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    American Dragline Identification Help!

    this is what I think it is...I was wrong about the color red and white was the color is the linkbelt-speeder.
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    American Dragline Identification Help!

    the color should be red and white if it's a 21-b the bucket is around 3/4 yard with 43' of drag cable 3/4 and about 90' of hoist cable 5/8. That was one of my first job's the oiler on it for him.it's very sound machine as long as you keep vinger and baby powder on hand!!
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    American Dragline Identification Help!

    it looks like a old 21-b Bucyrus-erie and it having the detroit engine also make me think that....my memory leaves me sometime....lol
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    Can GPS help a young in experienced operator do quality professional grading?

    it's pretty simple if you can see it taking shape your lost....I don't care how much gps you use.I'm doing landing pads for the new jets in Beaufort.There and many TE thicking joints and and three different thickest's of stone.Yeah put your a day oper. on that your know right quick for the days...
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    info. on new graders

    My company has brought out 2 graders 1 is a 12-m cat the other 670 gp. john deere.Were working on airport building landing pads for the new jets for the military. Have any of you guys run the m-series I was just wondering how it will hold up over a long period of time?I know it has a lot of...
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    Welcome!!!

    the one I started on was 8t 12 I think a 1956 model.....you cant beat cat for durability!
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    Welcome!!!

    I'm from Savannah,Ga. I have been a operator since 72 I have been a fiinsh grader man since 74 but have ran pretty much whatever was needed.I'm a operating foreman for a company in Bluffton,Sc. Somtime I wish had had stayed in school....but then I think about how much I love my work.I got...
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    CMI Motor Graders

    here is a pic. of a cmi I use to run not this one but just like it...
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    Can GPS help a young in experienced operator do quality professional grading?

    the system is to help the operator not make him one.
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    Is gps an excuse for no skills?

    yep the system is no better than the info. put in it......if you dont know what it's suppose to look like when it's finished your screwed.
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    Fine grading with gps

    new to the site here....when you set down on your bench elev. in the morning to be sure your good there...do you also check to see if your slope cross in accurate? you should have to run manual on either side thats the whole point of the system.It may not be real accurate but I use a 4' level...
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