Welcome!!!

[Steve Frazier]

We're glad you've found us! Take a few minutes to let us know what your position and experiences are in the heavy equipment industry, and what interests/hobbies you enjoy.

Since I was late in coming up with this forum, existing members are welcome to post as well.

Please put your username in the "Subject Line".

Thanks, and enjoy your stay!

[450d lc]

First of I'm new at This computer stuff, so please have patience. I've been running excavator for only 5 years, before that i ran loader for about 6 years so you can see I'm still relatively green compared to most of you. I work in commercial site work and road building in new england. I pretty much stay away from residential work as people are generally a pain in the you know what up here. As far as hobbies I guess my job is my hobby.

[Countryboy]

Welcome to HEF 450d lc! :thumbsup

5 years on a hoe and 6 years on a loader, I would hesitate to call that green :wink2 . You gain alot of expierence in 11 years. Feel free to share. :yup

[southerndigger]

Name is Nick owner of Grading co. in red clay Ga. Been in business for 10years . equipment we use daily cat 953 bobcat t250 for mostly house pads every once in while we do landscaping just what ever brings the money.

[Countryboy]

Welcome to HEF southerndigger! :drinkup

You ever come to Jones County?

[southerndigger]

can't say for sure if i have or not but we do work all over. what direction is Jones county.

[nmmountainman]

I am a new landowner.
Over the last 3 years I have purchased 120 ajacent acres, all located 6 miles in the carson national forest in the mountains. My dream.
I have absolutely no heavy equipment experience.
I have an interest in hunting and improving my land.
I also want to run a road thru my property to have more and easier access to it.
I intend on buying a dozer before too long and need to learn as much as I can before purchasing one.
I think I have found the right site.:)
Fred

[RollOver Pete]

Welcome to HEF nmmountainman :drinkup
:cool:

[ernie]

We're glad you've found us! Take a few minutes to let us know what your position and experiences are in the heavy equipment industry, and what interests/hobbies you enjoy.

Since I was late in coming up with this forum, existing members are welcome to post as well.

Please put your username in the "Subject Line".

Thanks, and enjoy your stay!

My name is Ernie. I was raised on a small ranch and have been working with farm and heavy equipment for about 40 of my 55 years. Nothing big. Two of my sons and I own an excavating business. Mostly residential pads, septic systems, driveways, rock walls. A few years back we used to do some high tensile deer and cattle fencing (drilled and drove wood posts using a JCB hoe with a custom made frame for a rock breaker & drill motor). We currently use a 312 Cat, 420E Cat, and a 212SU JCB. We're small so a lot what we need or use in the way of attachments we make or modify ourselves. I'm sure you guys do much of the same. We have found for us that not owning any trucks-not even transports- has been very economical for the past several years. I appreciate finding a rich site like this one with a lot of experience that you guys have in mechanicing. We can't afford hiring dealers or mobile mechanics very often-costs several hundred dollars just to get them here! Looking forward to asking for insight and maybe we can share what little we've found over the years.

[Steve Frazier]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Ernie!!:drinkup

Thanks for joining us!

[sparky]

Hi, I work for a paving company, I've been with this one for 18 yrs it's been a good place to work. Found this site by doing a search for a problem I was having with my Bobcat, happy to find it as it covers alot of different subjects.

My biggest hobbie is snowmobiling, and I can hardly wait to unload the lowbed for the last time of the season so that I can hit the trails.:woohoo

[RollOver Pete]

Welcome to HEF sparky :drinkup
:cool:

[North Texan]

Howdy!

I won't start my own thread, because I'm just a weekend warrior/shade tree mechanic.:D
My family farms and ranches in North Texas. I've got an off-farm job, but still return most weekends to help out. This site looks like a wealth of info for the weekend warrior, so don't mind me, I'm just here to take advantage of you.:drinkup

[Steve Frazier]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums!!:drinkup

Thanks for joining us!

[cat 385]

my name is shawn i have been a operator for 23 years i run all types of equipment,mostly excavators,i work for a nation wide heavy highway and civil contractor. just thought i drop a hello and check out the site.:)

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums cat 385! :drinkup

[celticcrusader]

hi my name is Ed i've been in the heavy equip./truck field too long [over 30 yrs.] and still love it!!! not much i havn't run or fixed , best mach.i liked Northwest 180D in cable shovel form, i didn't like D-8 doser on rock [in quarry use] Rite now i have my own repair shop and mobile repair been doing this about 20 yrs. did some sandblasting in between [ very dirty work]but i still like repairs . when i'm not repairing i have many diverse hobbys [ not NASCAR]Remember dirt is for racing, Asphalt is for getting to the track!!!!

[okumaguru]

I'm afraid I don't actually work in this field. I am a Mold Maker/CNC Machinist. I just traded for an old Hough loader and need to find a good source for information. No better place than people who have actually used them. I live in Mid-Missouri and like to machine, and mess with equipment among other things.
Tim

[joedirt]

Well before anyone asks, yes I was "Joe Dirt" before the movie (32 years).
I have been around equipment all of my life and love every minute of it. I thought for a while I was going to have to check myself into "tractors anonymous" until I found this site.
The old man sold Komatsu and Deere for many years and for the other "many years" ran equipment rental yards. Truth be know, I lived over the shop all through my highschool years (tough picking up girls). That being said, I was exposed to all types of equipment , backhoes, loaders, light plants,welders and yes sewer snakes too (yum).

Bought my first backhoe at the age of 19 (510B John Deere) and the business has expanded ever since. We now have expanded to 30+ employees and have 10 or 15 tractors.

My hobbies would be summed up by my work. Love diggin dirt, hate the freekin collections. My other latest hobbie would be viewing the forum. There is a wealth of knowledge on here and it is enjoyable to read. Thanks for the site.... Joe Dirt: usa

[egnsean]

Hi
Drove plant mainly diggers here in the uk for 20 years including-Hitachi 130-
JCB 3cx-Komatsu 210- short time on Cat D6H etc then unfortunatly got
Type 1 diabetes so thay took my licences off me but i'm still intrested in
Plant.

[MMSOCAL]

Greetings from sunny southern california.:usa
I am a 22 year old excavator operator. Ive got about 4 1/2 years under my belt working on various pieces of equipment. I started out picking paper in a landfill in Arkansas(go hogs) work my way through the ranks and here i am.
I work for a medium sized non-union outfit running a 375 with an oddly picked 8.5cy bucket. I do mostly production, while i have done some other jobs that involved finishing but not many. I've operated anything from a 235 to a 5130(although only about 30 hr), D4 to D10N, and up to a 988 loader. So my experince is varried,but have spent most of my time between 375's and a leaky ex1100. I am very thankful for the chances i've had as i have come to realize that im way ahead of the game for my age. thank you all in advance for the advice and help i hope to gain here, and hopefully i may have some advice for others:usa - Matt

[AnthraciteMiner]

Hey fellas,

I'm 30 years old and live and work in Northeastern Pennsylvania, in the hard coal strippings. I've been doing this full time for five years and worked construction for five years before that. I started in the mines driving trucks, moved on to run dozers, loaders and excavators, and sometime later this month, will be taking on our Cat 5130 as its full time operator. Overall, pretty good job with good benefits, etc. I am going back to college in the Fall of 2008, also. So its gonna be a busy year, all in all.

As far as hobbies, I like to hunt small game, mostly rabbits with dogs, fish alot, and when the money allows, I have a pretty good collection of die-cast equipment started. Also like to do alot around the house and yard.

That's about it. Take care.

[Cavalo]

Hello........this is my first forum that I have ever belonged to, I have checked out this site before, but never registered , until I figured I had a few answers to some of the questions and I identified with some of the other operators, that I better get on here.
I have a 07 JD 310SG bachoe with ride control, power shift, pilots, air cond. and accu swing. This is my third JD and every machine has been very good to me. I had a lot of Case backhoes when I first started out but as of 1994 I went with JD only because the salesman at that time forced the machine kind of on me and that machine was the best I ever had.
I contract to the natural gas company up here in BC Canada and have done that since 1979......it is very lucartive and if I quit I wouldnt get back on as a dependant like I am now.
Mikee

[Buddy]

Hi Guy's and Gal's
I don't remember exactly how I came across this site but , I like what I see. I am a equipment mechanic by trade . I also collect , restore and operate older/antique construction equipment . I have several cranes , loaders , graders , dozers ,backhoes and one roller in my collection. Do we have any other collectors here ???? If so , I would like to here from you . Do any of you live in Virginia ??

[Cavalo]

Welcome to the forum Buddy..............

[lizardo2]

Steve,
Thank you for offering these forums. I have been involved with the construction industry for 40 years, and am getting excellent information from all.

[ironmen327G]

My name is Tyler and I've been an operator for little over a year now. Just ggot put on a real machine last week. Running a 327g now, figurd I'd come here for some advice! Always want to learn more

[redline]

my name is Brett and I have been operating all types of iron ever since I was able to reach the pedals, dozers, loaders, positracks, diggers, rollers, adt dumpers, mega mulchers, all manner of farm machinery, plus grain, cotton, cane harvesters.

u can never learn enough

[AtlasRob]

Name is Rob, bet none of you would have got that :D too many years in the seat and still learning. Must try and get a proper job before I retire. :cool: Have run most things, shovels, blades, lowloader to 80t etc but really settled as a 360 op, set up on my own in 2001 as a rubber duck ( wheeled exc ) owner op. Haven't got into contracting though that seems to be where the money is! Only one machine, I'm an operator dont want to be a plant manager looking after 6 or more.
Have done motorway muckshifting and reconstruction, ditched 48" gas pipe in Algeria, and most things in between. Never been in a mine, but have done tunnel construction.
Any spare Sundays are spent on a canal project operating thier 4t Hanix 360
A busmans holiday but incredible what these volunteers have achieved with nothing. Visit www.weyandarun.co.uk if you need to refresh your faith in the human race.
my site. www.Robtaylorplanthireltd.co.uk :beerchug

[EqmtRunr]

Hi,
my name is Stefan and I will be turning 18 next month:drinkup and I am looking for a start in heavy equipment operating. I have worked on a farm since I was 14 and I have run tractors, crawler loader, backhoes, mini Ex, skid steers, combines, 1 ton dump trucks, if anyone knows or is looking for eager reliable help I am in the job market, I just need a chance I won't let anyone down. I have some expirience but need to learn much, I have a list of references and thats about it.:( I live outside of Millville which is +/-20mi south of williamsport eastern/central PA. Thanks,

Stefan

[digger242j]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums, Stefan! :)

We have some members from that end of PA, so hopefully somebody can point you in the right direction.

