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Our shop floor for the big stuff is clay pack and we can't use concrete even at 8 or 10 inches deep we make concrete blocks out of it with the 6 inch deep grousers and 45 to 48 ton machines so we use packed clay for two bays and hard wood plank for the door ways We used inset plank floor on two bays...

I have two operators that will not back drag every one else do what they want they both run new 550 Ks the 550Jsare still here and I am going to keep them around for a while as I don't like the K series my self yet the older 550Js are still here and there blades have little to no paint off the blade...

No more like 750 bucks twenty five years ago I tried many fixes but found the wear is in the pin holding area with the roll or spring pins either worked great but if you bore the hole out you just have a mess and anything else is a mickey mouse fix to say the least .I have wasted a lot of time tryin...

The 750J has a ball on blade kit and a socket on blade kit as well as a shim kit for factory [ socket on blade ]We installed a ball on blade kit and this works best .We have two 550Js with BoB kits as well .It is back bladeing that kills them as some operators have to back drag and crank the blade a...

I remember trying to fix a set of those that were worn out when I bit the bullet and bought the new cast pieces . T bar worked best after though I know that I remember walking out of the dealers with a hand full of cast iron and a hell of a bill thinking it's not like it's electronic's or hydraulics...

We have two ASV's a 50 and a 60 these aren't in the crawler loader league they can be hauled with a half ton and weigh less than 1/3 of the weight of my old 555A they sure can't take the beating the crawler loader can but they will do clean up jobs fast and more accurate than you can do with a crawl...

I never had a 400G but several of my competition had them they just couldn't push squat as far as I was concerned I saw one on a sand pile for a weeping bed beside where I was working and I could out do that thing with a JCB backhoe hands down why would you wast track wear and time in sand if rubber...

I know what you mean Lavoy I was bringing the nicest 1010 I ever bought original paint and very few scratches on it back from Sault Ste Marie Ont .I went on the ferry at South Bay Mouth I was horded by on lookers and we kind of conducted a auction on the float right in the bottom of the Chichimaun ....

I started years ago with dry cell battery's and love them you guys down south in the USA should get these cheaper than I can up here in Canada the great white north because they don't freeze ,lose power in the cold or shake apart so they will last for ever in a small crawler I can't get the C.C.A th...

The tag on my old 450B is in front of the shifter controls front panel.Digitup.

This really depends on the crawler ,operator ,job at hand, humidity and the condition of the cooling system .All are big factors I was looking over my 3-550J's stats sheets and the three different machines all show different maximum temperatures .Our new 550 K has 120 hours on it and with tear4 comp...

Are you working on a 100 series Harvester crawler loader.if you are make sure the steel's are flat not warped and the friction plates are smooth .We did one last winter and had to wire buff the frictions a bit to make it fit.It can be a wee bit of a tight fit puttin the clutch pack together.Digitup.

Watch the way He moves those leavers.Loader lever is worn out so much that he darned near pulls it into his lap this tells you that repairs were minimal the steering leavers work only when brought back to the maximum .That tells me the clutch packs were never kept up to snuff the tracks are singing ...

At first glance I notice the seals on all loader rams leak .The loader bucket linkage leaves a lot to be desired as well as the loader control is worn bad and the steering clutch-breaks need attention this machine is in poor condition don't pay much for it but all is rebuild able so if it goes cheap...

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