On to the Bucket. I carry 8' to 10', 10" diameter logs around for cutting and splitting into firewood. Get rid of the WINGS on the Bucket! They don't hold a log even with the hydraulic thumb. Take them off. Also digs better without them.
@life_score2 ай бұрын
That oughta do it!
@americansoldier77762 ай бұрын
Can you please give me the size of the hoses that you needed? I plan on getting the same hydraulic thumb. Awesome video thank you so much.
@dougadams9419Ай бұрын
My thumb came with the hoses AND the adapters.
@Gpadellaro2 ай бұрын
awesome!!!
@hawkseye172 ай бұрын
What are the measurements you used?
@ivorykeys15663 ай бұрын
I think if you watch Millennial Gardener, he sd plant herbs in individual containers around your garden & it will deter pests. Also another channel said to plant Marigolds around the garden close to plants. Pests hate the smell, yet the good pollinators love it!
@ivorykeys15663 ай бұрын
You are not really telling us anything.. what's the white powdery stuff around the plant? Did you add any more water or fertilize as I know since the plant has grown it will absorb water & require more nutrients.. please advise a little more in depth.
@dougadams94193 ай бұрын
I got it working. But they don't tell you you need to bleed the air out of the cylinder. The first time I tried it, it locked with the piston fully extended. I loosened the connectors at the cylinder and a load of fluid blew out with bubbles. I pulled the thumb back to midrange and tried again, tightened the connectors and SLOWLY opened and closed and it started cycling correctly.
@dougadams94193 ай бұрын
I unboxed the thumb and to my surprise the adapters were include to mate the Thumb hose to the QH12 hose. PERFECT!
@robertlipperd73523 ай бұрын
Oh man, just got mine yesterday, I didn't see any adapters. Don't suppose it had the sizes of the adapter listed or if you know it ?
@Firefox991gaming11 күн бұрын
@robertlipperd7352 you need an M14x1.5 male to M16x1.5 male..... I'm waiting for mine to be delivered
@dougadams94193 ай бұрын
You can replace the grease fittings with Metric zerk grease fittings. 8 X 1.0 Short. You need a 9mm. socket to remove the originals and a 10mm. to install the new ones.
@NCmtnDweller4 ай бұрын
Not sure why the Chinese mount teeth on bottom of bucket versus inside.
@NCmtnDweller4 ай бұрын
Teeth need to be mounted opposite of how they came originally !
@saralang8354 ай бұрын
What kind of pump do you use? That's a good distance. And how long does it take to fill the 275gallons?
@dougadams94194 ай бұрын
I ordered the kit on March 6th. from the link and it still hasn't shipped after 10 days. EDIT: It finally shipped on the 23rd., but no delivery date yet.EDIT: Due Friday, 3/29. EDIT: Arrived today, have not unboxed it yet. I'll work on it over the weekend.
@user-ce7io9cg6g4 ай бұрын
Where did you get the kit
@sonnykwan68454 ай бұрын
Good job with that Thumb install. Could you have posted the link that monetizes for you since it seems you're the only one I've seen do this for the ..what I call Micro excavator from Agrotk. Everyone is calling it a mini excavator, but it it really that? Seattle/Tacoma, WA
@jamesharless53575 ай бұрын
Great video!👍🏻
@tville70435 ай бұрын
I keep planning on 1 maybe 2 at my house just can't pull the trigger. Where exactly to put it ain't decided. . . so it's put off again. Thanks for the video. God Bless. NW ga.
@mikedesilets33245 ай бұрын
Can you measure the thumb ram length extended and collapsed? I'm hoping to just buy a ram and hook it on my stock mechanical thumb. Also, do you know the fitting style and size that the shop put on each end of the hose? Thank you.
@benlenders78135 ай бұрын
also curious about the cylinder bore and stroke. Thinking of the same thing because I can likely make the bolt-in adapter.
@mikedesilets332423 күн бұрын
@@benlenders7813Did you ever make your own? I went with an 8" ram. 16" extends to 24". I'm not done yet, but it looks like a shorter ram would be a better fit. Maybe a 6" (12x18)?
@bighornhd5 ай бұрын
How many hours are on your machine...thank you.
@diywithcookiepops21935 ай бұрын
Not sure really. My hour gauge was not working when I got it. But since I have replaced it. And now it has about 10 or 12 hours on the meter. But really about double that I’m guessing.
@michaelchen57425 ай бұрын
It seems that it is out of stock on Ebay. Do you know where else I can find it?
@diywithcookiepops21935 ай бұрын
I just searched mini excavator thumb and I found a few of them on eBay. 🤷🏼♂️
@michaelchen57425 ай бұрын
can you give me the link?@@diywithcookiepops2193
@75mrgr5 ай бұрын
HE DID GOOD. very helpful video. i got the thumb but my excavator from China was different . it has only one point to connect thumb (his frame has two pieces with three holes welded). i ended fabricating to pieces and welding them into the frame . it worked and i am very happy. My hoses came with the adapters already. i recommend buying the thumb and make whatever adaptation is required. Is better than buying a CAT unit or similar for a lot of money.
