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Recent content by John Shipp

  1. John Shipp

    new member with a d4d from the 60s direct drive with toolbar

    CaptainB what Dave just said, the safer way is to drain the hydraulic reservoir, fill with clean new oil and then if you want to purge pipework you can run system for very short periods BUT never run tank dry while doing this - when I've done it there's been two of us and a 50 gallon drum with a...
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    22 RB

    Ruston Bucyrus 22 used as dragline/crane/ that kind of thing?
  3. John Shipp

    best tire machine for big tires, any good hydraulic units out there?

    Our commercial tyre services has one of these type of electric powered changers at their shop, takes the hard work out of it. The field service is still hydraulic bead breaker and tyre lever sweat.
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    Cat d4h 3304

    How's timber sales recently? The mills we sell logs to in SE have been in the doldrums for ages.
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    Grease for ring gear and bearing?

    I've seen water get in when the seal piece around the rotary union is torn - the rubber surround that bolts down around the union and is clamped to it, sometimes they get a tear in them and if they're buried in heaps of sticks and mud then the water pools in back of there and runs right in
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    Heavy Equipment Repair Question

    I am also interested to know the proper procedure for pre-heat and how to quantify, as my method is a kind of "Use the force, Luke" type of act, basically I preheat for a period that just seems right. Once that point is reached (?!) I get to welding and as long as welds keep going in over the...
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    Cat d4h 3304

    I need your clothes, your boots, and your D4H series 3. Well looked after machine, by the looks of it Joe C (thumbs up)
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    I expected the fuzz...

    Greetings Dan, how's your D5 going? Revisited your thread here and just interested how you'd got on.
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    Cribbing:

    Waiting for the referee's decision :)
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    Cribbing:

    Aaah, well. Intriguing...
  11. John Shipp

    Cribbing:

    You don't think those lifting things simply get wedged as a pair each side at the rear, and then the grouser lifts tractor up going in reverse? Then push blade down to lift front? Weird looking things though.
  12. John Shipp

    This could be the start of another epic dozer thread

    Now we're talking
  13. John Shipp

    This could be the start of another epic dozer thread

    Have you got a link for the last one, old growth?
  14. John Shipp

    How do combine operators know when to unload - from within their cab?

    Exactly right! Fill that auger and hope the chaser meets you before the embarrassing rattle of grain against steel
  15. John Shipp

    Komatsu features its 20-ton PC210LCE electric excavator.

    I always wondered how the old gang felt when the transition happened from horses and steam tech into the gas and diesel era, and they were retired out and the old skills with them. Now I suspect that I won't have to wonder much longer. Going to need some re-training before poking around on that...
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