unclejemima
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We've got a mid 2000's JCB/Gradall G9-43 telehandler and just a week ago we heard some funny noises while on our way to full boom. Shortly after hydraulic fluid started coming out in a rapid fashion so we boomed back and took a look.
Turns out the fork tilt and aux hydraulic lines got tangled up in the chain and are pretty messed up.
No big deal we though, probably a few thousand in repairs...called the JLG dealer and the proceeded to give us a quote.
What happened next no-one could imagine. The repair estimate came in at just shy of $15K!!!!!!!!! I almost had a heart attack!
They have 55 hours labour, and thousands of dollars in parts. This seems insane! The dealer admitted they have not repaired many of these and I think they are being a little hasty. They want to remove the boom from the machine!
I've had another fellow who's repaired them before (a framer by trade) and he makes the story sound much easier but I can't convince him to fix it.
Can someone help with advice? Is this really that big of a job?
Let me know!
Turns out the fork tilt and aux hydraulic lines got tangled up in the chain and are pretty messed up.
No big deal we though, probably a few thousand in repairs...called the JLG dealer and the proceeded to give us a quote.
What happened next no-one could imagine. The repair estimate came in at just shy of $15K!!!!!!!!! I almost had a heart attack!
They have 55 hours labour, and thousands of dollars in parts. This seems insane! The dealer admitted they have not repaired many of these and I think they are being a little hasty. They want to remove the boom from the machine!
I've had another fellow who's repaired them before (a framer by trade) and he makes the story sound much easier but I can't convince him to fix it.
Can someone help with advice? Is this really that big of a job?
Let me know!