Building off grid, running a land clearing/tree work/construction company, trying to get a farm and campground going… trying to make the ultimate homestead 🌲 😎 🌲
Excellent video bro!! Just popped mine back on in the woods thanks to you!!! Took me longer to find the same size branches than it did put the track back on thank God I had your video and my wife!!!😂
The front is demonstrated in this video. If you get the top off you need a second person carefully putting sticks in up top as you slowly move forward or backwards.
I literally just got back from using this on my T300. It was actually easier than the vid makes it out to be. It said right back on super easy…which maybe means my tracks are too loose lol
Let a bit of grease out put your sticks closer together get three around the back idler and twist till inline drive ahead and set tension on the trac it’s pretty simple
No need to let the grease out, this is way simpler. And we always keep our track tension where it’s supposed to be… but when you mulch in TN and there’s a stump every 5 feet you pop tracks a lot no matter how good of an operator you are or if you have proper tension.
Have commonly used a 4x4 and done the twiisting motion many times. Doesn't always work. Sure have learned to listen to tge sound of a popping track. Sooner you stop the better. Obviously field conditions and wear on machine and tracks also make a difference. 2 people is also much easier than by yourself. Smaller machines seem to keep track on better. My mini ex is a easy one to pop off also, tracks are not as durable and stretch easier. Being in that forest with a saw and lots of branches is convenient.
I operate a Bobcat T770 with a forestry mulcher. Nothing worse than hearing that popping sound coming from your tracks cuz you know what’s coming next. Tracks never pop off where you’re close to your shop, so having a quick fix is a great idea. I’m not a mechanic, so can’t comment on the stretching debate. What I care about is getting back to work without going through a very messy and time consuming job of draining the grease, etc. Of course what the other guys don’t tell you is that even if you drain the grease you still need some sort of long pole to pry the track back on. On top of that you have to find a large rock or log somewhere to elevate the back of the machine to get your track off the ground. Good luck with that if you’re working in soft or muddy ground as the rock or log will just sink in the ground. I guess to do this fix I need to keep a small handheld battery operated chainsaws handy to cut those small logs. Thanks again for a great idea.
You just described my exact situation with trees all around. It was a rental so a mechanic came out and we had those issues in the soft ground. I would have tried this method and will if it happens again.
At about 6.34 you can see the tensioner going in , which means the track is not taking all the stress from popping them back on , it s not so bad as it looks. And time is money!
Aside from mulching large trees, they seem a lot more effective and faster. Definitely takes more focus which at times I’m like I wouldn’t mind a drum because it’s pretty brainless. And as far as large trees I harvest that timber, so that’s about that. I’m pretty good at it now though, I can mulch a large tree, just takes a lot of focus not to get it jammed up
Doing this will damage your tractor you need to jack the back end up with a jack lift the front end up with the bucket release the grease fitting put track back on and pump up with Greece
Very good technique. And soft using the branches. I will try that ! Some may think it would stretch the track, but the tracks are on a spring, so you are actually only pushing on the spring. And it’s not more effort than putting them off, or Having rocks entering the tracks or gravel. The tracks have to be able to accept that or they simply aren’t usable ones. On my Takeuchi tb014 I have a track that needs a lot of tension so it won’t go off, while the other don’t at all even with low tension. It probably hides a problem somewhere but still haven’t found the reason of that
