Id love to get a d6 cat, although I have no use for one at all! I would like to get a smaller dozer though. Think the next purchase is gonna be a skidsteer.
Thats a nice skidsteer pete, whats the lift capacity of it? Im not familiar with the cat brand.
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$Sheldon$
2003 F-250 supercab shortbox 4x4 lariat
~Everythings legal man as long as ya dont get caught~
Hello every one,
just got back from a Robotics event. Was over on Forddieselpower and I saw this and I thought you guys would get a kick out of this add 2006 FORD F350 4x4 CREW CAB A REAL MANS TRUCK
Any pics from the event? When I worked for Titleist I enjoyed working on the robots.
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Jim
2001 F350 4X4 DRW
Bilsteins, 4" Turbo Back Into 6" Stacks, 6637 w/,Custom Cold Air Intake ,Autometer guages, DP TUNER http://www.roadsidehelpnetwork.info/
PAA # 14 RIP Mark.. I'll never forget you!!
Id love to get a d6 cat, although I have no use for one at all! I would like to get a smaller dozer though. Think the next purchase is gonna be a skidsteer.
Thats a nice skidsteer pete, whats the lift capacity of it? Im not familiar with the cat brand.
CAT says a little under 2,000 pounds. I say lift until you start tipping forward and then you know you can only lift a little bit more.
Yeah thats how most people measure what they can lift! Shoulda seen some of the huge rock tires we would move around with the 763 bobcat skidsteer that I used to run. I was impressed, that thing would do more then it was rated before tipping, and when it started to tip too much, then ya called over a few of the big guys to stand on the back haha.
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$Sheldon$
2003 F-250 supercab shortbox 4x4 lariat
~Everythings legal man as long as ya dont get caught~
Hey y'all, all I did today was help clean the house, get fitted for a tux for prom, and fix my pile of an ATV.
Lisa I've actually been to the JD museum a few times it is really cool.
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Jacob
Resident farmboy, King of tractors, tractorpuller and workaholic
PAA Member #63
89 F-250 XLT Lariat reg cab long bed 4X4 351 ZF5 4in lift 33in BFG ATs on 16.5 in aluminum rims
Only one CAT piece. A 236B skid. She's a beautiful machine though. Full cab, heat/AC, hydraulic quick tach, ride control, etc. and just a bit over 400 hours.
One Deere piece. A 490E.
The majority of our equipment is, unfortunately, Dresser.
4 Dresser machines. 2 530 loaders (3 yard loaders) a TD25G (73,000 lb dozer. Approx D8 equivalent) and a TD7H (D3 or D4 equivalent)
CAT is my preferred brand. Deere is a close second. If we're talking excavators then Hitachi and Deere are tied since they're the same. Maybe Hitachi would be a hair above Deere for the better fuel economy.
Nick: That is absolutely hillarious. That guy has WAY too much free time on his hands though.
Go Cat Power!!! You have a 73,000 lb dozer. What the heck do you use to tow it from place to place. I know the 7.3 can tow anything but this might be pushing it just a little.
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Nick PAA#9
08 F-450 K R 6.4 SPARTINIZED, DPF/CAT GONE, RR Boots
04 X 6.0, 08 towing mirrors, 15k hitch, Firestone air bags
01 X 7.3, TN BB turbo, Dp tuner, ITP RR, RR up pipes, 4 Dipricol gauges,MBRP 4inch, 6637,650 dash with 2 auto meeter gauges, RR boots,
95 F-250 7.3, 6637
Yea. We don't run equipment that large. We don't have the need for it.
Biggest machines we need are in the 70,000-80,000lb range.
We're working on trying to save up for a D6 in the future. It'll be like $125,000 for an 04 or 05 with 3,000 hours on it. We want one with a 6 way blade since it is easier to achieve a final grade with a 6 way than with a semi-U.
We're trying to get a job hauling material from the dredging of a town reservoir. If all goes as planned it could be a 1,000,000$ job.
I've got dad convinced that if we get it we will need to lease a new D6LGP since the material will be wet and sloppy.
Here's the kitty.
