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This week, my BIL in his dozer was pushing dirt.

He reverses the dozer then it doesn’t back up anymore....



A mobile mechanic comes out, spends half a day working on getting the track back on, does a temporary fix to get the track together and allow the dozer to get on a float to go to Cat for a complete new under carriage work.

 

Pallet jack works great...

 

Flint1: great idea!

 

Yeah, I didn't think of that. That's a good idea. And I have one! That'll come in handy when I do the rear axle.

 

In Canada things are different. Your dot inspection has to be done by a licensed mechanic, and it's called a cvip. Every 12 months the wheels must come off for a brake inspection.
My thoughts are if you had that much trouble removing wheels at home with all the tools, your wheel set was way overdue for maintenance. Imagine if you needed to do a repair away from home...
If you know the hardware was in good shape etc, then doing a hub seal without removing wheels makes sense.
I'm a licensed mechanic in canada and do cvips on school buses (trucks are once a year, buses are every 6 months up here). In order to be a licensed inspection facility there is required equipment that must be in the shop, including a tire dolly. A pallet jack is acceptable. It has about a 1/4" of dust on it lol.
It still can be used to remove the individual wheels to save your back..

 

Maybe something is wrong with me. I've done it with, and without. Even chassis grease on concrete. I prefer to disassemble them. Never failed, pull one off with dolley and some boss strolls by and tells you to put shoes and drum on.

 

And then you are like a bear screwing a football taking apart a loose wheel set. Lol

 

I used to be able to flip 24.5 duals on Daytons up of the floor. Now I hurt thinking about it.

 

Used a pallet jacks for taking some BIG tires off. 745 wiggle wagons, big forklifts, zoom booms etc. Crane and a sling work in the field too.

 

As long as you don't need tilt. Or jack axle both sides and level.