Heavy Equipment Equipment

Question: What is the advisable hour or milleage to change the oil of a heavy equipment?

(Posted by: slicenuten on 2008-02-18 20:00:26)

Posted by: rickie m on 2008-02-18, 20:36:12

Dont know on the amount of hour's,but on semi tractor's,we had alway's,changed oil,every 10,000 mile's,most engine's were,350 to 425hp,,cummin's,cat and detroit,,,,,sound's like alot of miles,but most of em hold around 10 gallon of oil,filter's at same time,including fuel filter's,,,,,and alway's used shell rotella oil..

Posted by: tiny truck driver on 2008-02-19, 02:39:32

Check with the maker of the equipment they will have the specifics of each piece, however if you are doing a scheduled maint. program find a good median for your equipment and how it gets used to determine when to change oils, grease and do inspections. we try to keep the oils changed @100-150 hr intervals and do a major inspection and change ALL filters and do oil analysis once a year.