We had a saying at were I used to work, "you can't fix stupid, but you can bill for it!". Wallowed out is the term, and you are correct about how bad it is/was on those hinge/mount points. You do good work and if I was in TX, I would hire you for my equipment repairs, and approve your suggestions. Great work as always!

Having the opportunity to work with both your Dad and your Son is really cool. Every time I watch your videos I learn something and am extremely impressed with your pride in workman ship.

I am a remodeling and repair carpenter, that does some welding to boot, and I am always amazed at how people who have never done "the work" know "what it should take" and "how long it should take" to do a repair job.

In most cases the customer could have the part cleaned up before they bring it to you. Great job as usual! 👍

IC Weld is the most wholesome welder on UKposts I've ever come across. It isn't just the talent and years of experience he clearly has, it's the whole ethos and attitude behind it. Much love from Australia.

If your customer did not know you dont work weekends he did not ask enough questions of you People dont understand the meaning of a PROPER repair VS. getting the machine back in the field and hoping it still works Excellent video sir Dont compromise your work for anyone Always do the best work possible

Dad does good work. He needs a BIG raise.

Heh. I had a platoon sergeant in the Army who used to say "If you want it real bad (meaning in a hurry), you'll get it real bad." Words of wisdom :-)

I have a deep admiration for you fellas that work on heavy equipment. Seems it’s always covered in grease, oil, and mud. The owners and operators rarely give the machines proper maintenance. They call in the professionals (like Isaac) to perform miracles in the field and always gripe about the cost. My hat is off to you, Isaac. Bless you and yours.

I truly admire how you include all of the start to finish; “down and dirty” aspects of the job! Not just the PRESTO, all done approach. Learn a lot from you and appreciate the thought and labor you put into each job! You are so blessed to have your Pop still with you and helping!🙏. Another PROPER job by Isaac and Family!⭐️⭐️😇⭐️⭐️⭐️

They always want the fastest cheapest way but don't want to pay twice. We do what we can, with what we are presented with. Nice work as always.

You live by my motto- Do it right or don't do it at all. Some people spend more money on beer than on their machines and then cry when the machine breaks down. Good honest work as usual. Thanks.

I have been watching your vids for a while. Looks like you are a awesome dad and son for letting son and pops be apart of your crew.

When I operated equipment,every morning started with greasing all pivot points,bucket pins,dozer blade pins etc! I had to pump out all of the old grease,then wipe off all the excess! Everything we had looked and worked like it was brand new!

You're correct about over greasing and not cleaning grease points. Too much is almost as bad as not enough. Equipment should be washed weekly and prior to services to detect leaks and potential issues. Great video.

"There's never time to do it right but always time to do it again." I worked with industrial and utility electrical distribution equipment. I marveled at how customers would rather let equipment blow up and cost many times more than what an earlier repair would have cost.

I enjoy how you work with certain activities, I hope you will continue to make the videos.

You can tell this was going to be a mess by the poor condition of the skidsteer. If a guy doesn't take good care of his own equipment... he's probably not going to pay someone else to fix things correctly. You did the best you could.. with what they allowed you to do!

Always great to watch you . I love your doggo . She looks beautiful .

Dad did a great clean up and prep job !!

Issac, after watching many of your repair videos that you put up on youtube , I have to admire the fact that you take on the repair as if its your piece of equipment. That says a lot in my book. I'm sure your repeat customers know and appreciate that also. Caring has put you where you are now. Keep doing what your doing.👍

When a customer comes to a professional and wants something done half assed they need to specify how they want it done. You should have a sign that says your a professional shop and you do excellent work so if you want half done work go to a shop that does half the work 👍

I really hate to say it but it looks like folks bring you projects that others can't fix or screwed up the repair to begin with. You are a trooper and I really appreciate these videos and your dedication to an profession that is losing interest!

Thank goodness for those in field fabricated dirt grease seals. The customer knows better, since he is the one paying the bills. Hopefully another customer will come to fill the work gap.

Thank you Isaac. The grease fire will save on welding gas😂😂😂.

beautiful work also a good tradesman does it right no short cuts

Good to see the customer cleaned it before bringing it in for repair!

This guy is very good on his job, He really knows what is doing.

Your puppy can poke his nose into the shot any time he likes! 😄

In other videos your son is working with you in this video your dad is working with you it’s so nice too see a family and three generations all together. Great too see this my friend.

