Changed the hydraulic oil & cleaned the screen yesterday, which was on the agenda anyway. Oil was golden brown but not cloudy and screen pretty good.
This morning I hooked it up to the brush cutter, snow blade and finally the PHD, with a "no load" for comparison, and put new videos in Dropbox,
Under no load it is smooth. With the brushcutter there is a little bounce as it settles down. Almost none with the snow blade, and I think slightly less with the PHD. But I am thinking that the geometry of the attachments themselves must also have something to do with it. The PHD boom is long and the auger, stuck way out at the end, shakes and rattles once the lift stops., magnifying any unevenness in the lift. (If the lift were smoother with the PHD attached, this would presumably be lessened though.) Also, the video example is with the auger fully off the ground to start with, rather than being withdrawn from a hole, which would dampen things somewhat, at least until it is nearly out of the hole.
I'm not worried about the behaviour with the brush cutter or snow blade.
This morning I hooked it up to the brush cutter, snow blade and finally the PHD, with a "no load" for comparison, and put new videos in Dropbox,
Under no load it is smooth. With the brushcutter there is a little bounce as it settles down. Almost none with the snow blade, and I think slightly less with the PHD. But I am thinking that the geometry of the attachments themselves must also have something to do with it. The PHD boom is long and the auger, stuck way out at the end, shakes and rattles once the lift stops., magnifying any unevenness in the lift. (If the lift were smoother with the PHD attached, this would presumably be lessened though.) Also, the video example is with the auger fully off the ground to start with, rather than being withdrawn from a hole, which would dampen things somewhat, at least until it is nearly out of the hole.
I'm not worried about the behaviour with the brush cutter or snow blade.