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  1. Wawrecker

    PC800

    I have not kept up with this board for a while. I'll add a few things, if there's interest I will add more. We recently picked up this 800, nice clean well cared for machine.
  2. Wawrecker

    Hitachi / Deere Boom swap info needed.

    I have 95 EX 200-3 with a hitachi demolition boom on it and I need to upgrade the base machine and need to know how new of a Deere or Hitachi I can go to and not have to modify the boom to fit? Any help is apreciated. Thanks in advance.
  3. Wawrecker

    Why the Chinese manufacturers will never be on top.

    While I was at the Komatsu display at Conexpo I saw a couple Chinese taking pictures of a new Komatsu excavator only they had the camera deep in the bowels of the pump area. I asked a Komatsu rep what was up and he said it was Chinese engineers looking to reverse engineer the equipment and said...
  4. Wawrecker

    Employee negligence, who should pay?

    We have a couple company F-150 fords that are assigned to supervisors and last week one of them rear ended another car. Everyone was ok, very minor, there was $1,500 damage to the Subaru my truck hit and the same to our 2005 F-150. The employee was off the jobsite at 330pm and the accident...
  5. Wawrecker

    Geographical Track Loader use

    It seams to me that track loaders are in favor in certain regions of the country while other places like here in Washington you cant even rent one. California seams to be big on them or the 973 for wrecking and the South loves'em for diggin. Please way in on why or why you dont use a track loader.
  6. Wawrecker

    EX 200 Boom conversion

    I thought I would share some pictures of the Hitachi we are putting a factory Hitachi 2 piece demolition boom on. When completed it will have a working height of 44’ with a breaker. I found the boom in California, brand new, all cylinders and plumbing for $14,500.00. Unfortunately it’s going...
  7. Wawrecker

    Fire Job

    We were called to mobilize our equipment to a local city center Tuesday where a major fire in a couple of historic buildings broke out. This was personally very gratifying for me as the owner, to be asked to respond as I know you don’t invite people you can’t count on to situations like...
  8. Wawrecker

    NEW PC 200LC-8 Arrived!

    Well here it is. We added 3/8 rear doors, swivel guard, underhouse plates, cab guard and a lexan sheild infront of the cab guard.
  9. Wawrecker

    T-800 Hooklift update...

    Well it has 9,000 miles on it now, no trouble yet. We have been moving our EX-200 Hitachi with it on a 3 axle Trailmax with out any problems. We were doing a shut down job excavating 90 yards from a basement with a Brokk 180 Last weekend and I drove on Sunday, I took it over a private scale and...
  10. Wawrecker

    Hourly Rate Calculation

    How do you guys come up with your hourly rate you charge out and hour and are you sure it covers your cost?
  11. Wawrecker

    2007 T-800 new and unusable

    So I bought my first truck, a 07 T-800 with a 475 isx Cummins, 18spd factory drop axle, 46 k rears 16k front, hendrickson HN susp, full lockers. I took it to the shop thats installing a 52,000lb Stellar hooklift and while following the driver I realized the back of the truck was out of...
  12. Wawrecker

    S-220 Parking break issues

    I have replaced 3 parking break asseblys on my 03 s-220. Has anyone else had this problem?
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