Discuss non-crawler related issues here (keep it sane, please)
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oldtanker
- 440 crawler
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by oldtanker » Sat Sep 12, 2015 7:00 am
Stan Disbrow wrote:Hi,
Sounds like a great deal to me.
I always like the 'ran fine when we parked it' line. I translate that to 'was running until this point right here'...
Stan
Boy ain't that the truth! But then again I have seen a few where an older guy parked it in a shed, passed away that night or before the following spring and it sat until the wife passed years later. But when it's in the tree row you and I both know that it most likely didn't run to it's parking place. Should be "ran till it died and I parked it here".
Rick
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Tigerhaze
- 350 crawler
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- Location: West-Central MO
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by Tigerhaze » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:13 am
Stan Disbrow wrote:Hi,
Sounds like a great deal to me.
I always like the 'ran fine when we parked it' line. I translate that to 'was running until this point right here'...
Stan
I have a related story about that- went to a major international construction auction a few years ago and they had a diesel forklift that apparently had fuel delivery issues. They presented it to the crowd as a "running" machine- the driver was holding a can of ether and spraying it continuously into the intake as he drove it across the auction ramp. of course the online bidders didn't know that as they only show a static photo on the online display.
(1) JD Straight 450 crawler dozer with manual outside blade; (2) JD 2010 diesel crawler loaders; (1) JD 2010 diesel dozer with hydraulic 6-way blade; (2) Model 50 backhoe attachments, misc. other construction equipment
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oldtanker
- 440 crawler
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- Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:12 pm
- Location: west Minnesota
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by oldtanker » Mon Sep 14, 2015 4:46 pm
Tigerhaze wrote:Stan Disbrow wrote:Hi,
Sounds like a great deal to me.
I always like the 'ran fine when we parked it' line. I translate that to 'was running until this point right here'...
Stan
I have a related story about that- went to a major international construction auction a few years ago and they had a diesel forklift that apparently had fuel delivery issues. They presented it to the crowd as a "running" machine- the driver was holding a can of ether and spraying it continuously into the intake as he drove it across the auction ramp. of course the online bidders didn't know that as they only show a static photo on the online display.
Never seen that but I watched an auctioneer's crew burn up the starting motor clutch on an old D6 cable lift dozer in Fargo a few years ago. They never hit the compression release before trying to crank the main engine. Was pretty cold out and it only took them a few minutes to burn that clutch up.
Rick
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