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[@ronaldziehlke9720]

Still looks easier than changing track on a tank.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Interesting...I might have to see that! Woooo!!

[@ronaldziehlke9720]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Just get with the North Carolina National Guard, they have tanks.

[@robertestes5887]

You're right about that then 60 series or the M1 series tank is is a bitch the track on

[@CATmanAlex]

I wonder what they compare to a system one track system on a CAT

[@Revthetankman]

@@ronaldziehlke9720 that can depend on tank model

[@RomeKG471]

Best to connect the track at the front of the idler.

[@jaylozada3407]

I think Frank is gonna need a few cold beverages to make him smile after doing that job! Great video Josh!! Wooooooo

[@richardstarke4093]

Wether the track assembly is ( Berko, ITP or CAT) the bolts have a required torque. Bolts are installed lubricated with antiseeze compound not locktite and are tightened using a cross pattern sequence. The paint on the underside of pad must be removed as well as the mating surface on top of rail so it will not work loose . It takes a lot of fight out of it to reconnection of master link to put it over front idler so idler will hold it straight for you.

[@pattonph1]

YOU ARE CORRECT

[@eddieforce3550]

I would say Frank has done this before. I helped replace one on a D-7 Cat in 1963 at the age of 16. I learned to drive that old cable lift Cat and and cleared a lot of ground in the summer of 63.

[@shoresharp8349]

You can tell working around Mr Frank he dont say much but you can learn alot from him! Great video Josh!

[@lighthouseschafer8394]

Thanks Frank for showing your track install. Amazing !!!!

[@131dyana]

I had no idea how to put a new track on. what a neat way to go . thank you.

[@FireandDirt]

Thanks for also not being afraid to throw out costs so we can understand the seriousness of the situation.

[@leroywaller7604]

JOSh, that is an adventure. IT is the same as ARMY TANKS and ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS. THANK YOU this is a good LESSON that most people never see.

[@catonmclear2500]

That was great Josh!! Thanks for another lesson!👍🚜

[@user-rp2rt6pq6f]

This vid is Better than the news of these days

[@ThatFixItGuy]

That looked like quite the project! Thank you for sharing!

[@scottt8424]

Hey Josh thank you for the video I enjoy it and putting that track on probably took you guys oh I would say three hours and so much great information that you taught everyone on KZbin now thanks again

[@Will7981]

Frank seems like a man of few words and ain't nothing wrong with that.👍🏻

[@sexysammij1]

I don't know about anyone else watching...... but just can't but WOOOOOOOOO along with you Josh.....

[@ronniejenkins2056]

This is a first for me I have never seen that done before very interesting video thanks for sharing great job.

[@thomasyerbey337]

Great blog Josh I've never seen that done I did not know thank you for sharing that 🇺🇲💯 WOOOOOO,!🇺🇲

[@michaelcox4309]

Good one because I need to replace my tracks too

[@benjaminstockton3917]

Very awesome Josh thanks for sharing can't wait for the next video Sir

[@josiahw3219]

Great video Josh thanks so much for sharing God Bless yall stay safe🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mechanicmike2858]

I honestly didn't think you were gonna get Frank to whoooo !! But it happened..lol awesome job guys thanks for sharing!!!

[@conundrumconundrum5589]

Always helps to have a giant on a job like this.

[@kevinthomason8946]

Always wondered how they done that. Now I know! Thanks a lot!

[@chatton72]

a good buddy would have went and gotten that dewalt battery operated grease gun...lol

[@CarsonRH]

And an electric impact wrench

[@imranricketts5467]

great video Josh. I really appreciate your content.

[@Bob-lw2kt]

If it was easy...well frank makes it look easy.

[@tomr2007]

I always connected the track near the bottom of the front idler using a pin that gets driven into the bushing. Pulling the two halves together with straps seems like extra work. Let gravity do the work and save your back.

