JCB 1CX - Have you used one?

[Adrenal321]

Hi AusDave, thanks for the response. I currently have one, although your is much longer meaning in depth. Did you customize it?

 

[AusDave]

Hi Adrenal.
Someone customised the bucket before I bought it giving it a longer floor and tiger teeth! It's definitely better when you have to dig and carry for a distance. Much bigger capacity = less trips. Can be a bit light in the tail going down steep hills though

 

[AusDave]

A 3rd JCB 1CX has joined the team! Only 230 hours on the clock
Has high flow and extendable dipper on the backhoe. Fully mine specced with just about everything that will fit into/onto the machine. Looking forward to working it ... away from trees/ shrubs and other glass and light breaking obstacles. Got the open cab 1Cx for those jobs.

 

[Welder Dave]

Neat machine but looks like a bunch of hoses (backhoe especially) are just waiting to get ripped off. Could you take some pic's. of the engine compartment and how easy/hard it is to access and work on?

 

[AusDave]

Neat machine but looks like a bunch of hoses (backhoe especially) are just waiting to get ripped off. Could you take some pic's. of the engine compartment and how easy/hard it is to access and work on?

Hi Dave.
The trick with the hoses, like the cab glass is to keep them away from everything! Fortunately those hoses are pretty much in your line of sight when you use the backhoe so you can avoid anything catching on them. There are a lot of hoses on the hoe as the machine has auxiliary hydraulic lines, extendable dipper lines and a hydraulic quick hitch! Its' usually the lines you can't see that get hit by a stick or stump coming up from underneath. Fortunately they're pretty well protected.
I'll try and get a pic of the engine compartment. It's actually easy to get access and work around the engine. When you lift the arms to full height and chock them you have really good access to both sides of the engine when you remove the engine side screens. If you want more access you can remove the radiator and radiator frame with only a few bolts and you have good access to the front and sides of the engine. However if you've got to access hydraulics and other bits under the cab floor it's tight access

 

[AusDave]

I should take my own advice. Working on this backfilling job, it's hard to see, but the cab door is now missing. A lovely piece of toughened glass, it resisted backing into a tree while open, even bending one heavy steel hinge
However the tree didn't yield and I didn't notice I'd left the door open, and with a bang the door became a thousand glass fragments
Over $800 and a few weeks later I replaced the door. Next time i'm working in and amongst trees I'll slip the door off for the duration of the job.

 

[Adrenal321]

Hi Adrenal.
Someone customised the bucket before I bought it giving it a longer floor and tiger teeth! It's definitely better when you have to dig and carry for a distance. Much bigger capacity = less trips. Can be a bit light in the tail going down steep hills though

Thank you you i appreciate the info. By any chance do you know what the maximum pitch or incline these machines can handle_

 

[AusDave]

Thank you you i appreciate the info. By any chance do you know what the maximum pitch or incline these machines can handle_

Hi Adrenal.

There are a lot of variables as to what slope or sideslope the 1CX can handle. The 1CX has quite a low centre of gravity and can handle a reasonable sideslope if the ground is solid. But this would decrease in softer ground as the downhill side tyres would sink in more increasing the angle and you could easily roll the machine if not careful. Also keep your bucket low on a sideslope to maintain stability.

Travelling up and down slopes once again if the ground is solid you can climb and drive down quite steep slopes before you feel one end of the machine becoming very light. A full bucket when travelling forward uphill will give you better weight distribution and climbing ability. Just be careful on steep slopes when emptying it as it may change the weight distribution too much. On softer ground your ability to climb a slope will be limited by traction which you will lose and will limit your climbing ability.

Generally experience with the 1CX will enable you to judge the capability of the machine on a variety of slopes. Just take it easy and keep your bucket low

 

[Nazar Ukraine]

AusDave. I would appreciate it if you could send me the manuals at Pioner_gas@outlook.com
I bought a jsb 1cx, 1995, the engine was replaced, but by the previous owner, but it was never assembled to the end, you need to connect the wiring and pipes, is there any engine cooling circuit, Peugeot engine

Thank you very much

 

[Nazar Ukraine]

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[Nazar Ukraine]

Hello, I bought a jcb 1cx, 1995, Peugeot, the previous owner replaced the motor, but did not connect the cooling system, everything is completely disconnected, does anyone have a diagram of how to connect the pipes, where they should go, who can help?
Thank you in advance

 

[Welder Dave]

Not a very common machine in N. America. A service manual with some pics. would probably help you.

 

[Nazar Ukraine]

Привіт! Підкажіть, як ця частина підключається, я так розумію це теплообмінник для охолодження гідравліки, може у кого є фото куди підключити?