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    ever seen one of these

    I just figured out how to upload pictures, so I thought I would post a couple of a machine we have. It is called hank the company I work for built it before I came to work here. So what does it do, you stradle a pipe ditch and feed it cement, water and sand. the result is clsm slurry. It...
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    J.d. 764

    the right pictures hope these are the right one who wants to see a skid steer and I can't even think what the other picture was for.
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    J.d. 764

    Our company just recived a J.D. 764 high speed dozer in today for a demo. Still on the trailer but I thought I would post some pictures of it. I will not be able to tell you much about it becasue I am leaving for vacation tomorrow. But the driver the brought it said it is the real deal...
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    AR 400 wear plates

    ford steel I would try and call ford steel they build pre cut sizes. one might fit yours. I have used there chocky bars in the past with very good results. The chocky bars have a hard white iron bonded to a mild steel so it is easy to weld on. there phone number is 1-800-325-4012. There...
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    Who are the top mass rock grading contractors?

    blattner rail road days I used to work for Blattner on their rail roads and one road job. I was on there last road job in montana. I have been on a few of there wind farm jobs. I sure miss the rail road jobs they were lots of fun and lots of hours. I still have a few friends that work there...
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    Aftermarket over tire tracks

    mclaren I bought a set of mclaren tracks for our cat 252 they took a few hours to put on and set up but they seem to be working real well. have not had to go out and adjust them at all and they are not showing any signs of wear yet. We only have had them on for about 3 months but so far so good.
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    Ritchie Bros Auction Orlando

    rb auction There web site said this should be the biggest auction that they have ever had. I have gone to it for the last two years. It took over a day just to walk around the site. The week before Yoder and Frey has one about 20 miles down the road. There they will let you rent golf carts...
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    Hydrualic oil life?

    filter cart Our filter cart uses two 40 micron filters and one 10 micron filter. Ours has a gauge that will tell you when the filters are getting plugged. Ours was bought from Empire cat. If I remember right they build them in-house. The cart is very handy tool we should use it more often...
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    Hydrualic oil life?

    oil samples Depending on the age of the equipment, we change at 2000 hours older equipment is done at 1000 hrs. We follow what the operator manual calls for as a rule. Some newer equipment is even going longer have not decided what we will done on these as we are no where near the first oil...
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    Deere 350

    running good now They are all running good now. The local dealer has been a great help and their mechanic is one sharp guy. We are using the 350's to sub ex some berms and for pipe.
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    Cat Part Breakdown

    Depending on your dealer Cat SiS will not only let you look up parts but has options for service information, similar parts search pip's. We own and rent a lot of different equipment threw out a year and having the on line parts books cuts down on parts book costs. John deere also has a...
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    Deere 350

    350d fuel problems I am glad to see some one else brought this thread back. The company I work for leased 6 350d's. 4 were new out of the factory and 2 had around 100-200 hours. The new 350's are just getting to there 250 hr service but we have all ready gone threw 4 fuel transfer pumps 1 on...
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    X for small marina

    If you look at a cat 320c or cat 324c the company I work for has just changed our long reach booms to standard booms. the 324 is in central CA and the 320 is in FL. We also have a 320B set up in SC. We use them from time to time and seem o forget about them when we buy or rpo a new machine a...
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    How Did You Find Us?

    I found this site from a friend of mine that came by on vacation a couple of weeks ago. He and I have been on Joe Blacks site for the last few years. He showed this to me as I work with the newer equipment. I work for a somewhat large contractor that works from coast to coast. I am the job...
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    Refueling Equipment

    international 6x6 Our trucks here are a pair of 2006 international 5600's with c-13's. We have one more cab and chassis in AZ that is wating for us to get some more work before we spend the money having the fuel body built. These are fun trucks to drive you look have to face with a 966...
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    Refueling Equipment

    fuel farm Where I work we have a fuel farm in in a lined dirt berm. working in Ca their are many regulations on how we have to be set up. We have 3 10,000 gallon double wall tanks. 2 are off road diesel the third is split 5000 gas and 5000 clear diesel. The tanks have to be double vented...
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