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    3176B Cat engine manual

    Good evening everybody, I got involved in the rebuilding of a 3176B 9CK engine in a 94 Freightliner. I was hoping somebody here would have an overhaul manual for this engine. I called Cat and the dealers in the area to seeif i could purchase a manual and I was completely surprised when they...
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    Boom Truck Training

    Hi guys & girls, Been here a few years, but now I have a question. I have been working for a crane company local to the Boston area. They are in need of a part time operator for their boom truck. Are there any training facilities located in the New England area that offers "hands on" training...
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    Masscon show

    Hey Cat320 it was nice to meet you today. Keep your chin up it is bound to get better.
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    Masscon show

    I will be in the intersection of Hancock & Spencer streets today and tomorrow doing a sewer repair. Then another on Wednesday & Thursday. Swing by. Look forward to meeting you. We will be there between 7:30 & 8 I will be in the Cat 420 backhoe marked A&V.
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    Masscon show

    Hi guys I have been gone for a while. I guess the Masscon show is Jan 22 & 23 this year at the convention center. On another note Cat320 I am working in Stoneham 1 block off Franklin Street doing a sewer repair.
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    call before you dig!!!! needs help lol...

    And I have never had a utility hit and I have been in business for 5 years now because I am a complete pain in the A$$ when it comes to locating other utilities. I pay way too much for insurances to use them
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    call before you dig!!!! needs help lol...

    Well for one thing I am a directional drilling contractor. That is most of my work. I am not one of the idiots that jumped on the fiber to the home band wagon. Those guys get about 5 or 6 bucks a foot. So they do the least they have to to get in & out. They don't have the luxury of caring...
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    Any 8LL help or tips?

    Just give it enough throttle to get her moving and shift. again, again....until she gets up some speed then you can increase the revs. It took me a while to learn coming from a 5 + 4 twin stick! But we all know real trucks have 2 sticks!!!!!
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    Tight spot

    No water! It is just a pit that is used to pull the overspray down in to an air handler / filter unit. Then it is exhausted out through the roof. On my way there now to help set up forms.
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    Slope Board Thread

    Never seen one around here.
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    Tight spot

    It would have been better with a mini. One of these days I'll get a "35" size machine. Thanks for the compliments guys!
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    Tight spot

    Ceilings were not quite 12 feet. The antenna on the cab is bent over.:eek: Pits were only 3 feet deep. They are a new type of downdraft spraybooth :confused: Not fun! Not only do I have to watch the overhead but I have to keep an eye of Jose' :Pointhead
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    Tight spot

    More of the tight spot.
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    Tight spot

    Digging for a pair of spray booths at an auto body shop.
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    Excavator pictures from work

    Thats nice & deep. I was on a crew about 3 years before I went out on my own and we were usually 21 to 24 feet deep doing sewer work with the PC400 LC3 that I now own. I juts set some drainage structures for a friend of mine that were 14 feet deep. I used my 400. He was going to try to do it...
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    Highway Department Truck

    I agree with cat320. Unfortunately most towns and the related people in the town hall don't think about the future. My vote is NO!
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    Cat IT24F

    Trade it and get a WA 250 Komatsu with a coupler!
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    Hydraulic Breaker In Granite

    Last year I ran into a run of granite in Taunton, MA. I rented a 160 JohnDeere with a hammer from united rentals. Needless to say the granite laughed at that! Good thing I rented it with the insurance!!!!!!!!!!Then I rented a 450 Hitachi with a 12000 lb hammer and I laughed at the granite. It...
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    Which One Would You Chose?

    I agree with Pipeguy 100%
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    Taking out Trees

    All finished & graded off, a little!
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