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    Tall brick building ideas?

    This building has structureral brick walls. I think 2 or 3 wide. It is about 25 feet tall with a very tight site. I can access all I need from the right or high side. I only have a 130 komatsu and a 953. I also will be doing some grading to the right side and have 30 or 40 loads of dirt to...
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    Need new lift arms! 953b

    My lift arm assembly is cracked around the oval tube on my 953b. If anyone is parting one out please send me a message!
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    How many feet of 3 foot ditch can you dig in a day?

    Looking at putting in a water line. 4" dr21. It is 4400 feet long, one road crossing, no existing utilities. All clear farm land. May backfill with gravel maybe onsite dirt. How many feet can a 305 make in a ten hour day. Or a backhoe? Or what ever you run? Average clay dirt.
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    what size vib pad foot roller is the right size for our operation?

    we keep getting jobs that require a vib. pad foot roller. we are building pads and parking lots. we are renting and borrowing for now but need to buy one. i was wandering what you guys would think is the right fit for us, our main machine is a 953. we also have a 943, 941, and a 312. two r model...
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    what is a Miller DeltaWeld 302 Mig/Stick Welder worth?

    i am looking a buying this welder. what do you think this is worth in used shape?
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    Old Equipment Shows

    I remember reading here once before about a show, where people would bring out old cable cats and stuff 60-70 plus years old and run them. Me and a buddie were talking about it and would like to go to one of these shows. does any one have any info about them?
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    tarps for dump trucks

    we are looking into putting a tarp on our dump trucks, they are cracking down. where do you guys get them, or do you build them? what do we want or do not want? any info would help we never had one before.
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    How steep with a vib roller?

    most of the work we do doesn't require a compactor. we build a pad the other day and the contractor had a cp433 there so i hoped on while dad was grading and rolled a bit. there was a pretty steep bank 3-1 or 2-1 and i was driving up and down it. my question is how steep can you go left to...
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    Is gps an excuse for no skills?

    i just got done with a little job grading around a building. the grading contractor used gps dozer to grade the site and put in his contract that he would only grade from 10 feet out side of the building and beyond. i spent three days with a mini ex and a skid steer making sure the water drained...
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    best 1/2 impact

    i am looking for a good 1/2 impact. i am not a mechanic. but would like to have something that will get the job done and not waste my money. so what are you guys using? kinda want to spend less than 200 if i can.
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    who hates cat multi teeth on there skid

    i do and we are ordering some bobcat knock offs from heavyequip. i like the look of there teeth alot better and it doesn't cost 500 to change them out. what have you guys done?
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    estamating a demo

    we are bidding a demo job. it is a two story brick building half under ground. one side is one story, back side is two story tall. the basement is almost totally empty. the up stairs is cut in to offices. i was wondering if any one had a ton/yard per sqft estimates. also how do you guys figure...
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    line boring

    we bought a 277b and apparently the last owners never owned a grease gun. and the bucket pins are bad sloppy, does any one know about pricing of welding up and boring these out? or borring and bushing them?
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    spreading 3/4 river stone on a 4:1 slope?

    we are bidding a job, it is under some bleachers at a local high school stadium. it is a 4:1 slope 70 feet top to bottom and 310 feet wide. at the bottom of the slope is a new fancy new rubber toped track for track and field. at the top is a retailing wall the bleachers will attach in the...
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    cat asv after market questions

    to all of those that have bought after market tracks, how have they worked out. are any brands junk? some better than others? any experience would be helpful just ripped the lugs of my 277b
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    old cat saftey vidio that you have to watch

    http://www.spike.com/video/shake-hands-with/2681357 this is great
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    upgrading to a 320

    me and dad have been talking about getting a 320 to replace our 312. we now move with a 20 ton tilt trailer behind our tandem macks. we haul a 953 also this way. just was wondering what kind of truck trailer combo we could get by with. would a tandem tractor and a 35 ton trailer be the proper...
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    mack R model odd story

    now in the other post we were talking about the rearends on the macks it came back to me why we where in ours. well i;ll start at the beginning. we bought a 86 mack r model at an auction in Atlanta. it was a road tractor, 300 hp two pole 6 speed. we brought it home and had a dump bed put on it...
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    loading trucks

    what kind of cycle times are you guys getting with 320 sized machines and 953 sized loaders. i am talking about loading road trucks like tandem and tri axel trucks. i have a job to bid and i have been doing small stuff so long now i am trying to get some ideas together
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    help with man lift

    well i am building a house for myself and a buddy let me borrow a grove amz66 manlift. well it is kind of buggy. it likes to only go one direction regardles of the direction you tell it to. does anyone have any ideas???
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