[EqmtRunr]

Thanks digger,
I really respect you guys, and I know I will learn alot. :notworthy:usa

[dirtboy]

Hello to all. Been running equip a little over 20 years started my own excavation co. in 1994 I do mostly residential work and a little commercial,septics, foundations, grading,clearing.
equip:komatsu pc160-7, Cat D5c, bobcatT300, Hyundai 55, 03 Mack tandem,07 ford f450 utility body, felling 25ton trailer, towmaster 7 ton tilt deck:Pointhead (payments) I am 38 yrs old. pheasant hunting and snowmobiling are my hobbies if I ever get time. I'm also a nycfireman try to work mostly nites so I can dig during the day. Thanks for the site, only been a member for a short time but learned alot already confirmed some things that I thought I knew and learned some things that I didnt. I really like the oiffice info. this is usually the hardest info to find. :usa

[WildMan]

Hey guys found this site, thought it looked like a good one, and wanted to say hi, I from Indiana, i'm 25 and been workin for a Excavating company for about 5 years, we do alot of subdivisions, demo, clearing and more.
Rick

[Paystar]

Hello everyone:drinkup Just signed up. Found this site while doing a search for pics of the old Champion 100T grader. Pretty nice looking site, lots of info and great pics. I'm not real computer literate:bash and I never seem to have much time to get on one but still glad to check this out when I can.
I'm the owner operator of a small trucking business in Ontario, Canada. My newest truck is a 2005 International Paystar 5600i dump. I've been driving truck for 19 years and have run some heavy equipment, as large as a Cat 992 loader with joy stick steering. Looking forward to reading the many threads.:notworthy

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Paystar! :drinkup

[danmed]

Hi Everyone,
My family is starting to get into the equipment export business and we thought that this would be a great place to interact with some people in the industry.
Look forward to learning a lot from you all!
Dan

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums danmed! :drinkup

[Mr. D]

Howdy everyone.... I was searching google for a few things when this site came up. Great site from what Ive seen so far :D This seems like an extremely helpful and informative site! I recently got my CDL and Im hoping to get in with a construction company driving a dump truck. Hope to learn a lot from here.

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Mr. D! :drinkup

[JDecker]

Hi MY NAME IS JEFF DECKER I HAVE BEEN DOING EXCAVATING FOR 13 YEARS RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE WORK FOR MY SELF FOR 11 YEARS AND HAVE THREE PEOPLE WORKING WITH ME NOW NICE SITE.
HOBBYS ARE RACING AND WORKING

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums JDecker! :drinkup

Hi MY NAME IS JEFF DECKER I HAVE BEEN DOING EXCAVATING FOR 13 YEARS RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE WORK FOR MY SELF FOR 11 YEARS AND HAVE THREE PEOPLE WORKING WITH ME NOW NICE SITE.
HOBBYS ARE RACING AND WORKING

Please refrain from posting in all caps. It could be considered shouting by some and makes it difficult to read.

Thanks :)

[BrianFisher]

Hi! My name is brian and I love yellow iron and everything to do with earthworks! I've been a soils tech for 7 years and love everyday at work. I found this website quite by chance and have been lurking for a while now and absolutely love it! Looking forward to meeting all y'all!

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums BrianFisher! :drinkup

[Dieselfixer]

Hi All
Just a short note to say Hi to everyone here. My name is Al and I live in North Carolina, transplanted from New Jersey. I have been a heavy equipment mechanic for the past 35 years. I am currently working for a family owned construction company here in NC. I can't really remember how I found this site but I do know it was from a web search I was doing I just don't remember what I was looking for at the time. I bookmarked this site and came back later to check it out and registered within a few minutes of looking around. So far I am enjoying reading the posts.

[celticcrusader]

hey dieselfixer where in jersey you from? I'm from sussex co.newton area

[Dieselfixer]

Hi Celtic. I am originally from Sayreville NJ, I live in Fairmont, NC now. I still have a lot of family in Jersey, My Dad and brother live in Sweedsboro and I have a son in Eatontown, sister in Avenel, brother in East Windsor. I know where Newton is as my Uncle lives in Stillwater.

[bear]

Hi gang still really new to the forum and enjoy every minute i can spend here looking at everything. I've been around equipment most of my life off and on and enjoy it. I've held every job description you can imagine (just because the job market here in south central Kentucky sucks!). Right now I am back in college getting a combined degree in Civil and mechanical engineering to take care of my favorite two things in the world Giant powerful engines and dirt! Mostly i ride my 4-wheeler when i get the chance and trying to get my late father-in-law's '86 d6 back in shape (nothing major just need to float some ideas). so i can do some odd jobs on weekends (for cash and they are floating the fuel!!) :drinkup :D

[CheeseHead]

Hello brothers and sisters, my name is Ryan and I have been on DHS forum for a couple of years and decided to test the waters here. I hope this forum is a little more mature than DHS. I am an operating engineer for Local 139 and I just finished my apprenticeship. I mostly ran crane and oiled on cranes during my apprenticeship. I know a little bit bout running the dirt machines, but I can't hold grade to save my life. I love to post pics to get yourself a soda and popcorn and enjoy the ride. Another ?? feal free to ask :usa:popcorn

[Steve Frazier]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums CheeseHead!!:drinkup

Thanks for joining us! I think you'll find we run a pretty tight ship here to keep it enjoyable for everyone. Have a look around and feel free to jump in wherever you like!

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums CheeseHead! :drinkup

[CheeseHead]

Thanks guys, I cannot wait to post some pics here.

[Lashlander]

Welcome Oiler! I thought they called you Wisconsoners Cheddarheads.

[CheeseHead]

ChedderHead, CheeseHead, all the same. Good to see you on this forum LashLander, another DHS guys here?

[EZ TRBO]

Hey another Cheesehead, and a sad Packer fan I am sure, as I am. But it was a fun ride the past 16 years. What part of the state you in? SW corner here. GIve me a shout, and welcome to HEF.

Trbo

[Austrian]

Hello my name is Andy, I am from Austria.

I am working as a construction worker in Road and Sewer Construction. Sometimes I operate Equipment such as the small wheeled Loaders and Dumpers that are very familar with the austrian contractors.

The Austrian Contractors use a very different range of Equipment, we ve almost no backhoe loaders, but a lot of small Excavators, Dumpers and Loaders.

My main Interstes are Construction Equipment and Building Models in 1:87.

Please excuse my poor English, but i ve choosen to write in English, i think its better to write in English than using a translation programm.

Greets from the Austrian Alps!

[Austrian]

I forgot to tell that I am born in the year 1986, 22years old.

Greets

Andy

[DigDug]

Hi Austrian - I graduated the year you were born. Welcome here.

[euclid]

Hi all:
I tripped into this site actually doing a google search and found a thread about old Euclid Belly dumps and since I used to operate a euc many years ago I thought my stories might be for posting. I will say so far this is a very active site with heeps of good stuff to read. I'm originally from Texas and made it over here to the Mid-Atlantic via the US Navy.
:usa

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums euclid! :drinkup

[registered user]

Hi, I'm a newbie to this field. I have just over 2 years in the field, first making shot rock for a contractor, then was lucky enough to get hired by the company that ran the quarry to be a Utility equipment operator.

I look forward to gaining insight from those who have walked the path I'm on.

[CAT D9H]

Hi , I found this site and thought it looked cool so I thought Id join up, I am a supervisor mainly equipment operator ( I have an office but the seat is dusty if you know what I mean) for a large dirtwork/paving company in the small town Ruidoso New Mexico we do all sorts of jobs from residential all the way up to government jobs I hope to have fun here !

[Partsdude]

I am a Komatsu partsman in British Columbia Canada.
Was a Dodge partsman for years, and worked in a heavy duty spring and brake shop as well.
I love anything mechanical, especially the old steam power stuff.

I have read darn near every thread on these forums and love seeing all the neato equipment from around the world. As soon as I am able I will post up some pictures.

[WabcoMan]

I've been an operator for over 35 years, mostly on scrapers (towed, elevating & conventional). Lately I've "come indoors" and look after a successful machinery supply companys parts department but still hop on a machine whenever I can get the opportunity.
I'm keenly interested in the history of earthmoving and the many manufacturers who've come and gone across time and I'm currently writing a book on the subject.

[Eddiebackblade]

[B]Hi to you all,

I,ve been watching this site with interest for some time, and have finally decided to jump in.
I am a self employed operator in the UK, but now take on whole Groundwork/Drainage or Excavation packages as it pays better!!

Grew up around my Uncles Farm, and have had the tell tale Black fingernails and whiff of Diesel ever since.

Had the usual UK plant operator ladder to climb as AtlasRob will probably be familiar with, 8 years on Backhoe loaders then finally onto the big stuff!!

Been in the seat for some 18 years now, and still love it.

[AtlasRob]

Welcome aboard Eddie. I see you have a sense of humour :D
What part of this little island are you hiding in ? Not town, county will do :)

[Eddiebackblade]

Great to finally catch u Rob,
I,m up in the Staffordshire Moorlands, no inbred jokes please!!
I too have a real soft spot for the 'Ducks' most underrated machine out there if you ask me.
They are a real operators machine, and there is nothing better than a good pilpeline in town to keep you alert all day.

[MOOSE3.5]

Hello guys, I am a residential contractor with limited experience on heavy equipment. My brother-in-law (who can run anything diesel powered) got me in the seat of bobcat about 5 years ago to help him finish a job on time. Since then I've graduated to a backhoe and even a small dozer when he needs the help. Had so much fun on the bobcat that I went out and bought one a couple years back. Been working on the thing ever since! But, I guess when you own equipment that's just part of it. :o

[DenMech]

hello all new here, I am a mechanic going for heavy equipment mechanic certification. Any other 421A's here?

[YankeeFlasher]

Most of my experience has been with those in Dubai UAE starting with the Palms Jumeriah, Jebel Ali, and Deira; then World Islands and many others.

Big difference is the size of project 250 acre considered as small project...but dimensioned all in metrics...it make life easier.

Dubai and Abu DHabi has some of the largest fleets of D10-11 in the World...but they don't know how to use scrapers - cuts in 1-2ft, place in 1-2 ft, can't trust any fills for compaction.

Current project is moving >1M cu yd/day (Yes: >1Mcuyd/d) for a canal - 50mi long and up to 1500ft wide at ex.grd.lvl. and 250ft wide at channel floor.

We have been trying to use mining equipment but most operators are use to dozers-loader-dumper (road or quarry) and no one knows how to use a scraper. Some iranian companies have experience in scraper but UAE considers the scraper as a funny truck to be filled by loaders.

Very interested in larger equipment and mning equipment...been trying to work with the Holland Loaders and Holland Haulers...but now things are back to dozers, loaders and lots of trucks - 1Mcuyd / 50 cuyd = 20,000 loads a day - 20 hr operations =1000 loads an hour...cut-transport-place at <$y.00/cuyd.

I have gone through the list and messanges - Nice to meet real people.

Tom Williams - YankeeFlasher (My old HASH name)

[AtlasRob]

Most of my experience has been with those in Dubai UAE starting with the Palms Jumeriah, Jebel Ali, and Deira; then World Islands and many others.

Big difference is the size of project 250 acre considered as small project...but dimensioned all in metrics...it make life easier.

Dubai and Abu DHabi has some of the largest fleets of D10-11 in the World...but they don't know how to use scrapers - cuts in 1-2ft, place in 1-2 ft, can't trust any fills for compaction.

Current project is moving >1M cu yd/day (Yes: >1Mcuyd/d) for a canal - 50mi long and up to 1500ft wide at ex.grd.lvl. and 250ft wide at channel floor.

We have been trying to use mining equipment but most operators are use to dozers-loader-dumper (road or quarry) and no one knows how to use a scraper. Some iranian companies have experience in scraper but UAE considers the scraper as a funny truck to be filled by loaders.

Very interested in larger equipment and mning equipment...been trying to work with the Holland Loaders and Holland Haulers...but now things are back to dozers, loaders and lots of trucks - 1Mcuyd / 50 cuyd = 20,000 loads a day - 20 hr operations =1000 loads an hour...cut-transport-place at <$y.00/cuyd.

I have gone through the list and messanges - Nice to meet real people.

Tom Williams - YankeeFlasher (My old HASH name)


Welcome aboard Tom :notworthy:notworthy:notworthy those numbers are unreal. And with folk :rolleyes: who dont even know how to move muck :D
Your either an :angel or mad!! :D. Muckshifter ! you aint no :angel lol, you'll fit in well here :drinkup

[jdlogger]

I ran across this site trying to trouble shoot a problem on the loader that I bought last year. (See JD 450 C starting problem) I am a tool and die maker by trade, I enjoy bowhunting, gunhunting and throwing rocks if needed.Ha Ha I bought the loader to make some improvements on my property and to take down a 150 year old barn. Actualy I had an urge to dig big holes! Some day I would love to be able to quit my Job inside with no windows 10 hours a day and be in the great outdoors freezing in the winter and burning up in the summer.

[OCR]

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[OCR]

Lived all my life here, with my brother, on our ranch in Montana. We've been helping fight fire for over 20 years. I usually operate our dozer,
JD 750C (6 way blade, ripper, winch), and our Cat excavator.
My brother runs our T-2 water tender. All under EERAs. (these are agreements, not contracts)
Acquired A&P license in 1973. I'm also employed by the Montana Department of Transportation (seasonal) as a snow plow driver. (AFSCME member)
And, of course, we're full time ranchers. Also, original owners of a 1946 J-3 cub.

[jdlogger]

orc good for you

[joe901]

Hi, great site, loads of info from the people that operate and fix these machines. Work for major (for New Zealand ) Earthworks/Civil company. Have driven the usual Komatsu compactors,815's,613 and 615 motorscrapers,tractors etc before moving into Cat skid steers ( much more fun )247b's,277b and 277c. Ain't got time for hobbies,always seem to be workin.

[Squizzy246B]

Welcome to the Heavy Equipment Forums Joe901. How is life over there on the mainland?

[Grinder08]

How's it going? I work for a tree care company and we recently had an unknown engine part go through our belt grinder. Trying to figure out what it is from, hopefully i'll be able to post some pics on later...Take care all

[joe901]

Cheers Squizy246B,

was wondering how long you guys keep your machines for. We trade them in at 3000 hours. Also how many hours do you average per week?

[eightup]

Hello everyone. My name is Ken. I come from the maritime industry. I usually work as a deck hand on Tug boats but I'm really excited about passing the apprentice test for entry into the IUOE Local 12. I'm number 3 on the dredge operators list. I can't wait for the call. I have experience on barges and live in downtown Long Beach, CA.

[OCR]

jdlogger,

A little late, but I thank ya'... OCR

[idk]

Hi I'm Roger I live in SoCal I'm local 12. I've worked for Sukut, Ebensteiner and some smaller rental companys. Haven't worked much in the last year it is very slow.
Roger

[celticcrusader]

Hi I'm Roger I live in SoCal I'm local 12. I've worked for Sukut, Ebensteiner and some smaller rental companys. Haven't worked much in the last year it is very slow.
Roger hi Roger, I will tell you it is slooooow in NJ too!!!!!

[GEM9]

hi my name is laurie bill is my hubby we have a ford 755 b

[SeabeeEO1]

I’m a US. Navy SEABEE I operate all types of heavy equipment from cranes to dozers and from drill rigs to ditchers. I been in the business for 7 years with the navy and 3 year before that as a civilian.
Have a good one :usa

[Dougster]

My name is Dougster and I live in Eastern MA. I'm a 57 year old laid-off mechanical engineer trying to make a go of a "residential excavation and grading" business in order to survive. Sure as heck ain't easy in the current economic environment! :o

In my little business, I currently use a Mahindra 4110 w/Bradco 509 backhoe and a Yanmar VIO35-3 mini-excavator. :)

Dougster™ :usa

[Git r Dug]

Hi my name is Rick i've been a lurker on the forum for along time. And finaly decided to join. I'm 21 years old and have been around equipment all my life and started operating machines when i was 12. So as of now i run excavators, crawler loaders, graders, skid steer, packer, and i have my class 1 so i also fill in for the truck drivers when they are off. So ya i sorta do everything but i'm also still learning alot everyday. :D

Thanks
Rick

[49cat112]

Hi
Rob in Ridgecrest Ca. here. I just saved a '49 Caterpillar 112 Motorgrader from the jaws of a Chinese blast furnace. She's complete, runs and operates. Needs a few tweaks and repairs but what old machine doesn't from time to time right? Pics to follow....

[49cat112]

Lets see if this works....

My '49 Cat. Yes....I'm shopping for tires!
http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL1789/7783792/19785120/320548671.jpg

[SeabeeEO1]

i went to school in china lake for blasting and water well:usa

[49cat112]

I got here in 98 for my second tour at VX-31/WTS...retired as an AMH1 5 years ago and never left!

[Iron Horse]

Is there a secret handshake that i do'nt know about to get registered to the forum ? Ive sent several emails and have even posted a help question to one of the administrators on a thread . That administrator has Red links to help us but they are not accessable if your not registered .:Banghead All i require is an email confirming my registration . :beatsme

[AtlasRob]

Is there a secret handshake that i do'nt know about to get registered to the forum ? Ive sent several emails and have even posted a help question to one of the administrators on a thread . That administrator has Red links to help us but they are not accessable if your not registered .:Banghead All i require is an email confirming my registration . :beatsme

The member list shows you as joined 9th June. You must be registered else you would not be able to post, and you have 3 now.
Welcome aboard :drinkup

[digger242j]

All i require is an email confirming my registration

As Rob said, you're good to go. I think we're still not straightened out on the forum emails issue, so Steve has been hand approving new members in batches, as he finds the time to do so, thus eliminating the need for you to go through the confirmation email process.

On edit: I see you tried to get in touch with Countryboy. He's having difficulties of his own with computer access at his end, so that's why you never got a reply from him. I hope he gets straightened out soon too. I kinda miss having him around to help...

[jurgcor]

Hello everyone glad to be apart of such a great bunch of "brothers in dirt". Can't thank my buddy enough for turning me on to this wealth of info. I have been in the game 17 YRS. mostly a scraper hand, but dozers, loaders, excavators....... you get the idea. I currently work for Kiewit Texas Constr. I operate mainly a 10N w/impact ripper. I run all the iron. Picking rock seems to be my new specialty. Heavy highway, without us you don't move............. Love to be here

[ODF]

Hi I'm a recent military retiree that got tired of digging in the dirt with an 18" folding shovel so I traded it in for something bigger. I am currently attending a Heavy Equipment Operators school. I don't have much in the way of hobbies but I really enjoy Harleys! :usa

[49cat112]

Hi I'm a recent military retiree that got tired of digging in the dirt with an 18" folding shovel so I traded it in for something bigger. I am currently attending a Heavy Equipment Operators school. I don't have much in the way of hobbies but I really enjoy Harleys! :usa

Hehe....just the oposite with me. I spent 20 years working on Navy jets. I retired and now sit on my butt in a tool crib all night, play with my grader or old Chrysler during the day.

[RocksnRoses]

Hello, my name is Clive and I together with my son, own and operate a small crushing and contracting operation. I have been following the forum for quite a while and the thing I find most interesting is that owners and operators around the world no matter how big or small they may be, are experiencing exactly the same problems on a day to day basis that we experience in our neck of the woods. It makes me think that perhaps we are not doing so bad after all.

[ODF]

Hehe....just the oposite with me. I spent 20 years working on Navy jets. I retired and now sit on my butt in a tool crib all night, play with my grader or old Chrysler during the day.


I tried to sit around the garage here and work on the motorcycle, lawn mowers, boat, and whatever else was broken or neglected over the last 20 years but near bout lost my mind after three weeks, had to get off my duff and find something to do away from the house, retirement isn't all it is cracked up to be.

[AtlasRob]

Hello, my name is Clive and I together with my son, own and operate a small crushing and contracting operation. I have been following the forum for quite a while and the thing I find most interesting is that owners and operators around the world no matter how big or small they may be, are experiencing exactly the same problems on a day to day basis that we experience in our neck of the woods. It makes me think that perhaps we are not doing so bad after all.

Yer, but you have the weather :D Welcome aboard.
Do you have any pictures of your operation to share :drinkup

[RocksnRoses]

Yer, but you have the weather :D Welcome aboard.
Do you have any pictures of your operation to share :drinkup

Thank you for the welcome.

You've got me on that one. We are having a fairly mild winter at the moment which means we can keep operating. I do sympathise with you operators in the northern hemisphere as some of the conditions you work under would absolutely drive me nuts!

When I get my required amount of posts I will post some photos.

[joeeye59]

Hi,

What a great place to talk with people in the business...

I'm one of them people who have always had the knowledge of cars & trucks come fairly easy because I use to enjoy working on them... I don't care what education you have because if you enjoy the mechanics of machinery and working on them your going to become a self taught mechanic that can have a worlds wealth of info to share with others, so thats what I did right out of high school and what I did for many years, I also took a few tests becoming NASE certified in a few areas of auto repairs.... So when I look at my backhoe and then the manuals I can understand things, but I learned to always ask the pro's who have been there done that, because it never hurts, and chances are you will miss some things making the situation bigger :eek:

Then I went into the white collar world of auto insurance adjusting being I knew what the inside of cars & trucks looked like for the last 10 years..... then to finally leaving that business from being tired on getting my nuts tweeked :Banghead from both sides... wasn't worth the money they paid... :bash

So being the insurance company was sold off to new investors on the stock market, and the job went from 7 hour days to no less than a 7 day a week 14 hour days it caught up to me and I failed to take care of my health being I had Wilsons Disease, so that lead to my liver transplant from Wilsons Disease... so now I can't do what I do when I use to do it, so I take it easy now and do what I want to do when I want to do it... :)

So I went out and got a very nice 1988 John Deere 310c backhoe to build my garage and make the yard nice.... I'll hire this guy and that guy to do the hard work and everybody is happy :)

When its all said and done I'd like to keep my backhoe, but if I can't get work with it to help pay it off I guess I'll sell it when I'm done.... I'm not really looking to work full time with it, I'd love to have it for who ever and what ever to help pay for it... :usa

[Iron Horse]

The member list shows you as joined 9th June. You must be registered else you would not be able to post, and you have 3 now.
Welcome aboard :drinkup

Thank's for the welcome . Until now i have been a restricted member , i could make a post but i could'nt edit my post or start a thread . I could not do anything but make a post until i got my email to complete my registration . I have just bought a new Jonyang 23tonne excavator and wanted to ask some questions but could'nt because of not being able to start a thread . Ive just now noticed that i can now , and it was only by chance as i was not informed that i have been accepted .

[nextdoor]

What a great site. Ill sure get some use out of it. Im located in Narembeen West Australia. Im a farmer and do a small bit of contract work but mainly concentrate at home. We have a 1952 D47U (nearly finished restoration) and a D9L also a 12E grader and a 920 loader. I grew up on the D4 as did my father (yes the same one!!). We have a range of ag gear namely Cat and Case but Ill leave that for the ag sites.I have worked at a couple of mines in the early nineties on dozers and graders and done a bit of time in diggers and dumpies. I know Ill pick up a lot from this site and who knows maybe I can ad a bit too. Cheers

[BIG D]

BIG D here wow what a find this web site is. Its the greatest I worked for a CAT dealer for 18 yrs then for CASE JD DEALERS as service manager. CAT still imbedded in my heart but due to health Im limited to what I can due but I cant get away from this web site I have a lot of question opinions and thoughts for the future thanks Dennis Frame the BIG D

[CM1995]

Welcome to the Forums Big D!:drinkup

[insleyboy]

Hey all, been here a little while now. Visit the sight every night. Been operator now for 20 something years. Pile Driving, Bridge contractor most of my life but switched to a smaller company that works as service contractor mostly for refineries. Pipelines, Tank rebuilding and foundation work is where we make our living. It's not real glamerous , but the scale is good and they keep us working year round. Nice to read articles here and the pic's are awesome!My name is Bill, I will probably be here nearly every night.

[d4dave1]

Howdy all. My name is Dave ( geeze ain't THAT a shocker !? ) and I am from Alberta, Canada.
We own a small farm on the edge of the Rocky Mountains where we raised cattle and horses and kids for the last 35 years or so. Kids are all grown and gone ( no money in farming ), cattle market here is a wreck so all we do now is own horses and put up crops.
My heavy equipment experience is not very deep. I ran a D6 crawler loader in the 70's as well as Timberjack 230D and Cat 518 skidders. Worked beside a lot of Cats in my logging years, D6C'S, 8H'S, 7G's. Been running stationary heavy equipment as a Gas Plant operator since the early 80's such as White Superior Compressors, 2600 hp, 1200 hp and an 800 hp, a few 3406 Cats, 3412's and a 7042 Waukesha lately.
On our farm we run all John Deere equipment ( my wife bleeds Green and Yellow paint if she cuts herself ) an old JD 4230 with loader and a JD 4040. I try to keep my JD equipment in top shape but it's always a battle as you guys know. I "Green Lighted" our JD 4230 about 2 years ago so it is almost as new but I would like to re-do the interior as well.
I found this forum on Google while looking for info on a crawler loader or a rubber tire loader, trying to choose between the two.
My thinking is I would like to have a loader to clean corrals, re-pile burning brush piles, do some light brush clearing and piling, be able to lift off full lifts of lumber off our 5th wheel trailer and hopefully some day help me pursue my retirement dream of building an Underground home.
Any input as to which may be better suited for my plans is more than welcome.
I currently have a line on a JD 344G loader listed about $34 K and a sweet JD 555 crawler but am curious as to things to look for in used loaders. I've looked over a whole hockey sock full of tractors in my time but not many tracked or tired loaders.
Whatever I get pretty much HAS to be a John Deere, I MIGHT be able to get by with a Cat, anything else will likely be used by my lovely wife to bury my cold dead body then driven into the lake next door. Did I mention she is a REDNECK ? On our last Caribbean vacation she wore a wonderful two piece bikini on the beach topped off by John Deere ball cap.
Hope I can add to the chat here on this forum and I sure do plan to listen a lot.
Thanks to the Admin.'s for running such a cool site and for letting an old dog like me join.

[Demo_Andy]

Alright guys and gals.

My name is Andy. At a guess I'll be one of the younger operators here, I'm 23 but have a wise head on my shoulders and respect the 'old' school guys. (No insult intended!)

I've been operating excavators now for 4 years doing demolition work for a company in central England. I had a slow start but luckily since I've picked it up and have a lot of confidence with the machines.

Currently I operate a Demo spec Hitachi Zaxis 225USRLC but have experience on everything from mini diggers up to Cat 345C and Hitachi 650s. I'm been trained up to operate UHDs too, spent a fair amount of time on Cat 330C and 345C UHDs.

Anyway, thats enough about me. Spent a bit of time going through the forums and it looks like a good community so thought it was time to join and share this passion we have!

All the best,

Andy

[AtlasRob]

Alright guys and gals.

My name is Andy. At a guess I'll be one of the younger operators here, I'm 23 but have a wise head on my shoulders and respect the 'old' school guys. (No insult intended!)

I've been operating excavators now for 4 years doing demolition work for a company in central England. I had a slow start but luckily since I've picked it up and have a lot of confidence with the machines.

Currently I operate a Demo spec Hitachi Zaxis 225USRLC but have experience on everything from mini diggers up to Cat 345C and Hitachi 650s. I'm been trained up to operate UHDs too, spent a fair amount of time on Cat 330C and 345C UHDs.

Anyway, thats enough about me. Spent a bit of time going through the forums and it looks like a good community so thought it was time to join and share this passion we have!

All the best,

Andy

Welcome aboard Andy good to see another UK operator on here. Get a few more posts in then you'll be able to post some pictures of those UHD machines :drinkup

[Countryboy]

That administrator has Red links to help us but they are not accessable if your not registered .:Banghead All i require is an email confirming my registration . :beatsme

On edit: I see you tried to get in touch with Countryboy. He's having difficulties of his own with computer access at his end, so that's why you never got a reply from him. I hope he gets straightened out soon too. I kinda miss having him around to help...

That was me, Iron Horse. I'm the un-official Welcome-er and new member helper-outer. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to help my own self out there for a while. Seems the bossman got a little stingey with the internet. I learned to share when I was 4.....but I digress. :D

My point, I was out for a while. Hopefully eveything is good to go now?

To all the new members I missed while I was gone: Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums! :drinkup

[Iron Horse]

Thank you for your reply , yes all's good now , all the best .

[AtlasRob]

I learned to share when I was 4.....but I digress. :D
My point, I was out for a while.

:drinkup

Good to see you back on the board Countryboy :drinkup

[NL1CAT]

Hi everyone !
I'm Eddy i'm 41 years of age and live in The Netherlands (Holland).
I'm a operator for some 20 odd years.
I'm interrested in mining and quarrying so i think i'm at the right place here.. ;)
Nice to meet y'all !

[breakneck]

Hey all, i came cross this forum while looking for reference images for a project i'm working on. I'm a video game modeler and i think this place is great! Hope my endless questions wont bother too much

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums NL1CAT! :drinkup

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums breakneck! :drinkup

[Bellboy]

I learned to share when I was 4.....but I digress. :D

I learned to share when I was born. I have a twin!

[Mike250]

Hi, My name is Mike.I am 23 years old.I have been interested in heavy equipment my whole life and now I am going to get some training. I have been lurking around this site for about a year before I joined and find it very informative and helpful.If anyone has any tips or other advice on starting in the industry I would be happy to hear from you. Thanks :)

[Steve Frazier]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Mike!!:drinkup

I'm just curious....why the delay in registering? Don't worry, we have quite a number who do the same thing, lurk for a while and then join, but what's the reason?

Regardless, I'm glad that you made the move to participate!

[curly]

Howdy, fairly new operator, started last year when driving dump truck as a fill in for the boss, moved cross country and then another short move and finally running wheel loader full time. So far about 1000 hours in Volvo Komatsu, CAT!!, and New Holland. Newest was the volvo, forget the model number but even that broke for awhile, poor maintenance at my work. I like to ride motorcycle and do so to work everyday, I gave up a long time ago trying to keep it clean at the rock pit. I found the forum looking for tips running motor grader, I look forward to learning more!

[stepsideclyde]

Hey Steve,...Guys... Glad I found this forum. Looks like a bunch of experienced people here. Let me introduce myself, My name is Tim and I work for a small construction company in Ellsworth, Maine. Started there in November of 1981. Worked mostly as a wrench turner (short time working at a hot top plant). We do oil changes, change truck tires and such, mostly repairs. looking forward to exchanging ideas in the cyber world..

tc

[JimMax]

Hello,

My names Jim and I've always loved heavy equipment. Mostly because I like building motocross tracks to ride on. I own a couple machines and use them on my land.

[Smitty]

Hi there. I stumbled onto this forum when I was looking for information on rebuilding a hydraulic cylinder and I have been hooked ever since. There is some great information from experienced folks here. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I've always had an interest in heavy equipment. I'm an agricultural engineer and occasionally my job gets me into operating some equipment - mostly backhoes or skid steer loaders.
My father passed away this past January, and I've recently been messing around with some of the equipment he had. He wasn't a full time equipment operator, but he had a small farm and just liked to collect stuff. One machine he left is a Cat 951C track loader which is in real nice shape. I just need to repair a leaky tilt cylinder on the bucket. There is also a Case 480CK loader tractor which is old but handy. I have already re-packed a cylinder on it - thanks to the info I found on these forums.
Well that is more than enough babbling for now. I will probably be asking for some technical help from time to time, so thanks in advance.

[upnover]

Hello,

I enjoy watching HD equipment work. I have a farm background and loved operating that kind of equipment, but there is just something anout moving dirt thats hard to explain. I owned a skid steer for 1 month till someone wanted it worse than me. I am looking to buy either another skid steer or mini -ex. Just cant seem to find the right unit at the right price yet.

I found the forum just by searching. I am a consultant here in the oilpatch in Alberta and get to see the big units up at the oilsands plants. The D11's, 797's, EX 1100's and so on are massive and fun to watch, I'm just glad I dont have to pay for one or the fuel they burn!

[2wnged]

I found this place while looking for information about the fiat-allis 745-C that my brother bought to use on the farm.

[bigcatpip]

I worked around Harrisburg when I started

[hmong337]

glad to be here

[sandnsnow]

Hey,

I've been lurking around and reading alot of good stuff. Thought I would introduce my self. Name is Jeff. I Own J&M Excavation and Construction in wonderful Sandpoint Idaho. My fair share of work consists of Rip Rap jobs, roads, and pretreatment septic systems( gotta keep the lake clean haha). I hate and will try to not work as a sub contractor for other generals. I have a crew of about 5 guys varies depending on jobs. The iron the bank and I own are a sk250,sk210, Case cx75, Tack. tl150, New Holland D85 and TD8, 82 Kenworth transfer and an old jimmy rock truck. I am looking at a used 312 lc with a 5',3' 2' and Ripper and I want to buy a New Holland B95 hoe about november.

I have more work that I can handle and have only had one ass for a customer in the last 4 years. Ill post pictures of the current projects as soon as I can post and I look forward to passing on some knowledge and getting some too.

[milling_drum]

Hi I'm John. I have been in and around asphalt milling machines for over 20 years. This website has been alot of fun and I hope we can all gain insight and enjoy experiences from each other.

[karlmicheal]

I am a third year apprentice with IUOE Local 18, Dayton, Ohio. I retired in 2004 after 32 years as a law enforcement officer and decided in 2006 that it was time to start a new career - one that I had wanted to do since my childhood days. I have been fortunate enough to work for one good company in the time I have been an operator and they do in fact keep me working pretty regularly. Mostly have been running articulated end dumps but also challengers, rollers and compactors and once in a great while I do get to get a little stick time on our D6 dozers. Am loving being an operator - like being a kid only getting to run the real equipment and actually getting paid pretty well for it. Looking forward to the information which is shared by all of the operators on this site. God bless you all.

[bell142]

What a great site! Although young, im just now learning how to operate these computers. My name is Ray Bell, co-owner and operator of Bell Construction, a site prep and commercial concrete company in NW Louisiana. I am the 4th generation of this company. Iron includes:(3)613c scrapers 6h 6rlgp 5mlgp 3clgp 320cl 315cl 304c 130g
236 skidsteer 2 peterbilts rollors etc. Growing up in this business has been a blast!
I really enjoy the wisdom andknowledge from all you "aged" grade hands. Look forward to talking to yall later

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums karlmicheal! :drinkup

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums bell142! :drinkup

[hbarski]

Just found the forums. I see several other "forum" members here that I have seen elsewhere on the net. I am in the process of purchasing a Case 580b to use around the farm. I think be here at this place will be as productive as trips to the library "used to be".

[Danial Doherty]

hello!
My name is danial doherty. i have only been running heavy equipment for the past 2 years. I work for one of the largest constrction companys in eastern canada, they have there own training school that i attended and was hired as an operator upon completion! For my first year and a half i have ran Dozers and excavators mostly, but starting this summer i was chosen to run our new MINI Grader (champion C80c). Running a grader is a great job in my opinion and could care less if i ever sat back in a dozer or excavator ever again! I am still very new to all aspects of running heavy equipment and hope that searching these fourms and talking to all the experienced operators on here will help me in years to come!
thanks
Danial Doherty

[HOOKY]

G'day my names Matt from Australia, im only 18 years and live on a 1200acre farm. Have 2years experience in Front End loaders. Love earthmoving equipment and have chosen it as my career. Have operated several Front end loaders and hope to operate other types of equipment soon.

Cheers:beerchug

[rapper]

rapper... hi every on. my name is james, im a 2nd year plant mechanic from australia. this is the best heavy plant site out there, great job guys. i found this site googling some info on heavy plant and this site showed up. im not very good at the computer stuff. im doing my time with a local council so i get to work on a range of stuff from small plant(ride on mowers) cars, trucks to graders and wheel loaders.. i hope i get to meet a lot of other trade people from all over the world with this site.... keep on trucking guys :waving

[Cumminstech]

Hey all. Im from Ohio and i just graduated high school/construction technology. I've been fascinated by all types of construction equipment since i was little. I worked as a diesel mechanic for a while and then ran an old jd TLB for a plumbing company. I recently ran a sennebogen 840 and a CAT 345mh. I've also ran a cat IT62 loader at work. I've ran quite a few pieces of equipment while at school so i have a lot of basic experience. Im looking to run equipment in the dirt again but there really isnt a whole lot to offer around here. Nice talkin to ya'll!

Cumminstech

[Countryboy]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Cumminstech! :drinkup

[brynbaily]

Found you guys during a Google search. There is so much great info I had to join! My name is Rich, I'm 32. I've been running equipment since the age of 13 and love it. I actually have a mechanical degree, but after 4 years of sitting at a desk and looking at drawings....:Banghead I decided to do what I really enjoy; being outside, playing in the dirt so I joined IUOE 18 here in Ohio. I run a 345CL excavator, 988G loader, 140H grader, 70 ton haul trucks on a daily basis. I've got a 236B2 skidsteer and a ol' Ford 555 backhoe I share with the old man to play with here at home.
Nice place, keep up the good work! :drinkup

[CatMatsuDeere]

Hi my name is Joe.I live in a secluded area outside of Medford Oregon called Lake Creek. I have run a few dozers over time , spent 2 years on Komatsu 375's at a rock plant, and 2 seasons on a D8r in the woods for a timber company.My family has had a D6 for as long as i can recall which we use infrequently to brush our land and remove slides from our access road.At this time I am primarily just a property owner with some light equipment (no i didnt get to take the D6 with me). Im now a local firefighter and am a pumper eng. / Tender op.

Expecting to catch a little flak for the name , I'll explain it here..I have a Cat D4h , A komatsu pc28uu and a Jdeere 1450.I was having trouble coming up with a name so I looked outside and put 1 , 1 and 1 together and came up with "1".

[mettalgear]

HI All, I'm Walt from Cloverdale California, I've been a truckdriver/opperator for the past 10 years hauling equipment, Beer (Budweiser was a killer job) Fertilizer and propane. Also ran equipment for a construction company for about 3 years so not a pro but i can handle what ever is usaly thrown at me. I work for Rental Solutions, a small but growing rental company so i get mix of equipment to play with from a PC200's to shop vacs. and I just want to go on the recored and say I HATE TRANSPORTING LIGHT TOWERS! sorry but if you have ever had to move em you know what im talking about..

[SidewinderGlenn]

Hi Guys ! Noobee here .... been lurking for a while ... figgerd I'd sign up & say Hi. Live in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia (No .. NOT Virginia) ... been yankin levers since Shep was a pup . Been with local 132 since 98 ... have worked mostly for an outfit in Weirton since 88 (they treat me pretty good!). They just bought a Trimble GCS 900 system .. put it on our D6r & wanted me to be the guy to learn how to use it. Been having a blast with it for about a month ... building a baseball field .. softball field & football field for a local High School.
Got lots of pics of previous jobs ... if I can figger out how to post em here ???:beatsme
~Glenn

[digger242j]

Welcome, all of you new members! :)

SidewinderGlenn, here's the tutorial on picture posting:http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=2284

[SidewinderGlenn]

Welcome, all of you new members! :)

SidewinderGlenn, here's the tutorial on picture posting:http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=2284

Thanks Digger ! I've got a ton of pretty good pics from when I was on with your buddy Ralph ... when he was down here cutting the hill back ... to make Rt 2 wider between Weirton & Follansbee. BUT .... the little "Posting Rules" box down there v ... says "You may not post attachments" :ban :beatsme
~Glenn

[Steve Frazier]

One hour after you make another post an attachment icon among other things will magically appear on your screen:wink2

[SidewinderGlenn]

Well I'll be dipped in poop ! This place is awright ! You too Digger !
~Glenn

[nctrnl]

Hi there, new to the forum. living in Memphis,tn. New to heavy equipment in these scales. I use to drive Forklift. But thats getting old and boring. I been researching on crane operator. I understand its a whole different animal,but I like operating equipment. Well I joined the forum, hopefully to find answers to some questions I have and to further my knowledge in this new career change I'm pursuing. I have been talking to so school, one of them is NAHETS. Has anyone had experience in their training?Thanks for the help.

[rocket100]

Hi all
I currently work in a brown coal mine in Victoria. Have worked in eathmoving for the past18 years, pretty much since I left school. Can operate most items of plant. Have worked on 4 or 5 major freeway jobs and 3 river diversions but now have a permanant job in the mine. We use D11's and a feeder breaker system to load the coal onto the conveyors. Will post some pics when I learn how. Just thought I would say G'day and say what an excellent site.
cheers

[WV_Logger]

lived in West Virginia all my life, logged all my life, I do everything there is to do in the woods, run skidder, loader, dozer a little, even cut timber but not enless i HAVE to.

[Pecord Exc]

Hi guys my name is Rich I am in Westchester County NY, My father has a small excavating company that I work for on weekends during the week I am a dreaded inspector for a private engineering firm. Been on equipment since I could walk! I look foward to contributing to the site I definitly have some pretty good pictures to share soon! I am looking forward to it!

[gpap123]

Hi to all from beautiful Greece!!!
I am a new civil engineer and i own few machinery such us cat 955L, jcb 3cx, bobcat 743,
cat 307 ssr (gmm), Merlo (concrete maker), Mercedes Benz 808, 814 and 2635.
I am happy to be here and i think i have many things to learn from all you!
Sorry for my bad writing.....

[ForestDan]

I joined this group only minutes ago. I found Heavy Equipment while researching CTL use in the forestry industry, within which I operate. Anyone out there hauling logs on smaller forestry operations?

[Snowy]

G'day Guys.

My name's Grant. I live in Sydney Australia.
I recently purchaced my first machine which is a 30 tonne excavator. It's a 1988 model Hitachi UH143.
I bought it to build motocross tracks on my mates property. He's also got a Case Backhoe, D2 Cat Dozer, a water truck, and a Ford tracktor.
I came across this forum while looking for some information about my excavator.
I am finding that there isn't much out there about the UH143...

[AtlasRob]

G'day Guys.

I recently purchaced my first machine which is a 30 tonne excavator. It's a 1988 model Hitachi UH143.


Welcome aboard Snowy, I'd be very intrested in seeing a picture of that machine if at all possible.
From 1989 to 82 I was on a pipeline in Algeria, North Africa we had UH14 about 30t and twin engined UH20 about 70t Hitachi exc, at that time the only Hitachi's in the UK were radios :D I'm just wondering about the numbering :beatsme :drinkup

[Snowy]

Welcome aboard Snowy, I'd be very intrested in seeing a picture of that machine if at all possible.
From 1989 to 82 I was on a pipeline in Algeria, North Africa we had UH14 about 30t and twin engined UH20 about 70t Hitachi exc, at that time the only Hitachi's in the UK were radios :D I'm just wondering about the numbering :beatsme :drinkup

She needs a bit of a clean, but here she is.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/snowy170/Excavator/Side.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/snowy170/Excavator/Front.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/snowy170/Excavator/Bucket.jpg

[AtlasRob]

She needs a bit of a clean, but here she is.


Thanks Snowy. I'm putting my reply in the excavators section as it might be of intrest to others who might miss it here. :drinkup

[Ruffasacob]

Hello, I just purchased a 1969 Case 580 TLB and was searching for information and found this site. I'm used to smaller farm tractors, Farmall A and Regular, Ford 8n, Fordson F, but this is my first Industrial style machine. It's just for home use and my user name describes the Case pretty well. I'm sure I'll learn alot from this site. Thanks, Ruff

[j&d]

Hi my name is Jeff. I'm a farmer in S.E. Iowa. Found your great site while browsing a long time ago. Appreciate the info and love the photos others are kind enough to share. Perhaps I can contribute somewhere along the line. I'm a rookie on this internet thing though. I decided to register because I have some questions I'll be asking real soon that I was sure the regulars on this site could help me with.
I can't get the dirt moving bug out of my system. I worked for a nearby small contractor doing predominately farm work for 25 years operating dozers mostly and an occasional scraper,backhoe,and maybe even excavator once or twice. We recently purchased a dozer for our own use on the farm thinking I'd have time to sit in the seat. I am addicted to it. Now the neighbors and other contractors are calling wanting work done or help and I can't even get done harvesting. The list is getting longer and there is only one of me. What have I done. :Banghead

[CM1995]

I can't get the dirt moving bug out of my system.
We recently purchased a dozer for our own use on the farm
I am addicted to it.
The list is getting longer and there is only one of me.
What have I done.

