Work Photos

[Oroboros]

Working the little machine too heavy.....again! Right drive motor pooped. Masdam with 2:1 was an easy pull. 2600lb machine.

 

[southsoundtree]

Do you keep the track valves open with tape/ rope in order to roll it?

 

[Oroboros]

I didn't. First time I rolled it. Last time it was hoisted. Should I ?
I had the machine off so the system had no pressure.

 

[southsoundtree]

I thought that the valves would hold pressure in the lines, independent of the hydraulic pump not being on. If I'm parked on a slope, shut off the machine, and release the pressure on the tracks' wheel motors (if my terminology is correct), the machine is not going to move, like a bicycle with a freewheel.

Does that make sense?

I'm not well-versed in hydraulics.

Did the tracks not resist you when rolling, or was it because the wheel motor was bad? Is there not two wheel motors?

 

[Oroboros]

I thought that the valves would hold pressure in the lines, independent of the hydraulic pump not being on. If I'm parked on a slope, shut off the machine, and release the pressure on the tracks' wheel motors (if my terminology is correct), the machine is not going to move, like a bicycle with a freewheel.

Does that make sense?

I'm not well-versed in hydraulics.

Did the tracks not resist you when rolling, or was it because the wheel motor was bad? Is there not two wheel motors?

Yes each side has a motor. And no it didn't resist being rolled. I don't know hydraulics either. It will creep if left on a slope so it probably has an issue. It rarely bothers me though. I just stay on the controls when working on a slope.

 

[flyingsquirrel25]

Yes each side has a motor. And no it didn't resist being rolled. I don't know hydraulics either. It will creep if left on a slope so it probably has an issue. It rarely bothers me though. I just stay on the controls when working on a slope.

The creep I don't think indicates any issues as my brand new ditch witch creeps on a slope, even with the parking brake engaged.

 

[southsoundtree]

I can park on a slope, no parking brake. Overnight it will have moved. Under 300 hours on machine.

At what rate does your machine creep? Has this progressed with use/ wear?

 

[southsoundtree]

Just 'cause its new, doesn't mean its right (or wrong).

 

[Steve Connally]

Mekin with the master

 

[Stihlmadd]

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Lucky Bugger,
saw his posts on IG and your name attached last week Steve,
looked like good fun

 

[Stihlmadd]

 

[Derrek]

Spruce removal.

 

[Derrek]

Silver maple crown clean.

 

[chiselbit]

 

[chiselbit]

Red fir with a 3' diameter above ground pipe line under it. Near Tahoe

 

[Jeff]

Eating lunch like civilized human beings while the crane op sleeps off the previous night's bender.

Relax fellas, I'm kidding.

None of our motley crew are civilized human beings.

 

[southsoundtree]

Puget sound waterfront view pruning. And ivy removal...yay! Not really. Pulled some off with a rigging rope and up the bank. Pull and throw. Yep, as a change of pace I got a stuck a throw line, and then another.

View of Hope Island State Park, a short paddle across from a 500 home community at the end of the peninsula.

60' TIPs for working over the bank, and atop the wobbly old cherry trees.

Dry conditions allowed a lightweight flatbed trailer down to the worksite, backing downhill through a tight gate. Chipping would have been an all uphill mini drag to the road 100+' away.
Old school "chainsaw chipping" for a lot. Just enough traction to get out.

 

[southsoundtree]

Topped this fir to make it shorter than the property line, around 120'. Bark coming loose, vertical checking. This Doug fir had blown-out sizable tops about 5 times over the years. It was like a corkscrew.

 

[Stihlmadd]

 

[Rrunner]

Beautiful sunrises. What radius was the crane working at?