I Bought a Very Broken Forklift
Added 2024-12-21 04:58:30 +0000 UTCAnd then I fixed it!
I need some help with a title for this video. There are too many options.
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I don't know why, but this video with your dad, and the old old one with your brother and the old crawler are really special, I don't really know why there are millions of people starting up old equipment and it's got boring. I think it's the shuttle interaction with your dad and bro with the old iron that is special.
drift run
2025-01-14 14:07:40 +0000 UTCEven the Blind Dog.... :)
John Gislason
2024-12-30 16:47:49 +0000 UTCHave a great holiday.
Sam Ellison
2024-12-23 05:00:19 +0000 UTCWow! Best project yet! Well, played, sir! Nothing succeeds like success.
Michael S Wilhelm
2024-12-23 02:15:11 +0000 UTCHuh.... I need a 7 ton fork lift!!!! Also look at the shyster on that hyster 😁. Sorry buddy
Stevie Bboy
2024-12-22 22:04:42 +0000 UTCF**ked Forklift Fixed!
Reese
2024-12-22 15:19:56 +0000 UTCThe indignity thrust upon that poor Volkswagen being used as a test weight. Lol.
K H
2024-12-22 15:13:42 +0000 UTCGreat score with the forklift Wes, it has to happen occasionally! Merry Christmas to you and yours.
David Yates
2024-12-22 08:09:22 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas Wes
Dave
2024-12-22 03:03:11 +0000 UTCMan, that is an awesome score! It doesn't happen often for most of us, but it's pretty nice to save something from the scrapper *and* is an inexpensive fix.
Keith Mezzina
2024-12-22 02:01:29 +0000 UTCWes I use the gorilla super glue in the squeeze bottle a bit bigger than a eye drop bottle. It has blue grips on it. I use it to do the same oring repair on low pressure o rings. The bonus I can get a year put of the bottle without it clogging tips and drying up. Clean razor cut. Brake clean the joints and glue.
Kris Franklin
2024-12-22 01:16:16 +0000 UTCcan it make any down force with the forks? enough to get some blocks under the drive wheels?
Kate Cole
2024-12-22 00:32:16 +0000 UTCWes, it's come full circle for you and I. Many years ago, I was working on a slightly older 12K Hyster similar to yours here, repairing a busted Continental flathead 6 gasser (also got for scrap price). Your videos on the 4 cylinder engine you were working on (very similar) is how I discovered you and have been a fan ever since. This was I think pretty early in your youtube career. I learned a few tricks about these engines from you, and we did get that thing running pretty sweet, and still use it today. We also had to rebuild the side-shift cylinder on ours. They take a beating I think because they are out in the weather. Pretty easy stuff to fix as long as it's serviceable (ours was). Be glad the brakes worked on yours.... the hydroboost system they use is pretty wonky. Anyways, it's fun to see you get something similar and post a few videos. Happy Holidays to you and the family. Looking forward to what's coming in 2025. Dan
Dan Martin
2024-12-21 23:37:07 +0000 UTCIt kind of looks like you have a portable vehicle lift now, provided you can brace it when a vehicle is up in the air!
South Street Barbecue
2024-12-21 23:33:27 +0000 UTCSuggestion... a t-shirt.. 'The bunny Lives!'
Hamish van Groeneveld
2024-12-21 22:16:01 +0000 UTCI am betting that Wes could fab up a pretty decent drivers door and take advantage of that cab heater. Does it have mirrors? Forgot to check….
Jeff Chandler
2024-12-21 22:06:54 +0000 UTCDeal of the decade—awesome purchase—Merry Christmas!
Virtue Streams
2024-12-21 21:50:56 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas Wes and Mrs Wes and little Wes
David Baldwin
2024-12-21 20:52:01 +0000 UTCAlso, I'm proud to support the creation of frivolous content. That's the best kind. Merry Christmas, Wes (and Mrs. Wes).
