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Re: Tough Repair Job
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Posted by Tom in Central Pa. on March 13, 2006 at 17:01:26 from (207.255.21.107):
In Reply to: Tough Repair Job posted by 37 chief on March 12, 2006 at 21:27:55:
Like Comfortking, this was not a repair, but a job, done without another person helping. I was sent out of our territory to Repo a Deere 550 Dozer. I found it, stone-dead, with junk undercarriage, in the middle of a swamp. There also was a Deere 450 crawler-loader nearby. It would crank, so, with a sniff of ether, it started. I moved it over to the dead 550, and tried jumper cables. No good. With the 450 still running, I removed one of it"s batteries. I put the battery in the 550, and with jumper cables, and a little ether, it was running. When I tried to move it, I found that one side steering-clutch was out. It only wanted to drive in a circle. So with the usual tricks and jerking around, I got it the 60ft. or so over to the side of the trailer. I rested the blade on the side of the trailer, used down-pressure, and got the front of the crawler up in the air to where I could put some wood blocks under the tracks. Next I raised the blade, and set the brakes. I went back for the 450, got it behind the 550, and after releasing the brakes, tried to lift and push the 550 on to the trailer. That wouldn"t quite do it. I put the 550 blade back down, then chained it down tight across the trailer deck. By trying to raise the blade, the rear of the 550 came up in the air, level with the trailer deck, Then the 450 could push it on the trailer, cross-ways. After taking the chains off, the one-side-drive, and a little help with the 450, the 550 was on the trailer, turned around square. I shut down the 550, put the battery back in the 450, and parked it, just as I found it. I chained down the 550, and headed back for the shop. When I got back I dragged it off "dead" with another machine. I wondered if the old 550 was worth all the trouble!
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