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Recent content by 45LMSWM

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    W.H.Cohen And Son Inc. ?

    Cohen and Sons is a used truck parts dealer in the Philadelphia area. They most likely rebuilt the differential at some point. Heating the race with a torch will get it to fall ff as well. Just keep the heat on the race, not on the shaft. -John
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    Transporting tubo equipped machines

    I work for a Caterpillar dealer in NJ. All new machines delivered by Keen Transport and their subcontractors are supposed to have the exhaust stacks taped off or we are not supposed to accept delivery of the machines. In the 13 years I have been there, I cannot recall a single instance where...
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    too wide?

    I drive a lowboy for the local Caterpillar dealer. In my experience, every D3, D4, & D5 XL low track can be brought down under 8'6" if you load it "catty-cornered" on the trailer(spelling on that is probably wrong), meaning you put the back of the right side track on the edge of the trailer and...
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    steer trailer

    This type of trailer is absolutely legal here in New Jersey, and elsewhere in the U.S. Maybe not specifically in your state, that I don't know. There are tons of companies running auto-steering HSPTs and I have seen more than a few Aspen and other makes of steerable trailers for moving wind mill...
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