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  1. esobofh

    Some basic information about Excavator in China

    I've seen a few SANYs.. yep. Vancouver BC. Doosan is almost becoming the machine of choice around here. Incredible prices, and good reliability. The chinese are in the exact same position as Japan was in the 50s.. everything in america that was sold 'made in japan' had the reputation of...
  2. esobofh

    Old bottles and stuff you find?

    A while back my father was doing an excavation downtown Vancouver, BC., excavating a deep hole for a new high rise building. All of the material being removed was taken about 50km away to a golf course. While digging he saw somehting shiny and jumped off the machine to check it out - it was a...
  3. esobofh

    Worst Demo Guy Ever

    btw - The company here is Global Excavation and Demolition. Story and more video here: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/06/11/bc-vancouver-demolition-failure.html
  4. esobofh

    Worst Demo Guy Ever

    This happend a block from my office building in Vancouver - nothing has happened to the company as of yet. They are 'investigating'.
  5. esobofh

    Mel-Trac T660

    Love the ejector bucket... talk about a cycle expediter! Any of those available for modern skidsteers?
  6. esobofh

    Local Laser Grader

    some good you tube videos on this guy just search for "laser grader" - apparently they are commonly used on baseball fields.
  7. esobofh

    360 Volvo - Window Exploded

    My father was out operating a 360 Volvo yesterday, clear day just moving some sand around. As he has done most days when it's warm and clear, he pushed the front window up overhead to have an unobstructed view of the work area. After a few minutes of working the window just exploded and...
  8. esobofh

    new Deere skid steers

    There are three options on the D series for control - Foot pedals & hand levers, just hand levers, and then the EH Pilot controls. How is the boom/bucket controlled on the strictly hand levers option? Are they thumb switches on the handles?
  9. esobofh

    John Deere D Series Skid Steers

    I was just at my local Deere dealer, and had a first hand look at the machines. They really seem to be a well put together machine. I think being that they are the last of the major manufacturers to update the design, they currently have the latest and greatest. The best thing I found in the...
  10. esobofh

    Bobcat Model/Year Reference

    Found the answer in another thread :) http://www.bobcat.com/historical_specs
  11. esobofh

    Bobcat Model/Year Reference

    Anyone know where a guy can obtain or view a model year reference guide for bobcat skid steers? Looking for all models, years produced and hopefully serial numbers going back to the 70s..
  12. esobofh

    Old excavator crushing cars

    That's the kind of music I like to listen to while crushing things too. It really gets me in the crushing mood.
  13. esobofh

    Hello from Olympic Town!

    Hopping, and set to explode here after the olympics.. i figure this would be a good time to get into the business ;) alot of machines around, and sales, auctions etc.. we'll see what happens!
  14. esobofh

    koehring 1466 in action 400,000 plus pound machine pound machine

    Holy man... that's a stick! 90ft deep! Can the stock hydraulics on that machine lift that stick without issue, or do you think components would need to be upgraded?
  15. esobofh

    pistons

    Ok you know what... Ok you know what.. my apologies here. I just re-read through this entire thread thinking that I missed something and I *am* the one that totally side tracked this conversation at the point of my post quoted above. I thought the conversation was still going on about...
  16. esobofh

    Pedals or Levers

    For me, my phsyical make up dictates this ;) My feet can more easily reach the pedals, whereas I have to physically adjust my position to use the levers.
  17. esobofh

    pistons

    I was passionate about my post because I was enjoying this thread. Apologies to anyone who thought i might be making myself out to be an expert. To that end, I think my rebuttal to your "attack" was justifed. The conversation had been civil and interesting up to the point of your post. Clearly...
  18. esobofh

    pistons

    I'm honestly baffled as to how this conversation has gone where it has. The simple point I was trying to make is that the orientation of the cylinder makes no difference in terms of what power can be had from it. That's it! By orientation I mean physical placement of the cylinder - in the...
  19. esobofh

    pistons

    On the contrary, the original question/discussion was regarding the orientation of the boom lift cylinders on a Leibherr. Subsequent comments made to the affect of "piston end provides more power" introduced a second point of discussion related to the relative power at either end of the...
  20. esobofh

    Hello from Olympic Town!

    Greetings all! I've been pretty active the last few weeks reading and posting but never took the time to introduce myself... I'm probably an odd sort to be on these heavy equipment forums, considering that I am a Senior Business Analyst for a telecom company. Most of my days are spent...
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