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    Barnard Construction Company, Inc.

    I know a couple guys that work for them, or have worked for them. From what they say they are a good outfit. They are non-union so they get alot of big jobs in Right to Work states cause they dont have to pay scale. (both of the guys I know were supers for them) They said they worked all the...
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    Diesel price going down?

    Still 4.14 on the north end of Richland, WA. Last stop on the wat out to the Lazy H Ranch! (the hanford nuculear site)
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    Dresser TD15E steering problem

    Have you checked to see if the linkage is attached? It may have come undone. Flip the seat up and look and see if every thing is still working. A place to start!!
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    School or Work?

    Personally, I would get a job. Start at the bottom and work your way up. My Grandfather once told me, and I quote, "F--- collage unless you wanna be a doctor or a lawyer" I agree with him. If you have an ounce of brain in your head, you will know more than the man you're paying to teach you...
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    Ax Men

    Never even thought of that Lashlander. Your right. The main line, or haul back line as I know it pulls the carriage up the hill and gravity takes it back down. The guy with the "bug" or tooter, can stop the carriage with a toot. That will lock the brakes on the car, which are amazingly strong...
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    Used oil

    The outfit I work for heats the shop with used oil. Seems like a logical solution to me. I know when I get my shop built, Im putting in a oil burner for heat and just take home some oil everytime I head home! When I was a kid, Dad would use it for dust abatement in front of the house! A buddy...
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    Fuel Price By Location

    Seen diesel at 4.09 in Warden, WA today, just south of Moses Lake. 3.99 in Othello. Havent been to Moses to see the price this week. Went home last weekend and it was anywhere from 3.62 to 3.79.
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    Ax Men

    D Pete, The chokers will bite into the log due to the weight off the log. Then that stupid thing called gravity takes over and it just grabs hold. (Im horrible telling stories by typing!) Ive seen chokers get embeded into the wood so deep before that you cant even get the bells unhooked without...
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    who has ran a trackloader w/ a hoe?

    A buddy of mine's Grandpa has an old 450 like the one pictured. We used to go over to his house and skid logs with it on weekends. We had an old set of log tongs hooked to the bucket with a shackle. I would sit on the hoe and grapple the logs and he would run the tractor. Good times! The limbs...
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    Ax Men

    All the show was shot in the Northwestern Oregon area. I found it on another web site. An outfit named Stumpbranch Logging is a star in the show. They have a new web site: www.stumpbranchlogging.com I love logging and would still be doing it if it paid as much as what Im doing now. My bro has...
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    Ax Men

    Let me assure you of this. Every minute you spend working under a yarder on a logging job is exiciting. From the time the rigging slinger hits the go-ahead on the Tooter till the time the chokers get back to you is a rush! You got crap flying and crap rolling back down the hill and noise and...
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    Euclid Belly Dumps

    Thats ol Pioneer Pete. Just Euclids way of pointing to the future of earth movers!
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    a fresno?

    The only other time I seen a Fresno was on a sticker on the side of a pickup beloning to a contractor in New Mexico a few years ago. ( top side off the sticker was a fresno, the bottom end was a 631, cant remember the contracors name) I had no idea what they were till now! The origanial Horse...
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    Day shift or night shift?

    When I used to work on crushers, I loved the night (swing shift). Start at 1and get off at 11. It was always great to walk into the local tavern in what ever town we where crushing in and see the day shift boys still sitting there! We would always buy them a last beer and wish them a happy 4am...
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    Specs for 235

    Found this in the Caterpillar Performance Handbook. Built from 73-86. 195 ponies, 89,700 pounds. Max reach (with longest stick and one piece boom) 36'10". Lift (long stick, one piece boom) 17,300 pounds. Hope this helps! Im sure you already know the length, width, height, and track gauge...
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