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  1. digger242j

    Watching the eclipse--welding lenses

    Ok, I searched the internet a little bit, and the consensus seems to be that a shade 14 lens is ideal, and you don't want to use lighter than a shade 12, which is ok for limited viewing. I have a couple of 2" X 4.3" shade 12 lenses, and they'll fit into cutting goggles, but I have a handful of...
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    Just another test

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    I'd like to hear some ******* stories

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    I'd like to hear some run away stories

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    I'd like to hear some runaway stories

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    Carpal tunnel surgery

    Posted here, because "health" and "safety" are pretty closely related. There are more than a few mentions of carpal tunnel here on HEF, but I didn't find a thread specifically about it. For those who have had the surgery, and more specifically, operators, how much time off did the recovery...
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    How to "Post a Thread" to get your questions answered (hopefully).

    Frequently, new members have shown some amount of confusion about how to use the Forums. To ask specific questions that they have, some have used their own "Profile" to post those questions. Profiles are intended as a place for members to share some details about themselves that they think may...
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    John Deere 35C backup alarm won't quit

    I spend a lot of time on a John Deere 35C mini ex. Normally, when travelling either direction, the backup alarm should sound. When there are multiple pieces of equipment moving around, it becomes part of the background noise. Last week, as I was digging, I began to notice a backup alarm while...
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    Safe handling of 500 gallon propane tanks?

    I'm curious as to what you all think... A development of single family homes. During the cold weather season, until the gas service is hooked up and the furnace is running, the home builder uses propane heaters, fueled from 500 gallon tanks. The excavating contractor is tasked with moving them...
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    Track rollers freezing overnight?

    A question concerning compact track loaders in general.... On the job, we have a Kubota SVL 95, and in earlier years, had an SVL 90. In frigid weather, the track rollers will freeze, and refuse to turn. If the machine moves at all, it's only with great effort, and it's certainly not happy about...
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    So, I got some air tools at an estate auction...

    I was high bidder on a lot of air tools at an estate auction. Besides a 1/2" impact, and a couple of 3/8 air ratchets, there are some I'm less familiar with. First pic is of three die grinders. Top two are Chicago Pneumatic, and the other is an Ingersol rand. I should've been smart enough to...
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    Another pressure pipe discussion...

    ...Since there's recently been another one going on. This one's sorta the same, but different. We had a little job a couple of weeks ago, at one of our local municipality's sewage treatment plant. It involved repairing a small sinkhole in a paved area. There's a 3 inch "plant water" line, that...
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    John Deere 35C--cab gets too hot

    This is a machine that I don't own, but I do operate it often. It has a problem in that the cab becomes uncomfortably hot. The valves to the heater core are turned off in the summer, so that shouldn't be the source of the problem. It gets hot enough that the other day a wrench left on the floor...
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    Elgin Pelican Street Sweeper--Gutter Broom Problem

    And now for something just a little bit out of HEF's mainstream... A friend of mine has an older Elgin Pelican street sweeper. I believe it's a Model S, although the one attached picture is of an SE, and they look pretty similar. (I found a good picture online, and took a screenshot.) The...
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    Barge unloading

    This past week I got a chance to look at a barge unloading operation. It's something I hadn't ever had any exposure to before. It's pretty interesting. In a nutshell, it's a long reach excavator with a clamshell, some conveyors, a skidloader to help clean up the bottom of the barges, and a...
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    Case 60XT--How do you get to the back of the ignition switch?

    Silly me. I volunteered to get involved in changing the ignition switch in this case 60XT. The problem is, it's not obvious how to access the inside of the instrument cluster where it's located. I asked the guy at the parts counter, and he suggested that the way in is to take the headlight...
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    Would you be comfortable placing a fill downslope from a gravel stormwater sump?

    Just what the title suggests. We took a look at a job today where a builder wants to add some yard by importing fill. The top of the slope is right at the edge of the driveway, and partway down the slope is where the gravel filled stormwater sump has been placed. The proposal is to cut a key...
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    How to tell that the truck is finished loading

    I learned a little something today. Somewhere, sometime, when I was driving a dump truck, the operator indicated that he was finished loading by extending the excavator bucket out alongside the truck. It seemed like a good idea; a good way to communicate that the truck was loaded and expected...
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    Is this DOT approved?

    And if it's not, how what they write it up? :confused:
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    Willie59 reaches a Forum milestone.

    As near as I can tell, the above quote was the first 10,000th post by any member of this site. And it passed totally without fanfare or even mention. Nobody else is even close yet. I mean, we all knew the guy was long winded, but damn... :eek: Seriously though, there are few people that...
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