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No I haven’t. From what I understand it won’t go well because they aren’t hi flow pumps and you won’t be able to move and brush hog at the same time.

That’s what I use mine for and it is awesome. Honestly though looking back you can get an excavator cheaper and I think it might be more useful around the house, especially if you get a hydraulic thumb for it. Either of them are awesome to have around the house though I think.

Yeah I have no idea. Mine doesn’t have any temperature issues but I’ve left the hood and back cover off of it to allow more air to flow.

I bought mine from the same local auction yard I bought the machine from. I also see them on facebook marketplace but they're about twice the price as the auctions.

Can you tell if your pump shaft is turning? Did you check your hydraulic oil level? Did it work before you replaced the engine? I don't know anything about your machine or why you replaced the engine so it's tough to diagnose without any information.

@@lurtbikeyeah hidraulic was working before , inreplaced the engine because its broke internally with only 53 hours very bad materials a lot oil leaks etc so i saw your video and i just have to grt and shaft adapter and is running but the machine do not move and no hydraulic movements allowed

@@lurtbikei am not sure if the pump shaft is turning i was looking that today so i do not think so

Yeah that’s common. I piped it directly to the existing diaphragm pump. Basically I just cut the line from the existing fuel tank and stuck it in there and wired it to the key switch so it comes on with the key. Runs great. I’ve put over 15 hours on it like that and zero issues with it cutting off so far.

No but it slows you down a little bit.

I finished with 4% after 2 hours and 55 minutes. Tons of elevation change at this track but by dialing the power back it extends the battery life.

What settings did you use?

@@gutterguyofellijay I mostly ran between 20 and 30 horsepower only bumping up to 35HP for bigger hill climbs.

Yep I just put about 6 hours on it last week doing some more landscaping at my house. It has just over 20 hours on it now. The only real issue with it at this point is the tracks suck, but they can be replaced with nicer aftermarket tracks for around $500.

@lurtbike thanks. I've seen from other comments you had to swap a new motor in though? The 23hp stock motor blew on you?

@@OutsideLiving Yes. I made a video of how I did the swap. I still don't know exactly what was going on. It could have been several things but I needed to use it while I had time off work and the quickest way to getting it back to work was to replace the motor.

got it off ebay. DO NOT order the cheap chinese ones from Amazon. You need to get one thats made in USA or it won't work. Believe me, I tried.

@@lurtbike going to look it up thank you for the suggestion

Shouldn't matter but you could also use spacers or washers between the bell housing and where it mounts to the motor to get yourself more room.

It is, but this is an auction machine with no warranty and really no support in the US to speak of. I knew what I was getting into and I knew I had the knowledge and ability to deal with something like this if/when it happened. Didn't think it would be this soon, but now I have a motor with a 2 year warranty and I've still got a capable machine at less than $6k all in. You can't rent one for a few months for that price.

It's 44" wide and I believe it will lift to 5'9". You should be fine with anything less than 5'6" overall height. You can pull up to the trailer and get your grapple bucket over the edge and then curl the bucket down to get the stuff to fall off.

You’re the man! Thank you so much that’s beyond helpful brotha⚡️⚡️

Hey man meant to ask, how wide is this machine? Thanks!

The machine is exactly 43-1/4” wide. Bucket and tracks are the same width.

@@lurtbikeawesome thank you! Most backyard gates down here are 36”-42” so looks like this machine is slightly too big for me, I think I’ll be going with a KRT23/KTT23 🤙🏼

There's nowhere to put the battery back there. That space isn't flat and its where my fuel pump is mounted and it would be in the way of the radiator. I would also have had to get new battery cables. The light doesn't blink, it just stays on all the time. I use a digital laser thermometer to check the operating temp and I've not had a problem so far.

For a real moto track it’s probably too small. For a pit bike track it’s great. Definitely beats a shovel.

It’s called a Wolverine mini stump grapple

24.5 Miles

@@lurtbike seems like about 33 miles of range is what race pace gets these bikes. i did an 1 hour 45 min race sim on the trails and ended up with 34 miles and 10 percent battery left. i want to try a hare scramble on it but here in calfiornia not sure if it will make it

@@christianromero5290 it all depends how you ride it and how much elevation change there is. I did 2 hours 55 mins at the Snowshoe GNCC in June. That was closer to 36 miles but at a lower HP setting and way more elevation change.

@@lurtbike i went out yesterday it was pretty dry and loose and pretty rocky. i ran 25-30hp the whole time not much elevation change

@@lurtbike do you find that lower or higher regen braking gets your more distance?

Yeah a predator motor is the way to go. I bought the extended warranty. I bet the weights help. I need to figure out how to mount some on mine.

Hell yeah brother if you say so!

I know eBay has them and some other sites that sell mini tracks. Get the size you need off the side of your tracks.

