Tony Wells
Senior Member
New project came up today. I know nothing about this type machine other than what it does, or is supposed to do. Being the brave (fool) I am, I hop up into the cab, and to my surprise, it starts right up. So now what? I see a left and right joystick, each with a toggle switch on top and a trigger button on front. On the floor I see on the far right a sort of split pedal. More or less in the middle I see what I assume to be a brake. So I start moving levers and switching switches. I figure out how to open and close the claws, I found the switch that activates the solenoid for the blade motor. I can raise/lower/tilt the operating head. What I can't seem to do is make the machine move forward or reverse. I am thinking that the split pedal on the right is for that. I find no throttle anywhere.
I don't know what model year this is yet. Have not opened the covers to look for any ID tags. I was told that one of the guys found some control cable mechanism had lost a bolt....no idea where, control of what, or anything more than that. Naturally, no paperwork/manuals available in house. On the surface, it seems to either lack a throttle to increase engine speed to engage a hydrostatic drive and move, or there is an unknown and unidentified control somewhere I have not located. Granted, I only spent 15 minutes with it today, but I am asked to get it figured out asap, as there is a job waiting.
Anyone familiar with this piece of machinery? A quick tutorial about how to drive it around? I'm not going to be the operator, I just need to know how to drive it.
oh, and this isn't one with the shredding head. It has a circular saw that cuts the tree while grasping it, then lays it down. AKA Feller-Buncher, I believe.
I don't know what model year this is yet. Have not opened the covers to look for any ID tags. I was told that one of the guys found some control cable mechanism had lost a bolt....no idea where, control of what, or anything more than that. Naturally, no paperwork/manuals available in house. On the surface, it seems to either lack a throttle to increase engine speed to engage a hydrostatic drive and move, or there is an unknown and unidentified control somewhere I have not located. Granted, I only spent 15 minutes with it today, but I am asked to get it figured out asap, as there is a job waiting.
Anyone familiar with this piece of machinery? A quick tutorial about how to drive it around? I'm not going to be the operator, I just need to know how to drive it.
oh, and this isn't one with the shredding head. It has a circular saw that cuts the tree while grasping it, then lays it down. AKA Feller-Buncher, I believe.
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