Winter Equipment Maintenance

On a golf course the winter is a good time to do some needed repair on some of our equipment. Two weeks ago we discovered that we had a couple of hydraulic leaks on our backhoe when we were using it on the golf course.  The leaks were coming from 2 hydraulic cylinders on the back arm on the machine.  One of the cylinders runs the bucket and the other runs the left side of the arm to move it back and forth.  My assistant and I took the cylinders off the machine and took them to get them repaired.  It took OCT equipment 4 days to get them fixed and we got the backhoe going again on Monday.  Below are some before and after pictures of the leaking cylinders.

Before look of cylinder leaking

Look at cylinder after repair

Second cylinder leak before repair

Second cylinder leak after repair

My assistant Craig putting the final touches on one of our repairs