bigboytoy
Well-Known Member
I am borrowing a friends 2001 jlg450 with 2900hrs on it. from my experience with these lifts I notice it has no drive power on soft ground. I am only sinking maybe an 3/4 of an inch into sod, no mud, no wheel spin. when the boom is lowered it kicks it up into high gear and idle like it should but it just moves normal...I have used these machines and a good machine will just about throw you out of the basket it jumps so much. the second clue is I am trimming a tree on level ground but soft so I realize it will only creep but instead it won't move. Other functions like lift and extend, travel at normal speeds...my guess is rebuild hydraulic drive motors? any advice for my friends JLG 450....till I get the tree trimmed I think I will trip the boom switch because it is so tame.