Almost lost a track

[MH81]

I put some serious hours on the Dozer this weekend. Right in the middle of it I started feeling a funny vibration while I was rolling. The carriers were over biting on the track. I had a heck of a time getting the truck back up between the flanges. But once I did, I made sure to tighten up the track


If my dad had not wrapped a grease coated rag around the threads and then tied it with wire, I doubt I would have been able to adjust at all

 

[Texas Horses Hogs and Deeres]

Dad, was way ahead of the game by doing that. Saved you hours of hard work. Did you put the grease and rag back on after adjusting the track?

 

[NewHolland]

Congratz Alan. Your Dad was very smart, and he probably had that track half off of there one day and spent all day getting that adjuster freed up and moving. Believe me, he was not going to go through that again.

 

[olcowhand]

My T340 makes a distinctive sound when the tracks slip out of line with the carriers.  In my earlier days with it, I drove one track off twice, and man is it fun getting it back on!  Now I stop the instant I hear & feel things going whacko, use my bucket to raise the front of the tracks, then go into reverse to align things. 

 

[KennyP]

Glad you caught it early enough to fix it. Great idea on the rag!

 

[Alberta Bolens]

Oh loosing a track is not fun. I wish the previous owner had wrapped a greased rag on the adjustment of my crawler.

 

[Kster526]

That’s what dads are for no matter how much we’ve learned from them growing up or how much we’ve learned by doing things ourselves they always have a little trick left up their sleaves to show you

 

[Rustysteele]

I have an old 310G Case track loader, the track tensioner looks just like yours, and the chains have enough wiggle to them that if I don`t keep them tight, they`ll walk off of the sprocket. Luckily neither side was very hard to break loose to tighten them.
, but it`s not a fun job, especially in the heat of the summer!

 

[MFDAC]

Good catch getting it stopped before a major problem and what foresight by your Dad! That had to make your day having retro help from him!

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