Some of us just buy a bike and ride what comes on it. The only thing I've changed on this bike are the tires/tubeless and I put pedals on it.

Harbor freight or Amazon. You can get a multi pack of grease fittings from either one.

Si bueno if you need a machine that can pay for itself in about 3 projects!

@@lurtbike Honestly, I do landscaping professionally and I'm considering one of these things lol. This thing would pay itself off in one job, and as long as it survived two jobs it's pure profit. I love Bobcats but it's getting expensive to run them at $350/day + 13% sales tax or $50,000 to buy, I'd rather get one of these for $4,000, make the necessary modifications and call it a day.

@@kylequinn1963exactly. They aren’t perfect but at 1/10th of the price they’re basically disposable. And you can buy a predator motor off the shelf with a 2 year warranty and slap it in. The rest is basic hydraulic stuff that is pretty simple. Like I said in the video, if you know how to work on stuff and you go into it knowing it will need some things you can probably save a lot of money.

Heyy bro how much was the new motor?

@@GAMERBROTHER98 $1300 with the 2 year extended warranty from Harbor Freight. Also had to buy a $20 sleeve off eBay.

They're definitely not for everyone! If you don't know how to or don't want to work on them you probably shouldn't own one.

For 40k you can buy a chinese 3 pump mini skid and excavator

@@ClearWater7.62And they’ll all be broken within a month. I bought a Kubota B series tractor with front end loader and backhoe for $28,000 and got zero percent interest for 5 years. It’ll run circles around these Chinese mini skid steers and it’ll last a lifetime. Plus I can dig, brushhog, plow snow, etc.

No I haven’t. It doesn’t bother me too much to just swing the radiator out of the way and fuel it up with a jug. I thought about putting something around the neck on the fuel tank because they don’t fully weld them so gas can slosh out which is annoying. I was going to use furnace cement or something but I need to see if the gas will eat it up before I do it.

Well the motor blew at 5 hours so maybe I should have done it earlier 🤷🏼‍♂️. Going strong with the Predator 670 now though!

Nice! Lots to choose from between VCHSS, VXCS and even a fewGNCC races nearby.

$4700 out the door. $1200 a few weeks later for a predator motor. $600 for a grapple a few weeks after that. Since the predator swap at 5 hours I’ve been good. Got about 16 on it now.

Not sure on the flow rate. There are some FB groups with guys that know. I don't think you can use anything that requires high speed though. Like a trencher or auger will work (cant move and trench at the same time though) but the higher speed things wont turn fast enough to be useful.

@@lurtbike the best spec sheet i could find said about 17gpm which like you said. Its one or the other. Probably cant move and use something requiring lots of hydraulics.

The CRT23 models (at least some of them) have 3 hydraulic pumps rather than 2, with the aux on a separate pump. If you're looking to run heavy aux loads, it's probably worth looking at those units.

Yes, the caliper worked fine. Apparently they sell a Brembo front master cylinder now on the Stark site and I'd go with that if I was ordering now, but all I needed was the master cylinder (comes with the lever) and the long cable. Ordered everything direct from Stark. I believe the MC even comes with the banjo bolt and I reused the banjo bolt on the rear caliper.

I checked the valves. They were in spec.

I have an electric fuel pump on the predator motor now. Low compression wouldn’t be caused by a carb issue. Checked valves too. Head gasket had failed upon later inspection.

Yes I do. Pull the grease fitting out at the track with the large nut and take a shovel and wedge it between the front pulley and the bucket and push the pulley back. Then use 3 or 4 1-1/4” diameter sticks in every other tooth of the track to guide it back on the pulley. There are UA-cam videos others have made. You have to jack the machine up.

did you get it back on I just figured how to do this with no tools.

Check my channel. I’ve done two other hare scrambles on it this season. Hangover Hare Scramble in January when AMA hadn’t changed the rules and I ran in the 40+C class and then the first round of the VCHSS Series this year in the Open Electric class.

I think I paid $5300 out the door at auction. I feel like anything under $6k is probably a decent buy.

Yes it came with the Rato 739 and I replaced it with a similar predator 670 motor.

@@lurtbike Thank you

Same as a predator 670 motor from harbor freight. You can use the same filter. I bought a Kizut 136-7848 off Amazon.

I’ve heard drive motor seals can go bad if there’s metal in the hydraulic system. People are replacing drive motors with a higher quality equivalent and buying seals to rebuild their existing drive motors. I don’t have much detailed info as I haven’t had that problem.

I can believe it. It’s less noticeable when you’re riding the bike and it’s a way to gauge your speed. It’s also fun as hell to ride so you don’t think about the noise as much.

It takes 1.8L of 10w30 engine oil.

Yeah so far so good on my predator. I’m up to 14.5 hours now and it’s doing well.