tonight on log truck..............log truck lives up to her name with her first log load.a dozen red oak logs.
8 @ 16' + 1 @ 14' + (in front of the crane) 2 @ 8' + 1 @ 10'
so i grabbed a battery on the way in to work (same as whats in the trucks.) it quickly drained not being charged well sitting on the shelf.so i traded one from the truck.it wasn't long before i quickly learned the thing to do would be to head to napa and grab my dump bed wire and while doing that,grab another wire to run from that back into the rear battery box.
so i had napa make me up a 15' to run from the pass side battery back to the dump body.then had them make up a 12' to run from the pump to the battery box.i ran 2/0 the whole way...........that cured what ailed her.leaving the truck running now,i had all of that 130A 3G right at my finger tips for the electric winch cable and she never gave any more issues.
so i fished the wire to dump while at work and rigged that right in.the section from pump to feed rear battery i just run temporarily beside the truck into the box.
so i grabbed a 150A breaker to protect the whole line,and a battery tray/bolt/tie downs and large wire ties to hold the cable along the truck frame on the way home.however i forgot to have napa rig me up a 6" piece to hook up the breaker to my battery.so i'll have 'em do that tomorrow as im working right close by.
so that's all the logs from this job.the rest is firewood again.
so a few final touches to permanently install the electric side of things and i'll have no power issues.
however,the hydraulic system on the crane isn't working properly (the seller informed me and we renegotiated the price so i got the crane at a real bargain)
the controller (pendant) or solenoids/wiring and or the hydraulic motors may be worn out.
for example on the electric side of things.you can't just lift the boom without also swinging it at the same time,or you'll just here a solenoid click.same goes for extending it.you can't just extend solely.need to swing back and forth to make in go out or in.it will lower on the single command however.when it does raise it had good power.feels full and strong.the swing power to swing the log into the bed however is very,very weak.the cable in/out works properly (full electric winch part,which made loading possible for now) so she needs some diagnostic work.but holy crap,it works well enough for now to now that once fully functional,it's going to be just the ticket.
8 @ 16' + 1 @ 14' + (in front of the crane) 2 @ 8' + 1 @ 10'
so i grabbed a battery on the way in to work (same as whats in the trucks.) it quickly drained not being charged well sitting on the shelf.so i traded one from the truck.it wasn't long before i quickly learned the thing to do would be to head to napa and grab my dump bed wire and while doing that,grab another wire to run from that back into the rear battery box.
so i had napa make me up a 15' to run from the pass side battery back to the dump body.then had them make up a 12' to run from the pump to the battery box.i ran 2/0 the whole way...........that cured what ailed her.leaving the truck running now,i had all of that 130A 3G right at my finger tips for the electric winch cable and she never gave any more issues.
so i fished the wire to dump while at work and rigged that right in.the section from pump to feed rear battery i just run temporarily beside the truck into the box.
so i grabbed a 150A breaker to protect the whole line,and a battery tray/bolt/tie downs and large wire ties to hold the cable along the truck frame on the way home.however i forgot to have napa rig me up a 6" piece to hook up the breaker to my battery.so i'll have 'em do that tomorrow as im working right close by.
so that's all the logs from this job.the rest is firewood again.
so a few final touches to permanently install the electric side of things and i'll have no power issues.
however,the hydraulic system on the crane isn't working properly (the seller informed me and we renegotiated the price so i got the crane at a real bargain)
the controller (pendant) or solenoids/wiring and or the hydraulic motors may be worn out.
for example on the electric side of things.you can't just lift the boom without also swinging it at the same time,or you'll just here a solenoid click.same goes for extending it.you can't just extend solely.need to swing back and forth to make in go out or in.it will lower on the single command however.when it does raise it had good power.feels full and strong.the swing power to swing the log into the bed however is very,very weak.the cable in/out works properly (full electric winch part,which made loading possible for now) so she needs some diagnostic work.but holy crap,it works well enough for now to now that once fully functional,it's going to be just the ticket.
