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  1. Compression-Ignition

    Cat 430 lower swing tower pin broke.

    Can I just replace the associated pins, bushing/s, retainer/s on this thing and then move on with life? Who would your first call be to? I do not have a shop nor a big gantry or anything like that. Machine has around 6700hrs on it. This thing has been squeaking hard. I was greasing it every few...
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    Tore up the 24" backhoe bucket on my CAT 430F. Appreciate suggestions on sourcing another.

    My backhoe lives here on my property. Among other things I've been using it to dig through a bunch of decomposing granite. Sometimes it just crumbles, sometimes it breaks out in little chunks, sometimes manageable boulders, and other times I just have to sit there and scratch all around it...
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    Culvert pipe pricing?

    Is anyone getting decent pricing on this stuff? It's pretty spendy in Western Montana . Galvanized and HDPE are similarly priced. 12" around $400 18" $600ish 24" is getting close to a grand
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    Need some new tires, 2014 CAT 430. Bonus question is what chains and where to get 'em?

    My 2 from tires have plenty of tread, but they have been leaking down on me all year. Had a little trouble with one of them the year before. much slower leak then. One of my rears is still useable, but it's basically done. They are all mismatched. 2 fronts looks the same but are from different...
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    Storing gravel on site

    So the other day I had a shipping container delivered to our property that we are building on. I have been thinning out the trees and removing garbage the previous owner left me. There is a lot going on and I just completely spaced that I needed to have a pad prepped with gravel for the...
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    Large backhoe $50k or less with the fewest emissions problems. What years should I be looking at?

    Looking for a big backhoe. Most of my seat time was in 4wd JD 410's, but IIRC I ran a couple other brands a time or two. I stopped running equipment at work many years ago, but I occasionally run a rental excavator, skid steer, or boom lift here and there. We are hoping to buy a piece of...
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