The only good news..........at least it ain't a real Bobcat excavator! mu-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!
I really hate the 442 , very expensive parts that fail alot and it's hard to work on --------I think the takeuchi TB 175 is a very good machine in that class -----I did hear that Doosan is going to fill the 442 spot with their excavator , wait and see what comes
I tried for 2 hours today to get a hydraulic hose off a 442's right joy stick to the control valve , got it half way out , it must be 15 ft long , the machine doesn't have the cab tilt kit on it , I gave up and I ordered the kit today for $800 but have never installed one , sounds easy , except for come a longing the cab forward ------------------- anyone did this before
A little late, Don. I've done it a few times. It's harder to get it back together than it is to install and tilt, because of the front cab mounting bolts. They just do not want to line up when the cab swings back down. They are designed to lign up with the cab dropping straight down at assembly is my guess.
Ya know Shane , I thought of using a grinder or a saws-all and cutting about 4 threads or so off the front studs as they are longer than need be , it would probally help with lining it back up , the front studs contact the cab when the rear is still 3 feet up in the air , or open up the holes in the cab bigger , the hidges mount flemsy and adjustment is critical and I think a few spot welds on the hindes once they are properly alinged would help to keep it that way as it seems no matter how tight you put them the hidges seem to shift , I wouldn't not put the front cabs bolts back in , if the machine laided over extremely I don't think them hinges would keep it all together very well , no bolts would affect ROPS and FLOPS and open liabillity ------------the claw is a mess , no doubt , there are two machines around here that we had a fab shop make an adjustable strut to take the place of the clyinder and it's working out great-----------the 442 is not a bad operating machine , it's working on it , most of the time it's hard and or costly -------have you ever had a leak coming out the bundle of 30 hoses with 30 tie wraps on them that passes on side of the swing motor , nothing pretty
Like a leg-thick bundle of pilot hoses? Never yet, but I have seen it and wondered how much of a job it would be to find a leaker. It sounds like you have more of these in your area.
There are quite a few of them around , more of the Terex version , I can't post pics on this site , way to complicated for me
What about your new assistant?.....=)
E-mail 'em to me "taz38sup at yahoo.com.au"
The new assistant has been pressure washing her house and doing spring cleaning , wanted some time off before starting ---------I'll get a pic of the strut and e mail it
