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Recent content by JD955SC

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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    I hate a useless person
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Prediction- he does everything but fill it and sends it back out. “I thought you filled it!” Alternative prediction- fills it but only tightens the wheel bolts with a battery 1/2 gun and a tire falls off this week lol
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    So now the L stands for Lying Nice. Wouldn’t suprise me if Deere had fired him.
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    The Ultimate Small Dozer

    We try to ship them neutral (even threads on both ends of the link) and let the operators adjust to preference.
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    I Keeping the grandchildren away from grandparents is a common tactic now, especially over minor differences like this.
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    There aren’t many jobs that get simpler on construction equipment than pulling the front axle on a loader. The fact that he didn’t know how to do it is a real concern.
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    It’s increasingly getting to the point where for lots of the smaller size equipment for Cat that it’s quicker and maybe cheaper or at worst a wash cost wise to change the whole axle.
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    Anyone here rent equipment?

    No way in hell.
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    Rad or torque guns

    Hytorque is what I use. Good stuff.
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    Quality Hex Bit Sockets

    I’ve had good luck with the Grey Pnuematic and Sunex style impacts the hardest fight I’ve had for hex bolts has been breaking loose hydraulic cylinder head bolts. They laugh at the 1” impact and I have to use my breaker bar and cheater pipes on them and they sound like gunshots when they...
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    Hauling dozer

    Many of our small operators roll with a dump truck and appropriate trailer for small dozers, track loaders, backhoes, and excavators. Lots of flexibility because of the overall usefulness of a dump truck as well.
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    There's no making me happy - this has nothing to do with machinery.

    Solar = Scam, for the most part
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    Brake fluid as an additive

    I hear it is when you turn it into meth…
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    Brake fluid as an additive

    I have seen brake fluid added to a brake system that was supposed to be topped up by hydraulic fluid. It really screwed it up. We ended up having to replace everything after the hoses started coming apart internally. This idea of willfully contaminating a hydraulic system is stupid
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    Who has fresh DEF?

    DEF has a shelf life. Improper storage such as out in the sun cuts the life down to nothing. In a “book perfect” environment of the “cool, dry, covered” type warehouse it has up to a two year shelf life. Our customers that use their machines, buy fresh DEF, and store it properly never have...
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