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  1. old-iron-habit

    JD 450c sitting 15 + years

    That old gal sure has a fat bottom under her. Are the steering clutches releasing OK? Good luck and keep us posted.
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    Homeowners buying old giant excavators?

    If I had 15 or 20 less pieces of yard art my wife may be happier. I just fire them up and move them around once in a while to confuse her. I sold my DW-21 Cat scraper and took a D6C on part trade last fall. She rolled her eyes when I told her I downsized.
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    I JUST BOUGHT A D3B WAS TOLD IT WAS A 1976 BUT NOT SURE SER 79U0964 CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT YEAR THIS IS

    Easy way to tell the D3 to the D3B. D3 has the clutch/brake pedal push thru the floor. The D3B has swing pedals.
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    I traveled constantly on my job, My wife put in 21 years in as a Navy medic. We spent a lot of time apart, meeting where and when we could. After she had been retired about ten years, we landed a hospital job about 25 miles from home. which I did build. After about a year, working from home...
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    Junkyard's work thread.....maybe haha

    Anyone see this one featured at Conexpo this year. I was up close and personal with it at the Doug Veerkamp Engineering open house last Saturday. It's a mid 50s model Pererbuilt that is100 percent CA compliant. They had a good 2016 doner chassis that was usedfor the drive train. The remote for...
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    CAT D6 8U dozer weight

    Nige's weight is real dang close. My 9U-D6 was right in that weight range on the local scale when I hauled it. The narrow gauge 8U is a wee bit lighter than the wide gauge 9U all else being equal.
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    Coolant in oil Detroit 6V53 Diesel Engine

    Just a comment on 53 series water leaks. This last summer we had a water leak in a 4-53 that powers a lumber edger at our local antique tractor show. The water had been drained every winter for the last 20 years that we know about, and who knows how long before that. It has not had and additives...
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    Off road diesel set up for my skid steer

    Check with your supplier. Here they will not deliver under 300 gallons and there is a 25 cents a gallon delivery charge on up to 500 gallons.
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    Off road diesel set up for my skid steer

    Home heating oil is not always colored is all. Same fuel!
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    ?Project?, for Someone else!!

    And they all easily started after setting for 10 to 20 years, as long as you refilled the oil first.
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    Junkyard's work thread.....maybe haha

    Hi Folks. Have not been on HEF or anything for a while. Fishing in t-shirt comfort made the winter pass quickly. Jeff, I've ben going to call you. As I tell everybody, remember to charge enough to cover everything, including investing in your retirement. I always view income as subsistence pay...
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    Truck heating up

    A executive from Stant that I was chatting with at a trade show told me that it is tough to get more than three years out of a stat with the bio friendly antifreezes of today. Fortunately, most of the time they stick open.
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    D8,46A fuel issues?

    Manuals are easily found on Ebay. You should have the Parts Manual, Operators Manual, Serviceman's Reference Manual, and the Engine Manual. If you don't find them one day, they will usually show up in a day or two. If you are a ACMOC member there is also a lot of 'legacy' manuals available to...
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    D8,46A fuel issues?

    Pull the flat cover of the side of the injection pump. Nothing will fall out. Insure all six vertical plungers are free to move up and down. Take extreme care to not scratch the machined cylindrical surfaces. Use a plier with a good rag softener and be gentle. They usually are not stuck bad at...
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    Anyone buy hydraulic seals from All States?

    I have used them with good results. I don't believe I have ever replaced a seal that was out because it was a faulty seal. It is normally a bad rod, contamination, 50 years of rust, or some other reason that takes them out.
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    Overload of the Day

    Not an over load but a un-usual wrecker load. Last Wednesday just as it was getting sundown I drove past a accident site where a fancy Pete with a van trailer piled up into the mountainside about 90 miles west of Tok, Alaska. A completely rolled up pretzel of what appeared to be a larger four...
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    Overload of the Day

    I always kept the can sealed. It never burned as long as it was sealed. I had a can of chili stretch once but was fine and unburnt after it cooled enough to dare to open. I did have the top blow off of a pop top can of beans that was heating on a Cat engine exhaust manifold in a 9310 American...
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    A couple of videos of the old wheel dozer

    I will take some next time I get to their yard. If it is in the yard? They use it occasionally to push topsoil off in a couple of gravel pits they own. They had issues getting permits to haul it home when the bought it on auction, so the one son said screw it and just drove it home the125 miles...
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    A couple of videos of the old wheel dozer

    Nice. A friend has the big brother to yours. A 375 wheel dozer with a 14 ft blade. It was used to push taconite piles in the ship loading facility on Lake Superior at Taconite Harbor, MN. Yours looks to be in very clean shape.
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    class A revoked for a OUI that I got 15 years ago!!! had class a for 10 months

    Lawyer needs enough pay to grease the right palms. Lots of ways to pay other than hand over cash also.
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