A few projects I have done recently

[AMBMike]

I will never own a machine with out a/c after having it.

You can order the ventilated seat in the new cat, and don't forget the key fob so you don't have to put in a code just saying

I love that ventilated seat! The cab of the Next Gen CTLs is a major upgrade from the 2xxD series.

Tell me more about the key fob please. Waiting on the screen to light up so I can enter the code gets old...

 

[smifwal]

I love that ventilated seat! The cab of the Next Gen CTLs is a major upgrade from the 2xxD series.

Tell me more about the key fob please. Waiting on the screen to light up so I can enter the code gets old...

I can't remember how much it was $650 maybe. .you get (2).
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[AMBMike]

I can't remember how much it was $650 maybe. .you get (2).
.Pg 7 bottom right

Interesting. Thanks.

 

[smifwal]

Just paid off the D3 and all the older iron goes on medical leave..

Can't get ahead.

Did not know they offered ventilated seats in the CTL's.

They sure do, when I was looking at the 255 the price with the upgrades it was cheaper to order from the factory than it was to buy a stock unit and have the service guys install them. Only problem was the factor is about 6 months out. I will see if I can find the build sheet when I get home from work but I really only added a few things

 

[CM1995]

Interesting the ventilated seats can be installed at the dealer.

Right now our dealer has CTL's and mini's overflowing both their local yards here. Great time to buy a 255 - they probably have 35-40 of them.

 

[smifwal]

Interesting the ventilated seats can be installed at the dealer.

Right now our dealer has CTL's and mini's overflowing both their local yards here. Great time to buy a 255 - they probably have 35-40 of them.

My dealer wasn't ordering them with the ventilated seat at the time,(not sure if they are now or not) I assume to keep cost down on the stock machines and we can add it after the fact. But it was cheaper to have it ordered with since parts is marking the seat up and service is charging to install it.

I forgot about the 3 point safety belt. I have tried wearing the lap belt, friend told he feels like it really keeps me snug in the seat. My experience with it that I forget I have it on when I try to get out, I am sure I would get used to it but I never wear the seat belt because it doesn't keep my face off the glass if I run in to something (like a man hole when plowing snow)

 

[dayexco]

company my son is buying into, just bought a new 360 komatsu couple years ago. took some convincing, but convinced his older partner to gps it. where they're at, they have lots of sand, no rock. bedding material "3/4" rock" has to come 80 plus miles. their operators if needed 6" undercut for bedding...were always going 8-10" over just to make sure in case engineer measured. his partner comes in office with stack of receipts, throws them on son's desk. tells him they needed to have the rest of the machines gps'd...their rock costs were down over 40% on the last 2 jobs. they love it.

 

[smifwal]

company my son is buying into, just bought a new 360 komatsu couple years ago. took some convincing, but convinced his older partner to gps it. where they're at, they have lots of sand, no rock. bedding material "3/4" rock" has to come 80 plus miles. their operators if needed 6" undercut for bedding...were always going 8-10" over just to make sure in case engineer measured. his partner comes in office with stack of receipts, throws them on son's desk. tells him they needed to have the rest of the machines gps'd...their rock costs were down over 40% on the last 2 jobs. they love it.

It really is a no-brainer once you see the savings but the initial cost scares people away so much, there is also the increased productivity.

 

[Joe H]

Not to mention the cost of removing the extra if it has to be disposed of off site.

Joe H

 

[CM1995]

No doubt.

Today the guys were finishing out two retention ponds at the office/warehouse project.

Normally this would require a **** load of stakes at the toe and top to grade the slope which would be all in the way of grading the slope and top of dam since the top is only wide enough for the 325 to go across.



Easy - peasy with GPS in the trackhoe. Just walk around the edge of the pond pulling the bottom flat to the toe, then pull the slope.

Tasks like this used to be a huge PITA but now it's easily done.

 

[skyking1]

I remember hours of jumping out and moving my own stakes and looking across the slope between stations, or having a guy doing it.
even having the hoe hog it and a light dozer with GPS putting the shine on is nice. Leave just enough meat to hang in there.

 

[smifwal]

The kid cutting pads at the job I am gets in and out of the machine at least 10x a day to check with the grade rod and the laser. If I was so far behind because of the survey guys I would cut him some bench marks with the mini.

 

[dayexco]

when i was in grade school, and my older brothers were handling pipe laying...it was my job to move/set up the batterboards for putting in sewer main. after a few f ups, i learned to check my math 3, 4 times. that habit has stuck with me. how i wish they had pocket calculators back then.