nixs wrote:Precisely, it is what wee in Sweden uses to say about imported machines, often from England and from Rental service, they can have 2000 hours on the clock but be worn as they there driven 4000-6000 hours. Just as simple as lack of service and greasing!
Understand. Here in the pacific Northwest, loggers will take one of those machines (a 60-70 thousand lb excavator
such as a Cat 330 or one of the competitive Japanese brands adapted to being a log loader with a straight boom
and a grapple and log with the thing and operate it 15-18,000 hours without major problems except that they will go through a few undercarriages---but to do so they grease it every night.
we own 3 Link-belt 4300s --- which is really a Sumimoto excavator repainted. 2 of which have izsuzu diesels and 1 with a cummins that are 15 to 18 years old. Besides undercarriage issues (we treat undercarriages as expendibles because driving around in the woods they are), they are sound machines. the joints are tight, and they dont have stress cracks in them. The main rotation bearings are showing some slack etc. but they are solidly functional.
