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  1. stjo46

    Christmas is near

    For a unique gift for yourself or someone else I have a few of these (Severe Duty) buckets available for delivery befor Christmas. These are made from brass and copper, they are 6.5" from tip of point to the back of the lifting eye5" tall and 2,250". The base is slate, the one shown has a card...
  2. stjo46

    Book Ends

    I hope you enjoy these photos of a just completed project, these book ends are made from ameracan black walnut and are 7" talland 5.5" wide the bucket sets off from the wood 3/8". for infomation contact me at SteveJColby@yahoo.com
  3. stjo46

    Severe Duty Bucket

    All you have to do is contact me and you can have whatever style point on the bucket you like. Customers are always right. For that bucket you have to contact Butch Diggins at www.keystonediecast.com he is the one that owns it. Here is a bucket with a company's logo on it. Thank You
  4. stjo46

    Severe Duty Bucket

    I hope you all enjoy these photos of a S. D. bucket that I just completed, it stands 5" tall 6" from the point to the back and 2 1/4" wide, it weighs 1lb 12oz all from brass and copper.
  5. stjo46

    Undercarriage Rating...

    track service No the rep more than likely works on a salary, given the fact that he works for Deere how many 550H do you think he has seen in the course of the last year with around 1500 hrs on it. The rep should break down the bill for you, but here is what they are going to do, they get your...
  6. stjo46

    Undercarriage Rating...

    undercarriage info Back when I was a kid about 8 years old my father bought his first track press and I would go out with the men and do tracks, my little fingers could put the nuts on track bolts. I stayed with the track business till 1985 when a injury forced me to quit. I then sold...
  7. stjo46

    Undercarriage Rating...

    undercarriage Cat has people, parts and service reps. or product support specialists, customer service reps. other dealers have the same thing maybe a different name. These are tough jobs because nobody wants to hear that they need to replace something(send money). Weather its Deere, Komatsu...
  8. stjo46

    Old Cats and Adams Pull Graders

    Good Info This is all good information I don't know where you can find stuff like this. I guess this is what keeps me coming back to this site. If we are talking about the back end of a mule isn't that pres. Bush.
  9. stjo46

    Old Cats and Adams Pull Graders

    I would like to know where that unit is , I would like to walk around it and enjoy somebody ingenuity. That whats makes this site enjoyable pictures like that Thank You
  10. stjo46

    Buckets

    Bucket size The buckets are part of the 13 to 1 scale of the excavator weathervane that I make that measures, 40" long, 21" tall, and 4" over the tracks. This is a picture of them, I had to do some repair on two of these( bullet holes and damage) so I had a chance to do this picture. These are...
  11. stjo46

    Buckets

    Time It takes about 8 hours plus to make them, but it all depends on what material I'm using. On the extra heavy duty bucket in forming the back, its made from 0.064" material. I have to use a brake set up for the top three bends then a roller to form the rest then fit it all together, that's...
  12. stjo46

    Buckets

    I'll try again I hit the wrong key first time. This is the extra heavy duty bucket with a plate lip. The second one is the heavy duty. The third one is the medium duty bucket. They measure out at 5" tall By 5 7/8" from tip of point to the back and 2" wide. I have not figured the Cubic...
  13. stjo46

    Buckets

    I would like to show off three excavator buckets that I just completed. The first one is the extra heavy duty bucket.
  14. stjo46

    irish heavy operators the best

    That was fun I don't think I've enjoyed reading post on these forums as much as I did these
  15. stjo46

    Lets talk Komatsu.

    Who's right Having been involved with construction equipment all my life as a mechamic, then selling equipment I have formed a few opions about equipment 1, its dealer support 2, the finance package 3, equipment availablity These three points were brought home to me a few years ago by a...
  16. stjo46

    I need some expert help.

    your web ste I visted your web site and book marked it, you have alot of good infomation there, nice site.
  17. stjo46

    New member

    Thank You I appreciate that. Thank You steve colby
  18. stjo46

    New member

    time spent The base sculpture with minuman detail 100 hrs. then add another 200hrs to do the undercaciage detail. The additional detail of the hydraulic lines the thumb, hand rails,glass in the cab its all time. heres a picture of part of the track.
  19. stjo46

    New member

    Sculpture Pricing Hello; That unit is a Deere/Hitachi 450 class machine its a 13 to 1 scale, its owned by a private collector.To make sculpture to that degree of detail again it would be $ 7,000.00 If you have a interest please let me know. Take a look at my web site for some of my other...
  20. stjo46

    New member

    Shipping Cost When I shipped this one back to Massachusetts this past spring it cost me over $200. the sculpture was over 22lbs, total shipping weight was apx. 40lbs I hope this helps.
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