Welcome to the Forums Jeff!:drinkup Yep looks like ya' got tha' fever.

[wingnut]

Hi everone, My name is Larry. I have been a auto mechanic for about 25 years and thought that heavy equipment would be a change of pace in my life.. (I was getting burned out anyway) .... So, I got a hold of some older heavy equipment and thought I would start a small dozer, dirt, and gravel bussiness here in central Texas... I have 2 dozers ( one is a 1959 D-7 cat . and the other is a 1964 TD9 international ) A backhoe ( 1984 JCB 1400b ) and a 1977 C-60 dump truck ... HEY, Ive got to start somewhere right ? So , I thought I would come on this site and listen , talk , get advice "lots of advice" from yall and try to be part of the "crew" if yall have room... I enjoy fishing , learing , and trying to keep this old equip. working ... You guys sound like good company , hope you dont mind if I stick around a bit ? .... Larry

[Wilhelm911]

Hello Everyone, I'm Bryan and like most of you my life revolves around dirt. I live in eastern PA, right at the bottom of coal country. Been in the industry now for a little over 3 years. Started off as a laborer... today I'm running a 953C on a pipe crew. Dirt work is great but you can't beat laying pipe with double stacked boxes in rock down the middle of a road with water pouring in the ditch.... guess its a pipe guy thing..:beatsme Anyway I've been searching the forum finding some great information. Can't wait to share some pictures and conversation with you guys! :drinkup
Bryan

[Polar Bear]

Hi all

heavy equipment industry forum wery nice

Wery difrent from the sat hobby :)

Thenks for hat my onbord

/Polar Bear

[Jeremy]

COOL site!!!



My names Jeremy. I work at Casey Equipment Co. in Arlington Hts., Illinios. I'm a Field mechanic/certified welder. I have been working at Casey since I was sixteen during the Summers, pressure washinf the equipment and sweeping floors.(Gotta start somewhere....right?) Went into the United States Air Force after graduation as a Heavy Equipment mechanic. After my time in the service I returned to Casey Equipment and have been back here since 1996.


I'm currently working on helping Mike Rowe(Of Dirty Jobs) and several others like oursleves, build a "Trades Resource Center" on his new website. Its a PR Campaign for "hard work" and promoting the "skilled trades".


mikeroweWORKS
www.mikeroweworks.com




Glad to be onboard here!



Jeremy

[mally]

Hello, my name is Malcolm. I am currently employed by a new company in northern Maine. My duties are earthwork supervisor,estimating,job layout and site grading ,excavator and dozer operator, lowbed and dump truck driver,part time mechanic,and laborer. I have 17 years experience in construction including asphalt paving and concrete plant operations. This has to be the best site for construction i have ever seen. I have been visting this site for a year. After seeing the new laser forum i just had to become a member

[HEO Girl]

Hey there guys!!!!

My names Katelyn and I'm just a crazy rough necks daughter. I live in the good ol' state of Maine!! ****** I'm a first year college student taking a general major but next year I'll be going to school for Heavy Equipment Operating!!! Buwhahaha. Feel the wrath of the female Heavy Equipment Operators!! **** I <3 Dirt!! Nice to meet yall!! ****

[AtlasRob]

Hey there guys!!!!

My names Katelyn ........ next year I'll be going to school for Heavy Equipment Operating!!! FONT]

Welcome aboard young lady, more like you is what our industry needs. Good luck. :drinkup

[Cmark]

Hello all

I've been learning how to repair heavy plant every day for the past 25 years now. I keep waiting for my graduation letter, but it never arrives. Must be lost in the mail? :rolleyes:

Worked mainly on the Cat stuff for the last 20 so I'd like to think I can offer an opinion on tech problems with most Cat, some Komatsu and any other general non-manufacturer-specific problems.

Just glad to help.

[HEO Girl]

Welcome to the forums Cmark! Enjoy!!!!! :D

[Dazman]

Hello All. Another member from Australia (West. Aus.)

Do transport logistics for a limestone quarry. In the quarry itself (all CAT equipment) 4x 980's (F/G), a 966E a 988F, D11R and D9N. Plus a few mobile crushers/screen and occasionally a pugmill.

Been reading this site for the last few months, so thought I'd register.

[TomCat795F]

Hi everyone

I've been an equipment operator for the last 27 years. 7 years of road building, and now 20 years of open pit mining.

Looks like a very cool forum!!!

[CM1995]

Welcome to the Forums TomCat795F, glad to have you here.

[AtlasRob]

4x 980's (F/G), a 966E a 988F, D11R and D9N. Plus a few mobile crushers/screen and occasionally a pugmill.

Been reading this site for the last few months, so thought I'd register.


In that case you'll know that PICTURES are required ;) only joking, welcome aboard, pictures are always welcome but not mandatery :)

[Dazman]

As soon I remember to get a battery for the camera, I will take some photo's for here.

[Colorado Digger]

i think i googled heavy equipment for sale and this came up. very helpful. thank you very much.bob

[MAC-EX]

Hey gang, The name is Bill, greengillbill, or as logged, MAC-EX. I have been operating for around 15 yrs. Experienced in several aspects of operating. Overlot, residential-commercial, mainline, and service utilities. My fav machine prolly is the excavator. Heck, if its yellow, I like it.:) My first job, believe it or not, was moving houses. My step dad is a house mover and demolition contractor. I was 13 yrs old when I started that. Also first machine I operated was a 977 track loader, what kick in the pants. I like dirt, but I love destruction more. I finally decided to follow my dreams and start my own company. NO, I am not a weekender hack, NO, I am not undercutting my competition and cutting throats to get ahead. Now that we have that clear. lol But you gotta start somewhere, right?

Hobbies include; Riding the Harley, hot rods, running yellow iron, building the business, drag racing (legally of course:cool:) and drinkin beer :drainpipes gave that up. drank my share, now its some one Else's turn

Hobbies I can afford: NONE lol:beats me

See you guys around I am sure

[finaldrive]

Hello everyone,
I'm Todd and I've been in the heavy equipment parts business for the last 13 years. I have extensive experience with Japanese and Korean excavators. Specifically Kobelco and Yutani. Also Komatsu, Samsung/Volvo, Daewoo/Doosan, Hyundai, Halla. I ran a company in the Pacific Northwest for 10 years. We were also a dealer for Koehring and Barko. We converted machines from excavators to log loaders and processors and also built attachments. At the same time we dismantled machines, specializing in Kobelco. My goal has always been to be a one stop shop for a customer and offer various options to solve their problem. I'm one of those guys that started at the bottom rung and worked their way up. Sometimes I miss the days of running parts.
Currently I run a branch of a heavy equipment dismantling company based out of Buffalo, NY. I run the Riverside, CA branch. We also have branches in Ocala, FL and Edmonton, AB. We've dismantled over 3000 machines. Mainly excavators, wheel loaders and dozers. We've also done some scrapers and rock trucks. We're heavy into Komatsu and CAT.
I also oversee the generic aftermarket business for our organization. Specifically Japanese and Korean excavator Final Drives (hence the name)
We're the largest distributor for Final Drives in North America and also supply new Main Hydraulic Pumps, Turntable Bearings, Swing Motor Assemblies and Track Springs.
I have a lot of knowledge with the above mentioned brands as well as Doosan/Daewoo, Hyundai, Samsung/Volvo, Halla, Kato and Mitsubishi. If it's a Japanese or Korean excavator, chances are I know about it or know the right people who can help.
I hope to be a positive contributor to this site and help members solve problems. And of course I love talking about heavy equipment in general.
Currently I oversee

[AtlasRob]

Welcome aboard finaldrive, thats an impressive presentation :D
Your Hired :drinkup

[Bid2Win]

Hey all I been in this industry 15 years 10 years as a operator and the last 5 years an estimator in Chicagoland. It is nice to see a forum like this. I have been lurking for awhile.

[MikeH]

Hi!Everyone!
I am Michael Huang, I am a R&D man work in a Chinese Machinery Company from 1994, I am glad to here to listen to the Voice of Customer's in American.
Thank you!

[Randy88]

Hello my name is Randy and I've been self employed for close to 25 years in farming and excavation for 10 now, several things I've learned over the years is the responsibility sits in my seat and do it right the first time and do it like it was your own, people have come to expect that from me they tell me, do it how you'd do it for yourself and I'll be happy. I own a lot of toys and the list is growing every day, I do what the big guys don't have time to do or redo what they did wrong so it works, I've found over the years if you don't comprimise quality and stand behind your work you'll be as busy as you want to be in life and set your own pace, I've been reading some of the posts here and I'd have to say finally I've found a group that has morals and businesslike manners that actually make sense and answer questions. I'm new to the computer thing and have a few patience and this too I shall learn. Someone once told me that lifes too short, you have to learn from others mistakes you don't have time to make them all yourself, he also told me the world is your sandbox now go out and play, remember the only thing you get out of life is the fun along the way and the friends you meet while having that fun

[Boomstick]

Hey, I work for a CAT dealer, ive been around heavy equipment off and on since I was a little turd. when i'm not working i'm knocking down steel plates at the gun range or i'm out coyote hunting, shooting prairie dogs, hunting upland game/waterfowl basically anything that has to do with firearms and the outdoors im all about it. I hope to learn alot here and just by the reading ive been doing for the last 3 or 4 days here i'm pretty shure I will.

[catstockblog]

Grew up in Peoria, parents worked at Cat; moved away to do other things. Now in the Bay Area, California. Would barely trust myself on a riding lawn mower but I'm hoping to learn perspectives on Cat from the people who use 'em.

[OffDIGGIN]

HI everone my name is Bob I been around construction equipment all my life
my dad had a concrete compay. so thats where I started fallowing a backhoe
with a shovle. then I ran bobcats,and then I got my first backhoe MF 50hx
offset. now i got a terex 760 offset and peterbilt rolloff and I only dig footings
for concrete contractors. looking forward to posting here never been on a forum before.

[dagsky]

hey all great forum you got here! Hope to be useful to you all here and hope that i can lend a hand to you that are interested in mining in africa!

[miningman]

Hi everyone !

I'm a french student in mecanical engeneering, later I would like to design earthmovers. If possible, that would be large mining shovels as they are favourite machines. I love all modern surface mining equipments and I dream to travel the world to see they up close and working.

I also collect die-cast models, with more and more mining machines in my collection. I'm trying to build a P&H 4100BOSS model in 1/50 : that's an hard job but, after months of work, it begins to look like a shovel !

I hope to give many infos and pics for this forum, and to meet new friends !
If you want to see some of my pics so far -> galleries (http://picasaweb.google.fr/miningman39)

MiningMan

[MaxNik]

Hi, i've been working for CAT dealerships for over 5 years and thought i knew much about the market. It seems like i gonna learn tons more:) and i hope i could be of some use here:beerchug

[Lugghead]

I've been running equipment for the better part of 15 years. Started out running mostly Bobcat's and Forklifts. Now, it's been boom trucks and cherry pickers. ALL the most important lessons I've learned have been OJT!! Luckily, I know that every old dog can learn new tricks, no matter how old the dog is!!!

