My first skidsteer.....I got it from the woods. Literally over gown and trees and vines ect. got it running and the home owner just wanted it gone so i got it for free and it has still to this day been reliable and my main work horse around the farm.
@44R0Ndin
5 жыл бұрын
I love to hear rescue and restoration stories like this. You did "pay" for it in that you had to put time effort and probably some parts into getting it running, but in the process you really get to know the condition the machine is in mechanically, and that in and of itself is worth quite a lot. There's a bulldozer in my area that's been sitting in the same place for years, I hope someone comes along and sees an opportunity in it some day because I don't think the thing is ready for the scrap heap, even having sat for 10+ years. Granted it will almost certainly need a lot of work done to the hydraulic systems, and I highly doubt it will turn over, but I would hate to hear it just went to the scrap heap without anyone at least giving it a look over to see if it was worth saving.
@sqike001ton
4 жыл бұрын
there is one major advantage to buying machinery from one manufacturer and that is parts compatibility I've come from the trucking side of industry and it's nice to know that all of the trucks in the fleet use the same oil filter fuel filter and the like
@typrus6377
5 жыл бұрын
Gentlemen, if you are buying a Telehandler, please take care to keep the boom in adjustment. A lot of people overlook it, and if not maintained it will come apart internally- you do not want to deal with that bill! They are very handy, but like so many handy tools they can bite you if not cared for. Size class, equipment type, and maintenance make all the difference on anticipated life cycle. A 3000 hour skidsteer is usually beat to death. A 25,000 hour D11 is about ready for its first rebuild if well maintained, and can make a quarter million hours on the frame over many many rebuilds. Keep up the awesome work!
@pmchamlee
4 жыл бұрын
You guys are a 'real pair to draw to!' Great, informative dialog. [Nate - worry not about your skill to communicate in a forum; you're doing fine.] As I watched this episode I was struck by my vicarious association with Scott. While we have never 'gripped and grinned,' I consider you a personal friend. P.S. I'm 13 years your senior, but I can claim that I've watched you "turn gray 😀." 🤠
@barbiecorbridge1294
4 жыл бұрын
Have enjoyed hearing from Nate along with Scott Your videos say more about your character than you maybe realize. I see integrity runs deep and generational, honesty and work ethic. Thanks for your message and example of doing the right thing in a given situation. We see too much cutting corners and lack of responsibility for our work in the trades these days. Thanks for your videos featuring Cy. He's a gem too. I've done construction for 35 years and feel a kindred spirit to you guys. Wish we could meet in person. That would be a real treat for me. Keep up the good work! Don
@ATaylor369
5 жыл бұрын
I am enjoying EC2. I look forward to seeing you two switch sides and we hear about Nates back ground.
@DEADB33F
4 жыл бұрын
I tend to have a stab at guessing roughly how much I'm likely to spend on hiring a certain machine or rarely used bit of kit over say a five year period, then if that amount works out more than the cost of buying a reasonable condition second-hand version of that type then I'll buy one with a view to keeping it long-term for future jobs and for lending out to friends. So far this system has resulted in me now owning an excavator, pair of dumpers, forklift, telehandler, trench rammer, whacker plate, concrete breaker, post-hole borer, and a bunch of other kit. ...and I basically own them all for "free" as it's all money I would have otherwise spent anyway on hiring them.
@jimpikul8551
4 жыл бұрын
Around Connecticut and New England, they are commonly called “Lulls”. I believe it is a brand name. Awesome tool when needed!
@fallyyerr8170
4 жыл бұрын
This is true. My builder said his one LULL is the equivalent of three Mexican laborers. Plus he presses the forks into the lumber onsite when the crew leaves each day. Its an anti lumber theft piece of equipment as well.
@rgbrown90
4 жыл бұрын
Thats what my pa always called them Regardless of the brand, it was a lull
@steveruggles8687
4 жыл бұрын
Here in MT we just drive the tele-handler from job to job, usually. Getting someone to haul them is awkward and expensive at best. One local contractor drove his home over 100 miles because he needed it there the next day and couldn't get a hauler. That's pretty extreme of course. I like " let's create a distraction in the middle of the night"!! You wouldn't be the first!! Keep up the great work. Thanks
@jeremydoblinger3609
4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather Rudy Doblinger retired from Catapiller in Milwaukee and may have had a had in that great Cat you spoke of. He was a machinist..
@watchthe1369
4 жыл бұрын
Forestry uses a D6/7 on forest fires too. You have to have the agility and mobility to do the work. There is another channel here where I guys does excavation, he uses a small, d6 equivalent and a really large excavator depending on the job. Often the medium one is on a small sized job because of tree removal that the little one just can't do.
