Job stories, service notes and equipment tips from the field.
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A hotshot truck and trailer were placed out of service at the scale house south of Williston, ND. What the PBBT brake test found, and what the pre-trip missed.
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A Manitou M40-4T forklift would not crank in Sidney, MT. The starter was fine: a sticking micro switch in the FNR lever broke the starter-enable circuit.
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Hydraulic cylinder repair in Williston, ND: resealing, honing, new rod manufacturing, and Hercules seal sourcing for odd-size, metric and obsolete cylinders.
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A liftgate hose blew three deliveries from the end of an LTL route in Watford City, ND. Where hydraulic hoses actually fail, and what to look for.
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A Capacity yard truck at the Bison Generation Station near Ray, ND threw an SCR efficiency code. Mondak traced it to a DEF injector with buildup.
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A Skyjack SJ3219 scissor lift in Trenton, ND steered sitting still but not driving. Seized wheel pivot pins bent the steer cylinder rods. The full diagnosis.
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A JLG G10-55A TURB telehandler sat three years in Williston, ND with a bent tilt cylinder rod. Mondak pulled the seized pins onsite and rebuilt the cylinder.
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A hydraulic call in Dore, North Dakota turned into a Kaeser Mobilair M55 turbo and DPF repair, a locked Kubota ECU, and a compressor dealership.
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Mobile hydraulic hose service from Williston, ND and Glendive, MT. Mondak brings the hose shop to the machine and builds an ID code into every assembly.
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Mondak diagnosed a Genie S-45 that started and shut down, traced it to time-delay relay 121846GT, and got it running in the field near Culbertson, Montana.
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How Mondak kept a VentureTech ST80 HPU running during a casing job near Alexander, North Dakota, while a replacement hydraulic pump was three days away.
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