• Thank you for visiting HeavyEquipmentForums.com! Our objective is to provide industry professionals a place to gather to exchange questions, answers and ideas. We welcome you to register using the "Register" icon at the top of the page. We'd appreciate any help you can offer in spreading the word of our new site. The more members that join, the bigger resource for all to enjoy. Thank you!

Search results

  1. cregadkins

    not sure where this guy was lookin to pave

    The paver in the pictures is a Blaw Knox PF5510 with an OmniIII screed, not a Cat AP1055.
  2. cregadkins

    Cross Slope

    Cat began offering the AccuGrade Ready Option in May 2005. The AccuGrade valves and harnesses were factory installed. This made the "aftermarket add-on" Trimble valves, wires, etc. unnecessary. The addition of a blade slope sensor, mainfall sensor, and blade rotation sensor, gave us the cross...
  3. cregadkins

    Cross Slope

    Cat has offered optional cross slope control on MG's for several years now. It's a shame that the dealers have not promoted it. It is an awesome system.
  4. cregadkins

    Cat Part Breakdown

    Ask your local Cat dealer to set you up with "PartStore" on line. Free service, latest, greatest parts information.
  5. cregadkins

    GPS location on excavators

    Small world!
  6. cregadkins

    GPS location on excavators

    Here is a solution that a Cat Dealer in Denmark came up with.
  7. cregadkins

    GPS location on excavators

    Glad to help you JimBruce42. I wish I had found this forum a long time ago. Good stuff! Yes, the 345D comes with mast mounts in this location if you order it with the "AccuGrade Ready" Option. Looks like you answered all of Iron Horse's questions so I will leave those alone. Oddly enough, we...
  8. cregadkins

    GPS location on excavators

    Here is a picture from the rear also. We fabricated some steel plates with the bolt holes for the masts and welded them underneath the covers. Have to cut a couple holes for the harness to pass through and re-route the harness to this location. Both of my customers are very satisfied with the...
  9. cregadkins

    GPS location on excavators

    I do not have any pictures of the two I did, but here is a shot from a Cat Specalog.
  10. cregadkins

    Kobelco SK150 MIII CPU code electrical problems

    I used to work for a Kobelco dealer. If I remember correctly, the CPU warning is generally caused by either a bad fuse or a failed CPU. Of course, wiring could cause it also. The symptoms you described make me wonder about a couple other things too. If this only happens when the throttle is at...
  11. cregadkins

    GPS location on excavators

    The original Cat placement was on the counterweight like your machine is. Cat chose to move them forward for safety reasons. I have modified two 345C's, moved the GPS receivers forward to the position in front of the hood. It has made no difference in reliability and has not caused any loss of...
  12. cregadkins

    Exclamation warning light

    The D5G has one Electronic Control Module that controls and monitors the Hydrostatic system. The exclamation point lights up to indicate that the ECM has detected a fault in the Hydrostatic Electronic Control System. If it came on and went back out in 10 seconds, and if you did not hear an...
  13. cregadkins

    GPS and the Small Time Operator

    Absolutely! Goes back to the old "Garbage in- Garbage out" principal.
  14. cregadkins

    GPS and the Small Time Operator

    Back to some of the original questions posted by roddyo. We have contractors in our area who own only 3-4 machines running GPS. The cost to outfit an "AccuGrade Ready" or "Trimble Ready" machine is around $55,000.00. You would also need to purchase a Base Station/ Rover package which runs about...
Top