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Friend got 2.5 gph. He built the track for his brother (and himself) on their dad's place. He really appreciated the info so he had an idea how much fuel to take as he didn't have a tank in his pickup and didn't want to buy fuel up there. Bought off road from the company he works for, so he figures ...

Thanks digitup!

A friend is planning on renting a 450 to build a motorcross track. He asked me how much fuel it would burn in 8 hrs with moderate shoving. Doesn't know which model but I would expect something more recent as it is a rental machine. I told him I knew where I could find out....

I'd go with what Lavoy said. Try to limit your hard shoving to the middle of the blade. You want to push as evenly with each track as you can anyway no matter how stout the blade is. Easier on the drive train. At least get the operators manual. Looking at the steering levers, I think you may need to...

I think I read in the forum rules that if you reach 356 posts before you sell your crawler, and are in good standing, you are considered a lifetime member.
Seriously, not seeing your username on here would seem strange. Good luck with your new Deere.

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Very nice work Gus!

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Hope there's a cab under there as well!

Hi Al, If you already have full rock guards, relief holes would help as the others have said. They work well on excavators and fellerbuchers. If your homeade skirts are heavy duty enough they might work. I think they should be added to both sides of the track frame as rock guards are. I wonder thoug...

Spies posing as mechanics infiltrate jdcrawlers?

This may make the christmas wish list!
I really need to quit falling asleep during movies. I miss out on so many practical applications.

Hi Willyr,
I like to use hose wrap anywhere they can't be clamped down or need slack to allow for joint movement.
I use ball valves to shut off flow to thumb cylinder when using grapples. Works good, but I remove the handles so they can't be turned by brush or limbs.

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