Tour Of The Volvo Excavator Plant In Korea

[@NotMagnusCarlsen7082]

I work with the company in Changwon, Korea that manufacturers parts VOLVO assembles at the plant you were at (quick coupler, turn tables, buckets/teeth, boom arms, etc). I would have definitely set you up with a tour of that plant too since they are just a few miles away. If you get back to Korea, let me know & I can set you up with some plant tours.

[@1013redoak]

Amazing seeing so many new machines in one place! I wish we could have seen them being made!

[@lakshankorea]

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[@grimthenoble]

I sure hope they send you a 750 for tree removal jobs! I would love to see what one can do.. Thanks for sharing

[@hd1987hd]

Right. That would be pretty wild to watch run

[@chrislangdell117]

We need a new trailer to haul it.

[@stevenwilson4589]

Parker on gold rush has one

[@calebtaylor8816]

No

[@hphillips7425]

Good video. That would be an interesting trip. I was surprised to hear you didn’t know what an oil bath air filter was.

[@frankoch1]

we are old.....if we have actually used them.

[@robertlonsdale3826]

@@frankoch1 maybe so- we had em on 1960,s MF,s

[@gregholmes3661]

Pretty cool the respect they showed you. That's gotta be a great feeling. Its proof hard work pays off.

[@ronash6546]

Spent 2 weeks in Korea for work, really is culture shock! Was a very enjoyable experience!

[@eliteearthworksllc]

That was really cool! Wild seeing that many Volvo’s in one spot! Thanks for the tour! 👍🏻

[@Oliver-xd5gu]

Elite Earthworks LLC ask your mrs nicely and you can have one ;)

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

Oliver No! 😂

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Oliver 😃 great idea!

[@nojhampton]

@@eliteearthworksllc just before asking, throw in a quick compliment like, " have you lost some weight/you must have a new beauty regime as you are positivity glowing" should do the trick 🙄

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Jon Hampton lol maybe that will do the trick 😁

[@RedRiverRedNeck309]

What they have a spotter to line all the machines up like that so perfectly placed wow.

[@michaelmactavish1728]

I seen everyone of those model volvos excavators here in canada

[@willemstreutgers1154]

@Rick Helms no need for a spotter it's the way they work in South Korea, like the Japanese.

[@janetolch8129]

Nice factory, but wow look at that back drop, imagine coming into work everyday nestled in the mountains.

[@KPearce57]

Should have brought that 350 Long Reach with all you pond work. Thanks for posting.

[@csnelling4]

Thanks Chris, you’ll be in your element there mate, not a rear counter weight scratched 😉👍🇬🇧

[@lakshankorea]

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[@aday1637]

They got enough machines to level that mountain behind the plant.

[@michaelmactavish1728]

yeah volvos are made in korea and the kubota equipment made in japan wich not far from volvo wich japenese are great manufacturing plus the kubota kubotas that made in japan gets inspected by my nieces mom and then gets shipped to canada

[@Batman-wv5ng]

A Day They got enough machine to level the whole country.Never seen this before.

[@michaelmactavish1728]

@@Batman-wv5ng yeah there not far from Kubota manufacturing plant wich korea japan nice place and kubotas are planing make excavators to a big full size in the feature

[@MrWoodshoes]

Given Volvo's respect for your opinions, one could only conclude that it would behoove them to make sure you had an all Volvo fleet to showcase their products !

[@williammatthews2948]

Chris, thanks for taking us on a tour of your toy box. Lol. Like a kid in a candy store.

[@leevanruler119]

Excellent video (again)! Also, thanks for the previous about your trip over and the information about the Tier 3 vs Tier 4 requirements. The parking lot tour was great! Thanks!

[@ajc7166]

I have been around the JCB factory here in the UK, I thought they had some machines sitting around but this is a whole new level.

[@toddreynolds8875]

Well be proud of ole john c branford the only heavy equipment company in the world with zero debt. Owned outright

[@mrs.eliteearthworks]

This was SUCH a cool video! I can’t wait to see more from your trip!

[@52Ford]

Man, they must have AT LEAST 10 or 15 excavators there!