[@martyl7066]

Thanks, buddy, for the awesome video handsome man.....;-) Marty,

[@brianmeattey4151]

Great vid bud very informative thx for showing and the land is looking good bud ...godbless

[@petermavus4131]

On track with this vid

[@BigTader]

Awesome Awesome video Josh man you never disappoint with your videos and content.

[@haweslu270]

Thanks for the share Josh. I just changed out the tracks on my Cat 943 loader. Wish that you woulds of had this video up, back before done it. It would of been a lot of help.

[@cameronedwards5539]

Great video! Good job covering all the detail

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Glad you liked it!

[@richardperry9095]

I've done that so many times I could have done it in my sleep...34 years as a heavy equipment mechanic. Easier with a track dozer/loader than an excavator.

[@66block84]

Back in 1977 I worked as a welder at American Hoist & Derrick, the short time they had a plant in Duluth, Mn. I could never pass the vertical or overhead welding tests so I picked parts & did other things. One of the things I helped with was strapping down a backhoe to a flatbed rail car using 1/2 or 5/8ths steel cable(can't remember which). About two or three weeks after that rail car left, heading for the West coast, our foreman stopped by to tell us we did a real good job strapping that backhoe down. He said the train was going a little too fast on a curve in the mountains and a few cars broke out of the train & rolled down the mountain. He said the backhoe stayed on the whole way down.

[@jonathanzamora5264]

Frank probably said about 20 words or less. Including "WOOOO!" Hes there to get shiii..stuff done... not to talk. Great video in the end 👍👍

[@paulblegg]

Front roller = Idler Rear sprocket = Final drive Top pulleys= Carrier rollers When working on uneven ground keep the final drive downhill, easiest way to throw a track off if you don't. 🤘

[@butler386]

Well that changed my mind so now I do not want one of those. I will settle for a picture. Man gotta have lots of good equipment just to get the tracks on and off. Great job and thanks for sharing

[@terrywesley5724]

Outstanding job tks

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

Hope you where ready for this rain, lucky so and so. We need a update on the pond, and pastures.

[@brianforrest3377]

Great video stoney man educational love these videos pal

[@billtmarchi4320]

Was gonna say you have good tracks and chinese tracks that are cheaper and wear out faster. Big price difference.

[@fari8811]

Thanks guys

[@timwilcoxsr2712]

Great video !!

[@240Tony]

Thank you for teaching!

[@clellalden7221]

Looks like fun.

[@josephsfields]

I know that's heavy dangerous work and you guys did a fine job of getting it replaced. I learned a good deal from this video and I'm glad everyone got through it without damage or injury.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I go to the gym 5 days a week and I don’t care who you are…you’re not picking that track up. Not sure why you’re being sarcastic and rude about something you clearly don’t have a clue about. What’s the motivation to try and insult a perfect stranger? You’re just making yourself look like a fool. Kindness goes a long way buddy. Try it sometime, I promise it won’t hurt

[@josephsfields]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer My apologies good sir. I didn't think my comment was that harsh and certainly not meant to be an insult. I work with a crew that communicates via disparaging remarks and no one gets hurt by them . . . at least I don't think so. I'll have to ask around. I'll delete my previous comment. Keep up the swell work.

[@smoochmcguire5291]

Great video thanks again

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Hi.... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍

[@therickeycross]

Thanks Man, great job.

[@terrymcgillicuddy8056]

Nice job guys.

[@alexeisoldatenkov7313]

I love it , great job

[@troyjustice5010]

Great video. Skid steer or tractor is a must. Sand is a killer on track machines. Working in dirt or rock , they’ll last a lot longer. I love heavy metal and it’s all heavy on that rascal.

[@carlosdingevan801]

Great video, man. Keep going!

[@brianhume1555]

Frank, a man of few words.

[@stan3198]

That was very interesting Thanks !!!

[@narlee2014]

Cool stuff!!!

