Hey guys! How am I doing here?
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I took delivery of the 963 last Wednesday afternoon, and got her hung up Wednesday evening.. You guys weren’t kidding that these things get hung up easily! And maybe more-so what I didn’t realize, is that it doesn’t help itself out of a sticky situation like the ol backhoe does..
I was basically driving around, getting the hang of the thing, and decided to go down a small incline to push some trunks around a little. Apparently hit a wet spot, and when I tried to reverse up the hill, I sunk instead. Should have stopped there and waited a couple days for it to dry, but I got impatient. 4 full evenings of working at it later, I got the damn thing out tonight..
Few questions for you all, now that I’ve had some time to operate the machine.
- It pulls left when going forward, pretty noticeably. I think I read there’s an adjustment for the motors somewhere? I’ll share the serial number plate in the next post - think I can only share 4 photos at a time here.
- When reversing and rotating counter-clockwise, so using the right brake, it seems to be weak. Doesn’t turn nearly as well as the other direction. Maybe related to above?
- After warmed up, when I idle it down, it has low oil pressure and the light and warning buzzer come on. How concerning is this? Anything to check, or is that just a feature of an 8k hour machine?
- Is the chassis not grounded on these machines? Or perhaps is it positive ground? The negative battery post was hitting the engine cover / door, and was arcing. I was surprised my this - thought the chassis would be negative ground.
Thanks All!
- Backer