Just logged 1,000 hours on the old 8-inch cutterhead without a major breakdown.

We've been pulling gravel from the same stretch of the Missouri for a month, and I was sure the vibration last week meant a bearing was going. Checked the logs today and realized we crossed that mark yesterday with no real stops. Does hitting a big run time number like that ever make you trust a piece of gear more, or do you just wait for the other shoe to drop?

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adam51713d ago

Remember when my dad's old skid steer hit 5,000 hours on the original pump. We all started treating it like glass, waiting for it to blow. Thing ran another 800 hours before a hose burst, which was nothing. Sometimes a machine just finds its groove and you gotta stop waiting for it to die and just let it work.

logan7053d ago

My old lawnmower ran for fifteen years after I stopped worrying about it.

hernandez.emma13d ago

That "waiting for it to die" feeling is the worst. My old pickup truck ran smooth for years right after I finally gave up and bought its replacement.