PeterG
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2015
- Messages
- 464
- Location
- Seattle WA, United States
- Occupation
- Landscape Construction, General Contractor
Had an old Takeuchi TB135 with loose bushings. Broke a couple of thumb pins. Had some machined. Broke those too. Got rid of that machine. Bought a new TB240. Broke a thumb pin on that with less than 900 hours. Bought a used TB153FR with 1200 hours. Broke the thumb pin after yanking on a couple of big tree stumps. Will never do that again. Juist broke another one on that machine with about 100 hours on the pin. Most of the hours on the TB153 FR is doing rock walls. I'm the only operator. I'm on record pace for breaking pins. Does anyone know what the current record is? By the way, what brand has the largest dia thumb pins in it's weight class. Love Takeuchi, but the pins and bushings are their weak link. On a good note, I have not had any pin problems on my TB016.