Recent content by Aaron-BC

I've mentioned above my missing manual. I contacted the seller and after asking a couple times they emailed me one. It was so bad that I was embarrassed for them! It was a word document that someone took a stab at making it look like it referred to my machine. There was a photo of my machine on...

Not that I can see. On the bright side, I finally got a manual from CAEL. Have not had a chance to look through it well, but it does have tech drawings and specs. Fingers Crossed. EDIT- I sat down and looked at the manual that was sent to me today... It is wrong. Someone simply added a photo of...

Matt, Congratulations on the new machine, I hope it serves you well! Don't be surprised, though, if your HE experience does not translate well to the 1T :) IF you are handy and have the welder, building your own ripper would be a straight forward project. I'm Building one for my own 1T along...

Yes, in my conversation with my Finning-Friend he suggested that the required pilot pressure could be quite low. He was clearly doing a lot of guessing at the time, but he seemed to think it could go well under 500psi. He saw no serious harm coming from lowering the relief as a test as long as I...

Hello, New user here. I have been unable to upload a user image/avatar for myself. The server is returning a 500 Internal Server Error response from the call to /forums/account/avatar I'm not sure if this is a known problem but thought it was worth pointing out. (Tried multiple image types...

Thank you, yes. Adding a relay has made this part of the system usable for the time being. But- I have a list of fixes left to do and by the time I am done I don't expect much of the original wiring to remain. I will be sure to document that here but just as a teaser consider this: in nearly...

Thanks Fredrik, that's most helpful and explains my failed Hour Meter! :) I am... mostly... Thank You!

Haha... Thanks Dean. Yes, Heavy Equip. Operator... but Torvy may be on to something too! Thanks all for the welcome! Aaron

Can't make this stuff up. I didn't even notice this label until the machine was loaded in the trailer and I was halfway home. Clearly I have become complacent with warning stickers. It is easy to laugh at this, but it really made me wonder... if these machines were able to leave the factory...

Yes. there is a "key" switch which activates the starter and grounds the ignition in the off position. As delivered the hour meter came on with the disconnect as opposed to only when the engine is running. It was hot (for BC) for a couple days and I found that I wanted to shut down the engine...

Two Outlets. The outboard one goes directly to the pilot system. That system has a pressure relief and the interlock solenoid. This means the safety interlock ONLY locks out the main implement controls... not aux or travel. Off the truck, the hydraulics were basically uncontrollable. I have...

Yes, they are mostly metric 24D-Cone. I think that my search for info on adapting to these things is what lead me to this thread in the first place. It is a bit of a frustration but I'll persevere. I did locate some metric cone to BPT close by LOL. Might take a few steps to get what I need. I...

Hey-all! As my name suggest, I'm Aaron from British Columbia. I've been an HEO for about 30yrs. I found TBN while looking for specific information regarding import mini-excavators and found the relevant thread inviting enough to make an account here :) Aaron.

Thanks Fredrik, I think it is pretty nice even considering its deficiencies... As for the final price, I'm not being coy but all I can really say is I drove out of the yard having paid less than what is listed on the CAEL website. I dealt directly with Al at the Surrey yard. He was very...

Hey! First, CAEL boasts a 1 yr warranty for parts only. Standard fare, no wear parts or operator error. I emailed them this morning with a test case re: a failed Hour Meter… I’ll follow up here with the results from that. They provide a digital manual for most (all) their machines other than...