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Had a couple spells up at the ridge. Water, rest and good to go. Think its how libs feel, light headed, no energy and blah.Bad news?? How about I'm 63 tomorrow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
is there some way to move the whole machine to where you can use some part of the earth to wedge the bucket in to it and then rotate the boom? kind of like a big breaker bar applying force to move the boom back in the other direction?have you spoke with DOOLEY about this? hes the one who helped you with sarge and this in the past, correct?
Big D- what would happen if a grinder took off 1/4" on each side of each cyl. mounting ears? Both upper and lower ears. You have nothing to lose right? or maybe reweld a new cyl mount on the boom. 20k would buy a lot of weld repairs.
That boom can be repaired, it’s not 20-30k to do it either. I’d guess sub 10k…..Ask your mechanic equipment buddies, a true fab shop can do it now that you have a good cylinder
Quote from: stlaser on June 30, 2021, 02:44:06 PMThat boom can be repaired, it’s not 20-30k to do it either. I’d guess sub 10k…..Ask your mechanic equipment buddies, a true fab shop can do it now that you have a good cylinderThis. It's just steel right?
Yeah the question is whether they can fix it in the field or he has to take it or the boom to the shop. But yeah. Big enough hammer and enough heat and electricity you can fix anything metal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah the cheapest way is to air arc 2 of those ears off and tack them mounted to the cylinder...in the field. Whole bunch of welding. If they have to add gussets no biggie for what he's trying to do. Even $200/hour would make that a sub $2k job...but I also remember seeing someone mention just throwing seals in the old cylinder and running it. ;)
Quote from: stlaser on June 30, 2021, 02:44:06 PMThat boom can be repaired, it’s not 20-30k to do it either. I’d guess sub 10k…..Ask your mechanic equipment buddies, a true fab shop can do it now that you have a good cylinderOur fab shop here will do al of that on site, the have line bore machines to make any thing true, fix our bucket brackets, our tracks and all that kinda stuff. I think your probably on with cost if not less since he already has the ram Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I know you covered this but I’m dense. Exactly where is the boom bent?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: TexasRedNeck on June 30, 2021, 01:55:55 PMI know you covered this but I’m dense. Exactly where is the boom bent?Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSeems like it is pushed in from the top (Bridge impact) and there is a depression just aft of the cylinder mount. The impact rolled the pin mount in some and created an indentation about an inch in debth. That is 1" thick steel mind you.The sides of the boom have some "Oil-canning" indicating some warpage. I recognize that from my days flying the Chinook which would "Oil-can" in flight while lifting very heavy loads. Take a soda can and twist the opposite ends in opposite directions. He stress manifests in ripples in the sides of the can. My boom: Same thingI do have Dan coming down to take a look at it. He is a professional welder and repairs excavators on a regular basis. He is in high demand, so getting him to work on it is one big maybe...
I’m not sure what your local transport fee would be. We charge $500 start the truck fee and then $200 an hour on top of that Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The weight I’m sure can be handled. It’s the length and width that I need to know for permits. Anything over 12’ needs a escort lol I’d have to get a escort vehicle. Lol where are we taking her ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Only the boom need to be moved right? If you can't get someone to repair on site, pull the boom with that Kubota or tractor, lay it on your trailer and head out!
Mostly likely top end of 30 tons’ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Iv never done any water stuff maybe Don knows some helicopters folks to fly it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Come on now. All jokes aside. Do they have helicopters that can lift that? Would the people attempt to swing one object from two helicopters? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That thing is goofy looking for sure!! After looking at some other photos, just makes me want to go to a helicopter museum? We have are air museum here in ogden but it’s mostly centered around fighter jets and things that fly out of Hill Airforce base Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Too bad the sky crane idea never really took off
Saw this big one in Afghanistan while in Kandahar, think it’s the Mi-26 as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: Nate on July 04, 2021, 12:13:13 PMToo bad the sky crane idea never really took offNate, ah...It did take offCH-54 Tarhe flew for many years in the Army. Was finally retired some years ago out of the National Guard.The S-64 survives today. Almost all of them were ex-US Army airframes. Not many new S-64 sky cranes were ever built and not many of them survive to this day, maybe 25-30 worldwideA good friend of mine, my stick buddy during instrument phase in flight school, is one of 2-3 S-64 check airmen in the world. He just retired from being the chief pilot of a company in Canada that owned 8 or 9 of them. He flies every fire season and has for decades. He fights fires in the US, Canada, Mexico, France, and Australia.They fly the birds there unassembled, then build them up and fly them at $10k-$12K an hour and contract a minimum of five hours a day.Those things are very expensive to operate, and now a F-model Chinook can lift just as much.
According to my original photo, that was Nov 10, 2006. Thought it was noteworthy(and a big flipping whirlybird) so I took a snap of it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk