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  1. Georgia Iron

    Hoover overshot loader

    What is the purpose of the bucket going over the cab?
  2. Georgia Iron

    Cat 977L

    Nice job on all the work
  3. Georgia Iron

    CAT 963 - Right Machine?

    Check that your foot pedals are not corroded and that the tightness is the same on them
  4. Georgia Iron

    CAT 963 - Right Machine?

    It's a pretty quick learning curve. If you ever can't get it out and you need someone with bigger machines on-site you won't be happy. I know ofa guy that lost his 53 that way. It settled on in during the night. 4 machines to get it out and the motor was ruined. Rule of thumb is if you feel...
  5. Georgia Iron

    Looking for information on the wings or whatever they would be called mounted on the ends of mold boards to contain the gravel to the width of blade

    I am not convinced that those are necessary or even needed. What he Says at the end of the video I highly doubt. It can done with out them. He was moving minor material. Half the time I am grading my mold board is full to the turn table and I need it to roll out the side. If they could be...
  6. Georgia Iron

    Advice

    I let some fence guys I know borrow my tl150, auger and 6" bit they let a big vine wrap around it and it bent the 4" auger shaft like it was made of plastic. It was like a deer in the head lights "what happened". Uhhhh. I don't know it just bent... it moved the whole machine. BS. I can...
  7. Georgia Iron

    Advice

    Maybe you should keep using the track loader so you can get paid to regrade.... or do what we do and take both
  8. Georgia Iron

    Land has been cut and left in a mess. Best cheapest way to plant trees and fix it up?

    Your turtle dove may not be happy about that!
  9. Georgia Iron

    Land has been cut and left in a mess. Best cheapest way to plant trees and fix it up?

    1850 per acre. About 30 acres are in a swamp, with some really big cypress trees as in 10' or so in diameter - too big to cut and use - with a rail line (100' wide) going threw the swamp. Then up above on the high land portion 8 acres sit under a high voltage power line which is also 100' wide...
  10. Georgia Iron

    Land has been cut and left in a mess. Best cheapest way to plant trees and fix it up?

    a tree planting vid and a few more photos
  11. Georgia Iron

    Land has been cut and left in a mess. Best cheapest way to plant trees and fix it up?

    Any of you guys work in forestry? I am looking at purchasing some land and will need to plant about 60 acres of cut over. Some of it was planted with pines 40 years ago. They cut the pines and large surrounding oaks and they have left one hell of a mess. It was cut last year. I am going...
  12. Georgia Iron

    AW 46 Hydraulic Oil quality

    Let's hear how did you make it?
  13. Georgia Iron

    AW 46 Hydraulic Oil quality

    In my short experience any oil is better than no oil. And cheap oil is better than oil with water and dirt in it. And if the pump costs less than a drum of oil use the cheap oil and don't worry about it. A new pump or rebuild in your excavator is a high dollar item get the correct fluid. But...
  14. Georgia Iron

    AW 46 Hydraulic Oil quality

    May dad uses havoline oil in his truck 10w30. It is the basic oil sold at Walmart He has 750k miles on the motor. I use the same in my tak and case skid steer oil systems. On my 953 gear pump and dump truck gear pump they get pretty much any oil I can get my hands on. The hydrostatic drive...
  15. Georgia Iron

    CAT 963 - Right Machine?

    Looking good. I can appreciate the work you are doing. I purchased some land that has a pond on it. It was supposed to about 8 acres when full. The dam is 30' high it seems and covered in big trees. It is also steep and the lower side of the dam is very wet and swampy. It has a corrugated...
  16. Georgia Iron

    Sand blasting info needed.

    I have had my eye out for a used pot at a fair price but once you actually start looking it seems none are to be found. I bet the scrap yards have gotten more than there fair share. I was considering attempting to make one out of a used propane tank but have not come up with an easy way to...
  17. Georgia Iron

    10 ton Harvey deck over

    Nice job
  18. Georgia Iron

    Should I buy a Case 440-3 with some corrosion?

    I owned that same machine and it was a good machine, i wish i had another one in good condition. I would load the bucket all the way full, get in some really deep loose dirt and the lower the idle to low and see if it will turn or bog down and die while under weight and in the dirt. If it...
  19. Georgia Iron

    Accomadating a neighbor

    I just saw this article and I was pissed reading it. https://www.courthousenews.com/beloved-monterey-race-track-sees-noise-lawsuit-from-frustrated-neighbors/
  20. Georgia Iron

    322bl long reach, stick cylinder barrel cracked beyond repair, need one asap cat part #116-9123

    Man, I stopped off at a shop this week and could not believe their capabilities. I saw cylinders they were building from the ground up and I saw hydraulic grapples that were expertly built. They were bending steel plate that was 1 1/4 thick. Check out https://ironax.com/hydraulic-cylinders/
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