PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-729
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 729
AUGUST 2013
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O
perators, these new skid loaders are real workhorses for loading and carrying
material at the work site.
If you haven’t noticed already, the vehicle’s steel crawler track gives you extra
traction when operating in sand, dirt and snow. Just remember to remove the track
when you drive the skid loader on concrete, asphalt or black-topped hard surfaces.
If you don’t, the track’s steel edges will chew up and damage these surfaces. Also, it
causes unnecessary wear-and-tear to the vehicle’s tires and hydrostatic-drive train.
C
ome on, operators! Go easy on the
excavator’s hydraulic hoses for tool
attachments when pulling them away
from or bringing them back to the
vehicle.
That means you don’t yank on the
hoses or let them snap back into the
recoil spool. Sooner or later, this yo-yo
treatment will break the spring inside
the recoil spool. Then you can’t rewind
the hoses.
To make the hoses and recoil spool last
longer, slow and easy is the way to go.
Dear Half-Mast,
A backhoe loader (BHL) in our unit has a roof pad that is dry-rotted and
peeling back from the cab roof.
What is the purpose of this pad? Do we need to fix or replace it?
SGT K.G.B.
Dear Sergeant K.G.B.,
The BHL’s roof pad is used for insulation. It helps keep the cab from absorbing
heat caused by the sun beating directly down on the top of the steel cab. The pad
allows the BHL’s air conditioning to keep the operator comfortable in extremely
hot weather.
When the pad starts to look
shabby, your mechanic can replace
the self-adhesive pad by ordering it
in a bulk roll that comes with NSN
There is no preservative or sealer
for the roof pad, but you can get a
special aerosol adhesive with NSN
8040-01-566-0124. It’s a plastic
polyurethane adhesive that does a
good job securing the edges of the
pad to the vehicle’s roof.
HYEX…
M400W Skid
Loader…
Don’t
Yank
the Hoses!
Crawler Track Reminder
Backhoe
Loader…
Cab Roof Pad Peeling?
Take the sTeel
crawler track
off WhEn
operating on
concrete
or
asphalt.
that saves
wear and
tear on the
tires and
drive train.
walk
the
hoses back.
Don’t yank ‘em!
Peeling or missing roof
pad? Tell your mechanic
hey! my
pad is
pretty
beat up…
… and
this heat is
giving me a
headache!
can’t you
do
some-
thing?
I dunno!
Maybe I
should ask
Half-Mast!
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