Make a cover for the control panel so it holds up to the weather and saves you future costs.

I was just lamenting the fact that Larry and I didn’t have something like this when we were working on his new shop building. They’re a real game-changer with the construction projects. AND gutter cleaning!

This machine may just be a diamond in the rough but when Mike and Matt get finished, the yard ordainment becomes a polished chariot that will be great for all of the above…... It may need a safety belt added in the basket for safety by osha standards….lol. Great job. Pride Of Ownership #1

As a long time mechanic, it's always gratifying to take something that has been neglected and breath new life into it. Job well done. I'm sure the lift will work just fine for your needs.

That's awesome man behind the scenes won't need the little pink step stool for Bubba Dump any more.

That started out looking 100% better that Matt’s over at Diesel Creek’s looks and ran better to. Looking forward to seeing it on the different projects!

Good learning between y'all and Diesel Creek.

I like these rainy day videos as much as the work days. Great job on the lift. Thanks.

Great video, Mike and Matt. Keep them coming. Very informative.

This was very uplifting and an enjoy to watch. I really appreciate how you combine the different segments for the same project when you can.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Nice addition to the fleet. Wishing you and your family the best.

Now all you need to do is before you park it outside is make you a cover for that basket so your controls don't get messed up and where you can tie it on there and drop down the road

Another great video of you guys !! I enjoy watching y’all work together on new shop projects. Can’t wait to see the lift in action . 👍

Dont no if anyone else said it but raise yourself up with the platform lift when driving makes it easier.

Nice! I was having a hard time trying to figure out what Matt needed the JLG for till I saw his new property he bought then the light bulb lit over my head.....lol. I didn't think the hood would make the trip home, I was pleasantly surprised it made it. Seeing it at your shop gave me all the confidence it would be restored to working order, not new but workable with a fairly small collection of parts it will be brought back to life. I can see a lot of work on the Castle and lots of fun video's. this just got a whole lot safer. Keep up the good work guy's.

You have yourself a good lift there guys. It’s a keeper. Thanks for the ride along.

Excellent video guys. Love seeing old neglected equipment being brought back into service.

Great video, excellent information on the little tricks to this style lift. You could use a plastic news paper box and modify it bolt it down on the hood to cover the exhaust, also keep the rain out the engine compartment. I always learn something from you, D.C. and L.D. 18, videos. Thanks again.

A little dirt in my coffee this morning is always a good thing... As a retired union electrician, I have spent countless hours in all types of man lifts, so this was a kind of a flash from the past. I was actually pretty surprised to see a JLG show up on one of your videos, but can see where this type of equipment could be very useful. If you are going to be using this lift at any serious height I would recommend a body harness and lanyard for any occupants, ( especially if you ever go outside the basket to reach something that would be impossible to reach otherwise, of course I never did anything like that because it would violate OSHA rules!!! ) Congratulations on buying a piece of equipment I never expected to see in a Dirt Perfect video, I should know by now to expect the unexpected. Awesome video... Good job guys... 😎👍 Big thumbs up!!!

Thank you and have a good week.

I get excited when I wake up in the morning every other day because dp has posted a new video. I love the shop videos because they always end up dropping when I have a shop project myself. I see you knuckleheads fixing stuff and it inspires me to go work on my project because if a professional mechanic and a geriatric millennial have to Jerry rig stuff I know I’ll be just fine

Interesting that Matt and Tucker from C&C Equipment are improving similar skills the same week. Good job.

When ever I'm having a bad day all I have to do is watch a couple of your videos and I'm good to go!

I used a JLG for years. I considered it a POC from the day it was bought (new). We had a Genie lift that was old as the hills but it was still a more usable machine. Both machines were propane but the Genie also ran on gas. It never left me stranded at 40 feet, and it ran so much smoother.

Worked off one for a year, sounds better than any I operated 😆 Nice find for gutter and tree limb work

Mike & Matt we're not laughing at you! We're laughing with you! 💯%🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣When I worked in the ship yards we used those big button head rivets and 1/8 thick 6 " wide metal strips to stich plastic body covers cracks and splits.

I love this Watching the work you put into your jobs is satisfying, but this aspect is fascinating! I love the whole restoration process, so far. I'm excited to see more

From Melbourne Australia, Love watching these videos. I run a couple of excavators and I spend my spare time on watching others play with machines too. Thumbs up 👍🏻

Mike and Matt great video! Looks like a machine that is going to be handy for everyone! Thanks for sharing! Kevin

Back in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 we call it a Cherry Picker I’ve done a lot of work off one of these, I agree with one of the other comments make a rain cover for the controls in the basket last thing you need when you are at full reach is the control’s to pack up 😊

Thanks for letting us come along! 👍👌

Competition between you and @DieselCreek on who will use their lift for a project first!

