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    Crane collapses in Mecca (holy muslim city), 107 people killed

    The evening news showed video of a tower crane (not a fixed boom) with a 60' lattice boom blow over backwards. After Googleing it, it was from Sandy Oct 2012.
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    Crane collapses in Mecca (holy muslim city), 107 people killed

    If I can remember right the same thing happened in NY city about 2 years ago. A tower crane was set with the boom angle set to high and house was locked and could not weathervane. A fast storm came up blew the boom back over. Can't remember any other details. Does any body else???
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    Fendt?

    In my area, custom operators use them because they can do 35 MPH on the road and with all the traveling they do with manure tankers and chopper wagons time is important. ( Who's time isn't important ?)
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    Homemade Pen Oil Or What Do You Use?

    I've had good luck using Kroil oil for penetrating oil.
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    3010 JD backhoe steering &brakes

    I have 2 JD 3010 AG tractors and can get parts no problem. Your loader and hoe part might be a different story. I also have a 400 TLB that uses the 2020 AG tractor as the base unit. The problem with your brakes sounds like the hyd seals to the brakes in your axle are blown out. The axle housing...
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    John Deere 510b Brake Problem

    I think it has a equalizer, if you push both peddles and if one brake is blown, the peddles will go to floor. Is the problem with each peddle independently or together?
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    Old tipper

    What engine is that? Maybe a IH since they shared parts down under? Dads 64 D300 had a slant 6 225 cid engine.
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    Cleaning an oxygen regulator?

    I was told in apprenticeship to slowly crack open the valve on bottles because the high pressure hitting the gauge could shot out the tee handle on the regulator.
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    1986 John Deere 410B 4219T Engine replacement

    I bought a short block 219 for my 1972 JD 400 TLB. It is the same machine as aJD 2020 farm tractor. VALU-BILT.com 888-828-3276 see if they can match your serial number up with something they have. They' re abig rebuild shop in IA.
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    How Did You Find Us?

    I was recovering from a pinched nerve in my lower back, nothing to do but surf web. Looked up my JD 400 TLB and this site was listed. Read every thread, it is extremely informative and the followers are great.
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    Couple of pics

    Looks like axle was partially cracked, outer edge shows rust and shiny metal was holding until now.
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    International McCormick # 46 square hay baler

    Sounds like the catch dog isn't stopping the knotter shaft from turning. The spring might be broke.
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    Ford Sickle clogging up problem

    It could be a couple different things. Travel speed to fast, dull knife, grass wet and tangled. I had the same problems back when I used a sickle bar haybine and got tired of plugging so I bought a disk bar mower. I don't know how they put up with it in the old days.
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    Gafner Iron Mule

    Is that machine using a Ford tractor as a base. It looks like a 550 or so.
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    Who's Run the Largest Equipment?

    I unloaded a trailer load of steel with a Link Belt track hoe(2 yrd bucket). JD 624 wheel loader filling spreaders with 900 tons poop in 1 day. Cat 966 with 16 ft snow pusher in a couple snow storms. Mostly farm tractors lately.
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    The future of farming

    Statistics show farms are getting larger and smaller. With profit margins low like everywhere else, big farms need more acres to spread equipment cost over. Mid size farms are getting bigger, holding on, or selling out. There's more small farms, mostly start ups, in nich markets like direct...
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