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    budget weighing systems

    Has anyone used a Tara weighing systems setup for weighing whats in the bucket of your loader? It seems really cheap, I'm just wondering what its like. I don't need any better accuracy than what claims are made in the ads. $7500 for a load rite system or $1200 for a Tara setup is a big hurdle to...
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    Komatsu pc 220-5 fan belt

    Hey all, I broke a fan belt on our old PC 220-5 yesterday, needless to say in 42C heat she didnt stay happy for very long after that. I dont think any damage has been done but I dont know the number of the belt. Before I start the sometimes painful struggle with Komatsu parts, I was wondering if...
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    track roller bolts breaking inside track rails on PC 220-5 excavator

    I have just about finished sorting this problem out and its been a steep learning curve, I have had to use every one of the few tricks I knew and a lot that I found off websites like this and some other industry type sites to get all the (about 20) bloody broken off bolts out. The last couple I...
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    how much overhang is too much

    G'day all, I've got a pc220-5 digger and currently dont have a way to move it around, it was delivered to us on a hyd widening $100k float and Im not sure I can quite justify spending that sort of coin on a trailer for an old farm excavator. Given the pc220-5 is 2.98 with meters wide with .6m...
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    adding Hyd for thumb to PC 220-5

    Is it possible to add the needed hydraulic lines for a hydraulic thumb to a PC 220-5? this machine has no quick hitch. I'm thinking it is possible but I'm not sure where to get oil from or where to return it to for this job. Also what would the best way to control it? Electric solenoid? Lever...
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    new to us PC 220-5

    Heres a few pics of our new to us PC 220-5, its a 1993 model and has done (I think) around 9000hrs I am going to build a thumb for it soon, it probably wont look pretty knowing my welding skills but I reckon I'll be able to put something workable together. The digger itself seems pretty...
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    our cat 12E

    Hi HEF, heres a few pics and links to a couple of short youtube clips of our new to us 1965 Cat 12E, it has been earning its keep over the past couple of weeks making and upgrading a few tracks around the farm in preparation for bring roadtrains and b double dogs in at harvest time. Any...
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    Dog clutches on a cat 12e grader

    Hi all, we have recently purchased a 1965 cat 12e grader serial #21f1077. It has done all that we asked of it well and looks like it could go for a long time yet, If I had a complaint about it, it would be that the dog clutches for the circle rotation and also for the wheel lean are getting...
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    Old cat grader question

    Hi all, firstly I have been lurking around here for a bit without posting but I am always impressed with the amount of knowledge and experience on this forum. My apologies in advance if this is a stupid question. I am interested in a cat 12E grader and I was wondering if I supplied the...
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    Some gear from here

    just thought I would put a few pics up from here and also form the mine I worked at for a bit during the droughts in 06 and 07 The Mack was the one that I drove most and it was the nicest of the three trucks I was in, the farm machinery is just some of the stuff we have on...
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    Hyd flow to third function

    Hi all, I am a newbee here but I am hoping someone can answer a question for me. We have just purchased a new Ranger/SLDG LG936L loader (I know I know cheap nasty chinese loader :Pointhead) and I was wondering if someone could tell me what the hyd flow and pressure is to the third function...
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