Tracks are not that hard to change. They are more intimidating than anything, like putting your backhoe on the first time... I've done it a few times. Use the bucket to lift up the frame on that side and block the frame up real good. If you can, put a sheet or two of plywood underneath where the track goes to help you slide the track inward without it dragging in loose dirt/clay/etc.... usually where ever you ' get ' to work on it when the track comes off. Most excavators use a piston filled with grease to push out the front idler wheel and tighten the track. You let the grease out of that, then push/make sure the idler retracts all the way back with the bucket. Working with an other piece of equipment with a set of forks help a lot if you are taking the old track off and installing a new one. You can put a nylon strap on the track by the collapsed idler and horse that end off, then do the sprocket end. Some tracks are directional, and you have to reinstall them in the correct direction if so. But you basically lift the old track off, then put the new one on the sprocket end first. Then use the bucket or forks or whatever to horse the other end over the idler. Pump the grease back in, and you are good to go. Lots of videos on it online, again, lots of ways to do it.... Andrew Camarata is a good source.... the tracks are REAL HEAVY. Drive sprockets usually last a very long time on rubber tracked machines. Even on normal metal tracks they wear very slowly under most conditions. Again, the best hyd thumbs pivot on the same pin that the bucket does. Thumbs work best if the fingers of the thumb at a boot the same length as the bucket teeth. If you have more than one bucket, that could be a problem with different ones. Aftermarket hyd thumbs pivot on the stick above the bucket pin, and really only line up with the bucket teeth in a certain area. Same with manual thumbs. This is not a real problem, but if you are looking for the best set up, you want the thumb pivoting with the bucket. With a manual thumb, you lower the thumb manually [ with some this is a quick/simple process ]. To pick something up, you roll the thing away from you or track away from it to get the thumb in a good position to grab it. Not that hard once you do it awhile. Andrew Camarata uses them all the time, and if they are good enough for him..... I'm sold.
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