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  1. Rihpper

    Where to get bucket teeth and pins

    I been happy with the ones I’ve got from H&L tooth. Forged in Oklahoma.
  2. Rihpper

    Cat 308 Next gen glow plugs

    I have a 309 next gen which has the same engine as your 308. My glow plug light doesn’t stay on either, but i haven’t used it in super cold temps. It always starts easy though.
  3. Rihpper

    Cats are soooo expensive compared to kubota. What’s the reason?

    I don’t necessarily agree, A lot of the CAT machines have more features the the competition. For example, my 309 gas slope indicate where it shows two axis slope on the screen, it also has a 2nd auxiliary with a dedicated high flow pump. ( I don’t think kubotas have that). The biggest issue for...
  4. Rihpper

    Cats are soooo expensive compared to kubota. What’s the reason?

    Part of it can be the dealer, there is large price differences from dealer to dealer. Some dealers are very competitive compared to other brands.
  5. Rihpper

    2007 CAT 289B vs 2018 Takeuchi TL8

    I like CAT machines but I’d pass on that 287b…
  6. Rihpper

    Need general opinions about brands

    I would rank CAT in first place for no other reason than I believe the have one of the best parts systems. But I am biased.
  7. Rihpper

    Sticker price

    Was that a discount off of MSRP?
  8. Rihpper

    Sticker price

    I bought a new CAT309 at the end of last year for well under MSRP and what I thought was a great price. But I’m not sure that I still could.
  9. Rihpper

    Cat 309 vs Takeuchi TB290- Mulching and Light Forestry

    The one thing I’d change is to give it more track power, in hi speed when you turn it slows down a lot.
  10. Rihpper

    Cat 309 vs Takeuchi TB290- Mulching and Light Forestry

    I like it a lot, we haven’t used it a ton, but no issues other than a missing o ring for a hose. I used a brush cutter a little and the dedicated pump is great for that. No loss of hyd flow when swinging ect. What did you end up getting?
  11. Rihpper

    Pics of your mini!

    The 309
  12. Rihpper

    ISO, SAE, Cat, Deere, Excavator, Backhoe

    I use My CAT excavator on the “excavator” mode. It is like you run yours. Left stick is swing and stick, right side is boom and bucket.
  13. Rihpper

    D8K or D9N need advice!

    Are you sure those are the right pin part #s? I couldn’t find them on the cat site..
  14. Rihpper

    D8K or D9N need advice!

    We have a D8L, basically it’s the older version of the D9N. It’s a whole different class of machine compared to the flat track D8. The 3408 engine seams to be good overall. I believe it shares a lot of parts with the 3412 and there are a lot of those still running every day.
  15. Rihpper

    D11N governor issue

    Well, good news! Its fixed. I took the governor diaphragm off again looking for clues and I realized the gasket under the diaphragm cover had one small hole, but the gasket was rotated so the the gasket was blocking the hole in the governor housing that allows boost pressure to operate the...
  16. Rihpper

    D11N governor issue

    Well, I installed a Reman turbo. No improvement.
  17. Rihpper

    CAT HDXL track groups

    I just saw The video Nige posted said 35-40% larger bushing. That’s a huge difference.
  18. Rihpper

    CAT HDXL track groups

    But we do turn the bushings. On the machine that we would buy links for we turned them when they were 100% worn and we still had about 50% link left. I think even after the turn it will wear through the bushings first. In our conditions i think it makes sense to turn them. The HDXL bushing is...
  19. Rihpper

    CAT HDXL track groups

    I assume one of those part #s are for the HDXL link. Maybe the HDXL link only has extra height in between the pins and not directly over the pin where you would measure link height.
  20. Rihpper

    CAT HDXL track groups

    I didn’t do the quote right.... my answers are in the quote
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