@kazukarukelley
4 жыл бұрын
Huge fan of all the podcasts! I grew up listening to Click n Clack with my granddad (early 90's) and get such a great feeling of reminisces and great fondness listening to you guys. I will listen to you two talk for hours. I'm a great fan of EC and am honored to have the opportunity to listen and learn all from all the experiences, skills, and fulfillment you have by exercising your craft and hobbies. Thank you and I look forward to continuing on with all your projects and content.
@ColtonBlumhagen
4 жыл бұрын
The most useful construction machine is a zoom boom. There's a reason why almost every new construction job has at least 1 on site. Even better if you get one with a quick connect and a bucket. You can now move dirt and even do some grading.
@Nightman2152
5 жыл бұрын
In my neck of the woods we call a telehandler a zoom boom! Great chat!
@Mack.of.all.trades
5 жыл бұрын
I would pay big money to hear andrew camarta and EC talk
@EC2
4 жыл бұрын
Nate interviewed Andrew. The podcast is audio only and available on apple podcasts and many other podcast outlets, there's just not a video to post here on EC2 :)
@alexcoyne51
5 жыл бұрын
Podcast is great!! Scott has such a wealth of knowledge and it’s amazing to learn from him. Nate, your videos and production are amazing. Keep up the good work gentlemen!
@EC2
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Alex!
@psidvicious
5 жыл бұрын
Renting heavy equipment should also be a consideration, unless you plan on making a living with the equipment. If you’re not a mechanic or good at troubleshooting problems with equipment, renting is a reasonably priced way to go. And there are also positive tax implications w/them. You can rent a 6K-8K lb telehandler (forklift) for around ±$2000/month. When you think about the amount of work those things can do versus a group of rent-a-bums, those machines are worth their weight in gold! 🤜🤛
@timhale501
5 жыл бұрын
we have a pict of my father working 4 horses hitched 4 wide with a fresno building dams and irrigation canals on the Snake river in Idaho. in the 1920's and they worked very well on voice command. I now have a Case 580 Backhoe and use it a lot more than for digging. I am almost 80 years old, and have used the bucket to get material up on 1 st floor roof.
@alexanderbell3102
5 жыл бұрын
Get it on Spotify and I will listen to it every day!!
@SpottedMau
4 жыл бұрын
Just found the channel. Nice to get the background. Paul Harvey smiles.
@watchthe1369
4 жыл бұрын
The telehandler can act as a small crane in addition to moving material like a ultra yoga flexi forklift. It can substitute as a scaffold too.
@brawldawg8729
5 жыл бұрын
I grew up with several different Kubotas. It's funny, just seeing them in the time lapse shots of some of the videos, and hearing you speak of it, brings a simple satisfaction - a joy.
@buildingwithbrian
5 жыл бұрын
Loving the podcast. Keep them coming
@andrewt248
3 жыл бұрын
It's funny, I've never heard them called telehandlers before. We only knew them as Skytraks. I suppose it was a case of a brand being so ubiquitous that it defined it's category-like Kleenex or Band-Aid.
@ff-qp8lp
5 жыл бұрын
My area telehandlers are called either lulls or rough terrain forklifts. Great content once again!
@andrewwilliford8165
5 жыл бұрын
We call them lulls in north alabama!
@typrus6377
5 жыл бұрын
Lull, Zoom Boom, SkyTrak Funny how the brand association changes regionally. They are crazy handy to use, but man... I seriously do not enjoy working on them. It isn't fun when the boom guts come apart.
@stevecloney68
5 жыл бұрын
Love this format ,very well done!
@huff923
5 жыл бұрын
The Fresno scraper was invented in 1883 by James Porteous. Working with farmers in Fresno, California, he had recognised the dependence of the Central San Joaquin Valley on irrigation, and the need for a more efficient means of constructing canals and ditches in the sandy soil
@brianpearl7504
3 жыл бұрын
Check out a Menzi Muck. From Switzerland. An incredible do all machine. I can't believe they haven't made their way over here in America
@samdunn1807
5 жыл бұрын
Fresno-- to me and what my dad called a Fresno was a round tube with flat side with a cutting edge. The round tube is open above the cutting edge. It is towed by a tractor until tube/barrel is full of dirt. It is then drug to fill area and rope is then tripped by the operator the barrel then rolls until the cutting edge is on top and leaves the dirt in fill. Leaving the cutting edge on top travel back to cut area and trip it again til cutting edge rolls down and it happens all over again. We also had what you called a Fresno but I don’t remember what dad called it. It may have been called a fresno.
@dutchgray86
5 жыл бұрын
Steam shovel, or drag line excavator, plenty diesel powered ones were made and they were very common until hydraulics wiped them out except for some very big ones used in open caste mining, hydraulic excavators can be much more compact and easier to use. We have owned Telehandlers in our construction business for 20 years now, they cost less than a mans wage per year but do the work of many. Pretty much a must have machine if the site is big enough to use one, lately we have been using a customers machine on their job which will lift 7 ton and 2 ton at the full boom extension, that machine can get stuff done.
