What is the one type of machine that you just hate repairing.........

MarshallPowerGen · Mar 12, 2021

Nige said:
Anything that sits so low to the ground that it's impossible to walk under it.

Coming from the standby generator world, I prefer anything I can't get under at all.

JLarson said:
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.

Last fan clutch nut I couldn't move (7.3 Powerstroke) got a quick blip on the edge of the nut with a .498 Air Hammer and spun right off. Probably the only way I'll do it (every 10 years) from here on out.

Birken Vogt · Mar 12, 2021

I forgot to mention every rib feels like it's broken from leaning over that top rail where the grille and radiator are, full of bolts to poke you in the rib cage at every turn. I prefer generators, they don't have fan clutches (except a few weird ones from you know who)

funwithfuel · Mar 12, 2021

Paul Council said:
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.

Let me introduce you to Komatsu some time.

Tones · Mar 12, 2021

funwithfuel said:
Let me introduce you to Komatsu some time.

to use as a learning curve so you can work on Rayco's

spark · Mar 12, 2021

Don't like working on the electrics of package gen sets. Hard to get to items and they use parts that go out of manufacture very quick.

Vetech63 · Mar 12, 2021

After hours of research............Im changing BACK to the Atlas Copco HCS 5515 screener conveyor (the ENTIRE machine for that matter)

. Evidently NO ONE will own up to ANY parts being available for it. What company would create a parts book, which I have, show the pics of the rollers....and not even list a part number for them

......its just stupid! Ive sent several emails to previous dealers, the manufacturer........even a couple to some company in Australia.........just crickets so far. I had one guy bust out laughing when I told him what I was working on

..........he wished me the best of luck in my search. A small glimmer of hope I ran into this morning, a company in New York.....and my cell phone wont dial out for some reason.

I should probably stay home today.

SO........I feel like, in this little bitch machinery poker game we are playing here.........I have 2 Aces! Convince me you guys have a better hand!

cuttin edge · Mar 12, 2021

Vetech63 said:
After hours of research............Im changing BACK to the Atlas Copco HCS 5515 screener conveyor (the ENTIRE machine for that matter). Evidently NO ONE will own up to ANY parts being available for it. What company would create a parts book, which I have, show the pics of the rollers....and not even list a part number for them ......its just stupid! Ive sent several emails to previous dealers, the manufacturer........even a couple to some company in Australia.........just crickets so far. I had one guy bust out laughing when I told him what I was working on ..........he wished me the best of luck in my search. A small glimmer of hope I ran into this morning, a company in New York.....and my cell phone wont dial out for some reason. I should probably stay home today.

SO........I feel like, in this little bitch machinery poker game we are playing here.........I have 2 Aces! Convince me you guys have a better hand!

Would a lot of those conveyer parts not be generic. I know we buy a lot of stuff for our crushers, feeders, screeners and even an old extec screener from Superior. They have a fab shop here. Mind you they don't build rollers, but they can source parts like that.

HardRockNM · Mar 12, 2021

cuttin edge said:
Would a lot of those conveyer parts not be generic. I know we buy a lot of stuff for our crushers, feeders, screeners and even an old extec screener from Superior. They have a fab shop here. Mind you they don't build rollers, but they can source parts like that.

Very well could be. It wouldn't hurt to get in touch with Precision Pulley & Idler, I've been impressed with their idlers.

My vote would have to be wash plants. All of the fun elements of conveyors, plus they're rusted out from forty years of neglect so patch jobs are usually a blob of rags and caulk. Typically, the only real question is whether the thing is going to have a mechanical or structural failure first! My fiancee witnessed a rusted-out conveyor collapse onto a screen at one plant she ran, and I've spent hours cleaning up threads on rusty vibrator mounting bolts with a file because the bolts were $300 each, site management hadn't thought to order replacements, and there wasn't a die set on the property. The "can't be tight if it's a liquid" joke was invented with wash plants in mind!

cuttin edge · Mar 12, 2021

Or and old pair of coveralls and spray foam.

funwithfuel · Mar 12, 2021

How about welding below the blood line of gut wagons . Better yet, clutching a gut wagon that tore the splines out of the hub in August. Same customer, had a tipping floor . The gut wagons would back in and dump onto a pair of augers screws. The screws were chain driven, kinda like paver chains. Thin and flimsy. Every now and again a big ol cow skull or goat head would jam the screws and blow out the chains. You had to dig through guts, find the jam, break it up then wade through it all to repair the chain. Good times.
Loaders and backhoes in landfills, childs play!
How about haul trucks loaded with dried sewage, oh yeah, good stuff.
We all get stuck with a nasty job from time to time. It's inevitable. It's how we handle it that matters. Do we throw tools and storm off like a beyotch or do you buckle down and get 'er done, cuz yer family depends on you? I'm sure you all toughed it out like men (and ladies)

