Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Summet quarter Hans

This week I replaced a spindle and steering arm on a 2009 new Holland t4030 tractor. The steering arm and spindle were starting to get a lot if slop in them where they bolt together and this tractor only has 2500 hours on it. The only reason that I can think of why this happened is because that was the side that has the hydraulic cylinder connected to it for the steering. So my guess is that the pushing and pulling from the steering cylinder puts a lot of strain on those parts. This type of tractor also doesn't seem like it was designed to see real use on a farm and seems more like it was made to be a hobby tractor. These tractors certainly aren't made like they used to make the old fords.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Summer quarter Hans

This week I got to rebuild some brake calipers on a Volvo A30D haul truck. This is something that takes patience to do to get the inside of the calipers cleaned out of any rust that builds up in them.

Week = 56,  total = 123

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Summer quarter Hans

This week I got to help replace some of the leaf spring equalizers and the equalizer mounts on a four axle pup trailer. The trailer was originally in the shop for new s cams on two of the axles and new slack adjusters on all four axles. Then we noticed a crack on one of the equalizes so we looked them all over and found three of them had cracks on them. Changing the eqaulizers was a fairly smooth process. We just had to remove a couple of the tires to get the leaf springs to hang down far enough so that we could slide the new parts right in.

Week = 43, total = 67

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Summer quarter Hans

This week at interwest construction I went around to some of the companies job sites with the company's oiler. The oiler's job is to put diesel in all the equipment at job sites and he also greases all the equipment when it gets filled with diesel. He also check the oil, coolant, and hydraulic fluid on the equipment and fills them when necessary. The oiler is also responsible for field servicing equipment at 250 hours, this includes oil change, oil filter, and fuel filters, he also services all the trucks at the shop. The oiler position requires you to have a class B cdl and a hazmat endorsement for hauling fuel. This was an interesting position to learn about and to get a chance to see all the equipment that the company has.