6x4 JD Gator question....

[BarryinMN]

well i worked on hydraulic cranes and i wouldn't get under nuthin that is lifted with hydraulics.lol always put something as a backup. o-rings and valves giveout just like that and when they do them forks or crane booms come down fast and i mean fast.o seen it happen a few times and it was like a split second and they was on the ground.thats why they make dogs for friction cranes but hydraulic cranes and fork lifts done have the luxury of that safety device. "BETTER SAFE THAN FLAT"

I agree after 30 years in heavy mfg better safe than sorry. Anything with stored energy needs respect. I try to stay away from ladders as well. Hers's a pix of my substitute cheaper than a hospital stay & 5 tons of stability:

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

man i need to rent one of them too remove some trees out my yard.i want to cut them down in 4' sections from the top down.

 

[BarryinMN]

Much safer to "totem pole"

Start at the bottom & cut branches on up. then cut the trunk in sections on the way down

 

[TWO GUNS]

yep, know about them hydrolics ,

had a friend, just Tuesday, has his arm broke in several places, when a header on a john deere combine feel, the lift cylinder some how or the line valve went, and he was reaching getting some tools out from it when it fell, another second earlier, it would have crushed his head & killed him. Thank God he's alright other than the arm, he works at a Tractor dealership and had other men there to get him help ...... God was watching over him for sure !!

 

[TOMMYHPX4X4]

Much safer to "totem pole"

Start at the bottom & cut branches on up. then cut the trunk in sections on the way down

thats how i plan on doin it . i was gonna basicly skin the trees (pine trees)going up and then cut it in the 4' sections coming down . i figure it's safer and it's already chopped that way so all i have to do is pile it up and burn it.

 

[MotorSeven]

Ok, jumping on the 'wheeler and headed over there now....i'l let y'all know..........
RD

 

[MotorSeven]

Thanks for y'alls help. I removed the battery & charged it overnight. After getting it back in, it took about 4 trys, but it fired up and is running fine. It is an electric dump, and it also works. Once the deal closes i will drive it home, do a heavy duty clean-up, some sanding and painting on the cab roof, then it goes up for sale. I will list it here first then ebay. I would love to keep it, but i have 2 wheelers and just can't justify another atv.

One last Q, since it looks like the 4 rear wheels are always in "4x4" mode, does the the left lever between the seats do? It has 3 positions from locked, locked with a circle around it, and un-locked.
RD

 

[darkday]

I never figured out what that does to tell you the truth... Don't you have a smaller lever next to the shifter that is two position ? That was the dif locker for my '03. They might not of had it on the earlier models I don't know.

 

[MotorSeven]

Nope, the right lever has 3- forward, neutral, & reverse. It does look like a dif lock with the little pic of a lock inside of a circle, i just would not guess that with 4 rear tires all spinning you would need it. Or maybe they don't always all spin, i guess one side may do all the driving unless this lever engages the other side......

RD