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    Dale Weiss's Death

    Dale was a well known source of parts and help for anything made by the Case Construction Equipment Co. I knew he was struggling with his health issues the last couple of years of his life. He could only work half days and sometimes not at all. His sister Debbie worked in the business along with...
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    What is the maximum size a .pdf can be posted in a thread ?

    The image below is screenshot of 1.4 MB .pdf file. What is the maximum size (in MB's) a .pdf can be posted in a thread ?
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    HEF members seeking advice and don't seem to come back to read the responces

    A new member asked for help last Saturday and has not responded to a lot of good advice that has been posted in his thread. FWIW ! which isn't much. He may have cleared the cookies in his computer. That would enable him to look at everything on HEF without logging in. But, there are programs...
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    John Deere GPS Globe

    I was told yesterday a John Deere combine was parked outside ovenight and the GPS globe was stolen off of it. Sorry assed thieves not only stole an expensive attachment but disabled the combine gps function in the middle of the harvest season.
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    How to enable your computer volume loud enough to hear it well

    I spent hours looking within my computers for a way to increase the volume with no success. It finally occurred to me to search the internet for an extension that would do it. It took about two minutes to get what I was looking for. There are a couple of different extensions available for free...
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    The Most Secure Email Provider I have Ever Found

    I recently learned about and started using Protonmail. The company is located in Switzerland. Totally encrypted messaging and no data mining for FREE. It also comes with a free VPN. Hard to believe. For $3.49 a month I can get a lot more cloud storage and and 1 vanity email address. I read a...
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    Thumb Mfr. Info.

    I recently saw a picture of a backhoe with decent looking thumb on it. I saved the photo to my laptop, and then enlarged it enough to see the mfr's name on it. Oriel it is, and I never heard of them on HEF or anywhere else. If anyone wants to take a look at their products click on this.
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    Another Test

    Didn't work.
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    Cloneing A Computer Hard Drive

    If anyone uses their computer for business purposes you already know what a disaster it would be to have a complete failure of the operating system. Having a spare hard drive with all of your computers contents on it could be the difference between a disaster or an inconvenience. A cloned hard...
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    Hercules Now offers a John Deere Replacement Retaining Ring Groove Filler Kit

    I received this info. in an email from Hercules the other day. I thought this would be an interesting offer for anyone resealing John Deere Hydraulic cylinders...
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    John Deere Hy-Gard SAE rating ?

    I am puzzled because I just purchased 15 gallons of a house brand oil that claims to meet John Deere J20C specs. It states in their specs (the house brand) that it is a SAE 10W-30 weight oil. John Deere also has a low viscosity Hy-Gard oil they refer to as a low viscosity oil. Is it possibly a...
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    Did the HEF accounts get get hacked ?

    I received an email disguised as a normal notice from HEF that I had a PM from a member. It was a solicitation offering Viagra for sale. I deleted is as spam and did not open it before doing so.
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    A Sad Reminder To Never, Ever Allow Anyone to Ride in A Loader Bucket

    Two children died after falling out of a loader bucket. If you read the story, notice where it said multiple adults and children were riding on various parts of the machine machine. https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article250484791.html
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    Neat video of a tower crain going down

    The job was done ! https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GoodNearAcornbarnacle-mobile.mp4
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    Neat video of a crain

    https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GoodNearAcornbarnacle-mobile.mp4
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    My Manual Thumb To Hydraulic Conversion

    There has been a few threads about hydraulic thumbs on HEF. So I thought I would share my progress and hopefully help someone else that is anticipating doing it also. As the title says, I finally converted my manual thumb to hydraulic. This was something I have been wanting to do for a long...
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    A Website Full of Welding Information

    I found this website a while ago and thought some HEF'rs would like to see it. It is run by some very passionate and experienced welders. If you visit their website be sure to check out their Blog. Far upper RH corner of the homepage has the box to click on. Don't miss the flower spoon guide and...
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    Enlarging a Webpage on a PC screen

    Have you ever wanted to enlarge webpage to see something a little closer ? I stumbled upon a stupid simple and fast way to do it on a PC. Depress the control button on the keyboard and hold it down. Then, tap either the - or + keys. If you use a mouse like I do turn the scroll wheel instead of...
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    CNH Parts Site News

    As the title says, CNH must have gotten the message. The are working on updating their parts books with those missing parts numbers that they eliminated when they abandoned the old parts book. The image shows the latest addition to the parts book.
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    Case Parts ?

    The most knowledgeable Case Parts man I know is back up and running. Dale Wiess has his website back up and running with a kinda new look. http://www.e-backhoeparts.com/
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