Glad to see the 635D rocking and rolling again and I am thinking it was about 100 degrees outside during all of the repair work,,

I admire you for your restraint and class. I would have been around the moon twice by now.

Tim, I guess after all the driveline breakage on the 635d, that now you keep a couple of extra items on hand. They could build indestructible yokes and drive shafts, but something else more expensive would break. Just add that to regular maintenance at least once a year to replace yokes and drive shafts. That 635d is so powerful, capable of pulling twice as much as the other skidders, it puts enormous strain and stress on the weak links. Like you side, the yokes and drive shafts are the weak links and alot cheaper and easier to replace.

Tim that skidder has a mean growl to it could listen to that all day

logging is like farming it appears always something to fix when needed the most and never able to fix in the shop always in the Mudd and dirt keep up the good work best regards from Pennsylvania

From what I have seen, the most important person in your logging operation is not the boss. It is Jay the mechanic and fixit man. You guys better make sure to treat him like a king. And keep some cardboard for him to lay on instead of dirt.

my dad is a 37 yr old iron worker (local 17, cleveland ohio) i started a tree business which is obviously not as big of an operation of what you have, but whenever i had a bad day or the chipper was down or skid steer was down he always said " it either gets better or gets worse" and ssid it with a grin on his face lol stay safe out there!!!

Jay's "The Man" and as for UPS they trully need a better system,instead of passing the buck.or droppin the ball.. .Glad to see you all producing again..BSafe and kick butt..

Hey Cotontop, thanks for another great video. I live 30 minutes away from the Woodstock, Ontario Ticat plant where they make those monsters.

Somedays patience is hard to come by. Good Job.

Bobby Goodson probably had what you needed. LOL

Well done, smiling at the end, I can't believe you were considering using a "bleeper" with that nice old fella, your Dad.

you are correct about it is all brands of machines it took cat 20 working days to get parts for a rear end and get it back going but they were generous enough to bring us a loaner to get by on

Thanks for taking time out of your busy life to post all the videos you do THANKS

Around here if we want it next day Fed-X Is the only way. Pick up some CDX plywood & cut the sheet in half 4*4 , then cut other half in to 2-2*4 pieces take a 1-1/2 hole saw, bout in center 3 inches from the side. Space two hole out 5 inches, cut piece in between with saber saw for hand holes. Do on the ends of 2*4 sheet both, On 4*4 do all sides, then sand edges till smooth. Then get white or light color oil base paint, give two generous coats , especially the edges. The light paint will get dirty, but helps show up parts, second does not get hot. Three can get oily n wet n just wipe off. Last good long time. Makes it nice for mechanics. With the paint , no splinters , easy to slide on. Keeps you out of dirt ,mud . Makes life really nice 40$ well spent per truck . Just a idea.

i'm telling you man that thing breaths fire and looks soo good doing it i recently subscribed to your channel i can tell i'm gonna love these videos but its good to see the beast back up and running keep safe and let her eat

maybe worth looking into a drive line fuse like some big rigs use, sacrificial bolts break no driveline damage

Reminds me of... Mike Rowe's, Dirty Jobs... Laying in the dirt holding the panel with your foot trying to start the bolt. Good stuff.

I can't describe in words how you must've felt. I'm in industrial sales and can relate to your aggravation with UPS not delivering on time. Seems like when you're in desperate need of parts you get "snake bit". Not once but three times! Wow! BTW your Dad is a man after my own heart, always wearing his Keys Brand overalls.

Man getting parts for anything anymore is a pain. I own and operate my semi and the break downs don't hurt its always the waiting for parts that really pours the salt in the wound. Keep your head up you'll bounce back.

it's funny you're having issues with ups, up here where i am fed-ex is about as handy as handing my dog a box and telling her to get it somewhere. i've had boxes go to as far away as texas and say it was at my shop in NEPA..... stuff in ny and the driver swears on the phone its on my porch. ups is always spot on for me and stuff is rarely even showing marks on the box. and that mechanic is a good man! right in the dirt gettin it done and not one complaint

That vehicle reminds me of the rover in the Martian. Cool looking machine. Glad you got her going again. The old girl deserves it after what she's been through.

