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    Best way to cut for retaining wall

    You're technique sounds similar to what I do. I start making a one bucket wide swath about 3-6" deep depending on the soil. Then I run with the arms down and use one side of the bucket to widen my original swath by 12-18" at a pass. With a little luck the dirt seems to roll right into the...
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    853v753v1845c

    The 1845C is a great simple machine, if you have the chance pick one up. I have the smaller 1835C with the Continental diesel, it isn't great, it isn't horrible. If for some reason you come across a 1835C I would make sure of three things 1) Low hours. 2) Low price. 3) Modern quick...
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    Construction Stop Motion

    That is awesome! My two year old daughter and I watched it a few times.
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    Need advice on which skid steer to buy

    You might try asking in the Forestry Equipment forum. The only advice I have heard is to make sure the skid steer has the horsepower and flow to keep the brush hog or mulcher running at speed. I'd also think about the fact that those attachments are going to be loading your machine down to...
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    Boots

    Wesco Tool, Wesco http://www.westcoastshoe.com/wesco/ 52828 NW Shoe Factory Lane PO Box 607 Scappoose, OR 97056-0607 USA
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    Boots

    Wesco custom boots. Used to get the packers, but they don't make them with a safety toe. Now I wear jobmasters at work and John Henrys at all other hours of the day. They are great if you have strange feet, I had never had a pair of 12.5's that fit until I got a pair of custom boots since...
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    WTB Case 1150 dozer used final drive and or parts.

    Well, The 1150 that I used for my home pad a while back seems to have some serious final drive problems. We don't have it apart yet, but it looks like it will need at least a bull gear and pinion. If anyone has a line on good used parts or some new stuff with a good price please send me a PM...
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    610 Bobcat starting to blow up

    Depends http://www.wisconsinmotorscanada.ca/rebkitvh4d.html I would call up Murray at Wisconsin Motors Canada and get a price on a VHD4 rebuild kit (I think that is the engine you have). If it is less than a grand to get the kit, I would stop now and rebuild the engine. If it is more...
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    Backhoe for pool excavation?

    Matt, what type of soil are you working in? Matt, What type of soil are you working in? Doing the Fiberglass pools is a little easier than gunite or vinyl lined since you can be a little more sloppy with the excavation as long as you don't mind buying a little more sand. I think some of...
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    Need some ideas to troubleshoot a Case 1835C

    Got it fixed! Turned out to be something stupid. All the rocks and dirt that have fallen in the footwell over the past 100 hours jammed up the auxiliary hydraulic control valve. The added load from it trying to close the bucket stalled the engine since I had it at such low rpm, and kept me...
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    Need some ideas to troubleshoot a Case 1835C

    My craptastic 1987 Case 1835C let me down today. It has a continental TMD20 3 cyl 2.0L diesel engine. Since purchasing it last Novermber I rebuilt the engine (new pistons, rings, bearings, valves, valve guides, valve springs, oil pump, water pump, rebuilt injection pump and more). I have...
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    Lincoln Grease Guns made in China: quality?

    bkdlays... Check out this link
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    Burning Your Waste Oil In Your Engine???

    The waste oil company here mixes all used oil, then filters it and sells it as a low grade heating oil. It gets burned at asphalt plants and in other similar industrial operations. I don't think I would run it in my equipment. If you look around and can find a source for non PCB transformer...
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    construction/engineering companys in San Fran bay area

    http://www.sandis.net/company/offices.php Sandis... The are a small firm out of Oakland. Just another one to add to your list, my old roommate from Chico works there.
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    Anybody have>NEW Dodge 5500 /Sterling

    No dodge here, but I can tell you that I would not buy a coil sprung Ford 4wd F450 or F550. I drive an 05 F550 4X4 with a box and workshop inside, weighs about 14,900. GVW is 18,XXX. At work we have a fleet of these trucks, all of the 04's that have a leaf sprung front end. The leaf...
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    cat tail

    I don't get it. It may be useful for backyard work, like swimming pool excavation and other places where you may have a hard time getting a dump truck. The problem I see with it is that you would have to dump, then work the dirt again to get it into a dump truck. Might be neat if they made...
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    Scat Trak ?

    I don't know anything about scat trak loaders. That being said, I have a buddy who has a Gehl skid steer that is about 12 years old, he bought it for about 7k, used it for his project at his home, then had it disintegrate, the cost of paying someone to repair it exceeded what it was worth...
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    Degree in Construction Management

    Chico State has a good construction management program. That being said, in 4 or 5 years if you choose the college path be prepared to focus at whatever school you may attend. I have a buddy who graduated from Chico around 2001, and went to work for Granite which is a huge outfit here on the...
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    Some sorta backwoods machinery show. LOL.

    Woodland is just NW of Sacramento, home of the governator. The tractor museum is close to the freeway, and I'm not sure where the event will be held, but I imagine that it is close by. It will draw people and equipment from all over the central valley and the Bay Area, so it should be big...
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    Case 1845C Muffler Bolts

    Is it in a position that you can easily work on it? If not I would pull off the manifold. Next I would purchase a quality helical thread insert kit. You can get them from http://www.mcmaster.com/ Follow the ditections and drill out the fasitner to the size indicated, then tap the hole...
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