Customer saved $24,000 by doing MAINTENENCE!!!!!!!!! Ponsse Buffalo

We did rebuild all four Planetary hubs on a Ponsse buffalo. ALL 4 had intact yet broken bearings in the sun gears.
#ponsse #bearing #planetary #oldguysrule #welding #logging #forestry #sungear #naf

[@karlsasgen8739]

Worst case scenario on opening them up is the customer pays for a reseal. I totally agree find a chunk open it up.

[@jasonspaulding3932]

Great video, those single bearings always seem to break like that. Good catch on replacing before it got expensive.

[@wtfbuddy1]

Nice video Mike - scheduled maintenance is a pocket book saver, operators need to keep the owners informed of the hours so this happens +/- 25 hours when needed. Like the longer vids of whatever your up to. Cheers and have a great weekend

[@senseiaeroforce]

When I do that I put fresh oil to bearings before install the case. Greetings from Finland 👍

[@karlsasgen8739]

I have a customer that I just had this talk about timely final drive maintenance. And said he has had far less failure since I change them every 750 hrs on his JDs

[@dennisfournier8899]

Great video Mike

[@timovilkki5209]

👍👍👍👍 Thanks for this.

[@Agirhydro23]

Excellent video

[@vastylebbq5203]

How many truckloads of logs would that machine have to handle to cover that 24K repair? Looks like it would take all season

[@pamtnman1515]

Depends on the logs. Hardwood or softwood? Mixed high quality hardwoods here in Pennsylvania, $24,000 worth of logs about a week or two.

[@anthonyshaw7251]

Hi Mike, just came across your videos, I’m with you on regular oil changes, & old school, couple of questions on this particular drive hub if you don’t mind, Is there a reason you dry built the bearings?, & an observation, with them thrust washers on both ends of the bearings/gears, is it not a design flaw, my point is that there is very little tolerance between the washers & bearings for a decent amount of oil to flow in & through the bearings, would have thought an oil gallery would be in there, possibly why the bearings broke in the first place, I ask this with respect, nice video, 👍

[@MichaelJBerg]

They are flooded with oil when installed on the machine. They are in an oil bath.

[@anthonyshaw7251]

👍 yeah I fully understand the mechanics, I’m a senior engineer in the UK, repairing all kinds of equipment, I’ve repaired many final drives, I’m just saying when the gear bearings are closed up with the thrust washers the gap is next to nothing, equipment I repair has decent gaps for the gear oil to lubricate the shaft bearings, just an observation. 🙏

[@ponsseguy]

I just heard of a guy that claims he never changed bogie casing oil in 8000 hours. I just don't understand why people won't change oil at recommended intervals, it just not expensive compared to grinding parts up.

[@lawgdog1]

Any idea how many hours?