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    Comparing D7r Xr-D8N-D8R

    Hi, csquared, not sure what part of the province you work in, I mainly work in the interior. Ran a 7-r xr, great machine used almost as much fuel as a d8 apx-450 -500 litres in 10 hrs.We had a hard time with broken roller bolts apx 10 per month, ended up drilling and tapping...
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    on operating a dozer

    There loss,after the first day you would have had no problem. seems like they are a strange outfit anyway.
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    Haul road....

    Awsome piece of road ! glad you got those amazing pic,s, it sure is some beautiful country. Cheers!!
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    From Australia

    Awsome pictures Martin !!! thank,s for posting them. I,ve never seen a dozer get lifted by a crane before, must have been a helluva lift! I bet that d9n that was loaded onto the barge had to get the seat redone.
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    offbreed komatsu dozers, opinions.

    Thanks Bigstevex4, did you get to run any of them? Thanks Greg
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    offbreed komatsu dozers, opinions.

    i was wondering what the deal was with all the different model,s of komatsu dozers, the d-68, d-83, and the d-135 for example. would be intrested to hear from anyone who has run them. thanks, bc boy
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    Cat unloading pictures

    hi guy,s i was wondering how they got fuel into the equipment,or did they have to walk everything back out thier pickups.
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    Dresser TD20G

    i was looking at a d-87 komatsu a while back, and noticed that they were a td-20. strange???
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    Dresser TD20G

    I ran a 20-G on and off for a couple years, and it seemed to be good machine. Started great in cold weather, had tons of power, mebe to much for weight. Not a bad cab, but a bit loud inside, good 2 speed steering system. The only thing I really disliked about it was the blade and ripper controls...
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    Best older D8??

    pretty hard to go wrong either way, so long as they,ve been looked after. I,d definatley hang a ripper on the back for ballance plus its sure handy for ripping the roots on big stumps.
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    How would you get it up there?

    I don,t know about you but I would much rather work in steep ground, kind of keeps me awake! Also if you have a full blade of dirt you can go down as steep as you want, but when your oil light comes on you have to push the blade down as far as fast as you can to lift the nose as high as possible.
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    My 8K

    Hi Tim that,s a sweet! looking K.If it runs 1/2 as good as it look,s it will be an amazing dozer for you. I ran one here building logging roads for apx 10 years, it was set up exactly like yours, minus the cab unfortunatley.The outfit that I was working for tried to retire it many times, but...
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    Monster tree removal

    Hi Catskinner77v it sure looked like that cottonwood was realy rooted.We have some large cottonwood,s out here also and about 1/2 of them are filled with hornet,s ,cool suprise!! Happy pushing.
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