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    stone 43 roller

    Hi posted this on the roller section but as not a paving roller might have been missed. wanted to reach out again and see if anyone may have any insight, prevailing thought is possibly a hydraulic issue causing the motor to be turned into a pump and then resist not free spin. Hey anyone...
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    splitting a genie boom

    Wanted to circle back to this and let people know worked with one of our suppliers, they got us some 8 inch beams. machine #1 went smoothly, supported the basket on our shop mezzanine and 3 forklifts to lift the house, slid the saw horses and beams under the unit and pulled the car body out and...
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    stone 43 roller vibration coupler

    Hey anyone familiar with older stone rollers? or have any thoughts roller works great but keeps stripping out the coupler for the vibration on the drum. seeing as stone has gone bell up had a local company rebuild it, worked well for a while (rental yard so time is relative) stripped out...
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    splitting a genie boom

    no beams are to support once it is lifted with cribbing and jacks, or forklifts. beams will not fit between the house and the carbody as it sits. would love to have an overhead crane to lift the machine but not happening in this shop. plan is to lift and support the boom to undo the top bolts...
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    splitting a genie boom

    Hi I think people misunderstood, I am not asking for info on the weight of the machine I have that as transport this machine quite often for rentals. I was looking for some feedback on how Large of an I beam would need to support the house while I replace the bearing. Genie manuals are quite...
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    splitting a genie boom

    hey everyone running into some issues and wanted to quiz the collective. have a couple genie 34/22 booms at work that need to split and replace the main rotate bearing assembly (excessive play) tentative plan is to unbolt, jack up the house and support it with steel saw horses (2x2 square tube...
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    Genie 34/22

    hi just wondering if anyone out there has any thoughts on this, have a genie articulating boom with a Kubota gas engine. thing is a thorn in my side, got in this morning and kept dying on our delivery driver, and acting weird, platform controls wouldn't work, sometimes it wouldn't start they...
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    boom lift issue, JLG

    thats about what I am at but trying to trace it down is proving interesting, seems to be a canbus set up (JLG is not helpful ie here is a link to buy a analyzer) but if the canbus wiring was broken should have an issue either way, not only loose a few functions on one operation station, a...
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    boom lift issue, JLG

    couldn't find a particular area for boom lifts and thought could use some collective knowledge, have a JLG 450 aj series 2, machine has been a pain but getting it back working, had recently had to pull basket to get some cylinders resealed, got back together and worked great, went out for a...
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    Roll off, hook lift, tilt bed for hauling equipment?

    we have both a rollback tandem for our larger equipment, and a single axle hook lift, both are great for the job, we are a rental company so move bit of everything, the trucks are on the older side but the decks are great, height on both is the trade off but hasn't been a huge issue for our...
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    stone roller hyd motor chatter

    seals did not help, there is nothing rubbing, at this point it has been put aside and let it run for a bit as has not completely gone yet. not much I can get a picture of for the issue
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    stone roller hyd motor chatter

    follow up its in the rear drive wheels area, in the hydraulic system. did find some diverter valves with damaged seals, waiting on parts to check, (5-7 weeks from valve manufacturer, apparently due to covid, seeing if can get seals matched up locally
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    Orphan Machine brands

    stone construction equipment, love have 2 in our fleet and some companies have taken up some parts for them but slim pickings and dont get me started on John deere our tracked skid steer blew up a final drive, sent to local rebuilder, told not worth it its beyond fixing, get a new one, great ok...
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    stone roller hyd motor chatter

    Hi everyone looking for some other thoughts, have a couple older stone construction equipment rollers, our 43 inch roller (SD-43) lost its vibration on the drum, ended up it stripped out the splines, no big deal got it rebuilt and back together took it out for a test and works great until...
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    towing John Deere 315

    anyone know the procedure to set up a JD 315 to drag onto a truck, work for a rental company and our unit has died at our sister location a few hours away, with Covid trying to get our local driver to get onto a truck to so can dive into at the shop suspect the starter is pooched based on the...
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    Any ideas for a concrete bollard covering??? wrap, spray, sak, trowel???

    there is a plastic guarding set up out there, seen them at a few warehouses ive been in, look slick, and supposed to be forklift resistant, and not as terribly expensive as would think (not cheap though 100-150 USD)...
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    u55 service ports

    hi everyone working on our rental fleets U55-4 plumbing for a breaker, unit was set up from dealer with the thumb plumbed to service port 2 (aux 3 and aux 4 in the operators manual). now I used to work for the local kubota dealer and when I worked there we did a similar job on a machine one of...
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    Hello from Vernon BC

    Hello from Vernon BC Canada, main mechanic at a small rental company here, just me and a small engine guy and a few yard guys and drivers. 8 year red seal mechanic, with CDl and run anything I can get my hands on. worked in many different industries found this site while trying to do some...
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    CT322 final drive seals

    did you manage toi get the gearbox split, I am having a hell of the time splitting it to get to the duo cone seals, have the 2 lock dowels out but can only get a 1/4" turn either direction before binds up
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    atlas copco service kit

    anyone happen to know the filter cross over numbers for an atlas copco QAS 25M, atlas is being no help want us to buy the complete kit from them for inflated pricing, and unit is of course off site about 8 hours trying to get some one set up over the phone atlas copcos kit numbers are...
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