First pic is the machine I am decommissioning. It was kind of hard to drive a machine into the barn that I've had for 20 plus years and dismantle it.
We haven't had the best weather for blasting and painting, but I did get some more parts cleaned up. Hopefully I will get some paint on this week.
I'm using the engine, boom, cage, and misc parts from the old one. I've been picking the best parts between the two. I will probably spend a chunk of change on hydraulic hoses this week. If they look sketchy, I'm replacing them. There are very few hoses that would be easy to change after the fact.. I resealed all the cylinders and am fixing any other issues I can find as I go along.
Hopefully in a couple more weeks I'll have a running machine again.
We haven't had the best weather for blasting and painting, but I did get some more parts cleaned up. Hopefully I will get some paint on this week.
I'm using the engine, boom, cage, and misc parts from the old one. I've been picking the best parts between the two. I will probably spend a chunk of change on hydraulic hoses this week. If they look sketchy, I'm replacing them. There are very few hoses that would be easy to change after the fact.. I resealed all the cylinders and am fixing any other issues I can find as I go along.
Hopefully in a couple more weeks I'll have a running machine again.