Pathfinders For Greenways Volunteer Database

Pathfinders For Greenways Volunteer Database

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Worked on Ditch Witch over several days.
First day we took the machine over to Matt's garage and took the worn tracks off and checked all the track area bearings.  We found 3 idle wheels on left side needed new bearings.  Also the left side tension wheel bearings and axle were totally shot and the wheel was not round anymore.  Probably all due to too much tension.  We decided to go ahead and replace both drive sprockets even though they did not look near as bad as last time we changed them.  We cleaned everything up.  Then I ordered the parts and Matt removed the sprockets from the drive motors and bearings from the idle wheels.  After the parts came in, we put it all back together and put the new tracks on and tensioned to specifications.  We also changed the oil.  Matt fixed the arm control handle that was crooked.  Then we worked on the attachment levers that were all rusted and hard to operate.  While doing that we noticed the lower bushing on the tilt cylinder was totally gone.  We took the pin out and found it badly damaged from operation without bushing.  I ordered new parts and now waiting for them to arrive.  Oh, and we also had to replace the 7 year old battery that would not hold a charge.

Volunteers

Name	Start Time	End Time	Hours	Staff	# in Group
Brian Batteiger	08:00	15:00	7.0
Matt Miller	08:00	17:00	9.0

Stats

Number of Volunteers = 2

Volunteer Hours = 16.0 Staff Hours = 0.0 Total Hours = 16.0