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Recent content by 712alberta

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    Strange buyer's

    I'm a bit of a jackas* when it comes to dealing with people when selling things. If I give a price and location, you come to that location with the cash or no deal. I hate taking time to deal with people who show up and try to haggle the price down. The price is the price, don't waste my time...
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    Bobcat 863 steering issues

    Thanks
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    Bobcat 863 steering issues

    No, it won't hold neutral. You have to work the controls to find a spot where it won't move. It fights the safety and trys to move when the lap bar is up. You want to be in the machine when the engine is running, or it will start creeping away. Never in the same direction. The hour meter says...
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    Bobcat 863 steering issues

    I don't have a lot of hours operating skid steers of any make, but at the facility I'm working at this winter, they have a Bobcat 863 that has some issues with the steering, amongst other things. When I push the hand controls forward, all the way, the machine will veer off to one side or the...
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    Roll off, hook lift, tilt bed for hauling equipment?

    I ran a smaller rollback truck for a scrap yard for a few months. It had a hand held remote that would run all functions, except the wheel lift. It was great. If I got to a spot to pick up a vehicle that ran, I could drive it on and run the deck back to the locked and level position. This was on...
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    Combine Harvester Buying Tips

    I'd suggest checking out www.thecombineforum.com there is lots of information about all machines, new and old.
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    Millions in damages.

    I can't find it now, but I read an article about farmers having livestock chased, and killed. Fences cut faster than they can fix them. The thing is that they were talking to a Buffalo farmer. I farm, and have livestock, and I have a neighbour who has Buffalo. Beef cattle will mess you up pretty...
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    Clearing about 20 acres of 15 y/o autumn olive on reclaimed mine land before orchard

    We have a reclaimed gravel pit on our property. While the slopes were done properly, it took a couple of years to get grass growing, and it took a lot of work to keep the erosion issues at bay. I would think that you would want to be very carful not to do anything that would damage the integrity...
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    Rubber tracks on a Dozer?

    Thanks for all the input. Actually had the opportunity to run a D6N for an after noon, after we had a truck get stuck. Winch is nice. Pushed and packed things way better than I expected. This unit didn't have ice cleats welded to the tracks and I was surprised at how little it tore up the...
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    Rubber tracks on a Dozer?

    I talked to a couple of different manufactures of road pads and they are removable so I would be able to remove them when doing dirt work. There would only be one packing unit on the pit. Right now I use a Bi Directional new holland with a 10 foot blade, thats about 2 feet tall. With a dozer I...
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    Rubber tracks on a Dozer?

    Thanks for the information guys. I still wouldn't feel comfortable leaving a bit on the floor, its going to cost north of $200,000 to build these pits and I don't really want to take any chance on causing any damage. I know I would be careful as its my money going out, but if I have to hire...
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    Rubber tracks on a Dozer?

    In some of Fastdirts photos he has pictures of rubber blocks that bolt onto the tracks on his excavator so that he doesn't tear up cement, asphalt and other hard surfaces. I'm wondering if there is anything like that available for dozers. I can just hear people going what the heck would you...
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    Air Disc Brakes

    This is a good video from bendix showing stopping distance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v57K1WW41K8
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    Whats your take on this..

    Change Swampland to Wetland nature area, and you'll probably find someone.
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    Whats your take on this..

    This kind of looks like a John Deere marketing video, so everything, I'm sure, is 100% completely above board, and honest. It would appear that the construction guys have taken a page out of the Ag marketing book. John Deere has one effective marketing system, they may be selling an average...
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