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    Slap abit of grease on????

    I was driving this last week for a couple of days.It was picked up at auction for abit of yard use.We cleaned and serviced it,put 4 tyres on it and started using it. It seems a sound enough littke machine and I decided to extend the arm out as to take a nosey. Clearly its previous owners had...
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    Slap abit of grease on????

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    Whats the best year/model of the D5 high track

    D5H 1DD was the most profitable tractor I ever owned.Reliable and punched above its weight. Put 13000 hours on it with a tranny overhaul,a cooler and various bushes in the pat blade and eq bar in all the years I owned it. Sold it to a chap that’s put another couple of thousand hours on it with...
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    Komatsu 135A-1

    These 135’s are a rare animal. Back in the 90’s I had one on demo and one on hire from Komatsu dealer.I drove one myself after the 9G broke down and I was pushing 24’s with it. People said it was a D7 with D8L blade size and just show. Well,it proved us all wrong.Both were superb travtors...
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    D6T High Idle seems low

    There’s probably nowt wrong with your D6T.Cast your mind back to when the T series first took over from the R series and all the drivers would be saying how terrible they were and ‘Cat don’t make them like they used to’ etc,etc. Well,I owned both D8R and D8T travtors at the same time and the R...
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    D8t brakes engaging

    I agree totally.
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    How wide is a caterpillar D8H

    D8H 8S blade is 13’ 6” with new corner shoes
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    caterpillar 46a28559 year please

    Don’t forget 5900 68A series D8H’s on top of that. Fabulous machines
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    D11R pivot shaft seals

    You’re right there Nige,the man responsible for buying equipment will probably not even know what it is,certainly won’t understand its wonts and needs. All accountants these days
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    I’d given the benefit of the doubt to your new helper LMM.I’d allready figured he was a potential steady plodder at best,but that may have suited you Vtech. Clearly I was very wrong,that mess he left behind,especially when you asked him to clear it up,tells a much deeper story about the man,his...
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    D8 H. What year model ?

    It’s a big ripper plow Dave that was used by the owner of the property to turn the fields over for the vineyard
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    D8 H. What year model ?

    Saw that last week in a yard in Italy. Was a US built 46A 5000 series. Powershift and 6 roller track frame. All original and still started occasionally
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    D8 H. What year model ?

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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Vetech,did I read you said the new chap was fresh out of a 25 year stretch in prison?
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    Cat D7H hydraulic oil over heating

    For some reason,I like to leave old filters lying around for a while before bining them
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