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    Buying a used 953, B or C, anything special to watch out for?

    Hi! I'm looking on buying a used 953, C-series or older. Is there anything special to look after? What are the typical problems and what is expensive to replace (besides UC). I saw a 953C that is really cheap, but with UC quite totally toasted and almost 20000hours on the meter. Otherwise the...
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    My demolition companys new home page :)

    Hi there! Before we have had the same home page for maybe 10 years, and i was thinking it was good enough... But man what a difference a well done page can do to the company imago :eek: Man I was surprised when the nerds showed the new page they done!! To bad they don't have the writings...
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    Worst Demo Guy Ever

    This is soo true!! There is alot of earthmovers out there trying to get "easy money" with doing demo jobs...
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    Why don’t Americans GET high reach excavators…?

    Even if i'm from tiny Finland, i have to stand up and fight for the yanks! Mark, no offence, you probably already heard alot... But recycling and working safety has nothing to do with HRD excavators, it's all about choosing the right equipment for the job! So why do they use to small or...
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    Komatsu D41S-3 with new found power =O

    Hi Jim!! Thanks for asking :) I have been really busy some years now, the economical crisis makes it really hard to make any profit at all on the jobs we do, so there has been no time in spare! But the Komatsu is still going strong! Last autumn we did demolish some warehouses with it, and i...
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    D6C steering problem (pedal steer)

    Hi! Damn, just when I got the PS tranny working, after cleaning out every valve in the system... Now the steering quit working, to be correct, it quit working gradually? First when moving the machine around, it did quit steering on the left belt, and after shut down for a while and started up...
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    How to unstuck power shift valves?

    I have now quite a problem with my D6C 83A! I opened a tread about it previously, but now i opened a new one, because this could happen on any PS tranny... The problem was that there was water in the gearbox, and it has been standing for many years. I figured out that something is stuck due to...
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    D6C Power Shift problems, preassure??

    Thanks again! I think i can atleast get close enough readings with this spec sheet! I will print it tomorow and test it on site! Looks like the K measuring point is low, or really near low readings, I will get a more accurate gauge tomorow, the one i use now is up to 450 bars... I think i have...
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    D6C Power Shift problems, preassure??

    Could you send me on email a copy of that spec sheet, in it's original size? Here it's hard to read because it has to be soo small... sparffo at netikka.fi :)
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    D6C Power Shift problems, preassure??

    Thanks D6C10K!! The measurring point I have been using is the K, wich was barely 20 bars on my machine. The machine is a 083A (00690), it has been used in the woods to load and drag log sleds. Thats probabbly why it's pedal steer only, to keep the hands free for using the crane?? To bad that the...
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    D6C Power Shift problems, preassure??

    The machine before washing it with a steam preassure washer, really bad location to work on... The valve with one cover in the middle, quite hard to get a good picture of it!
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    D6C Power Shift problems, preassure??

    The machine is a pedal steer version, so there is no clutch levers at all! Here you se both valves, the one on the right with two covers and on the left with one cover This is where I meassured the 20bars preassure More pedal steer pictures, quite easy to do setup! In the middle of...
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    D6C Power Shift problems, preassure??

    Hi!! Loong time nou seen :) I have been really busy with my demolition jobs, so my dozer jobs has been non existing. Just some track loader jobs with the Komatsu D41 S3 now and then... But now i got time to make my D6C in working order again, the blade cylinder blew the gaskets a "few" years...
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    What Brand of Hammer is this?

    Any hammer operated without the correct grease will be a nightmare for the one paying the bills...
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    Cat 345C L

    They should pay the machines by bucket size, not machine weight ;) :D imagine a 10 ton machine with a 20 ton machine bucket :D
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    The biggest little machine

    I wouldn't like to be in it when it starts bouncing around :D
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    Cool Demolition Jobs!

    Hi! I have been busy as .... But the grapple is way better when you have to sort out the debris, you can pic up a beer can without breaking it! also when demoing brick buildings you can break/load the structures with the same tool, and do it in alsmot any position because it trurns 360...
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    Komatsu D41S-3 with new found power =O

    Here is some videoclips from the site i'm on at the moment! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR4_bk9dJa4 Here i got a little help from a robot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONaXBBzm5xg
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    Komatsu D41S-3 with new found power =O

    Hi Guys! I have been extremely busy lately, no time for forums and chats... just work, but now things are slowing down and i got time to take some vacation :) I have posted before about the Komatsu i bought, lot's of problems because it had most probabbly been sunk under water at some...
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    Massey fergusson MF3366

    Hi Jim! thanks again for the help! do you think you could email the picture in a bigger size? I will go out haunting for those case idlers!
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