Good work! I totally understand your frustration with a job that is not to your standards because the customer wants it cheap. Tough to do a good job on a half-way basis when the customer doesn't understand what it takes to make it right. I get too much of "just do it quick". I've finally "trained" my serious customers to let me do it right. In the end, they are happier with the job because it stays fixed, and I can repair something else instead of re-doing a half way repair. My dad had a sign in his shop that said something like "the satisfaction of a quality job remains long after the thrill of a cheap price dims."

A valuable repair man dose what the customer wants. And delivers the best product he can . I feel your pain dealing with wants vr right . But that's why we get work . We make it work anybody can throw on all new parts

That wouldn't impress me either .if I was good enough to start the job I'm good enough to finish the job. Those customers you don't need . Yet it all helps at the end of the month Awsome video Great job

Boy that’s really neat I never seen arc gouging through a lens before I really appreciate that I want to get one for my ag repairs I do it’s so much faster and cleaner then hacking around with a torch

Got to love it when the "patient" tells the "surgeon" how to do a heart transplant... well done on the surgery, doc!

It never ceases to amaze me that people bring jobs to someone, who was probably recommended, and then tell them how to do the work, in other words they ask for a neater bodge please, not a proper fix. Good, Fast, Cheap: You Can Only Pick Two!

You did the best you could do in advice, work and ethics. It's great that we're all able to now record the goofs and problems as we proceed. My hat's off to you for maintaining your reputation and common sense! Thanks for another great video and life lesson!

A steam cleaner is money in the bank, saves on repair bills and when it does need repaired the person working on it will like you more and know you have pride in your equipment.

'Don't spoil a ship for a ha'peth of tar' springs to mind! fancy him not letting you do it properly. I guess he will be back with more work sooner than he bargained for lol. Another great video.

Innovative approach in aligning to remnants of mounting surfaces, while linearly aligning bushings

Wow the least they could have done was wash off all the grease and dirt and such before bringing it to you to fix !! I think you did a great job fixing everything !! Great video as always and top quality work !!👍👍

Wanted to see a great stack of dimes. Needs to be steam cleaned. Very clear video.

The great part about being a sm. business owner is being able to tell customers to pack sand. I've chosen to not do business with rude people on the front end and did it with a smile on my face. If they are a jerk before doing business with them, imagine what they'll be like after...

Always happy to get the work Isaac, and in my younger days, I would pretty much take on any job that came in. Now that I’m sixty-one, and retired for the most part have done my time. I will do some jobs for lifelong customers or friends, but find myself refusing work. Just some of these that were never maintained or improperly maintained, and a lot that are just plain neglected! Way too many out there want the quick fix, not the right fix! IMHO. You are a craftsman, and a credit to the trade!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😇⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One thing that I learned over the years as both a contractor and customer is that you can tell a lot about a contractor by the condition of the equipment that they use. I had subcontractors that came in with beat up equipment on my jobsites and they did shit work, cut corners and ended up being back-charged by my company for shoddy work. There are times when you need to cut corners to get something done, but you don't do that with heavy equipment.

I don’t blame you for documenting it there is a name for someone like that

Good Day Amigo, I think i need to visit Texas again. It's been a long time. You are so casual about setting "rests" that I'm sure many don't notice how effective it is to have good "steady rests" and checking your work swing. I did work for a farmer for four years (after retiring from the "Big Yellow Worm") that thought it important to wash the "tools" before we greased!. Thusly, we didn't find those killer damages in the field and a long way from the shop!~!!!!!! I'd sure like to see you "teaching" at our community college. We are of course in the heart of corn and bean growing. "Farms" are getting bigger and huge comp ared to 25 years ago. They have begun a program that concentrates on the hard skills. I am totally amazed every time I watch you "cut/gouge"!!~!!!!~!!!!~~~!!!!! They may say the customer is always right. The customer is not always right but they are still the customer...... Well, you don't have to serve him again!!!!!!

Every job a gem! 👍👍👍

I only do light welding and I don't even work on heavy equipment and watching these videos I always find something useful that I can apply to other stuff I do. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Seems you handled this transaction like a gentleman. If it was me . It would be triple the cost on his next estimate . In hopes he would find someone else. Winner winner chicken dinner.👍🏻

Need a video the all three generations on a project! Great stuff!