[@dabneylandscaping]

Chris, Not one piece of trash on site on the ground. The landscaping even in the yard was manicured. Impressive on just the cleanliness!!! Was the inside of the factory the same way?? Dabo

[@rockandmeatroll]

One of those sheds and a few 100 excavators and were all sorted, great vid Thanks!

[@incubatork]

A few million $ lined up in the stock yards, and a lot of digging power, shame you didn't get a free one for visiting lol. I'm surprised that on a lot of them the booms are in the air and not resting on the ground to relieve pressure on the rams. Small tractors made in the 1950's use the oil bath air filters and are still made today

[@justinmills8084]

What an amazing opportunity for you. Thanks for sharing

[@antonyhounslow8542]

Chris, you're so like a kid in a sweet shop.

[@regsparkes6507]

I would be too!

[@lakshankorea]

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[@TIGERGAMING-rw8ku]

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[@lucasjohnson5419]

I wish you would have explained what more of the differences are between models. Enjoying the videos anyway. Thanks

[@aday1637]

I had a 62 Ford p-up with an oil bath air cleaner. Worked danged good.

[@daved7024]

Chris, Thanks for sharing that cool factory tour of Volvo excavators. Man like a kid in a candy store. Big boys toys👍👍

[@nevets7152]

Chris thank you for the video, congratulations for being picked to go to Volvo. I bet you where like me, like a big kid when I went to JCB in the UK to work on the maintenance department for 2 weeks, I was a self employed electrician, as I saw how the machines where made great times and very interesting. Steve in Thailand.

[@Bounty6Gulf]

Spent a yr in Camp Casey once upon a time. That looks like a lot more fun place.

[@ronpeacock9939]

Wow, the back lot looks like your toy shelves in life size.... I bet you were drooling..

[@scotabot7826]

Really cool video. You were right beside the Doosan Mfg facility as well. What a cool country to visit. Hope you did some sight seeing also. Very Historical area!

[@randynewtonsr9659]

Holy cow , that place is massive!!😳🙂👍

[@nevergetagooduserid]

@2:51 I spotted a Poclain 90P on the wall. I operated a few of those back in the day . Seized a few as well (air cooled engines. ). Later models set off the horn when the cooling fan belts broke.

[@monoxidechild6161]

Whonwould have ever thought that that 1 day he decided to video his typical average day at work and put it on KZbin would turn into him going to Korea making him a sincere big deal lol. You have come a long way Chris much respect.

[@photocontrol]

Awesome tour! Thanks for sharing!

[@tampabaydan3422]

This may be a stupid question but do all the machines they produce their have the Environmental Def or do they make some machines without it depending on what country they are going to?

[@Blazer02LS]

That was what he was talking about, there are a lot of countries that don't require any of that on equipment or vehicles.

[@briangardiner1015]

The models with a D on the end are non tier 4 machines. E models are for the US.

[@alexaltrichter1597]

Global warming only takes place in the USA and Europe. That's why some excavators have tier 4 Emissions and those bound for countries that know global warming is a hoax don't need it.

[@joshuasharpe8915]

Tampa Bay Dan down here in New Zealand and Australia the only Volvo’s you can buy are D models with no emissions on since we don’t require it but slowly we are starting to see the E model machines down here sadly still with the DEF system

[@kens.3729]

The Volvo Stockyards over in South Korea look a Lot Different than the Stockyards in Ft. Worth. 👍

[@lakshankorea]

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[@terrybrockway5376]

Wow !!! Unbelievable cool 😎. Thank-you for the tour.

[@tampabaydan3422]

Boy that demolition excavator looks like a badass machine👍👍👍👍 thanks for sharing your trip

[@michaelmactavish1728]

volvo,kubota makes a best japenese machines

[@iSTAYuGO]

You done it! Now i got watery eyes, there are so many and none mine.

[@jwdickinson643]

Chris musta been droolin’ like Niagra Falls!

[@mischef18]

Excellent video bro, did they give you a model or two for your collection. Cheers for videoing what you were able too.

[@michaelmullins1290]

When he said, one month supply, I had to rewind. That's a bunch digging equipment. I've thought about seeing Chris run a massive machine. Talk about earth moving.

