Pictures from shop and field

[John C.]

Conventional cranes are far worse. You have to work bent over and a crane boom doesn't fit anywhere. Everything is done by strong back. Mine is no longer that strong.

 

[8V71]

Conventional cranes are far worse. You have to work bent over and a crane boom doesn't fit anywhere. Everything is done by strong back. Mine is no longer that strong.

I’ll agree with that. I got pretty creative inside those things with pullys and come alongs

 

[DMiller]

Did not ever care for lattice boom work, always a PITA for Cribbing, benches, trying to get load off pins then Sledge work on larger beasts to get pivot pins moving. Not much better on squirt booms when see that dribble of hydraulic dripping out of inside of mast knowing what comes next, another crane, on BOTH or Either.

 

[John C.]

The worst is pulling friction spiders, brake bands, drums and horizontal shafts. Reeving in the boom control drum is about the worst of changing line. Changing flat pad tracks was harder than any excavator chains and adjusting them is the pits.

 

[DMiller]

The worst is pulling friction spiders, brake bands, drums and horizontal shafts. Reeving in the boom control drum is about the worst of changing line. Changing flat pad tracks was harder than any excavator chains and adjusting them is the pits.

Been right there too!!

 

[DMiller]

Bearings frozen on shafts, brake bands fell apart, finding the lowest drum had shaft seals out and working in that grease quagmire as no access to a steam genny. And most times in a rock quarry buried in lime dust.

Memories no one should have to remember and few today can match.

 

[8V71]

Just need to finish this last job before we do the undercarriage

 

[HATCHEQUIP]

1st pic is the rig we use to prelube engines.
Rest are shots of it finished up .

 

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finito

 

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D41 Komatsu trans. back together

 

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Stretching a little fence with a 220 komatsu and a case 1845

 

[Nige]

Rest are shots of it finished up .

Is that the same 140H from before.? Did you update the transmission control valve.? If so how did the pressures turn out.?

 

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Duckey have you made a identification yet ?
Gibbs all I can say at this time is they definitely ground their teeth

 

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Hello Nige , yes just late getting pics posted. Pressures turned out great had to shim two times to get the sweet spot but it all went well thanks for the advice and knowledge

 

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Cat Front drum gets new bearings and seals

 

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120 Komatsu ,County machine had a engine fire that the engine wiring engine harness and part of trans harness got toasted along with sensors . Other bits county had already replaced to make sure it was still ok mechanically. Last pic is wiring cart and dumped out old wiring harnesses that work great for keeping the color codes the same.

 

[DMiller]

Gotta love fire damage
Makes life almost scary easy rebuilding smoked electrical.

 

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Grove 865 had to pull the boom and unshuck the main section for some work on the back end of the first section in the middle of it the 670 P&H decided to take a dump and quit swinging pulled a 108 Linkbelt out to handle that end while the old MC30H Lorain was on the other end.

 

[DMiller]

At least have those lattice buggers to do the Really hard work!!

 

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Rebuilt a few 118 108 98 78 Linkbelt fairleads