Removing and installing the RK24 backhoe // E101

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Removing and installing the backhoe attachment for the RK24 Rural King tractor is easy if you follow these steps. Our method applies to many other farm tractors with backhoe attachments because many of them are mounted the same way. We also repair a broken hydraulic cylinder with our trusty Harbor Freight MIG welder (Titanium 125). We demonstrate how the cylinder works, where it failed and how to fix it using what we've got. The sawmill runs its first large ash log that came down in episode 100 and cuts some nice 2x10 lumber over 16 feet in length.
Episode 101:
0:00 - Sawmill ash log
1:38 - Lifting capabilities RK24
8:43 - Tickseed and Ironweed
11:35 - RK24 lifting a monster log
16:37 - Milling dead ash log
20:46 - Removing RK24 backhoe
32:38 - Repairing hydraulic cylinder for backhoe boom
46:24 - Attaching RK24 backhoe
56:40 - Outtakes

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@rogerdudra178 4 ай бұрын

I sure am glad to see you using the log roller tool. You must really enjoy that tool.

@lscameron Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching your videos. Both of you are just normal people trying to learn how to do all of this stuff and letting us watch your growth along the way. Don’t let anyone comments get you down, there are always “experts” just waiting to point out their own intelligence. It’s inspiring to see people “our age” getting outside their comfort zone and just going for it. Keep the videos coming!

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

You don't know how much this is appreciated. Thank you!

@rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Again. It works, that is good. Oh, Oh you knocked down some of her rocks. Now you've done it.

@nookworm1 Жыл бұрын

Good gracious! Jon, you sure are mechanically inclined - You know how things work. You are an amazing fixer-upper! I loved seeing Clara running free and spirited too!

@nena4215 Жыл бұрын

Just think, you’re going be be an expert on that sawmill sometime soon....I can see it now! Very nice fixes for Ricky!

@bethjohnsen2768 Жыл бұрын

I just love love love the intro. I think it was Clara. She rocked it. HUGS!

@rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

A lot of knowledge is really just experience. By god, it works!

@Billy-ro5ws Жыл бұрын

Good work on the cylinder!

@michaeltillman1147 Жыл бұрын

Handy trick. When trying to make smooth adjustments and the controls are moving, like putting the attachment on/off, rest the heal of your hand on the panel and grab the control lever at the base. Your hand will move with the attachment preventing exaggerated movement. You two have come a long way since starting your adventure. A couple of self reliant salty people that anyone would happily call friends. 😎

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

👍 I do this all the time with the skid steer, with the controls so sensitive. It helps a lot!

@m9ovich785 Жыл бұрын

That is the exact comment I was looking for before I made one, Works a treat.

@rk24user25 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video on the rk24 I haven’t taken off the backhoe on mine yet I’m sure your tips will help

@rogerdudra178 3 ай бұрын

Greetings from the BIG SKY

@rogerdudra178 4 ай бұрын

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Just checkin it out to see if you pilgrims are makin it.

@billhauck7872 Жыл бұрын

When welding the cylinder be sure to guard the chrome part of the cylinder from welding splatter there is a spray available at a welding supplyer. Or cover that part. Have fun.

@CostaMesaPhotography Жыл бұрын

Your video intros are so awesome!! The slow-mo of your daughter along with the music was terrific!

@rogerdudra178 Ай бұрын

I'm lucky to live in Lewistown, I have a True Value Hardware store a few hundred yards from here.

@richmondshipton7079 Жыл бұрын

Great job John and Meg happy you got Ricky fixed

@thedonkeypuncher2395 Жыл бұрын

Just a suggestion, throw some 4x4 or bigger post on the loading side of mill to keep logs waiting to mill off the ground enough to easily grab with forks or grapple and light to no damage to ground or logs.

@davidmulvey6884 Жыл бұрын

enjoy your videos

@rogerdudra178 3 ай бұрын

All the design plans I had for the 2 small mission oak tables I built went out the window when I cut 3 pieces in a row on a table wrong. I still have those tables, now, in my living room to remind me of measuring wrong and thinking wrong. I guess they work.

