Hit 5,000 hours on the old cutterhead pump without a major rebuild, which honestly makes me question all the new 'maintenance schedule' talk.

We ran that thing on the Columbia River project for three years with just basic fluid changes and it never missed a beat, so maybe the book time for a teardown is more of a suggestion than a rule, right?

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fisher.mason4d ago

Five THOUSAND hours? That's absolutely wild for a cutterhead pump. The book time on those is what, half that for a full teardown? Makes you wonder if the schedules are just for the guys who run their gear into the ground. Some of that old iron just had a different build to it.

noahclark4d ago

Yeah, the book time is for worst case stuff. If you're running clean fluid and not beating on it, you can push those hours way out. Just keep an eye on the pressure and temps.