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Troubleshooting Hydraulic Plow Failure

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The First SnowPlow of the year

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What happens here

While plowing, the short-iron back plow on a pickup truck encounters an issue. The operator notes that the plow's hydraulics sound off and the plow cannot be fully raised. Upon inspection, it's discovered that the hydraulic fluid reservoir is full, but the motor is extremely hot and smells like it's burning. Further investigation reveals a severed wire on the motor's terminal, causing it to fail. This disables the back plow, requiring repairs. This illustrates common mechanical failures that can occur during intense plowing operations.

Goal: Diagnose and identify the cause of a hydraulic snow plow malfunction.

Tools and materials

  • Flashlight — Illuminating components for inspection
  • Gloves — Protecting hands from hot components
  • Short-iron Back Plow — The specific plow attachment
  • Hydraulic Fluid — Checking fluid levels (though in this case, the fluid level was sufficient)

What they say

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foreign [Music] how do you like that one I like it I like being able to hit both buttons at the same time and wing it back and forward it together sounds off tonight I think it's low in hydraulic fluid or I mean a low on fluid I don't think it sounds quite right let's run it through its pace is once raise it up once let's just listen to it [Music] hey all right [Music] what hey watch your toes you want to set it you want them to sit down no stuff down we get on fluid well no I can't tell it could be fluid man it's like it's got a fluid that's right up to the top yeah it's not a fluid thing it smells yeah like the pumps I can't smell it but yeah it smells like something's frying out the battery to charge it up yeah it was wedged up against there see dude busted there I wonder if on the back side here that oh see it cooking really it's like toss you can cook some bacon on it will go up or what now it's got nothing that is hot God he can smell it burn and feel that motor that motor is burning up touch it yeah no that Motors that'll burn your that'll burn your fingers it's that hot what is it six degrees out or 16 or something I don't know okay so probably

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