until the service brake/parking brake fails on the side of a mountain as it did to my husband today. flipped 2 times could have been deadly thankfully only few injuries thank god.
For real? I watched a safety video from BC gov. were a skidder rolled down a hill and the driver was killed because of damage to the seat belt that was hidden behind the seat. Someone had burn the belt when making repairs. Glad to hear your husband is ok.
I wouldn't delete Rory's comments for a million dollars. Comedy gold. Am surprised that someone who claims to be all he does wouldn't be smart enough to see how the optics of his comments make him look.:-)
Tigercat is absolutely wrong about service brakes. EVERY hydrostatic drive, without exception, MUST be equipped with both service brakes and a park brake. The service brakes MUST be able to stop the vehicle while negotiating an incline at maximum speed with maximum load at maximum specified incline angle - NO EXCEPTIONS! The inherent braking in a hydrostatic transmission is there by default, AND NOT BY DESIGN. If you operate any vehicle with only a hydrostatic drive and a park brake: no service brakes, the vehicle is highly susceptible to an irrecoverable runaway condition. If you are an operator of a vehicle with hydrostatic drive that does not have service brakes, tag it out and don't operate it. You can suffer severe injury or death if the hydrostatic transmission suffers any type of failure that breaches the hydraulic coupling and runs away. Respectfully, Rory S. McLaren "Hydraulic safety doesn't just happen. It has to be vigorously pursued."
Rory McLaren Mr. McLaren hello. My name is Paul and I work for Tigercat as a machinist. I posted and maintain these videos as a personal hobby unrelated to my work at Tigercat. I am sorry Mr. McLaren but you have misperceived the commentary in the video in some way indicates that it is ok to drive a hydrostatic machine without working standard working brakes. This is not the case. The comments in the video refer to the that during normal operation, the standard bakes do not have to be used thereby reducing the need for maintenance on the standard brakes(no wear or tear). Virtually eliminates is not the same as eliminates. It is in fact closer to almost eliminates. As an employee of Tigercat I can atest to fact that Tigercat takes safety very seriously. As an employee of Tigercat I have been trained and retrained on the safe use of all equipment I am required to use. Therefore I would be very surprised if the service manual didn't have maintenance schedule which included the standard brakes and an operator's manual didn't have a daily checklist including checking/correct operation of the standard braking system before daily use. (As a machinist it is not required of me to see or know either of these manuals for any of our machines) I hope you find this answer satisfactory. If not I can can contact a company rep and have them answer your concerns or you can contact Tigercat directly through their website. www.tigercat.com Yours truly Paul E. Stiemann
Intersting video. We are getting a second M760 mulcher and a M822 mulcher from another contractor in the next week. Keep the videos coming!!
great video!Now I serviceing a Tigercat 1055 from 2005.the driving pump and driving motor is overhauled. Regards from Sibiu Romania
Paul, I'd love to try a hydrostatic transmission on my 500hp 800kg Diesel drag car, can you help? I'm in the UK
Buy a zetor utilix HT 55 hydrostatic transmission. It works best for your purposes. 😉😉
until the service brake/parking brake fails on the side of a mountain as it did to my husband today. flipped 2 times could have been deadly thankfully only few injuries thank god.
For real? I watched a safety video from BC gov. were a skidder rolled down a hill and the driver was killed because of damage to the seat belt that was hidden behind the seat. Someone had burn the belt when making repairs.
Glad to hear your husband is ok.
I wouldn't delete Rory's comments for a million dollars. Comedy gold. Am surprised that someone who claims to be all he does wouldn't be smart enough to see how the optics of his comments make him look.:-)
If TH-cam is working OK it looks like he figured out how his comments looked and deleted them. Oh well.
Tigercat is absolutely wrong about service brakes. EVERY hydrostatic drive, without exception, MUST be equipped with both service brakes and a park brake. The service brakes MUST be able to stop the vehicle while negotiating an incline at maximum speed with maximum load at maximum specified incline angle - NO EXCEPTIONS!
The inherent braking in a hydrostatic transmission is there by default, AND NOT BY DESIGN. If you operate any vehicle with only a hydrostatic drive and a park brake: no service brakes, the vehicle is highly susceptible to an irrecoverable runaway condition. If you are an operator of a vehicle with hydrostatic drive that does not have service brakes, tag it out and don't operate it. You can suffer severe injury or death if the hydrostatic transmission suffers any type of failure that breaches the hydraulic coupling and runs away.
Respectfully,
Rory S. McLaren
"Hydraulic safety doesn't just happen. It has to be vigorously pursued."
Rory McLaren Mr. McLaren hello. My name is Paul and I work for Tigercat as a machinist. I posted and maintain these videos as a personal hobby unrelated to my work at Tigercat.
I am sorry Mr. McLaren but you have misperceived the commentary in the video in some way indicates that it is ok to drive a hydrostatic machine without working standard working brakes. This is not the case. The comments in the video refer to the that during normal operation, the standard bakes do not have to be used thereby reducing the need for maintenance on the standard brakes(no wear or tear). Virtually eliminates is not the same as eliminates. It is in fact closer to almost eliminates.
As an employee of Tigercat I can atest to fact that Tigercat takes safety very seriously. As an employee of Tigercat I have been trained and retrained on the safe use of all equipment I am required to use. Therefore I would be very surprised if the service manual didn't have maintenance schedule which included the standard brakes and an operator's manual didn't have a daily checklist including checking/correct operation of the standard braking system before daily use. (As a machinist it is not required of me to see or know either of these manuals for any of our machines)
I hope you find this answer satisfactory. If not I can can contact a company rep and have them answer your concerns or you can contact Tigercat directly through their website. www.tigercat.com
Yours truly
Paul E. Stiemann