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  1. Justin

    Snap on Ehtos

    Does anyone have a snap on ethos scanner or used them much? I was thinking of getting one and was wanting to know if anyone likes them and what kind of data they show. I want more than a code reader, but I don't want to buy a really expensive one because it is for personal use. Any feedback...
  2. Justin

    Batteries?

    So I need to replace some batteries in my dozer, and was wondering what the advantage is of the big battery. By big I mean physical size not cranking amps. Because the ones I was looking at are about the same price and the same cca. Does the bigger battery just not run down so fast if you...
  3. Justin

    Truck for sale ads?

    So I am starting to look around for a lowboy truck. And I have in mind kind of what I am looking for, but I dont seem to find any real good classified ads. I dont know if I am not putting in the right words on a google search or what. I know about truck paper, but what about some others that...
  4. Justin

    To truck or not to truck?

    So here is my problem, the job I am going to is right over the mountain from the one I am on. There is a 4-wheeler trail over the mountain. The trail is around five miles to the next job. The other way to the job is by way of a county road(25 miles), then to a dirt road that is around seven...
  5. Justin

    Hitachi UH-07

    So I am looking at an older excavator. It is a Hitachi Uh-07. I checked it out the other day and it ran good, and everything functions fine. I know its old but what are the pro and cons with this machine. Are they hard to get parts for? Do they have some major flaws? Any thing I need to...
  6. Justin

    Butterflies and caterpillars killing our trees?

    So for the last two or three years we have had these butterflies and caterpillars eating our trees. It seems like they are defoilating the trees. They only seem to bother the pine trees, the fir, juniper, and aspen seem to be just fine. The forest service dont seem to be to concerned with...
  7. Justin

    525 skidder electrical questions

    So I have a 525 cat skidder and I have some electrical issuses. My gauges dont work, when I start up the gauges move, and then go back to nothing. I tried another gauge pack to make sure its not the gauges. I grounded the sender units on the temp and the hyd. pressure, with no changes. I...
  8. Justin

    863 Bobcat wont start

    The neighbor down the road has a bobcat that wont start. They where plowing snow with it this winter, parked it for about three weeks and then it would not start. It turns over good and I checked the shut off solenoid and it works. There didnot seem to be enough fuel so they got a fuel pump...
  9. Justin

    Ways to fix egged out holes?

    I was wondering about ways to fix egged out holes. Mainly for hitch pins and for hydraulic cylinders. The hole I have to fix cant be easily removed to send to a machine shop. So any ideas?
  10. Justin

    lets talk about flat rate

    I just read Muffler Bearings thread on a new job, he mentioned flat rate. I would like to know what you guys think about working out of a book. I think it is to easy to take advatage of, and ruins alot of good young mechanics. Either by starving them out while they are still learning, or...
  11. Justin

    vickers electric over hydraulic control vavle

    I have a vickers electric over hydralic valve it controls a set of bunching arms on a feller buncher. The bunching arms have never worked on this machine since I have owned it. I replaced the switches in the handle, they were broken. Replaced the wring harness to the control valve as it was...
  12. Justin

    Cutting junipers again

    So last year I posted some pictures of what I was doing with no befores. So this time I remembered to take some before pictures and some after pictures. This set of pictures is maybe thrity five acres all cut with my tree shear. I will have to back clean up the little and big trees that I can...
  13. Justin

    Anyone run Primex tires on the there skidder

    I was looking at tires, and seen 20 ply primex tires, were way less than the firestones I dont know anyhting bout primex and was wanting any opinions
  14. Justin

    Anyone have one of thses?

    This is a 518G skidder mounted with a tree shear on it I was wondering if anyone else has one or been around one.
  15. Justin

    Whats the difference between a 527 skidder and D5H

    Looking at the two side by side there a difference in the where the high point of the track is but what the advantage of the skidder over the D5H? Or is it that the 527 is exactly the same with a higher stance. And I know they have the D5H TSK which looks the exact same as the 527.
  16. Justin

    picture of my free loader

    I just took pictures today and wanted to post some pictures
  17. Justin

    My latest clearing job

    Thought I would post some pictures of my latest clearing job.
  18. Justin

    Michagan wheel loader

    Hey guys I have the great fortune of recieving a free michagan wheel loader, But I have the misfortune of never running one and since it is in a tight spot I dont want to just push levers it is a 175-DTLO. Does anyone know what levers do what Thanks for any insight
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