I don't know why but I will watch you for 45 minutes. I don't have the patience to watch anyone else for that long. Great job 👏

Nice job Mike, Matt. Great job,great videos

You two are a trip when y’all get together on personal projects.I believe that y’all made a good investment on this lift.just keep doing what your doing.good video 😎😎😎👍👍👍

Nice, that will make working up high a lot easier and safer. Would be nice to give the hydraulic cable housing a little oil and a good steam cleaning would be nice. Thanks for sharing.

Nice video Mike. I always like shop videos of working on equipment or projects. I can always learn something new. Nice hat btw!

That's really nice to try to make the welds look as old as the rest of the metal you're using by pouring water on it after you welded

Awesome. I looked for one in my price range for quite a while, even junk one's are outrageously priced, so I'm builbing my own version. It won't be a driving model, it will be hooked to a vehicle, but it will be the lifting kind, and will be better than a ladder. Y'all take care.

Nice, I would have loved to see the lights after decals- will wait till next video using this

this lift needed love. I enjoy when you KZfaq guy find these sort of Deal$ , nice to see reincarnation and good fellowship ! She needs paint job .

Once again nailed it!! I just look forward to to the rainy day when we tune in and find Lt Dan is back in the shop and on the agenda!!!

is really funny how you asked Matt his opinion on control panel bolts AFTER drill bit was turning :)

Ain't nothing like a shop video keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍👍

FRANK is looking good. You two have put back a lot of TLC in to this old machine. It will repay you back. Just needs your sticker on it and it can go out to work. Great video Mike.

I'm so glad you pair made a video today after the shit day I've had I needed cheering up thanks cheers Jill Australia 💕

I think I like the garage equipment service videos better than the field excavating vids...great teamwork on the lift !

I thought it was all going to end in tears each time you turned right.

Great Job. Great Welding. Great Cutting. now for the Dirt Perfect Decal!

Coincidence - Diesel Creek also had man life renovation/repairs last video, although this one seems to be in better working order, maybe. I could use one for my gutters at the moment too. Funny scary videos to come - high rise gentlemen coming up.

I have had a JLG 450AJ II for 12 years now, I got lucky and got it from a rental company that seemed to have good maintenance. Other than a few hose replacements it has been a great little lift. Mine has the 4 cylinder Ford gas engine and all the service points are on one side, so I didn’t know the power pack swung out to access the back side. Good to know. 👍

Awesome video Mike/Mr Millennial you two certainly got it right, absolutely rented/beaten on hard from Absolute Rental and Supply, 🤣 the only thing is they didn't supply you with the rest of the missing parts 😂 it is no surprise, we bought one for our shop ,a JLG , just a step or 2 up from this model in size , ours is dual fuel , propane or gasoline and goes up to 55/60 ft , our shop is 100,000 sq ft and 50 ft ceilings, it was a rental unit and my plant mgr was shocked when i told what it'll look like , i use to be in the business back in the early-mid 90's, so we put some $3k into it prior to putting it into service , the millwrights and our electrician did the work over a weekend at time and a half i might add, we needed it Monday morning to clean out our cooling towers for our heat treat furnaces , it was a real time crunch for us and it worked great, our hood btw was in much better shape than your franked hood ,lol , dam tires cost a small fortune though there's only 2 suppliers in Canada , so we bought then out of the US and still saved money, it has payed for itself 3 or 4 times over is my guess and I'll bet you find in a years time how you got by without one, look forward to the next video on it

You guy's are having way too much fun

As you squeezed in behind the engine, bemoaning the fact that "I'm getting too old for this stuff" my mind immediately went to the simple fact of ... Hey, wouldn't this be an ideal use for a mini-mechanic? I mean what else are kids for? 🤣

that first toggle made me take a step back when it started coming through the control panel.

The articulated boom lift in my opinion is the most versatile lift to get . You can reach almost everything with one of you can position it correctly.

Love the video on the man lift and now you need cover for the man lift like Hydros have .

Loved it ... sometimes "Rain Days" are fun !!! Can't wait for the next installment ... think you'll be keeping "Frank" for your own use as well as a "Loaner" for friends/relatives ("Quid Pro Quo" stuff).

To save the control panel cluster fab up a cover to protect your decals and more

Geweldig om te zien hoe jullie het samen doen geweldig 🤩👍👋🏼 Groetjes uit Holland 🇳🇱

Great work DP and Matt

Nice bit of fixing on it guys the banter was priceless. Seams to be a resurgence on these man lifts bro. Safe travels

Great video Mr Dirt Perfect and Matt

Good effort to make sure it's safe and replace key parts . I hope it's not getting used a full stretch at the Castle ? Enjoy the workshop time ,so with winter coming along, you'll be post more workshop things 😊

I love it please continue to keep it up and show us the way you are using that 😉

We use these machines as well at our job... just a tip.. (if you already know disregard) on the side of the frame there are 2 arrows. One black.. one white.. always have the white arrow pointing towards your basket or you'll have to hold down override to function. ✌️

Great job Guys getting the man lift going

That worked out sweet. Good job .