Bill
2024-12-21 20:51:43 +0000 UTCShould be an equal match 🤞
Colin McElduff
2024-12-21 20:40:26 +0000 UTCThey never fail to always fail.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 20:40:22 +0000 UTCLOL!
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 20:39:17 +0000 UTC"get forked"
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 20:38:00 +0000 UTCI'll have to pull it with the Oliver.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 20:37:09 +0000 UTCA Kubota like the one in my skid steer would be great. I might start looking for a spare just in case.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 20:36:39 +0000 UTCWife was not impressed.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 20:35:00 +0000 UTCOK - that is a true B.U.F.F. 🙌
James Riordan
2024-12-21 20:27:25 +0000 UTCYour excitement at the end of the video when you got it running for under $10 was actually palpable. It's great to have wins like this once in a while! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wes!
Chris Freemesser
2024-12-21 20:15:45 +0000 UTCI vote for more dramatic recreations
Bill
2024-12-21 20:07:28 +0000 UTCThe front glass may need some "headlight restorer" to get it to clear up. Made me wonder, early on, what a good replacement diesel might be, and I'm not sure that Onana or Izusu would fit the Perkins footprint. But, all's well in the end (barring being in the mud--mind, with all that filthy white stuff on the ground . . .). Merry Christmas from Texas where it's 50°F on the Solstice, and the only snee around comes in a can. :-)
CapnMac82
2024-12-21 19:39:50 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas Wes and family, thanks for another year of great content!, hopefully you get it back into garage, Best wishes for 2025!
Colin McElduff
2024-12-21 19:35:28 +0000 UTCIf its Big and Ugly...it must be Bugly
Bill Rutherford
2024-12-21 18:27:16 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas Wes!!
Russ Wideman
2024-12-21 18:01:29 +0000 UTCKeep it Simple: Saved from the Scrapyard: Will it run and lift a a VW Golf?
Jeff Richardson
2024-12-21 17:15:31 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas to you and your family! Thanks for a year of great videos!
Rich Wielechowski
2024-12-21 17:08:43 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas! Great episode!
Michael Belt
2024-12-21 16:57:24 +0000 UTCTitle: Forky is trash?
TJ Miller
2024-12-21 16:46:32 +0000 UTCMerry christmas Wes we used to call them shysters not as good as the climax but i'm biased
brian cook
2024-12-21 16:32:33 +0000 UTCJerry Lee Lewis there's a whole lot of shakin' goin' on. Good thing you checked the run out.
Terry Kasprzyk
2024-12-21 16:15:01 +0000 UTCWes Wins One! Congrats!
David G King
2024-12-21 16:08:47 +0000 UTCwow, what a score!
GoatBreath
2024-12-21 16:03:21 +0000 UTC"Ho ho?.... oh no....."
nevermind_za
2024-12-21 16:02:58 +0000 UTCCan’t think of a title but a theme song came to mind. Love lift us up where we belong Where the eagles cry On a mountain high Love lift us up where we belong Far from the world we know Where the clear winds blow. Thanks for the video. Merry Christmas to you and the family.
scottgm321
2024-12-21 15:13:19 +0000 UTCJunk moving junk
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:56:08 +0000 UTCSome of the “oh baby”, heavy breathing and grunting make this a video for mature viewers
Tom Hollowell
2024-12-21 14:55:53 +0000 UTCI think part of it was a burr on the crankshaft that I missed. But, I wonder if the runout was part of why the bolts broke.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:55:31 +0000 UTCRight. WiFi Flywheel.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:54:34 +0000 UTCThere's plenty to come!
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:54:22 +0000 UTCThat goes way, way back. Those first ugly forklift videos must have been 7 years ago.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:53:48 +0000 UTCIt does have side shift. If you are clever with some blocks, you can use it to shift the forks. It might need some grease first.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:52:58 +0000 UTCDo they still make engines there? I know Cat bought them. Usually that's a good way to ruin a company.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:51:54 +0000 UTCMight have to wait for some warmer weather.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:51:06 +0000 UTC"one day, I may buy something that actually works" Now, what would be the fun in that? "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Hyster!"???