[Top Dog]

Wow this is a neat site with a lot of experince and wisdom. I am new to this, I work for the local road dept. here in Arkansas, as the road supt. Been working with heavy equipment for the last 30 or so years, also have a couple of patents on some equipment I have made.

[Top Dog]

Are there any public works/road repair forums here?

[Top Dog]

I will spend a lot of time here, great place for knowledge.

[goodB0Y]

Big hello from the great white north,

My names corey and I'm a heavy equipment operator here in b.c. Been working for 15yrs... dam the time flys...lol, and I just stumbled across this site and joined up.... look forward to chatin with ya all

[mudmaker]

My name is Marc. I am currently involved in residential construction. Mostly site work. Until last summer I owned a small ready mix operation (4 trucks). Really enjoyed doing that, but local market wasnt doing well so we cut our losses while we could. Looking at the econ now I am thankful we cleared out when we did!! Anyway, I have a Case 1845C and a Deere 310 SG.

[datsunman]

:usa:)The largest was a LORAIN payloader that my dad bought from next door neighbor and it was a bugger to opperate. No brakes poor steering and the180 supercharged cummins had seized so out with it and in it went a FORD 390cubic inch fe block with clutch and 4spd tranny. A little different but hey it worked. So the hydrostatic of the Lorain still worked so we just shifted the 4spd into either 1st or 2nd and fired it up and once she was warmed up you could just hit fwd/rwd pedal and throttle the hell out of the 390.

[datsunman]

:)This is a car but has had some modifications. Was and still is a Datsun 210. I call it the Datsun, she pulls, pushes, plows snow, hoists and drags and turns some curious heads. These pics are from her play day at the fair in Goodhue county Mn in 2008, the event was a truck pull. The class was 5500# and my datsun weighed in at 3300# despite all the concrete I'd filled the back seat and trunk with. I was told that she pulled past a number of trucks so those poor fellows had to explain to their wives or girl friends how come a little car just out pulled their truck despite all the mods and money they had just put in it. I got an amaizing 184' and some inches from the start before the little Datsun booooggged down and spun. I she did all that with just 2wd, the trucks were all 4wd.

[datsunman]

The Datsun is well known for pulling power, the secret is 2 transmissions and a 4.33-1 axel ratio and the 7.60x15 tractor treaded tires. I have a video of her pulling in a 5500# truckpull class. Some day I'll figure out how to post the video.

[PRDiesel]

Can't believe I didn't find this site sooner!

I operate a Kobelco sk210lc every chance I get and do all the maintenance on this machine as well as others. I now work in real estate development but in the office not in the field. This job is killing me... all I think about is being in that Kebelco!! I ran that machine all through college and got this job when I graduated but its just not quite doing it for me. I hope to someday be back in the operators seat for good. (hence the daydreams)

[Hendrik]

G day folks,
Thought I do the polite thing and introduce myself, my name is Hendrik Riessen and I live in the Adelaide Hills, that's in South Australia.
I own a Kobelco SK005 (half tonne ex) and a walk behind mini dumper.
Now that the kids have reached school age it is time to give up my job as house husband and get back into hard work. The missus is fed up with her current gig and has been making noises along the lines that she wants to get into garden maintenance.
The plan is to specialize in small, tight, difficult jobs that the bigger machines can't do or won't do, along with general garden work/light landscaping and such. Basically do whatever to make a buck and enjoy working more.
I have been a member of other forums and chat list and have found them to be great sources of info and support and look forward to the same here.
I started my working live on the land operating broadacre farm equipment, with the occasional foray into earthmoving stuff and have a couple of hundred hours on backhoes/excavators. That is not a great deal but I am a competent and safe operator, you have to be to do a decade on the land and walk away with all limbs and digits attached. I also like to do all my own maintenance (as far as possible anyway) and am a great believer in looking after the machines to ensure a minimum of breakdowns.
In order to get our little venture up and running I still have a few things on the list, for those who are interested or may be thinking of doing similar here is a run down:
The SK005 is pretty much ready to go, new engine, three buckets, better seat, no hyd leaks and everything works as it should.
The walk behind dumper (of Asian origin but has a Honda motor) needs a new set of V belts to ensure it's reliability, the gear selector broke due to previous rough operators forcing the gear change but that has been fixed. I am going to build a set of removable hungry boards for light material.
The carry vehicle (97 dual cab Izuzu ute) needs a set of helper springs to carry the load better (500kg ex, 200kg dumper and probably another 100kg in tools and ramps and such), it is rated at a tonne capacity but a bit saggy with a load. I have a old luggage rack to fit onto the top of it, so I can put my buckets and other bits and pieces up there in a lock up toolbox. To finish it off a bit of signwriting on the sides and it will be good to go.
On the admin side of things I have to register a trading name, which at this stage may be Tiny Earthworks and Garden Services, I reckon that is a pretty descriptive name for what we wanna do.
I need to get some insurance (any recommendations from Oz members?) because you shouldn't leave home without it.
Then I have to let people know I am open for business, which will involve a variety of ads in local papers/notice boards and a letter campaign to local plumbers, landscapers, sparkys and whoever else I can think of that might need a micro excavator/dumper service.
Unfortunately it is a bit expensive to get going but I have budgeted pretty well I think and not spend a fortune on equipment, which will allow me to have a fair sized advertising budget.
Anyway sorry for the long intro and feel free to ask or advise me.
Happy digging

[RocksnRoses]

Welcome to the Forum, Hendrik, it's good to have another 'croweater' on board, a few more and we'll have 'em out numbered.:D:drinkup

Rn'R.

[Hendrik]

Welcome to the Forum, Hendrik, it's good to have another 'croweater' on board, a few more and we'll have 'em out numbered.:D:drinkup

Rn'R.
Ahh yes our plan is working quite well.............hahhhaa..... today the earthmoving forum, tomorrow the world, although at the moment they are probably looking for someone to take the world off their hands:(

[Squizzy246B]

....more croweaters!:rolleyes:

Welcome to the Heavy Equipment Forums Hendrik. Make yourself at home.








....neighbourhood is shot to pieces

[Hendrik]

....more croweaters!:rolleyes:

You just get back into that sand and grope around some more:p

[datsunman]

:)This is a car but has had some modifications. Was and still is a Datsun 210. I call it the Datsun, she pulls, pushes, plows snow, hoists and drags and turns some curious heads. These pics are from her play day at the fair in Goodhue county Mn in 2008, the event was a truck pull. The class was 5500# and my datsun weighed in at 3300# despite all the concrete I'd filled the back seat and trunk with. I was told that she pulled past a number of trucks so those poor fellows had to explain to their wives or girl friends how come a little car just out pulled their truck despite all the mods and money they had just put in it. I got an amaizing 184' and some inches from the start before the little Datsun booooggged down and spun. I she did all that with just 2wd, the trucks were all 4wd.
here's a few more pics of the datsun's power supply and some of the modifications I've put on it. Like the snowplow?:)

[danc]

Hello all,

I’m new to this great site.

I bought an Hitachi EX 120 , and a benford 6 ton dumper.

First time driving an excavator, so a lot to learn after the basics.
I hope to maintain both myself too, don’t mind getting the spanners out.

[Grader4me]

here's a few more pics of the datsun's power supply and some of the modifications I've put on it. Like the snowplow?:)

I like it!! lol


Hello all,

I’m new to this great site.

I bought an Hitachi EX 120 , and a benford 6 ton dumper.

First time driving an excavator, so a lot to learn after the basics.
I hope to maintain both myself too, don’t mind getting the spanners out.

Welcome to HEF! You will pick up alot of good operating tips here. :)

[Graham]

Hi, I'm new here but was on the DHS forums...

[chinese backhoe]

Hi,I am new one here.
My name is Amanda working for a equiment company.Welcome all friends to contact me.

[datsunman]

:usa:)The largest was a LORAIN payloader that my dad bought from next door neighbor and it was a bugger to opperate. No brakes poor steering and the180 supercharged cummins had seized so out with it and in it went a FORD 390cubic inch fe block with clutch and 4spd tranny. A little different but hey it worked. So the hydrostatic of the Lorain still worked so we just shifted the 4spd into either 1st or 2nd and fired it up and once she was warmed up you could just hit fwd/rwd pedal and throttle the hell out of the 390.
here is a picture of it.

[lgp]

Hi there,

I'm new to the forum. I worked on many different machines in Scotland and in South Australia. Don't operate any more but miss the bloody things a lot! Great forum - like the "old iron" bit, reminds me of some of the old crap I used to drive.

[AtlasRob]

I worked on many different machines in Scotland and in South Australia. Don't operate any more but miss the bloody things a lot! Great forum.

Welcome aboard lgp thanks for joining us :yup I hope you have some pictures of you travels and experience to share. :drinkup

[RocksnRoses]

Hi there,

I'm new to the forum. I worked on many different machines in Scotland and in South Australia. Don't operate any more but miss the bloody things a lot! Great forum - like the "old iron" bit, reminds me of some of the old crap I used to drive.

Welcome to the Forum, lgp. Tell us a bit more about your time in South Australia.

Rn'R.

[lgp]

Hi Rn'R,

Spent time in Adelaide during the 80's and 90's. Worked for Renfrey Excavations mostly operating the old pre-pilot control Katos. Later worked for Adelaide Civil, mostly on a Hitachi EX 220 and a D6 swampy. Last job I did for them was a big landscaping scheme for the MFP at Gillman in Adelaide with the old D6 - no bloody air conditioning in 40+ degrees, no good for a poor old Scotsman!

Cheers

[Gadgetman]

From central KS, yup in the farming industry. Have done many things through my career,but most have involved building of some form or another. Do operate equipment and jump in trucks when I get the chance. Im currently the project manager for a large fertilizer outfit. Much of their equipment is custom built,that's where I come in. They always suck me back in that dang shop.:D

Thought I would share a few of my projects here,as this bunch would understand the scope and work involved. Cool site BTW, lots of reading to do!

[RocksnRoses]

Hi Rn'R,

Spent time in Adelaide during the 80's and 90's. Worked for Renfrey Excavations mostly operating the old pre-pilot control Katos. Later worked for Adelaide Civil, mostly on a Hitachi EX 220 and a D6 swampy. Last job I did for them was a big landscaping scheme for the MFP at Gillman in Adelaide with the old D6 - no bloody air conditioning in 40+ degrees, no good for a poor old Scotsman!

Cheers

Renfrey's are still around, they went through a rough patch, but they survived and Adelaide Civil are still going, they built a marina at Port Vincent a few years ago. From what I was hearing, the quality of the equipment hadn't changed that much.

Rn'R.

