The owner stated it could lift a half full bucket, but not a full bucket. Is this common on trojans (or similar loaders)? It apparently steers, so it has some hydraulic pressure unless it has separate steering and lift pumps. The owner seemed to think it might be cylinder seals, but my experience with poor seals is that they seem to seal once the oil gets warm and the cylinder gets oil of the wrong side of the piston. Do the valves go bad this way - bypass valve? Or do they typically have a bypass valve that needs shimming once in a while? thanks for any input. I'd really like to get a nice loader with only small things wrong this time around, but my budget tops out at $4500 and I'm trying to pick the least of the problems that most loaders in this price range have. thanks, PS: the 3500 is certainly large for me, but it seems like even the larger loaders are not to hard to get around in tight areas and it's great to be able to pick up something heavy. PPS: that's supposed to be 'considering' in the title sorry Pat
I ran one a billion years ago, It was hard on dump trucks, albeit there own trucks. the valve body piston was scored on the lift lever, non serviceable part.. and they didn't want to fork over the bucks for a new one. so about 1 in 4 buckets slammed into the truck. Which didn't have wooden side boards. metal ones with some serious dents