Sammy Fender
2024-12-21 14:50:53 +0000 UTCI should. My DSLR never messes up. The GoPro, well...
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:50:46 +0000 UTCSomething like that!
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:49:53 +0000 UTCWeird. I know the Detroits are fussy about flywheel mounting. You have to use their special grease on the bolts.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:49:38 +0000 UTCThe guy I got it from said he had it sold for $6500 before it broke.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:48:40 +0000 UTCHe loves raising himself on the jack.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:48:02 +0000 UTCI know. It's weird.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:47:31 +0000 UTCI put everyone to work who happen to stop by. The neighbor, my gypsy carpenter, even the wife and kid.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:47:05 +0000 UTCThis one had a center divider, so it might be tough.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:46:24 +0000 UTCIt should be a handy tool.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:45:41 +0000 UTCIt does a good job at that for sure!
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:45:16 +0000 UTCI found it a few years ago at a local farm supply store. It's a German toy (Linde is a German forklift brand).
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 14:44:51 +0000 UTCThank you for the hours of entertainment you have provided us. And merry Christmas to you and your family.
Brien Devine
2024-12-21 14:15:10 +0000 UTCI was going to say "That's the first time I've seen an easyout actually work", and then you said it for me. Happy Christmas!
Peter Facey
2024-12-21 14:06:59 +0000 UTCI didn't know that you can buy toy forklifts!
Sue Rollinson
2024-12-21 14:06:18 +0000 UTCUsing an easy out or left hand drill bit doesn't get any better than that. I have never had any luck with super glue the only thing I stick with it is my skin. I guess it was designed to do that.Merry Christmas to you and the family.
Eric Corse
2024-12-21 13:42:43 +0000 UTCWatching the forklift back in with the Golf reminded me of a predator dragging its prey into its lair!
Anthony deFreitas
2024-12-21 13:40:47 +0000 UTCWatch Wes Lift
Steve Reese
2024-12-21 13:03:32 +0000 UTCNot frivolous, money in the bank.
Adrian Gadd
2024-12-21 12:44:03 +0000 UTCWhat a win! As a thought: On my lift, the dual extending arms actually touch when I turn them inwards and they do cherry picker things on occasion.
Anditainment
2024-12-21 11:23:26 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas and Happy New Year. I'm glad to see you got some help on some of the heavy lifting. My dad was a former WWII Royal Canadian Engineer and could do amazing things himself, but every once in a while, a second set of muscles was handy. I think your skill set is amazing: carpentry, mechanical, electronic & video production. A modern Renaissance man.
Russell Middleton
2024-12-21 11:03:37 +0000 UTCName of the video is easy: Big. Forkin’. Lift. Proceed.
Blake Field
2024-12-21 10:49:53 +0000 UTCIt looks like a very handy forklift. You won the lottery on this one. And working brakes! its like a fairytale.
tommy bengtsson
2024-12-21 10:32:29 +0000 UTCI echo your 4 x Cool! The appearance of brake cleaner at @24:05 deserves a shout out from Rain Man Ray and from Eric O. Your trouble shooting and repair work were great. It's nice seeing your family and especially you son who's "coning up in the world" on a floor jack. I wish a God-blessed Merry Christmas to all and to all a Happy 2025.
Jeffry Blackmon
2024-12-21 10:29:07 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas, the smiles you supply are worth every £
Tim Allan
2024-12-21 10:10:23 +0000 UTCSo good to hear you laugh and see you so happy! I would not describe this as a “frivolous” project. That forklift will be a very useful item to support other projects and I’m pretty sure you can sell it one day for significantly more than you paid. Thank you for the video and wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Jeff Chandler
2024-12-21 09:12:04 +0000 UTCBack in the day we had new flywheel bolts shear off on a Detroit engine. Bogus bolts. The foreman reinstalled the flywheel with the old bolts. No further problem. In the 80's bogus motor mount bolts on a new Pete popped the heads off the bellhousing.