@chestypuller45916 ай бұрын
I was just there this past weekend. Probably the coldest week of the year. 5 inches of snow and very cold. Wife and I went down to visit friends of ours and to look at property. The roads to their rural property were all ice. Made for a fun time driving. Flew into Nashville from MD , rented a car and drove an hour and a half to their home. The rental Nissan shitbox did quite well considering. Well worth the trip because we did find property. Very excited! Enjoy the channel!!
@chestypuller45916 ай бұрын
Nice excavator and smart addition with the hydraulic thumb. You've got a great shop there as well. Saw you had a TN plate on the yellow beast. Just bought property there and cannot wait to put a house on it and move out of communist suburbia. God bless brother! Nice "Glock" art also!!
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
Hey…. Thanks for checking out the video. Sounds great!! Hope you enjoy Tennessee as much as I do. 😉👌🏻
@chestypuller45916 ай бұрын
We are looking forward to the move. Find a builder, hurry up and wait, purge stuff, load up and go. At least a year...@@diywithcookiepops2193
@David-xd1pn6 ай бұрын
I have the same excavator. Did yours come already plumbed for the hydraulic thumb?
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
Yeah… it had everything all ready to go.
@kralljazz6 ай бұрын
I fabbed a thumb for my skid loader and never use it but i have it just in case . Invest in a real machine not china crap trust me.....
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
For what I use it for. This thing is awesome. Plenty of power, digs like a beast. No need to spend more money. 😉
@robertlipperd73523 ай бұрын
Wanna take a guess where your skid loader was made ?
@-CHaPPy-6 ай бұрын
Please get an impact immediately!!!
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
I have plenty of impacts. Really no need for one on this job. Pretty basic install. No need to power your way through life all the time. 😉
@jesusvelazquez68716 ай бұрын
Where you bought it from?
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
I put a link in the description. 😉👍🏻
@thegxpguy6 ай бұрын
i ordered mine from amazon, i am suspecting its from the same supplier tbh and will ship from chicago. in the ad it states i need a forklift to unload it. did you find that to be true? was it just some guy with a utility trailer that showed up or was it a freight truck?
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
I had mine delivered to my work, came in a freight truck. The excavator was on a pallet, so I use the forklift to unload it.
@daddymuckboots6 ай бұрын
Nice tank build. Any concern for the pallet rotting and causing instability? The frame you built will last for years, but the pallet is already older and thinner.
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
Well… it’s sitting on rocks. But it might rot down the road. But it would be easy to remove or replace with something else. Overall it’s working well. 👌🏻
@chiefkyle10986 ай бұрын
Instead of buying that whole unit you could have went and bought just the cylinder and hoses from Tractor Suply.
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
Yeah… but the thumb that came on the machine isn’t that great. The new one is bigger and thicker than the original. 😉👍🏻
@JIgginCrappie6 ай бұрын
So it was already plumbed for a thumb? Just capped off? Already a hydraulic lever for the thumb?
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
Yeah everything was already there. There is a lot of other attachment you can get as well. Next I’m thinking of getting the post hole digger. 😉👍🏻
@JIgginCrappie6 ай бұрын
Yeah that would be handy@@diywithcookiepops2193
@yohon89776 ай бұрын
I'm really curious what your local hydraulic shop charged you for your two new lines with new fittings?
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
It was around $50 bucks. No to bad I thought.
@yohon89776 ай бұрын
@@diywithcookiepops2193 thank you for your quick response I agree 50 bucks to have it right is very fair. I clicked on to your link and they're sold out I'm going to attempt to buy one on another site. It looks like shipping could take up to 45 days I don't get it LOL
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
Wow!! The place I got it, I’m pretty sure shipped from Chicago. It took about a week. It’s well worth the wait. 👍🏻
@yohon89776 ай бұрын
Just a heads up the place in Chicago orders their thumbs from the same place I just ordered my new thumb. Which makes me feel better lol it's the first time I've ever used eBay.
@yohon89775 ай бұрын
Hey I got my new thumb the other day and it came with the extra correct fittings to use the hoses that came with it . Thanks again for your link appreciate it @@diywithcookiepops2193
@lanceg62826 ай бұрын
On my H12 i needed a 16mm X 1.5 MALE METRIC X 14mm X 1.5 MALE METRIC STRAIGHT to hook up the hydraulics
@robertlipperd73523 ай бұрын
excellent post
@robertlipperd73523 ай бұрын
where did you find it them ?
@lanceg62823 ай бұрын
Bosch hydraulics
@robertlipperd73523 ай бұрын
@@lanceg6282 I have already found and ordered. Thank you though.
