Dump hoist trouble shooting?

[southsoundtree]

That was my wonder.

 

[Treetopflyer]

I cleaned up all the wire connections even though they looked good. Took a wire brush to all the rust areas and did a whole grease job.

Seems to be moving a bit smother. Could be in my head. Got it booked in for later this spring. I'll have them give it a once over then as well.

Lot of good tips in this thread. Thanks a bunch

check the selenoid is intact I had one where the post was broken inside and would heat up causing breaker to pop on lifting the bed
The heavier the load the faster it pops.
I had the pull the nut and wire off to find it
Point being just cleaning may not be enough
I don’t know if you did or didn’t just sayin
If you take the connections apart and clean , inspect you may find easy fix and save a mechanic bill

 

[oceans]

check the selenoid is intact I had one where the post was broken inside and would heat up causing breaker to pop on lifting the bed
The heavier the load the faster it pops.
I had the pull the nut and wire off to find it
Point being just cleaning may not be enough
I don’t know if you did or didn’t just sayin
If you take the connections apart and clean , inspect you may find easy fix and save a mechanic bill

I remember where I worked in my early 20s, and the head mechanic’s first question every time something was wrong with the big horizontal grinder…

- “Did you check all the stupid easy stuff yet?”

That has stuck with me ever since knowing him. It might sound silly, but quite often the fix is $free.99 instead of $399.00

 

[southsoundtree]

My chipper went down recently... a wire that had been desconnected and reconnected a day before, for maintenance, came loose after 3 hours of use/ vibration.


My ms261 was cutting ok, but stalling... the plug came loose for some reason. I run into this about every 5 years.

 

[Treetopflyer]

I remember where I worked in my early 20s, and the head mechanic’s first question every time something was wrong with the big horizontal grinder…

- “Did you check all the stupid easy stuff yet?”

That has stuck with me ever since knowing him. It might sound silly, but quite often the fix is $free.99 instead of $399.00

K.I.S.S.

 

[VenasNursery]

K.I.S.S.

I live by it
K.I.S.S

 

[oceans]

I live by it
K.I.S.S

K.I.S.S.

That’s it! When things get goin south, just kick in a little Gene Simmons. Haha!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

A tool that tells a lot is a digital multi-meter; Harbor Freight has adequate ones for under $30...less with the unending coupons

My weak suit is electricity and even worse...electronics.
With a liitle understanding of the flow of electricity the MM can tell if there is no, full or reduced power.

Plumbing is simple. There's a puddle that will focus you on a leak.

leaking electricity leaves an invisible cloud of electrons that need to be tracked using the MM