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    Slope Board Thread

    TD-25 W/slopeboard We have a customer that we haul his TD-25 that uses a slopeboard
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    California big dirt scraper operators

    No "G's" in the Auction. In fact never seen a "G" in an auction. Only a few companies have them out here. Still mostly "B & E's". If you are spending the money for a "G", you probably wouldn't send it to auction to sell it.
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    California big dirt scraper operators

    It was pretty ugly, they were all freshly painted. Most of them had a set of newer tires on the front or back, and the brought around $35-30K on average.
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    California big dirt scraper operators

    CARB rules (California Air Resource Board), most of their equipment would need to be retrofitted. Also about a year ago most of the dirt work came to a halt with the housing crunch.
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    Largest dozer?

    Cat D13 Isn't it a D13 if you add a D4 to a D9? A D11R and a D11N Sorry Chaz don't show your Dad this. D11 weighs about 212,000, Kom D575 about 316,000
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    California big dirt scraper operators

    Forgot Peed, they have a good amount of 657's and D10's
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    California big dirt scraper operators

    Cobra RIP Smog Rules -CARB
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    California big dirt scraper operators

    More fleets Inaddition to who you listed here in So Cal you have: Varner Construction -637,657 Dennis Post - 637 Chino Grading -657 Shelton Construction - 641,651 Titan Engineering -637 Mckenna/Grade Pros - TS24 ECM- Earth, Construction, & Mining - 641.651 Reed Thomas - 637 FM...
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    Worlds Largest Plow

    A few years ago the Orange County Fair's theme was farming. One of our long time customer's Grandfather built theses plows and we transported them to the Fair. These plows were built in the 30's to clear the silt from flooding before they built the dams to protect the farm lands. It may be hard...
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    D10 hauled complete!!

    Yes, I'll be posting them from time to time. I've asked my guys to take some newer photos also.
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    D10 hauled complete!!

    Couldn't get them all in the photo
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    D10 hauled complete!!

    Nope, they are both Pete's with Murray 9 axle, but if you look closely you can see 4 Murray 9 Axles in the photos.
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    D10 hauled complete!!

    New Car D10R going to Boron Mine This is a couple of photos from a few years back of a new D10R heading to the Desert
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    16m!!!!!!!

    24H Blade It went up to the Borax mine in Boron. The picture is taken at a rail spur where they offload/assemble new machinery. We took this picture when we were loading up a D11R to take to the same mine.
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    Looking for a D9L

    Cat D9L There are 2 D9L's in the Ritchie Bros auction in So Cal in Feb, don't know if that helps or not.
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