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NE Alberta | If I had experienced the same JCB issues as you, I would also be bitter. However, my experience has been different (but like I posted earlier, the factory quality control sucks). I am not at all familiar with the 2TS-7T, but the front drive idler on our 3TS-8T is NOT smaller than other full size machines. I wonder if part of your "track coming off" problems were due to something other than idler size. JCB (and many others) use a single front idler and dual rear idlers. I believe some may use double front idlers and a single rear idler. If I remember correctly, CAT uses double front and rear idlers, with the double front idlers "capturing" the track aligning lugs better than a single idler like JCB and many others use, and helping prevent "track roll off". In 450 hrs, I have had a track roll off once (when cleaning up a rock pile). I thought I was being careful but something may have gotten in there. I would like JCB (and everyone else) to copy the CAT dual front idler system.
We have had our dealer readjust the plate attachment lock down pins (they are spring loaded and needed more tension on the springs). I agree that the design needs improving for doing heavy work. Part of the issue is that the universal skid steer attachment plate that everyone uses was designed years ago when machines were much smaller and the new large machines are stressing the design to the limit. We also found that the fit of the bottom plate (especially the hole size) of MANY of our attachments was not uniform and not optimum for retention when backing up with the attachment dragging. I have been "tuning up" the bottom holes in our attachments which helps a lot (the attachment manufacturers should be paying much more attention to this).
Edited by rocker 10/1/2024 14:43
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