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    Skytrak 9038 weight

    The tires are all ballasted with calcium chloride. I think the 3 or 4 miles I roaded it scuffed the tires up enough the cleats stand out more and I will probably do a wait and see how they hold up. I am not going to be using it a great deal so they will last awhile. Since I really need...
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    Skytrak 9038 weight

    here are acouple of pictures of the machine. I need to get the previous owners name off the boom, hence the paintshop majic. Tomorrow depending on the weather I hope to pull the leaky boom cylinder off the machine and get it apart. Here are acouple of pictures. tim
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    Looking for 14.00 x 24.00 tires

    I just bought a Skytrak 9038 and it needs at least two tires fairly soon. If anyone has any or a line on some 14.00 x 24.00 tires rated for forklift duty let me know. Would prefer midwest area so that I can pick up but would consider shipping an option as well. thanks tim
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    Skytrak 9038 weight

    I know all about the trailer ratings. I find it quite amazing how few people realize a trailer GVWR includes the trailers own weight. My 450C weights right at 17,000 lbs if you kick the dirt off of it and on my 12 ton trailer it is about maxing it out, the trailer is 6600 lbs empty. Well I...
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    Skytrak 9038 weight

    Well I own the machine now, I paid the guy for it this afternoon. I have also talked to the Skytrak folks. The guy on the other end of the line felt certain that the machine is operating weight + load. Once its over the scales I will know just what is what. I also found out that the 9038's...
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    Skytrak 9038 weight

    The machines as built only had 10 ply tires which I do not know the rating of but it would be less than the 5900 lbs of the 12 ply tires. 5900 x 4= 23,600 lbs. If in fact the manufacturer does not include carrying capacity in their operating weight total that would mean an overload of 2125...
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    Skytrak 9038 weight

    It makes a difference whether I can haul it on my 12 ton tag trailer, or if I have to have a semi come move it, or drive it on the road when I want to move it. I just talked to an operator and he says there is no way the lifts would be designed to exceed the tire capacity. That would make...
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    Skytrak 9038 weight

    I am looking at a Skytrak 9038 and am wondering about the operating weight. In the book it shows operating weight to be 23,100 lbs. I have been pricing new tires and asking what the rated weight capacity of the 12 ply (originally only came with 10 ply tires) tires are. The tires I am finding...
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    Cat 307

    I am not sure if this classifies as compact at 17,000 lbs but what is the consensus on the Cat 307 machines? I figure its a rebadge of a asian built machine. There is one for sale fairly close and figured I might indulge myself if for nothing else than to play with it and maybe do a...
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    Medium Duty Dump Body PRICE?

    I own an IH 2554 single axle dumptruck and it has a GVW of 35,500 but nowhere that I know of can you exceed 32,500 GVW. The front axle is only rated at 12,500 lbs and no matter that the back is rated at 23,000 you are limited to 20,000. I do believe the 20K per axle is a national rule and of...
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    Ultimate factories

    I have worked in the Cat factory where the 797's are built (for an outside contractor) about 20 years ago and I pass by it all the time, at one time nearly 50% of my neighbors worked there as well. A friend of my fathers worked many years as an engineer for Cat at the Decatur plant and was...
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    Tools of mass destruction

    A lathe is just a good tool to have if you know how to use it. I have a collection of machine tools and have used all of them for fixing and repairing my machines as well as others. Its also a good reason to have heavy equiptment, so that you can move those machine tools around. When I...
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    Deere 450B Head bolt torque specs.

    Here are some scans from my 450C manuals. I do believe its the same engine as the B model. tim
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    How many hours your backhoe/machine have when main Hydraulic Pump needed servicing?

    About 20 seconds before the splines on the pump drive on my 450c went south I felt a slight vibration on the loader control handle. I never heard anything funny. Of course I sat the loader down to see if I could figure out what was wrong and when I decided I better get the loader up before it...
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    1975 White Western Star dump truck

    My IH dumptruck has the pump out in front of the grill behind the bumper. It runs all the time but is not under any load until the 12 volt power is turned on to the dump body controls. There is a solenoid that when energized stops the fluid from bypassing back into the tank and brings the...
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