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    Pictures of your Backhoe!!!!!

    we have already cleaned it up.. you just go in and start diggin it out until you dont find anymore oil...this area was under and old tank that we demoed....and DGODGR if i knew you i would tell you where it was at but i dont wanna get sued or anything because of the picture....not that there is...
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    Pictures of your Backhoe!!!!!

    heres my purdy lil girl This is my 420e..I dont own it wish i did though..but none the less it s still my while i work for this company. I got it when it was brand new had i think 2 hours on it..now it has 3611 i think? dont hold me to it but anyway i try and keep it lookin as best i can even...
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    Help with getting a job

    Hi guys, I have a question. I have just moved to the oklahoma city area and there are plenty of jobs out there and i have applied to just about everyone of them that i think that i qualify for and i just cant seem to get a response from any of them. I have given resumes put in apps and made...
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    D9r

    man that thing is awesome! i would really love to have one! nebody know where you can get one or get the parts to make one?
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    Finger Tip Controls

    hey guys i thought i would throw my two cents in on the topic. I have the exact oppisite problem haha i cant run the older equipment! I am only 22 so most of the stuff i have run is newer not more than a few years old. I run a 980 cat loader with the finger tip controls and love it but the other...
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    pc200-6 walks very slow

    hey matt i have the same problem. I run a pc300 with a labounty shear and it has the same problem. I tear out alot of old pipe racks and tanks in the mountains and some things i just cant get to because i cant climb or get to some locations because i have no power in my tracks hardly. mine is...
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    does anybody know?

    hey guys whats up? i have a question i operate a 420e and been doing it for a while but today i was going back to the yard and it just shut down....wouldnt start not a sound so the first the i checked was the fuses for some reason it keeps poping ignition fuses and im not sure why any help would...
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    Floating excavator

    :usa the company i work for has one...they are the coolest thing to use or even watch...we are doin a wetland remediation in hungington beach and kept havin problems with gettin our 330 stuck the owner just went out and bought one haha ya the guy is loaded...but ya if you guys ever get a chance...
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    how big of a stump will a jd 650 push up?

    :usa theres quite a bit of diff between a forklift and a trackhoe haha but thats ok everyone has to start somewhere i think just pullen stumps while your learning is perfect theres not a whole lot that could go wrong other than getting bored lol you should get a trackhoe with a 6 way dozer...
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    Dug my first hole...

    :Cowboy howdy guys..i guess ill throw my two cents in i have run pretty much every backhoe out there and my favorite is the 420e. this is awesome it has the ride control like mentioned by someone so you feel absolutley nuthing while roden the machine and those pilot controls i wouldnt replace...
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    Will a backhoe work for me??

    :usa you need a 10 or 12 ton trackhoe with a dozer blade on it kobleco makes an awesome one very handy for aa bunch of stuff it your gonna be workin on slopes you have to have tracks unless you have alot of exp. on a backhoe fro what it sounds like your gonna need something with tracks its...
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    Newby seeks advice

    :usa You know kobelco has a nice track with a six way dozer blade and they work wonders the only thing is you need some open area when using the dozers blade cuz it is easy to forget about your boom bad things happen when this happens but just thought id give you my two since good...
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    what pics of equipment do you want to see??

    :usa heres some pics
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    Sukut's 5110B

    :usa hey roller over pete are you from oxnard or ventura county?
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    Becoming a Hydraulic Excavator Operator: Tips

    so your tellin me that pushing up some brush is more dangerous than diggin around a 3500 pound water line or gas line come on man lot more dangerous what is there to mess up with a root rake?? or a tree falls on your iron yes that would suck but not life threatening not really...and as far as it...
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    Becoming a Hydraulic Excavator Operator: Tips

    :usa hey man wuts up? you know really honestly the only way to learn is to practice and practice and practice some more all the skoolin in the world will not replace experience and as far as land clearing having the best EO's i would go that far think about your guys that set grade or work...
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    Safest Small Dozer

    :usa hey guys whats up?! trapper an answer to your Q ive run alot of the cat and deere 550 and d4 and 5 machines quite a bit. depending on the thickness of your brush cleanup one of these machines will do just fine. i would probably suggest your get a newer model not nessesarily a brand new one...
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    Need help with Heavy equipment training

    :usa hey guys this is kinda toward cat300 and rui i think its awesome that you guys are trying to ge the most info you can we need more of the younger generation trying to get into the field. guys i looked into the schools also and was real close to goin to 1 and cat300 i have heard of ats and...
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    Becoming a Hydraulic Excavator Operator: Tips

    :usa mike hey man no one is picking on you but i work is this field as well as just about eveyone here ask anyone youve got to pay your dues..heres a question for you do you know how to grease an excavator?clean and/or change air filters?clean the under carriage? you as simple as that seems...
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    How did you get your start as an operator?

    :usa well to start off im gonna say my career started about the same as rollover pete. i had most of the real tonkas grader,loader,rock truck,and dozer. i had quite a massive mine and hundreds and hundreds of feet of good ol dirt road haha its funny when you think back that far and if you think...
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