I love me some Baldwin filters, almost always made in the USA. I always try to mark the hrs & or mileage & date in a legible position when I put a filter on cause you never know when a machine's going to be sold or the maintenance schedule start getting skipped. I figure that since I so often find myself in the position of maintaining gear with unknown service intervals I may as well make the world a little brighter for the next guy, you never know when the next guy might just be you.
I won’t lie and say I’m qualified. I’m not. I’m in college for truck and transport. However most heavy equipment is built extremely well and with longevity in mind. If you maintain something well it’s not entirely unlikely to get 30-40 years depending on your climate. Here In the east things rust so badly that they will be retired long before it’s due because they rust out. And for that same reason, a lot of people don’t take care of them well. So to wrap it up, they can last a lifetime, if you live in the right climate and maintain it well. The work it does also affects its lifespan as well, obviously
@@the902giant It depends how its used Will, if the machine gets abused and the operator doesn't grease it it can lose the ability to effectively do essential things, enough slop in the pins and bushes and maybe you can't grade worth a lick, maybe it loses the swing ring for the same reason or another, if both those things happen at once on a 20,000hr+ machine and it springs a leak around the pinion then it goes to the scrappers, that can all happen in 10 years of use. Usually undercarriage wear will decide even a well maintained machine's fate.
Hey bud. When doing these services take a bucket or 2 and cut it down and make a smaller catch. Then you won’t have to shove the whole thing up in there. Then just keep them for ever and ever. 🤘🤘
Being a Heavy Duty mechanic myself here in South Africa, there isn't much difference if any between how we do services like that, even have the same brand filter available that was used in this video.
Hi Francois, How does one get started as a heavy duty mechanic in South Africa? I have experience working with small engines on generators and servicing high lift pumps. Any advice will be useful, thanks.
@@hloni1248 you will have to find a oem company to offers apprenticeship and do your 4 year work, or find a company that will employ you with the experience you have and after 4 or 5 year apply for trade test
