and for the squirrels this was my problem.
Did a job and the guy went belly up. So I left the Lull on the job from past January as the bomding company was doing squat. I figured machine may as well sit there as clutter my yard and I won't look so slow
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Drive over start and charge the batteries every few months runit coat the pistons. Start machine up and batteries crank it over and it starts right up. Go to extend the boom and hear two pops!
I say this is not good! How could this happen just when I just started the machine, We all know things all break but the odds of first extension on boom is wierd
Get out and start to look:cool2 for reason for the noise. I see the hose sheave or trolley is not in good shape.
Also the hoses and cable is in the same boat. :jawdrop, While assessing the damage Mrs. Squirrel runs out in a hurry. I take the back cover off the boom and see a very nice nest:crying Problem is part of the nest was sucked into the cable pulley at the back of the boom and was jammed so tight the cable anchor snapped.:Banghead
Now I say she left let's clean the boom out. Bright yellow shirt around the pulley and parts of a sweat shirt amongst other things like insulation. Start to put my hand in there and remove some stuff. Then next trip for my hand and I feel something that feels like poop. My hand recoils rapidly in disgust:shf
Error on my part it was not poop it was a baby squirrel with no hair. Now the poor b*****d is dangling out the back of the boom with it's rear feet kicking in the air. I gave up on any further work and pushed him back into his nursery. Figured the machine sat so long whats the difference. Hope his mother came back. That was about 5-6 weeks ago so this Saturday he was grown and gone. Well I just brought up a squirrel for 400+ in parts and a days labor :woohoo