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    Future 99 Corridor

    Those pictures remind me of when we were putting our 5110 togather.The best we ever did with that machine was 463 loads in a 10 hour day.It was loading Cat 773's.We had put sideboards on our bucket.It went from a 10 yds to a thirteen yard machine.
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    Terex Power.

    Jason,I agree with you 100% on the old green machines.We used to run nothing but TS-24's.We had about 20 of them.Every sales men that would come tried to talk us into buying new.Those old 24's would just not die.Swap out the motors and trans and you were ready to go again.Sorry to say we gave it...
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    Future 99 Corridor

    PAcattech,they are some nice pic.We brought the 5110 that Cold Spring had up on the Manfields job.That was back in 2002 i think.We took it to Delaware and then to Lancaster PA,Then we sold it and it went toSouth America.We worked on a part of the 99 job back in 1990,down around Altona PA.Our...
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    Cat 16G?

    That picture brings back alot of good memoryies.I spent alot of time on those old 16,they had plenty of power.
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    D8 N vs D155

    From my point of view,I would have to say you made the right move.Over the years we have had both D155,D8H,D8K,D8L.If you are looking the move the most amount of dirt in a day you would want the D8L then the D155.The 155's will out push any of the D8's except for the D8L.We had them in a push...
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    IUOE, what is full journeyman wage in your area?

    Here in SE PA the rate for a union man is about 40.00 an hour with cranes work alittle more.
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    Some sideboom pics

    Nice shots.I sold some tractors to Midwestern back about a year ago.They were 3-D9H,1-D8K,2-D6c's.
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    500ton trucks...

    I was always told that what was limiting the making of a bigger truck was that it was the size of the tires that would be needed.They can make them but they aren't able to transport them due to the size.
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    Cat 641A/651A/657A Scrapers

    Stretch,yes that was a company my grandfather stated back in the 20's,then my dad and his two brothers ran it and in 1997 my dad and me and my 2 brothers left and started Donald Durkin Const.But with the cheap prices and lack of work we decided to pack it in,we had a great run of it.
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    5 Terex TS-24's for sale

    I have 5 TS-24's for sale,4 of them are of the 43lot and the last one is a C model.They are in excellent condition for there age,they run and have very good tires.I can email pic of them.I am open to any offers.I may even part them out.Thanks Mike Durkin,215-669-1252.They are located in eastern PA.
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    Terex TS32's.

    I have 5 TS-24's for sale in eastern PA.Call me at 215-669-1252 Mike Durkin
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    CAT D9G 66A frozen motor

    The stuff that I would spary down in the cly., would be KROIL Oil.you can look it up on the internet,it works great.I restore antique Cat tractors and have used it before to free up motors.Good luck.Mike Durkin
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    Artic Roughnecks

    Great show,they really have some neat stuff on that channel.
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    Cat 641A/651A/657A Scrapers

    Back east here in eastern PA we kept a fleet of TS-24's and 657's,some 631's pretty much busy about nine months out of the year.We stayed within a 3-4 state area around Phila PA.But as time went on we moved to the big loaders(992's) and big trucks(773's) to do the mast excavating.Then we went...
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    California big dirt scraper operators

    Does anyone out there have an address for the company called McKenna/Grade-Pros in Ca.They run mostly TS-24's.Thanks Mike Durkin
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