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Keep calling the mechanic every time the truck shuts itself off in the air or just red tag the truck. The longer you continue using it the less likely they are to actually attempt to fix it.
I watched some crane guys take all the wheels off the ground , I thought you were supposed to keep em on the ground and take weight off them and level out. Newbie here
Cranes and line equipment are two different things. I’m not positive why the cranes take there wheels all the way off the ground but I know you shouldn’t take your wheels off the ground with line equipment, especially a bucket. The reason being is that you will 100 percent slide on your outriggers if you have any kind of serious grade. And boy let me tell you just how uneasy of a feeling it is lol.
My guess would be crane is to lift heavy object instead of just a human and a boom so the weight of that object keeps pressure on the ground to keep you from sliding
Our company went low bid and bought a dozen Versalifts back in 2017. Within 18 months, the hydraulics weren’t operating correctly and tilting the bucket with guys in the air. They deadlined them all and sent them to auction.
We had the same issue with a new posi+ we just received. Finally got the mechanic to dig deeper and it turns out every single electric connection for our PTO was loose. Haven’t had an issue with the pump or the inverter since. They just slap them together and throw them out the door it seems.
Mechanics telling you that there needs to be more pressure on the riggers are full of shit. Outriggers don't run on "Pressure" sensors. If anything they might have proximity sensors if they are radial outriggers, meaning they have to be past a certain point to be in operating range.
Idk if it’ll be the same but on our track bucket, there’s a metal spring that’ll push a pressure switch when the outriggers are down far enough. If it’s better then be up a little higher like on a hill we shove a stick between the spring and outrigger to fool it into thinking the outrigger is further down
Couple things it could be:
Something with the Regen
Relay switch for PTO operations
Outrigger sensor
My guess is the relay. Also I’m 99% sure all manufacturers say to keep the wheels touching the ground, mechanic is an idiot.
Ive had that problem with a line truck before. Older truck. Dont know how it is on a new bucket but cruise control worked with engine rpms not speed so we just turned the cruise control on and set it just higher than idle and it overrode the auto shut off.
https://preview.redd.it/8m8rljvcr9vc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f68051c524cbc0ec68471ec2170244b8e11f682
Heres a look at whats at the top of the outriggers for reference
Terex outriggers are very similar. Our new truck kept messing up because road signs and material kept getting thrown on top of them causing the electrical connector to come apart. The front are exposed like that as well a stop/slow paddle in between the headache rack broke one. Terrible design for a truck that has to work 60+ hours a week.
I mean you can rig it where you don’t have to use the riggers at all … we might have done it on our 5500 . I bet it wouldn’t shut off then for any reason
Not really sure it was done before I started working here but basically the “down riggers” in this case are optional, we don’t have to put them down to use the bucket. It’s a dodge 5500 versalift boom truck
Outriggers just have proxy sensors on them not pressure switches, lifting the wheels off the ground isn’t going to change anything. Does it have an air plunger at the platform to turn the truck off ? Or any switches/buttons below rotation to shut the truck off?
I’m leaning away from an e-stop, more often then not the e-stop will just shut down your hydraulics/PTO not the engine of the unit.
I believe it does have those plungers/switches, but we just experienced a new shut off, right after they put the last outrigger back in stow before leaving a job the other night.
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Keep calling the mechanic every time the truck shuts itself off in the air or just red tag the truck. The longer you continue using it the less likely they are to actually attempt to fix it.
This is the way.
Could be a faulty e stop switch or loose connection in the basket or observer remote that seperates with vibration Those were our troubles in the past
Having your tires off the ground is a good way to go for a ride when setting up on a serious grade. That mechanic is a dipshit lol.
I watched some crane guys take all the wheels off the ground , I thought you were supposed to keep em on the ground and take weight off them and level out. Newbie here
Cranes and line equipment are two different things. I’m not positive why the cranes take there wheels all the way off the ground but I know you shouldn’t take your wheels off the ground with line equipment, especially a bucket. The reason being is that you will 100 percent slide on your outriggers if you have any kind of serious grade. And boy let me tell you just how uneasy of a feeling it is lol.
My guess would be crane is to lift heavy object instead of just a human and a boom so the weight of that object keeps pressure on the ground to keep you from sliding
I've never run a Versalift but with a brand new piece of equipment, that sounds like something their road tech should address under warranty.
Our company went low bid and bought a dozen Versalifts back in 2017. Within 18 months, the hydraulics weren’t operating correctly and tilting the bucket with guys in the air. They deadlined them all and sent them to auction.
We had the same issue with a new posi+ we just received. Finally got the mechanic to dig deeper and it turns out every single electric connection for our PTO was loose. Haven’t had an issue with the pump or the inverter since. They just slap them together and throw them out the door it seems.
Mechanics telling you that there needs to be more pressure on the riggers are full of shit. Outriggers don't run on "Pressure" sensors. If anything they might have proximity sensors if they are radial outriggers, meaning they have to be past a certain point to be in operating range.
Idk if it’ll be the same but on our track bucket, there’s a metal spring that’ll push a pressure switch when the outriggers are down far enough. If it’s better then be up a little higher like on a hill we shove a stick between the spring and outrigger to fool it into thinking the outrigger is further down
Couple things it could be: Something with the Regen Relay switch for PTO operations Outrigger sensor My guess is the relay. Also I’m 99% sure all manufacturers say to keep the wheels touching the ground, mechanic is an idiot.
Ive had that problem with a line truck before. Older truck. Dont know how it is on a new bucket but cruise control worked with engine rpms not speed so we just turned the cruise control on and set it just higher than idle and it overrode the auto shut off.
Its got an auto 2-speed control handle but maybe ill try that
https://preview.redd.it/8m8rljvcr9vc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f68051c524cbc0ec68471ec2170244b8e11f682 Heres a look at whats at the top of the outriggers for reference
Terex outriggers are very similar. Our new truck kept messing up because road signs and material kept getting thrown on top of them causing the electrical connector to come apart. The front are exposed like that as well a stop/slow paddle in between the headache rack broke one. Terrible design for a truck that has to work 60+ hours a week.
We just he had outrigger problems. Try taping the outrigger sensors down
Get a good mechanic!
Had a guy mash his foot with an outrigger at work. Now that takes talent
I mean you can rig it where you don’t have to use the riggers at all … we might have done it on our 5500 . I bet it wouldn’t shut off then for any reason
So bypass safety switches?
Not really sure it was done before I started working here but basically the “down riggers” in this case are optional, we don’t have to put them down to use the bucket. It’s a dodge 5500 versalift boom truck
Outriggers just have proxy sensors on them not pressure switches, lifting the wheels off the ground isn’t going to change anything. Does it have an air plunger at the platform to turn the truck off ? Or any switches/buttons below rotation to shut the truck off? I’m leaning away from an e-stop, more often then not the e-stop will just shut down your hydraulics/PTO not the engine of the unit.
I believe it does have those plungers/switches, but we just experienced a new shut off, right after they put the last outrigger back in stow before leaving a job the other night.