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  1. Reuben

    Kobelco blade runner

    They do push very well. I am always impressed by how well they do push. BUUUUT I believe the blade gets in the way quite often. so with that said its really not worth it to have the blade, to me anyway.
  2. Reuben

    John Deere 750J

    I got a bad batch of fuel and had to change the fuel filters on my Deere 750J. I operated it for one day and it ran great but I noticed at the end of the day when I was letting it cool down the engine was fluctuating...of sorts. The RPM's weren't necessarily changing, it was just sort of "diesel...
  3. Reuben

    Dozer sweeps/limb risers

    Does anyone know where I can get Dozer sweeps for a JD 750J. The only place I can find on line is G.R. Manufacturing. Thanks in advance!!
  4. Reuben

    Need some help from Kentucky Members

    I haven't been on here in awhile and I desperately could use some help. After 15 very successfull years as Vice President and Operations Manager for our Family Business here in Pa I am going to be Transfering all of the shares to my brother and will be Relocating to the Bardstown Ky area. Kind...
  5. Reuben

    movie set in my town

    Still haven't seen it....has anyone else
  6. Reuben

    movie set in my town

    I have not seen it yet...my brother did though and said it was really good. Because he know the area he said it was neat to see how they filmed the train going both north and south on the railroad tracks here but in the movie it was only headin in the southern direction. He also said the...
  7. Reuben

    Pipeline Thread

    Hyner is only about 40 minutes away from my house.. I am located up SR 120 north west of Renovo. I might have to take a ride down ther and check that out...Keep me posted when the are going to be doing that incline......And ya based on the mountains here around my house,you need to be tied off...
  8. Reuben

    PA Gas Drilling

    they bought all those Kobleco ED150's and took the blade's off every one of them..WHAT THE @%#&...HA HA..Thats basically throwing away close to $30,000 for each machine and rumor has it they bought 27!!!!!..Guess they thought they were getting a 150/160 size machine....ya know what I am talkin...
  9. Reuben

    Hydro seeder

    We ended up buying a FINN T90...I did a lot of research and plain and simple they appear to be the best with the best support... Filled the tank up just to see how well it would spray and the canon probably sprays close to 150'. It has a four cylinder Kabota diesel enigine on it and that was a...
  10. Reuben

    Hydro seeder

    Not sure if I posted in the right place....We are buying a hydroseeder and decided on the Finn T75. IS that our best bet for brand? Does anyone esle recommend? pros? cons? etc?
  11. Reuben

    Digging Graves

    We dig graves at a local cemetary but it is more of a volunteer service then anything....we dig it for $125 bucks and they back fill it themselves. It takes about 15-20 minutes from the first scoop till the last scoop. But ya things are tight in the cemetary. I have had the care taker say " Not...
  12. Reuben

    FREE web sites check out mine

    BOY DO I WANT TO CALL YOU SOME BAD NAMES RIGHT NOW...:notworthy...THAT IS AWESOME!!!!! I am very jealous....I love planes and hope complete my hours and get PL soon.I will be the fourth generation pilot when i do. MY late grandfather had 7 j-3's at one time,among other planes. A guy I know here...
  13. Reuben

    Safe working angles?

    as long as it is an even plane (no bumps etc.) a have found that the machine will slide before it rolls. I have side hilled on some amazingly steep slopes and even when I feel I can side hill steeper it jut simply slides,some times i wished i had side grousers to helphold the machine on the hill
  14. Reuben

    Deere or Cat

    Both Case and linkbelt are made by a company called sumitomo...they are the same machine.
  15. Reuben

    stinky final drive oil

    I Have noticed the final drive on our one excavator we have had a smell just like natural gas. I actually shut the machine down once and started looking for a gas line I thought we may have struck. Turns out it is just the final drive on it.
  16. Reuben

    135 kobelco

    you got that right!!!!!!
  17. Reuben

    Dozer work per hour.........

    Our operators get billed out at $55(least amount we can charge and pay comp.insurance,etc, and still turn a profit)...They dont get paid that much of course. they get what ever RATE is for that particular job and if its not a RATE job they get paid in the low 20's. Maybe they may start work at...
  18. Reuben

    A general contractor's markup

    Who you getting to pave it,Wayne?GOH? send me a PM and I will go ever that with ya... being that you are only 20 minutes from me I will give you my advise, although we do mostly government work so I dont know how much it will actually help...
  19. Reuben

    Dozer work per hour.........

    we charge $150 with an operator for a JD 200D and $90-95 for a JD 550 H lt
  20. Reuben

    135 kobelco

    We run kobelco's and deere (aka hitachi with deere engine and yellow paint) The kobelco's will dig circles around the deere machines.But all machines have their pro's and con's.
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