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    Where to find quick couple backhoe buckets?

    Hi all I have a John Deere 310d, standard hoe, standard front bucket, I recently purchased another 310d with a extendahoe and 4in1 front bucket, I’m going to swap the 4in1 and extendahoe on to my 310d then sell the other one. The extendahoe tractor has a wain roy quick coupler and a nearly new...
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    Progress has been made, new rollers are on, track adjusters resealed/replaced, and all 3 crossbar pins replaced, ordered a new pivot shaft for the blade handle and that took some slop out of the handle. So after re assembly took it out back to the only place we had at the shop to do any...
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    Willie B, I hope that what I am doing helps, I’m not expecting a miracle, but I would like to get this machine to preform close to what my previous Td8e did, I could do very satisfactory work with it, I understand that the wider blade is going to make it more difficult, but the way this machine...
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    Made a little progress today, engine is serviced, got the water pump replaced, looks like last time it was done somebody attempted to put the pump back in without the gasket, in doing so they used a liberal amount of the red Silicone, pump was leaking around the bottom sealing surface, replaced...
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    I do back drag if for some reason I need to leave something perfectly smooth like dressing top soil in a yard, it works on loose material but what I have found that on something that is going to be compacted, like a building pad or a driveway, if you washboard it going forward, then backdrag it...
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    Did y Did you find any solution? Or just learn to deal with it?
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    Y Yes I agree Tinkerer, it’s probably a up hill battle, and the reason I’m in this battle is probably a combination of being young, dumb, and stubborn. The next dozer I buy will be a long track, I’m coming to the conclusion that the track on the ground always need to be longer than the blade...
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    Rollers came in today, going to try and get them on tomorrow, center the idler and top roller and shim the wear bars to book spec. Was able to confirm that my front idlers are correct, they measure right at 23 1/2 inches flange to flange which is exactly what the book says they should. Still...
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    The idlers are berco, I’m going to have my parts man cross the number on them today and see if I can find out if they are correct or not
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    Yeah I wish it was long track so bad...........*sigh*
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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

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    Dresser Td8g won’t grade to save my life

    This is what I have, except somebody put mine back with 16” pads instead of the 22”
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