broken bushings and bolts

[oakhillslandscaping]

well we got about 12inches of snow about two weeks ago and i was using my skid steer bucket to plow with and i hit a contrete sidewalk and sheared the bushings and snapped the bolts that go in the bushings cost me 130 dollars for the new hardware

[Fordsuvparts]

Is that a New Holland, if so i had to do that last year, but one step worse, it broke the end of the cylinder off. The new bushing help tighten every thing up a lot, kind of like and extra man stitch.:)

[Tuna3679]

Having relocated to Florida from Indiana plowing snow is the only thing I miss...but don't feel bad in ONE night I damaged THREE trucks...

1. Had the clutch go out at the bottom of a loading ramp
2. Had hydraulics freeze up and had to drive 10 miles back to the shop with plow lowered

And best of all was plowing with a dump truck loaded with salt, hit a patch of ice and slid into a snow back pushing the plow up onto the hood and shattering the windshield...just not my night :)

[Tuna3679]

snow bank not snow back

[bobcat_ron]

Is it just me or is your quick attach frame also have a slight bend in the middle of the 3x3" square tube?
You can expect more of that type of damage, inside mounted Q/A frames put lots of stress on the pins, Bobcat and Deere both have the same problems, just another reason I switched to Cat.

[KRtraxx]

Having been a CAT salesperson for 3 years I hate to tell you I have seen several boom failures on snow removal Cats...Fast stops are hard on ANY machine.. You guys may laugh but the Mustang wheeled skids have the strongest booms I,ve seen in the industry.Take a close look at a newer Mustang boom sometime..I dont like their power latch however.It doesnt like gravel debri in it...

[bobcat_ron]

I've broken the main tilt pins twice on my 753, bucket tilt pin 2 times, and same on the T190 with an upper bucket pin, but that's just Bobcat "quality" steel.

[ksss]

I was pushing snow last week for a guy that had a 70XT and he snapped one of the lower hinge pins on the loader arm. Like the one in the picture it snapped at the grease channel. He was using my large snow pusher. Don't know what the cause was but apparently its not that uncommon on machines doing snow removal. Perhaps the cold temps and banging into things has something to do with it.

[KRtraxx]

Sudden dead stops during snow removal are probably one of the hardest things there are on a skid.Bring 8K pounds of weight to a stop in a nanosecond is a LOT of g force..specially for the guys who find high gear..:)

[oakhillslandscaping]

yeah i was in second gear and was probably going full speed, i am going to buy a plow system for the skid steer next year and hopefully the plow will take the brunt instead

oh and for the record my head hit the door and my head hurt for like two days hahaha ohwell :hammerhead:

[stuvecorp]

yeah i was in second gear and was probably going full speed, i am going to buy a plow system for the skid steer next year and hopefully the plow will take the brunt instead

oh and for the record my head hit the door and my head hurt for like two days hahaha ohwell :hammerhead:

I had a 'shock' valve on the Snowwolf and on the loader plow. If you hit something it would let the plow come back by rerouting the hydraulic fluid from the cylinder to the other side so it would not be such a sudden stop.

[Gravel Rat]

You look at it this way when your plowing snow you are getting more momentum sliding on a slippery surface and then hit something hard there has to be something that will let go.