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    Theft and tresspassing....how to stop them without jail time. Suggestions?

    Get some "surplus" claymor mines. If you don't know what they are- google it. You will like the idea, I think they should be everywhere. I hate thieves. Motion sensor and instead of hooking it to a light, hook it to a .50 cal.
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    Rubber track question

    Check out Dominion. Used a LOT of their tracks in fleet of mini exc's and track skid steers. Minimal complaints about quality, handle abuse pretty well. Anywhere from 700 to 1500 hrs depending on application of course a lot varies.
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    621F Case has a mind of it's own

    Could be doing a "regeneration"? F models are Tier 4 and it probably has a DEF tank (right rear of machine, raise the engine hood and look for a blue cap). That may require it to raise RPM during the process when it is running with no demand. The new units do NOT like idle time, that builds...
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    What type of dozer is this?

    Steel Track- like that's a special option. What is the other option? A rubber track dozer?
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    The low-bidder; or "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Track Pads..."

    They could not have fallen off like that. I have to imagine that they needed the clearance to squeeze in there and took off just enough? I have seen undercarriage literally falling off the machine and still had all the tracks pads (some were cracked and split and missing pieces). That machine...
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    leibherr dozer

    I have JD 450, 550, 650, 700, 750 J's (several) and have one 850J and a 1050J in my fleet (rental fleet) and can assure you the 450 through the 850 are all built by JD. Everything in them is JD and they make them. The 1050J is a Liebherr machine, when we buy parts (which is ALL the time it...
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    The calls you'd rather not have gotten.

    Let me prefice with "I am a service manager for a large equipment RENTAL company.... 10k reach forklift with "hoses and chains hanging out the back and we ran out of oil, it won't even move in and out now" 200C excavator "slid off in the hole sideways and pulled a wrecker in behind it, you're...
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