Windycity50
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Greetings,
Just looking for some advice if possible.
My uncle bought his 5 ton a couple years ago due to his over zealous ideas of splitting an oak he had taken down from his property. He never even plugged it in.
Fast forward to this weekend, he asked me if I wanted it for our family's property in northern Wisc...absolutely. Took her home, got online to check get the manual (he didn't save anything).
Being cautious, I drained the hydrolic fluid, and refilled to their specs with Dexron auto trans. So far so good. Turned her on and cycled it a few times, and saw it dripping from the front cylinder cover. I first thought maybe I overfilled, nope. After cleaning it off and cycling it again, this time watching it, I found a hairline crack on the face of the cylinder cover. Great...
Emailed / called Speeco today, was told what I thought I might hear, no tickie, no laundry...I called my uncle, he doesn't even remember where he bought it (he's 80), let alone have the receipt.
The Speeco rep, as I'm sure he's programmed to, told me there's absolutely nothing they can do..SOL. When I asked if its possible to order the front cylinder cover, he said its impossible due to them being made in china. Further telling me that its most likely made from pot metal and not weldible.
Having never had one log gone through it, and its never been mishandled or dropped etc...I can't imagine how this could have happened.
Has anyone here ever come across this problem? And if so, is a repair possible? The blowoff attitude from Speeco isn't surprising since I didn't buy it myself, but I'd hate to scrap this thing, its "brand new", sort of. Here's some pics for your amusement.
Thanks for any suggestions, Kevin. View attachment 314448
Just looking for some advice if possible.
My uncle bought his 5 ton a couple years ago due to his over zealous ideas of splitting an oak he had taken down from his property. He never even plugged it in.
Fast forward to this weekend, he asked me if I wanted it for our family's property in northern Wisc...absolutely. Took her home, got online to check get the manual (he didn't save anything).
Being cautious, I drained the hydrolic fluid, and refilled to their specs with Dexron auto trans. So far so good. Turned her on and cycled it a few times, and saw it dripping from the front cylinder cover. I first thought maybe I overfilled, nope. After cleaning it off and cycling it again, this time watching it, I found a hairline crack on the face of the cylinder cover. Great...
Emailed / called Speeco today, was told what I thought I might hear, no tickie, no laundry...I called my uncle, he doesn't even remember where he bought it (he's 80), let alone have the receipt.
The Speeco rep, as I'm sure he's programmed to, told me there's absolutely nothing they can do..SOL. When I asked if its possible to order the front cylinder cover, he said its impossible due to them being made in china. Further telling me that its most likely made from pot metal and not weldible.
Having never had one log gone through it, and its never been mishandled or dropped etc...I can't imagine how this could have happened.
Has anyone here ever come across this problem? And if so, is a repair possible? The blowoff attitude from Speeco isn't surprising since I didn't buy it myself, but I'd hate to scrap this thing, its "brand new", sort of. Here's some pics for your amusement.
Thanks for any suggestions, Kevin. View attachment 314448