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    mowingman replied to the thread "Shrinking" Mini Excavator - too wide for boat.
    Somehow, I can't see this ending well! Please send pictures is you attempt this move.
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    mowingman reacted to treemuncher's post in the thread Mulching - "The Daily Grind" with Like Like.
    PC200LC6. I've been to demos where they showcased mulcher heads running off of the same machines from the machine hydraulics. I laughed...
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    mowingman replied to the thread Mulching - "The Daily Grind".
    How do the rubber tires hold up when mulching thick, thorny brush? My experience was always with steel track or rubber track equipment...
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    mowingman replied to the thread Mulching - "The Daily Grind".
    Very nice. I got into land clearing mostly for the same reasons as you did. I was not as smart as you though, and it was later in life...
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    mowingman reacted to treemuncher's post in the thread Mulching - "The Daily Grind" with Like Like.
    Not sure whether to post this in "Showtime" or "Forestry". I guess a lot of others post there work here in "Showtime". I'll try to add...
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    mowingman replied to the thread Dam.
    Found a couple of photos from when I worked at the dam project. We had a very wide clay core zone. It was probably 200 ' wide, or more...
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    mowingman reacted to Truck Shop's post in the thread Dam with Like Like.
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    mowingman reacted to Nige's post in the thread Dam with Like Like.
    I failed to mention one important thing. Asphalt is the 2nd choice for a core material if there are no supplies of a suitable clay on...
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    mowingman reacted to skyking1's post in the thread Dam with Like Like.
    I'd say they have that figured out. Elastic, and the lower part of it is both compacted and compressed by everything above. Most...
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    mowingman reacted to Nige's post in the thread Dam with Like Like.
    I worked in the building of a dam with an asphalt core back in the late 1970s. Funnily enough the Swiss company installing the core in...
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    mowingman replied to the thread Dam.
    I thought this dam building video was rather interesting. Especially the info about the dam having an impermeable asphalt core. I was...
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    mowingman reacted to Truck Shop's post in the thread Memories for us old truckers with Like Like.
    Didn't sell very well. *
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    mowingman replied to the thread 8-10t loader purchase advice..
    Thanks. That Bobcat brand grapple was pretty darn expensive as I recall. We discussed buying a cheaper one, but went with the Bobcat...
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    mowingman replied to the thread 8-10t loader purchase advice..
    Just a few photos to show how much brush you can move with a little CTL. We also combined a number of these piles into larger ones...
    • rayzor selwyn big pile 4.jpg
    • Rayzor final clearing.jpg
    • Rayzor piles update 1.jpg
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    mowingman replied to the thread Memories for us old truckers.
    Do you know what the truck was used for? Most of the old FWD trucks had snow plow/snow blowers on them. This truck does not look like it...
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