OK, so what'd you break so far? seems like we've been plagued with constant breakdowns. Stuff happens when we're plowing every 2-3 days. I gues.
i think that might be it for now... at least winter is half over!
- Bad Ignition coil on the 5.4L. came and went for a while, then came and stayed for good. took a while to pin down which coil it was.
- Rusted out fuel lines, caused problems for weeks as I was able to hack a repair together to get by for a few more hours. Finally got it fixed right with a dealer only part.
- smashed spreader cover mount, fixed with BFH.
- flat tires on the machine, found 2 nails. still need to fix properly.
- broken wheel, missing gas cap, missing handlebar bolt/nuts, belts on the toro single stages
- ripped a reverse light off the truck smashing into a bank
- tons of sod and belgium block damage from pushbacks
- a sub broke a 2' vase, low voltage landscape light that was buried in a pile.
- ice in the fisher plows, froze up causing all sorts of delay, ended up flushing in the middle of a storm.
- chewed through a set of brake pads, backings and then into the caliper on my diesel. drove 2 miles with zero fluid. then backed it into my parents garage and smashed my headache rack, light mount when I collided with the house.
- took out my own mailbox with the loader doing pushbacks
- dented bed panel doing pushbacks with the truck.
- snapped wiper motor linkage on a ford, right before we headed out for our 20" blizzard. hacked a weld together on the galvanized steel for now. still need to repair with the new part I picked up and have sitting on the shelf
- clipped a step by a driveway, going to have to re-mortar in the spring.
- plow mount ripped off the yota truck, welded back on since bolts were stripped.
- u-joint failure on front driveshaft, led to needle bearing failure on front axle, u-joint was a 5hr battle to replace. needle bearing & hub was a $400 part, still need to do the other side.
- new employee threw a shovel on the truck haphazardly and it landed on the exhaust, we now have a custom half-shovel.
- broken mirror mount after ripping the truck out of bushes, twice, in the same spot, at my own damn house. new rule put into effect immediately, no one uses the hill behind the garage in a plow truck before or during the storm.
- had to get towed out a snowbank, got stuck for the first time ever, really bad, had to call for a tow and use a snatch block to make the pull. ultimately got stuck because 4wd switch wasn't quite engaged. felt like a jackass after that.
i think that might be it for now... at least winter is half over!
