8/30/2011 2:08 PM
mweaver, we had this discussion in our shop yesterday, we have triplexes over the 4000 hour mark, front line tee and collar mowers. When do you decide to replace a reel motor, or hydraulic pump, or other big ticket parts items, like engines? Do you do that at a specific hour mark? Or do you have the testing equipment to check specs? I just worry (especially when there is really no back up mower) that what happens when everything craps out in a matter of months? We had this with a Toro 2300, 1995 model, with 3100 hours on it we mow banks with. (was at another facility for years before we got it) We had the fuel pump go out, $800 later and about 150 hours later, pump shot, due to high wear from inside engine, (internal cams from engine turn cams in fuel pump). We can spend another $800 on fuel pump, but really need to spend 3-4 thousand on an engine rebuild, new mower over $20,000. I guess what I'm asking is and it probably all depends, but what do you guys use to determine when to replace and when to rebuild?
Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO