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Some pics of my current project
- Thread starter RollOver Pete
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RollOver Pete
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RollOver Pete
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Spent a few days in CAT 777F. It only had about 2 hrs on a fresh C32 repower.
RollOver Pete
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It's a nice day outside...
petepilot
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new boots to
RollOver Pete
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A friend sent me this yesterday. He had just unloaded some river rock when a huge gust of wind happened. Believe it or not, the only damage was 2 fenders and the tarp system on the trailer and, two air bags, some air lines and a bent battery box step on the truck. He was back on the road and headed to the yard by 4:00 pm. It went to the alignment shop today and everything including the frame is fine. Oh....the breakaways on the 5th wheel obviously didn't do their job. Hansen will be redesigning them soon.
DB2
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Wow. Amazing.
Looks bent for sure.
Looks bent for sure.
DMiller
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Last one I saw do that unloading corn both truck and trailer were totaled.
RollOver Pete
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Was it a corn binder?
RollOver Pete
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Correction..
Corn bender.
Corn bender.
RollOver Pete
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sled dog
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Pete, do you guys do anything special with the equipment when you blast? Long ago when I worked a coal strip mine, at blasting time all equipment was parked on level ground, engines off, park brakes released. Something about shock loads thru drivelines...
RollOver Pete
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Special?
Um....when you push scrapers thru the kind of material that we do, shock loads thru drivelines is the last thing on anyone's mind
Um....when you push scrapers thru the kind of material that we do, shock loads thru drivelines is the last thing on anyone's mind
petepilot
Senior Member
wow move it or tear it up
RollOver Pete
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The beatings that these machines take is amazing.
RollOver Pete
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From Tuesday...
Tilt cylinder on a D8T.
It's amazing what you can break at an idle.
The foreman said it broke because I was working in rock.
I told him that it was from .....
being abused by every top hand wanna be dozer driver.....
lack of grease.....
then I told him that he was an idiot.
I had the next 3 days off.......rain.
I go back to work for the idiot Monday.
Tilt cylinder on a D8T.
It's amazing what you can break at an idle.
The foreman said it broke because I was working in rock.
I told him that it was from .....
being abused by every top hand wanna be dozer driver.....
lack of grease.....
then I told him that he was an idiot.
I had the next 3 days off.......rain.
I go back to work for the idiot Monday.
skyking1
Senior Member
yes that is stupid dry. Not that it caused the fracture per se, but the fracture revealed the lack of grease for sure.
RollOver Pete
Senior Member
I caused it..It failed on my on my watch. I'll bet that the rod wasn't a genuine CAT part. I've cornered out a lot of big rock and never had any problems. This broke at an idle.
Oh well.....
RollOver Pete
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Had a hard time staying awake yesterday. 15 loads in 8 hrs...
I believe we broke some kind of record yesterday.
I believe we broke some kind of record yesterday.