A Practical, No-Nonsense Guide for South African Contractors If there’s one thing that can bring an excavator to its knees faster than a blown hose or a leaking final drive, it’s an overheating hydraulic system. Not only does it slow down your productivity, but it also puts every major hydraulic component at risk: pumps, motors, cylinders, seals, and even the hydraulic oil itself. And here’s the catch — overheating is almost always preventable. This guide breaks down why exca

When an excavator pump fails, everything fails.No digging. No lifting. No swinging. No productivity.And no contractor wants to explain to a client why an entire site is standing still because the heart of the machine just died. The bad news? Pump failures are expensive — sometimes the most expensive repair an excavator will ever need. The good news? Most pump failures don’t happen overnight. They build up slowly, silently, and predictably. And even better — they are highly p

If you want to destroy an undercarriage faster than a bulldozer on a wet hillside, run your excavator with the wrong track tension. It’s one of the most overlooked forms of excavator maintenance , yet incorrect track tension is responsible for thousands of hours of unnecessary wear — and millions of rands in avoidable undercarriage repairs every year. Most operators don’t check track tension.Most site managers don’t enforce it.Most contractors only notice a problem when the m

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