If you want a really bad day...

Went to move the mine locomotive out to pull the engine today with a drott 85rm2 yard crane, I knew not to drag the load when I swing but it was just a little bit and it was hard to get the crane in the right spot. Snap now I will spend all day replacing the swing chain. Sometimes I dont mind myself s.... WA7OPY

at least the boom is intact.

thanks for the instrutions for a bad day but idont think i have all the ingrediants
but then i can usually manage without a crane:doh:

Its fixed. 12 hours, 180.00 parts, what I learned
1. Dont drag when swinging!!!
2. Chains are greasy,heavy, only bend one way
3 Best to cut chain in half and use 2 conn links
4 Bill was right ( My friend Bill told me about the drott being a sob if you dump a swing chain)
Now on to the Cat engine in the locomotive
....WA7OPY

Something that may help those dealing with roller chains.

State of Calif had "modified" rotary snow blowers powered with 12v71 Detroit for the blower head. They drove the drive shaft with 4 roller 80 chain if memory serves. Those chains ran in 85/140 oil so were terribly slippery and very heavy. When one replaced the lower drive sprocket, you had to break the chain which was about 12 feet long. Service location was at the top of the case.

The reel or auger case also was chain driven and even with full access by removing side cover, the rope allowed one to pull ends tight and put master in place over the sprockets.

I found that tying a rope to one end of the chain, and the other end of rope to other end of chain, it was simple to drag the chain around the sprockets and pull the chain together to put the master link in place. (make the full circle - no ends to drop or end up in the bottom of a case in a tangled jammed mess!)


This would work on all chain cases if one has limited access.

Small rope like Parachute cord is tough and small enough to put through the links beyond the master. Advantage of rope is you can have any length, is not sharp like wire and you can use knots like a trucker's hitch to multiply pulling power!

TRY IT - You might just save some "blue air" and busted hide.

cts