I hear exactly what you’re saying about the customer giving you a uneasy feeling about trust and paying! I had a crane service for a few years and one customer wanted me to drive on a school yard playground and I said my crane is a 56000 pound unit with tandem front and back axles and I will have to drive in and then back up to the building and I said imagine rutted mess and then x it by 20 and he said don’t worry don’t worry but I made him sign and print my rental agreement and that covers me if it goes to court but who wants to go through all that but a friend of mine who is a really nice guy but calls it out if he sees that something is wrong and it all worked out but he was dragging his feet paying! And I wasn’t sleeping much through all that. But I am with you about doing the job professionally if someone says don’t put your outrigger all the way out because he thinks it will save him a nickel on the bill I usually say you hired the wrong guy and sometimes it is good because I want to work for the guys that want to work with me so to bad sometimes it causes grief! But I loved the video and like you said keep on trucking!

Isaac, that's a repair it "Right", tell him the cost, then tell him to pay you what he thinks he owes you. If he shorts you from a fair and square job, then you thank him for not ever bringing his repair work to you again. Make sure there are witnesses to the transaction and don't say another word. The stars will align. Your rep will soar as one who does the job to be done...once. The only guys he will be able to get to work on his equipment are the ones who would cost him anyway. "Wallered"....good word in central Texas. I've used it all my 71 years.

I happy you documented it to that machine will not last as long as it should with those short cuts

Shortcuts rarely pay off, as an electrician it really chaps my ass when people want to cut corners. My favorite line is, "we've been doing it like this for years".

You've EARNED the right to your OWN Weekends!!! That's how you roll.

Great to see more gouging & welding! "You can lead a horse to water"..... For some reason, some folks prefer to fix things halfway, but do it twice as often- 🤣😂 Great video anyway. Thanks!

Customer is always right in matters of taste.

Man, when this thing starts to burn you can call "Red" Adair to blast the fire out. Anyway good work as always and you are absolutely right with the use of old and new parts together with this. 😁

As an old friend of mine used to say: "why is there never time and money to do it right in the first place but always time and money enough to do it over?". This guy obviously doesn't have a clue. Yes, grease it BUT also clean it. The liberal application of a pressure washer would work wonders in preventing a lot of repairs. I wouldn't want to look at the bottom of those rods. All that dirt is destroying rods, seals, pins, etc. I don't think I'd care if he never came back. Kudos for taking weekend off. You deserve it.

I am surprised you didn't pressure wash all the crud off before you started the repair. Great job repairing something so badly damaged.

I'm in Northern Ontario Canada, always look forward to your videos , being CWB certified for structural welding I find your approach to every job informative and fun to watch, keep up the good work, and invest in a good power washer, lol.

Good idea using the angle iron to align them.

> yup, wallered out is a word here the philippines; along with flaming gumba for all that torch ignited greasy dirt. cutting them bolts is the best way of not being asked to re-use em...thumbs.

Value the time spent hanging out with your Pops my friend! I miss mine every day. I'm sure yours if very proud of your talents and ethics. We all know that people who operate that type of equipment certainly own a steam cleaner. I ask them if they neglect to bathe before going to a doctor as well? We have to train our customers at times, and at your skill level, it's certainly okay to fire them as well. Trust me, it gets easier and easier the older you get.

We don't care about the noise That's what makes it real. I think most of us would watch this in real time.

Just look at the chrome on those rods! This machine is beatup.

Love your videos, real-world repairs. Great close-up camera work, especially during the cutting. You need to get your dad one of your tan shirts, they look really sharp.

Isaac I always enjoy your sense of humor & professional approach to doing the job the right the first time. Your skill level using carbon arc gouging is impressive. More guys would use less grinding wheels if the utilized more carbon arc gouging in many applications. Anther good video!

You do excellent work, they should notice that and listen.

Great vid as usual, Isaac. I am shocked to see the level of neglect evidenced on this machine. It probably hasn’t had that much attention since it was manufactured, but you bite your tongue and do your magic. 🙏🏼

I’ve done this repair on quite a few deers now, I gave up on trying to knock out the pins along time. I’ll just cut the pin bosses in half then you can get the pin out. I also use to use a piece of angle iron to align the pin bosses but eventually got to the point where I made nuts with washers welded to them bolted the pin and boss together put them in the coupler and put a ratchet strap on it the hold them tight allowing owing me to use the coupler to align it.

