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    hydraulic license

    Mass is making major changes to the hydraulic laws. I received an email from public safety that as of June 1st 2014, all hydraulic license holders must attend some school for credits in order to keep the license, If not, license is not renewable, Secondly, that email did mention farmers and that...
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    Adding additives to 3406B

    I did this exact thing when owning a B model Cat back in the day,, Today, just a diesel compact farm tractor and new diesel generator set and all I use is Howes lubricant, although even in my old 350 detroits, cummins, and two cats, I used Howes in them too,, Howes at the time was the only fuel...
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    Truck Driver Hit Power Line, Should He Be Fired?

    a lot could be from not paying attention and many times this isn't really the case.. I owned and operated long haul for 18 years, One time in Detroit I backed down a long alleyway, took down an electric line between the buildings,, I honestly didn't see it when I looked first. Anyway, after...
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    Kubota M59 TLB

    evidently they made a change to 3pt hitch, On my L 48 it took a few minutes to change out and no special tools or tools period
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    Kubota M59 TLB

    sounds like you have a lemon or a dealer who hasn't a clue.,
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    Kubota M59 TLB

    yes it does, and comfortable too.,
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    Kubota M59 TLB

    I rented a 59 for a weekend,, It was much more powerful than my old L 48 which is the model the M59 replaced. Only thing I didn't like was the loader was jerky at times,, Nothing serious, just enough to know it wasn'ta 100% smooth. This is also a rental machine which had 600 hours on it, so the...
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    Things done at Work

    looks to me like someone was messing around with a parakeet some years back
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    Just another new guy

    Jack welcome. I believe your story is more "usual" here than one might believe. Anyway post away,,
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    Old Truckers

    your company was nicknamed "crayola" for the color and design on those cab over KW's they were running,
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    Sneak Preview.

    I forgot to mention that it could be a terex machine,
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    Sneak Preview.

    looks to me like a takuechi machine,, your retrofit? maybe logging or?
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    buying takeuchi which one need opinions?

    Croweater you have to consider where this guy lives,,, Idaho, where at minus 40 degrees cellsius they think about swimming outside.. Where I am the frost line is four feet down. I'm not sure in Idaho, but has to be a lot deeper than where I live...
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    who has the best hydraulic gooseneck trailer?

    There are a lot of them out there and most all are very reputable too,, Here in the New England area, and if you are interested in longevity of trailer, safety of the same, and just plain common sense, all the contractors, this is, the bigger ones, all buy and use Etnyre (sp).. They are bullet...
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    Where do you get your tires?

    here is something to consider about buying tires http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
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    Cheap backhoes

    The Jinma's are great, providing, you have good mechanical skills to keep them running and somewhere to obtain parts. As far as their hoe's, they're great too, for installing prize winning tulip patches and not much more,.
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    Burned trailer going down highway!!

    Not necessarily was he driving this from point A to point B. I've brought a few like this in myself. My father in law use to have a large dealership, IH truck, chrysler and Dodge, plus 13 heavy wreckers, A few times he called and asked me to run back to his shop trucks and trailers in a similar...
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    Question for you northeasterner's

    thanks a million for the link. I'll have the neighbor call this first thing in the morning
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    Question for you northeasterner's

    Thanks guys It is a small job for one,., I have called all the rentals and every single one has said they no longer deal with the smaller, trailer pumpers,, People were returning them not cleaned, or so all of them said,, Gee I know White, one of the salesmen at Tyler,, DIdn't realize they...
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    Question for you northeasterner's

    At my neighbor's we are doing styrofoam block addition. I haqte working with his engineer-general contractor,, Guy is beyond slow,,, A month long job has taken 7 months now and it is 15 % complete, OF course this guy shows only on Saturday and Sunday, working maybe 8 hrs between both days...
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