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    D5H LGP Parts

    Mine is also LGP. Have you tried Spence in North Battleford (www.spenceequip.com) or Korpan Tractor in Saskatoon (www.korpan.com/)? They are both NOT Cat dealers but have been selling used Cat equipment and aftermarket and used parts for decades. I have bought equipment from Spence and parts...
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    D5H LGP Parts

    I have a series II D5H as well, and have similar interests. so, here's a bump
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    Improving trailer brakes

    Just a word of caution: Not likely a disc brake kit for a powered vehicle will have the right dimensions (axially) to fit a trailer axle. Radial clearance maybe, but not transverse. ALSO: if you were thinking of using these kits on a motor vehicle - you can't just rip a drum off and throw a...
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    Improving trailer brakes

    frank: both Kodiak and Dexter provide complete retrofit kits, but I have no idea if either will fit the Quality axles. I would stay away from Kodiak, but once you get past 8k, ALL of the calipers are sliders and will rattle to bits over not too much time. I have found that putting balancing...
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    Land Clearing Project

    Thanks. I got a killer deal on some teeth and adapters from my favourite non-Cat independent. They had sat on the shelf for decades, so it was just short of a giveawy (plus I got a spare set of teeth). That will take care of the tips (if the rocks don't destroy the teeth and/or adapters. I...
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    Land Clearing Project

    Metalman: Read your fabrication link, thanks for writing that all up. What material did you use for the tynes and how is it holding up from abrasive wear? What wall thickness in the 6x6? I am going to build one for my D5H, just hope it has enough weight and power to shove the rake...
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    Tie down D5H

    I usually work around WY, NE, OR, IO, UT and sometimes CA. Our Houston office does the Southern states these days.
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    Tie down D5H

    NOW you tell me! My business partner just came back from OK to our office in WY last week! (and he was driving 5500 Ram with deck!)
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    Tie down D5H

    bam: yes, the 1/2" stuff is a lot heavier, and you are right - a lot of buggering around, but it is needed to be legal and reality is even the legal minimum is only good for bouncing down the road, not bouncing off of other vehicles. I am old enough to be from a time when light loads...
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    Tie down D5H

    I will be using a trailer designed to haul heavy equipment (external frame rails, very deep). It does, indeed, have tiedowns rated to hold the required load. That is why I am using a doubled back 1/2" chain - as it takes two of the tiedowns I measured on that particular trailer to carry the...
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    Tie down D5H

    Using drawbar requires two runs of 1/2" chain EACH SIDE to meet required strength for 0.8 Gs (i.e. one chain each side doubled back to two different attach points on outer rail). I have not done the calculations, but if you think about the leverage that a 34" pad has to attachment points, and...
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    Tie down D5H

    called SK highways enforcement help line, got one story that I found to be nonsnes (four tiedowns minimum of 5k lbs. ea). and on your way. BUT: I did get told they use the NSC no. 10 standard - which I have now downloaded and read. 0.8 g longitudinally forward - that is 20k per chain @ 45...
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    Tie down D5H

    I have heard of the fifth (and six, etc.) chain used on excavators, but had never heard of it before on a blade that is attached. Interesting. What do you get for chain STRENGTH values? I don't WANT to tied down to the pads, but in the front, unless I had one on the A frame, I could not see...
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    Tie down D5H

    No, not worried about it blowing away in a winter storm. Posted this question inside of another post, but I realize now there is no reason for someone to go there to find the question. This is regarding my D5H LGP: I have to bring this new lawn ornament home, and I guess the first question...
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    Best jobs for D5H LGP

    I have to bring this new lawn ornament home, and I guess the first question for that is how best to tie it down to the trailer. I will use a rented single drop tandem beavertail (don't know if my rollback will lift 34k so will not take a chance until it is home in yard). Since I have a...
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    Best jobs for D5H LGP

    Was yours made in France or Japan? Which is the preferred?
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    Best jobs for D5H LGP

    I recently bought a D5H with 6 way blade to clear land, build roads, level pads, etc. on our little farm (raw land). I was going to grab a cheap piece with a few hours left, but decided I did not need another thing to fix when time is at a premium. So, stumbled across a 1995 D5H with cab...
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    clearing alder groves

    RZucker solution seems like job 1. I was going to doze the trees (mostly around 6" at trunk), but my worry was that I wouldn't kill the roots. A good drink of our favourite defoliant (fresh out of agent orange these days) should do just fine if I don't splash it around. Delmer: Not sure...
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    clearing alder groves

    New to the site, so don't know my way around yet. Hope this is the best place to post. I recently bought a D5H (1995) to take a piece of unbroken land from scruffy to workable. We will put shop and home there, most is covered by native grass but need to take some existing groves of alder...
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    D6r xl vpat blade question

    Why not just give Bateman a call? they are still in business: http://www.batemanmanufacturing.com/contact/index.html
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