Fecon FTX148-L demo

Digdeep · Mar 22, 2008

cbturf said:
In a word they are "kinda" steel tracks. They are supposed to be pretty tough and work good. They crosslinks are hardened steel held together by two kevlar reinforced rubber belts. At first I was very concerned by the belts until I considered that every one of our cutter heads are run by belts, even the 440 Fecon has belts that turn the head. The crosslinks are hardened steel, the same steel that the regular tracks are made of. The only question that I have is sow well the suspension undercarriage works. I have ran both the 140 nd the 148 and the 148 is at least 98% new. The only thing that I can think of that they share is the head and even they are a little different. When the fecon factory guy was out in NM he said that they did some learning on the 148 on the concrete behind the factory and the tracks just tore up the concrete and showed no wear.

I was told that the Fecon 140 was a Rayco and Fecon buys the 148 from a Canadian company by the name of Camoplast. The 148 is actually a Bombardier chassis and Camoplast recently bought out that part of Bombardier's business. Bombadier machines were primarily used for snow grooming and Camoplast built their undercarriages for them.

cbturf · Mar 27, 2008

I finally watched all of the videos and I think that it is more operator error than performance issues. I would bet my right arm that the guy running the machine learned on a bulldozer. Watch the last video, he kept trying to grind going forward and just left the head in one spot as he drove. I keep the head moving constantly pulling it in and out of the material so that the drum keeps its momentum. And when he started on the backdrag he left the head in the same spot, to get the best performance he needs to raise it up and tilt forward so just the teeth engage the ground and your not dragging the material that you are trying to mulch. I also think that once you get good with the machine the tipping and rocking will be cut to a minimum. It looks like either they guy has no touch on the controls or they are turned up to much. He jumps around like he is in rabbit gear.

The Fecon 140 is a Rayco painted red and a fecon bh85 head. The 148 is supposed to be a ground up new machine built by camoplast. It was made for Fecon not just another company's machine with different paint.