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- Larne, Northern Ireland
Then kubotas are a lovely machine, have only drove the -3 model not a -4, what did you think of it?
The Digger Picture Thread
- Thread starter Thomas5060
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delivered a few over the years don't know if they count in here but heres a few
if i could afford have the use for id buy one it was a dream to use
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Do you do much digging @roscoe erf ?
Even after all this time on the forum I thought you were a haulier.
Even after all this time on the forum I thought you were a haulier.
i have done a bit but I'm no expert some blokes make beautiful music with theirs where as i just bang a drum
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
That sounds a bit like my method!!
It is fascinating watching a really good operator. I know a local chap who makes a superb job. A mutual friend of ours says he could sign a cheque with a pen taped on the end of the dipper!
It is fascinating watching a really good operator. I know a local chap who makes a superb job. A mutual friend of ours says he could sign a cheque with a pen taped on the end of the dipper!
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- Snodland kent
View attachment 458796 Brother in law's Liebherr 956 working in Leicester Square. Will work down to 35m.
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
I thought you liked banging beautiful women.i have done a bit but I'm no expert some blokes make beautiful music with theirs where as i just bang a drum
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Favourite machine on the farm,
It does have a bit of a fault at the moment, if the dipper arm is fully extended, it swings down, reaches the bottom of the arc of travel and then pauses before starting to move upward again. I've changed the filters and oil but it hasn't cured it and it makes grading very tricky. Any ideas whats causing it? Sticky valve maybe?
It does have a bit of a fault at the moment, if the dipper arm is fully extended, it swings down, reaches the bottom of the arc of travel and then pauses before starting to move upward again. I've changed the filters and oil but it hasn't cured it and it makes grading very tricky. Any ideas whats causing it? Sticky valve maybe?
- Location
- Larne, Northern Ireland
Happen all the time or just the odd time?
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
All the time. You don't notice it on ditching jobs etc. Just when trying to grade level.
thats a full time job
Shovelhands
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- Sunny Essex
With the dipper hanging vertically, like a pendulum, can you swing the dipper manually, by hand that is? If so is the ram rod moving in and out of the tube a little, or excessive pin play?
- Location
- Larne, Northern Ireland
Maybe sticking valve or leaking seal/o ring
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
No play at all in the dipper arm.
Tried to take a video of the effect, doesn't seem to do it as bad when the oil is cold, but you can kind of see it:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pkgoazskcbneafc/File 21-01-2017, 16 30 17.mov?dl=0
Shovelhands
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- Sunny Essex
I assumed that you had no play in the pins, but thought I'd ask, excessive play will cause the slowing of the dipper as the weight transfers on the pins.
What I was really getting at was is there movement in the dipper ram, are you able to push and pull it slightly while the dipper is hanging vertically.
I have no idea how the Kubota rams are assembled, but if for instance the ram piston was starting to come lose on the end of the rod and was allowed to slide slightly back and forth on the end of the rod, then this may give the symptoms you are experiencing, as the dipper falls under its own weight, it will then slow down while the piston catches up with the rod, it may only be a few mm but will make a lot of difference at the dipper end. If this is the case then it needs sorting before it gets worse and the ram falls apart, the damage could be considerable if this was to occur. It's also an easy thing to check without pulling valves apart.
Just a thought
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- East yorks
After my wife and kids I have a new love
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
Dad recons he can drive my digger ok, but he can only work one lever at a time and only at fast idlei have done a bit but I'm no expert some blokes make beautiful music with theirs where as i just bang a drum
milton-95
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- aberdeenshire
We had this problem on our kubota kh 191, can't exactly remember what we did , but we took the joysticks to bits and there were small brass gauges on some of the oil pipes , they were chocked , sorry can't remember exactly which pipes but it certainly cured ours.