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    Best 160?

    Kobelco and new holland are the same thing, just different labels, but if you get either get the kobelco. ;) We had a 160 for a while, great machine, now the new ones are actually a 170 :cool:
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    the best hoe

    Kobelco, they seem to run for ever if maintained well.
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    workin

    been a busy two weeks, havent had a camrea with me at all last week, we ditched and graded 4.5 miles of road, that took 3.5 days dug a 32x40 foundation which was mostly on ledge, put in a drive way in chester town, and clearing the lot, jacked up a 26x30 house with an 8' pourch and...
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    How Do You Advertise??

    word of mouth and work signs, as well as the lettering/ phone # on our equipment, and we have more work then we can handle
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    Legal or not?

    just drive the machine if its only 5 miles. Its not worth having some dumb ass or someone pull out in front of you and having someone get killed, because if that happens it'll be your a$$ ;)
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    learning how to doze

    dont race, go slow, watch the bottom outside edges of the blade till you know the machine very well. It takes time, a lot of time. Good luck,
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    workin

    we had a blade runner on rental for a while. I didnt like it, digging on the blade side was hard with it sticking out too far. a blade runner is actually a 160 undercarriage with a 135 upper structure. From what my sales rep says next year theyre coming out with a 135 with a blade. Ill wait a...
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    tying down dozer to trailer

    should look like this two pulling forward and two pulling back
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    workin

    its in raquette lake. We knock the trees over stumps and all, carry them to one spot or two spots limb them, cut the stumps off spin to the other side of the road, cut the trees into logs and continue on, it works good with two guys on chain saw and one running excavator and dozer switching back...
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    Looking for a quick coupler

    jrb, aim attachments, call around im sure someone offers one..
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    workin

    here we just had a dozer, 115 kobelco, mini excavator, tandem, small chevy 3500 dump and a service truck, thats about it. for two days we had the triaxle hauling in stone. we have another job going right now too. 32x26 house being jacked up off a 6ft foundation, 3 feet further, were digging out...
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    workin

    we try to be fast but not redo stuff, do it once and do it right is our motto ;) it went fast with all on site burial, but it was very rocky.. im sure nedly can attest to the soils around here.. were just waitin for the foundation to be poured and the well to be drilled. its kind of a pain being...
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    workin

    few of another job we just started Saturday, we cut out 600' of road and the lot removed all of the top soil off the whole site and drive way and piled it up to raise around the whole building site, buried brush on site and buried the rock. Installed power (underground) dug the foundation and...
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    Change hydraulic filters?

    there should be a pilot filter.. do you deal through Abele tractor?
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    New Holland Dozer

    does it seem like theres only that many hours on it? Or did some one tamper with the hour meter and set it back? Could be a weak hydraulic pump? I know mine will never bog down, it either just pushes or spins if your in soft material. Our DC80 only has about 1k hours on it all being used by us...
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    JRB Coupler

    x2.. on a 115 a full kit installed is 5200$ (last year on our latest machine) :D
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    New Holland Dozer

    x2 about everything he said.. If its really cold put the water heater plug in on it or it messes up the computer (it was -15 when we did that) new computer was about 4k... We have the dc80 with the 9'4" blade and the wider tracks. I love it, its fast, smooth, powerful and you can make some nice...
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    Recommendations on Dozer and Possibilities.

    Personally, go out an find an older Kobelco 115 or something, just look for something thats in good mechanical condition, undercarriage, pins tight and on an on, look for something about 8-15 years old with 3-6k hours, You will be able to dig ditches and use the blade to clean up and grade your...
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    workin

    dc 80 newholland, about 86hp and thats one of our two 115's, about the perfect size plus its nice having the blade doing mostly road/ clearing type of stuff, plus they're efficient on fuel for the most part, We had a 160 last year and we didn't use it as much as we should have. Im hoping to get...
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    Fuel Price By Location

    Thats what is going to happen, I know that Peckehm Industries (in NY) is a major quarry with quite a few trucks and they just shut all their trucks down, they cant make anything with paid drivers, so they just parked them,,,:eek: Its going to mess up the whole economy, it just hasn't hit yet...
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