That’s my skid too. 😂 I replace both side wedges and bolts too…

I’m not a welder or no where near but I like looking at your videos 💪🏻

Guy really skimped out on a couple bolts wow 😯

Great video brother!! Your so right on shortcuts. It usually causes double work!👍👍👍

Hopefully someday you will get a customer to will take the time to clean their equipment just a little before you get to repair it!

Like your select of back ground music ,what is it? Enjoy watching your skill at the the vary types of repair’s

Oh look 👀 another IC Weld vid 👏

As someone who spends 8-10hrs a day operating a skidsteer, I don't understand how someone lets that get half that bad. That is literally right in front of the operators face every time the bucket tips.

Great work. Unfortunate when people skip doing it the right way to save a few bucks... Always more expensive in the long run.

You make your shower really good to watch with your sense of humor I love that man keep up the good work

And again another awesome job , its a good thing to see your father on the job site , I truly miss mine ! Please more videos , Alan Thomas

26:10 you can write on the invoice that the customer declined the proper repair against your professional recommendations and that failure can happen sooner then expected because of this and have them sign acknowledging that.

Thanks for the great arc gouging shots. That is one thing I haven't learned, but it is on my list.

Wow!!! Some of the best arc gouging shots EVER! Bravo to a job well done setting up the perfect camera angle and sharing your process. Skid steers are difficult in the sense that they're used for so many different things that customers always need them back as "fast as you can." Contracts and deadline pressures put tremendous pressure on folks.

Greetings, I really enjoy your channel, and your craftsmanship. Also, your demonstrations of when things don’t always go, so well, as in not just showing the stuff that goes right. As a sidenote, I am really impressed with your musical selections, and the high production quality they have. My background is as a musician and recording guy, and the selections I have observed are top notch!

One thing I always tell myself is I didn't break it so don't feel bad about billing for it. The customer is rarely ever right, they are trying to spend the least but you want to fix it right, sometimes it is better to just have them take it to someone else than put your name on a crap job. You did a great job with the cards you were dealt.

Interesting job. A dollar spent on maintenance saves 10 bucks in repair. On the other hand its good billable time. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome work as usual... this is eye candy for me.

Sometimes it’s better to walk away from a customer like that, more trouble than their worth. Especially when your reputation comes into question. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Enjoy the time with your dad. Mine taught me how to get started working for myself. I lost him 5 years ago, there’s times I want to turn around and say Dad what do you think? Sure miss those days.

Love the video Isaac. Keep them coming sir.

Very understanding of you to do work for someone who misses so many important customer points. Brought it to you filthy. Used it up right to the brink of being forced to line bore. Expected you to work more than a 5 day week. Wanted to be cheap about the entire repair. I'm surprised you took the job since it seems like you have plenty of work all the time from customers that understand how things should be done and what you need to do a job right. I wonder what the quality of work is that your customer delivers to HIS customers with that skid steer. Great job 👍

Great video quality, one of your best

Bloody unreal They couldnt be bothered to spend a bit more money and get it done write. What a wally. Like you said at least you got it documemted that he wanted the short cut. It must piss you off when you get customers like that . YOUR work is so good but idiots like that only want a half done job. I wouldn't be doing any more work for him. You obviously cannot give a guarantee under those conditions. He should of done it himself. Lol. Great work. THANKYOU Andy Australia

Thanks Issac.., enjoyed watching the rebuild process. As far as shortcuts. Cheap is as cheap does.

I hope you pay your helper (dad) well! He looks like a keeper.

Doing things the right way. Great. I love to work like that too.

Got the "uncleaned machine" T shirt many times over. Farmer's (who most of my mobile welding repair work is for) never clean their machines or whatever it is that needs repairing prior to my arrival. I also understand the situation with customers wanting to cut corners. I had a customer recently that wanted me to weld a headstock to a headstock by the "just mig it on" method. In other words do a hot glue gun style stick them together and it will do. Havnig looked at it and decided it couldn't be safely done in an hour, I took him the parts back and advices him to stick together himself. Politely of course! Interesting video because you show a way of aligning the taper cones and the pitfalls of working with some customers. Much respect!