MacAulay Plant Services

[wee_gus]

Oddball machine found on site, never seen one before

 

[wee_gus]

New chains and sprockets fitted on site yesterday. Shite day for it after days of sun, site was a big which slowed us right down, start to finish 8 hours, about double what it normally takes

 

[Antony Holmes]

Oddball machine found on site, never seen one before

case 860 mole plow for installing pipes and cables the one in the picture belongs to ocmis irrigation so is installing an irrigation system i assume it was a new build golf course

 

[wee_gus]

Nice big VTS50 shear in for overhaul, I replaced 90% of the hoses, 10% good condition.
This unit is for sale and comes with a donor shear also.
Customer looking for £30K for both units.
Will suit machines from 35-60T

 

[wee_gus]

Couple of weld on cutting edges on these buckets and a new set of hoses, ran out of spiral guard hate seeing that spring style hose protection on anything other than a breaker

 

[wee_gus]

Volvo EC360 sprocket sheared all the bolts into the final drive...
Nothing and I mean nothing would get the snapped bolts out!
Customer sent to blacksmiths who also couldn’t get bolts out, new final drive on order

 

[wee_gus]

Called out to machine with excessive track tension, suspected rod had snapped, when stripped found the thread on the rod had been stripped. New rod and nut fitted on site

 

[wee_gus]

MacAulay Plant Services Ltd are the Scottish agent for Hammer Sme attachments.

Here we have supplied a replacement slew ring and hydraulic motor after snapped bolt ended up chewing the slew ring and burst the flanges on the hydraulic motor securing it to the Mulcher

For all attachments and parts enquires please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

[Rob65]

Gus, that 360 final drive can’t be cheap. What size are the bolts and are they generally broken flush or below the surface?

Have you tried building up the end of the bolt with TIG weld and then TIG weld a nut on to use to unscrew the bit of broken bolt?

I have not yet had this method fail.

Rob

 

[wee_gus]

Gus, that 360 final drive can’t be cheap. What size are the bolts and are they generally broken flush or below the surface?

Have you tried building up the end of the bolt with TIG weld and then TIG weld a nut on to use to unscrew the bit of broken bolt?

I have not yet had this method fail.

Rob

This was tried by the black smiths,
I have tried this in the past with out issue, the last 2 times I’ve came across this I’ve had to drill out and use an easy out, how ever even this wouldn’t remove them, burn the bolt to a mm of its life and still wouldn’t come out, you know it’s tight when it won’t move with you behind 8ft bad!
Suspect that bolts have been over torqued causing the threads inside to stretch!
Of the top of my head it’s the first time I’ve beeb beat trying to get snapped bolts out.
9/10 they break 2-3 threads in with the odd one sticking slightly proud

 

[V8Druid]

Volvo EC360 sprocket sheared all the bolts into the final drive...
Nothing and I mean nothing would get the snapped bolts out!
Customer sent to blacksmiths who also couldn’t get bolts out, new final drive on order
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how the hell did they snap ALL of them ..... did you try the washer and nut trick? ... the heat involved usually cracks even the most stubborn stud

 

[V8Druid]

MacAulay Plant Services Ltd are the Scottish agent for Hammer Sme attachments.

Here we have supplied a replacement slew ring and hydraulic motor after snapped bolt ended up chewing the slew ring and burst the flanges on the hydraulic motor securing it to the Mulcher

For all attachments and parts enquires please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

tha's a mighty trick looking CLRV, direct mounted on that motor Gus. ........ a 'special' for the motor manufacturers?? neat

 

[V8Druid]

how the hell did they snap ALL of them ..... did you try the washer and nut trick? ... the heat involved usually cracks even the most stubborn stud

er ..... yeh you did ...... should have read further down the page ...... amazed it didn't ..... as you say may have been over dogged and maybe even had the threads pick up, by doing so

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Could the final drive not be re-drilled between the current holes?

 

[wee_gus]

Bloody predictive text on the phone!

Drilling new was suggested but apparently they didn’t want to go down the route of drilling new holes! Other option was to strip the final drive down and remove the section and replace, but they decided they wanted a new final drive

 

[wee_gus]

er ..... yeh you did ...... should have read further down the page ...... amazed it didn't ..... as you say may have been over dogged and maybe even had the threads pick up, by doing so

I had tried by drilling centre out and heating the bolt up and cooling down with water to shock it then trying it with the easy out, still wouldn’t go, tried to heat up the flange faces around the bolts and they were cherry red! 8ft tube onto my easy out and it was bending the easy out, that’s how tight they were!

 

[Shovelhands]

I had tried by drilling centre out and heating the bolt up and cooling down with water to shock it then trying it with the easy out, still wouldn’t go, tried to heat up the flange faces around the bolts and they were cherry red! 8ft tube onto my easy out and it was bending the easy out, that’s how tight they were!

You must have some impressive easy outs if they will take an 8ft tube!

Very surprised they went for a complete unit, must be a fair cost involved? Has it done many hours?

 

[V8Druid]

Could the final drive not be re-drilled between the current holes?

good shout .... set up on a rotary table on a miller to do that, could even machine out the originals

 

[V8Druid]

You must have some impressive easy outs if they will take an 8ft tube!

Very surprised they went for a complete unit, must be a fair cost involved? Has it done many hours?

I'd be guessing on the 'Snap-on' splined type, rather than the tapered anti clock grippers, which tend to expend what you're trying to get out

good system

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Bloody predictive text on the phone!

Drilling new was suggested but apparently they didn’t want to go down the route of drilling new holes! Other option was to strip the final drive down and remove the section and replace, but they decided they wanted a new final drive

Is this the same firm who scrapped the grab with the dodgy rotator? I bet their scrap man can’t wait for the phone to ring from them!!!

In fact - is it you Mogman?!!!