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    WTB: Good Used Portable Track Press 100-150 ton Range

    Looking for a good used portable track press with a capacity of at least 100 tons and ideally up to 150 tons.
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    Need Control Cable for Condor 68 Boom Lift

    That makes more sense now as I was sure there were two speed options. For whatever reason, I only have one of the speed options right now. I really appreciate the drive spool modification tip. I have a 470 acre ranch and it takes forever to get anywhere on the Condor. My John Deere 650g dozer...
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    Need Control Cable for Condor 68 Boom Lift

    OFF, good point about using two cables as only 12 of the original cable wires were 12 gauge. Using a second cable of just 16 gauge wires would likely save some money. My Nassau cable guy revised his price on 12/44 SOOW down to $10.50 per foot. Interesting to hear that the old Condor's only had...
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    Need Control Cable for Condor 68 Boom Lift

    A guy from http://www.nassauwireandcable.com/ gave me a quote of $11.80 per foot for some 12/44 SOOW cable. Very flexible SOOW portable cable with 12 gauge conductors seems like it would work fine. Would this cable be ok for this application (occasionally used boom lift on a ranch) and does this...
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    Need Control Cable for Condor 68 Boom Lift

    I have an old (circa 1990) Condor 68 boom lift 2wd with a two cylinder air cooled Deutz diesel engine that I use on my ranch for various tasks. Here is a picture of a lift like mine http://www.machinerytrader.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=7748885& My lift has been modified over the years...
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    Hydraulic Breaker Recommendations

    Chris, Thanks for the note on the breakers you have available. That will be of interest in the future. Of the two companies that were bringing me concrete washout material, one of them, Knife River, bought reclamation equipment so they can process the unused concrete coming back from their...
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    Bobcat Kwik Tach System for Dozer

    Countryboy, the pictures of a Bobcat kwik-tach system on a tractor front end loader aren't really very impressive. To most people, it just looks like what the tractor came with from the factory. Only Bobcat people seem to notice that the tractors are using a skid steer kwik-tach system. Now such...
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    Bobcat Kwik Tach System for Dozer

    I have modified all three of my tractors (JD 6400, JD 2955, and Kubota 4300) to use a Bobcat Kwik-tach system for my loader implements. In that way every bucket and every kwik-tach implement (hydraulic auger, teleboom, forks, etc.) can be used on any of the tractors. This has proven to be...
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    Need Ripper for JD 650g Dozer

    The John Deere 450, 550, and 650g dozer models all shared the same rear case design and thus the same ripper package works for all of those models. Anyone have a used ripper from one of those dozers you want to sell? Bill Smith
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    Hydraulic Breaker Recommendations

    One reason I have been reluctant to bury these concrete chunks as I separate them from the sandy, gravely, easy spreading washout material, is that I believe crushed concrete makes a much stronger road base. Sandy washout material does not make near as strong a roadbase as the crushed limestone...
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    Hydraulic Breaker Recommendations

    CM1995, the owner of the concrete plant said exactly the same thing to me, ie. why don't I just use the clean stuff and bury the big chunks somewhere? Instead, I have been stockpiling the chunks in a big pile while also placing some on the down stream side of low water bridges and some at the...
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    Hydraulic Breaker Recommendations

    Concrete washout material is quite variable. Remember, it is excess concrete coming back to the mixing plant. The plant then dumps it into pits full of water and hopes that the concrete doesn't solidify and turns mostly back into sand and rock so that it can be easily removed later. Fortunately...
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    Hydraulic Breaker Recommendations

    Ksss, You make a number of good points. An excavator mounted breaker will break concrete up into smaller pieces, but it will be difficult to keep the point on pieces as small as I need to make them. A hand held air breaker or even an electric one like this one...
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    Hydraulic Breaker Recommendations

    I have three tractors from 45 to 85hp and I have set them all up to use Bobcat Kwiktach style attachments. I have about 15 gpm at 2500 psi on average available to run attachments with. There is a concrete mixing plant down the road from me and they bring me concrete washout material about...
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    Triple Duals

    Bobcatkid, I really like the guys at Texas Pride. Jim Bray is the owner and I happen to also own a 7x14 bumper pull hydraulic dump trailer. The price on that beat everybody else by nearly $2,000 and it has worked great for me for several years. Just keep in mind though, that as a software...
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    Triple Duals

    Working Great Brock, I have had my 31+5' dove GN triple duals trailer since Feb 2007. Got it with three ramps, pierced frame low profile, and square coupler for $8750 from Texas Pride Trailers in Madisonville, TX (936-396-3241). Remember, I am pulling my trailer with a 96 one ton long bed chevy...
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    Triple Duals

    Greywnd, I appreciate the fact that you will be praying for me. And I appreciate all the comments I have received in this forum. Keep in mind though, that this forum has not been my only source of info in deciding to go with a triple dual trailer. Several trailer builders in Texas have put me...
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    Triple Duals

    Been pricing 36' GN triple dual trailers with pierced frame (lowers the deck 5"), torque tube (handles uneven weight distribution better), and flush level ramps across the entire back (makes the dove tail like a flat deck). The 31 + 5' dove length allows for the Texas legal 4' overhang when...
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    Triple Duals

    Guys, the major objection about doing a heavy haul with a one ton truck seems to be about braking issues. Many of you have cited examples with lesser loads than I have described and how horrible the setup felt. I too have felt uncomfortable with my bumper pull 7x14 dump trailer (two 7k axels...
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    Triple Duals

    JeffD, yes triple duals works out to 12 tires. This link http://www.autoblog.com/2005/09/27/a-brief-primer-on-pickup-truck-payload-capacities/ discusses the true capacity of a "one ton" truck. A one ton with duals has a real bed payload capacity of 5,000 lbs or so. The rear axel itself is...
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