Grab you a set of stucchi threaded couplers with the male threads on the machine side to eliminate that male/male pipe fitting that keeps breaking.

You may not consider yourself a mechanic but you can look at it and figure it out. Nice job and thanks for sharing the realities of the job.

“That wisteria can go to hell and stay there…”. That had me laughing out loud!! Your best line of the day. 😂

Enjoying your videos from Swartz Creek Michigan. Great job. Go Lions.

Well, at least you were working in cooler and dust free conditions. Plus your machine got washed as you were working.

Thanks Davin for showing the not so good side of what you do lol

Yeah I never had the drive to get out and work for myself, especially with the money I was making and the benefits! So I stuck with it and suffered through injuries and tough jobs! Thinking the family owned company I worked for would help me out when I couldn’t do my job anymore, but no after my double knee replacement surgery! They had nothing to say except if you can’t do your job anymore than I would have to find another job skill! 37 years and they abandoned me after all the blood, sweat and tears throughout the years! 😢 I had no choice but retire and I’ve been depressed every since! I still enjoy your content brother and I’ll quit venting because I’m a better person without them anyway! Thanks for sharing my friend, Kirk from Louisiana sending prayers and good vibes! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍🏼👍🏼 I wasn’t putting you down, just trying to help out maybe for the next time something happens!

Some days you’re the bug, and some days you’re the windshield. It’s all in how one handles unexpected situations…😊

Good job and video Brother. Oh the joys of being a owner/operator/ mechanic. Like old saying goes “ if it raining, we ain’t training “ lol

That lightning strike couldn't have had better comedic timing. You're like "The rain is slowing down let me get my GoPro *instantaneous flash and crack of thunder* okay okay I get it I'll wait". 🤣

Beep beep beep damn beep sorry sorry lol! You are the man!

Good JOB Devin

Enjoy your content. I do find it strange that you do not have spare parts for your machines in your truck. These are common broken parts or maintenance items. Oh maybe a few better tools as well. But you do you 🙂

Hey Davon, enjoy your vids. I’m sure you get tons of advice, but carrying the smaller spare parts, set of good tools, & a vice could save you a few hours of time. Find out where you can get some cheaper spare parts & stockpile to have ready for repairs. Keep up the vids, lotta fun.

He wasn't kidding about Vietnam my uncle used to tell me it would start raining and it would last a month 😂

Well Done. Amazing you could keep working in such bad weather.

Go to the hardware store and perchise a set of picks that will make removing O rings easier and other various uses 😊 PS your doing a great job at fixing stuff 👍 doing is learning 😊

Never doubt trying to fixed those machines because we know you can you know to much about them put that mulcher back to work dude 😎 rain rain go away come back another day 😂

You are awesome. I always enjoy your videos

Yeah Chris does a lot by himself plus he was doing jobs with his Uncle John! That’s how he built up his company, by working the weekends on his small jobs! Right now Letsdig18 is probably burning piles of trees he’s taken down, if it’s raining in North Carolina! Chris has a Takeuchi skid steer and a Yanmar mini, he’s had good luck with both! That’s what you should think about if you ever want to replace the KOBOTA mini! I’ve seen Andrew Camarata buy used Yanmar mini’s and fixed them up and used them for years! Andrew buys all used equipment though and fixes them! The Yanmar excavator Chris bought is an amazing machine! Just saying friend, you can ask Dirt Perfect Mike about KOBOTA’s and he won’t have anything good to say about them because of his KOBOTA skid steer, he got rid of it and bought a Takeuchi skid steer! lol 😂

hello devin it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks devin friends randy

So you say you're not much of a mechanic well everybody can learn. First lesson is always wrap your Teflon tape clockwise. I know some people will say It doesn't matter but it does. Because from time to time it'll unravel when you're trying to put on a fitting depending on how sharp the threads are. It will turns into spaghetti strings.

An old plumber once told me, when using teflon tape, make sure you wrap the fitting in the same direction it turns to tighten, and never more that two wraps of tape on the fitting.

