Fings wot broke

[dumper]

What failed?

 

[Will C]

5 minutes ago, dumper said:

What failed?

 

Lots by the look of it 🥴

[IronMike]

Looks worse than it is. Stub axle sheared, it’s been in the post for a while truth be told. I’m quite amazed it lasted this long! It’s a morning to repair, done it a few times now.

[spuddog0507]

1 hour ago, IronMike said:

It’s a morning to repair, done it a few times now.

Can you not upgrade the stub axel size ? that should not be happening on a machine like that ? i take it you grease it regularly like once or twice a week, i would not be replacing that with same part, i would be redesigning that with a upgraded stub axel and bigger bearings regards of cost,, nothing more frustrating than needing a machine thats down, 

[IronMike]

8 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

Can you not upgrade the stub axel size ? that should not be happening on a machine like that ? i take it you grease it regularly like once or twice a week, i would not be replacing that with same part, i would be redesigning that with a upgraded stub axel and bigger bearings regards of cost,, nothing more frustrating than needing a machine thats down, 

I've been following a fellow Logbullet owner who did just that. Much bigger axle, and bored out the bogey to accommodate it. The issue you have on machines like this, is ever time you strengthen it up, you just move the weak point somewhere else. The failure on this one was entirely down to me hitting a high stump that I couldn't see. It bent the axle a tiny bit, which set it on the way and it progressively got worse until it snapped. I've done the front ones twice, one was just over 2 years ago. I've done one rear one, but that had external factors too. Overall, the downtime isn't terrible and seen as we've done it a few times, the cost of repair isn't terrible either.

[william127]

Resealing the end of the hydraulic pump. Easy enough but a shame watching basically brand new fluid run away into a dirty bucket 😒😒 

Then trying and failing to get the gx390  engine running on my tracked dumper 😪😪

[swinny]

Safetrack shit a track motor last week 😞 greenmech quick to send one out but haven't had chance to replace yet!

[IronMike]

This will make you laugh.....

 

(And no, this isn't the same breakdown from last week, it's the stub axle on the other side!) 🤣

 

 

[IronMike]

If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all! Jokes aside, this is just comedic timing in reality. I should've changed this side when the machine was in getting the other one done alst week. Such is life! At least the part is there on the shelf, should be operating again come Wednesday morning fingers crossed.

[AHPP]

You'll need higher resolution photos for the Logbullet brochures.