A Project I Had Not Planned On Doing

[bindian]

Eddie...........................enjoy!
This photo reminds me of a dragon coming around the corner!
hugs, Brandi

 

[dfkrug]

df,
Thanks! I have heard of mice and rats getting in cars and eating plastic parts. But the wiring insulation made out of soy was new to me.

It does not have pilot operation. Wobble sticks directly connect to push pull rods to the valves. 2490 psi at 13.2 gallons per minute. The sales brochure, I found on ebay, says she will pick up 4830 pounds 7.5 feet in front of her, up to 7.5 feet high. I love her. Did I say I love the hyd. thumb too?

That's a serious machine, Brandi. And once you have experienced the wonders of an hyd thumb (as you did on your tractor), you can't be without. I see these older machines for sale from time-to-time around here, cheap.

If you ever get into the hyd track adjusters or distribution valve, please post. That will be new ground for me.

 

[bindian]

That's a serious machine, Brandi. And once you have experienced the wonders of an hyd thumb (as you did on your tractor), you can't be without. I see these older machines for sale from time-to-time around here, cheap.

If you ever get into the hyd track adjusters or distribution valve, please post. That will be new ground for me.

She is serious. Oh yeah..........almost 24 inch wide triple grouser tracks. She has less of a footprint then my boot print does.
My tracks adjust old school..............with a grease gun. I hope I never have to "disturb" the valve bank. That is a lot of removal to get that thing out. Lots of hard line and old rusty bolts. Basically pulling the whole deck structure behind the house. If I ever removed it, I would just take it to the hyd. shop.

I do wish she had a blade and a high/low speed, instead of just a low/low speed. Come to think of it, a swing boom would be nice also.
hugs, Brandi

 

[dfkrug]

My tracks adjust old school..............with a grease gun.

That is the most common way...hydraulic with grease gun. My little Chinese unit uses nuts and a drive screw.

 

[dfkrug]

Come to think of it, a swing boom would be nice also.

You know you are in the midi/maxi excavator territory when your canopy/cabin is on the side
of the house, and you have no boom swing. Sometimes 2 boom lift cyls. I think "minis" are up
to 6 metric tons.

 

[bindian]

You know you are in the midi/maxi excavator territory when your canopy/cabin is on the side
of the house, and you have no boom swing. Sometimes 2 boom lift cyls. I think "minis" are up
to 6 metric tons.

No so for everyone........Takeuchi TB1140 is around 15 ton with boom swing and blade.
https://www.takeuchi-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/TB1140Tier2.pdf
also Mustang 1000M is around 10.5 ton with boom swing and blade.
Mustang 1M Excavator
I would love to have the Take.
hugs, Brandi

 

[dfkrug]

No so for everyone........Takeuchi TB1140 is around 15 ton with boom swing and blade.

That looks innovative. Never seen one quite like that. There are now scores of excavator makers.

Notice that pretty much everything made in the past 10y or so has moved to multiple HST hyd drives, with often additional gear pumps. Usually pilot-operated controls as well. Over about 1.5T or so.

 

[bindian]

While loading on the trailer to go home, the main hose from the pump to the valve bank blew and I lost hyd. pressure. I was just about on the trailer where I chain it down, when I saw ground inside my right track. Next thing I knew, I was stepping out the slideup windshield opening on the side of the ditch. I tried to swing the boom around to stop my fall, but with low pressure there also, it just acted as an anchor.

I went home, got the Mahindra and kept thinking something would need to pull from the tow eye, while I lifted the boom with the FEL on the Mahindra. A dumptruck stopped by and said he could pull it after he got fuel. By then I had clearied trees for the Mahindra to position to lift the boom. I lifted the boom two feet by myself, looked at my friend and said,,,,,,,,"I'm gonna try it now". The Mahindra lifted (flipped?) the CAT back upright all by herself!

While lifting, I busted (sheared the bolt) the mount for the right boom light guard and tweaked the thumb and stick lines. The sight glass tube on the fuel tank came off, dumping 30 gallons of diesel while on it's side and the tank was tweaked on it's mounts. The hyd. tank didn't budge!

I was afraid it had caved in the radiator louvers into the radiator, but those were fine also. The light guard on the fuel tank is loose. I must have fell on the right sliding window, as the forward one was half out of the track. I tried to pop it back into the track with a 3 inch round cedar post, but it wasn't plexiglass like I thought. Yep, I shattered the glass into thousands of little shards.

The next weekend I replaced both pump hoses and took out 6 more trees before the stick cylinder hose blew. It showered the cab and my feet with fluid. Seems I missed the tweaked hard line, when checking for damage, which pulled the hose too tight with the stick fully retracted. I changed that line Friday, between rain storms and with my seatbelt on, loaded her up and brought her home.

My home made thumb hard lines were bent when the Mahindra's loader bucket didn't raise as fast as the uprighting CAT.
hugs, Brandi

 

[PAGUY]

Glad you were not hurt.

 

[dfkrug]

Oh, dear, that must have been scary, Brandi!

It sounds like damage was minimal. It does show that this could happen to anyone. I once experienced a rollover in a car on a freeway. I will always remember that.

Thx for posting.