Recent content by Pstone

Check your door switch as well.

Hopefully you haev this one figured out and fixed by now. If not- 1- Hose/pressure wash the heck out of your radiator and oil cooler, even though they look clear. I have had one that I would have sworn was clear looking at it that ended up having so much crud in it that I had to pull the...

It must be based on area. I can say with 100% certainty that none of the guys I know here who run a skid steer service would put up with the crap that bubbadirt apparently has to. 3 trips for a simple driveway is nuts. At that point you have spent as much time driving back and forth to their...

30 minutes travel time is not going to be more than 30 miles. 15 mpg = 2 gallons @ $4.50/gallon = $9. Half hour of skid steer running full out burns about 1/2 gallon of fuel, but we will say 1 gallon just to make things simple. That means you have spent $13.50 on fuel. Even if you figure in...

I dont even claim to be an operator and I can spread 2 loads of gravel on a driveway in 20-30 minutes. Even if you figure a full half hour to get there, you are still looking at $100 an hour including travel time. With due respect, I can get a Cat 320 on site with operator for that money. I...

Usually the way it works is that Joe Blow the homeowner calls up for gravel for his drive and wants us to spread it. We price the gravel and delivery but tell him that we dont spread it, but can put him in touch with somebody who can. We give him a number for one of the skid steer guys...

I run a rock quarry, whihc is about the most demanding envirnment you can imagine for a skid steer. Beyond the fact that you are constantly working in a high dust envirnment, limstone dust is especially fatal to equipment. We dont do anything small. All of our equipment is BIG. All of our...

I run a quarry and we get people all the time...several times a day...that call and want rock for their driveways or parking lots and want to know if we will spread it for them. The answer to that is NO. We lack the manpower, equipment, or desire to field crews to spread gravel on driveways...

Camoplast tracks are made in Emporia, Ks, about 3 miles from my house, and their skid steer tracks are pretty much junk. Camoplast also makes tracks for caterpillar aquipment (ag stuff) and belts for snow mobiles and thost tracks are all good....better than most....but their skid steer tracks...

Where would I find the service switch on one of these? Also, when I pulled the hydrostats apart on that unit, the manual said to use a slide hammer to remove and install the charge pressure relief valve poppet. I just stuck my pinkie in it and it pulled right out...assembled it the same way. Now...

I have the repair manual for it, and it is really good about showing what goes where and how to pull it apart, but beyond that there is not a whole lot of information in there. The "troubleshooting" section is pretty bad. Do you know if there is any way to bypass the safety system on one of...

I have a C190 that ate a drive motor. I pulled the motor and replaced it, then pulled the hydrostat, tore it down, inspected everything, and put it all back together. I did not pull the drive motor on the other side (left) but pulled the lines and inspected them and what I could see of the motor...