In the field action with the apprentice having some laughs and learning the trade- awesome. This is great content- love it!

I remember being this age working thru HS and College operating skid steers, tractors, and front end loaders. I lost so much hearing in those years, I wish I could go back and tell my self to wear some hearing protection.

Incredible what you get done considering the job at hand. Whoever you're doing the work for can see your videos and know they've got one heck of a welder/problem solver on site. You'd definitely be my go to welder. These videos are amazing to watch cause you learn things about tasks that look impossible. 👍 Thanx.

Great video. Your apprentice is getting good training. Clump of mud with everyone laughing is priceless.

Huge respect for welders like you, salute from iraq

I always think, why don’t they beef it up the way you’ve done, but then you wouldn’t have any work 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 Beautiful job man, thanks for sharing

Nice to see someone with an apprentice that doesn't treat them like garbage. Anybody under 30 reading this, spend your 20s learning as much as you can about whatever craft interests you the most. If you have 2 spare brain cells and can run your own small business, you will be a millionaire by your 40s. I have never seen the labor market in the shape it currently is.

12:45...using CAD....Cardboard Assisted Design........I love the way you think...PB

have a great weekend Greg......making my Friday night complete getting to watch an On Fire Welding video....cheers from Florida, Paul

Greg, Videos are outstanding… we really enjoy on how you tackle these issues… take care my friend…😊

I’m sure that you remember before you had impact wrenches but your apprentice doesn’t have any idea what it was like to have to pull on a wrench that is stuck as those bolts were. Very nice, now it’ll have to break somewhere else, don’t worry it will. Thank you for the video Thank you Sir

Nice, you fixed CATs design flaw.

It always surprises me how clean and neat the result is. Precision work really.

Job well done! Keep them coming! Again thanks for sharing a little bit of your world! 👌👍

I always like seeing the repairs on the 637 for some reason. great job.

It only took you five hours .......... Very impressive. That was a lot of work. Keep up the great work guys. You channel should be up to 100K subs in no time.

That’s just flat out kicking butt with big boy equipment. Way interesting stuff to watch. Thanks

Good repair work man 👍 Lol 😢😂 cat mechanic 40 plus years ……. Years ago at Syncrude tar sands the operators found a way to get break time by filling the bowl (657’s) with overburden then pushing the ejector ahead with the apron down …. Ya you got it ,bolts torn out with the trunnions , apron arms bent We’d have two in the shop for repair , send one back to site and another would already be torn out ! Oh god the money wasted back then Heres another downtime gaurentee. Where the D9G’s were pushing fill over a bank they would go out over the edge and hit float ! The rod would fly right out the end of the lift cylinder. What a mess . They did it over and over again too wow !!!

You are the man. Beautiful work as always.

You make that welding shit look easy! I've been watching a lot of your videos and must say it's nice to see someone that' takes pride in his work, perfected his craft. From one tradesman to another, much respect Sir!

Thank You for the great videos. I love seeing CAT equipment being serviced. A friend and I did an upgrade on five 794 truck frames in plant. We replaced the block at the rear of the frame rails. The original was a fabricated block of 2.5" plates. We cut that out and replaced it with a cast steel block. Fixture top and bottom, cut out block, prep and weld in the new block. 3" vee welds using dual shield flux cored wire on both ends of the block. Fun job.

Very informative. Good job ❤

It's like, oh, you broke that? HERE BREAK THIS !

You have great content and quite a variety of jobs coming in. Surprising that hinge pin not having any gussets or welded to the outer plate. You did a cracking job on this one. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you from London UK.

Well thought out repair, nicely done

757👍's up on fire welding thank you for sharing

i always enjoy your videos and the patience you have with your apprentice you'll pass off your work ethic which is important to these young people

You do nice work,sir

Wondering why you didn't tie the gussets into the new skin too? A slot or a few well placed holes and you could have plug welded it all into a bombproof structure. Always enjoy watching you work =)

Love your videos be safe and have a great day Sam and watch out for falling dirt lol

I really enjoy the video..I love my welding rig 😜 it's a smaller version of yours, having a crane, hydraulic compressor,a remote trailblazer (quiet one)is priceless..... it's what I have been working for my whole career for.... trying to get the right gear to make the job easer.... remember you only as good as your last job. Keep up the amazing work brother. Thanks

You do GREAT work I really injoy watching thanks.

Well done! Glad the helper guy didn't get a concussion... 😅

Looked good. Always thinking ahead !

I really like to see you take pride in your workmanship it’s getting harder to find all of the videos that you do show it

love your laugh at 1:40...that was hilarious

Quite the informative video on how those aprons are fitted , just goes to show how much pressure those pins are put up to if it breaks off and just chews that metalwork up ..nice repair and clean welds good fitting plate . Think the lad will be wearing a hard hat the next time he gets inside one of these machines to undo the bolts .. thanks for an enjoyable video

Really impressive!!

101%-better than OEM! Thx for showing! 👍👍👍

I’ll give it to the boy that impact is pretty heavy 😂

Only 5 hours? Wow! Nicely done

Great job!

love ur work

Your apprentice catching the dirt clod was classic

Great looking work

Your apprentice is doing great he's getting used to the jokes and he's putting a little bit of meat on him best of luck to him and he has a damn good teacher, I can't get over the damage you have to repair I've driven moter scrappers in my past life and never done this sort of damage to them but I enjoy watching you and your work because you do everything to make the job as good if not better than when the machines were brand new, can you tell me what's happening to the cat that got hit into a hi-way bridge parapet that you had to rebuild all of the front right corner and other damage please?.

You are an artist

That fit up was so sharp

nice work as always

Love your channel

Great job

great job!

Nice Job!

awesome. can you tell us more about your field truck/crane and the supplies you have in it.

That kid is so lucky to be an apprentice to you. I hope he realizes the opportunity to learn.

Apprentice needs to bulk up a little.

Красота👍

Good job bro 👍🏼

Stronger than factory. Gotta like that. 👍

Good stuff

I really like your work. Your attention to detail and such. I was a carpenter by trade but still relate to what you do. It's good you're teaching the younger generation too.

I learnt to wear a site hard hat no matter how hot the weather from doing something similar - in my case less than a quarter fell on me than what hit your lad - and only half as far - had a hole in my head that needed seven stitches. There's also another downside - the scar used to be covered in hair!

Well said ,well done ,,, with u all the way!! Cheers!;-)!

Just out of curiosity, has a lot of machinery you repair gotten better designs over years? Fascinating watching you work & neat to see your apprentice helping more…keep great videos coming. 😎😎

Nice job. I wonder why Caterpillar doesn’t gusset the trunion to start with? Maybe on the current production?

good stuff 😀😀

That's why PPE is of the utmost importance on construction sites🤕🧝‍♀️😂😂😂

Ouch... That hotdog has been pounding down that hallway for a good while.

Don't know your background but your'e one talented guy with your field skills!

That is a great repair young man. One question though. Having cut the new infill panel with two 90degree corners and then welded into the dead end of the corner, would it be better practice to weld in towards a corner (say two inches from one side of a corner) and go around them and the stop say two inches beyond? Effectively, wrapping around the corners with a continuous weld rather than terminating all welds at the corners. This would possibly reduce the risk of cracking from a corner. Just a method I have used in the past. Much like when I weld a column to a base plate or I beam to an end plate. A bit like the airplane window theory of cracks developing from charp corners. Another way would be to radious the corners, I generally do that with fish plates and infill panels. Best regards, Jon.

Amazing work Sir! I really like the way you added gussets to support the trunnion, and the side walls. Better than factory new! Thank you for these videos! The video and audio quality are superb. Btw, you have a wonderful bass/baritone voice. Do you ever sing in a group, or in a choir? The clarity of your vocal intonations is quite good! If you can sing on key, you might have a future in music after you step back from welding/fabricating.

Older and wiser says not that one chap !

Yeah you did a nice job in the last one I don't understand why caterpillar makes those things so flimsy

You enjoyed that dirt drop

Good repair!! You need to wear Safety Glasses..

2:00 Always wear your hardhat. 🤣😂

I can’t believe that pin thing was welded to that thin metal. You know that gate weighs a lot.

Bon,Boulo👍👍😄😄

Those are never heavy enough when they made those machines

Need to do a rig tour

I've found that cutting the patch plate frist an use it as a template

Are the skins made of mild steel? It seems the guys always have you come to fix these machines I think your repair was brilliantly done!

2:20 hard hat & glasses or workers comp claim

Thanks for sharing guys 🦘

Gravity sucked for that split second there.😆

You should get a air hammer you get you metal unstuck and use a blade to scrape off the mud and dirt

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Hearing protection ?

@Jpaydirt would be proud to know you!

Great as usual! About how much does the apron weight?

Nice job. Question: how do you charge for your helper? Do you show it as a separate line item on your invoice or do you just increase your personal hourly rate? Also, do you try to make any money on your helper’s labor or do you just try to cover your cost? I ask because so many customers in my area really seem to hold a grudge against my trying to make a decent living and weldors seem to be very undervalued.

HA HA HA This has to be the BEST Video so Far !

"That ain't goin nowhere"

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You can make this shit up. Newby hazing. And the impact looks heavier than he does.

You need a needle scaler for packs in/ on dirt!!

Pozdro😊😊😊

That trunnion has had more work done on it than Joan Rivers.

How do you recommend getting into this type of work