Some Holmes 750 action

td25c

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Got a call from a trucker with some dump trailer issues .

On his last load trailer dumped fine but he heard a loud "POP " when the cylinder fully extended . Went to let the bed back down and it locked up on the first section . So there he was with the bed stuck up in the air about 16 feet .

Company where he was hauling to would not assist or even let him leave the truck on the property . :(


So he limps it across the road to another companies parking lot that would allow him to leave it and make repairs . He had already called two other truck shops and no one wanted the road service call .:confused:


We said hell yeah ......


Took Holmes 750 and pickup & trailer full of cribbing . Chain hoist's ,trailer stands , ect .


First thing was get him un hooked , then back the 750 up and lift the trailer .

Ended up setting it on the ground so we could work easier . Then lifted the tub up high enough to get the cylinder out .

Had a chain hoist rigged up in the cylinder well that we used to lower the cylinder down .

All went well .
 

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Oxbow

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Good job td25c, nice to see a 750 that the booms will still extend. Real nice looking wrecker.

I worked for a fellow that used an 850 set of winches and built a hydraulic extendable boom for them. It had air cylinders to engage the winches, which worded real well until it got down below zero, then you had to keep her pretty drunk on air line anti freeze.

Is that your helper taking a leak in the first picture?:bouncegrin
 

td25c

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Thanks Oxbow , we try to keep it up in shape . Get's myself and customers out of trouble . LOL !

That's interesting about the 850 bed set up with the hydro boom & air engage winch . Pretty Cool !

Almost bought an 850 bed few years ago . Only problem with an 850 is you pretty much need to mount it on a crane chassis to get the full 40 ton capacity out of it .

Got to meet a feller that worked for Holmes . What was interesting is he tolled me they only made about 400 units of those 850 beds and 100 of them went directly overseas to do oil field work . Not to many of them around today .








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td25c

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More dump trailer fun

Pulled a cylinder this afternoon . This time it was a frame type trailer . Lifted the tub with the Grove & pulled the cylinder with the GMC & 750 .

The GMC with welder & torch on board is my mobile outdoor shop tool .:D

Drove pin out of the top and let the cylinder rock forward a little . Then rigged a chain through the well to lift with .

Lift the tub up about 4 feet then wedge some lumber under the cylinder to keep it from flopping forward .
 

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td25c

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Get the tub up high enough to get the cylinder out , crib up as needed , hook up the 750 , drive out the bottom pin and swing it out .
 

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td25c

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Set some precast on this job with the Kenworth . Normally we would have set it with the Grove crane but due to wet weather & ground conditions the KW wrecker worked the best . It's hard to go wrong with a 750 Holmes .:cowboy
 

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td25c

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My buddy has an IH with a 750 on it , It's booms won't extend or swing due to lack of grease & rust . I think the main thing is keeping it all greased & parking it under roof when not in use . I can actually pull my booms out by hand if they are down flat on the bed . Bit of a struggle but can be done .

With booms extended the 750 comes in handy for odd pick & carry type jobs .

I normally use a farm tractor & loader to pull them out & stow them back . I know , it's cheating .:)
 

td25c

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On this job a communications company needed an equipment pad poured . Not that big but due to the site it had to be bumped up due to flooding . They also wanted brick inlay .

I decided to just build the forms in the shop where tools were handy .
 

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RonG

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Wow,red concrete.Are they using river gravel for aggregate or what?Maybe they are using dye in the concrete?Makes me wonder.Ron G
 

Oxbow

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Way to think outside the box...with that box TD. I too was surprised by the color of the concrete.
 

RonG

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I'll bet with the brick forms they probably wanted the red concrete.With some people money is no object,I should have thought of that.It actually provides a low maintainance and cheap solution in the long run.Ron G
 

td25c

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Yes , it was dyed concrete . http://www.irvmat.com/imix/Spectra.asp

Now keep in mind this is an equipment platform for a telle communications company , has fiber optic coming in to it .

Funny part is we would have normally just went with plywood form & regular concrete . Due to zoning issues the town insisted on the brick pattern & color .

Ok , so I made a small test casting using a piece of brick pattern wall panel like you see used in homes .

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-1-4-in-x-48-in-x-96-in-Kingston-Brick-Wall-Panel-278844/205683640

Even put a rebar suitcase handle on it so my buddy from the phone company could carry it in to the next town counsel meeting to see if they would like it .

They liked it and picked out the red color for the concrete .:D
 

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RonG

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My mind is going.I should have figured that out as fast as I read it.I was in the business over 20 years.Guess my trying to forget is working.LOL.Ron G
 

td25c

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Don't feel bad Ron , I'm bad about laying a tool down when working on something then 30 seconds later cant seem to find it . LOL!
 

td25c

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Customer had some trouble with his old Ford backhoe . It used cylinders & chain to swing the hoe , well the chain broke allowing the hoe boom to swing wild slamming in to the cylinder . Busted up the gland nut .

Luckily my buddy at the machine shop was able to turn out a new nut and we ended up repacking both cylinders on site .
 

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