According to Joe Keller at , the birth of the can be traced back to the summer of 1956. Elvis Presley鈥檚 song 鈥淗eartbreak Hotel鈥� was at the top of the charts, Eisenhower was president, and Gunsmoke was on television. The first skid steer, however, looked a little different from the modern skid steer.
Final drives and hydraulic motors are key to keeping your heavy equipment moving and when one fails the machine it's on comes to a grinding halt (pun intended). In this Shop Talk Blog post, we are going to tell you the three secrets to destroying a final drive. Are you ready?
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When someone says the word 鈥渕别肠丑补苍颈肠鈥� we usually conjure up an image of a hard-working laborer with stained, rough hands holding a wrench and wearing a dark uniform while working on an automobile or other large piece of machinery.
A "technician," on the other hand, often makes us think of an individual in a clean uniform using electronic equipment to diagnose some complex pieces of machinery.
Your final drive is what keeps much of your heavy equipment moving. Without the ability to move across the ground, your equipment won鈥檛 do you very much good. That鈥檚 why it is important to avoid having a reactive when it comes to this key piece of equipment. In this article, we are going to discuss the dangers of failing to maintain a final drive and what you can do to keep it running as long as possible.
Your represents a significant investment for your fleet. The key to getting the most out of your investment includes:
Included here are some simple maintenance and operating tips to help you minimize the costs related to your skid steers...
is a special type of highly viscous that is well adapted for use in differentials and transmissions, including final drives. Gear oil, also referred to as gear lube, is the lubricant for the planetary side of a final drive. In this Shop Talk blog post we are going to discuss three things you should know about final drive gear oil.
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You鈥檝e probably heard of the but did you know it is the concept behind ? The goal of this blog post is to give you some insight into concepts and technology behind telematics, starting with the Internet of Things.
One of the key features of quality assurance is thorough testing of the final drives and hydraulic motors that we both repair and re-manufacture. In this blog post we are going to outline certain aspects of our pneumatic and hydraulic testing program.
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You have seen final drives, travel motors, and hydraulic motors advertised as 鈥渞ebuilt鈥� or 鈥渞e-manufactured.鈥� You might have assumed that this refers to the same thing, but, in reality, they are very different. In this blog post, we are going to look at the difference between a rebuilt final drive and a re-manufactured final drive.
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There are certain items on a final drive that are more likely to fail than others. They will cause damage to the motor, if left unchecked. Routine maintenance of these items will not only prevent damage but greatly extend the life of the components of the final drive motor.
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