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Originally Posted by D8R
looking good as usual, Steve. Looked the vid with one of my friends (who also visit Brownsville) , he has more than 20 real machines,. A question, it looks like there to little weight in the bucket, is this only a test bucket? You had a bigger one on side of machine, is that the one that will be used??
Dan
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That's a smaller bucket we used because I didn't see the real problem till I got home and it was two set screws on the hoist motor shaft came loose and you can't see the motor shaft spinning inside of the hoist pinion cross shaft
. It used to be pressed on slightly. I couldn't pick the big bucket up empty
. After 6yrs I guess you find these unseen problems,after all it was only the second time this has been in the dirt actually working. It's fixed now and I wish I found the problem at the show. I think I described this problem earlier.
I'll have more pictures soon on the boom point. I just cut a piece of 3.75'' round stock this morning for the point sheave. I'll be working on the cradle that holds the point sheave tonight.