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    Takeuchi TB 25 Not starting, a dumbass forgets to put engine oil in the motor

    I would call a Takeuchi dealer.
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    NYC tower crane

    It's a Favco, It's diesel not electric.
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    Story About a Grader sold in Africa ?

    Was it in Rwanda? They had a genocide back in 1994 or so. One half the population just decided to whack the other half, and almost wiped them out, sadly.
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    Want to start a crane rental business, but not really sure.

    P&H is a good rig, BUT, it has master and slave cylinders with brake fluid to actuate the frictions. Not a bad system, but it requires a bit of maintenance. You might be better off with air controls like an old American. Hope this helps.
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    Why do you rarely see jackhammers and air compressors?

    I never ran a 966B, but I did operate a few 966Cs and early 950s and I liked them. The new ones may be a little more comfortable, but those loaders were not bad at all. Very reliable.
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    977H pulled the trigger.

    The early 977s had D6 undercarriage parts. At some point before the H came out, Cat changed to D7 undercarriage. I don't know which series was the first to change. It was D or E. So check it out carefully before buying a parts machine. Hope this helps.
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    letters

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    Trying to estimate time it will take me to build a road

    I agree, the water must have a place to go where it won't cause flooding. If there is low rainfall there they might get away with it for a while, but they will probably get called back the first rainstorm.
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    Worker shortage

    I think there is a lot of truth to that. You know how as kids grow up, some go down one path, and some the opposite? I think about kids I grew up with who went down the wrong road. I could just have easily gone down that road if I had not had a good family. My parents were involved in my life...
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    Worker shortage

    I hope you know I wasn't picking on drivers! I just was frustrated with people who didn't know the difference between a dozer and a truck!
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    Worker shortage

    I was lectured in almost those exact words as a child when I said I wanted to be operator like my Dad. Or the teachers would go off on a tirade about "truck drivers" not even knowing that is a different occupation than operator. When they humiliate a child in front of his peers for what he wants...
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    larger dozer visibility graphic example

    Excellent! People just don't seem to understand that we can't see everything from the seat.
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    Why do vintage excavators have the boom on the left?

    You're absolutely right. But around here I saw a few bigger machines moved on a lowbed with the hoe operator in the cab to swing when going around corners. I guess it was too high folded in? So if you're on the right side, the lowboy driver should be able to see your side of the cab in the...
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    Why do vintage excavators have the boom on the left?

    I think it was just tradition from the old cable machines. I ran a few old machines with right side cab, I didn't have a problem with it. (I was just breaking in then, so I didn't have anything to compare it to)
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    Kill Dozer - Tread Documentary

    I know the town officials provoked and antagonized him, that will drive anyone crazy. So, I kind of understand where he was coming from. But he could have hurt a lot of innocent people in that town. He was demoing buildings with live humans inside, and the power still turned on. It was a...
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