Roger Howell
2024-12-21 08:30:35 +0000 UTCMerry Christmas Wes! Thanks for all your work this year.
Noah
2024-12-21 08:29:58 +0000 UTCSpanners Wes.
Roger Howell
2024-12-21 08:22:53 +0000 UTCGet rid of the Gopro and go to a DJI action cam..........they work much better.
Dennis Lesh
2024-12-21 08:03:03 +0000 UTC"Clutch Play: Scoring a Scrapped Forklift"
Marshall
2024-12-21 07:31:03 +0000 UTCDegrease and a coat of pain - beautiful
James Allen
2024-12-21 07:27:26 +0000 UTCHappy Christmas to you and all the family Wes, thanks for all the excellent videos this year. I live about 20 miles from the Perkins factory in the UK so if I can be of help with locating or shipping parts in the future don't hesitate to ask. As for the title, perhaps something a la B-52 nickname (BUFF) based, Big Ugly Failing Forklift, Big Ugly Forklift Flywheel or Big Ugly Fantastic Forklift?
Max Chaplin
2024-12-21 07:20:16 +0000 UTCI think that is just the cutest little cab. Love those 7t Hysters, but shame it doesn't have power shift for those class 4 forks. Love the videos! Have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Micah Bottomley
2024-12-21 07:00:35 +0000 UTCVideo could be called “I Bought a Bigger, Uglier Forklift” as an homage to the classic Big Ugly Forklift series. Even for viewers who haven’t seen that series, this title would still work since you open the video by expressing your need for a bigger forklift.
Carson Zimmerman
2024-12-21 06:53:27 +0000 UTC"You load 11-teen tons, what do you get?"
Marshall
2024-12-21 06:35:15 +0000 UTCJust what the Doctor order.... and no broken digits . Nice fix Wes.
Jon Koferl
2024-12-21 06:32:40 +0000 UTCHmm. Heck with Sanford and Son - really date myself with the British original show - Steptoe and Son!
Patrick Hathaway
2024-12-21 06:26:27 +0000 UTCGreat video. Merry Christmas. Looking forward to more WWW wit and wisdom!
Patrick Hathaway
2024-12-21 06:23:03 +0000 UTCFlywheel. Connection not found, Bluetooth transmission, or some wireless pun
Corey Brabant
2024-12-21 05:57:18 +0000 UTCGreat video and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.
John OBrien
2024-12-21 05:54:42 +0000 UTCNo kidding, local guy was in the shop literally today to get a Rockford twin disk adjustment collar faced on a rebuild, said they got a flywheel from an outfit in Texas, said the casting looked lousy and it was a 1/16" out, just like yours. must have been a bad batch from the big rock candy mountain. and stellar score on the shyster!
Greg
2024-12-21 05:42:46 +0000 UTCLong before my time.
Watch Wes Work
2024-12-21 05:34:04 +0000 UTCHow about, I bought a Big Broken (Ugly) Forklift and fixed it.
TheOnespeedbiker
2024-12-21 05:31:22 +0000 UTCFrom broken ugly, to just ugly. By the way, i see nothing ugly.
Theo R.
2024-12-21 05:29:45 +0000 UTCProblem is your really dating yourself; you'd have to be a Boomer to even know who Fred and Lamont were, meaning Wes probably doesn't. But you're right it would have been right at home in their junk yard.
TheOnespeedbiker
2024-12-21 05:27:39 +0000 UTCA picture is worth a thousand words, so 'See-No-Evil-Monkey 🙈' immediately came to mind. 😊 ..... Perhaps 'This Video Sponsored by Sanford and Son" ... Thanks for the video... I will give a title some more thought. #WesForTheW
Marshall
2024-12-21 05:22:42 +0000 UTCUgly Betty is Pushing Iron!
Terry Lawrence
2024-12-21 05:09:59 +0000 UTC
