I agree on the beeper being annoying as I am driving a 98 International 9100 Series truck that has been equipped to haul bulk potatoes from the field. Due to the fact it sometimes visits the local plant that makes french fries and other potato items I have to have a back up alarm. Talk about something you hear even in your sleep.
just click the set belt into itself on the seat, like the old school Deere skid steers had to, and yank the damn plug on the motion alarm, or try press and holding sown the cancel button for 7 seconds.
Beauty of a machine I was reading an article in the Wall Street journal last week saying how leasing is killing these companies like cat,Volvo,and Deere because it's flooding the market with nice equipment and nobody's buying new they are buying all these used machines at half the price
the amount of different work you guys do I'm surprised you don't get a hydraulic quick coupler then you could have your 48 inch digging bucket then a 66 inch clean up and a clearing rake. Hell even a bolt on coupler be better than nothing
For the seatbeltwarning: Just fabricate a small metal piece that matches in size to the original seatbelt clip and stick it in (just leave it long enough so you can take it out without any trouble) or get one cheaply off ebay - look for "seatbelt clip". A simple solution for the beeping is probably to just remove the breaker for it or unhook the beeper (hopefully it will not throw out any fault codes)
I have always just clicked the seat belt in and sat on it. Not sure how comfortable that would be sitting for long periods of time, but I've never had to run a machine for long period of time.
also, we found out that the best way to get rid of the beeping is to just hook up the seatbelt, and leave it connected under your ass while you're operating. i'm not sure if the sensor for it is connected to the seatbelt buckle, or if it reads if the belt has been pulled out, or both.. i theorize that you could just cut off the buckle and connect it, then take the loose end of the belt and tie it up to something under your seat or something. never tried it though
I agree with the use of seat belts in airplane and road vehicles,..but that's it ! In heavy equipment it is a safety hazzard, as far as I am concerned. I won't get into the reason's why I think that, but I just added my opinion to Chris's. This is a good looking machine, and as I worked in heavy equipment and rented it too,.I KNOW what abuse rental equipment can be subjected to. First thing I would want done , at the dealer's expense, is change ALL the fluids AND filters. Because sure as heck the rental customers would not have done this. I also agree with getting rid of those annoying alarms too,..god, pretty soon, they will want rubber teeth on a chain saw , so you won't cut yourself !! Nice machine Chris, now let's see how she performs.
you must not work on many hills. Sometimes you get goin up and down some nasty shit and that's about the only way to stay in the seat so you can work the pedals.
I know if you delete the def crap it will drastically increase power and fuel efficiency, the engine doesn't have to work to push the exhaust through all the def crap, I know our friend has a 2010 6.6 duramax, and when he deleted def it damn near doubled his fuel mileage and increased the power majorly
Cutter blades. i wonder if the cutter blades are actually installed TOO HIGH.. if you bring them down closer to bottom of the bucket.. you might get only smaller easy to break out branches and debris wedged in.. or if adding a C faced plate to each one so its closer to the bottom of the bucket and does not have the area to jam stuff into.. only thoughts..
wouldn't a clip from a car fit in it? Or redirect the wires from either the seat or the clipholder to keep it quiet. We did that with all our machines and trucks. Dang beeping drives a man insane haha
EC220's have been around for about 4-years now, but that $120k for a >500-hr machine is a bit much, that comes down to around $15 per hour depreciation (to 5k hours), plus that $20 an hour for diesel and DEF, you're breaking even at $60 an hour for just an operator, maintenance and fuel - or around $100 an hour to turn a dime. You've got to have deep pockets for most machines like this, or SERIOUS contract work.
Looks like a nice machine but all that beeping would drive me insane. Hopefully all the emissions equipment works well since we are all forced to deal with it now.
If it's a 2 wire switch going to the seat belt switch, just cross the 2 wires somehow, back probe the connector with a paper clip or cut the wires and splice them together
Only prob is if you get quick cplr ya have to get new thumb that longer so she still match up to bucket. Sucks cus the longer thumbs for quick cplrs are narrower to reduce weight
I am a digger driver my self love working with them it's a great job. I'm from the UK I just don't like all the traveling involved. Only work around is miles away:((
What's wrong with the 210? It wouldn't be better to stick with the pre emissions machine or is it not worth to wait for the next thing to break on the 210?
Hey Chris I know ya get sick of hearing same bs from everyone but we just put a quick cplr on my 235 so I can switch between 4' tooth and 7' ditchn bucket an you wouldn't believe how much time it save loading trucks/misc or just how much more convenient it is.
and as for no seat belt you must not encounter many hills. I always tell everyone when I put my seat belt on that's when ya know I'm starting to have some fun, lol
Be interesting how long that emissions motor goes before it needs rebuilt. I'd say 85% or better of semi trucks with emissions motors rarely make it over 600,000miles without major repairs, especially Mack trucks (Volvo made Mack trucks). Just speaking from experience. Good luck.
ah. hope you have mor eluck with the adblue pump on that thing than we had on our l220h's on my previous job. those things had so many problems, and had to be swapped out like twice on each machine in the matter of half a year.
Screw emissions systems. Those regen setups will give nothing but trouble in the future. I'm trying to stay as far away as possible from them as long as I can.
They are just an absolute headache. The equipment isnt as bad as the trucks, but it is getting better. Making an engine suck most of its exhaust right back in just isn't acceptable to me. That's my 09 cummins is deleted. Thankfully KY isn't strict on it yet :)
order a spare seat belt buckle or find a junk one to plug into the buckle. Then you wont wear out the seat belt from having it buckled in all the time and rubbing it across your back. Or figure out how to jump out the switch on it.
That is aggravating to hear that all day been there done that nice machine though hope it all works out and you get a machine. Does it still smell new?
i have The same machine in sweden i love it but you need a engcon rotortillt white grapple in europé all excavators have rotortillt If you try it you Will never be Whit out it 😎
that sures not safe thing if a machine tips and operator running it and no seat belt on they get killed if crashing though windsheld wich i seen that happened before thats why kubota allways reconmend opertators have seat belts on at all times so it can safe them like kubota puts seat belts and back up alarm on all there construction equipment, and farm tractors and riding mowers,and compact tractors
Well, on a workplace they wanted everyone to use seatbelts, so I did too. Then the ground went off under my excavator and it tumblet about 2½ mtr down the hole.The only thing I got was som blue marks form the seatbelt Since that day i appreciate seatbelts.
easiest solution ive found for the seat belt thing is to cut the connector off the belt and plug it into the receiver, sure you cant use it anymore but im too lazy to go through operator manuals and try to find a fuse or wire..... or i suppose you could just sit on the belt while its in the receiver... i dunno
I would suggest straight ripping out the backup beeper but thats probably pretty illegal removing safety features from heavy equipment and osha will be all up in your ass.
