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crane operator

crane operator

Senior Member
Joined
Mar 27, 2009
Messages
8,418
Location
sw missouri
I've got a t800 still with myriads of problems. Slow building air ( I think the new/reman compressor is suspect- or at least the unloader valves in it). Jakes don't work. Got to find a tilt steering column because my knees don't fit KW's idea of a "standard driver". Junkyards appear to have none of them available.

Cant find hood plastic sealing pieces we took off when we painted it, they are somewhere in the shop, but no one can find them. Need a aux. fuel tank for on the flatbed- but I want a specific size and I'm too cheap to buy a new one. Throttle is kind of touchy/ bad signal from foot pedal- I think.

I got lots of KW problems, a few solutions and no time for any of it.

I got a Pete with a 3406 out of commission with a bad head. Got a brake switch leaking air under the dash of a ford 9000 also. Good thing my young mechanic has narrow shoulders, because I can't hardly get twisted around under that dash.

I got about 42 other problems- including my 90 ton linkbelt is down with electrical issues in my back yard on outriggers, that's blocking in my double drop and rollback trailers. It just died swapping some counterweights- which its always a blessing when they break on the yard instead of in the middle of a road closure. I think I may have to set up my 100 ton and pick the rollback trailer out and over the crane that's broke, because I need the trailer next week.


But in the good news category, we got three down cranes fixed in the last week. One set of exhaust gaskets in a 3126, a different link belt with electrical issues, and a ISL cummins with a broken steel injector line on a jobsite a hour and a half away. (Found the line at a engine core place a hour and a half away in the other direction- and was back running the same day- which is great win!)

Know a good semi retired mechanic looking for work? He won't have time to fix anything though- we're slammed with work so can't take anything down for repairs. :)
 
RocketScott

RocketScott

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Joined
Sep 8, 2013
Messages
168
Location
Lexington, KY
Does this count?

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92U 3406

92U 3406

Senior Member
Joined
Jan 3, 2017
Messages
3,266
Location
Western Canuckistan
Occupation
Wrench Bender
Got a W900A. Stripped it all down and started rebuilding it. Haven't touched it in over 3 years. Probably end up stripping off the new parts I put on it and haul the rest to the junkyard. I've just lost all interest in the project. I'd rather have a Chevelle, Nova, or a square body Chevy at this point in my life.
 
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homestead463

Active Member
Joined
May 24, 2023
Messages
44
Location
NW Indiana
I looked at an f350 single axle dump before I bought my I***. Guy wanted 7500 for it. I kid you not, there were so many holes in the dump bed if you loaded 4 tons of gravel in the thing you'd be lucky to get a ton home. I thought about offering him 750 and turning it into a project but decided against it when I saw how much rust was on the frame.
 
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Old Doug

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Joined
Oct 16, 2013
Messages
4,624
Location
Mo
Acoals said:
Oooo . . . Your's has a tarp!!!
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I would never have believed this tarp would have lasted over 20 trips. This has been one of the better trucks i have owned not because of what it is but because of how much i have done with it ,how cheap it has been to use and i have owned it right at the time i really needed it.
 

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