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Huge problem....rented bobcat stuck/won't run
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<blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 11201" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>I wish I had pics of that Cat feller buncher we pulled out a few years ago for another contractor. One track was completely out of sight and the front end of the second track too. It was listing forward and sideways at about a 35 degree angle. Had mud 1/3 up the front window. Took a 330 cat ecavator and 2 250hp skidder winching to free it. We pulled the whole top off that swamp over to the bedrock and it finally started to come up when it got to the rock. Stretched a 11/4" shackel where the 2 60k lb winches were hooked. Sadly it turned engine bearings a few hours after they got it running again and the repair bill put the contractor under.</p><p>Didn't look nothing like those excavator pics, but just goes to show it can always be worse.</p><p>On our skidders we finally welded tow hooks on the blade, so if you get stuck you can lift the blade up above the mud and have something solid to hook on to. I had one operator put 6" of mud over the floorboards once. Really makes you apreciate your good guys that don't get into those situations. We have been fortunate to not need anything more then a major bath after getting out</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skidsteer.ca, post: 11201, member: 307"] I wish I had pics of that Cat feller buncher we pulled out a few years ago for another contractor. One track was completely out of sight and the front end of the second track too. It was listing forward and sideways at about a 35 degree angle. Had mud 1/3 up the front window. Took a 330 cat ecavator and 2 250hp skidder winching to free it. We pulled the whole top off that swamp over to the bedrock and it finally started to come up when it got to the rock. Stretched a 11/4” shackel where the 2 60k lb winches were hooked. Sadly it turned engine bearings a few hours after they got it running again and the repair bill put the contractor under. Didn't look nothing like those excavator pics, but just goes to show it can always be worse. On our skidders we finally welded tow hooks on the blade, so if you get stuck you can lift the blade up above the mud and have something solid to hook on to. I had one operator put 6“ of mud over the floorboards once. Really makes you apreciate your good guys that don't get into those situations. We have been fortunate to not need anything more then a major bath after getting out Ken [/QUOTE]
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