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  1. bam1968

    Crazy truck prices

    Alot of found memories from back in my cattle haulin days. Ran alot of miles with that needle on the speedometer pegged. No such thing as taking a nap. Start getting a little sleepy.... Pull a 'toothpick' out of the visor. Chew on that for a little bit and you were good to go the rest of the...
  2. bam1968

    quick question

    A few years ago I hired a local outfit with walking floor trailers to haul off of a wood framed building demo job. They ended using 1 walking floor trailer and a side dump trailer because the other walking floor was in the shop. The side dump was easier to load but held considerably less...
  3. bam1968

    Fuel Surcharge

    At what point do you all start adding a fuel surcharge or raise your hourly rates to account for rising fuel prices. I do mostly hourly work and previously have raised my rates $10-$20 dollars an hour during higher fuel prices. Nothing really scientific more of a seat of the pants increase...
  4. bam1968

    Cat 3306 PC Question

    I agree 100%. These batteries are only 2 months old. Can't get much newer than that. I had a dr appt this morning. My helper went and put gas in the generator to let the batteries charge for a few more hours. Just before noon he called me and said it popped right off. I moved it to another job...
  5. bam1968

    Cat 3306 PC Question

    This afternoon my helper went to the dozer and pulled the glow plugs. He said it turned over 5-6 times before the batteries gave up. He said nothing came out of the glow plug holes so it looks like I dodged that bullet of being hydro locked. This evening I took over a small generator and hooked...
  6. bam1968

    Cat 3306 PC Question

    Will do. Thanks for the reply.
  7. bam1968

    Cat 3306 PC Question

    I used an associated pile tester. It has always seemed to work good.
  8. bam1968

    Cat 3306 PC Question

    Yes it has made a full revolution or two. I don't know how much of a parasitic draw it has. If it is alot then yes they could have froze. When I was running it I left the master switch on overnight a few times and it didn't seem to affect it starting the next morning. Some of those morning...
  9. bam1968

    Cat 3306 PC Question

    I will try to keep this short and sweet. I have a fairly new to me cat D6H that has had a 3306 PC engine put in it at some point in time. It has about 50 hrs on an in frame and rebuilt head. I finished a job with it about a month ago and it seemed to be running fine. This morning I went to...
  10. bam1968

    Help Me Decide on New Dozer

    In my neck of the woods we don't have large areas of wooded land. We do have some 10-20 acre timbers scattered around. So I'm not familiar with clearing those type of acres. That being said, around here a decent sized excavator would grub the trees and stumps. Then use a smaller more economical...
  11. bam1968

    Identifying CAT 977 (K or L) help

    After zooming in on a couple of the photos I would be hesitant to call that a brand new undercarriage. Just my $.02
  12. bam1968

    Identifying CAT 977 (K or L) help

    Nige correct me if I'm wrong. The OP mentioned that it has a direct injected engine. If that is correct wouldn't it be a transplanted 3306?
  13. bam1968

    berming question on machine size and project scope

    I have a county blacktop road about 150 ft from my house. When I moved here about 30 years ago there was a row of mature cedar trees along the road ditch. Over the years between several wind events blowing some over and some simply dying there are only about 4 or 5 trees left along the road...
  14. bam1968

    berming question on machine size and project scope

    I also think people are over thinking this. I build 1000's of feet of terraces for farmers every year. Even though the terraces we build are only 4-5 ft tall some basins will get up to 10-12 ft with 2:1 slopes on each side. So just pushing up a 12' berm 750' long is a couple day project with a...
  15. bam1968

    Unplanned time off!!!

    Thanks for all of the 'well wishes'. I'm starting to get a little mobile. I have a half ton chevy pickup that I normally don't use for work. It is just high enough that it is a bit difficult to get in and out of with this back brace on. My lady friend has a mid sized SUV that is about the...
  16. bam1968

    Team Drivers Only

    Years ago I had 3 trucks leased on hauling livestock. If a new driver didn't have livestock experience then they had to ride with me for a week to show them the ropes. For the most part it wasn't too bad but I recall a couple of times that the end of the week couldn't come fast enough!!! The...
  17. bam1968

    Team Drivers Only

    About 3 weeks ago at a friends birthday party I was visiting with a guy that dispatches for Werner Enterprises. He said that they were only hiring teams or drivers that would be willing to team drive. I said.... If a 'driver of the year' type person walked in the door looking for a job that...
  18. bam1968

    Unplanned time off!!!

    In the process of demoing a 100+ year old hardware store. The building is approx 30'x120'. The gas line was up in the attic running the length of the building. It had a T that ran over to an attached building that the owner is saving. Sunday afternoon I was disconnecting a union at the T when I...
  19. bam1968

    What's there in a demo worth stealing?

    I realize this is an old thread but thought I would add the experience I had a couple weeks ago. Basically same scenario as Randy 88's..... Old farmhouse and a couple outbuildings. Renter had not paid rent in over a year. Owner wanted it off his tax base. The house needed to be on the ground...
  20. bam1968

    CAT D6H TRANSMISSION

    Lower guard is the belly pan. I think you will find that the hoses are pretty stiff and won't allow alot of movement. By opening the petcock on the bottom radiator hose will get alot of the coolant out but there will still be some when you remove the cooler. Personally I would drain the trans...
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