Condition-Based Maintenance
By Dean Hayes, Territory Customer Support Manager, John Deere Condition-based maintenance (CBM) can help increase productivity, lower daily operating costs and extend the life of the machines in your...
View ArticleGuard UP!
Most discussions about maintenance for forestry equipment focus on protecting machines from wear and weather, but theft and vandalism are also costly. Equipment lost or out of service due to vandalism...
View ArticleChoose The Right Grease
The proper grease application to machine components regularly exposed to water and other contaminants is essential to maintaining forestry equipment. Grease acts as both a lubricant and sealant to...
View ArticleBattery Selection, Care
By Alan Svoboda Product Manager John Deere Batteries Batteries for forestry equipment have become increasingly expensive in recent years. With many skidders and other machines requiring more than one...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Winterize
By Diego Navarro Aftermarket Sales Manager, Americas John Deere Southern loggers and their equipment may not have to cope with the brutally harsh winter conditions faced by their Northern counterparts,...
View ArticleDown & Dirty, Part 1
By Kurt Moncini Marketing Director Forest Machine Business Department, Komatsu America Corporation In the world of “clean,” particle size is defined in microns, an ideal measurement used for measuring...
View ArticleKeep Hydraulic Hose Contamination In Check
By Brendan Casey The need for hose replacement is a fairly common occurrence on hydraulic machines. Hydraulic hose fabrication is a big business with plenty of competition and more than a few cowboys...
View ArticleWhy Is Oil Viscosity Critical?
Submitted by the Forest Machine Business Dept., Komatsu America Corp. Viscosity measures how much resistance there is to fluid flow. It is frequently referred to as the thickness of the oil. Water is...
View ArticleWhy Is Oil Viscosity Criti-
Submitted by the Forest Machine Business Dept., Komatsu America Corp. Viscosity measures how much resistance there is to fluid flow. It is frequently referred to as the thickness of the oil. Water is...
View ArticleContaminants: Water, Air, Sludge
Submitted by the Forest Machine Business Dept., Komatsu America Corp. In hydraulic oil, typically less than 0.1% water is considered excessive. Water can slow the filtering process; react with...
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