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    Merry Christmas to all

    Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas , and all the best for the New Year 2008 . Rob
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    Volvo G900 series

    Hello All , just thought I'd throw in my 3 cents as I just had the good fortune to spend a few days on a new Volvo demo unit ( I think it was a G940 or 970 ? ) . Apparantly , the mother ship bought a few for their eastern operations and was wondering why those of us out west seemed so...
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    Equipment Rental company ... starting one

    My best advice , for any business , is to write up a detailed and organized business plan , and stick to it . Lots of folks can get a loan , buy equipment and start a company. Some make it , some don't , but doing your financial homework before hand really helps in determining things that can...
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    Machine Comparisons

    This reminds me of a debate i got myself into over the net about American Trucking magazines , and how compared to European trucking magazines , where just filled with shiney chrome and advertisement . The European mags really do put the trucks up to the same everything and measure everything ...
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    Bad day for a young man

    Well , from the look of the pictures , my guess would be that he was unloading his trailer , had the box probably half way up and it snapped in two . You can see that the cylinder was mostly out and the tailgate was unlatched . Sometime , just before the load actually started to slide out , it...
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    Chinese pictures

    :drinkup :notworthy Thanks for the photos CM1995 , and i hope you get all caught up on your sleep . Wow , 25 hours to get there . That must of been some trip . I've read a little about The Taipei 101 . It had something to do with the elevators that were pushing all kinds of boundries for...
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    Now I know why front wheels tilt, what about this?

    Practice and time and patience is all it takes . For doing certain jobs, say laying out material for a road in a new subdivision , I spend just as much time reversing as I do going forward . In many cases , I can't back out without articulating around water valves or manholes ... or TRUCKS ...
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    Now I know why front wheels tilt, what about this?

    Well ....... I tend to think ,there is a danger zone around the machine , especially as they can articulate or crab around objects . In this accident , it was the result of the operator not really paying attention to as where his front wheels were going to be , as well as the labouer ( a very...
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    Dumb accident

    Thanks for the thread and picture posting HeyUvaVT . :drinkup :notworthy . I really don't have anything new to add to this except to say that I too think if the guy chaining up the machine even [I]thought[I] it was a unsafe load , then he should've put the brakes on this endeavor in the...
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    Now I know why front wheels tilt, what about this?

    As mentioned above , :notworthy there are many reasons and plenty of times articulation comes in handy . I've never had the chance to run a grader that didn't have it ( I think they were called straight frames ?? ) , but I would imagine it would be a very fustrating thing in a hurry . Especially...
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    Thought yall might like these BIG ONES

    Wow , great photo indeed . Is that one of those Terex trucks ? Like the one parked near Sparwood BC ? Thanks again everyone for all the great pictures .:notworthy About the blue Grader . I'm not sure if I like it or not , but I just can't stop looking at it . Weird ...
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    I'm New Too, From NB, Canada

    Welcome there BW . Always great to have another machinehead on board . :drinkup :D
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    New Kubota

    Congratulations on the new machine , NoBull1 . :scool , and thanks for the great photos . Looks like things are turning nice and green there . Also , you put together a really nice website and i sure wish you were closer so as I could try some of your beef and chicken . I hate buying from the...
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    Mining Gear Pics

    I've heard the same , but don't really know . I'm pretty sure cell phones are a big no-no too . We have a few members here who work on the Sands . Care to comment ? I DO know that if you are up in Fort Mac doing any environmental samplings or studies , you are required to sign many...
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    Educate me about mining

    Although my mining experience is somewhat limited ( one in particular is a long and funny story ) I believe that most mines ( well , open pit mines ) operate somewhat the same . One of the largest mining projects in my neck of the woods is the mining for oil in the ' tar sands ' . Basically ...
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    How Not To Use Heavy Equipment......

    YIKES :dizzy :eek: Thanks for posting those . Reminds me of that saying about how common sense really isn't so common .
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    Chinese pictures

    CM1995 , thank you for the facinating photos ,and I look forward to seeing your next batch . Out of curiosity , are you attending trade shows in China selling a product , or visiting for pleasure ? I have recently become very aware at how the ' sleeping giant is awakening ' , and have...
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    Steering

    What I would do is operate the steering with my left foot and keep my right foot for the deaccelerator . Cheers , Rob
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    Thought yall might like these BIG ONES

    When I first saw the pictures I too thought it odd that they left the guarding on the cab . Maybe this dredging-on-the-barge thing is for a short time so they thought to just leave it on :beatsme . Then I started to think that maybe its some kind of sun protection , as working on the water...
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    CASE Dancing Diggers in England!!

    Thanks for the photos Mr. Drew . Always nice to see some equipment in action .:notworthy
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