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Recent content by sandnsnow

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    TD-15c questions

    Well, I scored a 1984 td15c with a carco f-50 wench this summer. For 8500.00 hundred bucks and 48 yards of 2" rock I got the dozer a 85 ford tri axle dump and a 80's international 4900 water truck. I used the dozer a bit until the cobbed up mess that was holding the right track frame to the...
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    difference between belly dumps clam dump locations length wise vs cross frame locatio

    There was a long discussion on this somewhere on here. But it really depends on what you are doing. Cross gate dumps are getting hard to come by these days. My company uses cross gates to build roads in the mountains where there are long steep hauls and hard to get to areas. These trailers are...
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    gold mining thing.

    very cool, I would have liked to see the old girl in action back in the day.
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    Early JD 544 questions

    jmatthai I email you, MGW I dont think it will quite do that, mabey half that going down hill. I think Im going to swap out the charge pump. John deere wants 3000.00 and I see that you can get aftermarket for about a 1000.00. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I should get one. I...
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    Lets see your "ultimate" service truck!

    I saw a truck like this one in north Idaho. Seems like your company has allot of nice new trucks. Except for the one that hit that motorcycle on HWY 95 this summer:eek:
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    Early JD 544 questions

    I just picked up a 644A I think about 72 vintage. Real clean loader. I just can not get used to the transmission. It will spin the tires going into a pile but does not seem to have any travel speed. I have found that you have to come to a complete stop. I guess we have come a long way in...
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    D8T ripping Rock?

    Ill let you guys know how she went tomorrow. I take some pics and post them up. I have located a 320 hoe and a 5000 lbs hammer. So at least I have a plan B.
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    D8T ripping Rock?

    Awww, yep i am up in Elmira off Bloom Lake Rd.
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    D8T ripping Rock?

    There is not a single large hoe within 400 miles to rent. I don't know the the volocity of the rock. I can use the dozer for other parts of this project which would help my bottom line. My 250 kolbelco was doing as good as the 315 when trying to chunk it out.
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    D8T ripping Rock?

    I have been working on a site preperation job for about a week now and we have encountered a rock bluff right where the house foundation is going. The rock is a mixture of decomposing granite and hard granite. I have to take it down about 6' in back and 3' in the front. The pad is about 75' by...
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    CONEXPO 2011 - Vegas Mar 22 - 26 2011 - Anyone?

    We gonna be there the whole week, weather better be good because I am tired of plowing snow for sure.
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    Con Agg/Expo

    all the hats will be gone by then:Banghead
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    Hello from Illinois

    Welcome, sounds like a fun project.:Banghead
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    chainsaw thread

    Around my property, you can still see the hugh stumps that have the notches cut in them from the spring boards. Some are almost rotted to nothing but still pretty neat. Some are 60" or better at the base.
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    Eight Dozers

    Digga, those are slope boards.
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