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  1. Dirt Dogg

    700J LGP or D51PX-22

    Hi guys, Its been awhile since I have been on HEF and I have a delima. I am going to retire my D6H from my fleet and replace it with a smaller machine. The old girl has 22,000ish hrs on her and gives me very little trouble. I am a land improvement contractor and will be using this tractor from...
  2. Dirt Dogg

    This is why all of us need good insurance!!!

    7:30 am Thursday morning my day didn't start out so well. The transmission on the lowboy truck to a crap when I was moving the last machine onto the job site. I managed to get there at 25 mph, so with that weighing on my mind I wanted to get started making money rather than spending it...
  3. Dirt Dogg

    Anyone ever done this???

    Some picts I received in an e-mail today. Have any of you done this? If so tell us the story:eek:
  4. Dirt Dogg

    Cat saves the Deere

    I get a phone call on Monday nite from one of my customers who really doesn't want to tell me he's got is new dozer stuck! I'm a 3rd gen land improvement contractor and my family has worked for this guy for 30+ years. After a long talk on the phone he tells me that I am charging way to much...
  5. Dirt Dogg

    Typical Monday Morning

    6:45 am arrive on jobsite 7:00 machines are done warming up 7:05 first load of the day 7:07 get the chain Only went over once today so it was a good day
  6. Dirt Dogg

    Pulling a trench box?

    Here' s a question for the deep excavation experts. I will give you what I know and you fill in the rest. I am laying 8" PVC to a grain unloading pit for drainage. The trench will start out at 4 ft and end up at 14 ft 300 ft will be 8-10 ft deep 150 ft at 10-14 ft 200lc komatsu 42"...
  7. Dirt Dogg

    Looking for reman engine

    I purchased a 750B crawler with a bad engine and I am just getting started trying to find an engine for it. The engine has a rod through the side of the block so I am guessing the lower end is trashed. It has a 414 CID 6068T engine and I would like to find a reman to replace it. Does anyone know...
  8. Dirt Dogg

    Winter Pics

    I was going through some old picts and thought some of the guys from the midwest might remember the winter of 78-79. Grampa had 3 old Allis's running 24 hours a day for 3 weeks trying to get all of the roads opened.
  9. Dirt Dogg

    One system undercarriage

    Hey guys it's soon to be that time again I am going to need to replace the u/c on my D6RXL I was wondering if anyone has used this system and what thier thoughts are on it? I typically get 3500-4000 hours before i need to replace them. I have used cat and berco in the past and both seem to last...
  10. Dirt Dogg

    Newbie

    Go easy it's my first time!:beatsme
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