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    Old, old Cat 988B wheel loader weight?

    Might not roll all that easy. These have 6 spring air brake canisters on them. I bet you'll something big enough to drag it.
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    Old, old Cat 988B wheel loader weight?

    I think the book says 54000 Lbs. I owned four but never weighed one.
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    Ford 555 D Stabilizer Stuck

    Did you remove the hoses from the cylinder when you jacked it up?
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    Commercial construction work pictures

    I'd use a dozer. Why didn't you?
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    Maybe he's too busy fixing all their junk to post.
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    Concrete removal solutions

    We used to lift the pieces and drop them. If they didn't break ,we'd lift it and throw a thick piece of concrete under it. Then drop it . It worked well.
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    Dresser TD8G track life

    They have planetary disc brake arrangement like in the old large IH dozers (TD24, TD 25).
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    Cat 977 Mayday (Blueox/Nige-help please!)

    OUCH!
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    How to paint implements & equipment, reasonably?

    The primer I use is old school and smells terrible. Sherwin Willams Kem Bond HS primer. I've painted many old rusty pieces of equipment. Sand the paint spots, prep the rust with wire wheel or grinder and blow the dust off. This stuff sticks to anything and really keeps the rust from coming...
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    Any Detroit Diesel experts here?

    That picture makes my ears ring!
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    Cat d6h tracks stall under heavy load

    Where the other dozers you ran direct drive? A dozer with a torque converter will stop if there too much load.
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    Somebody has to do it, and nobody else volunteers: the fixing saga

    I just checked. I used dynamic friction. I don't think I could get Raybestos at the time.
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    Somebody has to do it, and nobody else volunteers: the fixing saga

    Watch rock auto brake parts. I bought a higher grade was supposed to be OEM . Rotors were coated. I think the rotors were made from scrap cars. All discolored and wearing weird.
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    977L farm suitability

    Run away from that thing ! It's wore out and not worth $10,000.
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    No fuel at the injectors

    A good solenoid will measure low ohms . It might show continuity.
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    CAT 3176C leaking engine oil into bell housing.

    Is the crankcase breather clean and working?
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    BCIII Cummins Rebuild.

    "You can have those Wisconsin engine I'm not sure any of them ever ran correctly or efficiently. I wasn't around for there hay day but the few I was around I hated with a passion" I agree. they were a pain in my butt.
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    Frame break Komatsu PC 110R

    Is the broken piece solid? or hollow?
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    My CAT 426 Project

    I'd put the chain further back on the fork when lifting that much weight. That fork looks like it's read to give up!
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    This will be an interesting thread moving forward......

    This so true. We plowed a huge mall. 42 acres of parking lot. We used 4x4 dumps with wings and 4 to 8 yard payloaders with 18" push boxes. The most experienced operators were a pain in my butt. We had a system and they always had a better way or just did what even they wanted. One of the...
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