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  1. handtpipeline

    Komatsu PC200-8 hydraulic issues

    Back in december, we had a really cold spell for us. Cold enough that my fuel gelled in my 200 when i was trying to bust ice in ponds. The next week, after it warmed some, still below freezing but above 0 degrees, got it running, and let it warm up a while. Hydraulic temp gauge got up around...
  2. handtpipeline

    580 SM Boom to dipper pin nut torque specification

    On our 580 Super M, the large nut on the end of the pin where the dipper (stick) pins to the boom backed off while I was backfilling some ditch saturday. How tight should it be tightened. I've heard of over-tightening breaking the cast boom. What about some locktite on it? When we bought the...
  3. handtpipeline

    Champion 720A transmission shifter

    We have a Champion 720A that I've posted about here before. It has had an intermittant shifting problem for probably 15 years that I know of. I know the previous owner had a dealer work on it, when he first bought it, the digital readout worked. I know this for a fact because I went and...
  4. handtpipeline

    couple of videos with quite a few of my old work pics...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rH0HPy5jWE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNLzD3ychXc
  5. handtpipeline

    Mixing gyp-dirt

    Ok, my background is in pipeline/utility line work. Over the years, we have also moved a fair amount of dirt. Built ponds, put in roads for sub divisions, house and building pads, etc... Right now, we are working on a dam for a city resevoir (lake, I know I didn't spell that right...)...
  6. handtpipeline

    Case 125b Deutz engine problems

    I have a 1989 or 90 model Case 125b that we bought practically new. It had less that 200 hours as a rental machine when we bought it. It now has about 4200 hours on it, and I'm having some problems... In about 2002, the turbo went out on it, so I put a new turbo on, then a couple of weeks...
  7. handtpipeline

    Advice on purchase of a loader for loading sand in dumptrucks

    We are in the process of starting in a new venture. We have the opportunity to start a sand plant type of operation. My background is mainly in pipeline, utilities, and general excavation. We have a dirt pit we started about a year ago also. In the dirt pit, we just use an excavator to...
  8. handtpipeline

    Alternative to open trenching or pipe bursting for sewer main replacement?

    Ok, here's the deal. We bid on this job I'm doing now, and at first there was about 2,000' of 8" water, and about 1,000 feet of 8" sewer. A while later, we got a call from the general contractor on it, that they needed a price on replacing an 8" clay sewer line with 10" DIP (Ductile Iron Pipe)...
  9. handtpipeline

    Cat D19-750 dozer???

    I had a load of pipe delivered today, and got to talking to the truck driver. He said he'd done heavy haul for a number of years (said he's retiring next month after 41 years of driving), and was telling me about some of the loads he had hauled. Anyway, he said he moved part of a huge Cat...
  10. handtpipeline

    Slow 450 Hitachi

    What would make a 450 Hitachi (think it's a mid 90's model, but not sure) be REALLY slow? All functions are slow, and it seems weak. I havn't ran it, but the guys that are using it said one track will pull, but the other one won't unless you pull the lever to boom up just a little, even then...
  11. handtpipeline

    pickup pulled out in front of our dumptruck

    A pickup pulled out in front of our dumptruck yesterday morning. He tried to miss her, but there just wasn't anywhere for him to go. She's lucky he just clipped her, instead of being t-boned straight on. She went to the hospital in an ambulance, I don't think it was anything severe though...
  12. handtpipeline

    How about some old pipeline pics...

    Here's some old pipeline pics some may enjoy.
  13. handtpipeline

    Excavators I've operated over the years

    Just thought I'd post some pics of the excavators I've operated over the years. First, a 451 Bantam. That's me standing on the track, when I was a little kid. I operated it later. The pic was probably from about 1975 or so. I sold it in 1993. Second is a 266 Bantam. Bought new in...
  14. handtpipeline

    just a little demo job i started today

    This is a little demo job I started today. I don't do many demo's anymore (the last one was a year ago November)
  15. handtpipeline

    Re-grading gravel lot with swales

    Question for the pro's... I'm working on a good sized gravel lot. (yard for local tank truck company). We were told it's about 7 acres, but looks closer to 5. Their shop/office sits about 3/4 of the way back, about in the middle left to right. Behind the shop, it's a simple matter of...
  16. handtpipeline

    Chrome shop mafia backhoe

    The muffler has been rotted out on my 580 Super L for quite a while. we fabbed this up today, it's straight piped now, with 2 1/2" pipe from the turbo, up thru the cowling, sticking about 2 feet up. Then we welded a piece of 5" stack to the cowling over it. Sounds pretty good actually...
  17. handtpipeline

    Stolen 580 Super K

    I had a Case 580 Super K stolen off the jobsite in Sand Springs Oklahoma sometime between 4:30 Friday afternoon and 3:30 Saturday afternoon. (8/14/09-8/15/09) All implements on ground, dash locked with padlock, and manual kill lever on injection pump wired in kill position. They drove it off...
  18. handtpipeline

    Champion 720A

    I have the chance to purchase a Champion 720A. The serial number is 720A-187-624-19502-89. I was told that this is a 1989 model, does that sound right? I've ran this machine some over the last 10 years, and in fact hauled it in when the current owner bought it from the previous owner who...
  19. handtpipeline

    retired Oklahoma bullhauler

    I just felt the need to set the record straight on what a real Oklahoma bull wagon looks like. That was my haul trucks previous job, and here it is about 6 months after I bought it.
  20. handtpipeline

    Komatsu Grader

    Does anyone know anything about Komatsu graders? I'm getting ready to rent one, and have never operated or been around one before. I've ran Cat, Galion and Champion before, but never Komatsu. And was just wondering if there's anything in particular to watch for with them. Thanks
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