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    How to bury a horse?

    Last year a neighbor came over and asked if I would bury a horse for a lady up the road that was going to have to put her horse down. I said, well, fuel, and time, loading and unloading the machine, a couple hundred should cover it. Well!! the neighbour said, considering the lady's pending...
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    Eng. oil change interval 500hrs...... seems a bit long.

    It's not just the cost of the oil change and down time, those dang filters can get you in the wallet too!!
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    Brave or stupid

    Real solid bridge construction in spite of it's looks. You would have thought those flimsy concrete abutments would have snapped sideways!!!
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    1975 GMC 6500 Dump Truck

    After reading some of the threads on this "Truck" forum, I realize this forum may not be the right place to post, but hope that someone might give me a helpful suggestion. I'm looking for a shop service/repair manual. I found possibly a set available from Faxon auto literature for around...
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    Dog clutches on a cat 12e grader

    OxDozer, thank you so much. I am, just like "Farm", having the exact same problem with the dog clutches on the circle control and also the outer two controls, the up and down clutches. I have a Cat 12. I, too have to eventually get inside and repair them. It is so good to hear you can swap...
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    Cordless grease guns

    I've always wanted to try one of those electric grease guns, but have been shy after three air powered guns died on me in about 3 years (2 Lincolns and one Princess Auto). Wasn't totally happy with the air powered, because you could never "really" know if the grease went in. All visual. With...
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    Cat 215 idler

    Nige has it right. I've been there.
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    dead dropping a dozer blade

    I can't imagine why he would be doing that.... maybe he figures he's knocking "stuck muck" off of his blade??? I've also seen hoe operators whacking their buckets down for no reason, makes me cringe at the damage to pins and bushings, let alone the cutting plates and hold down bolts.
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    dead dropping a dozer blade

    Ya, 637 slayer, maybe this story will help. I haven't run a dozer for 40 years, but when I did, it was when I was young and only run smaller machines , the operator had a puking hangover and asked me to run the machine, a D-8 cat. One steering clutch wouldn't release, so to steer, I had to...
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    Some grading advice

    I've got a 1.4km long driveway, varies from 12' to 22 feet wide. I've found the following works the best for me. First, you gotta keep the gravel on the road bed, so I start with rhs corner forward and down, cut enough so I am below any ruts that were pressed into the roadbed. I keep the...
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    Playing with my old Cat 12 grader pics

    I read a lot in this forum and the other heavy equipment sections, but don't post too often. Yet I enjoy when others post their issues and especially pictures, so here goes. Building a short road from the shop to where I have to build a pump house for my water supply. Road bed was roughed...
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    Whats the craziest thing you have dug up?

    It was about 20 years ago and I hit a 3" high pressure line about 3 feet down in a residential area in a city. I was doing some water (storm sewer) drainage trenching. Incredible how loud the roar is, and how it blows out the gravel everywhere leaving about a 5' x 5' x 5' crater. Then 4...
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    Whats the craziest thing you have dug up?

    A high pressure gas line.
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    trail building, how many miles per day

    I've built trail for 25 years. First question is will they provide a swamper? If you are alone, like I mostly was, doing everything from running the chain saw to hauling fuel, I would average between 30 and 50 lineal feet per hour at the end of the day. (rock your chain saw and you will be...
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    Plowing

    When I bought the grader, the previous owner said it didn't have a wing, even though I saw one laying there under some garbage. I wasn't going to blow the deal on insisting on the wing. Paid $5K for it in 2007, haven't put a dime into it yet. Don't have any more of snow, but have a couple...
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    Plowing

    Do old ones count? I've got an old one too.
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    Any of you got experience with real big buckets on EC700C?

    That fab work is excellent. Do you have any more photos... like cutting, and expecially the bending?
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    This can't be good for it!

    I've seen operators on 30 ton machines do the same thing. Ouch!!! Or how about the ones that slam the bucket down with the boom to break up concrete......
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    Pin wont take grease

    I've had lots of grease nipples go bad for no reason and quit working like they are plugged. Unscrew the nipple and try a grease gun on it. No flow? Then screw in a new nipple and there you go. If you just bought this excavator and have never greased it, then I would agree with some of the...
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    Mini Ex Vs Biger Ex

    Tom G. You sure make that baby work! and fast! I like the part where you roll the second rock up onto your boom cyl. Klunk! They must make those Bobcats tough! LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0V---h2Qnw
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