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    Bobcat MT55 Undercarriage

    It is time to replace tracks and undercarriage wear parts on our MT55. Anyone familiar with these machines knows all the rollers require frequent greasing. Anyone with employees knows this often is not done. My thought would be to modify the rollers to take a sealed bearing instead of the...
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    Avant/MultiOne/Giant/Cast, etc. mini wheel loaders

    Anyone have any opinions on any of these? We would be using it doing landscape work, ideally without doing much lawn damage. This would be a supplement to our Bobcat MT55 in this role. Not looking for anything huge, we have some larger machines already but primarily something maneuverable for...
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    Kubota SVL75-2 cab noise

    Machine was new with enclosed cab. Didn't seem to matter which gear, whine was the same. Sales guy knows this and travel speed are common complaints.
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    Kubota SVL75-2 cab noise

    Door up or down didn't seem to matter. Only time it changed much was by opening the rear portion of the side windows. Then it was much louder.
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    Kubota SVL75-2 cab noise

    Looking to upgrade our fleet so we demoed a new SVL75-2 this week. While there was a lot I liked about it, one issue I have with it is I feel that the noise level in the cab was quite loud. Much louder than Bobcat or Cat machines. Have any of you noticed this? Anyone with one of these try...
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    Need a new laser-Spectra G422?

    My local Cat dealer is a Spectra dealer. I cannot possibly say enough good things about their service and support on everything else we have dealt with them on so I would imagine lasers would be the same with them. I know quality costs money and all that, but the price tag is the hard part to...
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    Need a new laser-Spectra G422?

    I am in the market for a dual slope laser after the CST/Berger I bought last summer turned out to be a steaming pile of garbage. So far the recommendation I have gotten is for the Spectra G422N. Is it a good laser? Is there something better? My main use would be for building retaining walls...
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    Cat 305.5 vs Bobcat E55

    Came from Ziegler Cat's rental fleet. They maintain their rental fleet better than most companies I know of, so I wasnt afraid to buy a rental machine from them. Plus, the savings from new were significant. Now I just need things to dry up a bit around here so I can put it to work.
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    Production Rates

    I would completely agree to that. I did not bring that up for a couple reasons. In my experience, hourly rates seem to be very different from region to region. Maybe this is less true with dirt work, but certainly seems to be true in other aspects of my line of work. Rates for the personnel...
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    Production Rates

    This is roughly what I had guessed. I think I might have that book somewhere. I did not mean it to be that way, it was really just an overly general question. Production rates in terms of digging/yards of material able to be moved in a given time. See below for more detail. Hourly...
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    Production Rates

    Not sure if this is the right place for this or not. After adding a couple new pieces of equipment at the end of last year, I am trying to figure out how much they can do per hour for estimating purposes. Obviously it would be partly dependent on ground conditions, etc but just kind of looking...
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    Cat 305.5 vs Bobcat E55

    Got busy and forgot to update this, so here goes. We demoed both machines for a while late fall, trying to get both of them into a variety of different situations we would normally face-a challenge in itself in the late fall in Minnesota while racing against mother nature. Both dealers are...
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    Cat 305.5 vs Bobcat E55

    Looking at buying a mini soon, narrowed it down to these two. Looking for opinions from anyone with experience with either of these. Pricing is. So similar between them it's a nonissue, Cat has a better warranty and I suspect better parts availability since my Bobcat dealer is a small local...
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    Service Manual Trading Post

    Need a service manual for a Case 480F LL if anybody has one.
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