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    Cat D8K sold high

    they usually bring 40-50,000 around here at auction in avg shape. For 220,000 it would have to have a cat certified rebuild for me to be interested. We run two 8k's and I am looking for a third, for that kind of money I could buy a good 8R:rolleyes:
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    ever added a 3rd valve to a dozer

    We have several d4 cat dozers with what we call a "3rd valve", which means it has hydraulic ports that come out the rear similar to a farm tractor. We use the auxilary hydraulics for the lift on the plows that follow behind them. A friend has a john deere 650 that he would like to add this...
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    Anyone taken the General Contractor's Licencee exam?

    Thanks guys for the input, I figured it was going to be a pile of paper work. I was going to go all out and get the general contractor licencee, but we only do dirt excavation. I wonder if it would be less paper in just getting an excavation licence? I was going to branch out a little and try...
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    Anyone taken the General Contractor's Licencee exam?

    how much to renew the licencee each year?
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    How much $$$ per hour for your motor grader

    How much money are you guys getting for your motorgrader? Ours is getting around a 100.00 hr and its a mid 80 model cat 140 g with 10,000 hours but its very tight machine. Just wondering what other guys are getting. And why are motor graders so expensive, they hold there value forever seems like
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    Anyone taken the General Contractor's Licencee exam?

    Hey guys, i was wondering if anyone has taken the general contractors test for there licencese. I live in alabama but i figure all the test are kinda similar. How hard was it? By the way I figure all the books and fee's are going to scare a grand:eek: is that about what it actually cost...
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    $ per hour

    $75/hr an hour sounds good for a mini excavator, we are getting only 125.00 for our cat 320. Here is our other price's D4 dozer 60/hr Back hoe 60/hr dumb truck 75/hr D7H dozer 125-150hr D8K 200/hr 75 hp tractor with side mount 5foot bush hog 125/mile 140 cat motor grader 75/hr We do...
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    Quick-couplers w hydraulic lines

    What price range are the quick couplers with and without hydraulic hookups for larger machines like a cat 320?
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    Anyone try the brush cutters on there skid steers yet?

    Thanks for the info to us mowers, I haven't seen them yet and looks like there worth checking into. Yeagh the bush hogs don't do a great job like the mulching heads but the brush mower is only 7 grand where mulchers are 20 grand. For what I am going to do i just need to get the material on the...
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    Any info on a skidder pulling a pan?

    yeagh the weight problem crossed my mine also. I know you can feel the tires with water to help offset that some. What horsepower steiger are you running and what size pan is it pulling. Chris
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    Anyone try the brush cutters on there skid steers yet?

    I was looking at the mulching heads for skid steers and couldn't get over the investment it took to get in that business. Then I found the brush cutters that mount on the front of the skid steers. Does anyone have one and how well do u like it. Its not as grand as the mulching heads but the...
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    Any info on a skidder pulling a pan?

    I would like to hear any input on the idea of a skidder pulling a dirt pan. I was thinking of a 150 hp skidder should be able to pull a 10 yard pan without much strain or am i wrong? I was planning on using the skidder b/c for one there cheap horsepower and they can stand up to a forrestry...
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    Has everyone got enough work?

    we use the 8k's for doing the bulk of our forrestry work. Such as double offset ripping, roll chopping, pulling a savanah plow, v blading, forrestry plowing, ect. I use them every now and then to move dirt for road building but this year the D7H's have been doing it b/c the D8K's are so tied...
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    Updated website

    the site is great, love the pics
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    Has everyone got enough work?

    We are booked until the end of the year. Our two 8K's are running 7 days a week and will have to until december to get done. I wish it would rain a little we could use a break. Chris
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    A different kind of rental question

    do all turbo diesels have to go through a 2 minute cool down or just those on skid steers. Whats the result of not allowing a prober cool down. I have heard skid steer guys preach the cool down alot but not so much with other equipment.:beatsme Chris
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    Case left the Tracked Loader business? Never knew....

    Thanks Countryboy:D
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    Case left the Tracked Loader business? Never knew....

    I wonder why track loaders take such a beating when it comes to resale value. Its seems at auctions they dont hold there value as well compared to other equipment. Even cats sale on the cheap side Chris
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