My new excavator arrived. It has ice lugs welded on it for the frozen north. What would be the best way to remove them? Cutting disc on a grinder or a cutting torch? Would one way be better for the tracks than the other? Thanks, Tim
I`d grind em.
why do you want to remove them? is it because of driving it over pavement? I would leave them they will wear off eventualy
Too hard on pavement and they take chunks out of the trailer deck when loading and unlaoading the machine.
grinder-less of a chance of weekening the track pad.-plus its shiny:cool2
i say use a grinder
I would try a grinder. But if that takes to long I would use torches. The lugs are not that big and it would not put that much heat into the pads.
I am going to try a grinder first. I have some cutting discs and will give it a go.
if you have access to one use a plasma cutter. It works faster than a torch and the heat affected zone is alot smaller than a torch.
Hey tootalltimmy, have you shown us a pic of your new machine? I don't think I've seen it yet.
Here it is
WOW, nice looking machine! Looks like you have a lot spec'd out. How is the track pad problem comming?
I am cutting the lugs off with a grinder using thin zip discs. I get more out of the 1/16" thick discs than the thicker cutting discs. I'm halfway done. It's still bloody cold around here so I prefer the inside house reno job I'm helping with.