Re: Terex 8230

Posted by Grozerbar on November 10, 2001 at 07:37:28 from (161.184.21.140):

In Reply to: Terex 8230 posted by Don on November 09, 2001 at 19:31:41:

Hi, Don, don't know if this will be of any help; operated a c6 way back when, for a short time,eight weeks or so, found them to be quit different from other equipment in the "patch". Found they were prone to small breakdowns,ie silver soldered pipe connections, "o" rings in difficult places,[steering controle] water pump failure, which could lead to a bigger problem with the head, if not shut down immediatly!

Operators woes; central position of operator, makes it difficult to "feel" what the machine is doing, [leveling with the dozer], rear position of the cooling fan, a real pain in cold weather with the fan reversed, like sitting in a wind tunnel; Allison transmission torques out under heavy load, will not quit stop, but almost.
Realy hard to put up with the "screamin' jimmy" all day, [C6's had the 671]

Operator pluses; visibility is phenominal, don't have to worry about running a stick into the radiator, when clearing brush.

Mechanical pluses; these machines had about the best final drive, and track suspension system on a machine this size. If anything, there was a bit of overkill on the rails and rollers. Very easy to tighten the tracks, just let some grease out a bleed screw, and the pressured gas in the tension cylender would take up the slack. fairly easy to work on, [other than the valve adjusting system on the GM motor]! Parts readily available "off the shelf".

Not too many mechanical dissadvantages, only one I can think of off hand is tracks "bunching" under the sprocket when backing up a steep incline.

Always thought one of these machines would be great for someone who had some serious work to do for himself, due to afformentioned pluses and price of used ones.

All this pratle probably doesn't help a bit, but it sure brought back a lot of memories for me.

so, have a gooder, R.E.L.

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