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    Case W20 loader question

    There is a 78 Case W20 loader in the are for sale at a pretty reasonable price. Havent really been around Case loaders that much except for an old W14 feedlot special we loaded manure with. Is the W20 a fairly good machine would mainly just load gravel with it? Is it stout enough to dig pit...
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    Hourly rate.

    He charges 100 an hour for maintaining and building roads doesn't seem like enough to me.
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    your preffered blade

    D11 with a 26 foot reclamation blade
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    Bubble in the butt

    Yeah I wasn't trying to start a huge fight. We have CAES systems on our productions dozers, and its funny how some operators especially the ones that havent ran a dozer withoutone dont have a clue if they are close to grade or not if their gps isnt working. I have been guilty of using that...
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    Bubble in the butt

    Not bashin Union hands in Illinois, but I am guessing that most highway jobs out there are union. Just razzin ya a little seems like every dozer I went by had gps and not too sure about it have just ran d 11s with CAES systems but it looks like since they had the sensors on the blade that it...
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    Hourly rate.

    Was wondering what the going rate for a blade with operator. My dad has a 772 A John Deere and does custom work for farmers and ranchers in the area. He does alot of road maintaining and building new road. Just wondering what the average rate is around. I don't think he charges near enough...
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    Why was CAT's 5000 Series discontinued?

    Mainly because 5000 series can't hold a candle to Hitatchi. We have 3 5130's two 2500 Hitachi's and I think they now have two or three I believe 1950 Hitachi's not sure of the last ones they started gettin them after I started treatment and got my bone marrow translplant and won't beable to go...
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    Suggestions for skid steers.

    re Yeah I was kind of leaning towards the 1845 I believe the construction company I worked for just out of high school had one. It never seemed to break down. It should have enough hydraulic power to run a snowblower if I decide to get one down the road.
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    old dump truck or new dump trailer.

    Was looking to expand my part time business a little when I get the clear from my dr.s and can go back to work to my full time job. Been pondering the idea of purchasing a skid steer and a dump trailer for small landscaping jobs and residential snow removal, but have been noticing that a guy...
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    Suggestions for skid steers.

    What years are the best one to look for. From looking online it doesnt really make alot of different in the price if there is a ten year difference in age. 1 Would 4000 hours be too much on the engine if it looked like a clean one owner instead of one that has had 100 different operators.
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    Suggestions for skid steers.

    Was lookin to possibly purchase a skid steer loader in the near future. I don't need anything fancy or too big. I ran alot of skid steers in the early 90's and am familiar with Bobcats and Case models. Havent been around them much in o.ver ten years so wondering what a good all purpose...
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    Front-to-back dozing?

    Cat mechanics out here tell us that its fine to change direction at full throttle. There are some dozers in our fleet that must not be set up quite right because some are smoother shifting directions than others. When I refer to production pushin i'm talking about back hoe dozer spreads in the...
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    Front-to-back dozing?

    Good point on leaving a little on top. Where I work there a quite a few operators that think they need to get every bit in the hole and they end up throttling down a little or about fall into the v. If you leave a little on top you can just raise your blade a little throw it into reverse full...
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    Front-to-back dozing?

    First gear all the way when production dozing. You can push three times as much and its alot easier on the machine.
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    Front-to-back dozing?

    Front to back is the way they want the production dozers to do it at the mine I work it. Its alot more productive than backing all the way up each time. Before I went to the dragline and was in the push I could outpush some operators by almost double because they insisted on backing up all the...
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