Pay those two guys well. From what I have seen they both work. Rare these days with young people. That is hard work and I don't hear any whining. They are not afraid to dive in and get greasy dirty and that is what it takes sometimes.........
Good video guys it shows when you get down to it these machines are pretty simple to work on if you have the gear. In my experience ASV will never give out any info when it comes to repairing their machines. You Guys need to get onto BAIR Products in Kansas they do Alloy wheels for that machine and an upgrade for the 10" bogies so you don't have to take the whole assembly off to change a wheel. They also do the replacement drive lugs so you can get every last hour out of the tracks. We change our drive sprocket rollers @ 1000 hrs +/- to avoid breaking the drive lugs off and wearing the sprockets down like yours have done. We have found that when you let them wear down so bad eventually the sprocket will break out on the ends and leave you broken down on the job.
Hey John, this is Jay that used to work for CCE a few years back. Hope everything is going good. I just wanted to say this video is really well done. Good work to you and your crew.
kudos bestowed upon you and your team for doing this job yourself and not paying out the ying yang to get it done...speaks volumes on your dedication to making your company viable
Thanks for the video. Am looking into getting a used ASV RT 50 or 75 to use on hilly terrain and wanted to get a sense of what typical maintenance is like for parts and needed tools. This does a good job at detailing tools and space needed for the drive system, plus the expected wear after of a lot of side hill work.
John you Josh and Willy are the best crew I have ever seen you work well together and get along with each other. Love when Josh says I would help you but I am holding the camera
Always enjoy watching your vedios. M going to buy a skid steer and forest mulcher. I'm watching you to learn how it's done and watching your equipment to know what to buy. I'm only going to work cleaning my farm so it won't be as much work on the machines as you do. Thanks, your crew and you are great! Will
If it's man made John and the boys can fix or maintain it. Good job guys, you make maintenance look so easy. Take care, may God bless you and your families.
@@UpstateBrushControl good ,12 hours of cutting 6am till 6:30 tonight longggggg day, going back tomorrow after church ,he is meeting me down ther to get a game plan together
to stop the nut coming off or becoming loose what we have done in the past is drill a small hole through the nut and assembly and put a Pin through it in stead of welding just an idea or you could get a lock nut that will fit....Great video guys ...Stay Safe
Good job, that cracked me up when y’all where beatin the hell outta that axle and it still had a bolt in place!! Lmao, it’s just good to know that kinda stuff doesn’t happen to just me. Good job, very helpful.
Hey I've been around asv's for a good 12 years and I've noticed if someone doesn't tension that track up to where it needs to be and you do sharp turns it will hop and make a popping sound and that's what ruins that because I've seen plenty of older 100s and 120s with alot more hours doing fine just make sure you keep them tight and the inside track is exactly from the axles that was more common on 1 gens and 2nd gen asv you'll stand behind one and there track frame would be towed out so rides on the inside more
That is awesome that you teach your guys how to repair the machine. Also, get some real jack stands before you kill Willy. It only takes one slip or busted jack and that machine will crush Willy and those jack stands.
Just did this, this weekend to severely ASV we have. From my experience its best to buy the whole quarrel cage assembly from your dealer. The metal holding the bolts thins as the roller wheels elongates after hours of use. After about 100 hours of use on the new rollers the bolts will rip out of the cage. Replacing the cages sooner saves the tracks from ripping the tits of the bottom of the track. The space that the tit rides in on the quarrel cage has changed due to wear, and causing it not be properly aligned on the track. This produces a grabbing action on the track.
@@JeffrikOG9 I have a dead blow sledge hammer once the back wheel is off just have machine on wood and drive foward while stirking the track it will roll of inside back wheel
John, the wear on the inside of the tracks is most likely from the axels. There was a recall on the axles on the 2017 & 2018 model's. They replaced my axles under warranty and the tracks i had to buy. The only reason I knew about the recall was because of my salesperson I bought from. Shout out to JT from Quality Forklift in MN. My tracks were out at under 900hrs
@@rockway63 they have known about the bad rubber for a long time. They just want you to try and make it past the 1000/hr mark, then it's on us to pay for the repairs.
@@tiptoplandsolutions1421 you'd have to get with your dealer, they made me measure the gaps on the rubber housing's and send them pictures of the distances, and of my hour meter to prove i was under the 1000 mark
These inside lugs should be reinforced with steel. Inside edges, I can't think of a method of limiting wear but there's some pretty clever mechanics out there who can.
Thanks for the great videos on your ASV 120F. I just took delivery of my 120F with a DAF cutter head yesterday. This is my third mulching machine. I have 2 Gyro Tracks and both are very high maintenance machines. I like the lower protective/tow plate you installed in the rear. I'm going to put one on my machine right away. Is there any chance you could post a couple of pictures of how that is attached?
Awesome job guys, just about to replace the axles on my 2007 Pt80 that has 3200 hrs, snapped a front one mulching after hitting a couple of big frozen anthills. Going to get the dealer to do mine as it's more than a one man job....... Love my Pt80 and boy has it worked hard the last 500hrs as I got it used with 2650 on it
Up in the air about ASV, hows is this turning out to be? and what is the rough cost to do all of this undercarriage work, honestly seems somewhat simple, little tedious but every 2000 hours isnt bad, thats alot of hours.
How dose it do like pushing a tandem of gravel or dirt? Got a tl12v2, but was looking at one of these machines because of the motor lol just herd bad story’s about there undercarriage and tracks when pushing all of heavy materiel
love all your info John and crew......Im calling Asv monday about my axles. Hey, have you found any after market undercarage parts, like bear etc...thx agian for bustin a move ! lo
Mechanical tensioner seem to be work the best,it stays tight especially on a machine with this much weight you will throw a track, grease expands and contracts to much with the temp outside
I run to RC 50s like a madman gravel rocks vertical drop offs in the creek out of the creek blazing hot freezing cold , super dirty sometimes , big rubber chunks missing from all over i’m happy with the mileage I’m getting from tracks and undercarriage I only get pissed off when the front idler wheels and the rear idler wheels wipe out The bearings they get loose and you can’t tell and that is too late . as a maintenance standpoint I found it’s good to loosen up the track all the way while it’s in the air on horses and grab the wheels and see if there’s any side to side movement to try to catch it early
How many hours did that have and how much did this cost? Edit: I just saw the end of it, 2,000 hours ain't bad but how much was the repair im looking at asv, this is the main concern I have with them is the complex undercarriage. I don't see why the axles should bend