[@michaelridenour8054]

That was a fantastic tour I bet it was interesting as hell to see

[@robfraley4210]

That 950 alas has a rack for Extra Counter Weights, 12:15. Rock quarry, Stripmine stuff 😁 I’ve only been to Korea one time, but I have been to Hong Kong 🇭🇰 more than a dozen times For a week Each time, Crazy places to be/see or drive in, For Sure...!! 😎👍✅

[@clydeacor1911]

A lot of trucks and equipment used oil bath air cleaners in the 50's, 60's and 70's even the pickups. Hey Chris you should've rented a big boat and smuggled a few of those pre emissions machines home with you.

[@richardmercer8915]

Great tour....but I did see you drooling over all those toys. Congratulations that Volvo asked you to go.

[@Todd.Roberts]

I have saw a video on Facebook with a Volvo with a telescope boom . Did you see any of those there

[@leol1682]

Love the tour of Volvo plant .

[@rangepro]

Speaking of Korea, just think how NORTH Korea miss out on being part of the worlds economy all because of a selfish dictator! Those poor people could have a better standard of living just like in the South.

[@ycs1466]

But who responsible to keep venezuela out of the oil industry, and its people to reach out.. free market is not so free with sanctions all around the world.

[@junkman6456]

This 'selfish dictator' ...his country sits on mineral resources the western crooks leaded by the u.s. back since 1953 tried to steal from Korea. Kim's rockets and Military just means ''hands off from North Korea, americans''. They could ask for a good deal. Whats much simpler then this dumbass 'politic'. Childish behaviour. The world is not unipolar as they mean, it is multipolar.

[@chinesepugs-bestbreedofdog7254]

North Korea 🇰🇵 still has a selfish dictator, Kim Jong Un! Speaking of Korea, just think how North Korea 🇰🇵 misses out on being part of the world’s economy, all because of a selfish dictator! Those poor people could have a better standard of living just like in the South.

[@vic745]

I spent 4months in Korea. Pohang, but pretty much traveled through out the country. USMC.. Was memorable.

[@bigchuckyinkentucky6267]

Two things that amazed me was how much it looks like eastern Ky. there and that you had never heard of oil bath filters. Father-in-laws Case 450 dozer has oil bath but mine that was just a few years newer did not. Higher maint. to keep the oil clean but you almost never change the actual filter because very little dirt gets to it. Think about how much dust a leaking cylinder attracts and you will see what I am talking about.

[@moutrap]

The amount of machinery of excavating power in that lot is humbling

[@LatitudeSky]

For once "Low hours, mint condition, one owner, all records and maintenance current!" is really true.

[@thomasdobrenick1549]

That's what you need Chris a 750 fling those trees across the field. Lol

[@timbertom4324]

Would of been cool to watch them build a machine from the ground up.

[@ut000bs]

I'd really like to visit that place and I can barely dig a hole with an excavator. I wonder how much bigger the trees could be and still pull them out of the ground by the roots with that 480D and a thumb? The big bucket for a 480 is almost 4.5 yards. I think I'd probably want to load a few trucks with it, too.

[@msheaver]

My '61 Chevy pickup with the straight 6 engine came stock with the oil bath air cleaner!

[@jimmytillery3717]

They should give you one for coming back home and Hawking them for them

[@dreadog6425]

I love the smell of Volvo in the morning......smell's like victory

[@JimmyC74]

Awesome machinery!

[@SuperIanjohnson]

Only one word needed; WOW !

[@janvandenbos7085]

Amazing to see Chris, so many nice in line, massive big plant 👌👏👍

[@cathiwim]

I LOVED South Korea. If it wasnt for their unpredictable northern neighbor, id move there! Seoul is beautiful! I spent three weeks there!

[@trickmytractor7187]

Everything including cars had oil bath air filters back in the day👍

[@involvedbystander66]

do they own this div. of Volvo or do they just make them for Volvo? thats some very hard concrete that shows no damage from tracks.. did they at least give you some souvenir's for your long trip ?

[@cyberhornthedragon]

they must use some serious concrete for their areas them tracks id expect would pound avg concrete to bits

[@scz71man]

I was wondering that exact same thing. I know theres concrete's thatll hold up to the stress. But that concrete looked 100% mint without a single scratch, even after all of those tracks driving over it.

[@TonyGeneseo]

You're like a kid in a trillion dollar candy store ain't ya ??!!! Lol. Thanks for sharing this experience with all of us Chris !

