HOW TO INSTALL HYDRAULIC THUMB ON EXCAVATOR CAT 307SSR

Installing a used hydraulic thumb on my cat 307SSR grey market excavator.
Using newly installed thumb to control a burn pile.

00:00 Intro
0:14:24 Tools for the Job
1:01 Removing old Thumb
5:34 Grinding off old Mount
7:15 Lifting Thumb into place
9:16 Tacking and Positioning Thumb
13:10 Welding Thumb Permanently
17:05 Talking about Hydraulic Lines
18:37 Installing New Hydraulic Lines
20:55 Testing New Thumb
25:04 Using New Thumb to maintain a burn pile
29:08 Explaining a potential problem for stuck controls
30:37 Starting Fire
32:30 Relaxing by the fire

[GMans-World]

Nice work with the new thumb, I've seen in your later videos how handy it has been.... now I know how it got there 👍

[claytongibson]

Hello, I was wondering if you'd be able to help me with which controls are for what function. We can't get the ditch articulation figured out. My step dad passed away and we are trying to fix the machine. Thank you so much if you can help.