This message is a reply to an archived post by NCWayne on June 29, 2015 at 21:17:51.
The original subject was "Re: Ed from Crawler Heaven passing".
i agree with you, I only wish I had half the knowledge my dad had. I spent almost all my younger years helping him on the farm,he passed in '91, and I really miss his knowledge and advice.
You mentioned that your father has experience with Northwest cranes.I have long planned to build a pond by damming a big gulley on our farm, already have a JD dozer.
I recently bought a Northwest 25 dragline crane from a guy who had expanded a 3 acre pond up to 5 acres. He hired a semi-retired union construction guy to run it for him, I suspect he didn't do any of the lubrication what should be done every 4 hours of operation. It has some problems I hope are correctable, but all I have is an old Xeroxed operator's manual and a parts manual. They don't tell you much. I tried adjusting one of the friction clutches on the lower shaft, it helped, but clutch is still slipping. Can't run it like that.
I haven't moved it home yet, have to wait until the corn is out, hopefully the fields will still be dry enough for a semi with lowboy to get it onto the farm.
Wondering if your father is willing to do some "consulting" work if I can't get my adjustments made correctly. I would be willing to pay a reasonable amount for his knowledge and help.
The original subject was "Re: Ed from Crawler Heaven passing".
i agree with you, I only wish I had half the knowledge my dad had. I spent almost all my younger years helping him on the farm,he passed in '91, and I really miss his knowledge and advice.
You mentioned that your father has experience with Northwest cranes.I have long planned to build a pond by damming a big gulley on our farm, already have a JD dozer.
I recently bought a Northwest 25 dragline crane from a guy who had expanded a 3 acre pond up to 5 acres. He hired a semi-retired union construction guy to run it for him, I suspect he didn't do any of the lubrication what should be done every 4 hours of operation. It has some problems I hope are correctable, but all I have is an old Xeroxed operator's manual and a parts manual. They don't tell you much. I tried adjusting one of the friction clutches on the lower shaft, it helped, but clutch is still slipping. Can't run it like that.
I haven't moved it home yet, have to wait until the corn is out, hopefully the fields will still be dry enough for a semi with lowboy to get it onto the farm.
Wondering if your father is willing to do some "consulting" work if I can't get my adjustments made correctly. I would be willing to pay a reasonable amount for his knowledge and help.