[@martinperuski1226]

Chris, You need that 750. Massive tracks.

[@colinratcliffe2454]

Good video Chris, huge plant. Volvo heaven.

[@regsparkes6507]

Sure is nice to see them all lined up waiting to go to work, and wonder, where in the world, will they end up!

[@fastst1]

Is that shop yard concrete or steel plates? Oil bath air cleaners? look under the hood of any 1950s truck Its like a brillo pad smashed into a cylinder, the bottom sits in oil, the oil wicks up and catches the dirt, wash it with diesel and add fresh oil now and again. I'd think a paper filter was more predictable as to contamination.

[@videodistro]

South Korea. North Korea could not even dream of such amazing private enterprise!

[@larryparish8708]

I noticed that Korea has cleaned up a lot from when I was there in the early 70's.

[@scz71man]

Theyve cleaned up a lot since like 5 years ago too. He might have just been in a good area too though.

[@blackburn1111]

oh gosh yeah. this country almost seems like a different country every 10 years because it hasn't stopped progressing since then. It's really substantial actually, to the point that people from different generations in Korea have a hard time relating to each other because each one has experienced such a different Korea growing up

[@greghoffstadt667]

So if I understand everything right. E machine's are the specialty machine's. With the D's being bone stock with no frills. Huh interesting. The oil bath air filters have been around for a long time though. They were used in a tug that I worked on. Her hull was laid in 68' . Its not old technology, but damn it does do one hell of a good job though.

[@bobbaer869]

Very interesting video Chris thanks for sharing it

[@Mike.Howard]

I think you might have a little trouble sneaking one of those in your luggage!

[@kens.3729]

I Wonder how many of these Volvo Excavators can be loaded on the Huge Cargo Ships ? 🚢

[@Lracer61]

Amazing video! Thanks for sharing your trip

[@larryferguson3387]

This explains the trip to Korea. A long way from home.

[@BryanBeast13]

From north Carolina to Korea. Wild.

[@Roca89]

Good stuff man... so glad all your hard work with youtube pays off ! you deserve it. Enjoy the trip !

[@fqeerexcavator]

The view is very beautiful and looks great wow

[@friebrid]

need see if you could get one of them 950 on loan for mouth or too like land clarning video

[@matthewchurch1320]

looks like your next place to go is to the volvo home land of Eskilstuna, Sweden to there Manufacturing and R&D, Sales and Marketing, Customer Center, Museum

[@allenbreedlove8906]

Are the new 200s being produced in large quantities yet ?

[@ferguson20diesel49]

Seem like Poclain was there first venture. Cutting edge technology

[@nemo227]

This reminded me of the times I got to tour a Ford Mustang assembly plant and a General Motors assembly plant. Our group walked through the Ford plant but we rode through the General Motors plant. Everybody was working; no dead weight.

[@shk4548-j5n]

That's Changwon factory :)

[@fulltiltgrading8366]

You have put the time in and you have earned it! Thanks

[@bertfuruike]

Pretty cool trip to Korea.

[@briangardiner1015]

I think wheeled excavators are gonna become more popular in the US.

[@17snooker]

Go on tell us you did get some of your stickers on the machine's

[@52Ford]

Brewery LOL

[@ctg18158]

Nice equipment. Why do you prefer this over JD or Cat.? They should offer a Letsdig18 package.

[@DirtBrute]

I used to run a 480 D it was quite the machine. Could snap trees like twigs

[@michaelmcclure8673]

Back when I was driving a truck, loaded a few times at the Komatsu plant over there in Chattanooga Tennessee. I visited the cat shop up at Peoria multiple times. Saw Cat take a new excavator and totally disassembled it to see how it worked. Then they cut it up and hauled it off for scrap.🤔🙄

[@lakshankorea]

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[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

I'm curious as to how much hydraulic fluid is in all those machines and how much that factory uses in a year?

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

@assassinlexx 😀

[@이준일-e4e]

한국방문 축하드립니다~^^

[@tracydavis3149]

Are you thinking about trading in your equipment and getting a new 250 excavator when they hit the market in AMERICA.

[@R95Q]

Chris your next excavator purchase is all lined up 950E its your calling.

[@frankoch1]

I always like to watch people reaction to the world when they realize everything is not just their small home town