woe is me.... We ordered a new 671n gm from the US, its sitting in customs in Perth,3 weeks now, we figure it should get out soon, so went to collect the grader from about 40km away on the north end of the property, all going well driving home in a big cloud of smoke (the 180 cummins burnt another valve,and uses more oil than ever) stopped to open a gate, and the back wheel fell off!!! ointhead the axle broke again next to the previous repair, straight across like a carrot. does anyone know if you can chain up the drive, and go home on the other 3? im not worried about the drive unit, theres still half an axle in there to keep it all lined up, can i just wrap it up with load chains, or will they break,i imagine theres a fair bit of stress there, its about 15km of easy going flat ground away, along our own private roads, so no liability issues, just know from past experience that it is no fun trying to repair it out there in the dirt:Banghead
It should be no problem mechanically but you're right, chining it up securely enough wont be easy. Can you make use of the tandem travel stops to hold it up. In desperation you could chain a strainer post to the tandem and drag it home that way. You do have a grader to fix up the mess it makes.
Thanks for the reply, spanner, the travel stops are fairly small cast arrangements, i think there is too high a risk of slippage. the strainer post idea is pretty good, i might use that as a backup! will head out there with 2 big Wallaby Jacks this morning, and see what happens! those old trewella wallaby miners jacks are absolute gold, all mechanical, lift 5 tons each, its what the 4x4 kangaroo jack is a sad copy of! when your out in the scrub, they can really help you out of a jam,do yourself a favour get collecting today. (Weve got five now, they are one of the first things people sold for scrap, as they are so heavy, and good steel.
is there a way you could block up axle ? on a towing forum i have seen some photos of guys using chains and oak block to help distrubute the load , but that was on truck not a grader....
Yeah, I've used used them many times. Oh for the days when things were built to last.