@curtiswomack46 Жыл бұрын

look at you I remember a guy buying some land and cutting it with LAWN mower now look, good memories lol

@martinwyke Жыл бұрын

People that enjoy this will probably like the videos of Kurt at Cutting Edge Australia who does these kinds of repairs for a living and videos it. Kurt is very good at explaining why he does things certain ways as well as how. You can watch him weld a piece, look at it afterwards and you would swear blind it is robot/automatic weld if you had not just seen him do it.

@curtiswomack46 Жыл бұрын

just for you guys I found a tip cut your logs from the small end to the large, also go to utube type in off grid homesteading , with the skinners this guy has got some good tips hes learned. later

@jamesdeffenbaugh5166 Жыл бұрын

I was just re-watching your vid when you poured the slab for the sawmill, as I am going to try doing the same for mine. Why I`m commenting is that hog panels are what you had used, cattle panels the holes are all the same size, on hog panels the bottom third are smaller holes(rectangles) than the top. Therefore piglets don't escape.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

Cool, makes sense. They were nice to work with. Very rigid.

@johngersna3263 Жыл бұрын

John, I know that at the present time you don't have a flat concrete floor to remove the backhoe from the tractor but there is a KZfaq channel called "Tale of 3 Cabins" and the gentleman that has the channel made a video on building a dollie for his backhoe from two flat furniture dollies and 1×4's so that he could wheel the backhoe pretty much anywhere he wanted. Now he has a John Deere 1025R but I have a John Deere 2305 with a little bit different backhoe so I adapted it to work for my backhoe. It works great and makes life easier.

@rogerdudra178 Ай бұрын

You guys get to hear a tree fall in the woods. Enjoy the sound.

@firedog4689 Жыл бұрын

You guys get so many "you have to do...". So here is another from me, always cover the chrome on a cylinder when welding. Welding spatter will wreck the seals as the shaft goes in and out. Keep up the good content, see you next time.

@anthonycampbell4534 Жыл бұрын

You mean Bavarian beef. ;)

@pappys-tinkering9300 Жыл бұрын

I'm really impressed with the RK. I've got a John Deere 2023 and I just bought forks. So, the other day the neighbors stock water tank fell off her truck. 100 gallons left in the tank and my tractor couldn't even upright the tank! Ricky would have turned that tank every which way but loose. Man was I disappointed.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

Ah, it's ok. You can also keep a snatch block in your toolbox for the extra umph.

@pappys-tinkering9300 Жыл бұрын

@@WalnutsandWineberries My own fault really, now I'll learn to read the specs. 800 pound available lift minus 375 pound fork weight don't leave much for doing work. I do keep a come-a-long in the ballast box, that is how I uprighted the tank. Keep them videos coming.

@jobcacka1330 Жыл бұрын

Trim the dead wood first then top it to the height you are comfortable picking the fruit. With deer don't trim the top down to low or you will never get fruit. You might consider leveling the ground under it a bit to make it easier to pick and prune. Remove a third or less of the live wood per year. This makes it take about four or five years to remediate a tree. I did this with four overgrown apple trees on our property in Oregon when we moved in several years ago. And they look 100% better.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks for the tips. That's the advice I was looking for. I like the approach of doing a little bit each year to revive it. I'm also considering planting some young apple trees that would benefit from such a big tree attracting all the pollinators to the area.

@andrewfuller8440 Жыл бұрын

Heat the fork where it’s bent. Put something under it way out , and push down. With the hydraulics.

@leisureshoot Жыл бұрын

You've got to fix that boom swing piston swivel pin. Movement is always bad - it amplifies forces because the sloppy part has inertia when it's allowed to move extra.

@buzzsawncgo2751 Жыл бұрын

Was thinking something similar. My thought was to check the diameter of the other side at the pin junction and see if they matched. Wouldn't be the first time something came from the factory with the wrong size pin installed. Lot of movement in that thing.

@MrLugerdog Жыл бұрын

I'm catching up on all of your videos, and I'm 6 months behind so you may not see this John. But I know of 3 people who killed themselves near me by doing what you did, Operating equipment while standing next to the tractor rather than on the seat! It's too easy to bump the control lever too hard and smash yourself with the bucket or stick! You would be very lucky if you only broke a leg or arm. And the seat safety switch is there for the same reason, so you don't run over your self! Otherwise, looks like you did a great job welding the cylinder rod!

