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Perform Skid Steer Pre-Operation Checks

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Buying a new machine for the farm....you won't believe this thing!

What happens here

The presenter boards the Gehl RT210 skid steer, noting the importance of allowing the machine to reach proper operating temperature. He then exits the machine to perform maintenance checks. First, he checks the engine oil level using the dipstick, ensuring it is at the high mark. Next, he identifies several lubrication points on the skid steer's loader arms and cylinders. He raises the loader arms to access these points, demonstrating how proper positioning is crucial to ensure grease can penetrate the zerk fittings.

Goal: Before operating the skid steer, the presenter performs essential pre-operation checks, including inspecting the oil level and lubricating critical pivot points on the loader arms.

Tools and materials

  • Gehl RT210 Skid Steer
  • Engine Oil
  • Grease

What they say

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front of the skid loader on the little Gale skid loader here currently I have the pallet forks and I just unloaded some roofing materials let's just take you around let's show you a little bit of what's going on I need to start this machine I'm all about letting things get to proper operating temperature so let's get this oh before we start it I haven't checked the oil in quite some time so let's do that real quick we'll check the oil all right what I got to do is just quickly check the oil we'll reach down in here I haven't started it yet so we should get a pretty good reading make sure we're not low on oil I did service this recently but I want to make sure every time and yeah we are at the High Mark very good just got to make sure you're not running your equipment Drive of oil they're warning lights that most of the time when a warning light goes off on a vehicle like this it's too late we don't want to wait until it's too late it's my other camera so let's hop in here real quick fire up the keys in my pocket oh man here we go one of them days contact did you hear that squeak we got to pull this thing in the shop after I get done today and tighten that belt the alternator belt on this thing has been loose since I bought it let me raise this up cuz I've got a few things to lubricate on this machine too all right let's see where our lubrication points are there is one there one there another there another there and all the cylinders need lubricating I am you're going to be a dummy real quick I like to lower this down just like so in order to make sure I can get grease into these sometimes when it's all the way in the up or all the way in the down position you can't get grease in it so there there these are the ones that need it the most right now all right let's go grab our grease gun got let's see one 2 3 four five positions that we got to loot grab that and get everything greased hello little DeWalt just reloaded this thing let's make sure it's got yep got grease in it I've got a Milwaukee but it's so clean and nice and new I use my DeWalt all the time only got a few DeWalt tools left guys I'm not really very happy with DeWalt tools as of lately maybe they'll get better I don't know back in the day in the late ' 90s early 2000s when I had a construction business DeWalt was the bees knees now there's so much Milwaukee tool makes I'm just really really happy with Milwaukee I'm in the process of converting everything over to Milwaukee

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