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  1. alan627b

    Back In The Saddle Again

    After a 6 month stint loading scrap metal in a junkyard I finally got back into the dirt again..working for JC Excavation from Kennard, Nebraska. We are doing grading for the new Wally World store in Blair. I am running 621B/627B's or whatever they need me to do..scrapers are simialr vintage but...
  2. alan627b

    My Former Employers Liquidation Sale

    http://www.hunyady.com/auctions/pdf/R&D%20Espanol%20Half%20Color.pdf http://www.hunyady.com/auctions/auchome.html Anybody need a 627B? Buyer beware.... Alan627b
  3. alan627b

    More Old Iron Pics

    I came across this page today, and I don't know the language, but there are plenty of old iron pics here. Alan http://www.bouwmachinesvantoen.nl/bedrijvenpagina/Nieuwenhuijse%20de%20Braal/Nieuwenhuijse%20de%20Braal.htm
  4. alan627b

    1/50 cat 627's For Sale

    I'm thinning out my fleet a little...I want to sell a pair of NZG Cat 627 push-pull scrapers. Low hour, well maintained units. Factory fresh. 68M series with stiff necks. ALL PINS TIGHT, HITCHES GOOD. These are new Cat yellow, black sripe decals, with plastic wheels. Both are in new in box...
  5. alan627b

    Norscot/ACMOC Model Program

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Gavin84W, Chugwater Crawlers, and others interested in the model program. Yesterday, 13 April, Dave Tallon, Tricia, and I met with Norscot people. From that meeting came some clarity on the Norscot/ACMOC...
  6. alan627b

    Track Component Wear Guide PDF

    http://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=no_antivirus&id=0B_ipnGhP-mhyMWY2NjRkNTktNmE1YS00YjI1LWFjMjMtNmU2MjcyZjQ4ZjQ2 Thanks to Farmall Tom on the Redpower forum for making the PDF file, and for sharing the information. Alan
  7. alan627b

    Vintage D8 And other Neat Stuff

    Found this kit surfing tonight, and some unreal machine shop replicas. Geez. Alan http://www.sierrawestscalemodels.com/oscale/oscale.shtml
  8. alan627b

    CCM to Release new D9H Models

    Just got the news tonight, oh boy... http://www.ccmodels.com/upcoming-D9H.html D9H with 9S blade with tilt and 4 barrel ripper, EROPS cab. SXS D9H DD9H scraper tractor. Thanks Gavin84W for the good news...again! alan627b
  9. alan627b

    Appell equipment sales...Beware

    I don't know if any of you have had dealings with Appell Equipment Sales in Galva, Illinois, or not but thought you might want to know what their idea of "service after the sale" means... A friend of mine bought a used 613C caterpillar from them, which turned out to have a worn out engine in it...
  10. alan627b

    More Good News For Scraper Fans

    ACMOC DW20 and 456 Scraper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.acmocbb.org/ACMOC_BB/showthread.php?t=7683 new release for next (?) year...another First Gear model, thank God... __________________
  11. alan627b

    FA FR20 Info

    I've got a friend of a friend who has an FR20 wheel loader, whether it's badged FA or AC I don't know. He's looking for a service manual covering the transmission. If anyone has any leads on manuals or has the service and trans pressure specs we'll take any help we can get! Serial #81C520...
  12. alan627b

    Norscot Cat News for 2009

    http://www.equipmentimages.net/pg_einews.htm Thanks to one of our major contributors on this forum, hope he won't mind!
  13. alan627b

    Retro Grading Gets a New Shop

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground broken and walls are up on Retro Grading's new Cat shop, much needed since the acquisition of new larger machinery last year. A 657G or a D11R CD will fit through the doors, my operation outgrew it's old...
  14. alan627b

    DW10 Moving Tomorrow

    The Cat DW10 tractor I've owned for several years is finally getting moved closer to home tomorrow. It's been sitting in Seward, Nebraska for many years and we are going to move it to Springfield tomorrow. It will be only 10 minutes away instead of 70 miles! It might finally get some work done...
  15. alan627b

    1940's Vintage D8 and Hyster arch kits

    Found this while vainly trying to find a source for 1/48-1/50 scale buildings...they just aren't out there. Not a modern structure, anyway. http://www.btsrr.com/bts8600.htm D8 http://www.btsrr.com/bts8604.htm arch 1/48 scale. Looks like a 2U Series D8 to me....similar to the one my friend...
  16. alan627b

    Brand New (IN 1980)

    These are some old pics I had put onto a CD so I could post them. Taken around 1979-80 at Missouri Valley Machinery in downtown Omaha. Now Nebraska Machinery. This dealer location isn't even there anymore, now home to the Quest Center, our new civic auditorium. 1)983, JCB hoe 2)D7G 3)931...
  17. alan627b

    La Crosse Trailer

    I bought a La Crosse trailer to haul my D2 on. It's about 8'6 wide. 10' long, and has a tilt deck, walking beam axle suspension, and a capacity of 15,000 pounds! It was made in the late 50's-60 by the style and looks of the thing. I'd say cold war era because it looks like you could drop an...
  18. alan627b

    If you have a few days on your hands....

    Here's a link to a website with thousands of scans of equipment brochures and pictures back to the 30's. It's an Italian site, you'll just have to figure it out! Start with the Album Fotographico.... Happy surfing, get the No-Doz, you'll be there awhile.... http://www.album-mmt.it/
  19. alan627b

    627B Mufflers For Neil D

    Hope you don't mind me "going public" with this...I am going to go down to the shop today, and try to get the info on the brackets and mufflers. Basically, what they do at our shop is to substitute a D7G muffler for the stock "California Muffler" cat installs, and saves about $700 per muffler.It...
  20. alan627b

    Big Dirt California Style

    2 years ago I went to Phoenix AZ on a vacation that wound up as a 1 month job running a 621 auger scraper featured in another post here. After that was over, I decided to go into California to see National Hardware Supply, because I knew they had some of the 6 wheel scrapers there. On the way...
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