KELLY TRACTOR SERVICE
Kelly Tractor Co. knows the expenses you incur when
your machine is down. That is why our Service Department is dedicated to providing
the Best technicians and tooling available anywhere in South Florida. We are committed
to keeping your equipment running.
In an effort to stay focused on you, our customer, we have two separate Service
Departments. One for Caterpillar Heavy Equipment and Link-Belt Cranes and one for
lift trucks and utility equipment. In each Service Department we have technicians
who specialize in specific products. We have full time service training instructors
to keep all technicians up-to-date on servicing our complete product line including
Caterpillar, Link-Belt, Caterpillar Lift Trucks, Barber Green, Taylor Lift Trucks,
Massey Ferguson and much more. We also have invested heavily in state of the art
diagnostic tools to help troubleshoot and repair your equipment.
For any out-of-area customers, our Service and Parts Departments provide pick-up
and delivery to Miami International Airport or to any freight forwarder in the Miami
area of any component to be rebuilt in our shop or exchanged with any of our many
Rebuild Exchange components in stock or in our Parts Department.
Within our Service Department, we have specialized areas to provide quick response
to your needs:
Hydraulics/Transmission/Engine Rebuilds
Our shops perform highly technical rebuilds and repairs on the hydraulic components
of the machines, rebuilds on pumps, motors, engines, and transmissions. A machine
shop is present to salvage and fabricate parts for transmissions, brake drums, and
hydraulic cylinders to minimize repair cost. The Transmission and Engine rebuild
shop is responsible for insuring high quality work in engine, transmission and torque
converter rebuilds. Full testing of rebuilt and repaired components is performed
here on a regular basis, engines are dynamometer tested, and bench testing is done
on hydraulic components, transmissions and torque converters.
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Hydraulic Service Shop
Our shops are responsible for the teardown, inspection, resealing and testing of
all hydraulic cylinders. This department also performs barrel salvaging. In this
function, lite honing is performed, oversizing up to .060" is performed for salvaging,
honing could be performed to 18" diameter and up to 12' feet in length. Barrel Cleaning
to prevent contamination and high pressure testing is done to assure quality control.
Another valuable service provided is selective plating. It is a process that involves
the use of different chemicals and electricity to repair gouges and scratches on
the hydraulic cylinders or any other hard surface. The build up material is copper
and the plating material is cobalt.
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Undercarriage / Paint & Sandblasting
The Utility Shop is responsible for the track repairs, paint shops
and the wash rack. In the track shop, 2 presses, a 310-ton and 350 ton press, are
used to perform track link repairs, rebuilds and pin and bushing turns. Roller and
idler assemblies are rebuilt in specialized areas.
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Welding & Fabrication
The Weld shop and fabrication services include stick, MIG and TIG welding. This
is performed on a day to day basis to repair and rebuild machines and attachments.
Line boring, which restores the bores of the components that have been worn with
use, is a daily and common procedure that our welders have mastered. This service
can be performed in the shop or on site . We have the capability to linebore from
1 ½" to 14" size holes. Our field welders have worked in many harsh and difficult
environments. There are currently four welders in this department that are AWS (American
Welding Society) certified. This department also performs welding services on other
makes and brands of equipment.
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Field Service
The Field Service Department is responsible for diagnosing and repairing
machines and performing scheduled maintenance on your CAT Heavy Equipment at your
job-site. All Kelly Tractor Co. field technicians are equipped with cell phones
and digital pagers to be on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Laptops are used
to diagnose CAT machines with on board computers and allow our techs to use ET (Electronic
Technician) in the field.
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Fluid Analysis
Kelly Tractor Co. has the ability to perform oil sampling, from the machines both
in the shop and field, which enables us to predict and determine the early stages
of machine wear or breakdown. The Fluid Analysis Lab, located on premises of the
Miami Service Department has the ability to perform wear element analysis, particle
count and infrared analysis. By being able to analyze the different types of metals
within the oil sampling, it is possible to determine if a problem is imminent. This
lab also performs water and glycol detection and testing for fuel dilution. Results
are available within 24 hours with an evaluation and recommendation. The lab has
25 years of experience in performing this service and has state of the art instruments
and equipment. The lab also does coolant analysis, which is so important in our
hot climate.
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Preventive Maintenance/Customer Support Agreements
Kelly Tractor Co. also strongly believes in and offers a variety of Preventive Maintenance
Service plans for their customers. Currently, the company has Customer Service Agreements
(CSA) department in Miami and the Service Department staff has the ability to quickly
quote customers company wide. Some of the other Preventive Maintenance Service plans
being offered now are Custom Hydraulic Service (CHS), Technical Analysis (TA), and
installation of Prelub Starters.
We have 6 mobile Preventive Maintenance Lubrication field service trucks companywide
and employees that perform these services at the customers place of business, or
equipment job site. Two lube trucks and a third lubrication truck is in the design
process to handle this fast growing business.
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