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  1. Queenslander

    Flaming Air Line

    Had a head scratcher recently. 2012 Western Star 4900 blew the air line between the drier and the purge tank one night. This is a metal braid, rubber coated line with threaded fittings, just like a hyd. hose but had blown apart and was in two pieces. Found and fitted a new one next morning...
  2. Queenslander

    Close Call

    A neighbour of a mate of mine had a contractor bring a digger to help clean up a newly purchased block. Unfortunately, he discovered a hidden underground water tank. As can be seen by the high tide marks on the glass, the water level was initially much higher than that in the photos. Unable to...
  3. Queenslander

    D7H Transmission Filter Dilemma

    Have just taken delivery of a D7H, 5BF 06261, zero hrs since trans. filter and oil change Worked for two hrs. and trans. filter bypass warning activates. Pulled filter, 132 8876, only examined externally but looks clean. SIS is a bit confusing, at least for me, as it lists both this filter and...
  4. Queenslander

    What an offal mess.

    Looks like a portion of the load may have ended up in the cabin with the driver. Seems to be a fairly common occurrence around the world for this particular product...
  5. Queenslander

    Cat C9 High Soot Levels

    Iam trying to find the cause of high soot levels in our 2013 built D6R, S6T00779. This is a tier 2 motor.. we had some discussion about it here...https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/d6r-track-wear.76755/page-2 The dozer had new injectors and heui pump about 200hrs before we bought it...
  6. Queenslander

    Tyre Drama

    A mate had a steer tyre let go the other day. Luckily, he managed to keep it upright.
  7. Queenslander

    Clearing with excavators

    Tragically, an excavator operator lost his life here a couple of days ago when a large tree crushed his cab. Got me to thinking how it is common to see excavators pushing large trees but very rare to see much in the way of cab protection beyond some guarding of glass etc. Canopies on dozers used...
  8. Queenslander

    950H Transmission Trouble

    Our 950H, JAD02141, won’t engage in any speed or direction. The problem has occurred a couple of times over the last few months, but after a few seconds moving the direction switch or lever back and forward it has always reengaged. Worked fine this morning but nothing after lunch. Park brake is...
  9. Queenslander

    What do y’all use to fill your water truck?

    The bulk of our work is rural gravel road maintenance and resheeting so we’re rarely able to suck from the same hole for more than a week. It might be tempting to use some whopping great pump that needs three men and a dog to shift, but we’ve been using these little Honda 3” transfer pumps for...
  10. Queenslander

    G Series Console Strut

    Sometimes the simplest of problems can cause you all sorts of grief. The gas strut on our G series grader failed... wouldn’t hold the console up. Two replacement options, genuine or Yellowmark. I installed the cheaper version and all was well for twelve months until it went again. Bought the...
  11. Queenslander

    D6R Track Wear

    Anyone like to take a guess how many hours these tracks have done? Iam looking around for a lowish hour D6R and this tractor, which I haven’t seen in the flesh yet, seems to fit the bill except for undercarriage.
  12. Queenslander

    Tired of cleaning out track frames?

    Or there may be another perfectly good reason.
  13. Queenslander

    Cat Dealers

    I’ve noticed a few posters complain about the service and and exorbitant pricing they receive from their dealers but I’ld like to tell you about a recent experience with ours. Hastings Deering covers two states here, plus Papua New Guinea and a few other island nations, so a large dealership...
  14. Queenslander

    Gravel Resheet

    A rare photo opportunity... most of our roadworks gear in the same spot together. We been flat out preparing for a largish resheeting job for a local authority. The only machine without an ecm and probably the most reliable, the trusty 12G. This will be one of the few jobs that we have both...
  15. Queenslander

    950H hyd. query

    We have a 950H, JAD02141...an IT version with fusion coupler and third function. Just wondering if there is an option to electronically change the operation of the third function, ie. make it float. I recently had a stickrake made for the loader and added a hydraulic tilt option. Just a ram...
  16. Queenslander

    Loader rims

    I’ve recently put a stickrake on our 950H and have a fair bit of work planned for it, so anticipate a few flat tyres and would like to have a spare on hand. An outfit at the other end of the country are parting a 950G11 with 23.5 x 25 tyres, the same as ours. Don’t spose anyone knows if the rims...
  17. Queenslander

    Not so heavy tree killer

    Have just put this little unit together to broadcast Tebuthiuron (Graslan) pellets. In the past, the only alternative to aerial application has been throwing them around by hand, a slow tedious process. This thing will throw them out 30 ft+ each side, as fast as you can pull the trigger.
  18. Queenslander

    JD 6320 Engine Troubles

    This 2005 100hp Ag tractor with 3300 hrs is causing me no end of grief at the moment. About a month ago we gave it a routine service.. engine oil and filter, fuel filters, changed the coolant. Nothing unusual... later, we worked it for about 5 hours, where it performed flawlessly. A couple...
  19. Queenslander

    Idle hours?

    I recently mentioned on another thread that I had agreed to purchase a truck from a private seller, subject to a satisfactory engine report. The truck was a 2012 Western Star with a Cummins egr motor and only had 400000 kms on the clock. During our initial inspection we forgot to look at the...
  20. Queenslander

    Cat G series EMS troubles

    The EMS panel on our 12G, (3WC01837), suddenly died just recently.. no lights or alarm, even on the test switch. After working through the test procedure, the service manual indicated that the monitor needed to be replaced. Installed a reman unit from Cat... all lights now work on the test...
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