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    Ran my Komatsu D20 A out of fuel!!!

    & watch those glow plugs with that stuff too
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    Do you run Cat or JD controls?

    our deere hoes have cat control, and all our backhoes have deeres pattern. its not that hard to switch off
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    Earthmoving Company Taglines or Slogans

    head ****** ****** in charge?
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    Cool / Weird things found at work

    i dug up a half rotten human leg wrapped in a garbage bag a few years back
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    Benefits of excavator over track loader

    as for stripping out topsoil and hauling it away, i think it'd be more efficient to use a dozer/hoe combo on anything bigger than 2 acres. what do you guys think?
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    what was the hardest machine for you to learn?

    we have mustangs with the T-handle and pedals and a new gehl track loader with bucket on the left and direction on the right joystick .gehl wins- no contest.
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    basement water

    call a sewer service company, they'll most likely send a camera down your main line to check for cracks, or use tracing dye. not sure how you'd check the water though? maybe dont use any water in the house and make sure the meter isnt running?? could it be a natural sprig under the basement??
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    Do you run Cat or JD controls?

    deere excavator controls are the same as cat. only the backhoes are iso.
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    what was the hardest machine for you to learn?

    grader.
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    Quick Coupler

    jrb is the way to go
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    Excavators I have operated over the years

    lol, i was talkin about just getting down the ravine he was working it. not going back up, even though it might have sounded like that :drinkup
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    Excavators I have operated over the years

    not too sure on the exact limit of slope that hoe can handle, its really up to the operator and what he feels comfortable with. like Cascade said, keeping the bucket pointed towards the bottom of the hill would be the best so you dont have to worry about tipping.
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    Compaction Techniques

    we usually run 2 hoes, one with a hoepack bucket, and a loader on a pipe job. we'll use the hoepack to compact the trench while back filling and then bring a roller every 1000 ft or so
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    Excavators I have operated over the years

    awsome pics Harley. can you tell a difference between the 240 and a 200?
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    Can You dig it ?

    mostly sand. might hit some clay everynow and then.
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    Some pics of my current project

    cool job. you should buy a small dirtbike or somthin that you can strap to the ripper, then ride it back to your truck. LOL
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    Loose center or bad brake?

    we just changed out a swing bearing on our 160, with the bucket off the ground, you could actually just lean up against the dipper and the machine would swing back and forth. not real hard to change a swing bearing if you have acces to an overhead crane.
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    Finished course today

    agreed. out here, rookies start out at 25-30 an hr
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    Just how good are you track hoe hands??

    only part that would bother me is the ride up and the ride down
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    what are your hobbies away from the dirt

    outdoor stuff. snowmobile, atv, fish
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