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  1. kleener

    What size stick (root) rake for a 10 tonne Loader?

    We have an elderly Kawasaki loader, with minimal hours, in good order. We also have about 20 HA (50 acres) of Kunzea (tick bush) that has been burnt in last year's fires, that a customer wants cleared up. It is very slow going with a 1.6 m (5ft+) rake on the SK135 Excavator, though it does a...
  2. kleener

    How bad is it.

    Whilst there is no warranty as such, is there any local legislation that says something must be fit for purpose when sold? (there is in Australia) Or some moral 'suasion " Maaate, this is as dodgy as, how about we share the repair bill, you pay 90%, I will pay the rest and won't bad mouth your...
  3. kleener

    Need help with CatE70B tracks

    As far as I know the E70B is Japanese only, a rebadged Mitsubishi (cannot recall what the designation was) all documentation, if you can find it, is in Japanese. I had one, which was a cheap buy....cue manic laughter....... Every part I tried to replace was different, odd or special. It was a...
  4. kleener

    Dangers of welding wheels.

    this needs to come to the top again. maybe save a life.
  5. kleener

    investing in your business

    If you are set on it, then the little IHI are a great machine. We started pottering around with a worn out IHI 35, we got for 6 k, now have a loooot more gear, but the old IHI, with stuffed idlers and rollers, a very worn boom, and an engine that desperately needs a rebuild, still earns at least...
  6. kleener

    Land clearing Hire/Rent

    make a root rake and a tree pusher for the little cat D3. amazing what you can do.
  7. kleener

    investing in your business

    I have rental properties, an earthmoving business, couple of tilt trays and a farm. Most profit I ever made was mowing lawns and doing property maintenance. I am well in my 60s now, and have not got the stamina to go for it, but it is a real good living. The best sidelines I found were to branch...
  8. kleener

    Kobelco SK135SR-2 Hydraulic pump

    thanks very much for that info
  9. kleener

    Kobelco SK135SR-2 Hydraulic pump

    That is interesting, details would be great please.
  10. kleener

    Kobelco SK135SR-2 Hydraulic pump

    . I didn’t do the rams. Just oil cooler, slew motor, track motors. The filter and strainer in the tank catches the rest. A lot of stuff come out of the cooler. Tank was removed and washed out upside down. So you removed disassembled and cleaned slew and track motors? that’s just my rough way...
  11. kleener

    Kobelco SK135SR-2 Hydraulic pump

    The excavator has just ceased to proceed on a job site, looks like the pump that drives LH track, bucket crowd, slew and boom down has blown and spread metal filings throughout. Has anyone had this happen, and how do you go about decontaminating the system - would guess since both sides of the...
  12. kleener

    Just when you thought parking areas were crowded enough

    Thats Cute
  13. kleener

    Kawasaki 65z(B) Transmission Fault

    years ago I know, I have recently acquired one of these. Do you know if there is a transmission fluid filter, and if so where? How did you get on with your transmission issues?
  14. kleener

    i started my company

    many years ago when I went into business for myself I talked to a bloke doing what I intended very successfully - I asked for advice - he told me two things - be totally honest and only ever book half your time. I asked what I should be charging, he said that doesn't really matter much, just...
  15. kleener

    whats the smallest machine yall own

    and aren't the little Komatsu a handy machine with the 6 way blade. I have one but my son "borrowed" it about two years ago. And too handy to return it.
  16. kleener

    Kawasaki 65ZB transmission info

    Oh gurus and brains trust. I have recently acquired a 198? Kawasaki 65z -B. The transmission fluid is a lovely grey milky hue. Any ideas on where the transmission filter lurks, and hints on decontaminating the muck please? Information on these old girls is as hard to find as rocking horse poo.
  17. kleener

    Is this supposed to look like this?

    Ouch
  18. kleener

    1/4mile dozer video

    Geez I think the excavator is even scarier.. there was some poor fool aboard that. As for the first one.. Call it evolution in action.
  19. kleener

    Monster tree removal

    If it hadn't been for that big branch hanging out towards bills mother's place, I don't think it would have shifted. tree isn't native to the area, so could not have been planted before 1837, original homestead here was built around 1860, I think the tree dated from around then.. years of...
  20. kleener

    Dressta/Dresser/International....Thoughts?

    Maddox, the guys on redpower forum are the experts on inters. TD 15 were good machines, but long in the tooth.. depends what you want to do.
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