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    nose to nose

    Went and checked on a customer the other day that we were demoing a new D6T too. Evidently the new J series JD dozers have went to hydraulic winches and they have lost thier winching capacity by about 20k lbs. pressure reliefs come on at 90k. so that puts CAT in a good spot for roust about...
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    1999 komatsu d65px-12

    weak HSS pumps! thats what i hated about my dads older () mid to late 90s) komatsu 65s. they pushed like godzilla in a straight line but anytime u tried to turn they felt as weak as a lamb. plus it seemed like everyone i ever got on always had problems counter rotating in nuetral. it would...
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    Teaching the tricks of Grading

    CAT has been ready to go operatorless for sometime now, they have had a rigidframe truck in tinaja hills running for a many number of years with out an operator. real time kinematic GPS is going to take all of our jobs lol
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    Caterpillar D6KXL

    Wonderfull dozer!! I just finished building the Machine/ accugrade demonstration site for the new Warren CAT store in Tulsa with one. I cant believe i used to think a komatsu 41 was a good finish dozer lol. machine feels very balanced and easy to finish grade with. I got alot of feed back...
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    Electric Drive Tractors!!!

    The hi-track question is simple, it just costs more and people are not buying Cat equipment just cuzz it says CAT on it anymore. we have to be competitive and the higher production cost of a small to midsize dozer with a hi-track design is starting to put us in a bad spot as far as market...
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    140M Pics

    The 140M has 8 E.C.Ms so it does take a little while for everything to sink up. the 140ms being delivered now have been flashed to slow down the steering and reduce the degee of rotation of the wheels with every upshift. theres basically 8 different steering maps. I always tell customers to...
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    baked 24M anyone

    ouch!! I was hanging with a corporate CAT demonstrator the other day and he said he just got back from china wer he delivered 5 24M blades at one time.
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    Peters Family Trucking

    call yer local dealer and they will send out a PSSR (product support sales represenative) to you. CAT uses market segmentation so U should have a PSSR person covering your area. they will measure your undercariage for free and give u options for future purchases on undercarriages and G.E.T...
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    Peters Family Trucking

    Is that a 762 b?? my friend is having trouble with his transmission on his. he thinks it might be his transmission shift clock. he can only randomly use certain gears and and lock out the torque converter. very weird and noone can figure it out
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    who makes the BEST dozer

    Hey everyone! Nice looking forum with some interesting topics and users. U can prob guess what i do for a living by my username. Its a pretty interesting Job to say the least and yes i am partial to CAT even though my Dad only runs komatsu dozers. ( always a painfull subject to explain to my...
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