar

[@donaldball7513]

Great job jess

[@Jayf1981]

Nice! Thanks for the video.

[@SciPunk215]

Plasma torches and welding rods... what's not to love?

[@CEA1]

is it necessary to unhook the battery connection before doing welding work on mchines?

[@we_arenot_amused1617]

Backwards bucket is the way the old steam shovels were.

[@tujuprojects]

If the current limits the thickness of plasma cutting, in theory having a torch next to it preheating the steel should make it cut deeper.

[@donaldelrod9172]

guess you don''t have an arc gouger..that would allow you to move the h link pen guides further out from the inside.

[@jmuller86]

Even if I made them flush, the h link is still too wide and would need to be cut down as well

[@csehszlovakze]

I knew Samsung made autonomous sentry guns but had no idea they also made excavators!

[@richardw.foxhall3392]

A guard across the cab that you have to look through...should protect the glass.

[@09FLTRMM77]

MM77 Approved 👍🏻👍🏻

[@andrewbriant1946]

the beauty of a hydraulic coupler is you don't need to get out of the machine to connect it

[@andrewdaniels7076]

Hey I don't know if you will see this Jesse but a trick I have used that really helps lining up a pin like that when welding it together is to cut an old coke can up and use it as a spacer around the pin. That will keep the several thousands clearance equally spaced around the pin then after welding you can drive it out and it should slip in and out without binding.

[@jmuller86]

thats a good idea

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola has a thickness of 0.042 inches, while a 12-ounce can of Budweiser has a thickness of 0.035 inches.

[@skitzochik]

Jesse make sure you rate the seller especially if you haggled on the price...that stuff may seem trivial but many depend on those ratings/reviews etc.