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    digging straight

    Dont quite understand the 2nd tooth in ??? Whatdo you line it up with???
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    digging straight

    Is there a secret to lining up the machine????
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    digging straight

    Digging with a backhoe for years and then running a trackhoe now. having trouble lining up the machine to dig straight. As for painted lines on ground for footers , pads etc. I think i'm trying to bring the bucket to me instead of bringing it to the side of me. Constantly moving the machine to...
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    Lime treating soil

    Here in ohio we do a lot of farm work, drying up farms roads,paddocks,and heavy use pads. All we do is put down fabric and install 6 to 8 inches of 304 or 411 limestone mix.304 is #4 down to dust. #411 is # 57 down to dust. Just did a pad 140 ft x 80 ft. We just pushed off about 2 ft of cow...
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    Door for a 416c cat backhoe

    Does anybody know where i can find a used leftside door for a 416c cat backhoe? New is about 1,800.00 from cat
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    new john deere

    Thanks fellas I was looking all around and reading reviews, but no one was saying anything. I was hoping for something really neat.
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    new john deere

    Wasnt John Deere supposed to reveal a new machine in Vegas a couple of weeks ago, or I was mistaken?
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    on operating a dozer

    Thanks for all of the help. Took a job with a other contractor running trackhoe installing catchbasins and pipe.
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    on operating a dozer

    Been running small dozers on and off for 30 yrs.On Residential jobs. D3, case,John deere. Pretty good operator not the best by no means. Had a job offer the other day to run a D8 for a couple weeks. They will not show me how to run it i am suppose to know how. I turned down the job. I am sure i...
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    • Forum: Dozers
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    Fuel for 200 hp tractor

    TRUKFAN What a site, alot of information, thanks.
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    Fuel for 200 hp tractor

    North texan Not being a real farmer whats the horse power is the cih 9150 and 4840
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    Fuel for 200 hp tractor

    having a chance to bid a little different kind of work. The job is spreading bio solids on farm fields. They will do the trucking and dump in the fields i"m required to have a loader, 200 hp 4x4 tractor, and a knight Kuhn spreader.The question is fuel for the tractor? Does anybody know about how...
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    trackhoe on hills

    Thanks for the good tips.
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    Cat controls or Jonh deere

    Cat controls or John deere The backhoe i"m talking about is a 1999 with wobble sticks . They did not offer pattern changer intill 2000,01,02. I called cat yesterday and they said you can not change hoses because the valve presures are different. The only thing to do is to order a kit from cat...
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    Cat controls or Jonh deere

    Wondering if all trackhoes out there has cat controls That large companys have. I have a cat backhoe with jonh deere controls and wondering if I should spend the money and convert it to cat controls. Some operators say they can jump from one to another. Don"t know if my brain can do that.
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    Switching controls on a cat backhoe

    Thank you chris, I will call cat and get the rods I need.
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    Switching controls on a cat backhoe

    I have a 1999 416c cat backhoe, it has jonh deere controls would like to switch it to cat. The cat dealer said i had to buy linkage to hook it up in the tower. I just talk to a guy he said all you have to do is switch 2 hyd lines. wondering what to do? this machine has wobble sticks.
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    trackhoe on hills

    I have ran heavy equipment for 30 years, in the hills of ohio and w.va.backhoes,dozers,cranetrucks,etc. I have ran a 160 vovlo trackhoe for the last 3 years in the steelmills. but always on the flat floors. never on a slope. backhoes,dozers,etc no problem, but was wondering how to go up a slope...
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    Setting Telephone Poles

    I set a 25' telephone pole with a 416c cat backhoe. I used a nylon strap, up past halfway, I ran it from the bucket tooth over the top of the bucket, down to the pole. The bucket is all the way closed. Pick up the pole with the boom, then open up the bucket part way. The back of the bucket...
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    What Machine would you Buy?

    since your not an operator maybe the question is which machine is a little easier to run so no one gets hurt. and still can get the job done, becareful
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