You guys always go the extra mile and that is very inspiring to see.

I’m already ready to see more videos of that John L Grove boom lift

This was in the shop when Gunner took his oil shower yesterday working on the jeep!😂 Looks like yall dun gone and fixed the new toy.👍

Can't wait to see what kind of chaos you get into with that but at least it looks like it'll get there thanks for sharing

Not sure with that particular model but some of those little Deutz engines had rubber timing belts - worth checking into.

This something I would like to find eventually they are handy when we have used them in the passed!

Great job guys. Love the exhaust

As a JLG tech. Get rid of the electric fuel pump. The return hoses will start leaking and atomize the fuel on a hot engine. Check the cap on the mechanical fuel pump. There is a screen underneath.

LOOKS GREAT, NICE WORK, KEEP SAFE...

Cool video. A lot of boom lifts are "rode hard and put away... ya know". Sometimes there are things wrong that I can't even imagine how it happened. Great job getting it back in order. FYI - 2 things to check that I didn't notice you inspect are the basket tilt function and the leveler switch. When you are using the lift and these 2 things aren't working... it will be the biggest pain in your behind ever. With the "engineered fixes" on your machine, I would guess that the leveler switch needs a little attention. Sometimes only adjustment and some oil on the bearing. Keep them coming! It is funny that a Dirt channel is working on equipment that is meant to take you farther away from the dirt. 😅

that is really nice of you blokes to buy the kit so Aaron can check the oil in the dozer...

"Turtle turtle!" is a Master of Disguise reference. 🤣

Whenever I work 90ft up in the air, I like to know my life depends on the cheapest piece of junk I could buy 😂😂

Very uplifting video boys… I knew you would rise to the occasion.

Like the Tonka Truck Plasma Cart.... NICE!

I love your shop videos!

Hello from the Netherlands . when you park it throw an old mudflep or something over the controls so the sun can't shine on them. and since the paint and the plastic hoods en caps don't look nice anymore, maybe it should have a "Dirt Perfect" carrap like the thunder-trailer looks like and just spray the rest black a nice winter job for next year maybe haha . thanks for the video DP and Matt . Sincerely, Hollandduck

A three way purchase, best way to spread the costs if possible!!! Not a bad machine, Matt covered most of this in his video of collecting it, so altogether a good find !!! Thankfully all the safety switches work on Frank, so other than having to buy safety harness and work restraints ( lanyards) you are ready to go !!! Ps. Didn't you have a green cherrypicker that you sold on a few years ago ? 🤔

That swan neck exhaust - well it brings the project to new heights, gutters too.

Great video Mike and Matt keep them coming please

This was cool i think you guys did an outstanding job 👍😎🇺🇸 NY

Diesel, Nice. They say when you hit 50 cut up your ladders and buy a lift. With the amount of farm buildings to work on I bought a 1999 Genie multifuel Z45-25 and it came with previous owner issues. 😁Wiring grounds, non weather proof switches, hydraulic hose replacements are fun for the boom reaching 40 ft long. Better than visiting the hospital with 2 broken legs after falling off a ladder, it happens. Always store my lift inside when not in use.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Nice shop video, I knew you would get it working, just wasn't sure how long and how many parts it would take. Diesel Creeks lift might need just a bit more work. Have a great week guys.

Mike now has 'Man behind the scenes' AND 'Man Friday'. The NYA Millennial name to be for home based jobs. Matt looks to be a great asset to the DP operation.

Awesome video!

Nice job DP . It works that's what counts

Where’s the third guy , I only see two working on this😂 Perfect parts to get this baby going, DP you definitely had some stick time on these. Nice work, your going to have a handy piece of equipment for sure 👍🇺🇸

A very handy piece of equipment to have around 👌

You guys do some incredible re- engineering. It is awesome as it benefits others with similar problems. 1. My beef is that you guys never clean the machine up behind the engine. So much oil leaks from long ago. It helps to leave it clean to see if anything has gone wrong from the time you serviced it. 2. Please remove all those old decals from the previous owner and put your info there. 3. Make a weatherproof cover for the control panel to make it last long. 4. If possible some tidying up of the basket and paint. 5. If if possible maybe paint the whole machine. This is a good buy so take care of it. It can make alot of money and get you guys alot of jobs. Looking forward to next video.

Nice work guys.

Mike, there is a cover you can buy from JLG. Not too bad of a price either. That lift should serve you and the crew for years to come.