L350

[coalburner]

Starting a new thread on the L350

Overall it has been a pretty good machine. Current problems

If it sits very long it looses its prime and you have to pump it up to get it to go.

It is using 1 to 2 gallons of oil per day, the cool thing is it burns it very clean, no exhaust smoke and the turbo is clean. Yes we did check for leaks and the antifreeze is clean.

Alternators don't seem to last more than 1000 hours.

I am purchasing all the extended warrantees they offer and I recommend the same to all owners.

 

[Diagonal Brace]

Good to hear your having better luck with this one. How many hours now? Where is the oil going? :canada

 

[coalburner]

Coming up on 4000 hours

It has to be burning the oil. I forgot VOLVO has ordered us a new engine

 

[cps]

Were going to need some pictures of it working, after all we didnt see much of the L330 working!

 

[coalburner]

Well it wasn't new a reman. We are back in buisness.

 

[AtlasRob]

Coming up on 4000 hours

Thanks for the update, I was beginning to wonder if you'd had enough and jumped in a river or off a high wall, the sort of luck you were having.

4000hrs jeez seems like only yesterday that you took delivery.

Not wanting to wind you up but out of intrest what sort of warranty do you get with that replacement engine?

 

[JDOFMEMI]

Seems odd that of all the problems with the old 330, the new 350 would have engine trouble so early.
I have had really good luck with Volvo engines, but do not have any of the newest ones.
I hear every manufacturer is having some kind of trouble with their emissions engines

Good luck on the 350F

 

[coalburner]

This is what I call a down fall to a single point linkage.

 

[coalburner]

Volvo says we had the bucket tilted over and was pushing on a solid object. That is BS cop out to me. To me it is a problem of a week design bucket and strong hydraulics.

 

[hvy 1ton]

Does this mean no more volvo's?

 

[AtlasRob]

Volvo says we had the bucket tilted over and was pushing on a solid object. .

Do you think the cracked windscreen with a head mark on it gave them that idea

Only jangling your chain, .

I am real sorry to hear about the continuing problems that you are having with your Volvo shovels.
I know a lot of people this side of the pond who will be completely gobsmacked ( shocked) by the problems you have encountered.

 

[coalburner]

What are you trying to say AtlasRob?

 

[Per Eriksson]

If it had been caused by pushing in a tilted forward position, shouldn't it have gave way in the other direction? I.E. the back wall of the bucket would have been pushed in instead of pulled out?

 

[AtlasRob]

I know a lot of people this side of the pond who will be completely gobsmacked ( shocked) by the problems you have encountered.

What are you trying to say AtlasRob?

I think it is safe to say that the Volvo shovels ( along with thier ADT's and to many, thier exc also ) are regarded as the dogs bits over here.
I believe ( personal opinion ) that a lot of owners this side of the water would find it hard to believe that anybody could encounter the run of bad luck you have had, not with one machine thats bad, but two, thats real bad luck.

BUT, that is only my opinion. :drinkup

Maybe I should have put " I am sure " in place of " I know "

 

[coalburner]

I here what your saying but the operator that fell asleep and dug the bucket was on the 330 loader not the new one. The old bucket was built stronger with more steal.

The old 330 was sold to a rock quarry and they hate it, same problems we had with the leaks and transmission!

If you look closely the cracks show progressive fatigue. This loader has the power to lift the back end and mash the front tires into the ground when loading (and that is taking it easy). The bucket carries 12 to 14 tons every trip and it moves 5000K tons per day average. When we get it fixed I will get some more pixs showing how much it carries when heaped.

 

[crane operator]

June of 2006, brand new L330. Happy customer. May 09. 3 years later. 2nd loader. Umpteen thousands of dollars and man hours of repairs. Umpteen thousands of dollars of downtime, wasted time of employee's standing around looking at whats broke now, where's this leak, writing reports and waiting for the repair man. Coalburner, these guys have had 3 years and thousands of dollars of your money to make this right. How much longer are you going to put up with this? I just re-read this whole saga from beginning to end and I'm steamed just reading it, and it isn't my $. I'm not one for lawyers, lawsuits and court, but this qualifies. I'm working on a upgrade at a coal plant right now, and have been watching those guys with their loaders, and they use them all the time. Seeing the amount of coal you have to move, you don't have a lot of choices, you need something you can count on, and Volvo has had 3 years of your life to give it to you. Add up all your downtime, repairs, your employee's time for looking at the problems, extra fuel for 2 loaner machines to do what one big one will, your time for dealing with the problems, cost of $ in both machines, and the numbers will shock you to death. Yeah, machines break, but I think he's got a court case.

 

[MKTEF]

I hear other users want more lead in the back of their 350's too.

After the last pics, i would say u have a proving ground.
Somebody should be a bit more polite and give you bether answers.
Users like you are testing the limits of the construction...And the 350 are aparently not constructed right in all details.
Maybee follow u bether up and be happy for the testing you are doing for them.

As u say, u are running the loader in conditions nearly impossible to test in normal proving grounds....

 

[alco]

Any updates on how the L350 is treating you now?

Brian

 

[coalburner]

Money Pit!!!

 

[Squizzy246B]

Money Pit!!!

Cmon!...details