BigWrench55 · Mar 12, 2021

funwithfuel said:
How about welding below the blood line of gut wagons . Better yet, clutching a gut wagon that tore the splines out of the hub in August. Same customer, had a tipping floor . The gut wagons would back in and dump onto a pair of augers screws. The screws were chain driven, kinda like paver chains. Thin and flimsy. Every now and again a big ol cow skull or goat head would jam the screws and blow out the chains. You had to dig through guts, find the jam, break it up then wade through it all to repair the chain. Good times.
Loaders and backhoes in landfills, childs play!
How about haul trucks loaded with dried sewage, oh yeah, good stuff.
We all get stuck with a nasty job from time to time. It's inevitable. It's how we handle it that matters. Do we throw tools and storm off like a beyotch or do you buckle down and get 'er done, cuz yer family depends on you? I'm sure you all toughed it out like men (and ladies)

You win... I won't complain anymore about my job

Muffler Bearing · Mar 12, 2021

Everything on this list is beyond the limits of mere mortals, all of you are truly "essential workers"!
I'm gonna claim the forestry stuff just because everything is so freakin' heavy. I just put chains on this morning

funwithfuel · Mar 12, 2021

Muffler Bearing said:
Everything on this list is beyond the limits of mere mortals, all of you are truly "essential workers"!
I'm gonna claim the forestry stuff just because everything is so freakin' heavy. I just put chains on this morning

It hurts just looking at those monstrous things

Mike L · Mar 12, 2021

Chains aren’t too bad. We used to tie a piece of clothesline from one side to the other and then loop it onto a tire tread and back up. Pulls it right on. I’ll take the forestry stuff anytime. I hate the mini excavators and anything built by jlg or genie.

boaterri · Mar 12, 2021

Anything with computers. Can't troubleshoot them without a lap top with the double secret proprietary software. Not to mention miles of wire and more sensors than you can count.

63 caveman · Mar 12, 2021

funwithfuel said:
How about welding below the blood line of gut wagons . Better yet, clutching a gut wagon that tore the splines out of the hub in August. Same customer, had a tipping floor . The gut wagons would back in and dump onto a pair of augers screws. The screws were chain driven, kinda like paver chains. Thin and flimsy. Every now and again a big ol cow skull or goat head would jam the screws and blow out the chains. You had to dig through guts, find the jam, break it up then wade through it all to repair the chain. Good times.
Loaders and backhoes in landfills, childs play!
How about haul trucks loaded with dried sewage, oh yeah, good stuff.
We all get stuck with a nasty job from time to time. It's inevitable. It's how we handle it that matters. Do we throw tools and storm off like a beyotch or do you buckle down and get 'er done, cuz yer family depends on you? I'm sure you all toughed it out like men (and ladies)

That is why screens and crushers don't bother me! Refuge, landfill, or rendering plant stuff has to be ace's in the game of poker, asphalt, oil production, and light automotive would be face cards. Motor cycles are duce's.
Anybody going for a straight this week?

funwithfuel · Mar 12, 2021

Almost forgot this gem. I was replacing a pinion seal on a transfer station loader. I felt something on my shoulder. Didn't think much of it. Then I saw the little white tail. I knocked it off with my wrench only to see it wasn't a mouse, but it was white and fluffy. (Mostly) That was probably the grossest thing that I ever experienced. I'm not going for a good hand, just sharing.

Vetech63 · Mar 13, 2021

I’m letting my feminine side show in this thread. It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.....right? Well, I’m changing my to landfill equipment. Too many bad experiences in the past to even list. Someone hand me a tampon

92U 3406 · Mar 13, 2021

My last employer had sold several machines to the local landfill and we were "encouraged" to go get our shots up to date so we could service them. I never got the shots.........

Mike L · Mar 13, 2021

Vetech63 said:
I’m letting my feminine side show in this thread. It’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind.....right? Well, I’m changing my to landfill equipment. Too many bad experiences in the past to even list. Someone hand me a tampon

if you’re working at a landfill you don’t need anyone to hand you a tampon. Just look around and you’ll find one

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