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  1. nicky 68a

    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    I’d given the benefit of the doubt to your new helper LMM.I’d allready figured he was a potential steady plodder at best,but that may have suited you Vtech. Clearly I was very wrong,that mess he left behind,especially when you asked him to clear it up,tells a much deeper story about the man,his...
  2. nicky 68a

    D8 H. What year model ?

    It’s a big ripper plow Dave that was used by the owner of the property to turn the fields over for the vineyard
  3. nicky 68a

    D8 H. What year model ?

    Saw that last week in a yard in Italy. Was a US built 46A 5000 series. Powershift and 6 roller track frame. All original and still started occasionally
  4. nicky 68a

    D8 H. What year model ?

  5. nicky 68a

    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Vetech,did I read you said the new chap was fresh out of a 25 year stretch in prison?
  6. nicky 68a

    Cat D7H hydraulic oil over heating

    For some reason,I like to leave old filters lying around for a while before bining them
  7. nicky 68a

    Cat D6C track problems

    Oz Dozer,you are right about those track braces not being as tough as they look. I had one break on an early D8H 68a 7 roller frame.Wasn’t a big job to weld it though. All my later D8H’s has the thicker wishbones/diagonal braces and have no trouble. The big bushes at the back need looking...
  8. nicky 68a

    D342 Head to Block Clearance - Feeler Gauges

    TC Tractors will be the chap that will know
  9. nicky 68a

    D5B Hydraulic Pump Leak

    Funnily enough,their rep dropped in today to drop some D8 ripper tips off and he told me that ITR now offer around 80% of Cat parts
  10. nicky 68a

    D5B Hydraulic Pump Leak

    ITR a a good company to deal with here in UK. No problems with their parts
  11. nicky 68a

    Cat d4h 3304

    Thanks Joe,but that will never happen.I did go down that route years ago,but these days we simply don’t get involved.
  12. nicky 68a

    Cat d4h 3304

    Not bad.We have been in unofficial recession here in UK since Oct 22,but definitely turned a corner the last couple of months in my sector.The rest of the construction industry will still suffer though this year.
  13. nicky 68a

    Cat d4h 3304

    Yes.I own a timber merchants and most of our material is home grown with imports from Sweden and abit from Eastern Europe. Softwoods.
  14. nicky 68a

    Cat d4h 3304

    I know what you mean. Good luck with getting it mobile this week :)
  15. nicky 68a

    Cat d4h 3304

    Good morning Joe. If you are hell bent on a D6R XL,come and have a look at the one up in Skelm. It was a trade in but I knew its previous owner. I’ve no idea how much he wants for it,but it looks a deceant tractor for an end user the likes of yourself or me and would be priced accordingly
  16. nicky 68a

    parts availability for D6C

    A good indicator is wear on the foot pedals,arm rests,floor plates,fan pulleys,all the bolt heads under the track frames etc
  17. nicky 68a

    Purchasing first TLB and need advice

    I’ve allways ran at least 2 big tractors for this reason.My D8 is currently out doing a few hours a month and my D9 is sat snoozing in the yard for a year as a back up. It is earning me nothing,but gives me a good nights sleep knowing it’s there:D
  18. nicky 68a

    parts availability for D6C

    Beautiful looking machine. Be very hard to find a better one. Much of the expense is in the undercarriage,blade,winch and asthetic appearance.If it’s innards are as nice as it looks from the outside, it will be as good as it gets for a 45/50 year old machine.
  19. nicky 68a

    Purchasing first TLB and need advice

    My advise considering your location and population is to buy at least 2 older machines around 25 years old. You might get 3 for €100k. With 3 indentical machines,you’ll just about manage 100% availability and you can simply canibilise each one over the years until you end up with none. 2 or 3...
  20. nicky 68a

    735 Failed Transmission Fill Calibration

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