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    2014 Conexpo/Con Agg Las Vegas

    I'll be there
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    are dump trucks more cost efficient than articulated trucks/heavy haulers?

    Depends on 3 main factors in my opinion: 1.) Haul road conditions 2.) Local availability of trucks (ie: owner operators or small trucking outfits) 3.) The length of the haul routes. You reach that point where tandems or semis either require so much haul road maintenance or have to go so slow...
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    International Turn Signal Question

    What year and model of truck? Very important to know.
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    canadian construction

    for biggest companies... Kiewit, Ledcor, Aecon for big dirt work companies in hwys or land development... Sureway, Kidco, Thompson Bros in AB.
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    What is the best model of truck for you?

    intersmashable. corn binders. call them what you will, we can drive them every day and actually afford to fix them when they break!
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    Another Inernational Guru Question (Warning:Electrical Issue) 2001 4700LP DT530E

    http://www.parleysdieselperformance.com/products/ts-performance-power-play-mp8-for-1997-2003-dot-5-international-dt466-dt530-and-dt570-rvs-and-medium-duty-trucks-2110101
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    Peterbilt 379 Project

    that is one beautiful truck!
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    Std controls vs joystick control

    I prefer standard. But that's just what I've been running since before I could reach the pedals. anyone who complains about feeling worn out after a day of running standard controls should pick up a shovel and shut up. Joystick is twitchy control sometimes (especially some of the early joystick...
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    One Logger Doing Battle With a 10 Billion Dollar Company

    What happened to that supervisor that put the hoes working above them (Jerry) did he ever end up getting canned or what? Jerry was the earthworks supervisor on seg 3 on S2S am I right?
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    Scrapers in Non Western Countries

    ADT and hoe have less breakdowns and ADTs are more easily available for dry rental and they're more efficient when the haul is longer cat and scraper make good money when there's no service truck parked beside them
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    Bobcat releases new mid size M series

    Demo'd a T750 for some dirt work and a T770 for snow removal... T750 was lacking power I thought, T770 worked nice. 2 speed was good to have for our parking lot snow removal. Waiting for 2 speed to come out on the T590 then maybe I'll place an order. Apparently it's coming. Will be nice to...
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    Bobcat E50

    awesome I'm gonna definitely try that thanks
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    Bobcat E50

    the secondary auxiliaries are good for running the thumb or other 'low flow' attachments, but it won't run my HB880 hammer at all, and will barely run a 15C auger. i dont know why bobcat has it plumbed that the primary hydraulics run the extenda-boom, makes no sense to me. On a tractor...
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    1999 International 4700 - Air Brakes

    Since you've got a 1999 then I don't think you have a 12v brake signal anywhere on the truck, a 1999 might be like the new body style and you have something like 2v at the pedal (or in your case 2v somewhere on the air brake system) and two orange wires going to the back of the truck with...
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    Bobcat E50

    After demoing the long stick E50 I ordered in an E55. Loaded with every option including extendable stick. Nice machine, much more stable than the long stick E50. We've put about 80 hours on it so far and only have had it for 3 weeks I think? I ordered a 36" Geith Bucket to go with it, waiting...
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    What engine do you prefer.

    those 8.3 cummins seem pretty rare around here at least, for medium duty trucks it's almost always either got a little cat 3126 or a 466E it seems...
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    What engine do you prefer.

    I've got 3 DT466Es, for medium duty engines there is no question.
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    Fastest way to grow your company?

    That would be living the dream.
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    Choosing between CTLs and would welcome any input

    Tons of changes going into tier IV, way more complexity. Pre-tier IV T770 engines had a fully mechanical injection system like every diesel bobcat before it, now Bobcat and the rest of the manufacturers are being forced into running electronic common rail injection and DPF filters on anything...
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    Choosing between CTLs and would welcome any input

    when you demo a bobcat try to get one with stick and foot controls, i wouldn't have a bobcat any other way, it's even more simple than the Tak. Also ask the dealer if they can get a pre-tier IV T770 still. I agree with dirthog try out the t770, the t870 is a very specialized machine not many...
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