92U 3406
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Same here. They seem to be the most mechanic friendly.
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What is the one type of machine that you just hate repairing.........
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63 caveman
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Anything that one, two, or three other "mechanics" have been in there before with all kinds of good ideas! Then again I like a challenge and conveyers don't even bother me and actually like crushers and screens.
crane operator
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JLarson
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I forgot the little walk behind/ride on track loaders, the cousin of the devil. WTF you mean I got to take the whole machine apart to change the starter??? LOL
Yeah f**k a bunch of Skytrak, and JCB, and Bobcat too. Last JCB I worked on we were inventing all sorts of new curse words.
Yeah f**k a bunch of Skytrak, and JCB, and Bobcat too. Last JCB I worked on we were inventing all sorts of new curse words.
Nige
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Anything that sits so low to the ground that it's impossible to walk under it.
kshansen
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About the two worst things I had to work on first was a JCB 185 skid steer! Very hard to get access to simple things like starter and then when you needed parts they were on back order and priced like they were the Crown Jewels!
The other thing would be the Snorkelift ATB-60ALCU! All those relays, wires and switches and a parts manual and service manual that only hinted at where things were and what they did. One bad connection could take days to find and long wires caused voltage drops that made it even more fun!
The other thing would be the Snorkelift ATB-60ALCU! All those relays, wires and switches and a parts manual and service manual that only hinted at where things were and what they did. One bad connection could take days to find and long wires caused voltage drops that made it even more fun!
Kobelco ireland
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Served my apprenticeship with a company that hired machines to landfills. Nothing worse than a landfill compactor broke down in the bottom of a pit.
cuttin edge
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Or an asphalt transfer vehicle with a full load of asphalt in the hopper.
OK, Im changing my mind! LOL I forgot about the oil distributor trucks. Get some of this in one place on your body and its spreads everywhere. I have to spray my skin down with brake cleaner to get this crap off. This is absolutely the WORST case scenario for me........Messy, and its a truck!
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My Polaris Ranger 6x6........half engineered pos. One cannot remove the tappet cover from the machine after it's unbolted is just one of its little nuances that make gas-match-insurance a viable option.
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Ed
Would that not be about everything us normal folks have to fix.
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Forestry mulcher with out a doubt. Can't crawl under then even to do an oil change. Can't even stand a 5 gallon bucket under them. Having to manufacture tools so you can undo and tighten bolts and nuts. Designers who won't come out to the site to see what a POS they created.
I had a coworker try to kill me with one one time. He lit the burners off and didn’t ensure it had enough liquid in the tank it blew the hatch off the top and landed a few feet away from me.
92U 3406
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Cat tends to annoy me often. They seem to build stuff in such a way JUST to **** a guy off.
Like who builds a skid steer that you more or less need to remove the battery to get the oil filter out????
Like who builds a skid steer that you more or less need to remove the battery to get the oil filter out????
BigWrench55
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You never worked on a Volvo. I believe that they are designed for you to get every tool you own out to remove any component. Almost everything looks to be easily removed. But every component has that one bolt that requires you to remove another component. These by far are the most aggravating things I have ever worked on. I avoided Volvo for many years before I decided to work on them full time. I am a little older and wiser now. So while it's still aggravating it doesn't bother me as much. And everything keeps its glass.
For me it's working on cars and trucks that I absolutely can't stand working on. I would rather work on the smallest skidsteer or mini excavator before working on cars and trucks.
skyking1
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HAHA you reminded me of the one time I ran tack truck. I was never going to reply to the thread, but simply operating a tack truck means you work on it.
Birken Vogt
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I recently changed the water pump on my GM van. Easy right? No drain plug. Then try as I might I could not get the fan clutch off the hub. Mechanic friend came over and we tried every trick in the book including a claw hammer and a baseball bat used in creative ways. Thing would not budge. Finally took the whole pump out fan and all in one piece.
Chucked it up in the vise to pull harder on the hub (using the baseball bat as a cheater, aluminum one without an end cap) and that nut came right off easy, and the end of the bat which I was set to pull overhead for maximum oomph, hit me right on top of the head.
I should have sent it to the car mechanic before even looking at it, but I thought, this will be easy....
JLarson
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One of the best special tools I ever bought was one of those air hammer fan wrench kits, one quick blip on the air gun and off comes the fan. Super handy any time I have to mess with that style fan.