[CAT_D-8N]

Hi all new to the group my sn is CAT_D8N not a total newbie to the construction world been running equipment since I was about 6 years old have a 1978 JD 310a backhoe loader have run many kinds of equipment including d8s pc400 shovel loaders skid loaders and so forth have worked in the field full time since 2002 but started in 200 after school part time have done everything from cuts and fills to fine grading sewer storm water manes foundations and skeptics’ anything in-between have not done any demo work but it looks like it would be a blast also have had some time in forestry work as well running skidders anything else just ask. Colin:drinkup

[mrfixitpaul]

Hello to all,

I guess my friends call me mr. fixit cause I'll try to fix most anything and succeed more often than not.

I was a Bobcat field tech for 9 years before moving to Maine in 2004, and still work on a few machines now and then.

I don't have much experience operating but have helped out on the site work at about half a dozen new houses in the last couple of years.

[Komatsu Bucyrus]

Hello to all,

I Japanese.
Old earthmovers Very the favorite.

My Ｈｏｍｅｐａｇｅ
http://www55.tok2.com/home2/history/

Thank You.

[Squizzy246B]

Hello to all,

I Japanese.
Old earthmovers Very the favorite.

My Ｈｏｍｅｐａｇｅ
http://www55.tok2.com/home2/history/

Thank You.

Welcome to the Heavy Equipment Forums

[Neolt]

Hello everyone,
I am pleased to be part of this group of enthusiasts. :bouncegri
I have learned a lot by reading here. and I hope to learn more.
I can not wait to share with you my equipment. (Amongst others the Hough HAH 1950 as you can see on my avatar)

Greetings!

Excuse my English, I'm french Canadian :canada

[Squizzy246B]

Neolt, Welcome to the Heavy Equipment Forums

[Squizzy246B]

Hello to all,

I guess my friends call me mr. fixit cause I'll try to fix most anything and succeed more often than not.

I was a Bobcat field tech for 9 years before moving to Maine in 2004, and still work on a few machines now and then.

I don't have much experience operating but have helped out on the site work at about half a dozen new houses in the last couple of years.

Welcome to the Heavy Equipment Forums

[stock]

Welcome all


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[Bootguy]

I spent 7 summers as a logger working various skidders, dozers, and large tractors. After those 7 lucky years of no injuries(not counting so many bruises and cuts) I decided to work for myself and started a ladscaping business. It started out as a lot of grass mowing which paid the bills and allowed me to buy a good size tractor and various attachments and implements. Now, I have purchased my first mini ex.(used) and I am doing much bigger jobs. I am enjoing it and making ok $$$. Slow steady growth of the business works for me. Great Site!

[Psychotiller]

Well, I've been around all types of machines my whole life. Last year I decided to go get certified on Heavy Equipment. It feels good to at least be able to show credentials right :beatsme
work is slow though, so even though I am at work right now, I spend most of my time on my laptop. When I'm not online looking for more work, I'm running an Excavator. Anyone else on this forum from Southern Cal?

[ja pop]

Welcome to Heavy Equipment Forums Ernie!!:drinkup

Thanks for joining us!
thank you!!!

[Planenut99]

Hello all,
After maintaining airplanes for 27 years, I took a job about a year ago assisting running a shop that maintains excavating equipment. My duties range from performing maintenance to ordering parts/tooling and assigning work scope. We have about 15 excavators (mostly Komatsu), 7 dozers, dump trucks, backhoes, crew trucks, etc.

I look forward to learning all this new stuff! I've already picked up on quite a bit here prior to joining.

Jeff

[bill5362]

Welcome to HEF Planenut99

[rikk]

hey there im rik
ive joined to sort a few problems with an old jcb 3cx / 1400b that ive bought but cant post yet so ill just say hi and answere a few post till i become of age as you might say

cheers rik

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Welcome to the forum rikk hope you have some pictures for us.



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[Captain Call]

Hello.......I'm new here. My dad had a dirt company in So Cal until the late 80's. Some old timers in the Orage County area might remember Stellway Excavating. Anyways, I run iron now. Although I must admit, I check grade most of the time. I live in Utah but this winter I came down to So Cal for some work (wierd since it's soooooo slow down there) but I pulled some strings and kept busy.

[Rocksteady]

Greetings everyone.

Glad to have found this forum.

Still trying to get into the industry as an operator. I got my CDL and NCCER cert. a few years ago after getting out the Army.

[amunderdog]

Hello all.
Was wandering around the info super hwy and some how ended up here.
Do not know why i had never seen this rest stop before.
Anyway.
I am a backhoe operator and Truck driver.
Have been running Case Backhoes for over 20yrs
Truck driver as many years.
Now i own a backhoe - dozer - trackloader - dump truck - farm tractor.
They are all like me (About wore out) but they are here and paid for.
So we get together and do things. wonder which of us will die first?

[JonesBros]

Greetings fellow Dirt Mechanics

I'm 24 years old and have been running machinery since I was about 13. My fathers owns an excavation company and he has been in business for over 37 years now. If your on the east coast and happen to get a Rish Reporter (Komatsu mag) then for February you'll see us on the cover & on the inside. We've got quite the collection of equipment ranging from a brand new 2008 420E Backhoe w/ 8.2 hours (mine personally) to a Komatsu 220LC-6 w/ a 55 foot long reach boom to a pair of matching Cat 12G Graders and everything in between. I mostly run a Badger 670 hydraulic rubber tired excavator, a Cat 2004 Cat 420D backhoe, a 95 Athey 7-12 Forcefeed loader, a 12G grader, 200LC-8 Komatsu Excavator and the list just goes on and on. Glad to be a part of the forum here and just looking to bum around and learn something and add what little bit of info i may know. Thanks guys!

[joeeye59]

Greetings fellow Dirt Mechanics

I'm 24 years old and have been running machinery since I was about 13. My fathers owns an excavation company and he has been in business for over 37 years now. If your on the east coast and happen to get a Rish Reporter (Komatsu mag) then for February you'll see us on the cover & on the inside. We've got quite the collection of equipment ranging from a brand new 2008 420E Backhoe w/ 8.2 hours (mine personally) to a Komatsu 220LC-6 w/ a 55 foot long reach boom to a pair of matching Cat 12G Graders and everything in between. I mostly run a Badger 670 hydraulic rubber tired excavator, a Cat 2004 Cat 420D backhoe, a 95 Athey 7-12 Forcefeed loader, a 12G grader, 200LC-8 Komatsu Excavator and the list just goes on and on. Glad to be a part of the forum here and just looking to bum around and learn something and add what little bit of info i may know. Thanks guys!

Where are you on the East Coast? I'm here in CT in New Haven County...

[NatureBoy]

Hi everyone! I've been reading the forum for a while now and finally registered. I've got an interesting background I guess... I'm 22 years old and have 2 years of college done. I'm in the process of enlisting in the Virginia Air National Guard and my job will be Equipment Operator. I'm excited about getting into it, and I'm really hoping my military experience will lead me to a fulltime EO position as well.

Hopefully things will turn around here soon and those of us that are hurting will be experiencing good times shortly!

[JonesBros]

Where are you on the East Coast? I'm here in CT in New Haven County...

We're located in Farnham, Virginia. Little small town on the upmost peninsula on the eastern side.

[ibdan61]

Hello all, my name is Dan as you have probably figured out. I stumbled on to this site while researching a piece of equipment I was dispatched to operate.
I have been a member of IUOE Local 12 for 12 years now but I have been on various pieces since I was tall enough to reach the pedals...lol. Grandpa owned a general engineering company called Elm St Const in MA and I have been here in Central CA since '83 working as an operator. The reason I was researching a machine I was dispatched to run is because I have run almost brand and size of excavators from lil daewoo and kubota minis all the way up to grandpas 1266 Koehring and his American 575 Crawler Crane w/cable backhoe attachment and for the life of me I have never heard of or seen a John Deere EX750. I worked for this company once before and ran their Hitachi EX750 and the only thing I can think is that they painted it yellow and put JD stickers on it.....lol. Once again ...hello all and I am off to surf this site.

Dan

[ibdan61]

I joined this group only minutes ago. I found Heavy Equipment while researching CTL use in the forestry industry, within which I operate. Anyone out there hauling logs on smaller forestry operations?

Hey there ForestDan where the heck are you logging in SoCal????.....lol

[gregg]

new to the forum thanks for your patience in advance. Not really in the industry as a professional heavy equipment operator but have a bobcat that gives me a problem from time to time. I'm an electrician by trade and now in the wind generator business. Been around equipment all my life one way or another. Originally from Iowa now in Texas. Anyway thanks for your time hope I can be of help to some out there some day.

[ATCOEQUIP]

new to the forum thanks for your patience in advance. Not really in the industry as a professional heavy equipment operator but have a bobcat that gives me a problem from time to time. I'm an electrician by trade and now in the wind generator business. Been around equipment all my life one way or another. Originally from Iowa now in Texas. Anyway thanks for your time hope I can be of help to some out there some day.

Welcome aboard! There are a number of Bobcat folks that hang out here, what model do you have?

[gregg]

model #753

[ATCOEQUIP]

model #753


Cool!
Now you've got your three posts out of the way and you can access the site's features. ;)

[hollywood]

Hey everyone. I just found these forums. I have been around trucks, heavy equipment and the transportation industry for 25 years.
I am a Corporate Technician Trainer for the largest trucking company in the US. I hope I can be of help and a contributer to these forums.

[maq]

I just dropped by to introduce myself. I am in the Dallas, TX area and I do not currently have any equipment. I am originally from the Pittsburgh area where I had my own construction company focusing on concrete wall construction. We had a few pieces of equipment but not where we focused our energy. I am now curious about getting more involved in the excavation end of it all and doing the research it takes before making a commitment.

[Madcanadian]

Hey guys. I have been operating grader since I was 16, so twenty years or so, with a mixture of logging equipment and construction equipment thrown in. Most of my experience is in the forest industry with some finishing thrown in, spring breakup is time for some finishing. We have a few graders with the new one a 872D. Found some very interesting posts so I thought I would throw in my 2 cents now and again. Take it easy.

[council_worker2]

hi everyone, iam a council worker from adelaide and thought id join the forum now im back operating machinery.i got my ticket for an excavator about 5,6 years ago and spent aprox 2 years operating a 320b cat 20t esky and operating a 924 cat loader every now and again and driving the beloved and clapped out cat dump truck the size 15 and a 30 t pay load trucks.

i have only really ever done mainly bulking and carting work. i then went into infrastructure maintance and didnt operate machinery for the last couple of years. but have gone to work for the local council in the last couple of weeks doing foot path reinstatements so now i am operating again.
currently i am driving a truck with a 8spd dog box and trailer i spend more time pulling trailers to and from site(lol) i operate a little 1.5 t excavator, a john derre 744j loader, a cat 938 i think it is loader a 4 t roller and also tow the caravan and toilet to site. i also do most of the carting and loading of trucks down to our site as we have our own stock piles in the yard



its different being back out in the construction side of things again im almost bored lol because im not out driving around doing nothing anymore like maintance but im sure ill get over it.

anyways id thought id join up and have a few yarns with some operators from around the world as its not what i know its what i can learn that will make me a better operator

[xrdave]

Hi everyone, my name is Dave. Im from Queensland Australia and have a few acres at Meandarra (part time farmer).Looking forward for advice on dozers and other farm equipment.

Dave.

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Welcome enjoy and do not forget some pictures


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