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  1. 245dlc

    My photo collection

    My pre-digital camera days, back in 2002 I came across Sureway Construction's EX1100 loading 35 ad 40 ton rock trucks in two passes or less.
  2. 245dlc

    My photo collection

    Some pictures of the equipment the crushing contractor had and the drilling contractor. The main loader that fed the plant was either a WA500 Komatsu or WA600 I could never clearly see the model number because of the dust and dirt that covered it. They had Cat 980's also working in there. But...
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    My photo collection

    The view from the Kobelco SK260 a nice machine but a 750 or 800 size machine would of been more appropriate with about 6 40 ton Volvo rock trucks with how much material there was to remove. We already had a D8K managing the Overburden pile.
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    My photo collection

    A limestone quarry stripping operation I worked on a few years ago. We could of used a much larger excavator and bigger rock trucks. The soil on top of the limestone formation was all glacial till so some places you'd have soft silt, clay, hard pan with big boulders in it which made it tough for...
  5. 245dlc

    My photo collection

    I had to hang the bucket a little over the tailgate because I couldn't see the front of the truck box. It was however a nice loader to run I wouldn't mind spending days on end running it.
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    My photo collection

    Boy I completely forgot about this thread guess I better add more. That Michigan loader had probably be the largest I've ever run it must be pretty close in size to a Cat 988B.
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    Gehl RT175 tracked skid-steer or CTL?

    Ok that might explain why I've seen so many for sale with very few hours and cheap prices. Too bad they didn't get some advice or training on to build a CTL from Takeuchi.
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    Retention pond liner installation?

    Yeah this isn't a little pond I think its something like a 1/4 mile wide by a 1/4mile long.
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    Retention pond liner installation?

    Hi I'm going to be working on a retention pond with a group of older guys that have spent most of their adult lives building roads, landfills, lagoons, ponds, ditches, canals etc. Generally speaking most water retention structures we build we have ample heavy gumbo clay to build a good liner...
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    Wanted to buy a tracked skid steer

    Yeah that's what I liked about the Kubota machines you can't beat pilot hydraulics but sadly it seems like many are going for electronic controls these days. I worked with a utility installation crew that ran SVL-90-2's. And even through our brutal winters and their tracks half full of frozen...
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    Wanted to buy a tracked skid steer

    If I had the money I'd be buying Kubota or Takeuchi they are pretty tough machines and that comes from personal experience. I've never had a Bobcat from new they were usually beaters except for one mini-ex but that's for a different thread or forum on my thoughts about them. But for the most...
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    Gehl RT175 tracked skid-steer or CTL?

    That's odd as far as the engine goes aren't they powered by Yanmar? Guess I'll stay away from the older ones.
  13. 245dlc

    Gehl RT175 tracked skid-steer or CTL?

    Ok thanks for your response time will tell what I will acquire in the next little while.
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    Gehl RT175 tracked skid-steer or CTL?

    Wow nobody has any experience with Gehl/Mustang CTL's?
  15. 245dlc

    machine to buy or run away from

    Yup run away its beaten. Diesel engine oil generally turns black after a couple hours of running that's pretty normal, some tier 4 engines stay a little cleaner but not much. Those little engines generally vibrate at bit at idle but if its shaking pretty bad there could be other problems. Cracks...
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    Gehl RT175 tracked skid-steer or CTL?

    Hi I'm looking at buying my first machine and a have seen a number of these Gehl machines for sale some with not a lot of hours. I understand these are the first in house designed CTL's for Gehl/Mustang are there any issues with them that I should be concerned with? I think much of the work I'll...
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    New to me 941b

    Normally Cat track loaders like the 941's, 951's, 955's, and 977's didn't have decelerator pedals at least not that I ever saw. They just had steering pedals and a brake pedal. However other brands like Komatsu and I believe International Harvester had decelerator pedals which in my opinion made...
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    Friend's Equipment Fleet

    I know he rebuilt a TD-20 so he could sell it. So far I don't think he's selling any of his TD-25's and that could possibly be because of a couple jobs coming up this summer but you never know. He's always buying and selling and mentioned recently he's going to buy another TD-25 with a heavy...
  19. 245dlc

    Friend's Equipment Fleet

    Right next door to you I'm in Southeastern Manitoba.
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    Offsetting boom problematic?

    I've seen this style of boom often referred to as 'Z' style. I worked for a sewer and water company for a while that used a number of Komatsu PC75's and PC125's for water main renewal work in places like back alley's and on tight city streets. They were alright for this kind of work but the...
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