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  1. tds3rdtwin

    1951 Insley K-12

    Well the time has come to try to have someone else rescue this unit. I watched it in operation on a private farm until about 3 years ago when it was parked. The previous owner has since died and I bought it. The family said it quit running and all I have done is pull the oil drain plug and...
  2. tds3rdtwin

    Another newbie here, Insley K-12

    Hi all, I rescued? a dragline from the scrap man a couple years ago. It's an Insley K12, built for the US Corps of Engineers. It has a Chrysler Industrial engine and although I watched it in operation about 4 years ago, I was told it threw a rod. The man who owned it passed away and his family...
  3. B

    Insley H-875 drive

    I just found this forum, looks like there is a lot of knowledge here, so I was hoping someone could share some of it. I'm looking at an old 875 that won't travel. If you take the drive chains off you can pull it with the bucket but with them on it won't move. Any ideas on what the problem might...
  4. HydraMacDieHard79

    Hein-Werner History?

    I can't find much Info on Hein-Werner History, Although I really like those machine, I wonder what the "parts" situation looks like... Are they even available anymore? Sometime in the future, I'd love to own one It'd work out b/c living on a blueberry farm with Ditches that will be easy to dig...
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