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    Shockit! Tool to loosen and disconnect hydraulic hoses

    For "some reason" I bought a used small 4000# CTL for those little jobs....the undercarriage had some wear and neglect, so it is in the shop along with all the other projects. Getting repaired and adding to the parts bill. LOL Removal of the drive motor hydraulic hoses for access was...
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    Battery powered compact wheel loader Volvo L20e

    Was in contact with the Volvo HEquipment dealer who introduced me to the battery powered compact wheel loader. Specs on this machine are pretty impressive. This technology is reflected in the purchase price. Quote for new machine has the skid steer mounting plate with a one yard 4:1 bucket...
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    Small weld fab table

    This table [started by the helper] began with a scrap piece of 2" pipe, and I 'donated' the plasma cut 1/2" plate from the steel supply. Size is approx 24" by 36". The top is bolted on due to not wanting to warp it from welding as it was pretty straight as purchased. The cross bars are for a...
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    Driveway concrete removal using breaker on Kubota U17

    Here is the Kubota U17 (version with expando tracks) with the demo hammer. The machine runs this breaker pretty well. Bigger hammers (TLB backhoe size) tend to punch holes whereas this breaker tends to crack off a chunk. On this task to remove the approx 10yd driveway concrete: The...
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    Pacific Gear & Tool Works, Western Gear.....type of lubricant

    This gear box from Pacific Gear & Tool Works is installed on a vintage rubber mill and yes it is not yellow, but in reading about the mfg, it appears these gear boxes were installed on cranes derricks winches etc. Thusly, if the 'stretch of the request is being begged to be included herein'...
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    Tight spot concrete demo

    A few pics with the expandable track model: a Kubota U17 doing concrete breaking with a Arrowhead breaker. Yes: the nitrogen pressure is checked and the pins are greased often and have the tools to make pin and bushing changes with less agony than waiting till ugly - thus these wear parts get...
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    Diesel wacker rammer runs only with ether

    Have a diesel rammer from wacker, a version DS72y that is way past the parts availability days. Any idea why it will start nicely with one pull and run for a bit with a small breath of starting fluid, but seems once the material is start fluid is burned away, it slows, and then stalls out...
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    Rubber tracks in loose sandy soil

    For those tight space jobs, the smaller minis under 5k pounds sure save a lot of handwork. On our 700 hour Kubota U17 (narrow/wide track machine), occasionally one track or the other gets loaded up and the drive motor wont move the track: usually one direction is affected more than the other...
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    Welding - what to do w battery, etc

    Labor Day weekend, a midnite sawzall team got the catalyst off the 2014 F650 box truck: said truck has the V10 and an automatic, was a former leasing company rig. Box is nice with plenty of floor framing and the forklift can drive inside. New cat was installed by diesel truck repair shop with...
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    Drilled shaft foundation and columns

    This project is started and here are some pics. The basic idea is a 6x6 HSS is installed in a 24" diameter drilled hole that is about six and a half feet deep. A rebar cage at 18" OD with 8 #5s gr 60 and stirrups encircles the HSS. HSS is to be chaired on an 8" dobie. After the HSS is...
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    Lever chain hoist

    Is it possible to use a lever chain hoist 'inverted'? For example: if I wanted to rig and lift say a welder off the floor with a shop gantry, then back the truck under the load to put it into the truck ..... can the lever chain hoist be placed adjacent to the welder's lifting lug with the...
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    Lifting lug attachment with hitch tube

    Chore at hand is to raise typical 55g plastic drums up into the dump truck and or dump trailer. Said drums are to be full of broken out shower tile and what not from a bathroom improvement job: 5 gallon buckets at the scene of the demo and these dumped into a drum on a two wheel cart trekked...
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    U17 battery

    The battery on the U17 Kubota is getting weaker and the load tester carbon showed a pretty bad voltage dro; in the interest of reliability decided to get a new one. Off to the battery store(s) to learn it is a unique size, so....a call to the dealer. Their (Yuasa?) supplier is avoiding their...
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    Access Panel Security

    Not intending to raise anyone's blood pressure, but this time they got me for two batteries: one outta the air compressor and one outta the platform lift. Prior experiences indicate that any exposed shackle lock that a bolt cutter fits will be so sheared. And some machines have no proviso for...
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    Ford F650 V10 gas engine

    Ford F650 approx year 2015 w V10 automatic and a box van body has a Wabco hydraulic brake. Said unit (in between the frame rails behind the cab) developed a leak at one of the accumulators. Took it to the International Dealer as there are no nearby Ford Heavy Duty dealers and they were...
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    Structural welding

    Recent project required some machinery stands out of about ten feet of 12" std wall A53 pipe, bases 1" by 28" OD circular, top 1/2" by 55" circular. Weld to the 1" base plate full pen with 1/4" backing bar. Started the job with the pipe on some three legged stands with the two aluminum...
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    Custom F N R shift lever

    The shift cable had run its useful life as known by the tremendous force to operate the F N R control. Took the cable loose from the machine a 8042 Terex Square Shooter and found the part number, looked in the parts book, same number...... called & ordered and - "Yes we can get that, it will...
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    Switch and a relay for the reachlift controls

    Terex 8042 (square shooter w Terex name) has about 3k hours. Cummins powered, big heavy axles, a tilt cylinder for each side of the axle at each wheel, etc. Has been a good machine and typically pretty straightforward to work on. Now that I have it (in lieu of a new pickup: decision made...
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    How to set a utility pole (attach choker chain etc)

    Greetings, hope the Holiday is treating all well. The usual battle with the folks who rather pilfer and steal than work for pay has caused a need to improve security lighting on the priority list. Will be setting a (new) 30' (thirty foot) utility pole into a five foot hole in a paved...
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    Thumb with single action cylinder

    Have been investigating the method to have a thumb on the Service Port hydraulics on a Kubota mini (U17). Service Port valve has no relief, no passage back to the sump when in neutral, no load check....just a valve that sends fluid to the load and allows a return flow to the sump. Works great...
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