2019 Deere 75G

[materthegreater]

Just purchased this yesterday. It's a 2019 Deere 75G with 520 hours.



I'll post more pictures of it in action soon. And probably lots of repair and maintenance questions as they come up also.

Here is some background info about how I picked this machine: https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/favorite-7-8-ton-excavator.119208/

 

[Columbo]

Any idea who owned before you? I’m guessing a utility company based on the street pads and buckets?

 

[materthegreater]

From what the salesman said, it was owned by a gentleman for use on his own property. Apparently he wants a smaller machine.

Also, it seems like most of these size machines come with the rubber shoes by default.

 

[BC Placer gold]

Great choice!

I had my eye on one as a feed machine for our plant. Very popular in our area!

Personally I would take that style of boom over the 85g…

 

[materthegreater]

Personally I would take that style of boom over the 85g…

Agreed. Personally I don't understand the fad of swing booms on bigger machines. I think I've even seen pictures of some 13 ton machines with them. Total nonsense on a machine that size.

 

[hvy 1ton]

I think I've even seen pictures of some 13 ton machines with them

Takeuchi makes the TB2150. 16 metric ton swing boom machine.

 

[KSSS]

Taki also makes a 2150R with a conventional boom.

 

[MG84]

Agreed. Personally I don't understand the fad of swing booms on bigger machines. I think I've even seen pictures of some 13 ton machines with them. Total nonsense on a machine that size.

New machine looks good, that size class is one I've had my eye on for awhile.

x3 on the boom, I like a swing boom on a machine for digging footers or tight/complicated digging jobs, but for anything larger than a 6-ton I'd prefer a mono boom.

 

[materthegreater]

This will help me not go crazy every time I touch the travel pedals:

 

[John Shipp]

I do the same on the machines I own. On busy noisy sites I can see some point of them though.

 

[materthegreater]

This popped up twice so far, both times under the exact same situation - traveling forward up a steep hill. Both times it went away after shutting down and restarting. Is there a way to pull up codes from the screen, or do I need a scanner?

 

[John Shipp]

I can't help with the codes, but are the coolant and engine oil levels exactly right? Might not be anything to do with it, but I've had same thing on couple of machines and it's been fluid levels.

 

[Simon C]

This popped up twice so far, both times under the exact same situation - traveling forward up a steep hill. Both times it went away after shutting down and restarting. Is there a way to pull up codes from the screen, or do I need a scanner?

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Post your picture with fault code problem on a separate message. Post the machine serial number and maybe Nige has a way to retrieve codes without ET on your machine.
Simon C

 

[CM1995]

I do the same on the machines I own. On busy noisy sites I can see some point of them though.

We would get wrote up and the machine out of service for that. Hell we even had a brick mason run to the safety man because the alarm on our T250 wasn't working - ****.

 

[Diesel Dave]

This popped up twice so far, both times under the exact same situation - traveling forward up a steep hill. Both times it went away after shutting down and restarting. Is there a way to pull up codes from the screen, or do I need a scanner?

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From the Deere 75G Operators manual . Link to the troubleshooting page below.

Operator's Manual View

Operator's Manual View

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[Mr. Wrench]

Post your picture with fault code problem on a separate message. Post the machine serial number and maybe Nige has a way to retrieve codes without ET on your machine.
Simon C

By the picture in the beginning it looks like it is a JOHN DEERE not a CAT. ET won't work on it.

 

[Simon C]

By the picture in the beginning it looks like it is a JOHN DEERE not a CAT. ET won't work on it.

Sorry I was thinking about a different machine and forgot to look at picture again.
Therefore Diesel Dave solved the problem.
Simon C

 

[materthegreater]

I can't help with the codes, but are the coolant and engine oil levels exactly right? Might not be anything to do with it, but I've had same thing on couple of machines and it's been fluid levels.

They are between the low and full marks when level and cold. Now that you mention it, I noticed that the engine temperature gauge rises to the normal operating temperature very quickly after starting the engine. I would expect it to take 10+ minutes of idling for the temperature to rise from a cold start. I haven't timed it, but I would guess it is up to the mid range within 2 minutes or less of starting.

 

[materthegreater]

We would get wrote up and the machine out of service for that. Hell we even had a brick mason run to the safety man because the alarm on our T250 wasn't working - ****.

Thank goodness I don't have to deal with that sort of thing.

 

[materthegreater]

From the Deere 75G Operators manual . Link to the troubleshooting page below.

Operator's Manual View

Operator's Manual View

techinfo-omview.apps-prod-vpn.us.e06.c01.johndeerecloud.com

Thanks Dave, I will check that tomorrow and report back with codes.