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    Looking HARD at purchasing a 100T portable track pin press......anybody use one and have thoughts??

    Wasn't being critical of anyone, just explaining how things have changed in my portion of the world. Sorry if it came across wrong.
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    Looking HARD at purchasing a 100T portable track pin press......anybody use one and have thoughts??

    I've pressed many pins out over the years, not to save the 50-250 dollar pin, but to save the three weeks downtime while waiting for new pin to show up, and now with covid 19 a part of new lives, more like the six months waiting for the parts to show up might be closer to the reality of it, not...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    Don't think any of us are ever paid enough for what we do on most days. I make the comment all the time," I don't ever remember anything I do being an option at career day when I was in school". When you went around to all the different booths to look at all the different jobs people did and...
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    Looking HARD at purchasing a 100T portable track pin press......anybody use one and have thoughts??

    Gas lance is what many refer to them as. The portable pin press also works great as a portable press for anything else, we made a plate adapter for the end, so we can press bearings off of shafts in the field as well once the shaft is off whatever it is on. It was a bear to handle, but...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    It wasn't the last incident we had over the years involving pressure and pent up energy in tile lines or anything associated with tile lines. All ag drain tile is a non pressurize product, meaning its not designed to carry or handle pressure, yet once a line is plugged, it will indeed have...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    Think that is bad, an area farmer was building a manure pit, complete concrete structure fitted with rebar, through some government program at the time, the plans had to be approved before construction and those plans were drawn up via the government, inspected all the way through construction...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    Safe frost depth here is considered 4 foot, but a few years ago the frost went down in area's over 9 feet deep when we had frigid weather and no snow cover that year................and everyone's everything froze solid and either burst or were sheered off, not a thing anyone wants to have a...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    Quite a few years ago, [20 ish or so] we had to do a repair on a plugged terrace main, turned out it was a 8 inch main, no big deal, dug the hole large enough in diameter nobody would get hurt when the sides sloughed off and deep enough to get to the line, pretty standard and straight forward...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    The case manual coupler does work good in cold weather, I've had to use customers backhoes a few times before, the trick is to beat the frozen material off the back of the bucket to get access to the pin, hammer that out and then shake the bucket enough to get it to drop off, then chisel off the...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    Tugger, what material did you make the buckets out of, mild steel or something a lot tougher and for backhoe buckets, what thickness did most get build out of? The pin grabbers will reduce the breakout force somewhat, and this is just my opinion, breakout force is a measurement sales people use...
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    backhoe bucket quick attach

    I can't seem to find the thread that had this conversation in before so I'll ask again with it specifically listed in the title. Sorry for asking this question again, but I finally bought a used backhoe and now wanting to buy or might end up building a quick attach for the bucket on the hoe...
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    12/24 volt battery chargers

    The smart chargers as they call them, won't even attempt to charge a stone dead battery from my experience, the other issue I've had with them is, they stop to sense the charge of the battery, which can take a few seconds, few minutes or far longer depending on the charger, so if you go from...
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    12/24 volt battery chargers

    Not sure how many batteries we have on machines at any one time, but I buy [I think its group 31] new group 31 semi batteries in either 10 or 20 at a time or about 40 per year it seems, because they only last about five or six years it seems. I've pretty much switched everything over to those...
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    12/24 volt battery chargers

    Looking at new battery chargers, been asking a lot of questions and it seems the consensus so far locally is, any new battery charger for an equipment battery nobody likes, these smart chargers [which I've used and can't seem to be fixed so you throw them away] is what is out there to be had...
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    Looking HARD at purchasing a 100T portable track pin press......anybody use one and have thoughts??

    I've got one just like H621, had it for years, the older I get the better I like it, had to reseal the cylinders this past summer, have two pumps for it, an electric and an air operated pump, both came with the press I bought used many years ago. I also have an assortment of hydraulic gear...
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    Stump Grinder

    Every area is different and you have to have a machine that fits your area, in my area, nobody has fences in their backyards, and not many care so much about the lawn as long as it doesn't cost a fortune to grind the stumps. It also depends on what kind of tree's are in your area and what size...
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    peterbilt 359 hood and fenders

    Right now we've rounded up all the parts but the hood, I'm not wanting any more parts trucks or machines sitting around at this time, but thanks anyhow for the info. We're currently got too many "projects" sitting waiting to be worked on as it is. Surprising I've found a few descent...
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    Dangers of welding wheels.

    Learned something new, thanks skyking
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    peterbilt 359 hood and fenders

    Still finding parts for this truck, does anyone know the major difference between the different years as for hoods fitting, peterbilt is telling me there are serial number breaks and without a serial number the hoods might not interchange, I know there is difference in lengths, my hood is 60...
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    Falling Scrap Iron prices

    In my area it has more to do with monopolies than it does distance to the foundry, certain companies own all the scrap yards in x number of miles so there is no competition, once you get to an area yards are competing for scrap business, the prices go up considerably, but its not economical to...
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