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D-11N heart transplant
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mitchell2905
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JonesBros
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Nice photos!! We just recently swapped motors out of a 623 Scraper, unfortunately I was one of the guys swapping the motor so I didn't get to many pics of the operation 
stumpjumper83
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well... have you priced out a new d11t recently? My guess is that the monthly repair bill is still less than the payments on a new one.
Well it keeps us Mecanics in work, Better us having The $$$ than Cat etc for a new one:drinkup
mitchell2905
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But at the mines, us mechanics get paid by the hr to babysit stuff even if its band new: We almost got a full day replacing normal wear parts on R models and 992Ks.
Knucklehead
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Which mine are you working at?
mitchell2905
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I guess i need to change my location. i'm not in so il anymore, i'm in western ky now working for phoenix coal. Use to work for s coal near duquoin il.
nice pics man. looking at it from an operators point of view... i totally agree with you, the more D11Ts the merrier, but thinking of it from a desk jockeys view...meah. they dont get to play with the cool fun toys, so why should you? haha i always blame it on the desk jockeys...
Ross
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Most companys would love new 10 & 11T's ... Its the fact you cannot get them ... Huge waiting list.
Ross
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Yeah ... I supose but Company you work for have a little more pull than most with the ammount of Caterpillar turn over.
yeah and someone mentioned dubai putting in a huge order for 10T's and 11T's so that means that alot of machines are going overseas as well. anndddd I agree, im sure some companies get to "cut" on the waiting list because they are preferred customers of Cat. Gotta take care of your frequent buyers.
jjdow68
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Love the pics, brings back memories. I ran D11's when I worked in the strip mines back in 90's. I loved um but I also really like running the old model D10's you know the double stack version. They had a better ride to me. In terms of operator comfort.
brynbaily
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Wow thats alot of work! We got delivery of ours in July which was earlier then expected. A shock to us as well. Kinda nice to have a new toy in the sand box:scool You think someone would run the numbers on downtime and figure something out. Its quit the machine:notworthy
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mikef87
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How are these machines with electronics? I bet they are full of them. I have an 2 old D8s one is a 1975 D8K the other is a 1989 D8L. Great machines not to many electronics the K only gets dragged out for the big jobs.
brynbaily
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Oh yeah, you know it! We've got a youngster mechanic who is great with techy electronic stuff; he loves a challenge and does a great job without hacking lol Don't get me wrong we get our share of visits from Cat as well....
JimBruce42
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Nice new toy, brynbaily. Where do you work?
brynbaily
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I work for Independence out of Cleveland and our family owned business, which is an excavation/construction operation as well. So basically I have two very full time jobs when the economy allows lol
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