markieg31

Good morning all. Got a timberwolf 150ftr in the workshop. After replacing bearings and a few other jobs and noticed that both track motors have decided they are going to start leaking oil. I pulled off one of the back covers and unfortunately it is not a hydraulic hose or connection that is the problem. Oil is definitely a transmission type of oil. Was hoping someone may have had some experience in this department and offer some words of wisdom before I wade in there. Hoping it is just a seal that has let go, seems odd both have started about the same time. Machine is nearly 20 years old. Hopefully I can start insuring it as a classic for some reduced premiums

You can give dog bit your serial number, it does depend how old your machine is as they only started supplying track bases from, I think, 2009.

Resurrecting an old thread here but did this eve happen? Did you get hold of a kit and did it extend the life of the undersized bearings?

Okay will give them a go, thanks.

Good evening after a set of idler wheels, as in the main ones, opposite end to the sprockets. On green plant they are £760 each! Strikes me as quite steep. Ones for the 190 tracked are half the price! Would anyone have any leads on something more in line with the price of the ones for the 190?

Thanks for the reply Conor, I have yet to jack it up and investigate any further but my assumption is that the idler wheel, that tensions the track, has knackered bearings, I just didn't know if the bearing was actually replaceable. Will jack it up and have the tracks off over Christmas to get a better picture of what's going on.

One punch can be lethal, wonder how many people previously hadn't pressed charges. Only been assaulted by a colleague before, guy was a mental case.

Hello, new to the world of tracked machines and have dived in on an aged old 150 ftr. Tracks are starting to make a clicking noise and feels hot around bearing area after tracking about. I was wondering if there is a replaceable bearing in there or do you just have to stump up and buy the whole wheel. Many thanks Mark

The new one, is the one with the hi visibility stripes on it. Not sure if it is effectively the same jacket but slightly different colour way. The keiu jacket has been one on the list for a while and recently noticed a different version, which looks good but wondered if it performed the same

The original sip keiu jacket always seemed well received. Has any one got the newer version? Is it up to spec?

Good day folks, as per title I am after a discharge chute for a tp150. If you have one please get in contact, 079six9023182 [email protected] Thanks

The biggest thing for me, at the smaller end is, the time and money. I can not belive that two ropes can be 'dangerous'. It will be a make things more challanging for sure. I cant belive small one man banders will take this up as it is effectively a mexican stand off. Other arborists in my area probably dont even know about ropegate so how am i going to get any work if i am pricing to do it slower, all be it safer, with two ropes. It just wont happen so i will be forced to stick to the old system if i want to put food on the table and keep a roof over my head. As said on larger comercial stuff i don't think it will matter as most of it is about paper work than actually what happens on site. For me most of the fatalities could be atributed to poor training and or poor work positioning, may be more monitoring and mentoring of individuals and assessors upping the game on the candidates they let loose.

There seems to be a big thing about spreading bio char on farm fields. I personally think it is pure coblers but it maybe an avenue to investigate.

Been doing a few recently. It is easier to sound out when they are in leaf as you can see the leaf loss to gauge to what extent the die back has taken hold. Bit harder in winter!