australian pete
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the price of a new one here in australia is $450,000 , that was 12 months ago, i am guessing it would be $500,000 now.
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rayco T275 forestry mower rocking & rolling.
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the price of a new one here in australia is $450,000 , that was 12 months ago, i am guessing it would be $500,000 now.
australian pete
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mine had a mixture of track gear on it, the local cat dealer has come up with some D4 track gear that will fit. did you buy yours new and it has a mix of 20 year old track gear ? how long have you had it ? how many hours have you done to wear out the tracks ?
there is a guy in Qld who sells rayco stuff including track gear, you should try him..his details are below. good luck
PETER NEWMAN [mailto:landwaste.rayco@gmail.com]
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Yeh,Pete sold us the tractor 16mths ago and done 1300hrs.The track chains are Fait Allis FL4,top rollers are Case and Christ does'nt know what the idlers,bottom rollers and sprocket are. Berco and LWE are trying to sort this mess out now.
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the $64 question pete - have you had the mulching head operational as yet? ie is it bent or out of balance? one of the local boys operator bent the drum on his tak mounted mower by hitting a bit of sleeper in some lantana (apparently)
good job btw, i would've run screaming long ago.
what does the stump grinding head fit coincidentally?
good job btw, i would've run screaming long ago.
what does the stump grinding head fit coincidentally?
australian pete
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was it new from the rayco factory with that mixture ?
i dont know if my chains were the original ones, the have proTrac stamped on them, there were 3 different kinds of rollers on it, i guess they had all been replaced. have yours only done 1300 hrs from new ? if so that sounds poor, they should do 3 times that. a guy from westrac the cat dealer worked my tracks out, he made several visits here to check and measure, even took a sprocket away to compare with a cat one, he has finally come up with chains, rollers, sprockets and idlers that will all fit. i am going to order them soon, am nearly ready to fit tracks and start putting it back together.
australian pete
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i am hoping the head is not bent, dont think it is.
the stump grinding head fits the rayco.
Iron Horse
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You've just had the mulching head fully rebuilt haven't you ? It can't be bent now .
Now that you've gone this far , it would be an idea to replace/rebuild the pumps and motors and renew all the hoses . Nothing worse than being out the back of woop woop and have hydraulic troubles . You have a fair bit of equity in that machine . If you spent another 20k on it , it will still be cheap . Then you can give it a squirt of Yellow paint and let it earn you some money .
australian pete
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unfortunately no, different bolt pattern.
australian pete
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australian pete
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the guy who does my hydraulic work knows my rayco and he told me that it had $40 spent on the hydralics not too long before i bought it so that should all be good, we are going to have a good look at all the hoses and replace any that look suspect, i have a painter getting it ready for painting, he is doing it in his spare time so will take a few weeks.
australian pete
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Does it have fire suppression on it??? If not spend a couple bucks and put it on, the guys I've talked to run with the cab door open because when it catches on fire they don't have time to open the door and get out, one guy told me its not of matter of if it'll burn but when, the fuel tank is under you along one side and the hydraulic is along the other and they claim they go up in smoke quickly and consume the cab in seconds, just passing along what I've seen and been told. By the condition of the machine when you got it how did the previous owner even get it to run let alone do any work with it?? Excellant job on the restoration of a machine.
australian pete
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i think those guys may be eexaggerating , it would be impossible to run with the door open, it;s well insured so a fire would be no real tragedy. i guess the previos owner would have had a lot of trouble running it, i believe it reguarly walked out of the tracks, i have never seen tracks on any machine in worse condition.
australian pete
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more pics soon.
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australian pete
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paint finished, will take some pics and put them on. moved in to new house 10 days ago, have been flat out.
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dont be so flat out that you forget to read your emails and call me re that 2-3k hectare job, i'm demoing there next week but i dont think my gear is going to cut the grade.
i haven't seen the job as yet but it sounds a perfect test job for the rayco.
i haven't seen the job as yet but it sounds a perfect test job for the rayco.