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    Deere vs Cat controls

    Working out of a union hall most of us will run back hoes or excavators with either controls , some won't . When asked which I can run I usually reply " I can run either but I am only good on what I ran last " and it don't seem to matter how long ago it was . At times I get kind of stuck in...
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    Koehring Excavators

    the company that owned it at that time said it was like that when it was new and had the Koehring dealer look at it and replace parts many times during its life but they never figured it out unfortunately for us operators . I have not had an air controlled machine since then which was around...
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    Koehring Excavators

    I ran a couple 166's which were a dream compared to the 466d air over hydralic nightmares . I have no good memories of any of the air controls as a matter of fact .
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    digging over drive motors

    I have read articles over the years in magazines that say to avoid digging over the drive sprockets and when traveling travel forward ( idlers in front ) not reverse it was said that their is much more wear when sprockets are in the front when digging and travelling . I had heard it so much over...
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    Koehring Excavators

    Well I have been reading the threads on this forum for quite some time and this thread asking about the old 466 forced me to register . I have been operating equipment since 1973 and I have never had a machine make me talk to myself like the old air controls did on the 466 or any Koehring of...
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