Wrong Parts Almost Cost Us This Sale

This Volvo excavator wears John Deere green and it already sold to a subscriber up in Michigan before we got it back together. He wanted fresh tracks under it, so we busted the old ones loose in the lot, cleaned the pads down to bare metal, and bolted everything to new rails. Then the part we've been waiting weeks on showed up wrong AGAIN, so the right sprocket is still out for delivery. We also welded a thumb onto the boom and broke in the newest member of the crew. Hunter is out of school, on full time now, and on day three we handed him the helmet and put him on his first uphill dual shield weld. Tucker was off at a horse and pony show, so somebody had to do it. Come shake our hands in person. We'll be at the Dirt Perfect Fair, July 11 at 1:30 PM, Perry County Fairgrounds in southern Indiana near Tel City. Dirt Perfect, Farmer Grace, and Gavin Spore should be down there too, with a motocross race the night before. Need undercarriage parts, thumbs, sprockets, or tracks? We ship from warehouses across the country. Visit ccsurplusparts.com or email the shop and we'll get you sorted. Sponsored by BRUNT boots — use code CC10. Support the channel: patreon.com/cncequipment 0:00 The Volvo Painted Like a John Deere 0:23 The Plan Tracks Sprockets and a Thumb 0:55 Cutting the Old Tracks Off 13:12 Cleaning Paint Off the Pads 15:24 New Rails and Fresh Bolts 20:39 Sprocket Doesn't Fit Wrong Part Again 21:44 Hunter Joins Full Time 22:16 The New Shop Tool 22:51 Firing the Machine Back Up 25:01 Walking It on One Track 40:57 Mounting the Thumb 41:54 Why We Bevel Instead of Plating It 44:28 Strapping and Welding the Thumb 45:09 Dual Shield Wire Setup 46:32 Hunter's First Uphill Weld 48:43 Grading the Weld 49:11 Sliding the Track Back Under 53:03 Why a Hammer Thumb Not Hydraulic 54:00 The Go-Kart Situation 54:50 July 11 Meet and Greet 55:42 Undercarriage Parts and Outro