skid steers in the shop

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mark in boonville ny

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• Feb 13, 2012

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here is my very dirty cow crap cover nh l565 in the shop again. in the past 6 months ive put in a new starter,gone through 2 alternators, waterpump and this time the left hyd drive pump. i hope to get this fixed soon. i dont like my 06 l160 in the crap and you dont have very good visual in that. just is akward. owell ive got my moneys worth ouyt of it and will probly have it till it dies. its been good to me. especially since i bought it new in 97 or whatever it was. in the background is my very dirty shop below the palor that ive been milking in since the week before christmas that isnt half finished yet and the ford 7700. you can see the tire anyway.

 

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Lumpie

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• Feb 13, 2012

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A clean machine is a happy machine. A little hot water now and then is good preventative maintenence.

 

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sixtyninegmc

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• Feb 13, 2012

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No kidding, a pressure washer is your friend.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Feb 13, 2012

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Thank you for all you do as a dairy farmer. I know how hard you work.

Glenn F.

 

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John_PA

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• Feb 13, 2012

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How many hours are on it?

Those things are tanks!

I have an LX465 with 10,461.4 hours. It's still on it's first engine, no rebuilds. It's so tired it can barely get out of it's own way.

Glad to see one in it's work clothes. I don't envy the work it has to do. I loaded horse manure with mine yesterday, wind blowing it back in teh cab. I would much rather have cow manure on me than that horse manure. It has such a bad smell.

 

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rrlund

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• Feb 14, 2012

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And the long term advantage to a skid steer versus a utility loader tractor is?

 

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Jeff NWOH

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• Feb 14, 2012

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Probably that it will move several times more "material" in the same amount of time.

 

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rrlund

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• Feb 14, 2012

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Have to wonder if it's worth it for all the down time.

 

onefarmer

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• Feb 14, 2012

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For us the advantage has been getting in where a tractor wouldn't fit. In the barn, close corner, ect. I think it's a bit faster too, being it spins on dime and don't have to change gears.

 

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mark in boonville ny

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• Feb 14, 2012

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thank you glenn. it has between 4500-5000 hrs. the tach quite working a few rs ago and dont know how long i ran it without but the new tach reads about 1200 hrs. she runs pretty good. i like it better than the new one though the new one has more problems than the old one ever has. its just simple things no big deal as. this is the first time in the time ive owned its gonna be down for more than over a day so i think shes a pretty good skid steer. i was gonna trade it when i bought the new one but didnt want to put the new one in the crap and they only wanted to give 5000 so i kept it. by the way does anybody have any diagrams on removing the pump. i looked at it and it looks to be quite the job. thanks

 

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dieseldoc

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• Feb 14, 2012

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dont feel bad my skiddy is in my shop right now too. Mine dropped a valve so i am overhauling engine. I cant complain its been good . Its got over 8000 hrs with only minor problems. Its the handiest machine i own. I load tmr mixer and scrape the barn every day with it. Put about 150 hrs a month on it.

 

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Formerly PaMike

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• Feb 14, 2012

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I have some service manuals laying around if you need to borrow something. Why dont you send the machine down to lancaster county and have it gone over. My LX665 was leaking at the pumps. I took it to one of the local mennonite guys. He pulled the pumps and motors, went over everything and it was only $800. 22 hours labor.

 

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RodinNS

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• Feb 14, 2012

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Twice the work on half the fuel in less time...
With a tractor it would be worn out clutches, busted front spindles/axles/planetaries/wheels.
If you've used a skid steer for barn/yard work you'd be hard pressed to go back.

Rod

 

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RodinNS

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• Feb 14, 2012

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This is probably one of those times you want to tip the cab/boom ahead to get access, then sling the hydro out from there.
Looks a lot like my LS170 except it's got a layer of chop silage all over the crap and inside the cab...

Rod

 

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mark in boonville ny

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• Feb 14, 2012

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thats not the worst of it on this girl. the pedals freeze up in the cold becaiuse of all the crap under them and sometimes they dont work at all the holes in the bottom of the cab all pluged so nothing falls through anymore. maybe she needs a cleaning this spring but afraid to see whats under the crap. rust is what im expecting. probly looks better this way anyway.

 

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RodinNS

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• Feb 15, 2012

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It'll probably surprise you... At least on the LS loaders they used a powder coat paint that seems to hold up very well. Most things will probably be fairly sound under the crap. What you will find eventually is that the foot pedals will disintegrate some day. They'll just break their back spine and you'll have a couple slipper tht do nothing... I ran a vise grip on mine after they broke one day and had to remove the pedal. So you might get some new ones ordered if you find them getting thin...

Rod

 

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mark in boonville ny

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• Feb 15, 2012

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the pedals arent looking like the bucket yet hopefully. should have gt pics of last summer of how bad the bucket is rusted through and i still use it. the bucket is got holes rusted through the floor but just welded em up a little. the backing where it mounts to the latch was so rusted it broke pushed through and i had patched those up with heavy sheet metale and on the loader where it mounts to the bucket it is wore real bad too. everything is getting thin and im startering to have to replace the loader bolts in the front every couple of weeks now beacause clearences are so far apart and has a lot of play. not ready to buy new of those yet.

 

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RodinNS

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• Feb 15, 2012

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LOL. I just spent the afternoon working on my bucket. This one is a 66" dirt/foundry bucket. The floor went missing last year so I put a new floor in it. Now the back is basically gone... the bottom pads torn off, the end plates rotted through. So... I made a new back and cut the end plates... and now I've got to cut the old one apart and meld the floor onto the new piece.
I've also got the same problem with the bucket pins... it's forever breaking the bolts off on the bottom pins. So I've got new pins to install and rebush the front... Hopefully the taper on the boom isn't worn too bad.

Rod

 

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mark in boonville ny

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• Feb 15, 2012

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gotta get the same use out of the bucket and the skid steer i guess. i figured it should last a few more yrs and probly the rest of the life of the skid steer.