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

When excavator owners complain about undercarriage wear, they usually blame the terrain, the operator, the machine brand, or even the weather.But the number one undercarriage killer — the silent assassin — is something far more basic: Incorrect track tension. Too tight → burns money.Too loose → causes damage.Just right → extends life dramatically. In this educational deep dive, you’ll learn exactly  how track tension works, why it affects every major undercarriage component,

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