You guys keep that one in nice shape.
Good luck getting the job.You will need the wide tracks for sure.
Here's some of the EQ.I used to do mechanic work on.
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Brad PAA MEMBER #71
2001 f-250 CC 4x4 auto 7.3,S&B intake,WW,1.00, 4"turbo bk,HPX,intank mods,
Isspro gauges,cold a/c,OBA,ccv,6.0 IC TC,AIH and EBPV delete,DP turner
You kidding me? Put a 5th wheel on a 7.3 and you can pull it. Nobody pays attention to weight restrictions anyways.
Actually we have our own lowbed, but for moving that specific dozer we hire it out. It requires permits and a heavier trailer than we own plus escorts to move a machine that size.
We escort the truck ourselves in order to save on some cash instead of hiring an escort service, but we hire a truck for moving it. It's really cheaper to do it that way considering how little we move it.
Last time it was moved the hauler got a visit from the DOT inspector. He ended up with like 700$ in fines before he was let go.
I actually want to build a couple units for our trucks to make fitting them up as escort vehicles easier.
I want to get some square stock that will slide into the receiver on the trucks and then come out and up so we can bolt on oversized load signs and put in some strobies and extra stop/turn/tails. That way we only have to tie cloth signs to the front bumper and put those in and we're good to go. For powering it all I could just use the trailer plug.
Evening Jake!
Evening Mark!
Well sandman's here,GOODNIGHT ALL!!!
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Brad PAA MEMBER #71
2001 f-250 CC 4x4 auto 7.3,S&B intake,WW,1.00, 4"turbo bk,HPX,intank mods,
Isspro gauges,cold a/c,OBA,ccv,6.0 IC TC,AIH and EBPV delete,DP turner
It stays in good shape because dad doesn't operate it very often.
Dad has a tendency to back into things and rip things off the machine. If her operated it often it'd have broken windows and the aux. hyd valves would be bent up and it'd be all sorts of nasty.
Fortunately me and bubba (that's what we call our employee from Georgia) are the only ones who really ever operate it. And I had to have a chat with him about how we do NOT smoke in that machine. EVER. I wanted to turn the A/C on today (it was hot! it got up to like 65!) and I couldn't keep it on with the windows shut because it smelled like that crap.
I did get a chance to power wash that machine recently though. I need to spend some more time getting the oxidation and old grease off it though.
I've thought of joining the IUOE and running some big iron. Now is a bad time to get in, but things always move in a cycle. In a while we'll be seeing an increase in construction again.
Plus as the baby boomers retire there aren't enough qualified young guys to take the place of the old guys who will be retiring.
You kidding me? Put a 5th wheel on a 7.3 and you can pull it. Nobody pays attention to weight restrictions anyways.
Actually we have our own lowbed, but for moving that specific dozer we hire it out. It requires permits and a heavier trailer than we own plus escorts to move a machine that size.
We escort the truck ourselves in order to save on some cash instead of hiring an escort service, but we hire a truck for moving it. It's really cheaper to do it that way considering how little we move it.
Last time it was moved the hauler got a visit from the DOT inspector. He ended up with like 700$ in fines before he was let go.
I actually want to build a couple units for our trucks to make fitting them up as escort vehicles easier.
I want to get some square stock that will slide into the receiver on the trucks and then come out and up so we can bolt on oversized load signs and put in some strobies and extra stop/turn/tails. That way we only have to tie cloth signs to the front bumper and put those in and we're good to go. For powering it all I could just use the trailer plug.
See Pete I knew the 7.3 could tow anything!!!
That's awesome that you have all of that cool equipment to use any time!
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Nick PAA#9
08 F-450 K R 6.4 SPARTINIZED, DPF/CAT GONE, RR Boots
04 X 6.0, 08 towing mirrors, 15k hitch, Firestone air bags
01 X 7.3, TN BB turbo, Dp tuner, ITP RR, RR up pipes, 4 Dipricol gauges,MBRP 4inch, 6637,650 dash with 2 auto meeter gauges, RR boots,
95 F-250 7.3, 6637
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