THE JOYS OF LOGGING

Those new CATERPILLAR skidded are pretty nice!

Next time, I think I would drive out to get the part myself!

Atleast no one was seriously injured, you can replace machines, but you can’t replace people!

I watched this video like twice, i love these videos like this especially the mechanical videos

Can't imagine what it's gotten like this past 2 years... need 2 of everything and an in house mechanic

You get dirty the same way we do over here! Same problems with gear and the frieght system! Cheers

good Ole Jay saves the day again way to jump under that Ole girl to help him Tim! That's just what keeps this Ole boy subscribed to your Chan pard! hats off to ya! and UPS SUCKS!!! Here to pard

Precision Driveline Glasgow Kentucky, Adam is a drive line wizard might be a good number to have!

l know the feeling on parts . UPS sent some of my parts i had ordered on a several days trip that should have only takin a day or two to get them . i ordered a o ring for lawn mower carb a week ago still waiting on it today . gotta love it . (NNNOOOTTT ) Hope u have a great weekend to relax and unwind from ur week .

We had a 630 that kept going thru same problems. Either universal or yoke breaks. Backing it down would help but it's a tiger cat issue. If it's a weak link than they should have plenty on hand. Glad u got it

I bet he is happy to be back in the beast again

I don't know how hot it was in August there but during my years of owning construction equipment, I've noticed when the ambient temperature gets 95* things just start going wrong....hoses, elect., gauges, mechanical, etc. Thanks for the video. ....13

Start in the middle when you're tighten Down A plate Start & tighten 1/2 then full No warping Just Old, Fix IT Here ....Good Video & Thank You It is So Nice For Me To Be On The Job With YOU

you just can't beat a good mechanic. I see logging can be just as frustrating as farming when it comes to getting parts. nice video glad to see that beast moving again.

man when it rains it sure pours i tell you what. hate hearing ups was screwing you guys around, hopefully they can get their head outta somewhere. mad mad props to jay i believe his name is, he knows his stuff and never leaves the site without getting dirty lol jumps right in lol

You can run any color of equipment but they all get problems and that's when people like Jay show that they are the backbone behind a successful company. Glad it got sorted, I could feel your frustration Tim.

atleast you will have another shaft on the shelf in the shop waiting for the next go around. since it seems to be a common problem with that drive train i'd keep replacement parts laying on the shelf just for that occasion. i imagine keeping those parts stocked would be cheaper then lost production at this point.

Yep, I can believe several got destroyed in transit. I worked many years on a freight dock. A lot of people hired were low paid. A lot of damage can be done by a forklift operator that doesn't care. There was a saying amongst some "It's not going to my house." That attitude always disgusted me. Our larger partner ABF would send us lots of tore up freight. Seems the bigger you are, the bigger the problem. Tim, I'm sorry their poor work ethic or handling skills cost your company money. Glad you finally got that monster going again.

Yep, pulled the big extensions off ours

Well Tim looks like you have been waiting on that Machine but there coming together now take care Napa Mike

some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints... I know the feeling Tim, was sure nice to hear that Cummins bellaring death and destruction to trees and branches everywhere! hahaha

Just made a new drive shaft for our one did the same thing 2 weeks ago

You need to get a retired guy lined up to make emergency runs for you. Stuff him in a company truck , pay him $35 per hour, and tell him fast but legal. You'll be money ahead at the end of the week.

Stay strong Brother. This too shall pass. It may pass like a kidney stone but it will pass.

We had the parking brake problem on our 648 that we use to have . U might be on a hill side in a brush pill and 1/4 mile from the deck and have to hike tools back and forth lol logging definitely has its ups and downs

Momma said they'ed be days like this,she just didn't say they'ed be so many of them. UPS is just another company that isn't what it used to be.I'm waiting on a damage claim from them going on four weeks right now.I lost nearly three days of work last week sorting out problems that were caused by two things which sadly are common in our country today-people who lie and people who just do not do their job. I've built quite a few of those driveshafts over the years.Usually the Spicer/Dana part numbers are right on the parts,I order mine through a local driveline shop and use hydraulic cylinder barrel tubing for the shafts.As long as you keep the yoke and splines timed it's not that bad.I have changed those wing type yokes in less than an hour.I have also taken broken yokes like yours,removed the mating flange off the xfer case and used it as a welding jig to weld the broken yoke back together.I bevel them out 100% and preheat to 250-300* and then use either ER70S6 wire or 7018 lowhi stick.Just watch there isn't any undercut and you're golden. It's not a perfect fix,but will run till the parts show up. Good luck and keep your chin up!

