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Switched from chain-driven to hydraulic cutterheads last season and I'm never going back
Spent 8 years fighting with chains that snapped in heavy clay every other shift, but after I swapped to a hydraulic setup on my 12-inch Ellicott in April, I've cut my downtime by about 75 percent, anyone else made the switch and seen the same?
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the_elliot4d ago
You're trading one set of headaches for a whole DIFFERENT kind. Wait until a hydraulic hose blows on a Sunday and your dealer doesn't open until Monday.
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rosek444d ago
Dealer open Monday? That's what spare hoses and a spare set of fittings in the toolbox are for. I carry two full spare hose assemblies for my cutter motor right behind the seat. Cost me maybe $150 total. Changing a hose takes me 20 minutes, tops. Cleaning chain grease off everything for an hour after a snapped chain was the real Sunday killer.
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