@deanbarr5740 Жыл бұрын

John I've always been impressed with the hydraulics on the RK brand tractors. Ricky's like a little giant compared to my John Deere 3025. My loader refuses to lift 500 lbs. A 55 gallon drum of diesel fuel weighs less than 500 and I can't lift it with my wimpy loader. I know, I shoulda went to Rural King.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

I once had a lengthy discussion with one of RK's mechanics. He actually talked me into the 24 model because of the size of the hydraulic pump vs the engine and what you get out of the machine. I guess I'm spoiled with Ricky's muscles, but I'm still having the time of my life on that skid steer 😉

@ZapperGazer Жыл бұрын

Tell the kids to kneel on Ricky's seat right in the middle, and only on one knee if all else fails. The knee concentrates weight of said short person, which should trigger the switch.

@patrickwiklund2039 Жыл бұрын

👍

@funnyfarmdad9997 Жыл бұрын

John, the first thing I did when I got my RK24 was put a jumper wire on that seat switch. When I took it in for its 50hr maintenance I reconnected it.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

I think I'll do the same. I start it too frequently without actually being on the machine, for warm up.

@Ianhurley54 Жыл бұрын

Nice work Jon! I admire your welding skills, I need to practice more. I only have a stick welder. Seems as though the type you have would be an asset. The mill looks like it’s going to be good. I agree with one of the other followers, a loading bunk would be good, you can load up a bunch of logs and use a peeve to roll them on. It would save a mishap of bumping your mill. I’m sure you have your own ideas on that. If you check out Saw with Sandy his setup works pretty good. Love the slow mow of you daughter at the beginning. Cheers

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

That little welder is great for novices like me. It's called the easy flux 125 at Harbor Freight (the Titanium brand). I like that it's small enough that my generator can run it when I'm somewhere on the property without power.

@john3559 Жыл бұрын

good job, hope it holds. must remember to wioggle it ...wiggle it JOHN said.

@macklipsey5401 Жыл бұрын

I love your channel and am very impressed with all six of you. A question: is there a place to see a list ( with link) of the episodes in numerical order? I would find that helpful.

@rfelectrons Жыл бұрын

Paint your chains orange, you won’t lose them so easily. You’re welcome.

@ralphsullender2474 Жыл бұрын

Weld up or drill out swing pin holes and add bushings as the more they wear the faster they will wear.

@marknunya3035 Жыл бұрын

The sensor is in the seat the wires going to it can be just butt connected or jump the terminals in the bottom clip with a solid wire that you can remove so you can reattach the sensor if you sell it

@andrewfuller8440 Жыл бұрын

Wrap it with a wet rag close to the cylinder

@VowellVentures Жыл бұрын

Great video, I don't think a lot of people realize how much time on a homestead build project can be eaten up by tool and equipment repair! It's all worth it in the end because you end up learning something new during the process. I would highly recommend wrapping the hydraulic shaft with tin foil when welding on or near them to prevent any potential damage to them which will in turn increase the chance of damaging the packing seal that it slides through. If you are interested, check out my channel. We are farther along in the build overall, but still not ready to move onto the property so there will be a lot of progress videos coming along over the years to come as well. I can't wait to keep watching new videos and catching up on your old ones! It's great knowing others are doing the same thing we are pretty much for similar reasons!

@rogerdudra178 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the BIG SKY. If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it fall?

@gregwarne3252 Жыл бұрын

the bolt through is to stop the pin droping out

@alberteinstein9045 Жыл бұрын

Why didn't you use the hydrologic blue hose CAPS when you unclamped them so no dirt get inside There bright 🔵

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

Because my caps have dirt on the inside. Haha!

@In2investing Жыл бұрын

That pin really shouldn't be that loose, but your use of that tractor might be a little more than intended. Heavy equipment would always have a pin and bushing were the bushing would wear and be replaced as needed. But on these tractors it's typically not necessary but that movement will just wallow those bores out more and more and may have had something to do with that cylinder failure. Maybe you can find a sleeve to weld in there and act as a bushing.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

Thinking of welding a bushing above and below and get a longer pin.

@davidmulvey6884 Жыл бұрын

When hooking up you backhoe notice that the pins are getting wollard out also you can buy bushings for that

@sobconners Жыл бұрын

So you guys stil have to finish the driveway right? And mill wood for the house that has to sit and cure.... just curious what your timeline and priorities are.

@manicmechanic9117 Жыл бұрын

So now that you have that done would you you do the repair on the machine if it happens again ?

