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    Bobcat M600

    I'm building a garage, and the excavator guy seeing my ferguson to-30 with FEL said i could save $2500 if he could just pile hte dirt up and leave it. I said absolutely, I'll be happy to deal with it. Then I realized a few years ago I moved 250 yards of dirt with that ferguson and it **** near...
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    Pictures of your Backhoe!!!!!

    Finished up the season pulling out a couple small tree's and clearing out a messy area by the pool.
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    Hydraulics get painfully slow when warmed up

    Here's a video of it progressing. I'd love to get this fixed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aC4Bl0oofM
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    Pictures of your Backhoe!!!!!

    When purchasing my hoe, I really wanted a 580ck. Unfortunately the prices at the time just weren't right. I'm not sure why my hydraulics aren't at the 580 level though, as I'm in the same HP range. I'm still learning about hydraulics so I'll figure it out at some point. Here's a video of a dig...
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    Pictures of your Backhoe!!!!!

    I just rebuilt the rear spools and all hoses were replaced to the tune of just over $500. I've removed tree's, shrubs, stumps, and other random things. Works hard, is fairly decent on fuel, and other than the rear stabilizers having a hard time lifting the back up, has enough power to do pretty...
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    Pictures of your Backhoe!!!!!

    1951 Oliver Super 88 with ware loaders and backhoe. 55hp inline 6 cylinder engine, detatchable hoe, brand new tires, rebuilt hydraulics.
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    Hydraulics get painfully slow when warmed up

    Whenever I start up my '51 ferguson, the bucket is lightning fast and silent, full power. After 10 minutes or so it starts whining, making odd sounds, but still full power. 20 minutes after that, it slows down. 30 minutes after that, I can't even lift a bucket of dirt, it just sits there...
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    How to Install New Instrument Gauges in Old 580 CK

    Spot welds and htey're rusted. I bought it to use it first, restore it later. Restoring it is going to be some job when I get there. My tins are all a mess, yours look pretty great though, I'm jealous.
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    How to Install New Instrument Gauges in Old 580 CK

    I am a bit jealous. One of the things that is stopping me from doing work like that on my '52 oliver is the fact that the panel, cover, side shrouds, are all spot welded together. Removing it would be ugly on a good day. I'm waiting until I can get some nice sheet metal and remake it from...
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    Best Place to Buy Hydraulic Hoses?

    Theya re good hoses, rated way over what the machine is rated for. They should be good forever. The only thing I regret is not replacing the rest of the hoses, but $$$. Considering it's a personal machine for yard work and not a work machine that makes me a living, the wife was calling me about...
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    '52 Oliver 77 & '51 Ferguson TO-30

    I've debated a roll bar, but the land is fairly flat. The wheels are out, and I'm not moving great amounts of dirt with the bucket, just smaller amounts. It's primarily for grading iwth the 3pt and with the bucket. My oliver is the real dirt mover, 55hp vs 30hp, power steering vs not, and a much...
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    Best Place to Buy Hydraulic Hoses?

    I got all my new hoses from a local shop, http://www.clarkindustrialsupply.com/. I took my old hoses in said I needed 6 of this, 2 of that, 2 of that, and 1 of each of those. Guy said no problem, give me 10-15min. Disappeared into the back and 10min later reappeared with 10 shiny new hoses...
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    '52 Oliver 77 & '51 Ferguson TO-30

    I have the narrow bucket too, but the narrow bucket isn't useful for much for me. The setup is the same that was sold for the 8n, I've seen quite a few of them. Not many have the dump cylinder though. It's to long, though, it won't curl all the way back to get a good bite. Still works great for...
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    '52 Oliver 77 & '51 Ferguson TO-30

    Today I went at clearing brush again, cleared 3 tree's, and got my ferguson stuck while grading. I forgot I had dumped an old rain barrel there, and the front wheel sunk up to the axle. Tree's behind me, I couldn't go backward or forward. I took my oliver over and put a lift strap around the...
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    '52 Oliver 77 & '51 Ferguson TO-30

    Finished rebuilding the spool valves on my '52 Oliver, yesterday I spent some time clearing some brush out. After that, I took out the '51 ferguson with bucket and blade and smoothed everything out. Still a bit of work to do, but it's much improved from how overgrown it was. The railroad ties...
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