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Recent content by IceHole

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    Hydraulic oil for 580l

    1000 THF
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    what to do and what not to do when a engine runs on its own?

    Cutting fuel isn't stopping a runaway.
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    1981 C70 Kodiak Cat 3208 Questions

    Use 50w transmission oil. Or 75w90 gear oil
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    The upcoming generation

    That cartoon still going, haven't seen them in years. I spent a few months around Houston and Gavelston. I thought Anchorage drivers were **** till dealing with those drivers. We had a rental van, I elected to just ride, wasn't ready for doing 90 in a 65 on a 74 lane highway. Dirt barely 2...
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    need to buy a good underground utility locater ?

    The spicy roots are the ones I get scared of. Or a gas main. Contractor hut one in Anchorage a few years ago, had flames like 50ft high.
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    need to buy a good underground utility locater ?

    Excavator bucket seems to work great. Funny enough, I trenched power to a sign that had buried 7200v, fiber, phone, cable going across like it was a spider web, no problems. Using a clapped out Deere 310A, about had to cast out the bucket as it was so loose. Boring outfit comes to install...
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    The upcoming generation

    2 cans of Double-D 40 are cheaper hahaha
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    Ramps for loading skid steer on F800 flatbed

    I'd have to dig through my photos.
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    Help Inspecting Undercarriage - 977H

    The outfit I use charges $150/hr
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    The upcoming generation

    Here they drag the process out for months and months. They called me SIX MONTHS after I interviewed to have me come back in. Nd got pissed when I said I've been working for 5 months already, sorry
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    The upcoming generation

    I have a hard time remembering all the decimal conversations and end up doing the math. IE 9/16 = .5625"
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    The upcoming generation

    Saw an ad for a Carlile warehouse position a while back that listed something to the effect of drug testing excluding mariwanna.
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    Land has been cut and left in a mess. Best cheapest way to plant trees and fix it up?

    Aside from the slash pile, not seeing a mess. Clean that ir spread it out and won't even know it was there in 10 years.
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    Help Inspecting Undercarriage - 977H

    Can cut a link out, have done that on many woods machines.
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    Help Inspecting Undercarriage - 977H

    Plenty of life in it. I've run stuff so worn the sprockets just had nubs Not like running it is going to ruin anything that isn't already worn. I forget, if it's D6 or D7 that uses same tracks. 8" pitch i think.
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