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 | jeff r
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 428 burton. michigan 
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2003-06-23 58192
Just finished replacing and re-welding the 1/2 4 x 11 plate edge that the 3 teeth of my 12 inch backhoe bucket were attached. The original plate pulled lose with welds that were "cold" and looked like loose caulking on a window pane with no penetration to side metal. Check it out guys cold welds are lurking to get you.
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 | TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley 
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2003-06-24 58206
It's not a bad idea to occasionally raise the front of the tractor with the loader bucket and inspect the loader frame welds for cracks. Down-pressure on the bucket may spread a crack that otherwise may be missed. Of course it might close one that's going from the other direction so inspecting with both down-pressure and with a load might be best.
I have a bead around bushing on my backhoe that wasn't completed. There's a gap and grease comes out the gap rather than through the bushing. I crammed a stick in the gap and broke it off. Grease now goes through the bushing. Having to resort to sticks as maintenance tools doesn't make me very happy though.
I saw a truck end over end between switch-backs on a mountain pass that resulted in fatalities. I was with a family friend who was an A&E mechanic. On the way back we saw the wreck in a junkyard and stopped. He spotted a broken tie-rod that had been welded and pointed out that the bead had no penetration. Even it had been a good weld, welding a tie-rod sounds like a really bad idea. A person has to know what they're doing for anything structural. ....
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 | marklugo
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 281 Tifton, GA
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2003-06-24 58230
I've heard from reps that sold Prarie Dog BH's and said that they have their qc problems. One reason 3 of them switched to Mazzotti. ....
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2003-06-24 58231
Good idea with the stick, Tom.
Ah..... bush living, gotta love it.
I'm betting you have a roll of duct tape, a coil of malleable wire and a small stock of visqueen too. ....
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| jeff r
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 428 burton. michigan
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2003-06-24 58240
Mark,
The only thing I heard about PD backhoes before I bought one was leaking hydraulic fittings of which I have replaced 2. As far as cold welds it happens all the time. My brother just replaced a 1.5 yard bucket on a Cat excavator with cold bucket welds so it can happen anytime to any brand of equipment. I don't think anybody X-rays their bucket welds. Mazzotti might be a good product as far as I know but since they don't make subframes for popular tractors such as my Kubota B-2150 the choice was quickly discarded since I don't run 3-point backhoes without subframes. ....
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| TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley
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2003-06-25 58252
MarkH: Yep bush living. Ironic thing is that yesterday I took my rolls of safety wire and duct tape over to install outside speakers for a friend's stereo. Used both of them too. They're less bushy over there. No stereos or TV here. Maybe I'm not bushy enough but I haven't heard of visqueen. What ever it is I have no doubt that I'd find a use for it. ....
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| marklugo
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2003-06-25 58260
Visqueen aka roll of plastic sheeting ....
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| DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2003-06-25 58262
Sorry Tom, It is vapour barrier up there. ....
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| TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley
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2003-06-26 58342
Oh yeah, that stuff. There's always a roll around. A whole technology could be based on it--especially when combined with duct tape. ....
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 | Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL
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2003-06-26 58343
Yes, Tom watches the New Red Green show for tips.
On the Coast were you were always dealing with granite. A new bucket or blade was not used until you added pounds of welds to strengthen the welds and add wear patches. ....
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