Old rig finally gave up the ghost mid-lift in Tulsa

My 1987 Link-Belt had a swing gear failure Tuesday while setting a 4 ton HVAC unit on a roof, sheered teeth scattered all over the turntable. Had to use the load line to swing manually and set the load down safe, took me 45 minutes of pure pucker. Anyone else running vintage iron and dealing with parts that are getting impossible to find, or am I the last guy keeping these old girls alive?

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chen.jenny1mo ago

Glad you got that load down safe, that sounds scary as hell. Old iron is a labor of love but finding parts for these girls is getting rough.

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the_mason1mo ago

Ha! Old iron just means old problems with new price tags.

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