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  1. damnescavator

    Boom Transport Lock

    I hadn't thought of that, sunlight effects. Local hydraulics shop said the same thing- just crack a line.
  2. damnescavator

    Boom Transport Lock

    old thread but relevant in these fast moving, exciting, modern times. I recently acquired a Bradco 511b skid steer backhoe with a boom lock as well as a swing lock. The outriggers are not lockable. I dropped the backhoe attachment at a site and ignored the locks idea being extended rams is the...
  3. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    "I’ll have to report back on real world experience, single vs tandem off road." Ground pressure for a single axle truck may be similar to tandem but the closeness of the two axles ona tandem seems to beat down the soil more than a single axle. Just my perception, your mileage may vary...
  4. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    "It applies to soft surfaces as well, otherwise tractors wouldn't use low psi to not compact the ground or trucks wouldn't lower the tire pressure not to compact the ground." It does have a relation but it's not a direct or linear one. Weight over area is what determines psi at the ground, no...
  5. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    "I'm not certain about that last part, depends on how the truck is spec'd and how heavy you're loaded in either case." True, here's some calcs to go with it. Assume our tandem truck has 11R24.5 tires at 100psi which are 11" wide. Assume our truck weighs 60,000 lbs. loaded. Dry soil. For a...
  6. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    "Check your tire pressure, that's your ground pressure." That's a rule of thumb for pavement. When the contact patch starts growing larger for dirt surfaces the pressure per square inch goes down. That's why I ran a calculation above. As a thought experiment. What would the ground pressure be...
  7. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    "All trucks put down 90-100 psi on the ground" You're not quite right for medium duty trucks at least. Here's a calculation. An 11R x 22.5 tire is 11" wide pumped up to 100 psi and mounted on a medium duty single axle truck with 6 wheels weighs 33,000 lb loaded (mine). 1. Dry soil. If the...
  8. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    ... Sometimes it's better to lose a customer than damage a truck or piece of iron. What was the towing bill compared to the profit on the load of dirt?... Not good I agree. I pulled it out using a winch and tackle. Problem with residential material delivery is so many customers want their stuff...
  9. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    "How about a combination of common sense and experience followed by "No, sorry, that looks too soft."" ~~~~~~ "I don't think any kind of sensor is needed to determine that you were going to get stuck there. How bout just not driving in a mudhole?"...
  10. damnescavator

    Cost of Moving Heavy Equipment Locally

    I move my 10 ton excavator which is under wide/heavy load limits but soaks a lotta time up doing the loading/chaining going slow worrying about fast curves, etc. It's not like towing a bobcat. I charge $100 an hour for that but most customers will not pay for it so I got a skid steer backhoe...
  11. damnescavator

    how to check dubious jobsite soil for dump truck

    I deliver gravel/dirt to residential customers and about 75% of them want their loads dumped out back but have no idea whether it is safe for me to drive there. The usual thing is either no opinion at all or worse, "I got uncle's Louie's pickup in there yesterday dude". I've nearly got stuck 50...
  12. damnescavator

    backhoe for a Takeuchi CTL?

    I wonder if the straight or swing front hoes so popular now are breaking peoples bucket rams? All the compression weight and shock of the boom and stick has to go through the curl rams. Would seem not to be built for it. Anyone? I know some tractor loaders have this issue.
  13. damnescavator

    backhoe for a Takeuchi CTL?

    I scored a pretty good deal on a low use Bradco 511b (pic below) so I am gonna try and figure out the Takeuchi pin on bracket part. I found some TL140 pictures of the actual Bradco to Takeuchi TL140 brackets (picture). There's a chance it will work on my TL8 if the bracket that is on the Bradco...
  14. damnescavator

    backhoe for a Takeuchi CTL?

    Anyone mated these two machines together on a Tak and lived to tell about it? Taks attachment catalog does not mention attached hoes. Bet a box of glazed donuts that putting an add on hoe on one of their machines would be like reinventing the skid steer. Anyone tried it?
  15. damnescavator

    daniel mfg "the beak" concrete demo attachment

    The Sidney Grappler is a seriously sturdy looking attachment but apparently they don't make many.
  16. damnescavator

    Cheap Ritchie Brother Skid attachments

    The auctions are flooded with cheap Chinese crap in those steel shipping cages. First they steal a design from a quality American brand down to a mm, make it out of cheap metal in Shangdong and sell it for peanuts at Ritchie Bros. They put quality manufacturers out of business especially local...
  17. damnescavator

    Takeuchi TL10 code 14

    I have a TL8 and it also now shows code 14. It experienced a temporary vibration in the right pilot control yesterday, might be related to that (?). Anyone?
  18. damnescavator

    Cheap Ritchie Brother Skid attachments

    The main issue with cheap Chinese attachments is the inferior steel they use. They use A36, which is 36,000 lb yield strength steel. Bobcat starts at A50 steel, there is a document somewhere on that, which is 50,000 lbs yield strength steel. Really decent makers will often use up to 100,000 lb...
  19. damnescavator

    Bedrock thumb review

    Yes. Sounds strong!
  20. damnescavator

    Bedrock thumb review

    Hey 2machine (Mr. Bedrock), there are a couple of your flat bottom grapples up at RBAuctions. What steel is used to make these grapples? A50?
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