Loaders, Limbers and Roadbuilders.

[Wdonaldson]

Is that engine used in the oil field pumping stations or a locomotive application?

The engine is spark ignited and burns natural gas, it is used to drive a natural gas compressor at a compressor station north of Fort Nelson BC. The main water pump failed and started leaking coolant into the crank case and spun multiple main bearings. The block had to be machined and a new cranckshaft was installed.

 

[Greatwestcam]

some machines seen this summer 2011

 

[skadill]

Classic B.C. Roadbuilder

235 Cat.Fresh photo.http://youtube.com/user/skadill

 

[SPMiller]

3 pieces, 3 different places, all with lots of more to come from each location

 

[SPMiller]

Hard to take photos right now, with old snow locally, as well as some centimeters getting new snow, Got a whole wack of madill stuff coming.

 

[cutting edge]

LOL....you stopped in Quesnel,didnt you?

 

[SPMiller]

I was like a kid in a candy shop. I should of spent more time down there, apparently leaving prince george early this morning was a bad idea. I'm sure you heard about the logging trucks on the caribou?

 

[log frog]

Cat backspar

Spotted near Merrit BC

 

[cutting edge]

I was like a kid in a candy shop. I should of spent more time down there, apparently leaving prince george early this morning was a bad idea. I'm sure you heard about the logging trucks on the caribou?

Yeah...followed one of them home on the hook....dont know how that driver survived.

Give me some more warning next time youre passing through town...I'll show you around.

 

[SPMiller]

Yeah, I there a few minutes after it happened, he was just climbing out, little shaken up quite the story though. RCMP took like a couple hours to respond, showed up, walked around, looked important and left. Photos in the other thread.

And will do. I'm in camp in a few weeks, so maybe in spring.

 

[Wdonaldson]

Here is a Mitsubishi roadbuilder owed by ballegeer bulldozing at the time of the picture. I dont know were the machine ended up, it was a very heavy machine. I think it was a 45 ton size machine.

 

[skadill]

Roadbuilder

345B Cat roadbuilder,taken this afternoon,just driving by.http://youtube.com/user/skadill

 

[csquared]

View attachment 87122345B Cat roadbuilder,taken this afternoon,just driving by.http://youtube.com/user/skadill

same person who put the bridge in, and built the road on the left side off the hope/princeton, just out of hope?

 

[spitzair]

Here's a few I took over the last couple days... The Hein Werner is mine, the other three aren't... Would be nice if they were though... I'd just LOVE to add the Prentice to my collection of obscure things

 

[spitzair]

'Couple more...

 

[JTL]

One question for you Canandian boys. I have noticed on all yer hoes, the thumbs don't have the progessive links on them. And for the most part they only have two teeth on them. Whats the story there?

I ran a two tooth thumb on 790 JD that came into the states a few years back and thought it was the most unproductive boat anchor you could get on a machine, right next to a fixed thumb.

 

[SPMiller]

One question for you Canandian boys. I have noticed on all yer hoes, the thumbs don't have the progessive links on them. And for the most part they only have two teeth on them. Whats the story there?

I ran a two tooth thumb on 790 JD that came into the states a few years back and thought it was the most unproductive boat anchor you could get on a machine, right next to a fixed thumb.

Just to confirm this is the thumb in question?

Okay so you're explanation. I hate them too,they're stupid and don't work. And they're always or were originally attached to some pos CAT. As far as I know that's how cat designed their thumb, and mass produced it, then someone made knocks offs and flooded the market.


My 450D has a Daewoo thumb, love it to death. four fingers, good arch on them. Yes it's direct link. and it's strong.


Sorry for the crappy photo, but I don't get out of my machine when it's light out we're too low on man power. We work dark until dark.

 

[JTL]

Your thumb pic looks alot like a leaking fuel tank!
This is like I was refering to.

 

[JTL]

Here are few shots of our hoes over the last few years on a couple differnt road jobs. Granted our road are few and far between. Landfills are more of our forte anymore.

 

[SPMiller]

Okay that's what i meant. I have a question for you, what's with all the pin grabbers!