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  1. Tugger2

    A Frame logging 1988

    I came across this video on You Tube .Interesting looking at some cold decking and A framing in recent times.
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    Cat engine . Good parts or boat anchor?

    I have this engine we removed a few years ago while cutting up an old steel dragger. S/N 32b655 Power unit. Heres some pic.s . Im looking to see if it has any value for parts. It was an engine room power unit.
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    Almost 50 years in ,I skipped a critical step and now im hurtin.

    Finished off some sheetpile and we were cleaning up. I was just setting a short chunk of 8" HP as a waler along the top of the wall for bracing to come later. Unhooked the bridle chain, turned around waved the operator to go up. Didn't grab the hook to clear it from the HP. Hook snagged by a fur...
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    Drone Harassment

    Has anyone here been bothered by drones? I thought this was a big city problem but we are seeing them in our rural area. Looked up a while back and there was one scoping out the inside of my shop from less then 20' away. A neighbor told me they had one inthier yard flying amongst their vehicles...
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    Cat 312B

    Im looking at a 312B. Its a model i have never come across ,has anyone had experience with this model. Its late 90s or early 2000 vintage. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
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    Bucyrus Erie collection

    Heres a few pictures of my collection. . It starts with a couple of 10Bs and goes up to the 30B. This is the 30B 22B and the 25 in the middle
  7. Tugger2

    Field welding and fabricating

    Heres a repair to a set of dump skids im working on . The flotation tank was tearing itself off the skids thru the repeated stress of dumping bundles. https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/attachments/p7202690-jpg.243225/
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    Wash Bay

    Im looking at putting a decent wash bay in at my shop. Im thinking 20X40 with a 40 ft. seacan down each side and a roof. Id like to slope the floor into a trench down the centre to a sump that will catch solids ,then drain liquids into another sump that will separate oil . Is it concievable to...
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    Remote or timed start for gensets

    I was wondering what is available for a timed shutdown and start for a light tower / genset? Im setting up a sectional barge for a lake job and it would be nice to have the heat on in the container to dry our gear out . It would save burning some diesel .
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    12KW genset

    Came across a 12 KW Newage genset with Izuzu power nicely set up on a skid with a roof and fuel tank. Price is 2500.00 ,but says it just needs a voltage regulator. What kind of task is that to repair,if thats really all it needs?
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    Truck troubles

    The 3406 seized up on my old Kenworth so i have been looking at updating. My trucker friends warn me away from anything with the Cummins ISX. I found a 2013 that would suit me but its got the Cummins in it. Theres seem s to be lots of them out there . Are they that bad?
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    22 Ton Grove

    Ive been running a 22 Ton Grove Rt for one of my customers. I normally would nt run someone else cranes but they give me a lot of good work ,so i help them out.The machine came to the current owners from a rental co. and was well maintained ,but still a rental. Going through the fine print in...
  13. Tugger2

    Help Erase A strange link

    Hi Im not sure where to go with this . I went to post a picture link of Isaason blade linkage in old iron, help identify this equipment posting .The link turned into a mile long mass of numbers i cant erase. I dont want to hit post in case its something nasty. Any sugestions to erase this , i...
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    Cat 120 B

    Does anyone have an opinion on a Cat 120, its around 1992 around 7000 hours showing. Were they a decent machine? Im looking for something that size for part time excavator use on my own jobs. I dont want to lay out the cash for something newer like a 135 as i dont put a lot of hours on the...
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    303c cr Final Drive oil

    SN 3XT02093 I went to service the final drives on my 303 cat. The book that is attached to the machine calls for 1 litre of oil in each final drive and warns about causing seal leakage by overfilling. There might have been a quarter litre drained out ,but they show no leakage. When i roll it...
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    NH 250 Cummins front end power takeoff

    I have an NH250 in one of the cranes,i would like to run another hydraulic pump for a third drum on it. The accessory drive is loaded up so im wondering about driving off the front of the crank. Making an adaptor to fit the bolt flange inside the vibration damper seems straight forward. My...
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    Blown Hose on a 303CR cat excavator

    I blew a hose on the crowd {stick cyl} on my 303 excavator. Has anyone been into that group of hoses that runs up through the swing tower, under the boom foot then up to the steel piping on the boom. Theres a rubber block molded around all the hoses in there that leads me to think these hoses...
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    Un readable dipsticks

    This seems like a dumb thing to be asking. How often do you guys come across a dipstick on a machine that wont show a reading ,no matter how many times you wipe it clean ,try it hot, try it cold turn it in a different direction ect. Ive got a 910 Cat loader with a 3204 in it , engines pretty...
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    Dismantling a Truckcrane

    I have Some parts for sale off the carrier 10 ft. wide clark planetary axles 10.45 - 1 ratio 12:00 - 20 rubber Shuler tandem steer front end 4 hyd. outriggers , complete assemblies that extend to 18 ft wide 1 V 671 Detroit good runner 4 speed auxiliary box spicer i think A set of...
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    Tree Work

    Heres a couple of tree jobs ive done recently.
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