@wannabesawyerwatt9922 Жыл бұрын

Love your program, have you thought of building a log deck for the sawmill

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen a need for loading. The skid steer with grapple makes it so easy. However, a neighbor offered me an old conveyor system that needs some work. Might make it nice for unloading, which is usually where I need the help.

@PeaceIntheValley Жыл бұрын

Your front tires low on Ricky? When lifting the log they looked pretty low.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

Dude, I almost popped them lifting that log 🤣

@flyyxmke 9 ай бұрын

I have been thinking about RK24. Been watching lots of videos of people with these machines I like how are yours? Actually it looks used. A lot of people have a few hundred hrs and the paint is barely worn.

@WalnutsandWineberries 9 ай бұрын

I'm not easy on mine. The things that have broke were probably my fault. With proper care, these are fantastic machines and very strong for their size. The one big complaint I have is the frame. Mine seems undersized as far as thickness goes and also bad engineering on mounting it to the tranny. Three bolts are inline and create a weak spot near the rear wheels. I have a video when my frame cracked (my fault), if you want to check that out. I have driven Kubotas and New Hollands of similar size and they were sissies compared to the RK I have. Final thought: the RK24 has a bigger hydraulic pump than the RK25, if you're eyeing up that machine to compare. Good luck.

@flyyxmke 9 ай бұрын

@@WalnutsandWineberries thanks for the reply. I was looking at the 25. I do like that it has a a dedicated seat for the backhoe. And the Controls are a little different. In a couple other things, but have not seen any of them personally, we have about 15 acres in North Carolina but only about a anchor needs to be cut. Have a pretty long driveway to maintain and two outbuildings that I like to get a water supply to and a larger electrical service. Both tractors may be to big and have been looking at a CS2520. Hopefully I can go with the RK24 or 25. Not in any rush to buy something right now. I did had to get the lawn cut this year and I was.$600 just to do it once. And it took them a day and a half. It’s mostly because they have to use a weedeater because of the terrain. I know I won’t be able to get this with the tractor, but at least I can do some of it.

@WalnutsandWineberries 9 ай бұрын

@@flyyxmke sounds like it would work well for you. The extra seat would be really nice. I'm constantly flipping mine around and it is a pain. I've sat on the RK25 and it does feel roomier and more comfortable. I'm 6 ft and 200 lbs and a little more knee room for the steering wheel wouldn't be a bad thing. Regarding driveway maintenance, I have a 48 in. box blade for mine and it does a nice job. Also, I have Ag tires on mine, which I chose as an option when I ordered it and it helps tremendously in the woods, mud, and pretty much anywhere you want to go. I just wouldn't drive it on a golf course. Haha. Anyway, hope this helps. Good luck again.

@andrewfuller8440 Жыл бұрын

Drill it out to a larger pin size if possible

@davidcharles3131 Жыл бұрын

How many tractor hours? How many BH hours? You may want to add bushings to eliminate some of that play. Excess movement is not your friend.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

650 hours on the tractor. No clue about the backhoe, but it's usually what I leave on the back. Maybe 500? Good idea about bushings and just add a longer pin instead of an entire reconstruction process.

@Darryl603 Жыл бұрын

Those are hoses not wires, Daniel son

@zetuskid Жыл бұрын

Hey John your attention span is very short! We were going to saw wood but instead we were taken on a tour! Just joshing -but true!!!

@danmooney7192 Жыл бұрын

I agree! Too much Jibber Jabber!

@alberteinstein9045 Жыл бұрын

Dude..., no matter what, (MAN LAW#2) says. Never scream like a baby girl in front of your wife.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

😂 must have missed that episode of 'the art of manliness'

@robertpittman6780 Жыл бұрын

Cut way back it gone to long

@billhauck7872 Жыл бұрын

Please quit using the hand held camera. The field of view is small like a close up and we can't gt the big picture.

@WalnutsandWineberries Жыл бұрын

Hey Bill! This episode was our first one with a new camera. I noticed while I was editing that the view was narrow as well. Can you be more specific about what part of the video felt this way. We will work out the kinks of the new equipment, but more specific about when it was an issue can help us going forward. We moved from a go pro to a Samsung Galaxy, much clearer and more capabilities, but definitely need to back up. Thanks for the feedback. 👍