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  1. 637slayer

    loading a scraper in 3rd gear?

    Personally I never do it, over the years I have worked with people who do, or at least try the shotgun method, load the first part in 3rd then lug it til it grabs 2nd. We are running 6 637g 2. They have less than 2000 hrs on them, two of them are having trans probs. they wont shift back into...
  2. 637slayer

    D10 t prob

    The hydraulics are very weak unless its rapped up. At fast idle wont hardly pick up the ripper or blade. Had the same problem a couple years ago, no codes, cat fixed it first time cause it was still under warranty, our mechanics looked at it fri. Prob went out today and hooked up their...
  3. 637slayer

    hard surfaceing ripper points

    does it help? are they hard surfaced already? we use cat points, and arent getting very many hrs out of them, they told me they are 500 dollars a piece, when it gets to the point where it doesnt rip very well there is alot of iron still left on the point, its on a d11 so its a big point wide...
  4. 637slayer

    brand new 37g

    ive been running the new 37 for two weeks now, there seems to be a huge difference in the way its balanced, feels like i can turn around anywhere i want without nosediving, the seat is different too, its computerized no adjustment for a firm or softer ride, where the adjuster used to be there is...
  5. 637slayer

    sugar beet harvest in n wyoming

    here is a couple pics of local farmers getting their sugar beets out of the ground
  6. 637slayer

    dead dropping a dozer blade

    have you ever worked with some one who drops the dozer blade as fast and hard as they can everytime they drop it? drives me crazy
  7. 637slayer

    new visor

    while i was getting fuel yesterday, i took some pics, one is of my new visor, my pard hauling by, the hole were working on now and the tractor is somebody drying the bentonite with a steiger and a rome knock off disc.
  8. 637slayer

    komatsu pc300 probs

    where i work the guy that runs the trackhoe is having trouble with the fuel system, once or twice a week his fuel filter runs out of fuel, they put on a new pump, did all the fuel system checks, still cant figure it out, ithink im relaying his problem correctly, once he fills the filter back up...
  9. 637slayer

    not so new 37g

    i finally got a new computer, the new 37 has over 2500 hrs on it now, i got to run it for a couple months, but didnt really like the new 6 cylinder in the front, the power was comparable , the 6 was alot more snappy, just partial to the 3408, plus the seat in the new 37 didnt work as good. since...
  10. 637slayer

    scraper tires

    what is the best 637 tire for rock? my fav seems to be the michelins, im running a 37g it was brand new from the factory, it came with michelins all the way around, we took the backs off, i cant believe the traction and durability they offer,but at close to 13,000 a piece when their gone their...
  11. 637slayer

    new 37g

    the company i work for is getting a new 37g, they were deciding on a brand new one for 1.7 or going with one with 2000 hrs to save some dough, i have heard of a 37g2 not from reputable sources i might add, but they say the new 37g has a 6 cylinder in front, i hav read on cat the front will be...
  12. 637slayer

    a few 777 questions

    last summer i got a chance to run a 777, it felt like its an easy machine to tip over, even when i dumped it felt like it would be easy to go over backwards. do you ever get used to that feeling? with enough experience on one, while your dumping and it feels like your going to tip over can you...
  13. 637slayer

    is any one looking for a scraperhand?

    i havnt got laid off yet, but there is only 7 guys left below me, if they make another cut i might not make it. the big question i hear is do you know anyone looking for help?
  14. 637slayer

    ever turned a scraper uphill?

    not saying it cant be done, but this is what happens when its done the wrong way.:Pointhead this happened tuesday the pic is not the best, but you get the idea. its a 637g
  15. 637slayer

    how is your 11r holding up?

    now i can say ive been promoted, from the 9r back to the d11, prob. just till oct. since its been 6 months since ive run it it now has almost 10,000 hrs on it. 5/24 operation hrs rack up fast. seems to have lost some power,i have a hard time keeping her out of the red on hot days, unless im...
  16. 637slayer

    D9r?

    since my scraper is at the docs getting a makeover ive been demoted to a 9r, not a bad machine kinda light, but for two weeks now the air intake temperature light has been coming on, it comes on when im pushing sometimes when im ripping. yesterday we took off the aftercooler found nothing wrong...
  17. 637slayer

    160m

    i got to sit in a 160m today, wow!!! what a nice machine. i drove by while the cat demo guy was demoing for the bosses didnt have my camera so no pics, sorry. when i got in my machine i asked a boss on the 2-way if they were buying it and he said it wasnt for sale just showin it off, he said it...
  18. 637slayer

    a fresno?

    i was learning how to run a scraper,{631c} and had the privileage of pulling in front of a growly old timer, he wasnt a very big guy but he loked mean sitting in the h, {solid dozer} if i didnt pull in right, wam, all day long seemed like i didnt do a thing right, im sure the stinger on that...
  19. 637slayer

    any one heard of this?

    we were doing a road job, total reconstruction of an old stretch of highway here in wyo, we were ripping the asphault and burying it, there was close to three feet of it in some places, overlay on top of overlay trying to fix different problem spots probably dating back to the 50s or 60s. we got...
  20. 637slayer

    need some pointers

    just in case i get another chance to run our track hoe which i probably will i hope, i wanted to ask some questions. im not totally new to them ive worked around one for a long time, but have been in the seat for less than 50 hrs, over a 15 year career, out of all the questions that are going...
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