I had to look at that full-screen to figure out that that was a tread headed for the horizon. How does one even come off without breaking between a couple of the links?
I ran an old wore out John Deere (read:Hitachi) 290 that would throw a track at least once a week. It would take an hour or two to put it back on, as it always happened on tough ground.
The a-hole that owned the machine wondered why I couldn't get as much done as the guys that were running new machines. I lasted a year and said AMF.
I literally just had a to tell operator to stop running a D6 because the undercarriage is so clapped out it was about to loose its tracks like this lol
I was a US Marine tank commander in Vietnam. This sort of thing happened once in a while...not often but enough that seeing this video does not surprise me. The sad part is that the track just keeps walking down the hill.
I had to look at that full-screen to figure out that that was a tread headed for the horizon.
ReplyDeleteHow does one even come off without breaking between a couple of the links?
[rocketride]
Oh, they can walk off.
DeleteThe little one I ran, you actually use a grease gun filling a cylinder to adjust the tensioner up.
Jerry
That is how you adjust the track on a M113 personnel carrier.
DeleteI've seen several walk off the machine. A couple of times the operator put it back on without ever leaving the cab.
DeleteThere is a reason why those things are called 'caterpillars'.
ReplyDeleteIt is not unusual to shed a track on wore out equipment. Have not seen one take off like that.
ReplyDeleteI ran an old wore out John Deere (read:Hitachi) 290 that would throw a track at least once a week. It would take an hour or two to put it back on, as it always happened on tough ground.
DeleteThe a-hole that owned the machine wondered why I couldn't get as much done as the guys that were running new machines. I lasted a year and said AMF.
It's alive. It's alive!
ReplyDeleteThat worked better than a slinky down a flight of stairs.
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty funny.. Monday morning right after coffee..
ReplyDeleteSome say it's still rolling on, to this very day
ReplyDeleteI literally just had a to tell operator to stop running a D6 because the undercarriage is so clapped out it was about to loose its tracks like this lol
ReplyDeleteI was a US Marine tank commander in Vietnam. This sort of thing happened once in a while...not often but enough that seeing this video does not surprise me. The sad part is that the track just keeps walking down the hill.
ReplyDeleteFuker clocked out and left the job site.
ReplyDeleteDidn't even look back.
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Some poor schmuck has to drag that heavy bastard back up the hill so they can put it back on the drive wheels.
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