Everything you've said makes sense, and I'm going to assume you've done a cost/ benefit breakdown on keeping a complete spare driveshaft assembly (yokes, joints, shaft,slip joint and any steady bearings)on hand. Especially as it does seem to be engineered as the torque limiting component. We do the same thing at my concrete plant "ie drum rollers, PTO shafts"but some parts are just too expensive to have laying around.

To bad about UPS.... Hope they get their stuff together ....!!

I bet Chad was happier than a tick on a hound dog

man your videos are awesome

Our 620 shears the yolk bolts on the front of the front drive line every few month's. Backing up to a steep pile is what seems to do it.

Good to the 635 running again . Make sure you don't pay the shipping on that drive shaft , they should be paying you down time

you said it best ....the best machine is one you can get parts for to get back up when its broke because no matter what make or model...they all will break sometime or another.....i think spare deiveline parts for that beast sounds like a pricey..cheap...insurance policy if you catch my drift...

I have had tons of dealing with brown and i agree with you they suck .They stress there people to push out the packages at any cost and things happen.And it cost us all money

Geez! And I thought my week was bad! On the off chance that this happens again I have heard of a technique that could help. Here's how it works: First you find a trail that is as short as feasibly possible. Next you would use your second processor to delimb and top the trees in the woods and then shovel with the processor to the deck. I know shovel logging isn't ideal but the upside is the tracked processor can keep the flow of wood moving. I have only heard about this so don't shoot the messenger.

Tim it's not just ups ,tigercat or Deere have the same trouble with link belt thunderbird and maxillofacial around here once the sale is made and the salesman has his commission then you're call go to voice mail and there's no way he will go out to the shop to see if they have a part will wait for the shop crew to get back and better hope it's not a three day weekend .290 lbx in real bad shape keep her in you're prayers and stay safe get logs

i have had weeks like that man if it ant one thing its anther. seem like everything just keep building up and you wonder if it will ever let up. and being form Mississippi myself all i could think of is i bet he glad there they not fire ants around.

That 635 sounds freakin' mean!

Are yokes and drive shafts failing because of diff lock use on high traction ground? just a thought... I'm sure you have considered that.

Great video. finally some level headedness when it comes to brand loyalty. I do a lot of post logging clean up. few of the guys up here are running feller butchers, skidders.... they are done for the season and they lost more money than any one should. Another company runs 8x8 dangle heads and fwd'ers and they are still logging. High mtns of colorado. their equipment is down less and they spend far less on building roads and landings and end up moving more loads with less effort? Respectfully How come you guys run the equipment you do?

sounds like you was having one of our weeks here I just grabbed a tree and started pulling it to me and a guess a stick hit one of the fitting on the rotating motor and broke it off but like you said that's logging even the best will brake down

I have ran a 620d for the last 2 years and I bust a u-joint about every 3-4 months. they said almost what you did, to lighten the loads. I think tigercat could do some beefing up to the drive line.

I worked at dealerships and parts is always are a problem waiting or getting wrong part we would have to take it of new equipment to get it out of shop.Sould not be like that.

Ups insurance is a scam. No matter if you pay for insurance or not they will not pay a damage claim. It can be their fault damaging the package but it is always the customers fault. So we stopped putting insurance on everything, let me tell you our fruit cost have went down considerable. Good video I was getting steamed right along with you.

I feel your anger, found out i can't get any parts for the diahatsu motor in my stump grinder since they no longer ship or sell to the US due to the EPA restrictions. Guess I have to customize it and add a motor of my choice if it will fit or buy a new machine...

I'm not taking up for UPS but here in the rural parts of Georgia, they are far better than FedEx. Still makes you wonder "What can brown do for you?"

ups is something else. We got a hot semen shipper delivered from them. They had even broken the protective carrier and the nitrogen leaked out of the tank inside. Sorry about that is what we got. Glad you're running again.

