Why would you install the inspection/fill plug on the back side of the differential where it is virtually impossible to view and fill ? And make the Bonnet out of steel where the weight of it makes it a two person job to remove it ??
I hear you Nelson C. But even us old IC mechanics have had to bone up on Electronics due to all of the computers & ECM's that are used on all of the new IC lifts. It's only fair that the electric mechanics to have to cross train into the IC world! LOL
I have been a tech for 40 yrs. Worked on most everything out there in my time. IMHO I feel your right about electric techs having to change a little to work on I.C. trucks. There are also some areas in any country where electric trucks are few and I.C. is king. Techs in those areas, I bet would not have a problem working on the C-5.
Being an old Clark guy, I compare the C-5 engine to the C-500 engine. Derived from a diesel with balancers, etc. But with all the new electronics of todays emission standards.
most electric tech's i know that do only electric trucks generally do not like working on IC trucks.
crown being mainly an electric truck manufacturer and thats all they've done for years now coming out with IC trucks....
its understandable there will be resistance umong thier ranks to have to adapt to this new venue in their range of work.
I have talked to a couple of Crown techs since I made this post and they seem to be in the no comment mindset. I know them very well , they know what they are doing. I do not want to sound like I am throwing them under the bus ,but they do not like working on them.
Anyone have a problem paying $50.00 US per Spark Plug? Not sure the John Deere LP Engine is going to be cost effective in the long run!
Quiet a few in the UK Well built if a little on the large size and a little noisy. We had problems with the head gaskets failing at first but a new cylinder head and ungraded gasket seems to have cured this. The brakes can be a pain and expensive to fix when they go down, trans and axle's seem fairly bomb proof for a first attempt at an ic machine Crown seem to have done a good job its a match for an Hyster FT or the later Toyota's definitely better than a Mitsi/Cat or Unicarrier/Nissan
i'd be willing to say 'no news is good news'
but then again trainer makes a point...
if there are not enough of them out on the market yet it might be hard to get a feel of how they really are doing.
triumphrider,
By lack of responses your answer is given.
They do not have enough of them in the field to provide accurate data on how well or no so well they are doing with this product.
If a range of where it lands was bad, not horrible, no comment, ok, good, better, best...
IMHO would say somewhere between no comment and ok.
Think about it triumphrider, as strong company in the electric market (Crown) brings out a IC forklift there is bound to be growth (0 to 1% is saying something)
But at what cost and to what true benefit?
Lets see if this comment brings out some responses.....
(my intention in the first place)