jodyand

Well you could use it for moving snow.
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parts man

Been thinking about that. Gotta take it around by the shop and make a few adjustments, then thought I might spread some of the snow banks aroud the groud so they'll melt quicker. Makes an excuse to play!!

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Partsman, I had a 204-Workbull and it had the foot shuttle forward,reverse & neutral rev in the middle pedal. I sure did like that old tractor. The foot shuttle is great for loading trucks. I lost mine over a bank and it messed it up pretty bad when it hit bottom. I ended up selling it for 2 grand with post hole digger and gannon bucket.

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parts man

JB, ours has the same shuttle set-up. I think it should be quite a nice machine when we finally get chance to put it to work! I think I may get to dig in the manure pile with it to loosen up the frozen manure so we can haul it to the other farm for fertilizer. It's a dirty job, but some one has to do it!!

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Partsman, I dont know if you have a manual but I remember having to buy I think caster bean oil for the shuttle transmission. It stated in the manual not to use petroleum oil because of the Bronze Bushings or Bearings in the tranny.

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Being realistic, i know i'd never need to learn to run the stuff.. unfortunately, i'd probably never get to own a big piece of equipment...


id just want a chance to really work them hard for a few hours, OK for a few days....


Be great to take that coarse.... after the class, you'd still need the big money to buy a excavator/dozer/backhoe... also it seems most of the old timers i see running the big stuff have been self taught.. and many are damned good at it too...


if money were no object, id love to get a little skidder/excavator.
you could get a great part time job with it...

jodyand

Ive got to run a little Cat D4 dozer a Deer track hoe a Case back hoe and a Bobcat skid steer. The track hoe was fun it had AC so i stay cool and joy sticks to operate it was a blast. The Bobcat was also fun if you ever get the chance to run one of those you will have a blast.
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JB, we don't have a manual, so thank you very much for that info!! You could have just saved us some $$$!! I think we'd better look for a manual!!

SJ, sorry, the training accademy was as close as I could find to a theme park! It's quite a chunk of change, but it sure would be a fun course!! I agree that most of the H-E guys are self taught, this is just a chance for a new guy to get a job. I expect they teach the basics, and mostly safety, getting good comes with practice!

The guy who dug my basement has been running a TLB since he was a kid, his father has 3 or 4 TLBs and 2 small dozers, and those boys are SLICK!!!! One of the boys runs the dozer, did some ground clearing for us. He was digging out 18-24" spruce stumps with a TD8 IH (not a very big dozer) that had a root ball 10'+ across!! They are rough on machinery, but they sure can make it WORK!!!!

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bigallis

runnin equipmnt is fun ive run few pieces in my life i can operate pretty good but not as good as my pop hes bin runnin stuff over 50 years and still does i m 31 an bin round it since i was born same as pop he was born into it too lol... out all equipmnt ive run best i like is cat EL200 trackhoe and the cat 963 track loader lots power rrr rrr rr lol but i cant forget my antique i have my 1951 cat 212 road grader shes n oldy but still runs n works great

parts man

BA, it's just like getting to play in a HUGE sandbox all day!

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johnbron

I did not like operating the Cat 963 track loaders. Half the controls are backwards from all other loaders, Including other Cat loader models.

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bigallis

jonbron i have uncle tht wont run rear engine loaders cause he says everythings bakwards lol cause tht reason pedals n bucket n trans control are same as old front mod crawler loaders unles you mean the old lever steerin shuttle jobs like the 955H and 977H lol

johnbron

Man, I liked the 977s And I also liked the 966 rubber loaders. I personally like the handling of the 966 much better than the 988s also.

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bigallis

never ran rubber tired loaders cept for a case we had 2 cat 941b trak loaders wen i was younger thts wat i learned to run i loved those loaders thn got 943 it was dffrnt atr frst bein used 2 seein a motor in front of you instead it bein in bak of you lol

farmallmaniac

ya arent cat backhoes backwards in controls too?
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bigallis

ya theres wats called excavator setup or jd or cat pattern thy r opposite from each other jd is bucket crowd in left and lift and swing in right stik i thnk or swap tht lol i get confused lol i m used 2 case 3 lever or the ford controls 4 levers

Chipmaker

What kind of grass is that that you have up there Parts man, its white and not the usual green color. Sure is unique

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parts man

Ya,,, good one,,, that's what our tourism department calls "white gold" because of all the skiers and snowmobilers it brings into the province over the winter. I just call it a %$#@ cold PITA!!!!

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