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    Bucket Repair and New Cutting Edges.

    I have 4 Maybe 5 Excavator buckets to weld up, One needs a few cracks fixed and the rest need new cutting edges. What i was hoping to find out is when i go to weld the new Edges on do i have to Preheat at all? the Cutting edges are 3/4" to 1" Thick and i beleave they are AR400. Will post...
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    New (to me) Truck

    Pictures of my new truck that i picked up. 1998 GMC Sierra 2500 Longbox Ext. cab Diesel. Has a File about 1 1/2" thick of Service and parts Records Since the truck was New. originally Owned by a an A/C company in Colorado then Bought by a guy Near me to use as a work truck but ended up with a...
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    some work pictures

    How the hell did they Manage to break a Thumb? Did you Know there a Picture of your Truck on teamco-inc.com
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    Welding on Caterpillar scraper - cast section.

    Good eye spotting that Crack, I would do the Samething as Scrub puller said, Mark it and see if it grows if not then i would not worrie about it. Heck it could have been there from the factory for all you know
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    some work pictures

    Oil Change?
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    What do you appreciate most in a hydraulic excavator ?

    Ease of service, Reliability, Power and Robustness, less corny electric systems and more mechanical
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    First Project with New Welding set up

    I recently Acquired a Miller Dialarc HF-P Tig/Stick & Miller Regency 200 CC/CV with Aluminum Spool gun, The first Project i am Doing with it is a rake that will clamp on to the edge of an excavator bucket for spreading mulch. So Far i have tacked the bottom and top lengths of angle together and...
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    Fuel cap not venting on 450G

    Have you Tryed running it without the cap just make sure that is the problem.
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    sevice manuals

    Looking for a Service Manual for a "95 Hitachi Ex60Lck-3 Or just a Straight Ex60-3
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    Hydraulic Thumb Build

    Well i am kinda going towards more of a Log handling thumb like this which is on all the excavators i Operate. Funny thing is this is the First thing i will be building that i have Planed/Designed i have alwayed built stuff by the set of my pants which most of the time works out lol, the only...
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    Hydraulic Thumb Build

    the reason i am starting Fresh is because the geometry on the old thumb is Not very good, it only has 90Deg of Articulation and the design of it does not allow me to move the mounting point of the cylinder at all.
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    Hydraulic Thumb Build

    Be in the Process of designing a thumb for my Ex60Lck-3 for the last day or so and this is what i got so far just in the early stages still have to Measure for the Cylinder Mounts and Such. Any Useful Suggestions Welcome. Its already has a thumb on it but it really isent good for anything...
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    Hitachi / Hatachi

    I'm with cps
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    My New Sany Excavator

    Keep Your Money in north america, We dont need anymore of there Cheap Stuff here.
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    Canadians eh...

    Good to know i am not the only one that has noticed that, I am from Surrey bc. and am currently going to school for my C level Welding Ticket, then plan on starting an Excavating company in the Next 3-4 years
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    Service Manual For Hitach EX60LCK-3

    Hi I have been Looking for a Service manual for a Hitachi EX60LCK-3 and have had no luck, but i did find this site which is Great. So i was hoping someone could help me out. Thanks, Reid
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    Test

    test3
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    Test

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    Test

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