Purchased a Hydraulic Thumb!!! || Installing it on The Link Belt 210 Excavator

We purchased and installed a Gentec Hydraulic Thumb on our link belt 210 excavator. I take you through the whole process from washing the machine before beginning the install to the finishing touches and trials at the end once the hydraulic thumb was installed. Also show where we had issues and where we prevented them.

[richardnott]

So was it already plumbed just never hooked up? Or did you have to plumb it also.

[renesolaire]

Unfortunately the thumb is not on the bucket pin so it’s picking range is limited to stick mid distance. I totally modified mine and now it works on the bucket pin, that’s so much better, now I can pick at any position. But this have a problem, it does not open fully, leave an angle so when working with bucket with arm very extended, the thumb will touch the ground. Looks like there is no way to have this working perfectly without a connecting rod similar to bucket’s.

[DieselandIron]

Nice! You guys are movin' up in the world with your thumbs and fancy hydraulics!

[larryjones]

We have a 210 lx very similar to yours and i just found this video. I have been considering putting a thumb on ours and thought I'd ask now that youve had it on for a while how it works out for you. I've often wondered if it would get in the way digging and loading dirt, or if it is much of an issue to remove the hydraulic and maybe fab a pin to hold it against the arm close for times between jobs where you don't need it. I have seen stationary thumbs that although are not as handy as hydraulic could be moved this way and pinned back against the arm when not in use and i did see this as a plus although not as convinient as a fully hydraulic unit. I guess my question is does it get in the way on other applications?

[toddcote]

It's faster than the other hydraulics because the piston is a smaller diameter than the others.

How's it been working for you? Have you bent the thumb piston?

[joelgaray]

Great video sir. I was wandering what weld process was used to weld the thumb on? I have a potential customer wanting me to do a similar job for him. Also approximately how much did he charge for the welding job?

[scruffy]

Looks good with the hydraulic thumb. You will get better at operating it as time goes by.

[ronnieletchworth]

You guys just F. Up that boom All that heat he put on there to cut that Existing rack of pin placement holes that you could have used. Your boom will start cracking in the near future future

[marianoturnquest]

Nice thumb. I'v never been on an excavator with a hydraulic thumb. In The bahamas those things are taboo 🤣 we have a manual thumb for our 320 excavator but the bin broke last year so i'm just back to picking things up with the bucket. A thumb makes a huge diffrence but i still like the fact that i can pick up anything with my bucket like an O.G 😎💪

[gibsonlandscapeconstructio]

Nice🤙 I had the same style thumb on my Takeuchi👍
Having a thumb makes a big difference👍
Your going to love it🤙
How did you like cross country skiing?
Great video Andrew🤙🤙

[foxz]

So what made you choose this brand of thumb?