jacr
Member
Hi all,
This is the first piece of heavy equipment that I've owned (I had a skid steer and a little tractor but they were tiny compared to this beast). We have 12 acres of half-forested partly steep terrain and lots of stuff to move around.
I've enjoyed reading the experiences of other owners and few somewhat reassured.
I haven't had the machine delivered yet but I viewed it last week. The urgent thing I need to fix are the lift cylinders - leaking badly. I have ordered the seal kit and have read the other posts on the repair. No doubt I'll be asking for help as I get into this!
The bucket is in pretty bad shape (so maybe the machine has had a hard life??). I guess I'll have to weld it up as best I can and/or look for a replacement. All the teeth are missing. Are there reasonable sources to buy these? The ones I found were $300 each! I'm in Western Canada. While we're on the bucket... I doubt I'll need the side dump very often. It would be far more useful to have a thumb/grapple using that function. Is that a ridiculous idea? Are there other buckets that fit these machines if I'm looking at wrecks?
Can someone look up the s/n and find out the year please? 85J6695. I'll check the engine number when I get the machine.
Thank you,
James
This is the first piece of heavy equipment that I've owned (I had a skid steer and a little tractor but they were tiny compared to this beast). We have 12 acres of half-forested partly steep terrain and lots of stuff to move around.
I've enjoyed reading the experiences of other owners and few somewhat reassured.
I haven't had the machine delivered yet but I viewed it last week. The urgent thing I need to fix are the lift cylinders - leaking badly. I have ordered the seal kit and have read the other posts on the repair. No doubt I'll be asking for help as I get into this!
The bucket is in pretty bad shape (so maybe the machine has had a hard life??). I guess I'll have to weld it up as best I can and/or look for a replacement. All the teeth are missing. Are there reasonable sources to buy these? The ones I found were $300 each! I'm in Western Canada. While we're on the bucket... I doubt I'll need the side dump very often. It would be far more useful to have a thumb/grapple using that function. Is that a ridiculous idea? Are there other buckets that fit these machines if I'm looking at wrecks?
Can someone look up the s/n and find out the year please? 85J6695. I'll check the engine number when I get the machine.
Thank you,
James