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  1. JimBruce42

    Reduced tail swing Wheeled Excavator

    I'm starting to think I lost my mind, but I could swear some time in the last few months I saw an article of a manufacturer now offering a wheeled excavator that had a reduced swing radius. You'd think I could find it now... not so much. Did anyone else remember reading, hearing, or seeing...
  2. JimBruce42

    Return of the impact ripper...

    ... or everything old is new again? http://www.constructionequipment.com/article/bron-4000-ripper Just saw this on Construction equipment's website... wonder if this will work out better than the original ones.:bash:drinkup Discuss...
  3. JimBruce42

    volvo F-series trucks... already?

    Just stumbled across this on a non english forum. Seems like the E -series just came out and there's already some F's floating around. They look pretty good (as can be expected for Volvo trucks). I wonder how well they'll preform. I'm glad to see turn knobs for the climate controls apposed...
  4. JimBruce42

    Pedals or Levers

    So here's a question for all you hoe operators. Do you prefer using the pedals or the levers when powering the tracks (ie turning or moving in general)? I've seen some people use just solely one or the other and some people use whatever is more useful at the time... I prefer using the...
  5. JimBruce42

    Variable undercarriages and transportation

    hey all, I've had a question rolling in my mind lately, and finally just want to ask. This more or less pertains to excavators with variable undercarriages, which most manufactures have an option for on their 45-130 ton machines. I realize that the frame can be unbolted and shifted out...
  6. JimBruce42

    Cat Ejector trucks

    By now I'm sure a lot of you have come across the 730 or 740 ejector ADT's by Cat. I'm just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on them. We currently have a 730 on rent at the job I'm on... at the moment I'm the one running it. Personally, it is a good concept, but I'm not impressed...
  7. JimBruce42

    This week's adventure... Link Belt lover's may wanna cover your eyes

    This week I'm on loan to the sub contractor we have in a few of our quarries to make rip rap. This particular location is not technically our quarry, it's a granite slab (dimensional stone) quarry and we bought their waste piles off them to sell as rip rap, etc. The quarries got a couple old...
  8. JimBruce42

    Christmas in June... a new 990

    ..Well, just about new. I think it was bought sometime last summer or fall for one of the PA quarries. Originally it was going to be charging the new crusher they'd installed, but that changed and they brought a couple of the R40's back in and are actually loading the crusher with a 345. Well...
  9. JimBruce42

    Meanwhile, back at the quarry...

    ...we have slightly used iron for sale!:cool: Now that things are finished up at Morgantown, I was sent back to our quarry in Elk Mills for... uh... an indeterminate amount of time:beatsme but hey at least I'm working:D:drinkup:usa One of our (AAM) dirt crews is doing a little...
  10. JimBruce42

    GPS location on excavators

    I'm not really sure if this should be in the excavator or GPS section, so I'll start it here, and if it's wrong, someone will move it. My question is about the placement of the GPS receivers on excavators. We use Trimble dual mast GPS and have it on all of our Mass Ex. and a couple of the...
  11. JimBruce42

    quarry reclamation

    Hello one and all, Here's my first stint for the 2009 PHOTO racing season:D:notworthy As some might remembered I was being loaned out to our materials division last fall, they are now loaning me to a sort of dirt job:confused: It's a little closer to home and I'm one of three guys...
  12. JimBruce42

    Work pics from the "Rock" show

    As I previously said, I've recently been given a new assignment for .... a while:confused::beatsme Working in our rock quarry in Elk Mills, MD. This is our largest of the 5 quarries we own and has probably the most room for expansion... I think. Friday was the first day back there for me...
  13. JimBruce42

    JRB couplers and big buckets

    Hey all, I have a question for everyone who has some experiences with JRB pin couplers, I'll try to set this up the best I can. At work we have mostly Cat excavators with their own quick couplers, but on our Komatsu PC228's we have JRB's. I've had a 48" bucket on for the last week or so...
  14. JimBruce42

    new job pics

    ... at least that's what I'd be saying if I had remembered to charge my camera before work today:Banghead Course I did get to try out the new cell phone camera:cool2 This week, I'm on one of our other big shopping center jobs, running a Komatsu PC228, and for what could be a big part of this...
  15. JimBruce42

    Rain day= work photos

    Raining again today, we've gotten something like 3 or 4 inches of rain since Thursday night, so I haven't been working. So, what the heck, I'll post some photos for everyone else, for those of you on DHS also, sorry for the double vision:Banghead.:rolleyes: First set are from our new Lowe's...
  16. JimBruce42

    Work pics from the VA tour

    Thought I would give Burnout's mouse a rest from clicking on all those photos he's been posting lately:drinkup and share some of mine from this past winter. I spent just shy of 4 months on a large shopping center job we won in Midlothian, VA. called "Westchester Commons". Rumors are when...
  17. JimBruce42

    Volvo EC700 in PA

    I've seen photos of Volvo's big excavator in Europe, and the one that MCM in MI, had for a year or so, but other than that I haven't really seen or heard much about the 700's since they came out. espcially in the states.:beatsme A buddy of mine works for Kozik Brothers, Inc in Western PA...
  18. JimBruce42

    GPS on scrapers

    I know there are a few scraper operators on here and I was sitting here looking though some websites and topics and just wondered if anyone has run pans with GPS on them? and how they like/dislike it?:stirthepot
  19. JimBruce42

    New Cat track loaders

    I heard that our company got a prototype for, what I can only assume is the new D-series Cat track loaders, last week. I haven't gotten to see it personally just yet, but here's some of what I've heard about them. (this is a 963 model) -The track frames are longer and have 2 carry rollers...
  20. JimBruce42

    Venting and the weather

    Forwarning... I'm just venting some frustration. The one thing about any jobsite that can't be controlled is the weather. The job I am on currently we have lost two and a half days of work on because of rain. The worst part is that the rain comes late evening or very earlier morning and...
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