@evanrocha5465
5 жыл бұрын
Great job guys! Love to hear Good work talk. Wish you guys were closer to me in Boston, would love to pick your brains in person. -Evan
@kevinthomas895
5 жыл бұрын
You can always get a detailer to put a shine back on that Kubota tractor
@rustyshackleford5060
5 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work!
@jeffputnam8554
5 жыл бұрын
pretty good Scott and Nate. Liked this
@jesseoglidden
4 жыл бұрын
Don't lament pitching Squarespace. I'm a programmer and I use it. What does it save you? TIME! Good call.
@JTEA856
3 жыл бұрын
In jersey we call them Lulls or high reaches
@dominosgarage
4 жыл бұрын
I love these. I just wish that they were longer. Like 3 hrs.
@johnrosier1686
4 жыл бұрын
Good topic. You could cover equipment from several different angles and still not exhaust it all.
@dominosgarage
4 жыл бұрын
A telehander is also a man lift with the right safety gear.
@whitacrebespoke
5 жыл бұрын
Would like to buy a telehandler myself I use in-laws one at moment but that has been ridden hard, poorly maintained and looks rough. like to go new but I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon
@GibClark
5 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍 miss my old case 530
@paulkelly1702
5 жыл бұрын
Very much enjoy the EC2. Have not done a Podcast. Would not know how!
@drewt9829
4 жыл бұрын
I recommend that you consider renting equipment like that. The rental company maintains, repairs and stores the equipment. They deliver the equipment to the jobsite and pick it up when you are finished. You will not be restricted to the piece of equipment that you have purchased. If you need a larger or smaller piece of equipment, you just rent what you need. Factor the rental cost into your job.
@mattpkp
4 жыл бұрын
1000 and 4000 are the hour levels I look at.
@brianpearl7504
3 жыл бұрын
Cinder block dust?! I learned from the essential craftsman that they're called CMUs or concrete masonry units! What's the matter with you Nate! Lol
@thomasbrown9402
4 жыл бұрын
A Telehandler?! You'll put your eye out, kid!
@glennrubel4326
4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, perhaps flash a photo of these different cats when discussing.
@torque350hp
5 жыл бұрын
I think equipment hire companies sometimes have machines in showroom "extended " postion. I dont know how long for before bringing the hydraulics back in but I guess the rain is a good reason to retract things. Im not sure but the hydraulic rams may be chrome plated rods.
@timhale501
5 жыл бұрын
When buying used equipment extend all the hydraulic cylinders and inspect them for wear thru the chrome, rust spots will ruin the seals.
@TinManKustoms
5 жыл бұрын
Alot of food for thought. Buying ,renting or even leasing. Is always another way looking at justification to getting that piece of equipment. It all depends on the project. I knew many guys that ran heavy equipment and made attachments to get the most out of their equipment. But now a days the options for equipment are endless. It's just a matter of what you want the equipment to do and what kind of space do you have to operate the equipment in.
@anthonymiller8979
5 жыл бұрын
Anyone else wondering if "pipe guy / chair guy" is sitting just off to one side out of camera range?
@anthonymiller8979
5 жыл бұрын
Can you tell us who "pipe guy / chair guy" is?
@amanwithouthope9475
3 жыл бұрын
Kent
@johna1160
5 жыл бұрын
Now subbed to both your channels. Scott, would respectfully urge you to address why you're switching from a single use plastic water bottle that, ironically we end up eating, to a re-usable container (i.e. glass). Maybe use Nate's Oregon Ducky cup, he obviously wants it noticed.
@komma_klar7012
5 жыл бұрын
Where I come from they just put a crane on every construction site where they build a house. That is germany anyway..Every company on site can use it. The concrete guys for rebar, the bricklayers..the roofers. Isn't that common around your area?
@EC2
5 жыл бұрын
Not common at all, in fact never seen it happen that way in the places I have lived!
@komma_klar7012
5 жыл бұрын
@@EC2 maybe I found you guys a good buisness idea ;) seriously there's nothing easier to transport your stuff on site
@patricelebrasseur5649
4 жыл бұрын
In North America, crane operator need to be certified
@charleyandsarah
5 жыл бұрын
Weird to see you all dirty, very humbling. Usually you're all cleaned up
@MFKR696
5 жыл бұрын
It shouldn't be under-stated just how skilled those Steam-Shovel/Drag-Line operators were in the hey-day of their trade. There were no safety limit-switches or hand-holding devices back then, and the level of disaster that could occur if they screwed up in even a minor way was astronomical. On the topic of tele-handlers, though, all I can say is that you should avoid New Holland like the plague. They are not the same company that they used to be. Their build quality/reliability leaves much to be desired, and the customer-service is abysmal.
