Super Duty John
Charter Member
I've been considering selling my Yanmar B-2 and up grade up a weight class (7,000# to 10,000#) and go with a Cat.
Any life experiences?
Any life experiences?
Boy that Volvo looks nice!, do you have AC in that cab? I'm getting tired of open cabsOriginally posted by dozerman
Paul,
Yeah, I know what you mean. Mine went off at about 300hrs on a clearing job. I lifted the offending side with the bucket, made slack and used the thumb and a 4'x6" log to guild the track back on the sprocket as I turned the travel sprocket.
Now the tention gets checked every 50 hrs. No problem.
Did you hear the EC-55B is available? I am told it has a few more bells and whistles, but most needed is foot control to travel in BOTH directions. They tell me I can get the parts to do that to mine.
Later-Brad
Yes, for the two days a year we need it. The yellow jackets get pretty mad trying to get in.Originally posted by Super Duty John
Boy that Volvo looks nice!, do you have AC in that cab? I'm getting tired of open cabs
I bought a JD 50D. It has a full cab w/ a/c and heat. It is a zero turn machine. it has a manual q/c on it. The best part of the couple that I like is that it doen't change the geometry of the bucket. I have a vib plate compactor, a 36" smooth bucket, a 24" toothed bucket, hyd thumb, and a hyd breaker. The excavator just sips fuel. I feel that I would buy this machine again. I have run an Kubota KH 161-2. It was a good machine but very crude, and the lift capacity was week. I have also run the Komatsu 35. Not a bad machine but I like the advancements in the JD such as the auto idle and the q/c