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Quote: Originally Posted by Cat 328d lcr I learn something new every day. Thanks!! Your Welcome. Concrete filled Coffer Cells are usually for more permanent applications, like for barge tie off or to protect areas/structures from accidental collision from boat or barge. Here's a project I worked on when the Corp of Engineers were building new locking chambers on the Ohio River is southern Illinois. I was involved in the early stage of...

I learn something new every day. Thanks!!

in my part of the world i have never seen a non long carriage machine.

Quote: Originally Posted by robthespanners i work for a dutch firm working out in dubai on the man made islands, we convert these babies by adding 12tonne to the counterweight, fit larger bore size cylinders and fitting specially adapted long reach arms. The other adaption we do is a triple boom modification that gives it a mamouth reach and power out put. has to be done to make the triming of the stone etc a lot easier and not done from a...

Quote: Originally Posted by RobVG Hey Rob, just out of curiosity what are they charging you? Here in Washington state we pay about $27 for the teeth and a little over $4 each for the pins and keepers. The metal (sawtooth) pins can be reused several times. I`ve been quoted £15 ea cap and £2 ea for a retainer and same for a rubber. What sort of quality they are remains to be seen, its not going on front end production work so I am sure they...

Quote: Originally Posted by Digger145 http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/...5&postcount=10 I'm liking the look of the stick rake. Was that a custom make job too? Got anymore pics of that? and maybe sizes of the steel used. (hint, hint) I'm rather fond of that root rake as well. It was made by the same two companies as the skeleton bucket in this thread. I don't know if that makes it custom or not. I have a great many...

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Thanks for that. If you've got a list of required filters handy, I could certainly use that. I've got a Case 125B Operators Manual on the way, but so far that's it. I'll probably corral a parts and shop manual before too long. I need to get into my search mode and start laying in the supplies. So far I've found the Oil Filter Wix 51800.

All of the PC8000-6 E's (4 in total) at Cerrejon Coal mine in Colombia have been converted from backhoe configuration to face shovel configurations. Here's a pic of another, newer PC8000-6 E face shovel at a La Loma Coal mine in Colombia the shovel is owned by the Drummond Company, Inc. which is a privately owned company based in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

it looks like the intake and exhaust runners are coming out of the same side of the head. I've never seen that on any engine besides my old 60's toyota gasoline forklift. Must be a young whippersnapper,Geee I remember seeing my first cross flow head and it was the talk of the town, course it was a gasoline engine.