Field Service

I headed out to Caldwell, Idaho, on a hot summer day to troubleshoot a Sennebogen 825D material handler with a customer complaint of “a blown up engine.” When I arrived I found a Cummins 6.7 with a massive oil leak and excessive blowby. The entire machine was coated in an oil mist. I started the machine and noted that the engine smoked a lot while running, but otherwise it sounded good. My initial impression was that the engine itself was mechanically intact. So I started my

Last fall I wandered out to Hailey, Idaho, to repair a cracked hydraulic suction hose on a JCB 510 telehandler. I had previously inspected this machine during a routine service and this was a follow up call to repair an issue I had found with the hydraulic system. The hoses in question were two suction hoses that ran from the machine’s hydraulic tank to the main hydraulic pump. I drained the hydraulic oil into a garbage can lined with a clean garbage bag to keep the oil clean

This winter I cruised up to Centerville, Idaho, coffee in hand, to troubleshoot a backhoe with a customer complaint of the transmission neutralizer switch not working After confirming the customer complaint. I began by inspecting the switch, I swapped the neutralizer switch with the transmission kickdown switch and it made no change in the switch’s operation. I referenced the schematic and noted the parking brake switch also commands the neutralizer relay. Upon inspection, I