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    FortisHD Tracks Any Good? (Takeuchi / JobAce / TB25 / TB250)

    Thanks for your reply, Dave. Yes--I've been trying to move the rocks off the grade to the side (on the low side of the hill so they won't tend to roll back onto the grade). It's always going to be a rockier surface than the mini's rubber tracks and I like though...unless I spend a fortune on...
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    FortisHD Tracks Any Good? (Takeuchi / JobAce / TB25 / TB250)

    The only two tracks I can find with a block pattern are from HDFortis for $1902 / pair shipped (considerably higher than their price advertised for the TB25 track on their website, allegedly because they neglected to update their online advertised price ??? say what....!!!): And these...
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    FortisHD Tracks Any Good? (Takeuchi / JobAce / TB25 / TB250)

    I'm working to grade an old logging skid road on my property so I can reach our old homestead's spring and do some spring redevelopment. The skid road is full of cantaloupe-size rocks and it's just a touch under 20 degrees pitch in the steepest section. It's not a good place to throw a track and...
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    What is this? (Takeuchi TB25/TB250?)

    I haven't logged-on in awhile but I'm looking for a blade cylinder for my old TB25 and started searching here. Dealer is of no help. The local hydraulics shop told me to find another one, because my tube is dented and rod damaged too. I'm having no luck finding a used one or parts. It must have...
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    Yanmar 3T Series Head (3T82B) Casting Marks Question

    I bet that engine could be fit to my TB25 without too much difficulty. I wonder how much Takeuchi or Yanmar wants for a new one.
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    Yanmar 3T Series Head (3T82B) Casting Marks Question

    That's easy to believe. I read years ago that someone priced out every part in an automobile (don't recall which auto or brand) and it cost 5 times more to buy the parts and build the car than to buy it complete. Equipment is different than the automobile market in many ways but might be similar...
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    Yanmar 3T Series Head (3T82B) Casting Marks Question

    Thanks for your reply, Birken. I agree. I think a box of Japanese Yanmar OEM parts for a complete engine rebuild (or even just a service limits overhaul) would often cost more than a complete engine, but that replacement engine would be a Chinese copy and not a Yanmar. I've seen Chinese versions...
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    Yanmar 3T Series Head (3T82B) Casting Marks Question

    I have a 3T84HLE-TBS Yanmar engine in my old Tekeuchi TB25 excavator (probably early 80s vintage). I tore it down, because it has two pistons with broken rings (My cylinder head has as casting mark, "3T82B" under the valve cover the head. I'm thinking about buying a complete overhauled head from...
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    What is this? (Takeuchi TB25/TB250?)

    PM sent. Thank you very much!
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    What is this? (Takeuchi TB25/TB250?)

    I just got this old TB25. It's not so clean so I could really use any books or .pdf manuals. On the other hand, I only paid $4k for it. Like the OP, it took me awhile to figure out that although the data plate says "TB250", most people refer to it as "TB25", like the decal on it says, to...
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