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    Dirty Jobs guy on board with Cat to stimulate infrastructure spending

    Govt has never been able to successfully manage anything, period!! It is always the private sector that creates jobs, and makes this country prosper. If the Govt would get out of the way, stop trying to micro-manage everything the private sector does, we would be out of this mess in no time...
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    more pics of equipment stuck!

    Ditto, that's a new one. I know it wouldn't work on our old L90c. That thing is so power-less, trying to drag the rippers through dry sand would stall it.. :D
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    Pricing Question for 120 Excavator

    I think I'd use a mini, even if I had to rent it for a job like that. Just double what you're charged for renting it.
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    How much do these things cost anyway?

    Just guessing around $250,000. Machinerytrader.com has a 2008 listed for about $230,000.
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    Terex TA27 Gen 7 Problems..

    I've been running a Terex TA27 Generation 7. In just the last 2 weeks I've had an oil line and a hydraulic line go. The oil line burst due to rubbing against a battery line. Apparently the insulation wore off the battery line, it then arched blowing a hole in the oil line. I noticed this almost...
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    Dumptruck Flipovers!!

    Now that's what they make movies out of..:laugh
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    Dumptruck Flipovers!!

    Yeah, you should hear what us "bonehead" dump operators call the idiots running the hoes...;) I've been running a Terex TA27, Generation 7 for the last few weeks. Our hoe operator is 74 years old, and sometimes doesn't give any thought into how he wants us positioned to load, and how or what...
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    Seatbelt-Acceptible Repair?

    This company only throws "safety" at you when something goes wrong. They try to put the blame on the operator. They ignore, or try their best to, complaints or issues concerning safety. Here's a good example, my same supervisor, was operating a trackhoe, loading into a couple of tandem-axle...
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    Seatbelt-Acceptible Repair?

    You get into a piece of machinery, fasten the seatbelt, and start working. While operating the machine, you notice that belt comes unfastened a couple of times. Then you discover the reason why... The latch mechanism had broke, splitting the plastic housing, so some rocket-scientist decided...
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    what makes a detroit run away?

    I like the topic title What makes a Detroit runaway? Easy the sound of a Cummins, coming down the road..:D
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    Suction Breaker

    That's a new one.. Don't you need one of them Corpse's of Engineers to be holding on to one of the probes??? :falldownlaugh:falldownlaugh
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    light bars on a civilian truck

    Kansas, amber lights are ok. Most all emergency vehicles run the combo lights of red-blue. If it's ok in Oregon, just be aware of if you have them on. There's nothing more frustrating to traffic, and looks down right silly, to have a vehicle going down the highway with the light(s) flashing. Our...
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    Gettin over on me and laid off again

    That doesn't work everywhere though. Small companies, you will most likely be bounced from machine to machine. If they're working a Fed job, the rate will change, however the options you have is run it, or run down the road. Complain about not getting paid the same as someone else, and again...
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    Big Pour on a cold day

    We can't pour unless it's 35 and rising, which must not be the case for you. I'll bet the finishers did sweat much.
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    Purple wave auctions?

    I've been to a couple of auctions, although not Palmer's, that were just as corrupt. They have their own bidders, running up the bids. Or how about the item that is not bringing the bids, being accidentally dropped and broken? These were not purple wave auctions, just smaller local ones. So...
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