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  1. mowingman

    Excavator brand and model unknown

    Paint scheme appears to be a Komatsu or possibly a Kobelco.
  2. mowingman

    Anyone done business with these people?

    Looks like a used car lot in a residential neighborhood.
  3. mowingman

    Really Cool Dump Truck!

    That looks like a huge waste of money. I guess if you can afford a high priced toy, it might serve that purpose. Certainly not "useful", for anything.
  4. mowingman

    Help me buy a truck, please!

    I like the regular cab/long bed also. However, it has gotten really hard to find a truck like that over the past 10 years or so. Used to be, 8' was a standard bed. Now, 6' seems to be the standard bed. Heck, some full size pickups are closer to 4.5' in bed length
  5. mowingman

    Help me buy a truck, please!

    I have never seen this in a 7.3, but, I am not a mechanic. I did buy 18, Ford 's, with the 7.3 diesel and never had trouble with any of them. I bought them all, with a min of 250,000 on each. Later on, I sold them with around 350,000 each. I still see one now and then, and a couple have almost...
  6. mowingman

    Little dump

    The orange looks a lot like a color called "Omaha Orange". That was the official corporate color for all of the pickups, mixer trucks, and truck tractors owned by the company I worked for in the 80's. It really looked pretty good on the trucks back then. After I moved on, they changed over to...
  7. mowingman

    Little dump

    You are correct. I had the fanciest looking mowing rig in town. The colors do not show too well in this photo, but it had 3 shades of red/maroon, on the white base. It had 165,000 miles when I bought it, and a little over 200,000 when I sold it. Always kind of wondered how long it lasted and...
  8. mowingman

    Little dump

    I had a 93 Chevy, 11/2 ton like that, only mine had been a wrecker. Boy, it was a rough riding rig, even after I installed a custom built flatbed and tool boxes on it. It was great for towing my trailer, and rode a lot better with the loaded trailer hooked up. Mine had the 6.5 GM turbo diesel in...
  9. mowingman

    Mulching - "The Daily Grind"

    What brand of mulcher do you run on the rubber tire and on the track machines? Looks like both machines are doing a great job.
  10. mowingman

    Mulching - "The Daily Grind"

    I really think Lamtrac should have stuck with their snow machines and stayed out of the forestry mulcher market. I think they bit off more than they can chew. As you say, mulchers take a real beating. While Rayco and Fecon have had their problems, they have been in the business long enough to...
  11. mowingman

    Crazy truck prices

    This should be interesting. The Hirschbach terminal for the Dallas area is only a couple of miles from our house. I go by it every day. It is terribly congested in that area. I am surprised one of these driverless rigs can even get out onto the highway from that location.
  12. mowingman

    The Chinese toy excavator thread.

    Those are showing up in large quantities on our local Facebook marketplace. Probably 7 or 8 different brand names are showing up here in north Texas. I think all you need is enough money to buy 2 or 3 container loads, and they will paint them any color you want and apply any name decal you want...
  13. mowingman

    Aussie Super Duty

    Come down to Texas and buy a nice rust free pickup. No, it won’t be cheap, but it will be rust free.
  14. mowingman

    Kioti/Hyundai skid steer opinions

    Reading past posts on here will show you that the warranty may be nearly worthless. It appears that Kioti has not been very good at taking care of warranty issues. You may want to give them a few more years to get their act together.
  15. mowingman

    Shantui Dozers

    Yes, as far as I can tell, they do.
  16. mowingman

    Shantui Dozers

    Doosan has changed the name to "Develon" for some reason.
  17. mowingman

    Shantui Dozers

    Interesting to see the Shantui name show up again. A local group tried to start a new dealership here in north Texas about 5 years ago.. They brought in 4, I think, brand new Shantui dozers. Looked like one of each size, but not sure. They did not sell here at all. The smallest one ended up with...
  18. mowingman

    Buying used excuvators for an equipment rental business

    I think a lot of contractors here in Texas, run equipment until near the end of warranty, then trade it for new. This way, their machines are always under warranty, as repair costs are getting out of hand. I know my son-in-law does this with all of his excavators, dozers, and CTL's. It is also...
  19. mowingman

    Shop floor concrete

    Early in my career, long ago, I did ASTM Certified concrete testing on a regular basis. Go 6" with rebar as mentioned above. They will want to pour your floor very "wet", or high slump. That is bad for cracking and strength, but likely necessary with your heating tube system strung all through...
  20. mowingman

    Anyone been a victim of an equipment scam?

    I have grave doubts that this operation is legit. Google maps shows a machinery company there on that site, but it is named USAMEX Machinery. Salesman named on sign are both Hispanic, plus, phone numbers listed on their website do not match the numbers listed on the actual sign at the lot...
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