r/Skidsteer

Forgot i left the bucket up last night and this morning the bucket is half way down blocking the door, i cant open the door enough to get in. What can i do to either get in or lower/raise the bucket?

I need to get the track off on one side to hopefully give me enough room to access the drive hoses on the backside of the motor. My attempts to slide the whole track assembly out on the torsion bar pins weren't successful, since those pins apparently haven't been greased in a long time.

This is the style with the one-piece idlers, so the only way to remove the idlers is to dismantle the bearings and slide them off their spindles.

I also don't think the drive unit is dropping down as far as it should. I've disconnected the tensioner altogether, but it looks like the DU could drop down another inch or two. Would loosening the DU pivot bolt make a difference?

Has anyone worked with one of these ASV-equipped Cats, who could give me a few pointers?

Hi all,
I just obtained a Gehl 4840E that I need to buy tires for. I’m trying to find the balance of wear and traction while minimizing damage to the surfaces I’m going over. The skid will spend half its time on a gravel lot loading logs on my sawmill then other half of the time will be used to retrieve logs in my relatively flat woods or from yard pickups around my area. I’m a fair weather user, I won’t take it out to do any of this during rain/snow or if especially muddy.
Does anyone have experience with more hybrid type tires in this use case? I am currently considering Galaxy trac star L-4. I have 10-16.5, but am not completely against going to a 12” wide - but also don’t want to spend on new rims if I don’t really need it.

Hey everyone,
I was hoping to find a community like this!

I’ve recently inherited the use of a Bobcat T630 which looks to have about 250 hours on it and is at least 10 years old. Was left parked outside for years. Got it up and running with a new battery and some gas.

I’ve been using the bucket for about a week working on potholes…
NOW I’m trying to put the bucket down so I can switch to a leveler attachment.

Per the Manual, It appears to have an auto-system for the levers, but when I push (and hold) the up/down button, nothing happens.

I thought maybe the levers were stuck so I added some WD-40 and tried to loosen it a bit with a hammer, but nothing seems to be working to disengage the attachment.

I went through the operators manual and I believe I’m doing everything right, all I should have to do once I’m in operator mode is to just push the button to release the levers, but it’s not working.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Purchasing an HL360 in decent shape. Would like to get manual so we can look to disassemble and update a few things. Can't find much info on this older model. We also have a JLG LJ500, similar era so accustomed to lack of much info, although we have a manual for it.

Thanks,

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Hey everybody!
So much wonderful advice on helping with my Bob-Tach yesterday.

Apparently I have a LOT of preventative maintenance to prepare myself for lol.

Again, I have a newly-inherited Bobcat T630 with 250 hours on it. Been left outside for a decade.

I’m in Louisiana where it’s currently 90 degrees at 6pm and feels like 100 F.

The AC is MANDATORY.
But when I turn the AC on, the only vent that blows air is the vent by my right knee.

All top vents and the vent to my lower left blow nothing.

Also I can’t tell if turning the AC/Heat switch actually does anything.

Any quick tips?

hi all I just recently purchased a Case 1840 Skid Steer and I was hoping someone could tell me where do you guys go to get parts? I am assuming someone makes parts for these when they break, just looking for standard replacement parts if I needed anything. Looking for a reputable place to get parts, no allibaba or Chinese parts.

thanks

I’ve been looking for a skid steer for use on my farm. I have a tractor so will likely use this just for small jobs, cleaning cow manure from the barn, some minor dirt work. Maybe get a front bush hog to help manage grass along a river bank. That’s about it.. probably less than 150 hours per year.

Definitely do not need or want a new machine. I’ve been looking at Cats mostly and have operated a couple 259D/D3s and happy with the size and capabilities. But these are still in the high $30s if enclosed and from 3000-4000 hours. Even 30+ for an open station with 1800-2000 hours.

I came across a one-owner 257 for sale; 3,600 hours, hvac station, corporate owned in a factory. Have full maintenance logs.

Thoughts on this machine for around $20,000. Thanks for any feedback you can offer

Hey y’all so, recently I started working in a dealership selling this kind of machines.

I know nothing about them or the industry I used to work in a truck parts and it’s a completely different world.

If you don’t mind sharing as a operator what you look for when wanting to buy a machine like what do you consider what needs to be on the plate for you to say “oh yeah I want this machine because of this and that” please and thank you fellas.

Hoping somebody can help me diagnose my problem. I have a 328 new holland and have been having overheating issues. I've flushed the radiator. No clogs. Radiator is clean and water runs right through it and it holds good pressure. The thermostat is fine. Tested it in a pot with hot water and it does indeed open up. Also ran the skid without the thermostat and it still overheated. Replaced the belts even though they were fine. Checked out the water pump and that's also operating as it should. Air filter is new and clean. My oil level never changes and it's not milky or other color than that of oil so that tells me there's not an exhaust leak. There's never a poof of white smoke upon startup. I don't think I have a cracked head because I recently changed oil and there was nothing in it but oil. Wasn't milky at all. I'm running out of ideas. Thinking maybe it's the egr but it's not consistent because as odd as it sounds it only ever overheated it's the ambient temp is above 70 degrees. I ran it all winter with no problems then the second it's 70 degrees it'll overheat.

I have a 863 with 3800 hours on it, one lift cylinder leaks significantly. I can look at the seal on the end of the cylinder amd see that pieces of the seal are starting to come out. It actually sprays sometimes. Any thoughts on weather it worth try to have it rebuilt? Or just buy a cylinder and be done? Seems to me lime most people I have known that have had cylinders repaired, have had issues later. Anyone have a rough cost to have a shop repair it? How hard is it to do yourself? I am a diesel mechanic, but mot familiar with equipment (yet… we just got this thing haha)

I have a machine (bobcat 863 if it matters) that sat outside untouched for several years, I aquired it from my grandfathers estate, and am working through some issues with it. One of those issues is the manual quick attach pins are seized, bucket is attached. I had a prybar on it, with my wife holding tension on ot while I tapped the end of the pin with a hammer and couldn’t get either to budge. I didn’t have much for tools or time to mess with it today. We will fight that battle a different day I guess lol. Levers move, it appears to be the pin itself.
Looking at the system from what I can see my options are push feom the bottom on the tapered end or pull from the top. Does anyone think I will have enough room with the bucket attached to remove the roll pin so a can maybe attach a chain with another pin to pull up harder? Put a punch under the pin amd use the hydraulics to push the pin out? Sketchy as hell but maybe

anyone get gouged on a part lately? nobody local had it so you paid whatever they asked. what was it?

The top of these are a little loose when the machine is sitting (I can jiggle them slightly) and I can see them move sometimes when working where the top is with the big washers where it bolts to the frame of the lift arm. What is going on? Is this normal?