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  1. Pettiboner

    Yanmar 4TNV88 rebuild

    Hey all! My Yanmar 4TNV88 needs rebuilding at 10,300 hours. I have never rebuilt a diesel engine but have done a few gassers successfully a few decades ago. Rebuild kits on Amazon are dirt cheap so I am tempted to dig into it. How difficult is sleeve replacement on this engine? Anyone familiar...
  2. Pettiboner

    Learning "GREY MARKET" the hard way.

    PART 1 The Grey Market truth. So, a few years back I posted a question about the value of actually importing some grey machines from China for selling here in Canada to make profit enough to net a free machine for myself. I got some very good advice on here telling me this was a very bad idea...
  3. Pettiboner

    Is importing a used PC 60 from Shanghai worth the effort?

    2009, pc60, 3200hrs, $16,500 usd plus $1,950 usd shipping to Vancouver BC. What am I missing? This seems too good to be true. Thoughts? Anyone have experience doing this?
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    Go Pettibone

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    Over my head!

    Hi All, I bought an old Pettibone articulated loader, backhoe. This thing is heavy duty!! Nobody around here, BC Canada, has ever heard of or seen one or seems to know anything about it. I just love this old iron though. 453 detroit, allison powershift trans, 4wd, articulated, runs like a...
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