dbl612
Well-Known Member
glad your back at it. this is why you have to charge enough. these puppies are high maintenance.
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Bad Day
- Thread starter Impact
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stock
Senior Member
Glad to hear you got the crane back in action Impact . Oh yeah .... I also know the feeling of counting jobs to get back to "even" after an expensive equipment failure
Tell me of any person with plant who never experienced that, only thing is it never seem to happen the break-even that is ...............seems to be exponential a bit like 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32 etc never reaching "0"...............
Tiny
Senior Member
That sucks Large , I hate to see that kind of set back . How many jobs did you miss while it was down ?
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liebherr1160
Senior Member
Don't feel bad
We blew a driveline in downtown Ottawa ,Ontario on a Demag AC650. in the middle of a intersection , It ripped out the Hyd line's all the electrical , and most of the air.
What does a guy do.. put out his triangles and get a coffee.
We blew a driveline in downtown Ottawa ,Ontario on a Demag AC650. in the middle of a intersection , It ripped out the Hyd line's all the electrical , and most of the air.
What does a guy do.. put out his triangles and get a coffee.
liebherr1160
Senior Member
That sucks about the u-joint Impact. You would think something like that would break on a muddy jobsite and not while moving on the road. The Grove GMK carrier chassis are pretty cool & agile on jobsites. I'm always amazed how easy they can maneuver in to position for their size. I get a good physical workout cranking the steering wheel to jockey the old TM 250 in position on some sites
That's a Mega-Track suspension and an electric retarder , be very careful not to get lube on it , makes for a good fire.
Thanks for the Pic's, a lot of good memories . Miss crawling under those .
On the topic of driveline, I have a chunk of steel in my arm ,simply because the oiler didn't grease the outboard UV's , seized ,rusted and destroyed , the joint didn't come easy.
Made for an interesting MRI a year back, nothing like feeling your skin crawl.
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Well look who the Polar Vortex just blew in ....... Great to hear from you liebherr 1160
Yeah that suspension & driveline set up is impressive .I imagine the rotors get pretty hot on the retarder . We were setting a 70,000 lb precast 12' X 30' building at a site for a communications company . That 5240 set it with ease . Being interested in cranes & equipment I took time to snap a few photos of the suspension .
Yeah that suspension & driveline set up is impressive .I imagine the rotors get pretty hot on the retarder . We were setting a 70,000 lb precast 12' X 30' building at a site for a communications company . That 5240 set it with ease . Being interested in cranes & equipment I took time to snap a few photos of the suspension .
liebherr1160
Senior Member
That's right blame Canada.
A little more investigation would have revealed a warning lamp and thermometer in the drivers cab to monitor the temp, fastest way to cool it down is to keep moving,with it off of course.
I got crap early when I got grease around it. Its red and rusty because it does get hot. For the life of me I cant remember the cut off point.
Its a small unit , extremely powerful .
A little more investigation would have revealed a warning lamp and thermometer in the drivers cab to monitor the temp, fastest way to cool it down is to keep moving,with it off of course.
I got crap early when I got grease around it. Its red and rusty because it does get hot. For the life of me I cant remember the cut off point.
Its a small unit , extremely powerful .
RZucker
Senior Member
Im not so sure that looks much like a Wabco motor. I work with them quite a bit. 333s and 353s. Anyways, Is that an Ilasa retarder? I drove a 9 axle lowboy setup in the early 80s that had an Ilasa on the rear axle, dont remember a whole lot but I think it had around 600? hp retarding force. I do remember it made a big difference going over the passes.