Looks like it'll be a rough day all week long. Dang it!

Honestly, I request Fed Ex on any shipments that gives me a choice between Ups and FedEx. I’ve never had an issue in anyway using FedEx, ever.

call a powertrain place and find bigger yokes and have a custom drive shaft made. that is a small drive shaft for the load and the size of the machine

I work for deer and I got to tell you AR parts department is embarrassing it's just a big fancy sticker on and some ugly green paint bottom line is when you pull the oil plug they all bleed black. I proudly where am I IH hat everyday Wherever I Go John Deere is just a name it's just like my brother always bragging about his I can hardly hear you Davidson then b******when they overpriced underrated POS breaks down and it takes the dealer way too much time to get overpriced parts from f******Asia thanks for sharing this bud I hope things turn around for you

Frankly, I have watched many of your videos.

That was a great video.

if it ain't one thing it's another

Nice videos I really like it

You ain't the only ones that have been getting the run around from UPS. I told Dothan Powersports to just let me pick my stuff up from now on or ship it FedEx. UPS has delivered to this address for 34 years now and missed aa ship date twice. Their excuse was the address wasn't on record and I needed to call to verify the address. I did and they still were two days later. That put me 3 days on an overnight delivery twice. Six days to get a part the was special ordered and paid in advance. The pubic service aspect of UPS is right up there with McDonalds now........................

I had a John Deere 1600 wing mower and the hydraulic tank had a leak. They sent me another one from the factory through UPS and they crushed 4 tanks not one but 4. So that shows you that they don't care about the cargo that they are hauling for you.

man that skidder sounds like a beast

Cotontop I've had same problem, I ordered a small compressor ups delivered it look like the played a foot ball game with it box all tore up but it was alright inside.

Could Tigercat find you a super heavy duty wireless load cell to put on the TC 635D grapple so the operator knows how much wood they have picked up? (e.g Intermercato-intelweigh, John Deere etc) Traction assist the loaded up 635D up some of those steep pitches/ inclines where the tires skid too much with a hydraulic ship cable winch on the back of the yellow JD excavator, or put a blade on the back of the JD 548 with a big winch (similar to the Hass 548 set up) Figure out some type of auto cable pick up and release. Put a hydraulic T bar on a pickup to reach under the skidder to help release and put back the belly plates?

19:30 20:06 Cross threads better than no threads. :D

Nothing like have a few extra parts on hand.

ups has really been messing up lately. not sure what's going on but I'm thinking about going to news media about the problems going on. some of it is un caring drivers

I'm not defending UPS by any means. Parts that are believed to have bearings in them. Can have big time issues with border crossings from Canada.

They don't one day deliver on Saturday! I live nearly next door to a UPS center .

tim I totally see your view the dark (side ) I broke u joint on tridrive 64 ton on a hill in 2 gear 4 hours in the bush $$$$$$$$$. and lost loads we swallow this and the mills or Home Depot lumber prices can't repay this I now shy from 4 hour bush runs !!!

Send UPS a bill for down time on the 635, that might buck up there ideas a little! Scotland

that's a caterpillar drive shaft I bet if you talked to a good cat mechanic they might be able to tell you a part number to order one from cat if it gives you trouble again

Maybe its time for another large skidder .

like my father is fond of saying. if it's yellow, it's gonna take a lot of green to fix it. I like to say, If it's got tits or tires it's gonna give you trouble.

Ever think about getting another 635 if it is so important? Then you would have a backup, or run two at a time.

Anytime I've used UPS next day air, its been 3-5 days. 2 day has always been 4-5 days. Thats business days. I've moved away from UPS when I have a choice. They're always my third choice now.

the big question is why does it eat yokes and drivelines? better check the diff for metal

Tim you need two things, a better driveline shop, and a John Deere...

Sometimes you have those days dealing with 3rd parties where you dont know whether to choke them, beat them senseless or cry. Thats the ugly truth of having your own business sometimes. You were loosing money hand over fist and they wanted to play "Find your Freight" tag with you. Sorry that UPS threw you for a loop but glad you stopped the proverbial bleeding of money

yes I would tell them what they could do with their freight charges,man that's just crazy

Swainsboro Georgia!!!!!!!!