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  1. marty

    Poppers in the pines Burcher NSW

    Heres one for the aussies out there in HEF land Poppers in the pines vintage tractor pull and vintage engine display, check out its page on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/events/151690734970521/?notif_t=plan_user_joined Hope to see you there
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    cat tracked dumper

    This got emailed to me from a friend of mine, he got it off old matey in the US. It looks like the rear end of a 973/963 track loader up the front. Does anyone know anything about them
  3. marty

    Australian Made?

    sorry JGS for hi jacking a bit, but i jut had to put this on for bluetop man
  4. marty

    Australian Made?

    the frame and loader arms are still fabricated here in aus, i'm not sure about attachments, but they'd be mad to do that overseas, and the dingo and the kanga are in the same factory just south of brisvagas on the way to the goldy, you can see it from the motorway
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    Australian Made?

    chamberlin used to make a wheel loader that rivaled the cat 920, but i think there was only about 100 ever made. heres a link to a bit more info on another web site, http://www.farmphoto.com/thread.aspx?mid=992313
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    truck cranes

    mate, i would love to have a set up like that, might be a bit out of my buget though cheers tozzi, its good to get a reply off another welder, thats mainly what it will be used for, plus a few other mechanical jobs i have a isuzu 5 ton with just a chassis, i'm building my own tray and...
  7. marty

    truck cranes

    thats basically what i'm talking about arlman, same brand i was looking at too, do you have stablisers on both sides of your truck and also what size truck i that
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    truck cranes

    cheers nige, yeah i was refering to a 'knuckle boom', i can see there would be a lot of body work under the box, just wondering what way i should go, i've seen the ones like tomV's and was just wonding how they would go compaired to a knuckle boom
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    truck cranes

    in australia here, we usually have them mounted centre front/back of a truck, but i've seen them on here on service trucks mounted on one side, and they lookm like they're just mounted on a box, just wondering what are the advantages of this and who sells them, as i'm setting my own truck up at...
  10. marty

    Challenger 700c

    i do a fair bit of work for a bloke that has a 85E, and he's had no troubles with it and it has 7500hrs on the clock, he also has a MT745 with close to 2000hrs on it and has had no problems with it so far
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    stick/root rakes

    cheers dozerboy, not really what i was thinking though, thats more of a digging style of rake, i was more thinking of these sorta things http://www.gessner.com.au/heavyindustrial/stickrakes.htm cheers marty
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    stick/root rakes

    i didn't know where to put this so i put it here. I am building a stick rake for a L90D in the next few months for the boss, i need some ideas, i basically know how its gunna be built but i'm looking for a few more ideas, so if you have any pics or suggestions i'd really appreciate it...
  13. marty

    Simple Chain Tensioner.

    nice bit of bush mechanics there rocks
  14. marty

    Who pays for screwups?

    i'm with cd there, just climb up and a simple flick of a switch, i know with the blokes i work with, i would do it for them and they would do it for me, gotta look after each other. serious stuff, like cooking a tractor or something come back to the operator, i know, its happened to me once.
  15. marty

    trailer behind a 20ton loader

    yeah same here, thats the main reason for buying this loader, the cockies are bit cashed up an are wanting a bit of work done
  16. marty

    trailer behind a 20ton loader

    thanks stumpy, the back end of it won't have any weight problem, it'll have a set of lewis rippers hanging of the back of it, main reason for the dog trailer configuration, checked with lewis and with volvo (have basically decided on a L120C or a L150D) and it'll be fine to pull it. cheers...
  17. marty

    trailer behind a 20ton loader

    just wondering if anybody has had any experiance with putting a trailer behind a loader, i'm looking at buying a 20 ton sized loader and want to tow a trailer around behind it, it won't be taking that much weight, may be 3 ton at the most, i'll make the trailer myself and base it on a dog...
  18. marty

    more pics of equipment stuck!

    it may not look much, but that machine was with me for about 90% of the time and it was well looked after, if i had the chance to buy it i would
  19. marty

    more pics of equipment stuck!

    that 90B used to pull 3 rippers up to the hilt very well, and as i said, in gravel, the only time it pulled up was when it was getting hot, 1st gear bout half revs and it would pull through anything
  20. marty

    more pics of equipment stuck!

    yeah they are, i wouldn't have a loader without them they are made by lewis group which are part of gessner industries www.gessner.com.au, very well built, i gave those a caining in gravel and they never looked like giving up
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