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    Volvo 930B, your thoughts?

    Looking to maybe purchase a 2014 Volvo 930B motor grader with about 1800hrs on it. It is showing a E ECU code: PPID 0273-00. Anyone know what that means. Please give me any pros or cons on buying this machine. Thanks
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    Pull scraper hitch

    I just bought a John Deere 9560R scraper special tractor and need a Reynolds style draw bar hitch. I pull a Ashland scraper and Ashland wants about $2500 for a new hitch. From what I understand, the same hitch will fit everything from a 9410R to a 9630. I was wondering if there is anyone who has...
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    Trenching rates

    I recently bought a nice Case 660 Backhoe/trencher and I really want to know what are the going rates for a machine like this. Is hourly rate of $100-120/hr in the ballpark? I think a lot of work is being done by the foot, but that also varies with the width of cut, depth and soil conditions...
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    CAT 963 VS Deere 755

    I would appreciate anyone's opinion that has run these machines. I am looking to buy my first track loader. I have ran a few 963B's and a 963C ( and that is probably what I will buy ), but have not tried out a Deere 755. What are the pro's and con's of each machine? Which one is the least...
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    Unloading dozer on pavement.

    How do you guys unload a dozer or anything with steel tracks without tearing up the pavement. I have used everything from old decking from my lowboy to strips of plywood to lay under the tracks. I saw a lowboy the other day that had some old conveyer belt rolled up on the deck, I assumed he was...
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    Your opinions of Hyundai excavators

    I am wanting your opinions on running a Hyundai excavators. I have owned a Hyundai 235LCR-9 for a couple of years. I actually like the machine, but do not like operating it. The hydraulics are not very user friendly....... they have no "touch". The swing motor is the worst. If you are loading a...
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    Your opinions on buying an end dump.

    I am considering buying an end dump. I am thinking along the lines of a 24'-26' barrel bed. Are these good lengths? I plan on using it for rock/dirt and demo hauling. I also am wanting to know your opinions on framed, frameless?, or 1/4 framed? What brands do you guys like/dislike? Thanks for...
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    D6T vs D65EX-16 or 17

    I am looking to upgrade my dozer. I currently run a 04' D65EX-15 with 8200hrs, which I like and get along good with. I would like your thoughts on both of these dozers. I would even consider a Deere 850K, but know nothing about them. Thanks for all your help.
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    Minimizer or Spray Mate fenders from Fleet Engineers ?

    I am wanting to put some fenders on my lowboy tractor and am looking at either the Minimizer ( polyethylene) fenders or the (polypropylene) ones from Fleet Engineers. Does anyone have any experience or preference for either fender? Any feed back will be helpful. Thanks
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    What are your thoughts on a zero turn excavator with a thumb and coupler?

    I am thinking of buying a 2011 Hyundai R235LC-9 excavator and then mounting a hyd. thumb (maybe progressive link ) and a coupler. What do you all think of Hyundai's? What brands of thumbs and couplers do you like? I would like to have 42" to 50" bucket......is that going to be to much weight...
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    Bid for excavating in utilities

    We do not do much utility installation, but I have a good customer that wants me to bid their underground utilites for a new house and barn. It is approximately 2640 ft long and digging 42" deep in sandy clay. I will be digging with a SK 200 and a 32" bucket, then laying direct burial electric...
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    Your opinion of a 10 speed transmission in a dump truck?

    I am looking to buy a tri-axle dump truck with N-14 460 Cum.,RTX16710L trans, DS 402 Eaton rears ( 4.33 ratio).What do you guys think of this power train? I do not know anything about this trany and would appreciate some feed back on it. Thanks
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