• Thank you for visiting HeavyEquipmentForums.com! Our objective is to provide industry professionals a place to gather to exchange questions, answers and ideas. We welcome you to register using the "Register" icon at the top of the page. We'd appreciate any help you can offer in spreading the word of our new site. The more members that join, the bigger resource for all to enjoy. Thank you!

Search results

  1. E

    Setting up a web site page?

    second Wix
  2. E

    Building new shop need some info

    Joeyslushr…….ditto on the pex in the concrete - I'm in the process of putting radiant heat in a shop I'm building for myself with 10" floors and 35 ton overhead crane - I'm pouring the floor in smallish, well reinforced sections and leaving a full construction joint between sections with an...
  3. E

    Back in town

    a resilience and toughness to be admired ron - the very best wishes for you on christmas day 2014
  4. E

    Acceptable?

    being under the influence of weed (or alcohol) whilst in the act of inspection or operation of anything approaches criminal behavior in my view……on the basis of someone getting hurt due to said pot smoker spacing out and committing a critical error or oversight
  5. E

    Here's what a 14000.00 dozer can do for you guys on a budget....

    nothing but healthy and constructive discussion in this thread as far as I can tell - best aspect of this site is the civility and expert support - best site I've seen in that regard........by far
  6. E

    Home Audio Question

    excellent solution kanewolf steve, did you get the roku box? - I've got one hooked up to a tv for streaming movie channels with a coax cable - I just looked at the back and saw it had the component jacks as well (red, white , yellow) - did you connect the box to your stereo this way? - decent...
  7. E

    Forklifts and their ratings. tricky lifting.... Nissan F05, anyone have one?

    the reason I ask particulars is I've had to rig just about every conceivable awkward load, not so hard at the shop with a 35 ton crane, but out on site with whatever ya got, another story completely - on a low trailer…..step deck or something and I wasn't in the mood to take a chance on tipping...
  8. E

    Forklifts and their ratings. tricky lifting.... Nissan F05, anyone have one?

    what is the height (4'?) of the trailer?, flat bed or box?, rough dimensions of machine to be moved? - a good rigger will always find a way, some best unsaid.....chuckle.......but this isn't too hard to do safely with what you have
  9. E

    Home Audio Question

    steve, bluetooth is gonna have difficulty with interference at the ranges and configurations of a typical house, and because its digital it wouldn't fade in and out, it'd be on and off, on and off - could get irritating and spoil the mood I use satellite for NPR and such but mostly Rhapsody...
  10. E

    clark 290M

    old girl sold for 5k - I guess she'll end up as fenders on a 2014 toyota
  11. E

    Question for the Field Mechanics

    STEVE, been there………a day like today at 10 degrees, forget about it - is your compressor in a building or on a service truck? - I use rotary screw and vane compressors that have integral water separators which get a lot of it, the receiver next which gets a lot more, then air dryers that will...
  12. E

    Good Hydraulic Fluids

    hey (as in greetings) NIGE - my local deere dealer sold me a drum of hitachi 46hn cheap as it seems most guys prefer pallets of 5 gal buckets (scratch head, balls) for my ex220-3 - after reading your caution on zinc in filters (who knew), would it be reasonable to assume hitachi branded filters...
  13. E

    clark 290M

    a potential stocking stuffer for the earthmoving enthusiast or those uncertain what to get the kids for xmas - seriously though, there's deals to be had at this auction co. cause it's a little outta the way and sells everything from construction/ farm stuff to lawnmowers, I don't think you get...
  14. E

    Kinked Tracks

    thanks fer the link NIGE, I look forward to gettin' a look at it - I quess we share english blood and iffy sense of humor - right now I've only got time for this quick hitter, to be played with sound up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s
  15. E

    Kinked Tracks

    had that on an '98 ex220 - had 4600 hrs when I got it, but the chain was newish and the machine sat some - 4 places on one side - I could straighten 'em out by setting the kink down on a high spot on hard ground between rollers, but they'd go back to kinked after comin' up around sprocket or...
  16. E

    Video where Indonesian Takes Cat Down Mountainside Pioneering Road?

    amazon instant video has "superstructures of the world: grassburg mine" - it costs $1.99 to stream
  17. E

    bingham canyon casualties

    anyone know how much equipment was lost in the bingham canyon slide? - saw pictures of several 793'S (?) piled up and some covered and what looks like a shovel boom sticking out of the rubble - no human casualties although the visitor center got scruubbed off the wall
  18. E

    Help with father

    my old man was complicated, a very intelligent but manic depressive alcoholic who was disowned by his own father when his mother died giving birth to him - he only drank on occasional binges, but when he did he hit it so hard we were terrified he'd end up dead and he came darn close on numerous...
  19. E

    pics as requested

    guess you've "been there" pixie, eh? - I believe we've got 2 types of soil here...........big rocks and small rocks up the hill from where we are
  20. E

    pics as requested

    an example of the power of sharing, thanks again more pics from my "can only afford to do it myself newb with the help of HEF project" - I went on ad nauseum in my new member post in appreciation and respect to you guys, so I'll leave it at that - woulda been a lot harder without this knowledge...
Top