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  1. mowingman

    Old grader near me.

    I recently saw that our local township road dept has parked their "old" grader out in front. I suspect it is going to be sold soon, as they recently got a "newer" Case grader from the county. A lot of us can probably remember when this was a "new" grader. That is showing our age. I would bet the...
  2. mowingman

    Old FWD snowblower

    I drive by this old truck nearly every day. It has been in this location for a couple of years. Thought I would get some photos before it is gone. It is an old FWD truck with a Snowgo blower on it. I believe it came from the old Ohio University airport, in Athens ohio. Jeff
  3. mowingman

    Case 865B -VHP

    Wondering about this Case grader that showed up at out local Township maint. garage. It looks almost brand new, and is replacing an "old", JD grader. This nearly new Case grader does not look like any of the new graders that Case currently has available. Anyone know who built these for Case? Jeff
  4. mowingman

    Anyone need a used D9?

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/595181814884694/ Not mine. Does not seem like a bad price if you needed one in running condition. Jeff
  5. mowingman

    Jet drier for frozen fill

    Back in 1973/74, I worked on the construction of the largest earthfill dam east of the Miss. River. Great Lakes Construction was the contractor. Fill could not be placed on frozen material. So, they sent out a jet drier to work on the frozen fill, which then allowed more fill to be placed, all...
  6. mowingman

    Concrete crushing in the mid 80's.

    In Texas, concrete crushing/recycling was pretty new back in the mid 80's. A company out of Michigan, Molesworth Construction, somehow got the contract to clean up the old Greater Southwest Airport, after DFW went into operation. Somehow, they made some deal with my employer, then the deal went...
  7. mowingman

    Euclid B70 Bellydumps and an R22 Euclid

    Back in the fall of 84, I was assigned the task of finding and buying some used Euclid B70 belly dumps for our various sand pits. These were very hard to find by then, and the company wanted single wheels, not duals on them. I finally found 3 in Montreal Canada to but. Had them loaded on...
  8. mowingman

    Here are some BIG stumps to grind

    My buddie and I just finished clearing work on our 6th and final property for a local landowner. The one location, one month job, turned in to four and a half months and 6 properties. Here are photos of the last 2 stumps we dug up. The guy hauling them had quite a time unloading. It took both...
  9. mowingman

    Got a new Bobcat T740 this week.

    The landowner of the properties we are clearing, bought a new bobcat T740 this past week. It replaces the old 2006, T300 we have used since they bought it used in 2008. I really like the single joystick control option. It is nice running travel functions with one hand and bucket/grapple...
  10. mowingman

    Are Case skidsteers and CTL's the same as New Holland skidsteers and CTL's

    We may replace the T300 bobcat CTL I am currently using for land clearing. It is 13 years old and has right at 3000 hrs on it. It is in need of a trip to the dealer for tracks, hyd work, leaks, and numerous other small issues. If we replace, it will be used, maybe one or two years old, and it...
  11. mowingman

    Clearing land: 23 days of clearing = only 5 days of grinding

    We just finished clearing about 21 acres of thick brush and trash trees. My buddy and I used a Cat excavator and a T300 Bobcat to clear and stack all this mess. Took us 23 hard days of clearing. Next, the landowner had a local recycling company come in with a horizontal, 1050 HP grinder. It took...
  12. mowingman

    Better chain that down better

    Today, a portable ready mix operation was moving out a plant and lost a load on the road adjacent to our project. Redi-Mix concrete was the owner. They had this big gen set on a trailer behind a dump truck. As you can see, the chains seem to have broken and it slid off, onto the side of the...
  13. mowingman

    Started a new land clearing project this week

    Although I am supposed to be retired, the VP of a local land management/investment company called me and asked if I could clear a 21 acre tract of land for them. I have worked on and off for these folks for the past 20 years, so I told them I would do it. They are providing all the equipment and...
  14. mowingman

    Anyone heard of Sunward Equipment

    We have a fairly new equipment company that has set up shop here in north Texas. It is called Sunward USA. The place is full of small excavators, telehandlers, and large tracked pier drills. I have never heard of them. They seem to be out of China, and this place here is going to be there U.S...
  15. mowingman

    Let's drive some piles

    Here are some big cranes we had on a pile driving job back in about 1975. This was in near Charleston, S.C. I believe we had about 1500 piles to install. Concrete piles were one piece and 60' long. The steel H piles were about 120' long and welded in 2 sections. I remember we had a LOT of failed...
  16. mowingman

    Don't forget to put the outriggers down

    Here is another project I was involved in back in the mid 70's. It is not wise to swing and extend the boom of a rough terrain crane, if you do not have the outriggers down. This crane photo shows the results. No one was injured, but a worker in the jobsite trailer needed clean underwear I...
  17. mowingman

    Opps, Crane in the pond

    I am not very good at this photo thing, but with nothing else to do, I thought I might try. Here are some photos of a crane we were draglining with. The pond dike failed, and the LS98 crane fell in and sank in the slop. The operator got out ok.
  18. mowingman

    My other ride, (besides the school bus)

    Here is my other ride this year. When not driving the school bus, or being retired, I will be driving this truck to haul band equipment for one of our high schools. Well, actually the same trailer, but we are getting newish Peterbilts this year, from Paccar Leasing. We have two 52" trailers and...
  19. mowingman

    Anyone heard of "Shantui" dozers

    We have some type of machinery company who set up a portable office building and a couple of shipping containers just north of here. (30 miles or so north of Dallas, Tx.) They have had 3 or 4 dozers sitting out on their lot for the past year or so, and do not seam to have sold any. The name, I...
  20. mowingman

    Does your Kobata CTL cab leak dust and dirt

    Ok, here is the deal. I have rented a Kubota 95 CTL with full cab, A/C, and an FAE mulcher head. I can not stay in the cab over 30-45 minutes before I am covered in dirt and dust. The slide- up , garage door design on this CTL is a joke. The dealer said the first door was not latching tightly...
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