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    Walk the line

    Truck shop I tell you what I was told in same situation when worrying about causing some one to loose job over equipment/safety/ driving . Think of the school bus that he could of hit
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    System one install

    D 6T Never worked on system one undercarriage. When installing new rails it looks like the you press sides of links on to assemble rails ? Can I use normal track pin press an make a adapter to hold link square as I press ?
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    SANY EXCAVATOR

    The sany equipment equipment pre 2017 I am not familiar with but current machines have been very good and they support there dealers very well. Yammer ,Isuzu , Cummins power Kawasaki, Denso hydraulics . Keep in mind the Sany built machines for North American are different than overseas market...
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    After market cat parts ?

    Is there good aftermarket cat parts or do you get what you pay for? I have used some American Crane is one company. Dur cone seals price difference is a lot? But do they hold up ?
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    Series/parallel for jump start

    What I ended up doing is just add 2 batteries 1000 amp each in steal box wired in series / parallel switch just like 70s Kenworth so battery’s charge off truck alt quick connector for jump start cables so I can use same cables for 12 volt off truck batteries a switch in box panel to control...
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    Tool insurance

    years ago I new nothing about insurance . But after loosing all in fire I learned a lot . Most importantly coming from a owner employee tools are hard to insure because owner has no control over them. So if you work somewhere an they say you insurance unless you have copy of policy in your hand...
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    I learned something new today in Oklahoma.

    Learn this week in IA scale south of Sioux City . After they did inspection that included opening compartments on service truck that R134a bottle on my portable reclaimer could not be hauled in service truck cause bottle did not have sticker on it like torch bottles.
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    Series/parallel for jump start

    Thinking on service truck with 4 batteries. I thinking I could hook up series parallel for 24 volt jump on a 12volt service truck . Any thoughts ?
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    Hydraulic torque wrench purchase

    The cassette type if you have say 3inch do you have inserts you put inside 3inch for smaller sizes?
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    Hydraulic torque wrench purchase

    Be just general equipment repair going away from manual torque multi . When foot pounds start going up manual starts getting unsafe I feel
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    Hydraulic torque wrench purchase

    Need to update / improve my hydraulic torque wrench setup . 6000 pounds torque top of range I see . What pros an cons of different brands ?
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    Service trucks for sale

    Updating fleet if interested pm me for details . Pete 330 Feteral body an 10,000 pound crane Kw t300. Sti body 14000 pound crane Sterling. Imt body 7500 pound crane Freighter Tandem axle maintainer 10,000 pound crane. All currently working
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    All in a days (or two) work pictures

    Was it your truck I seen for sale in the truck paper ?
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    All in a days (or two) work pictures

    I wonder if valve bent just little only time valve cools is when closed . Three cracks on side that did not close as tite?
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    Repowering equipment with highway engines, i.e.; Cummins ISX, Pros and Cons?

    Running equipment off back i have found some highway ecm calibrations will only run percentage of there rated hp in pto mode . Ran in to this on a crane truck where lower drive engine ran upper crane also . Had to go to vocational type or off highway ecm calibration to make work
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    Repowering equipment with highway engines, i.e.; Cummins ISX, Pros and Cons?

    What brand and how many hp engine you replacing
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    Repowering equipment with highway engines, i.e.; Cummins ISX, Pros and Cons?

    The isx or qsx difference are all depend on CPL of Engine some are really close . For your dump trucks would not make a difference 1 must is make sure engine has two engine oil cooler cores have to check by s/n to be sure if have one or two not bad to add one if need two On QSX side CPL 2825 is...
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    Iveco Diesel engine ?

    For most part been an really good Engine .
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    Time for new service truck body/crane

    2 week in July body will be done .Truck getting painted this week
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    Link Belt /Isuzu faults

    Link Belt 218 HSL anybody have engine fault code list has Isuzu 6hk engine if hold diagnostic button flash 317 code ?
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