I know some on here don't believe that with older equipment that dealer support isn't important but....
Busted a hose on my JCB 3CIII backhoe the other day on the bucket circuit. New hose 127 bucks because of goofy British ends! Back at work yesterday after driving 90 plus miles to St Cloud MN to a hydraulic shop that can make a hose for me. So late yesterday afternoon I'm on the last rock in a field digging em out for my sisters husband and I bust another hose. Bad part is that I'm heading out to the deer stand in a few minutes. So I guess Monday I'll be heading back to St Cloud (local shops have nothing to help me but can order the ends) to get another hose made. I will never buy another piece of equipment that's made by some company that has no support further than 30 miles. I can get support for Ford, Cat, JD, CaseIH and Kubota but not JCB. No one else has the correct air filter for it. That has to come from JCB. What a pain!
Rick
Busted a hose on my JCB 3CIII backhoe the other day on the bucket circuit. New hose 127 bucks because of goofy British ends! Back at work yesterday after driving 90 plus miles to St Cloud MN to a hydraulic shop that can make a hose for me. So late yesterday afternoon I'm on the last rock in a field digging em out for my sisters husband and I bust another hose. Bad part is that I'm heading out to the deer stand in a few minutes. So I guess Monday I'll be heading back to St Cloud (local shops have nothing to help me but can order the ends) to get another hose made. I will never buy another piece of equipment that's made by some company that has no support further than 30 miles. I can get support for Ford, Cat, JD, CaseIH and Kubota but not JCB. No one else has the correct air filter for it. That has to come from JCB. What a pain!
Rick