kshansen
Senior Member
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2012
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- Location
- Central New York, USA
- Occupation
- Retired Mechanic in Stone Quarry
Any one else tempted at times to remove the ROPS from a skid steer to cure the dummies that run them from hitting things? Actually might not cure them but would weed out the guys that think they can use the ROPS as a battering ram!
The there is the Case 1845 C that both tilt rams got bent from hitting things. One bad enough to cause the piston to gouge the cylinder inside. :Banghead.
Both cylinders had new rams installed just last fall. Of course when the operators were asked what they might have hit NO ONE had any idea of what there could be around the quarry that they could have hit. Must have been a bad wind storm the night before and the wind bent them!
I've had the parts to fix the Case for about a month, boss said don't rush into the job the longer it sits in the shop the longer before it's broke again! Personally if I had my way the operators who used it the last couple days before the damage would be using hand shovels to clean out under the plant till I got time to fix it!
The there is the Case 1845 C that both tilt rams got bent from hitting things. One bad enough to cause the piston to gouge the cylinder inside. :Banghead.
Both cylinders had new rams installed just last fall. Of course when the operators were asked what they might have hit NO ONE had any idea of what there could be around the quarry that they could have hit. Must have been a bad wind storm the night before and the wind bent them!
I've had the parts to fix the Case for about a month, boss said don't rush into the job the longer it sits in the shop the longer before it's broke again! Personally if I had my way the operators who used it the last couple days before the damage would be using hand shovels to clean out under the plant till I got time to fix it!