How long will this log hold up the FEL?

[Santa]

Dude, you are really trying to outsmart the engineers AND the backwoods farmers with a hot wrench and chainsaw with your solution.

This is a fully KISS moment. Damn.

 

[Thumping]

Until it doesn't

 

[arse_sidewards]

Just get a step ladder and chain the bucket to the backhoe.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

Yes, just use the factory hold-up thingy. No damage will be done.

If somehow you couldn't use it (like if you had to remove both boom cylinders) you could also chain the boom to the hoe, over the roof. It would have to be multiple independent substantial chains before I would consider working under it.

 

[Gbkeith]

Logs gonna fall out and hit your muffler or something. Fuck up a windshield.

 

[blakes]

1 hour later it hasn't settled at all. The loader is known to leak down, so I know it's resting on the log.

 

[blakes]

not a bad view either

 

[Steve300xcw]

I'd be more worried about being under the thing tomorrow than wtf happens tonight. But glad to see your pogo stick is working and you proved everybody wrong

 

[Tacodriver]

1 hour later it hasn't settled at all. The loader is known to leak down, so I know it's resting on the log.

If your bucket curl cylinder is over center it will be fine, but I have seen enough stuff creep on cylinders with lock valves to not trust anything.

 

[blakes]

I'd be more worried about being under the thing tomorrow than wtf happens tonight. But glad to see your pogo stick is working and you proved everybody wrong

I'm not proving anyone wrong man.

Just playing around on here and thought folks would enjoy the thread.

 

[subybaja]

this is what I see

 

[Steve300xcw]

Just playing around on here and thought folks would enjoy the thread.

you knew how this was goona go

 

[blakes]

If your bucket curl cylinder is over center it will be fine, but I have seen enough stuff creep on cylinders with lock valves to not trust anything.

This is what I think could happen if it settles as the angle of the log/curl is wrong. But I did this by myself.

 

[rockota]

Until it doesn't

/thread

 

[blakes]

Still holding strong

Napa had to order a fitting and will have the new hose ready tomorrow. So at a minimum it will hold for ~48 hrs

On another note $261 for a ~3' hose is pretty ridiculous.

 

[1oddtech]

On another note $261 for a ~3' hose is pretty ridiculous.

That's normal for people who repair equipment for a living

 

[arse_sidewards]

That's normal for people who repair equipment for a living

It shouldn't be.

There's a couple bucks of bent steel tube, two $10-20 fittings, and a dozen bucks of bulk hose? Why should that shit cost $300? It's not like there's a professional running the machine that builds it. Half the time it's a highschool dropout. Yeah there's an expensive machine to pay for but a tire mounter and balancer cost more and they charge $10-20 per tire.

The fact that the price is so divorced from the value of the components that's going in reeks of "there is a better way to do this shit and nobody has figured it out yet because nobody has tried"

 

[1oddtech]

Wait till you price a 1¹/⁴" 4 wire hose.

 

[Kyron]

I started hearing this theme song as soon as I opened this thread

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

That is why I own a machine and make my own hoses now

 

[Benny]

If you can wait a couple days, you get get hoses from Surplus cCenter or eBay or Amazon for cheap.

 

[BigBurt]

Still holding strong

Napa had to order a fitting and will have the new hose ready tomorrow. So at a minimum it will hold for ~48 hrs

On another note $261 for a ~3' hose is pretty ridiculous.

Napa is the problem. One by one the stores are stopping building lines. The ones that do figure the price needs to be worth it. The one local here did a remodel and the hoses went bye bye. They said they couldn’t get anyone qualified to do it.

 

[blakes]

Napa is the problem. One by one the stores are stopping building lines. The ones that do figure the price needs to be worth it. The one local here did a remodel and the hoses went bye bye. They said they couldn’t get anyone qualified to do it.

You are probably not wrong.

Estes Park CO is half the problem. I'm sure I could have went down to the city and got it a bit cheaper.

 

[Gbkeith]

It shouldn't be.

There's a couple bucks of bent steel tube, two $10-20 fittings, and a dozen bucks of bulk hose? Why should that shit cost $300? It's not like there's a professional running the machine that builds it. Half the time it's a highschool dropout. Yeah there's an expensive machine to pay for but a tire mounter and balancer cost more and they charge $10-20 per tire.

The fact that the price is so divorced from the value of the components that's going in reeks of "there is a better way to do this shit and nobody has figured it out yet because nobody has tried"

Wait till you have a boom extend hose built for a crane in an oil town hose shop on a Friday night.

 

[Etyler2]

You just saved $5 with NAPA REWARDS quit complaining.

 

[billybob_81067]

You are probably not wrong.

Estes Park CO is half the problem. I'm sure I could have went down to the city and got it a bit cheaper.

You got the schmuck off the street fuck you price.

 

[arse_sidewards]

on a Friday night.

That's different. You're paying for the inconvenience or the convenience depending on how you look at it. Same reason we pay the guy who has to be up at 1am to argue on the phone with fuckwits in Tokyo more.

 

[blakes]

You got the schmuck off the street fuck you price.

Well I've known the guy who works there for years.

Oh and speaking of that. What is up with guys working at Napa for decades?

Guy at Estes has been there for 12 years. I was asking him about the guys in Longmont and he said they are still there. At least 20 years that I know of. Similar with Loveland Napa.

Everytime I go to vatozone or Oriellys it's different folks behind the counter.

 

[billybob_81067]

Wait till you have a boom extend hose built for a crane in an oil town hose shop on a Friday night.

I can call the guys at the local CaseIH parts dealer on a Sunday afternoon and get someone to come in and get me some parts to get me rolling again. Try not to ever do it, but once in a while shit happens. No upcharge for after hours service.

 

[BUCKLAND]

Just get a step ladder and chain the bucket to the backhoe.

All I was thinking of was that he has never tied a women’s ankles and wrists behind her back