Recent content by contractor bill

I own a company that operates a Komatsu 820-5 skid steer. The seat sensor in the machine has a push button sensor under the seat. When my operator is using the machine over rough and uneven areas sometimes the hydraulics freeze up. This is supposed to happen because the seat sensor is a safety...

Tazza, thanks for the input. We checked the seat switch and it was OK. My machine has an arm bar that when raised is supposed to lock-out the bucket arms, or prevent the bucket from moving. You are right in saying that my operator was at fault, but he was able to get out of his machine and...

My construction company owns a Komatsu SK820 turbo 2 speed utility skid-steer. The bucket is controlled by foot pedals. We’ve had the machine for about a year. Last week my operator told me about a problem he was having with the machine. While he was excavating dry dirt from a ditch and moving...