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Howdy and greetings from Oregon. I recently purchased a mini-ex, a Komatsu PC30-R Avance, ser. # 10651 and it's a gray market unit with 2900 hours. I am just a homeowner with some property that needs a lot of work.. My little JD 770 4WD tractor just doesn't cut it with stumps and rocks. It has a solid motor-smooth and a bit of smoke on a cold start and good hydraulics but one of the tracks has tear/stretch that the previous owner either didn't know about or just kind of didn't mention so it hops on the drive wheel.
It also has a fair amount of slop in the pins and the one of most concern to me is the vertical pin that allows the boom to pivot as part of the offset boom feature. It has been plummed for a thumb but there is no pressure relief for the thumb and two cylinders later the owner quit replacing them.
I have the thumb but need to figure out the correct size/ capacity/length and then figure out how to plumb the pressure relief kit/apparatus.
Komatsu has already come through for me on sourcing parts and the top idler I replaced with an aftermarket and komatsu beat them price wise, unfortunately I had already purchased one. They also had manuals for a similar PC 30- at least he thought it should be close. At $4500 for the boom kit I am going to check into other possibilities, however...
My questions are as follows:
1) Does anyone have brands they recommend using or avoiding on rubber tracks? Les Schwab here in Oregon says they can hook me up for 750 + 110 shipping or for a "solideal" brand they can get me one for 1200 shipped. My good one is a solideal but has an older tread pattern that I don't think they make anymore. Is repair an option?
2) Are there aftermarket pin/bushing sources for these machines? Recommendations?
3)Any experience out there in dealing with having pins and bushings rebuilt?
4) I have noticed that the motor looks just like a Takeuchi (Yanmar?) and the offset boom looks similar on the 135 Takeuchi, what are the chances that the booms come from the same manufacturer?
Thanks for looking and I'm glad this forum is here, I have already learned a lot. My plans for this machine are to get it in good working condition and then make it safer with a ROPS and a seat belt and maybe even replace the lights. If you think I would be better off selling it and saving up for a good unit say so, you won't hurt my feelings! TIA, Kief.
Howdy and greetings from Oregon. I recently purchased a mini-ex, a Komatsu PC30-R Avance, ser. # 10651 and it's a gray market unit with 2900 hours. I am just a homeowner with some property that needs a lot of work.. My little JD 770 4WD tractor just doesn't cut it with stumps and rocks. It has a solid motor-smooth and a bit of smoke on a cold start and good hydraulics but one of the tracks has tear/stretch that the previous owner either didn't know about or just kind of didn't mention so it hops on the drive wheel.
It also has a fair amount of slop in the pins and the one of most concern to me is the vertical pin that allows the boom to pivot as part of the offset boom feature. It has been plummed for a thumb but there is no pressure relief for the thumb and two cylinders later the owner quit replacing them.
I have the thumb but need to figure out the correct size/ capacity/length and then figure out how to plumb the pressure relief kit/apparatus.
Komatsu has already come through for me on sourcing parts and the top idler I replaced with an aftermarket and komatsu beat them price wise, unfortunately I had already purchased one. They also had manuals for a similar PC 30- at least he thought it should be close. At $4500 for the boom kit I am going to check into other possibilities, however...
My questions are as follows:
1) Does anyone have brands they recommend using or avoiding on rubber tracks? Les Schwab here in Oregon says they can hook me up for 750 + 110 shipping or for a "solideal" brand they can get me one for 1200 shipped. My good one is a solideal but has an older tread pattern that I don't think they make anymore. Is repair an option?
2) Are there aftermarket pin/bushing sources for these machines? Recommendations?
3)Any experience out there in dealing with having pins and bushings rebuilt?
4) I have noticed that the motor looks just like a Takeuchi (Yanmar?) and the offset boom looks similar on the 135 Takeuchi, what are the chances that the booms come from the same manufacturer?
Thanks for looking and I'm glad this forum is here, I have already learned a lot. My plans for this machine are to get it in good working condition and then make it safer with a ROPS and a seat belt and maybe even replace the lights. If you think I would be better off selling it and saving up for a good unit say so, you won't hurt my feelings! TIA, Kief.