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    Scraper advise

    Thanks for all the help, I am really looking into these suggestions. we are building the sites for Chesapeake Energy. on average there is 5000-8000yds of topsoil, had as much as 15,000. the pad is a cut and fill balance with anywhere from 15,000 to 80,000yd cut and fill. the finished pad is...
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    Scraper advise

    I really know nothing about scrapers. I'm looking into the different kinds out there and need some advise on the limitations as far as ground conditions and terrain that I would be able to run them on. I would be using them on various well site locations in Eastern Ohio. for the past two years I...
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    DEERE 850J HYD cooler Question

    I recently used my 850J on a cement stabilization job and want to pull all the rads out to clean them. I do not see any drains on the oil coolers, is there a way to drain them? if I pull the bottom hose off is the tank going to drain? any help would be great! thanks, John
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    Smooth drum bolt on shell

    would anyone happen tho know where i can get a bolt on smooth drum kit to go on a padfoot drum? thanks!
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    railroad Track removal

    Most of the track is running through old alleys and roads with not many ties left. that is why i was thinking if i could get the track to go through the bucket i could always make sure i had an edge pulled up for after we burn off the joint so i dont have to go digging in the road again...
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    railroad Track removal

    I have 1.2 miles of Railroad track to remove on a china factory demolition. i searched the site because i thought this was discussed but came up empty. i was planning on using my hitachi 160 with a 24'' bucket with a hole cut out in the back of the bucket. i planned on sliding the track thru the...
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    Anyone have this Deere?

    It is a Deere high spped dozer. with gps control i guess you can grade at 13-17 MPH. mostly used for finish grading long stretches of highway etc.
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    Hauling Demolition Debris to Landfill

    we are lucky here in ohio right now, my dumping fees on 50 yd boxes are $11.00 a ton plus 150 trucking, sometimes 200 depending on the distance. we also have it set up that if i feel the box is heavy we can just dump for a flat $130.00 fee. the roll off company is treating me good, but i have...
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    Volvo Excavators

    i do not own a volvo machine. i wish i did. I became good frineds with the volvo rep a couple years ago and got the chance to go on a trip to the proving grounds in NC where we got to run every machine they have. it was an all expenses paid trip by the dealer and i fealt like a king. i own a...
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    MX Track Building

    i build ten or so a year.i have had some range from $20,000 to $1000. i know a guy that just builds them for a living. has a brand new dump T300 and 650J. he has his name out there and keeps busy with it. but to be honest i think my work is way better having more creativity and an eye for...
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    Mini vs. tree

    last summer i took about 10 trees out like that with my BC430 and a skid loader. it was a doctors house and there was no way to get anything bigger back there without tearing up all his high dollar landscaping. it was a painfull 3 day job that i could have done with my kobelco 160 in about a...
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    couple room additons this month and one from last year

    i see people all the time using 36'' buckets to dig basements. first of all there isnt much money in basements around here, if there is even any to dig. i like to get in and get out. i use a 48'' with side cutters on my 160. if you dig with the center of the bucket on the build line it works out...
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    lx 885 , new toy

    i am a huge fan of New Holland machines...the parking break on the new holland sucks. no matter what i did i couldnt keep the operators from running around with it on and they wore it out to the point it just fel apart. on my machine the manuel says 10w30 goes in everything except the drive...
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    couple room additons this month and one from last year

    looks good 312!. im a youngin too at 25....people laughed at me when i was 17 and started with a skid loader instead of going to college. wasnt gonna make it racing moto so diggin is the next best thing. half a million $ in equipmnet and tools later i bet i make more than all the teachers that...
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    Collectibles/Antique Pickers

    YEAH i was hoping he would give me something but he didnt.the guys son is the one who was in the machine so he split it with his dad and went and bought a new dirtbike. I didnt get anything but the weekly rental on the machine and $750 for the smashed pannel haha.
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