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    digging straight

    Digging with a backhoe for years and then running a trackhoe now. having trouble lining up the machine to dig straight. As for painted lines on ground for footers , pads etc. I think i'm trying to bring the bucket to me instead of bringing it to the side of me. Constantly moving the machine to...
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    Door for a 416c cat backhoe

    Does anybody know where i can find a used leftside door for a 416c cat backhoe? New is about 1,800.00 from cat
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    new john deere

    Wasnt John Deere supposed to reveal a new machine in Vegas a couple of weeks ago, or I was mistaken?
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    on operating a dozer

    Been running small dozers on and off for 30 yrs.On Residential jobs. D3, case,John deere. Pretty good operator not the best by no means. Had a job offer the other day to run a D8 for a couple weeks. They will not show me how to run it i am suppose to know how. I turned down the job. I am sure i...
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    Fuel for 200 hp tractor

    having a chance to bid a little different kind of work. The job is spreading bio solids on farm fields. They will do the trucking and dump in the fields i"m required to have a loader, 200 hp 4x4 tractor, and a knight Kuhn spreader.The question is fuel for the tractor? Does anybody know about how...
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    Cat controls or Jonh deere

    Wondering if all trackhoes out there has cat controls That large companys have. I have a cat backhoe with jonh deere controls and wondering if I should spend the money and convert it to cat controls. Some operators say they can jump from one to another. Don"t know if my brain can do that.
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    Switching controls on a cat backhoe

    I have a 1999 416c cat backhoe, it has jonh deere controls would like to switch it to cat. The cat dealer said i had to buy linkage to hook it up in the tower. I just talk to a guy he said all you have to do is switch 2 hyd lines. wondering what to do? this machine has wobble sticks.
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    trackhoe on hills

    I have ran heavy equipment for 30 years, in the hills of ohio and w.va.backhoes,dozers,cranetrucks,etc. I have ran a 160 vovlo trackhoe for the last 3 years in the steelmills. but always on the flat floors. never on a slope. backhoes,dozers,etc no problem, but was wondering how to go up a slope...
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