[@rustynail5676]

If there is ever a call for a battery-powered grease gun this was it! 😊

[@chadjoneslsu]

Hahah me and my father put these tracks back on using Ancient Greek leverage 😂😂😂 let me tell you. We might loose our eyeball .. heck our face but we gotta pull it on somehow using the arm . Don’t have bobcat laying around

[@halfacrehomestead7766]

Haha he seems like fun! I like him already

[@46rambo49]

Frank is an amazingly patient man most mechs don't want to be filmed, get Frank a Lock n Lube and a battery powered grease gun

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Franks a good dude for sure!

[@simonrowley4913]

Wooo Frank. Team work baby - nice 👍🏻

[@billtmarchi4320]

Teamwork. One does all the work while one holds the camera.

[@fransye]

Good job

[@longfeather127]

I've helped Change track on M60 Tanks and it's done about the same way, I was a Tank Mechanic in the Marines.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Awesome....my brother was a tank Mechanic in the Corp

[@kfelix2934]

My uncle was a tank instructor at US army tank school in Ft.Knoxx and trained both USarmy and Uncle Sam Misguided Children. ;)

[@FarmallFanatic]

Broke that 👍

[@pk-fb2yr]

You guys are tired,but thanks for posting it was fun to learn something new I'll never do because ha ha I'm a girl.

[@BillyP55]

Awesome!

[@williamrieker8698]

outstanding

[@mar91942]

Thats a huge difference between old vs new cleats!

[@michaeldunagan8268]

Yah-- -- and the teeth on the spoket appeared more sharp than dull to me also ....

[@luiscosta5678]

You guys make things complicated, very easy task

[@RomeKG471]

There is no need to remove the grease fitting. There is a relief valve that should be loosened about one turn and will let the grease out of the adjuster.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I'll bet that's what he was loosening...just didn't know the name for it

[@davemi00]

Neat vid, like you said, don’t often get to see this. Too Bad he Kept Talkin over you tho !! 😹

[@letsdig18]

Frank said put the camera down we got work to do ole son! LOL

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol...I know right. I was juggling it around for sure...no slowing down. That's a tough job but we got it knocked out quickly

[@donaldeverette6498]

That was interesting.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Thank you...I dont believe there is another video out on the web that explains this in greater detail

[@nickh6076]

You guys made an easy job look hard but you got it done, did it wrong but got it done

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I'm sure if you were with us we would have done it perfect Nick lol.......this isn't an easy job dude ..please be kind

[@terrymcleod7005]

Thanks SRF. Give Frank a hug! Ha

[@davidhoover8877]

You need to always cut the track bolts off. No need trying to take them off with a wrench of any kind.

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

When I saw the machine with the track removed and all that dirt caked up I got to thinking of a guy with an excavator I saw some years back. Every day after work he would hose it down and clean out all the dirt and then wipe it dry to avoid water marks in the paint. Before he left for the day the machine looked like it had just been delivered from a showroom. Now it was a new machine, or at least it looked like one to me, but hey, it's an excavator. It is used to dig through the dirt every day. It WILL get banged up, it WILL get scratched and it WILL get worn. That's just the way it works with heavy machines like this. But he treated it like it was a showpiece. That was a few years ago, and seeing this I just wondered for how long he kept pampering that machine like that. I'm not laughing at him wanting to keep it clean, just at the image of him wiping it dry after washing it every day. I kind of understand what he was probably feeling. That machine was pretty expensive, and buying it new it had to hurt just a little bit knowing that every scratch or dent meant that it was loosing value. Just putting the bucket into the dirt the first time cost money. Personally I would probably be a bit obsessive until it got it's first good dent or deep scratch. After that I would be able to relax and accept that it is a tool and it will get worn with time and work, and that's just how it's supposed to work.

[@royreynolds108]

There are two very good reasons to remove the dirt from the tracks and carriage: 1. Remove abrasive material 2. be able to see any wear or damage. An added reason is some states or locales have rules or regulations about not transporting possible soilborne contaminants(live or chemical).

[@markwilliams7712]

Clay soils can stick to rollers and eventually snap your track chains by overtensioning them.

