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    Correct way to check the Hydraulic oil level

    I suspect that the position that you use probably doesn't make much difference, but come up with a position you're happy with or the boss and use it all the time. Don't setup different each time.
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    Tanksinking

    Yeah Scrub, Stacey owned the D9's. He would have owned the scraper too, but his brother Neil was running that part of the show then. John, the only rock we came across was in that first dam near the homestead. From memory I think it was generally pretty reasonable digging
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    Tanksinking

    And they're still there 45 years later, as they should be. A couple screen shots from google earth. The lat and long. are down the bottom if anyone wants a closer look.
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    Tanksinking

    Another camp, another dam. When we set up camp here that gully/creek was dry but there was rain further up and gave us a nice swimming hole. We did have big rain there later on also. One of the blokes was married hence the caravan. Repairs in the outback, the hitch was cracking. The...
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    Tanksinking

    Another dam. Then it rained. I think this one was about 20,000 cu yards and was about half done when it filled up. We hired/borrowed a 4" pump from another property and pumped it out. And thats how to move camp. Scraper towing trailer, fuel tank, water trailer, welder trailer and generator...
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    Tanksinking

    Not a dozer and scoop but a dozer and scraper. International E 200 Pay Scraper. I worked for a damsinking outfit in 1970-71. They were based in Emerald QLD but had some work on a station between Mt. Isa and Camooweal. We drove the scraper up there towing a trailer.The Toyota towed the fuel...
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    Equipment Automation

    Here's a couple of links to what's happening in QLD right now. I included the bit about the 8000 as hitachi are going to use one of our 3600's for the trials and they came up with some deal for the 8000. It's the first 8000 excavator for hitachi...
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    The way we work Mk2

    I know this is about excavators but a dragline is just a big excavator so I thought this information may be interesting to some. Just scale it down a bit for an excavator. :) It is amusing sometimes how different companys operate. One will want to over truck an excavator so the excavator has...
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    Clearing trees, what to do with wood?

    Have a look at this link, it might give you a few ideas. The age and the species may determine what you can do with the timber. It would be good to get something out of them. http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/section2.htm
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    Question, M series in OZ

    Thanks for the responses everyone. It looks like that they can be registered, maybe some concessions apply at times. And today I saw one on the road and it had a number plate on it. Not that I want to register one I was just curious about what this person said. :drinkup
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    Question, M series in OZ

    I was told a few days ago that M series graders or any machine with only joystick steering can't be registered for road use and have to be transported to job sites in Ausrtalia or maybe just some states and thats why some contractors prefer JD graders. Can anyone elaborate on this or is it just...
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    L.E.D. Light Towers...

    We use lots of light towers where I work,3,4 and 6 headers,skid sets and wheel (trailer) sets. Some time ago we had some LED ones here for a trial. One of them was a largish trailer (10'x 7' ?) with batteries inside and solar panels on the top with a small diesel generator for back up to charge...
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    Who Backdrags?

    OK.... there is quiet a few mentions of a finish dozer. My question is, what is a finish dozer?. Most of the time I only have a D11 to finish my jobs, mostly working in support of a EX 3600. Sometimes I have to make a road for light vehicles so I will probably maybe backdrag. So if I only have a...
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    Who Backdrags?

    Depends on the size of the dozer. The smallest that we have is a D9, mostly D11s. When you make a road/track in loose material with those there will be always pretty good track marks which are not good to drive on with a Toyota Landcruiser or other similiar light vehicle. OzDozer....You know...
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    D6T on skidpan test

    A low friction skid pad, minimal shock loading from forward to reverse, bearly took the paint off the tracks. The slack only just comes out of the tracks when it goes into reverse. If I was buying one of those machines I'd want it thoroughly tested and if it couldn't take that I wouldn't want it.
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