Used Equipment price “rants”

[barbender]

NW, I don't climb to grease my crane. To be fair, I am 6'5" so I do reach stuff that others can't without thinking about it, but that said here's how I do mine. First I steer the machine to the left (facing bunks) about 75% of the travel. This allows me to get on the fittings on the center section pins. Then I fold my crane up tight and set it down on the right side, perpendicular to the machine. I can reach all of the fittings on the knuckle of the crane from there, but most won't lol. So the solution is to throw a junk log down first, in line with the bogie on the left side and drive up on it. It tilts the frame enough you'll have the knuckle about 5' off the ground. If it's still too high, get a bigger log😊 Also, don't forget your wood pile can give you good access if you need to work on something on your crane. The downside is you might drop a wrench and never see it again, or at least until the wood gets hauled😁 I've done cylinders and other stuff with the crane laid across an 8' tall rank of wood. Other times, especially when you get the harvester, if you need to work on something high put a load of wood on the forwarderbto the height that suits you. It's not ideal but beats the heck out of shimmying up a crane! I have a few other tricks from 11 years of running these things, and learning from guys that were out there doing it before me.