CAT 349F LOANER COUNTERWEIGHT SWAP

[@AdamSmith-uv6kr]

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one that demands my equipment look brand new at 3 years down the road. My operators understand upfront what I expect. They understand it’s my money, my company, my equipment that pays their check. Usually an operator only gets one chance to put a scratch on one of my machines. End of story. If you don’t like it go buy your own stuff and do whatever you want with it.

[@schneiderexc3557]

Finally, somebody that understands 👍👍

[@BlackTorrent]

but THEIR labor.

[@henrymorrey4150]

I’m super glad to see you guys putting some sort of anti-seize on those bolts

[@schneiderexc3557]

We put anti-sneeze on everything!

[@henrymorrey4150]

@@schneiderexc3557 good, watching mechanics put rusty bolt back in shit when they put stuff together give me anxiety, they might never remember but be the same mechanic to take shit apart again years later and complain and it is just frustrating to watch shit like that

[@schneiderexc3557]

@@henrymorrey4150 my dad always said you have to think about the next guy! , it’s also nice when you take something apart and you see anti-seize, then you know you have been in there before if you can’t remember.

[@henrymorrey4150]

@@schneiderexc3557 super frustrating to struggle taking apart bolts with no anti seize, especially on bolts that are almost regularly taken out on occasion…. Biggest piss off

[@geoffwethersett3265]

Can't you paint the freaking thing in place ? Lot of messing around for nothing !

[@schneiderexc3557]

It needed to be sand blasted and body filler put on it, that hard to do in the field.

[@kennethney4260]

It's not really "a lot of messing around". Some guys drop the counterweight every time they move the machine depending on the weight of the machine. They get the biggest machine possible that will be just 80,000lbs with the counterweight and bucket removed. That way they can run a 100,000lb machine but still be under 80k for transport

[@azizchkour6106]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@kdw75]

Going under the weight to rotate the resting blocks seems dangerous.

[@schneiderexc3557]

You just need to be quick on your feet, LOL

[@kennethney4260]

The real danger is standing next to it with the lift chains detached without first strapping it to the trailer. Bad move IMO

[@ask4george1]

Why are you changing the counter weight? It looks the same, is the weight more or less?

[@schneiderexc3557]

Same weight, needed to go to the paint booth at the CAT dealer

[@ask4george1]

@@schneiderexc3557 Ok thanks

[@pisom4314]

all that for a little bit of paint?? they make spray cans for shit like that!!! its going to happen again

[@schneiderexc3557]

I like my equipment to look nice, the operator usually doesn’t have a second chance to do it again.

[@westonmorris2]

People do not realize what this equipment costs. For what it costs you have to keep it nice. Also after one guy scratches it up it’s game over. The next guy will make it worse and so forth. Good job taking care of your equipment and taking pride in it.

[@nickarchibald2272]

What for?

[@schneiderexc3557]

Needed to get repainted!

[@laythg]

Is there a manual disconnect for the camera? Or does it make some kind of connection when the counterweight is installed?

[@sbgalaxie]

It’s a manual harness connection.

[@Jpaydirt]

Why? What? come on man☻

[@schneiderexc3557]

Had a operator out of the union hall for a couple weeks and he disrespected my counterweight 🤬🤬🤬 ........ it’s in the paint booth at Ziegler CAT

[@shockey49]

@@schneiderexc3557 seriously?

[@jeffkaczmarek3577]

@@schneiderexc3557 That's a lot of work for a little bit of missing paint.