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  1. 01-14-2012, 03:58 PM #81
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck Thoits View Post
    These levers have a tendency to move rather hard. at first so what happens is one will pull on it and it comes dry so they pull harder and it pops open usualy resulting in bruised and bloody knuckles. After one time of that you learn to use a pipe or hammer or kick them like I do.
    Aint that the truth! I was lucky enough to have some extra lengths of pile laying around. After I bruised my knuckles a few times, I finally got smart...
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    Thanks guys aint we all had that experience working on cars. Only happens a couple of times before you learn to make a plan or anticipate it an avoid it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck Thoits View Post
    As for number 3 just crack the injectors open crank it over until the bubbles stop tighten the injectors and varoom.
    Yep that the way they taught us in diesel tech. Sometimes you can get by with doing every other injector. I did this about a year ago on a Dodge with a Cummins.
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    Brent, Thanks for posting the pic of the shovel attachment. It looks much easier to attach then the backhoe.

    My Bob is a model 444 manufactured in 1963 rated to lift 1000 pounds However it does have a little extra weight in the form of rail road iron chained to the back.. The most it's ever lifted is 1300 pounds of bagged cement on a pallet just enough to clear the floor & move it out of the way.


    Bob is powered by a 16 hp motor that has been overhauled about 50 hr. ago. Has rebuilt hydraulic cylinders, a new reeves drive system, the last out of North Dakota no more available accept maybe a rebuilt. To go with Bob I have 2 buckets a large one & smaller one a set of forks & a backhoe & a low un-sprung trailer made just for it. The only brakes it has are the steering sticks.

    Does your Bob have some kind of brake system?

    Bob isn't big or heavy duty but he beats the heck out of muscle power.


    You may find this interesting Bob's history....

    http://www.skidsteerhistory.com/How%20it%20began.htm
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    The Big Dump

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    Now that taking a real big dump.........
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bart Leetch View Post
    Brent, Thanks for posting the pic of the shovel attachment. It looks much easier to attach then the backhoe.

    My Bob is a model 444 manufactured in 1963 rated to lift 1000 pounds However it does have a little extra weight in the form of rail road iron chained to the back.. The most it's ever lifted is 1300 pounds of bagged cement on a pallet just enough to clear the floor & move it out of the way.


    Bob is powered by a 16 hp motor that has been overhauled about 50 hr. ago. Has rebuilt hydraulic cylinders, a new reeves drive system, the last out of North Dakota no more available accept maybe a rebuilt. To go with Bob I have 2 buckets a large one & smaller one a set of forks & a backhoe & a low un-sprung trailer made just for it. The only brakes it has are the steering sticks.

    Does your Bob have some kind of brake system?

    Bob isn't big or heavy duty but he beats the heck out of muscle power.


    You may find this interesting Bob's history....

    http://www.skidsteerhistory.com/How it began.htm
    Cool Bart! Yeah, it does beat the heck out of muscle power. I've dug more holes this morning that I could have in a week. Planting some trees.

    Actually kind of got carried away and made the holes TOO big...

    There is a parking brake thing on it, but no brakes I other than the sticks. It doesn't seem to want to move anyway when the motor isn't running.

    Bob has 46 horse and is rated for 1500# of lifting. Might give that a workout. I need to go to the borg and pickup a pallet of cinder blocks...

    Cool history lesson! Thanks!
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    Brent you may want to see if the BORG will split that into 2 half pallets of block. One full pallet of block is just over 3000 lbs
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    Stumps pulled, trees planted, stuff moved, ripped up gravel flattened back down.

    Tomorrow, I will put together a 4'x8' worm composting bin. Should make for some good worm castings to use in the garden!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck Thoits View Post
    Brent you may want to see if the BORG will split that into 2 half pallets of block. One full pallet of block is just over 3000 lbs
    Good call, I wont need a whole pallet. I think realistically, i'll only need a half pallet for the jobs I have coming up.
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