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Prepare Backhoe for Track Change

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Testing a TracK changing tool on the cat skid steer

What happens here

To prepare the backhoe for track removal, the front bucket is lifted to shift the center of gravity higher, allowing the front of the machine to be supported. A larger backhoe is then used to lift the rear of the compact track loader. Wooden blocks are strategically placed underneath both the front and rear of the backhoe to safely keep the tracks elevated off the ground, providing necessary clearance for the track changing procedure.

Goal: The backhoe's front and rear are lifted using its own hydraulics and another machine to create clearance for track removal.

Tools and materials

  • Backhoe (Compact Track Loader)
  • Larger Backhoe (John Deere 310E)
  • Wooden Blocks

What they say

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and review instructions tab i'm gonna lift the front off the ground i think right now and put some blocks under that we want to get the bucket up in the air to take get the weight higher up [Music] [Applause] look at the tracks on the cap totally the mud is froze all right so here's the plan tim's going to lift the bucket all the way up on the cat to get the get the weight higher up change the center of gravity alex is going to lift the back of that sucker up we're going to get some blocks underneath it and get these tracks off [Applause] [Music] so this is obviously our first time ever trying to use this track handler tool and i think that's what the name of it is so if you guys want your own just google track handler it's a three-part system and it's actually really well built really well put together but we got to get the back the bathroom back into this are we going to get the back end of this we want to try to get the entire skid loader off the ground and just do both tracks at the same time and we're on asphalt we got the equipment so let's do it a little different the guy that i got this track kit from sent me a video of him changing tracks out in the mud in like three minutes by himself these are osha approved logs look at the mud kicked on my tracks and that's froze in there that's one of the worst parts about working in minnesota in like november because the dirt just goes from wet to solid to frozen to wet you never know what you're gonna get and if you don't clean the tracks

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