whadja do today?

[treeclimber101]

Yea unless you bent the rod or tore the threads from the can , to rebuild a cylinder should be less then 80.00 worth of seals and a new cap . I think bandit is taking advantage of your ignorance on how complex cylinder repair is , and BTW you got bigger issues then that cylinder like .

 

[Oak Savanna]

Heading home from Florida tomorrow morning, has been a great holiday, taking another route home up I-75 and entering Ontario via Detroit. Have lots of tree gear from tree stuff and Sherrill in the back of my truck. Have some big contract jobs lined up on top of our city of Toronto contract so it's going to be a busy spring! A 3 week delay on getting my lift but the jobs I have lined up for it the people aren't in a huge rush and we have 4' of snow in some places still! Not to happy about going back to the cold weather after mid 70 's and low 80's this past 2 weeks here in Florida !

Safe trip home deevo. You are like me, on holidays and still buying tree gear. You are right there, you might as well! Don't forget to stop at a meijer or walmart and grab beer! $13 for 24 cans there or $45 here!!!! Even duty free is $20/ case. We still have some snow in spots and mud here, probably more up where you are! Some mornings are frosty still. You will love being sunburnt and frozen at the same time!!!!

 

[dbl612]

These pics are **** but all the others are not showing up for some reason. Ill peel them off my FB page and post them up.

I also posted pics before I believe. Perhaps you missed them, or I am imagining things..

looks like a solid crane

 

[dbl612]

Here are a cpl more I couldnt put up last night. That motor is a near fresh cummins, it also has interlock axles.

which cummins is that, i don't recognize the valve cover. 8.3 cummins or ford diesel (brazil motor)?

 

[Pelorus]

We still have some snow in spots and mud here, probably more up where you are! Some mornings are frosty still. You will love being sunburnt and frozen at the same time!!!!

Currently cold, snowing, and depressingly winteresque.

 

[treevet]

re Ducaticorse...52" dbh pinoak. one of the biggest challenges is getting someone trained to run it....and keeping them.

How much main does yours have? Back to work.

 

[Oak Savanna]

Currently cold, snowing, and depressingly winteresque.

This s#it is really getting old!! Not snowing here but cold and the wind is screaming off the lake. I was gonna go to the shop and wash the trucks and chipper but its too cold. Tomorrow is looking better. Hang in there pelorus, it will end up going from winter to summer real quick, people will come out of hibernation and you will be busier than a one legged man in an a$$ kicking contest!! Every one should have the visa bills paid off from Christmas and ready to spend money on tree work!!!!

 

[treeclimber101]

re Ducaticorse...52" dbh pinoak. one of the biggest challenges is getting someone trained to run it....and keeping them.

How much main does yours have? Back to work.

After you land them Dave do you repick them or grab them with a loader ?

 

[treeclimber101]

Currently cold, snowing, and depressingly winteresque.

Wow it's sunny and 57* here

 

[NCTREE]

I'll check which oil at the shop later today for you. I know we bought the recommended stuff and it was expensive as ****.

I took the old cylinder apart and found no wear and it was easy to come apart after taping on it. I went out and started the chipper, the lift cylinder isn't stuck anymore. It's working fine but don't know for how long. I noticed there are two selenoids attached to this guy the auto feed plus system. Their is a light in the selenoids, the one on the bottom isn't lighting up at all when you go through the feed wheel positions. I took a laser temp gauge and the top part of the auto feed plus is hot and the bottom is cool. I think this might have something to do with my problem. Anyone know anything about this.

 

[treevet]

After you land them Dave do you repick them or grab them with a loader ?

Those were way to big for the dingo grapple and usually go straight into a dump truck but for space reasons it wasn't there as no where to park it. So what I prob did was get rid of the bucket and put the grapple pinchers on the crane and load them after fitting the dump in. I can get them in the dump truck and bounce the pinchers off. I coulda loaded em on the crane bed but I never would have gotten out of that steep drive for bottoming out on the road above.

 

[ducaticorse]

which cummins is that, i don't recognize the valve cover. 8.3 cummins or ford diesel (brazil motor)?

Paul it's actually the "ford diesel".

 

[ducaticorse]

re Ducaticorse...52" dbh pinoak. one of the biggest challenges is getting someone trained to run it....and keeping them.

How much main does yours have? Back to work.

92 main and a swing out jib with 2 sections. adds another 28-50 something. I havent even dicked around with it yet. Bought it from a guy tht has done crane work for me. He's old and retiring, saved this one for me while I saved the scratch. Ill have it on the road in 2 weeks. Just had the boom and truck inspected, all ready to go. Just had a new hydro pump installed last season too. $$$$

 

[dbl612]

the brazilian ford motors 240 &270 hp were trouble free and are good on fuel. good tradeoff for a crane truck that runs a little over idle most of the workday.

 

[Blakesmaster]

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I took the old cylinder apart and found no wear and it was easy to come apart after taping on it. I went out and started the chipper, the lift cylinder isn't stuck anymore. It's working fine but don't know for how long. I noticed there are two selenoids attached to this guy the auto feed plus system. Their is a light in the selenoids, the one on the bottom isn't lighting up at all when you go through the feed wheel positions. I took a laser temp gauge and the top part of the auto feed plus is hot and the bottom is cool. I think this might have something to do with my problem. Anyone know anything about this.

Sorry, forgot to check the oil at shop today, I can Monday. That setup looks nothing like my anything on my machine. Hope you sort it out. How are you out of warranty after only 50 hours?

 

[Zale]

Went to the ISA climbing competition.

 

[ducaticorse]

the brazilian ford motors 240 &270 hp were trouble free and are good on fuel. good tradeoff for a crane truck that runs a little over idle most of the workday.

Also came with a remote control box "LMI" or something like that. With digital read out of weight, degrees of angle and boom extension.

 

[treevet]

load moment indicator

 

[treeclimber101]

OHHHH boy !

 

[deevo]

Ya I am looking forward to using it. I have a case skid steer about the same size as a 753 bobcat. It's handy but useless when it won't fit!! We used that orange log dolly I made in the picture below. I was thinking about cutting it up into pieces lol then one guy that works for me said we should give it to someone we don't like! Lol let them blow their a$$ out pushing that thing around all day loaded with blocks!! Land clearing job should be good! No raking and no homeowner bugging you " while you're here could you just nip that one off too" lol. I bet Rob Haynes from Vermeer will be bringing you that grinder. He lives about 15 min away from me. He is a good guy. He deals with all the big equipment at Vermeer. Better get the fuel truck on a regular cycle to the job each night! Lol make sure you post some pics of your and pelorus flopping some!

Oh yeah I will get some pics! It's gonna be a flop fest! Stopped in Troy Ohio last night as the traffic and construction was brutal on the way home in the Atlanta area and Georgia as a whole was crap! We were gonna drive straight through but decided to park it! Leaving shortly soon as the girls are ready!Grrrrrr!