[@kfelix2934]

@@royreynolds108 bingo on both parts. I have a 3-4k psi pressure washer on a trailer with 300 gallon of water just for issues like the above. You can't see what you can't see. I see dump trucks with cracked leafs for example and the driver didn't know it was cracked or how long, until the dirt was washed away or something really fails.

[@karlemanuelson]

It is a good memory for me because as a retired US Army veteran I have changed track on tanks and armored personnel carriers M113A2 & A3. You are correct you don't get to do that very often.

[@dylanmcdonald7765]

So that’s frank. I pictured him much older with white hair and a beard. Kinda like Kenny Rogers. Lol

[@ericmclaughlin4459]

That is why they have battery operated grease guns!

[@dylanmcdonald7765]

I’m pretty sure Josh has one. He should’ve grabbed that thing.

[@namvet4792]

Lift the front idler with the bucket then pump grease.

[@googlemustdie]

Once you open the tensioner grease port, you can slide 2" cold rolled steel rods between the track and the sprocket and compress the tensioner with the machine. No other machine needed. I use 3 rods that are 2 feet long.

[@jiressjiress994]

I love it and thanks for the teaching it really helps me out

[@kfelix2934]

We did that on a big cat excavator and it was more easier since you can lift the side up with boom and bucket. And yes 4k is a steal that track from the cat dealer is like over 13k listed before any discounts. Also, it's best to power wash down the track before work on it IMHO. Oh invest in a battery or compressor grease gun . Thatwould make it much easier pumping it back up.

[@wendyc.5769]

Thumbs up y’all

[@johnmayse7549]

Not only are there electric but air guns that pumps put of ;buckets or barrels.

[@Goostradamus81]

Tell ol' franky, lefty loosey haha

[@refiii9499]

Frank’s red hot lol he’s a no nonsense kind a guy. He’s the let’s get it done and I don’t care about no camera lol

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yeppers....he makes his living clearing land...I make mine filming. If he was interested in filming what he does, he could probably make each job continue to pay for years after he did the work...hmmmm get's ya thinkin huh?

[@keithfrazier2558]

Finally getting notifications again.

[@altontankersley1105]

A lot easier with the bolt to gather track the first ones I ever did you had to drive the master pin out an back in with a rod and sledgehammer

[@mikevankleeck3610]

Roll the bucket into idler with a pc of firewood! No skidsteer needed

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

but we have a skid steer so we used it my friend

[@____________________________.x]

Does Snapon make a special pipe for its wrenches, or will any old bit of pipe lying around do? Because otherwise I think they are missing a niche market here....

[@googlemustdie]

When they first developed those tensioners they were using hydraulic fluid and it would leak out so they switched to grease and have done it that way ever since.

[@namvet4792]

Operator for 40 years. Why didn’t you clean all that mud off before putting new track on???

[@michaeldunagan8268]

And inspect the rollers also, right?

[@davidrivet3111]

You might not have a hose when on the field, also the tracks are clean enough to access grease valve and other parts so its not so bad

[@anjjeelabdeen3382]

Very informative .why frank is Using the rachet on a very Tight bolts.he could use the Fix bar to loosen it ,thereafter Use the rachet when it got Soft

[@Vader854]

I was a USA Tanker, easy money

[@ronaldziehlke9720]

So was I, this looks like child's play!

[@googlemustdie]

That is either an alligator or BERCO master link. I couldn't see it well enough in your video. Those bolts... heat them with a torch first, cherry red, then torque them out with an air wrench. Regarding things to check... also check the tensioner and make sure the seals don't need replaced. And check the final drive fluid levels, etc.

[@seeweezeke]

come-a-longs are your friend

[@tkskagen]

Track Replacement-SUCKS! Before I Injured my Back, I was the Cheif Mechanic for Hardscaping/Landscaping Company... Trying to keep a Daily/Weekly Maintenance Regimen was a real bad word... Take care, 🤓 -Thomas Port Orchard, Washington

[@gussoefje6430]

How many hours does he have on that machine and what year model is it?