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  1. bill onthehill

    Case 580 K fuel troubles

    I have owned this 1988 machine for 8 years. This spring i had it over loading some farm equipment at my Amish neighbor. I was getting low on fuel and got 5 gallons from him. When I went to bring it home the next day I had a hard time getting it to run without ether at first. Brought it home and...
  2. bill onthehill

    Misleading ads

    While watching the race yesterday they ran a Dodge commercial showing a dually towing a full sized Case hoe on a trailer. I personally feel this is very poor judgment to tow something that heavy and high with a lighter truck like that. While the truck has enough power to move the load handling...
  3. bill onthehill

    Ever see a big Bobcat dozer?

    ttp://six-wheeler.com/M880.html
  4. bill onthehill

    Help Identifying a kubota motor

    Trying to find the model of this motor. It appears to be a Kubota v2203 series but have not found a model or serial # on it. It came from a Carrier Transi-cold reefer trailer and we are fitting it up to run a corn grinder/mixer. It has a cast# above where the starter would go. The # is 2.197...
  5. bill onthehill

    Nice skid blade

    http://www.tobinblade.embarqspace.com/
  6. bill onthehill

    Bobcat to close Bismark plant

    http://www.manufacturing.net/article.aspx?id=215958 It is not looking good for manufacturing these days.
  7. bill onthehill

    Case is proud of their parts!!

    I finally broke down and bought a new muffler for my 580K. Had to drive 100 miles one way to get it. When they hit me with the price I was dumbfounded. $243 for a muffler and clamp with 8% tax. You would think it was a catalytic converter for that kind of money.
  8. bill onthehill

    Laptop not charging

    The little picture of innocence chewed the cord on my wife's laptop. She chewed the output cord from the a/c adapter which only carries16 volts. I first tried repairing the wire and had no luck so I got a new adapter($50) and same thing. Has anyone ever had these things apart? I am hoping it has...
  9. bill onthehill

    Bad news at grove crane

    Manitowac the parent company of Grove cranes in Shady Grove,Pa. just announced they are reducing their workforce by over a third(700 plus). They have had so many orders cancelled they doubled the amount getting laid off. Know a few folks who worked there years ago and they are getting scared...
  10. bill onthehill

    Big roadwork projects coming

    The transportation secretary just announced the release of funding for states to implement "work ready" projects to start this spring and summer. Things should be looking up fairly soon for highway and bridge contractors. This funding is for roadwork that has been on hold for lack of funding and...
  11. bill onthehill

    unusual use for a telehandler

    this cat has been sitting up the road from my place since late fall. the outfit usually runs bobcat t300's with a similar tree spade. this is the first I have seen one used like this,but it should allow them to reach in among the other trees and pluck out the one they want with less damage than...
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