MacAulay Plant Services

[wee_gus]

Cat D3G undercarriage conversion, supposed to be first in UK, no photos of actual machine on customer’s request

 

[wee_gus]

Full hit on this Hitachi 130 in Telford, usual groundworker machine, as much slop in the tracks as inside the cab.

 

[wee_gus]

Terex J1480 undercarriage overhauled for National aggregate company.
New track chains and bottom rollers and sprockets

multiple cracks in both frames and main crusher welded

 

[wee_gus]

Bonnie weather tha past few weeks working up in the highlands at dornell wind farm for the highwalker Hyundai then upto gairloch for repairs on on hitachi

 

[wee_gus]

Main pump feed hose burst, the joint was behind the engine

 

[V8Druid]

New whites hitch installed onto sunward machine on behalf of Scottish sunward dealer

what did you think of Mr Sunward's offering

 

[Mark]

Cat 352 with sprocket and drive issues, both final drives pulled and sent to machine shop to put in radial drill.
Strip and rebuild tracking motor and counterbalance valve

Sprocket bolts come slack and damage the final drive casing?

 

[Alan caddy]

We're you up in lewis the other day was working on side of hill when looked like your van went past, must have had to book a long time in advance

 

[wee_gus]

what did you think of Mr Sunward's offering

Right components, couldn’t fault it. Few little things I would change but not bad

 

[wee_gus]

Sprocket bolts come slack and damage the final drive casing?

No, bolts had stretched

 

[wee_gus]

Sprocket bolts come slack and damage the final drive casing?

No, bolts had stretched

We're you up in lewis the other day was working on side of hill when looked like your van went past, must have had to book a long time in advance

yea was up for MacAulays only booked on the Sunday, was in your yard to see Bam Bam also

 

[Mark]

No, bolts had stretched

There is a service letter out for 349e and 352f for the sprocket bolts coming slack. Happened to mine twice. First time wrecked the final drive casing.

 

[Alan caddy]

No, bolts had stretched

yea was up for MacAulays only booked on the Sunday, was in your yard to see Bam Bam also

I was over breasclete and was pretty sure it was your van, did bam bam have you looking at there latest purchase round the back of yard

 

[wee_gus]

I was over breasclete and was pretty sure it was your van, did bam bam have you looking at there latest purchase round the back of yard

No but he been sending me photos lol

 

[wee_gus]

Few jobs out an about last couple of months.
Hitachi 480 ram seals, 17000nm the nut was torqued too.
Volvo inspections on Isle of Lewis.
Cat 352 repairs in Aberdeen
Crushing squad repairs

sunward with a design flaw.
No blade function, expander tracks also work off blade via a diverting switch.

also found out when you press the quick hitch button it disabled the blade so you use the baked lever to open and close the hitch.

lively little cat that we Carried out an undercarriage conversion on

 

[wee_gus]

Wacker duck for thorough examinations and some running repairs

 

[wee_gus]

Installing and commissioning a new sunward breaker into a sunward micro.

cat 385 with hydraulic issues in Inverness.
Check computer side with CAT ET then flow and pressure test machine.
Shear at fault
Remove dipper ram as suspect gland coming apart

 

[wee_gus]

Tested steel pipe on 14f Doosan. 1 hour walking to get to machine.

 

[Bri963]

Did you sort that 962H issue, Gus?

 

[wee_gus]

Did you sort that 962H issue, Gus?

No it needed a pump, over 13k for a new one, it went back to customer