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    Husqvarna 324LD and other garbage 4 strokes FIXED

    Good in theory bad in practice. Never runs right. Always struggling. Chrome bore OHC garbage engine put on so many of their small machines. Honda GX series? Great stuff. GC and similar? Absolute trash. So. I found a two stroke engine that is 100% bolt on. Bought as a curved shaft off fleabay...
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    deere 350 reverser to main transmission shear (abuse) solution?

    I'll preface this with I haven't yet picked up the dozer (350C), but will be hopefully this or next weekend. The machine has a sheared coupler and/or transmission shaft. The current owner has done this once before and went in through the engine side to replace the coupler. When doing some net...
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    Water truck: How big it too big (Fire)

    Hey folks, hoping to solicit some advice. My local FD is in the market for a new water tender and a debate is going on about whether a three axle is too big. We currently are running a couple two axle trucks. One 2500 gallons, the other 2000. My first inclination is bigger would be better so we...
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    Neat inexpensive sawmill just arrived!

    I just thought I'd share. For the price I have to say I was nervous. But it appears to be quite high quality. http://www.lumbersmith.com/ My original plan was to build my own to get around a design flaw in most sawmills. Most sawmills have the carriage supports right along side the center of...
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    Deathtrap 790 repair

    Industrial mini shock absorber inside a nut tacked onto floor deck. Anyone with a 790 will see significant damage on the swinging pawl that engages the notch on the brake arms, and those who run a backhoe rely on the e-brake to keep them from going on a ride when they pull up the stanchions. I...
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    Hillbilly stump puller VERY effective

    Just thought I'd share an interesting piece of junk I recently built. Medium sized portable hydraulic unit running a 6hp pull start diesel, turning a two stage 16gpm hydraulic pump runs two 2.5" cylinders off a two spool load checked DA valve with QD's for hooking up the cylinder lines. I...
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    Power industries is a rip off

    Just a heads up. I just got a bill for a handful of 1/4" 3kpsi hoses, and was shocked at the bill. Compared prices to www.surpluscenter.com where I normally order my hoses, and they charged me 25.93 to 30.22 per hose for hoses I normally get for 5.50 to 7.35 apiece. And the surplus center ones...
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    Easy fix for worn bucket teeth; works great

    This worked so well I felt like sharing. I have an older (86) Takeuchi tb15, and the teeth were basically junk. I am about 1.5 hours from a tractor parts supplier, and since you have to cut the old ones off anyhow, I chopped off some sections of leaf spring and welded them onto the existing...
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