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Who's Run the Largest Equipment?

D10R

Member
Joined
Jun 27, 2005
Messages
19
Location
Hudson Fl
Occupation
groundskeeper
So far, for me the biggest I've run was a Cat 930 loader in a salvage yard. pretty fun to pick up cars and just move em around all day. wish I could do that again, its entertaining to know you can be as rough as you want and not get in trouble for moving a parked car. lol
 

qball

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Joined
Dec 30, 2007
Messages
1,072
Location
il
Occupation
local 150 operator
this is a neat old thread and i thought i would revive it.
manitowoc 4100 series II tower.
komatsu pc-650
hitatchi 550
cat d-9
cat-983
cat 988-f
so many cat 980's that they are like a bobcat to me now
cat 627
cat 140-h
a big honkin fmc diesel tower crane i oiled on and got some butt time in.

it is funny that i started on a 953 loader but a 973 seems like a bobcat now after being on so many tight sites with them. same with a d-8.
 

cummins05

Senior Member
Joined
Jan 3, 2009
Messages
430
Location
Edmonton
couple 1200 hoes. A D11R 16g grader wana try a 24h. took a spin on a WA800
put alot of hours in on 988s and Wa600s

Alberta has to be about the only place you will be asked some day to finish with a D9 lol
 

Corona Kid

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Joined
Sep 2, 2009
Messages
12
Location
Henderson, Nevada
I Have moved Several T-38 Jets For The Korean Air Force 26' Wide, 9,000 Lbs, No Drag Load, I Would Down Load Some Pictures But I Haven't Figured That One Out Yet :drinkup
 

blowerman

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Joined
Feb 11, 2009
Messages
100
Location
wisconsin
Back Hoe- Kobelco SK400
Biggest Dozer Old D8 pushing piles of fill
Favorite- D5G finish grading berms.
 

dynahoescott

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Joined
Feb 19, 2009
Messages
154
Location
new jersey
:drinkup:drinkup7400 link belt hoe with a 6 yard bucket, laying 60 inch RCP 20 foot sections 23 feet deep down the middle of a city street in jersey city/ bayonne, 2 boxes not stacked and digging under and over the power lines with that 12v71 detroit screaming. TOUGH JOB
 

Buckethead

Senior Member
Joined
Apr 4, 2007
Messages
1,055
Location
Waterfront
Occupation
Operator
Dozers- Cat D9L, D9G, D9H
Pans- Cat 637, Terex TS-24
Trackhoes- Cat 245, 375, Koehring 1166, B-E 350H
 
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barklee

Senior Member
Joined
Aug 4, 2009
Messages
903
Location
ohio
Biggest dirt equipment: Cat 350 excavator
Biggest boom lift: JLG 135'
Biggest crane: 70 or 90t Grove Rt with 150 or so feet of boom cant remember, too busy pooping my pants!
Swing stage on train tracks down the side of the wedge atop the ALU insurance building in Indy 595' up. Far left in pic. Suppose thats not a big machine, but its all part of the building
 

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Panhandler Bob

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Jan 16, 2009
Messages
123
Location
Western Pa.
Occupation
operator
Hoe: 385 Cat Dozer: D-10 Pan: 637D Loader: 988F Trackloader:973 Grader:16G Compactor:825 Roller:563 Artic truck:A-40 Ridgid truck:773 Farm tractor:CaseIH 7220 :drinkup Bob aka ZZ
 

alco

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Joined
Apr 7, 2006
Messages
1,286
Location
here
I really don't think mine should count since I work in a mine. Hoe: EX2500, Cable shovel: Bucyrus 495HF, Truck: 797B, Dozer: D11T, Grader: 24M, Hydraulic shovel: RH400. So like I said, it's not fair to the others to compete is this one.
 

EGS

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Joined
Jul 27, 2009
Messages
577
Location
Southern Wisconsin
Occupation
Local 139 operator
I really don't think mine should count since I work in a mine. Hoe: EX2500, Cable shovel: Bucyrus 495HF, Truck: 797B, Dozer: D11T, Grader: 24M, Hydraulic shovel: RH400. So like I said, it's not fair to the others to compete is this one.

I think that you win!:D
 

stumpjumper83

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Joined
Jan 13, 2007
Messages
1,974
Location
Port Allegany, pa
Occupation
Movin dirt
If dump trucks, haul trucks, and artics count, So do trains

Both machines just move stuff from place to place.

Biggest for me is a d8r or a terex ts14G
 
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