Posted by RodInNS on February 11, 2010 at 19:46:43 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: NH Skid Loader posted by Tweeter on February 11, 2010 at 13:35:25:
I've got over 4000 hours on my LS170 now... I'd say electrical issues are very minor for the most part and all were related to the boom lockouts. Basically, the seat belt buckles go bad if they dont' get some lube from time to time and the seat micro switches suffer from corrosion problems at the connectors. Some basic cleaning and simple wiring will fix that. Again, in 9 years and 4K hours... this is probably 3-5 issues. The bigger problmes I've had are wheel bearings... and I've had to replace both drive motor shafts and the pinion shafts that they mesh with as the bolts that hold the two together backed out allowing the tapered splines to strip. The easiest thing to do is get all the wheels off the ground and check for slop in the chains and drives by rocking the wheels by hand. You're probably going to see mabey 1 tire lug's worth of slop... but beyond that you may have slack chains or drive splines. Shove the wheels in and out to check end play in the wheel bearings. BEyond that, just check the function of everything. If it seems right and there's no lights going off on the instrument cluster, the oil is clean and full... I think you're looking at a good deal on the best machine in it's class. Good tires will set you back over a grand today but you can get the cheap ones for 5-600. Personally I wouldnt' own anything BUT a NH loader. Balance and stability are without equal.
There aren't too many 'easy' hours on mine either. Most of them are slogging through mud and manure up to it's belly which gives most of the bearing trouble. I've had ~zero~ trouble with the hydro or hydraulics in general, or the engine for that matter. It's just at that age where I've changed a bunch of hoses... but you get to expect that.
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