@tonydeleo36426 ай бұрын
Hi there, any problem with the dozer blade not going high enough? Thanks Great video
@diywithcookiepops21936 ай бұрын
Yeah… it doesn’t go as high as I’d like. But you get used to it. Not to big of a problem. Thanks for checking it out. 😉
@tonydeleo36426 ай бұрын
which side of the boom is out, which is in/
@karlbutz21587 ай бұрын
What hydraulic fluid do you use?
@diywithcookiepops21937 ай бұрын
I just use the Tractor Supply fluid. Traveller 5 gal. Premium Anti-Wear Hydraulic Oil, ISO 46 www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/traveller-premium-hydraulic-oil-iso-46-5-gal-t806325
@josephmcmanamy46997 ай бұрын
Can you tell me how to get one?
@diywithcookiepops21937 ай бұрын
There’s a link in the comments.
@kupkakexo17987 ай бұрын
Just found your channel through a china excavator video that im thinking about buying. Just saw you have a tym as well, i just bought a tractor myself and in my research on brands and dealers i decided it was between tym and yanmar. I ended up choosing yanmaf becausr of dealership reviews, and the fact they have 10 year warranty. Sometimes i wish i went with tym. Like the lift capacity on yours is aboyt 1400 if i remember correctly, mine is only 1200, the biggest reason sometimes i wish i went with tym instead of yanmar, is the quick attach, i saw yanmar had quick attach, but its not the same quick attach as tym and skid steer has. You can get just about any universal quick attach front enx attachment from anywhere any brand. I can only get attachments through yanmar themselves, unleas i buy a skid steer quick tach conversion , which most tractors come with it like mahindra tym and john deere and kubota you can buy one cheap and easy, but yanmar its not very popular, so its about 1400$ to have one made. I thought about spending it but i said screw it and spent 300 bucks on clamp on debri forks and pallet forks. Than just spent the 1800 on the grapple
@diywithcookiepops21937 ай бұрын
Hey thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. Yeah I’m really impressed with the TYM. So far it’s been a great tractor. I also have the clamp on brush forks. They come in really handy for sure. Actually just today I picked up a new Box Blade can’t wait to play with that. And yeah the quick attach makes it a lot easier to find attachments. I’m sure the Yanmar is a great machine as well. Thanks again for checking out the video. 😉👍🏻
@johnpyle80276 ай бұрын
I bought my TYM T 264 two springs ago. I have the Kukje engine in mine and I love it! It's quieter than the Yanmar and at first I was cautious, but found Kukje actually made a Cummins A series and made engines for Deere starting in 1968. I actually looked at the Deere 1025 and almost pulled the trigger, but did a little research and the capacities in the TYM blew away Deere with a 7 year warranty and almost $4k less in price plus another $1000 savings because I had to go one county over to use a TYM dealer. It's about 45 minutes and I have a trailer so I am not worried. Plus the whole lawsuit about the right to repair soured me. I filled the rear tires, have a 60" woods gear drive tiller, I built pallet forks and a box blade. Building a ballast box soon. I never knew I needed to pick so many things up! @@diywithcookiepops2193
@IBkeeping7 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I used the company adapt all who has a dealer in Tennessee allied hose and belting. They will ship the adapters. Be there in 2 days.
@wilmamcdermott30657 ай бұрын
You used a diverter valve
@diywithcookiepops21937 ай бұрын
The machine was already set up with everything except for the hydraulic thumb itself.
@supernaturalbc20087 ай бұрын
Put the holes on the sides and replace the lid with something flat so the water drains off, not into it! Or seal the holes on the top. Good luck!
@paruggeri8 ай бұрын
Do you have fans to keep your engine cool
@diywithcookiepops21938 ай бұрын
I have some but haven’t installed them yet. Weather is cool right now so I’ll probably put them on in the spring. 😉
@user-ed2iv6st6z8 ай бұрын
when you install the hydraulic thumb on AGT excavator , what size end did they put on the end of the hydralic hose that goes to the excavator line.
@diywithcookiepops21938 ай бұрын
I’m really not sure. They just made them up for me. So IDK what size they are. Sorry 🤷🏼♂️
@user-ed2iv6st6z8 ай бұрын
ok THX
@Jacobhachtel7 ай бұрын
From what mine is I had to change the one end on the line to a 10mm light din fitting. Hope that helps. The line size on the ram is 8mm light din. Not sure why they made the auxiliary lines bigger. My only thought was for flow with like a auger or something that needs more gpm
@bigtxbullion8 ай бұрын
Isnt that a kick in the head with those hydraulic shops? Its like they get so offended you didnt buy a cat or JD. How dare you want to try a simple fitting solution, no way! You gotta buy our hose.
@isaccrosenthal8 ай бұрын
Why made in China?
@diywithcookiepops21938 ай бұрын
It’s Cheap!!
@adamsorell48518 ай бұрын
what about parts? i dint see anything on ebay
@diywithcookiepops21938 ай бұрын
Haven’t needed any parts yet. I’m sure they’re available. 🤷🏼♂️