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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Not a thing higly agree boobies make the world a better place
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Anyone else besides me think truck shop should write a full fleged book about a career as a mechanic I would sit down and read that Besides if vtech tried to write a book after 2 pages it would turn into a book about why boobies are good
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    Topcon laser on bobcat grader

    LS did you get running yet I run a topcon system 5 with 2 recievers on a deere and levels best works pretty good we get close to 20,000 sq ft a day to within 1/4 inch with a guy that has about 8 months experience fine grading so that's a huge win.
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    That's a pretty penny any guesses I say 25 grand
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    V tech where does one find a temp agency with an LMM that can mechanic I think I need one of those cause I only have a OAH (one armed houlagan) as a mechanic cause I can't ever put the phone down when under something an LMM would be a massive improvement
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    So many Case threads. Either really popular, or unreliable?

    You just need to get used to it there is not much difference when you go pound for pound with a 308 or 85 against a 420 or 310 sl What is different is I can do everything with one machine and move across a job in no time with a backhoe Most backhoe operators can run an excavator decent enough...
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    Operators and Booze

    Alcohol has done a number on the family's older generations great grandpa killed grand ma and him self back in 48 he was a mean drinker according to my grandpa, he was the only one out of his 4 brothers that didn't drink or so it would appear I think he did just quit when he got married cause it...
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    1997 Cat 416C first time buyer advice

    416 c are probably one of the best cat backhoes ever made that said they do have there flaws such as the booms will crack up at the top about 10 inches back from the pin boss or the reinforcing inside the boom cracks and that's not really repairable It should have the updated swing cylinders at...
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    This whole thing cracks me up there are over 150 pages of insanity with no end in site but the story remains the same If the new ownership is not qualified then why should anyone they hire be qualified that would go against the culture that's been established What this really is an example...
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    JD 210 LE Cooiing Problems

    That's a clean enough machine for today's market mid twenty is a good price Grade tractors never get maintained at all I have drained some nasty stuff out of machines like that here in the southwest the summers do a number on colant and if those machines don't get flushed they build up all...
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Without a clear operational structure that company will never get better there maintenance operation is similar to a small mom and pop outfit fix it when it's broke A place like that needs 2 good wrenches in the shop and 2 really good field guys plus 2 lube guys for as spread out as they seem...
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    So basically everything they were going to promise you that won't be an issue has become an issue within 2 weeks Don't sign on to them boys they are not worth your piece if you hire out they will push you harder than now because you won't be independent anymore Charge accordingly and walk...
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    Tore up the 24" backhoe bucket on my CAT 430F. Appreciate suggestions on sourcing another.

    Cat makes a severe duty bucket in the same pattern there decent there are better options like were brau but prices may very I really don't like rippers and I don't pry rock mainly cause I make a lot of money hammering but the wear and tear on that bucket is the same on the rest of the machine...
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    Addiction in construction trades article, wondering how others see the accuracy of the article

    I think another part of the problem is trades used to recruit the best and brightest now those individuals go else where for the most part trades are left with a very few best and brightest and a whole lot of I need to get by in life people this is not helped by the fact that the millennial gen...
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    If you have been self employed for 30 plus years why on earth would you want to go back to a w2 employee and why would you want to be under the thumb of Alan Today you could walk away from that customer and do other things and it wouldn't affect your buissness the way shutting it down to go on...
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