John Deere 540 skidder help!!

[380LGR]

if its anything like a 648d its not easy....nothing like a TJ.

 

[TimberFaller660]

its not that bad, just the tire is a pain. luckily the landowner has a tractor with a bucket that helped us get it off and out of the way. then we used the blade to get the front end to pivot down where we could get the side of the punkin off, and then just unbolt it from the planetary's.

hopefully if the axle gets here on time(aurond friday)and the rain olds off we should be back at it monday.

 

[380LGR]

on a 648 you got to drop the whole axle down undo 6-7 hoses pull the top cover off and dig in.

 

[TimberFaller660]

on a 648 you got to drop the whole axle down undo 6-7 hoses pull the top cover off and dig in.

im glad its not a 648. lol either way its a pain im sure.

 

[380LGR]

On a TJ as long as you can fish the broken axle out all you got to do is take off 6-3/8 bolts and 10 mins your up and running again.

 

[TimberFaller660]

ive never delt much with timberjack. in the 3yrs ive been logging ive always worked aurond deere stuff. 2 diff. 540's. a 440, and a 640. dad had a franklin 170 and a 518 cat when i was growin up but i barely remeber them. lol