@markdoumert4840
4 жыл бұрын
And genies. Id rather have a Genie on site than nothing, but man I hate running those. The visibility is terrible, controls are very poorly designed. For example, you cant boom in/out or up/down and tilt at the same time. The controls have no sensitivity, its kind of an on/off thing. That gets really annoying when you are dropping a load with 40 feet of boom out in a tiny little space with no room for error. I much prefer the older style hydraulic control skytraks, as do most of the guys I know.
@MFKR696
4 жыл бұрын
@@markdoumert4840 I've had a fair amount of experience with Genies (mostly articulated boom-lifts), and the amount of Creep control they have, at least on the ones I've used, is quite adjustable. On the ones with digitally-proportional controls and a proper Creep adjuster, there's no limit to how fast or slow it can react. As for my preferences, I'm a JLG man through and through. Can't beat em. They're the heaviest boom lifts on the market, which means they're the most stable booms on the market. It does bear mentioning that Genie is the only Scissor-Lift manufacturer I've ever dealt with where one of the wheels literally broke off a super-narrow 19-foot scissor lift (Thank God I was just driving it back from the wash-bay over a flat concrete pad, or I'd have been fired at the very least. If it had broken when someone was up in that thing... I hesitate to think), but then again, that was a mechanic's fault. He over-tightened it. Having said that, when I was water-proofing the walls of said wash-bay with a small 35-foot articulated Genie boom, that thing was an utter pain in the ass. Even with the Creep turned all the way down, it was a shuddery experience because of the bounce in the boom and some air in the hydraulics. I am of the belief that machines have personalities, and the personality of that one was that it wanted to kill me lol. The sounds it was making definately didn't dissuade that notion. It sounded like a pissed off, geriatric Terminator when I would lift the boom with the Creep turned all the way down. Frankly, that was the only Genie that ever gave me any guff though. The rest of them just worked. They weren't the most stable machines by far, because of their relative light weight, but they worked well aside from that. As far as weight is concerned, a 100 ft. JLG straight-boom weighs over 110 000 lbs. A 100 ft. Genie straight-boom typically weighs somewhere around 75-90 000.
@markdoumert4840
4 жыл бұрын
@@MFKR696 Not very experienced with the boom lifts, but I hate that 3 button control on the forklifts. It makes it (in my humble opinion) very awkward to use, and you cant do multiple actions at the same time. I have more seat time in Jlg machines, and i like them alot better, especially the older ones with the 2 joysticks that are just direct hydraulic controls. The newer ones with the single joystick and the thumb lever for tilt are very nice as well. Its all personal preference i guess , i learned on jcb and jlg machines and have a lot more experience with them then on the genie and skyjack machines with the 3 button configuration.
@MFKR696
4 жыл бұрын
@@markdoumert4840 Ah ic. I wouldn't much like running one of those either. It sounds like a pain in the ass. As far as tele-handlers go, I like how Manitou sets theirs up. It still uses buttons, but you can do multiple functions at once, and the buttons are pressure sensitive.
@chucktintera9029
4 жыл бұрын
(@24:10) So what are you going to do for the neighbor afterward?
@sleepy_143
5 жыл бұрын
How often do you have these conversations?
@EC2
5 жыл бұрын
we are shooting for at least 1 per week moving forward
@rgbrown90
4 жыл бұрын
Hard to beat a 580 case
@dannywilsher4165
4 жыл бұрын
Another awesome video!!! But I suppose you already know how awesome you guys are. Does your wifes think you'll are as awesome as we do?
@xxbryan715xx
5 жыл бұрын
Have you guys considered renting vs owning if you may only need it for one project?
@EC2
5 жыл бұрын
yes - we weighed all the options and decided buying would make the most sense in this case. The machine has operated flawlessly and been the MVP of the job. Going to be sad to sell it once we are done!
@xxbryan715xx
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the response guys! It’s always interesting to me to hear how other construction companies operate. The only one I worked for leased almost everything. 75% of the power tools where leased in after the job was bid and so was all of the heavy equipment and job trailers. We traveled all over the country so logistically it was a very streamline operation. The jobs varied greatly in size so some jobs would have dozens of expensive power tools and then we could go a very long time using only basic tools like impact wrenches, drills and grinders. For that company they just chose to lease everything so they had no maintenance costs and they didn’t have tools sitting around not having work. For them it made the most sense but they also spent a lot of money on gear they did not own.
@elicarni181
4 жыл бұрын
One thing Ive always disliked is ad spots pushing something when you just want to get to the meat and potatoes of an instructional vid. I get the need to be able to fund content creation, however it can get a tad annoying. On a podcast, however it seems rather appropriate. "Todays episode brought to you by...."
@hkgonra
5 жыл бұрын
Don’t sell it, you will need it for the next houses you build.
@chucktintera9029
4 жыл бұрын
Nate - you will present better if you can relax and look up.
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