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  1. gd10r

    Cat 436C IT backhoe, rear hydraulic is the dealer feeding me a line of bull or what??

    So we have a nice 436C IT extendahoe backhoe. I have bid and secured a dam project, material out with 637's no problem. Now that the valve vault is going in we are about a month away from needing to mob and backfill the tower, all 70 feet of it. Dam restrictions require hand work for the 8'...
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    Bulldog Titan with 605 Horses Ready for Work

    Had to run to the Cat Dealer and always go the extra mile to drive by the BIG Ames construction yard. Saw this all shined up and ready to go to work. Driver was in the cab and said it has a 605 HP engine under the hood. Im a KW guy but admit this is one fine looking truck. Graham
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    D9G Cat Scraper Pusher

    Here are some photos of my latest addition. This is one very sweet tractor, I remember looking at a similar version, had the single ram though, pushing tractors all over Denver, in my misguided youth. Please enjoy. I have since decaled it up for Green Construction in period decals, there will be...
  4. gd10r

    Some New Neighbors in Denver (The 657E kind)

    Here they are, heard that these came from the HOSS auction recently. I am sorry to act a little happy but these will be the biggest scrapers in the Denver/Colroado market. I know Burnout sees so many that he gets tired of them, and Kenny too but this will be my first opportunity. I look forward...
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    627H Scraper

    I understand that the 627H is in field follow mode. Has anyone seen one of these machines and snapped a photo of it? I heard that there were some in Canada?
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    631E's in Castle Rock, Colorado

    Contractor R.E. Monks is working on a bypass around Castle Rock Colorado, I think that there is 800,000 CY to move, probally the biggest dirt job in the state right now, there are entire fleets parked up. They have five 631E's 16K hour units, two 623's, a D10T pushing and a D8T as a utility...
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    Some Old Iron in Avery Wyoming

    I found the spot. This Iron is all owned by Platte Valley Constructors, from North Platte Ne. I think. They have a giant german shepard onsite, maggie, sweet thing once I got over the fear that I was lunch. Enjoy the photos.
  8. gd10r

    Found Nice D8K North of Kremling, Colo

    Found this sitting on the side of the road, N of Kremling, Co, S of Granby, along the Colorado River and the UPRR mainline. Sorry no for sale sign. These are the best shots, it was parked the wrong way into the sun, if I got good photos, sun over my shoulder, they would have a nasty old bomag...
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    Pipe Bedding Calculation

    Ok, I am estimating now, pretty impressive for a guy that can bearly count to 21 naked. Is there a standard chart that anyone can provide access to for pipe bedding by pipe size. The rest of the estimators are using an old calculation, and on my last job, we are half done and out of bedding...
  10. gd10r

    Charlotte NC Airport Job Photos

    Here are some photos from the expansion of the Charlotte NC Airport. ES Wagner is the contractor and they are moving something like 5 million yards or so. Using a holland loader and a fleet of Challengers pulling eject scrapers. There are something like 20 740 / D400E Trucks pulling the eject...
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    Mack "Pac" Info or Photos, Anyone??

    Does anyone have any info, photos or interesting tidbits about this fairly rare and old Dog? Graham
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