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    not sure where this guy was lookin to pave

    I've looked these pics several times and never put two and two together but i think i have an idean on how it happened. The paver is a cat 1055 and i know first hand that while going down hill these particular pavers are hard to control while in high gear. Im guessing the operator was coming...
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    work pics

    Some more pics of the 10's pushing a 651
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    work pics

    Some pics of my current job and of my new baby, when i got the new 9 it had 14.2 hours and the computer said 12 hours of that were idle time. The third pic is of a 651b and a d10n that got stuck in the mud while cutting out a channel. The fourth is another 651 stuck in a different channel.
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    988G-988B compare for superior loader design!

    Junior where did you get that picture of the 988b? I was just wondering because i have ran that loader before it belongs to a company named Kellys Railroad Service, which i do alot of work with. Thaey and the company i work for do alot of railroad work including the train derailments.
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    Roading a loader

    We found out on a john deere the parking bake is in the front axle and they tend to drag, the valve dosent release all the way. I think the rental company thought they had a sucker on there hands, boy they wrong!
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    Roading a loader

    thats pretty much what i thought i have taken 980's and 988's loader for 20 miles or more because they are so hard to move through the city. the company i work for has a contract with union pacific railroad so we can go along the railroad tracks and make it across town with no problems.
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    Roading a loader

    whats the furthest anyone has roaded a loader, we took a john deere 544h about 9 miles down the road after about 7 miles the front axle damn near caught on fire it got so hot it melted the paint off. The rental company is trying to tell me it was my fault for roading it. Just wanted your...
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