Hey, You should use a Hydraulics Coupler Break-Away fitting It comes off and prevents fluid loss and replacing hoses. most of the time. they are not too expensive. but they work I would make a cover for the Y connect with a metal cover. I use old Fire hose to cover my Hydraulic lines check local fire station you can get them from them. Zip ties hold them on. Kubota I'm not a fan they are over priced and the parts are always on B.O. or very expensive. or both. in a pinch use a palmetto leaf point slip under the O rind and lift it out. Florida Trick. Good luck

The Wood is Soft when its Wet... i dont know if it Dulls your Blades faster but thats def. the Reason. Good Video homie.

you may not be a mechanic but you making a good go at fixing it. that i love a bout people who try and do it

Le Teflon s'enroule toujours dans le sens ou l'on visse ....

great video again Sir !

Check out anaerobic thread sealant for hydraulic fittings.

Nasty weather but the show must go on 😊

I always enjoy watching your videos, thank you for sharing.

Good job 👍

Fantastisch Good work you the best friend thans te video Top men 🚚🌿🌾🚜😎😅🥤👍

Awesome job sir! Take care and I’ll see you on the next one…

Enjoyed watching the video Davin 😊

I am with him about the lighting storms being from Alabama they can get really bad here

Great job man

Great video @davin , good to see the repair in the video. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺👍

Don’t ever put Teflon on hydraulic fittings or connectors. Can damage the pump especially if it is an axial pump. Use hydraulic fitting paste.

next time see if a machined hex center nipple is available. It is a much stronger fitting .

With the weather and busted fitting you still accomplished a lot. Totally different look from the start.great video.kudos .just carry on.👍👍👍😎😎😎

Oh Devin, I feel so bad for you, with everything pouring down on you all at once. Dang nabbit! Your commentary was priceless, and OMG that Lightening was not pretty. managed to get a lot done despite all the crap that happned..

Nice work

Sorry you had mechanical AND weather issues to deal with on Friday. I am very glad that the parts weren't outrageously expensive and that you weren't hit by lightning!

Well I am eating diner watching your latest video, and laughing my head off at all your predicament. It isn’t really funny, but it is. 👍

Sorry about your bad day but first that pipe fitting is a standard fitting that you can buy anywhere that sells fittings and there is a good chance that you can buy that hydraulic quick connector at the same place way cheaper than what you paid, also when you put the tape on the threads you put it on backwards which makes it unwind when you screw it together, when you use the tape wind it on in the direction that the fitting will turn and with the roll turning the way in unrolls in the direction that is keeping tension on the tape, just trying to help as my father in law was a boilerman and probably used thousands of rolls of that stuff, good luck

Your like LT DAN when he was on Forrest’s boat in the middle of the storm 😆 LT DAN was yelling at God 😆😆 yes you’re right HE DOES KNOW WHERE YOU ARE ⛈️⚡️🤣🤣🙏🏼

Robert Frost would be very proud of your literary quotes! 😂😂

Unfortunately cutting down trees creates crazy weather .... Karma

We both have had to walk in the rain enough to be able to get out of it , Brother 😊😊😊

Sorry that you had a bad day mate but like you said it’s Friday so go home mate and enjoy your weekend now and start a fresh on Monday. The job itself is looking good though mate and will look even better I think when you finish it off on Monday. 🤙😎🇦🇺

agree with the guy about purchasing a thread sealant for hydraulic fittings. probably should checked all your lines and see if there about at there breaking point too. should keep extra fittings in your truck for just in case. long run, it will save you time and money having the parts right there. o yes, and use combo wrenches for tightening. enjoyed watching..

1st honestly, the minute lightning was in the area ya should have just said fuck it and shut down for the day and go home, sucks to do that but I have seen lightning do some bad shit and lightning can strike 10-20 miles away from the parent storm. seen trees get turned into shrapnel that embeds into concrete just from a lightning strike. also making the rest of the tree come down uncontrolled which can squash a cab like a bug. lightning direct strike on a car/truck/equipment will pretty much total the car/equipment as everything electronic in it will be dead. Lightning is just one of the things not to piss with. easy to recover from a lost day work. lot harder to recover replacing equipment and well no recover from getting a case of the deads. Other thing that amazes me about SC is I would figure about every woods job you would run into euro hornets, bald face hornets, and yellow jackets but it actually seems rare to run into. around here you would get that machine going and piss off a german yellow jacket nest.

BLESSINGS

Always put Teflon tape on clockwise so it doesn’t come loose while tightening it remember time to Teflon 18:18

Sorry about the troubles but you had me laughing.

Stop saying you're not a mechanic. You're better than you think.

Agree, only Takeuchi with an extra cooler and ASV have this figured out. Will be interested to see where ASV goes now that Yanmar owns them. It should be good. Yanmar is very experienced as a company and their stuff is really solid. Anyway, I would guess wet material mulches better because rain adds weight and mass and reduces leaves flying away from the cutter.

The water is like a lubricant and helps keep the cane grass from binding up in the cutter head

When applying teflon tape, go clockwise with the tape when looking at the end you're applying to

Your putting the tape on backwards

Have a sliding steel cover door welded to protect the connection fittings but will slide up for access.

Looks like you had a rough day there, Davin.

you need a pipe wrench and a big deep socket set

Boy got to learn sometime.

I'd put a guard around that weak point.

Don't know what expression is used in US - in Australia we would say 'wouldn't that rot your socks' re the hydraulic hose. Storm work - oh gee - lightening can be scary - sure you were safe though. Job looking good.

I think you have a little too much caffeine today, I've never heard you talk this much and, it's kind of funny. Just one of those day's I guess.

Close you flow valve off and walk it to your truck. Also I would carry another set of coupling too

makes good show to see think you !!!!!!!!!!

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Devin. The. Lord. Controls. The wheather. Not. Man. Ok God bless. You. Praying. For. You

For not being a mechanic you do alright for self you need a hydraulic male x male nipple great video thanks davon

Build a shield to go around those things so nothing hits them and breaks them again. Weld a block to the stick on either side with a threaded hole in each, bend a piece of heavy sheet metal to fit around it with holes for mounting it, paint it orange and there you go. I wouldn't care how a shield around it looked if it kept that from happening and having to spend the money and time to do it while not being paid. You keep saying "I'm not a mechanic" but you gonna learn to be while having those tractors.

Lol homie don’t play dat.

You will laugh about this day - BUT not today - LOL

You say you are not a mechanic but you have to be. Being a small business owner calling a mobile mechanic would wreck your profit margin on this job. Plus it makes you feel good.

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I would be a little salty too.

Mulching in the rain….Singing in the rain…

Getting beat by the lions is like getting beat by the browns.

The in cab commentary isn't that bad so long as you have clean windows.

Don’t you know that Politicians and weather men on the only 2 job that you don’t have to be accountable for your action or. Statements. 🤣🤣 oh go to Harbor Freight and pic you up a set of wrenches that will fit your Hyd lines

I love watching your videos. Great commentary today and your poor camera needs an inbrella ☔️

DUDE! DO YOU WANT TO GET STUCK BY LIGHTNING? I'M CONFUSED ABOUT YOUR REASONING FOR RUNNING IN A DOWNPOUR AND LIGHTNING?🤨

Break downs are a guarantee when equipment is involved. Parts have gotten ridiculous for sure. I can't believe your Kubota dealer is selling you a regular pipe nipple for that high pressure line. That's some of the reason it's breaking occasionally. Take your adapter fitting and your quick coupler to a hydraulic shop and they should be able to get you one fitting to take place of the two you have now. If not, they're at least going to give you an actual hydraulic fitting to replace the nipple. Keep up the good work and videos.

I had a great weekend , it’s Monday 😡

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😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢it's raining

The Oil is cooler!!!!!

Thursday night football shocker.... was who beat the Chiefs! Would have thot of ALL teams the 😮Lions😮!!!

It was interesting to see everything in the real world. Break downs and weather. Fun for me. Not for thee.

no it doesn t look like DV

Chiefs got beat by the lions, Oh,the shame.

NO pro football here, college football only.

Why rain? Dude, you live in Florida!!! I think you have to be in Vietnam in the 60's to speak on what it's like.

ill try again no it doesn t look like vn

I might be able to get you then parts cheaper I sell hydraulic parts an hoses for motion industries .

One, don't shit talk the Good Lord, he seems to have a better sense of humor than you. Two, get some freaking wrenches so you can do field fixes, regardless of whether you are a mechanic or not, if you fix your own stuff, you need tools to do so and a Crescent isn't good enough. I'm betting that the difference you're seeing with rain making it mulch better, may be due to the wood expanding and causing you to get more surface area mulched in one pass.

Breathe just breathe .