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  1. zhkent

    Crane on auction 3-27-24

    https://www.purplewave.com/search/ogallah Sale date: March 27, 2024 Got to be in the shop a bit with John Loflin who passed last year. Had some good stories. Was always in the shop tinkering. Wanted to post up the sale, and since everything was old posted it here. The linkbelt drag line has a...
  2. zhkent

    New to me 143 H

    Hi everyone! I just bought an ex-county machine off of BigIron Auctions. CAT0143HV1AL01163 Pretty low hours, around 4500. Called to see if oils needed changed up, they said it had been in shop last winter. Oils changed, drive chains changed, trans solenoids replaced, and some maintenance done...
  3. zhkent

    637E II PP and 637 C

    $100,000 for the pair. Both are ready to go. Would like to sell this month. They are good to excellent mechanically. 20,000 hrs on the 637 EII frame. It has a non-computerized motor. It had most components rebuilt shortly before I bought it. 637 C hrs unknown, has a push block with hook on...
  4. zhkent

    Vemeer T300

    T600, not 300. I bought it about 10 years ago so didn't have to wait on trencher for just a bit of digging. It has 8" cut. The gas motor does not burn oil..but I think the unleaded gas was hard on the valves. It runs but not well, not enough power to work it. All the basic functions work...
  5. zhkent

    GPS System/ Machine Control/ Modeling Software

    I about made a leap to GPS today, but instead decided to get more input from members, if they'll be so kind. And please inform if you use what your recommending, or sell what your recommending. Mine is a small business and I do mostly ag work. The goals are to be able to: Rover job areas...
  6. zhkent

    Backup Sensor Alarm

    Can anyone recomend a backup sensor with an alarm to go in the cab? It's for my Cat grader. The grader has a ripper, and I have 12v to hook up something. I looked at some car ones but didn't see any that looked like they would work well in my application.
  7. zhkent

    D7H Transmission Heating up

    D7H, 79Z 1753. Problem has been ongoing since I bought the tractor about 2 years ago. The problem has stayed very steady and persistent. On a cool day the trans will heat up to 210 with the motor running 170. It heats up slowly taking an hour or so if pushing hard, in less than 2 hours it heats...
  8. zhkent

    Blade hand

    Considering hiring a hand this spring. Burlington, KS PM for more details. Kent
  9. zhkent

    D7H hot trans

    D7h 79Z 1753 Any ideas on whats up on this? Trans wants to run hot. With the radiator real clean can keep the motor temp down to 190. The trans doesn't shoot off the fault light when it gets to 230+, but it seems to pull up the hyd temp that does trigger the fault light at about there. Have...
  10. zhkent

    WTB Sweeps, D7H

    Looking for sweeps for D7H Also a guard for the red dot ac unit on top of the cab Delivered to Burlington, KS.
  11. zhkent

    Wanted; Cat 330L Door, Covers Pumps

    Tree limb must of opened the door. Didn't notice it soon enough and it got bent around pretty good. Wondering is someone has one for sale?
  12. zhkent

    Hit enter between pictures

    Hey all, When putting pictures in a post if you hit enter between the image markers your pictures won't spread out 2 pages wide. Hitting enter will but 1 picture on top of the next rather than beside it. One of the easier ways is insert 1 image, hit enter, insert the next hit enter, and...
  13. zhkent

    Spectra Physics Blade Pro

    Mounted on a 16G. Think these systems are becoming outdated. What blade control systems are others running? Handy cleaning terrace ends where they go into the waterway, terraces run 3 tenths fall per hundred feet. I use mine for field drainage mostly. Have cleaned up existing drains that...
  14. zhkent

    Some slope pics

    After looking at another thread on slopes I got motivated to scan these pictures and post them.
  15. zhkent

    Grousers on loaders

    I'd like some opinions on high flotation loaders with dozer grousers. Are they out there? I don't have a smaller dozer or a loader and wondered if a track loader rigged up right will work. One of the jobs for it would be to shove muck to the 330 when I clean out ponds. It's downhill pushing...
  16. zhkent

    Frost question.

    Up north are there rules on loads with regard to frost in the roads? When are the roads at there weakest? Thanks
  17. zhkent

    Turbocharger, which D7?

    A couple years ago I bought a running motor off of a D7F or D7G. Needed the engine block, as the rear motor on the 637 had lost the main bearings and they had already been bored over. Things off of that motor; fan, injector pump, exhaust, rear bell housing, and turbocharger have been laying in...
  18. zhkent

    Help on a price for a job

    Mostly I do rural work but was asked if I would submit a price for doing this. Haul 3000 yds 1 or 2 miles in metro area. Topsoil would be salvaged and reused in the borrow area. Dirt is to be placed in a well groomed grass, commons like area. Dirt would be used to build a flood...
  19. zhkent

    Cat D8K sold high

    I looked at a D8K that had cab and air and was in good shape the day before the Ritchie Bros Sept. Auction in Kansas City. I really like my D9G. But a cab would be nice. the 8 would be easier to move, and I mistakenly thought it might go cheap. The tractor had a nice interior, looked good on...
  20. zhkent

    Panama Canal to be worked on.

    BBC News Copied from BBC article: Panama set to begin $5bn project Dignitaries at the official ceremony marking the beginning of the project A grand ceremony was held to mark the project's launch Panama has started work on a $5bn (£2.4bn) building project to widen the Panama Canal to...
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