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  1. Knucklehead

    D-9 l

    Nope don't touch anything and it will turn sideways on the hill!!!! And since most of our steering is done with the blade(backing up to) it can make for some interesting moments!!
  2. Knucklehead

    D-9 l

    I have some questions about these dozers. This is the first job( coal mine) that I have ever run a tractor of this size. I will ive you a little background first. These are obviously old machines (one is showing around 82k on the clock), and we handle a lot of material, in the neighborhood of...
  3. Knucklehead

    New Dozer for my Birthday

    Pull the side covers off and crank it over while squirting some oil on the pistons. You wouldn't want to scar a piston or liner! Good luck, we have a HD-19!!!!
  4. Knucklehead

    977L oil problems

    Right or wrong, at the mine I work at, we are running sae30w in everything but the fuel tank!!!
  5. Knucklehead

    Wanted: Angle Blade for D6C 10K

    There is another place that is on route 3 north of Chester Il, but I can't think of the name of it. Well it turns out it is Chartrand as well.
  6. Knucklehead

    Job!!!

    The coal co that I am working for has posted a dozer operator job opening. American Coal Co 9085 State Rte. 34 N, Galatia, IL 62935-2344, United States (618)268-6317, (618)268-6579 fax, We are running old "L" cats with lots of hours on them!!! If you want any more info let...
  7. Knucklehead

    John Deere 160 LC broken Bolts

    I have seen the same thing done with broken bolts on bottom rollers, and they are usually pretty tough to get out.
  8. Knucklehead

    World's Toughest Excavator?

    I was running it on a job across the river from St. Louis,and the president of the company showed up. After I unloaded on him about how big of a POS that thing was, I asked him if it would be wrong to use it to dig its own grave!!!:D
  9. Knucklehead

    World's Toughest Excavator?

    I don't have any pictures of it, But a company that I worked for had a Samsung, I wanna say a 280(?) that was hit by a Amtrak. It broke the counter weight in two.Also broke all the motor mounts, and the list goes on. Operator literally pooped in his pants, but walked away without a scratch. They...
  10. Knucklehead

    I need some help/advice

    I guess I should have added that, that is how I am doing it. The problem being there is 3 of us that do this for 23 hours a day. I am the one that gets the hour break. I usually have enough time between trucks at the start of my shift that I can work enough down the pile to get me through the 4...
  11. Knucklehead

    I need some help/advice

    I recently got a job working at a prep plant for a coal mine , as a dozer operator.I haven't been around any of the bigger Cat dozer's in years, I was pretty young when I was around them. Anyhow, they put on a old 9L that has 35,231(when I got off this morning) hours on it.I am pushing clean...
  12. Knucklehead

    What do you get to look at at work !!

    Well I am not 100% sure what I will be looking at ,but it is going to change. I took a test for a dozer job on Thurs. and they called me on Fri. So what that means is that I am moving up in the world(literally). I Get out of that 500' hole and get to see the sun shine again:cool2. They are...
  13. Knucklehead

    Slicky Slide

    Another option is if you have a large dump trucking company in your area, you may ask them if they have a piece out of one of their old trailers. A company that I worked for always had some half pieces laying around out of their dump trailers. The back half would wear out long before the front...
  14. Knucklehead

    prepass

    I took mine off the window, if the scale was closed, i stuck it under my leg that way I was never there. If they were open i usually used it, but I was ALWAYS legal!!!!:D
  15. Knucklehead

    Tower Crane drivers in Charlotte NC

    I have ZERO experience on a crane. I have done a few minor riggings on some crane projects, and I know my basic hand signals. However, I used to work for a Rail road contractor and we used excavators to do a lot of lifting. We once had 11 of us, all 330 up to 400 machines setting a switch with...
  16. Knucklehead

    Volvo engine oil drain plug

    Let me paint the picture for you, I was working for a trucking company that had 1 guy that all he did was change oil and grease the trucks. I am pretty sure this guy was a lot afraid of the shower, since he usually didn't take one for several days at a time. Any how, he is servicing a early...
  17. Knucklehead

    Vertical Upwelds

    My godfather is a "retired" welder. In reality he still does it everyday. When he was teaching me, to get his point across, he would come in behind me and actually "hold" my hand and help me through it. This method really helped me. He could show me what happens when you change your angle...
  18. Knucklehead

    how do you recover a dragline?

    That is a great set of pics. I would have never thought to use a continuous miner to do the digging. It does make sense though, since they are R/C.
  19. Knucklehead

    Rebuild Pics

    Did we have coolant leak!!!!!!!
  20. Knucklehead

    Pictures of your Backhoe!!!!!

    Hey chevyman, I am also in WF
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