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Post #1 by Hammer man » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:32 pm

Hi all :) .I know what LC stands for,Long Carriage/Crawler.But what does the H stand for?My machine is a Zaxis 350 LCH.I thought the H might be for Heavy.As looking around,i see you can sometimes spec a heavy version of counter weight.On the Hitachi site,i think the standard counter weight is about 6.6 tons(or something like that)for the 350/3,but you can spec a heavy version that weighs aprox 7.4tons(or something like that :lol: )
Nobody i speak to can really answer this.
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Re: LCH

Post #2 by Jeremy Rowland » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:42 pm

Hi Neil,

You really need an expert on Hitachi nomenclature to answer this one. :dizzy:

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Post #3 by Hammer man » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:12 pm

Not just Hitachi though,seen other machines marked up LC,& LCH.Same size machines,but LC & LCH. :)
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Post #4 by Jeremy Rowland » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:17 pm

Hammer man wrote:Not just Hitachi though,seen other machines marked up LC,& LCH.Same size machines,but LC & LCH. :)


Perhaps SRB could answer this cos I know he's red hot on Cat nomenclature, but must say I don't know. :oops:

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Re: LCH

Post #5 by Joes1989 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:20 am

Long carriage high? Just a guess! haha

Ive only ever seen it on Hitachi's from 35t up!

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Re: LCH

Post #6 by bruce oz » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:42 am

hello ,h stands for heavy ,lch = H-front is Strengthened Throughout for Toughness and Long Life.
- Reinforced using thickened plates
- Strengthened boom foot, boom top and arm cylinder mounting
- Using arm damage prevention plate and 4 square bars
- Adding bushing to bucket linkage
- Reinforced bucket bracket

hope this helped ,bruce oz


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Re: LCH

Post #7 by Nick Drew » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:55 am

bruce oz wrote:hello ,h stands for heavy ,lch = H-front is Strengthened Throughout for Toughness and Long Life.
- Reinforced using thickened plates
- Strengthened boom foot, boom top and arm cylinder mounting
- Using arm damage prevention plate and 4 square bars
- Adding bushing to bucket linkage
- Reinforced bucket bracket

hope this helped ,bruce oz


Great summary Bruce :thumbs_up:

Thanks for the info :D

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Re: LCH

Post #8 by Hammer man » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:46 pm

Thats great thanks Bruce :D thanks a lot.
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Re: LCH

Post #9 by Hammer man » Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:09 am

Bang on there Bruce oz :claphands: .I asked the man from HM Plant yesterday(G.B Hitachi dealer)& his description of "H" was pretty much exactly what you said.Plus the LCH has the reinforced ribed section at the base of the stick on the face above the q/hitch. :)
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