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Recent content by Shifty

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    Dozer Blades on Skidsteers?

    I have a Cat blade I don,t know who builds the blade its self, but it is designed by Cat. It is tough and strong. actually stronger than the machines boom is. I have a 277B. There is a learning curve to run a blade but once you got it you,ll bury anyone with a bucket. I have even modified the...
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    baby bulldozer/loader

    Thats about what it is! A Murry lawn mower with track frames!
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    baby bulldozer/loader

    Thats a machine pipe dreams are built with. They got a long way to go to match even a 20 year old skid.
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    Vibrating Compactor for skid steers..

    To high priced for what little you can do with them. It would be cheaper and better to rent a full sized roller and do it right. I would rather use bomag walk behind.
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    punk loader abuse

    I wonder if a employer can have a operator arrested for criminal mischief. attempted suicide,destruction of property,and risking a catastrophe???
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    Upset got to vent

    You know when you see a crime committed or a law broken you have a duty as an American citizen to turn that person or people in. OR DO YOU LOOK THE OTHER WAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOWBALLERS HAVE TO BREAK LAWS TO RUN THAT CHEEP..
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    It took a some getting used to when I first got it. Now i can't be without it. Winter time like now I use it for plowing snow. I made a few mods to the valving to make it a fully floating blade for snow. Then in the spring I'll switch it back to full hydraulic control for dirt. I also had to...
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    bonanno23 Do you like those 4 in 1 buckets?? Are they that much more useful than a standard bucket? I run a toothed bucket and use a 6 way blade for grading.
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    In other words you get paid by the foot. I know where your at,been there done that. Let me guess. Oversize buckets on the Cats. Running full bore at all times. Tramming on mostly asphalt or gravel. Clean up with the bucket down and the tracks up. Yep been there done that.
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    Rubber and i think Kevlar Belts. Built like a conveyor belt I guess. I am sure someone that knows for sure will chime in. This is why the Cat/ASV machines get a lot more grip. About the same difference as between old bias ply tires and radial tires.
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    Curbside Doesn't your Bobcat have cables in the tracks? Cat /ASV tracks don't, theres no metal at all in them. I have only adjusted them once in 1500 Hrs
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    What do you do that requires you to fly around so much??
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    Mostly a sub contractor I preform a variety of operations no other contractor wants to do or has the equipment to do. concrete demolition, driveways, parking lots, utility lines,small cut and fill work,and heavy landscape. Between those jobs I work road construction in the summer and plow snow...
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    Well I am a owner operator and I got to fix what I break. Damage control is aways in the back of my mind. While running any machine, It helps my bottom line. Possibly your operators learned their operating skill on steel track dozers and track loaders and are running the MTLs the same way. I...
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    can rubber track machine push snow

    I agree with Digdeep the MTLs can handle the same work that the CTL do. If common scene is used. I don't shy away from hills or slops frontwards backwards or sideways.Gravel and rock are no different to me. The main thing is to use common scene when you are running a MTL. You can not...
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