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Recent content by blademan150

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    Anybody use these???

    I use Dyna Beads in my 31 Ford Model A pick up they seem to work but it still rides like an 85 yr old truck
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    One big stump

    Here is picture of stump we dug out when I was a kid ( brother behind the controls and me acting as counterweight on the armrest) machine was an old stick shift 977 we could go forward easy enough but couldn't back up without setting bucket down and dragging it
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    What's The Craziest Mechanical Problem You've Experienced?

    We had a stick shift Cat 955 that would run great then just stop, fuel filters were empty, refilled the filter cans, it would start and run fine for 10 mins up to days on end, then would shut down with no fuel in filters. WTF, I screwed with it for weeks. One day I was fueling it up with the...
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    New Cat 5510T scraper

    O-I-H, Thanks for posting that, I saw it at the Rock River show too, but do to a severe case of CRS, I forgot the numbers and when I went on Cat's site as you said nothing about it on there. I worked for the contractor whose name is on this one for almost 25 yrs til I retired, a buddy still...
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    Soil stabilization - hints&tips

    I've seen that tried........and I've seen it fail.........hate to see you waste time and money, it just didn't mix well enough or deep enough to work well. As for setting the grade higher we found it to be the opposite, whatever amount of fly ash you add, that is how much you lower the grade we...
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    For Sale Trimble Spectra LL400 Laser/reciever

    Laser is Sold
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    For Sale Trimble Spectra LL400 Laser/reciever

    I have a Spectra LL400 laser and receiver/ w rod mounts in the case for sale.......in very good condition, lightly used, no legs or rod asking $700 plus shipping located in no. IL, message me and I'll get back to you, I do have pictures that I can email to you if interested......... Thanks, Clyde
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    140h cable steps

    I never ripped the strap type steps off but came close while cleaning around manholes, I just unbolted the top hangars from the cab and the straps from the hangars, flipped them (the hangars) over and remounted the straps to them, it raised the steps about 6 - 8 inches, if I remember right, it...
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    Wabco scrapers at work

    Just getting around to catching up on reading posts saw Post#888 about the electric steering malfunction. I had a main cable fry on D111A going across a dike on a farm pond about 20 foot high and the nose would swing one way when I'd stomp the brakes, I would start heading over the edge, I'd jam...
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    Detroit 53 series

    This JD 440 crawler had a 2-53 in it. We had a 440 JD crawler loader with a 2-53 also I couldn't find a picture of it though........Clyde
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    Whats your personal rig??

    My ride & co-pilot This is my 31 Ford A w/87000 mi and a whopping 40 horses,3 spd non syncro trans, 4.50 x 19 skins, Armstrong steering, mechanical brakes and 1 1/2 exhaust. Run standard B truck plates so am not limited on when or where I go. Co-pilot serves as security also.
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    My aching back...

    Bad backs, knees and wrists I just put it down to the "cost of doing business", bad backs and aching joints are just a couple of the health issues that are associated with operating equipment, factor in the dust with all the residual chemical additives from over the years, the sun burning down...
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    My first Grader

    I wondered if it had the 2 righthand blade control levers and the rocker switches to the left of the seat. If it does, spray contact cleaner, di-electric grease and a soldering gun will be your friends.
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    Cold Day On the Operators Seat

    A canvas heat tube and some card board or canvas and you'd be toasty warm. Still have a couple heat tubes up above in my garage even though I retired a few years ago......Clyde
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    Boots on the ground

    Truer words were never spoken
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