Big Joe S30:
losing traction

I have an electric walkie stacker (outrigger style) which I have been using for about 4 years. Mostly smooth concrete with seams and a couple of areas that are 'bumpy'. One is has one of those yellow bumpy sidewalk patches, a seam in a doorway between indoors and out, and some areas that are ever so slightly lower than others. Going through the doorway has always been problematic, requiring speed - stopping halfway through the door has sometimes meant getting stuck.. Over time, this problem has become so severe that I can no longer go between indoors and out. One bit of advice I got was to replace the poly wheels with rubber ones. I called a service tech to talk about doing this and he said that would not help and might make things worse. HIs claim was that the machine I have is not appropriate for 'uneven surfaces'. Since it has gotten progressively more difficult, and the salesman who sold it to me visited the site beforehand, I'm not sure sure this makes sense. The outrigger straddle legs have two exposed wheels near the end. On both sides, the 'innermost' of these spins freely, whereas the one in front makes contact with the floor. I am not sure if this is intentional or may be part of the problem. Besides alterations of fixes to the machine itself, I would consider some sort of temporary mat/flooring that I can use just during the short periods when I need to go in and out. But not knowing what the problem is, I am hesitant to invest much. I do have a small piece of sheet metal and a stiff rubber backed carpet mat. Each of these seemed to help at first, but now neight works at all. The wheels just move them. The tech also suggested battery issues, but I see no reason to suspect this is correct. It is always fully charged before I attempt to go through the doorway. Any ideas would be very welcome. I am in a small town so repair people with any knowledge of an unusual device like this are nonexistent. Thanks!
  • Posted 4 Feb 2020 07:20
  • Discussion started by glenna_thompson
  • California, United States
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as was suggested the drive tire may be worn down
there are two ways to address this, either replace the tire or you can reshim the casters to compensate for the tire wear if it is not completely worn down to the wear indicator on the tire.
in most cases replacing the tire will fix this.
One other problem i've encountered with these type lifts is if the floor is uneven, some concrete floors even though smoothed down flat the still have low spots in the floor and when you run over these spots the rigid frame/outrigger/caster setup doesn't flex enough so the tire may loose traction in certain spots. This is where adjusting the caster shims is done to compensate for some situations but this only gets you so much adjustment. If you remove too many shims it may apply too much force on the tire making it hard to steer the unit so it is usually a trial and error adjustment. Also keep in mind if the drive tire is replaced the caster shims will have to be readjusted back. I checked this unit manual on bigjoe support and it does not show adjustable casters other than to add or remove shims.
In the end the simplest solution would to be just to replace the drive tire.
The part number for this tire is 1120-200001-10 from Big Joe.
  • Posted 15 May 2020 20:45
  • Reply by swoop223
  • North Carolina, United States
You've been swooped!
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You may want to look at your drive tire it may be worn out ?
  • Posted 15 May 2020 02:38
  • Reply by stillworkin
  • New York, United States

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