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    Lingong to buy Dressta

    When China buys out the majority of stock in Caterpillar. Shuts down operations in North America. Moves all manufacturing to the far east. Wonder how long it will be before that happens.
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    Standby Generator Maintenance

    I take care of the maintenance for a medical group. We have two 40 kw diesel powered standby generators. They run under load for 30 minutes every week. I change the oil , oil filter and fuel filter once a year and the air filter every 2 years. I have had no problems what so ever. After each...
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    small wabaco scraper

    last ran? When was the last time you know of it was cranked up?
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    Name this dozer

    It is a cable layer. I have seen one in action before.
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    Training new operators to run a Grader

    the way I learned My first time in the seat of a grader was maintaining a haul road for 6 631D pans and 3 R-35 Euc`s. I think over half of the pan operators were high so it was quiet a scary first day.
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    My pictures

    Hydraulic power What powers the Hydraulics on the pull grader your daughter is on?
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    Dream Machine

    d8h, 12f, DW-15, d7e (no blade) cable control unit cat 70 pull pan
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    Caterpillar Gas starting engines

    What year and what were the last machines that caterpillar stopped using gasoline starting engines and went to direct electric.
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    What the?

    I wonder if it is for something they are pulling with the machine? Do you know what they are towing?:beatsme
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    The D7E!

    Single lift cylinder Caterpillar built some D-9`s with single lift cylinder`s. They were set up with narrow, cushion push blades. These were built in the late 60`s or early 70`s
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    stuck scrapers

    Stuck Scraper stories My Dad told we a story about a stuck scraper that I thought was funny. When they were building I-95 down on the Georgia coast. He had a salesman ask to demo a new twin engine twin bowl scraper on his job. I think it was in the late 1960`s. Well I-95 on the GA coast is...
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    Shepherd Construction , Atlanta Georgia

    Has anyone on the board ever worked for Shepherd Construction co. In Atlanta georgia. I worked for them for a few years. And my Dad was a Supt. with them for many years. His name was Jimmy Barefield
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    Direct drive transmission

    Does anyone still make a direct drive transmission D6, D7, D8 size dozer? If not what year did Cat stop selling them? Did Komatsu ever bring over any in the 65, 85 or 155 size?:beatsme
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    My D8K 77V

    D8k In my opinion the D8K was one the greatest machines Caterpillar produced.:notworthy
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    D6C final drive Question

    In the early 1970`s Caterpillar changed it`s recommendation for the final drive oil in the D6c. They went from 140 weight oil to 50 weight oil. This a pretty big change in my view. Does anyone know why they made this change? Did they change for D5,7,8,9 too. Many moons ago when I did...
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