Picked this up the other day. Forestry truck
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Oak Savanna
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I would suggest finding someone near you who is certified to do annual inspections/repairs on booms and have them give it a good going over. They will complete a thorough inspection top to bottom and side to side and let you know if there is anything needing fixed or replaced before you fly that thing around. Annual inspections are mandatory on any ariel work device here. Its peace of mind and money well spent to me.
CalTreeEquip
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Yes, please get it inspected. Some of you guys scare the hell out of me. Buying a boom when you don't even know the make and model and without an inspection???
Would you climb on a rope you bought from a flea market and looked like hell? I don't think so. So why would you trust your life to a boom that looks like hell that hasn't been inspected??
Would you climb on a rope you bought from a flea market and looked like hell? I don't think so. So why would you trust your life to a boom that looks like hell that hasn't been inspected??
CalTreeEquip
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That looks like an Altec LR4 to me.
Asplundh hasn't made booms since the old LR50's which are way obsolete. The LR3 is Altec's updated version of the LR50, cable boom. LR4 is next with a heavy link chain. Next the LR5's which are fairly week but
flop all the way over center and can stretch out horizontally.
Asplundh hasn't made booms since the old LR50's which are way obsolete. The LR3 is Altec's updated version of the LR50, cable boom. LR4 is next with a heavy link chain. Next the LR5's which are fairly week but
flop all the way over center and can stretch out horizontally.
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Like a couple guys said: It has to go to a mechanic who is able to certify the boom and from there you start your own logbook.
Regalia626
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Thanks guys! Ill have to pay the 500 to altec locally for a inspection. Hopefully they say its useable, if not my military life insurance i pay into every month will possibly come into use..haha!
Watch them and make sure they do what is on the paper. Not just check it off .
CalTreeEquip
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Try to find an independent inspection service. I have witnessed cases in the past when inspectors who also would be doing the repairs, condemned parts that did not need replacing.
I'll go one better how about they just push the dielectric test for 300-500 because its easy and ignore what you want fixed? I had this happen.
mike515
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This kind of stuff is why I mostly fix all of my own things. I don't play well with most mechanics, I guess. I finally have a couple of good ones that I trust now. But some of the mechanics in the past....geez.....if I bring something to a shop and evidently know more about the mechanics job than he does...and then he thinks he's going to BS me? I don't think so.
It seems to be what they do doesn't it?
mike515
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Yup. And sometimes I'll put something in the shop if I don't have time to work on it and then they will call and ask me how to fix it. Sometimes it's almost comical. One time I had to have the lower cylinder on a boom rebuilt and the guy who was putting it back in called me and said it wouldn't go back it. So I go out there and he has the lower pin installed and can't figure out how to get the upper pin in. I was like "Dude....hook up the hydraulic lines and run the rod out until the holes line up...then put the pin in". He felt like an idiot but we both got a chuckle out of it.
Sort of same thing happened to me I had to tell them what was wrong with it they came out like 3 times it was under warranty and kept guessing till I told him it was the sun valve not the cyl or the control valve.
Regalia626
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Ill Probably be asking a lot of questions until i can find a manual on this thing.....so i guess the first question is where do i find that at? second question for the day what type of hydraulic oil should i use for the bucket? Preferably something i can get at a local store?
Call Altec and ask about the oil you can get it a like Napa or somewhere.
CalTreeEquip
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Altec will have the manual for about $100. You'll need a dielectric hydro oil if you want it to pass its dielectric test. If you'r not using it around power lines then that is not important but still a good idea.
I have been told many things about hydro oils being dielectric or non-dielectric. There seems to be a lot of confusion in the matter but I'm sure someone on here has found a good all around hydro oil that works for them.
I have been told many things about hydro oils being dielectric or non-dielectric. There seems to be a lot of confusion in the matter but I'm sure someone on here has found a good all around hydro oil that works for them.
Regalia626
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Has anyone put aw32 in their trucks?
Oak Savanna
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Yep. Thats what is in my Altec LRV55 right now. Thats what the guys said to use where I get the boom certified every year. We don't work near hydro but I get a dielectric test done each year with the boom inspection just to keep it up. My old bucket truck used Esso Univus HVI 13 oil which was red. I was told that univus is aircraft hydraulic oil designed for use in very cold to very warm environments. It all depends what the manufacturer suggests for that boom, the temperatures that you are working in and if you are working near power etc.
CalTreeEquip
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That's right, aviation hydro oil is non-conductive do to lightning strikes.
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