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the SME has spoken!
I think like the rest, just glad it wasn't a write off like it was leaning towards. I can't see it yellow, just doesn't fit the picture for some reason. If you did it would have to have "TONKA" on it in big letters.Got to be OD and maybe add a clam to that bucket?Funny how we all like to play on these things. I worked on a ranch for a couple years and loved driving the farmall around or digging things up when not fixin them.
Quote from: JR on April 14, 2015, 02:09:13 PMI think like the rest, just glad it wasn't a write off like it was leaning towards. I can't see it yellow, just doesn't fit the picture for some reason. If you did it would have to have "TONKA" on it in big letters.Got to be OD and maybe add a clam to that bucket?Funny how we all like to play on these things. I worked on a ranch for a couple years and loved driving the farmall around or digging things up when not fixin them.I agreeFor some reason digging stuff up, cutting things down, riding on a tractor, and burning piles of stuff seems satisfying! Must be a man thing
Quote from: nmeyer414 on April 13, 2015, 08:17:40 PMthe SME has spoken!Guess I'd better listen to him!So a Cat?? A J-Deere?
Quote from: Flyin6 on April 13, 2015, 08:21:33 PMQuote from: nmeyer414 on April 13, 2015, 08:17:40 PMthe SME has spoken!Guess I'd better listen to him!So a Cat?? A J-Deere?Correct. In my 12 years now of running and owning and repairing heavy equipment in the oilfield, we owned ONE kobelco trackhoe. I put close to 2000 hours on that machine myself... It got us by, but not something you want after its been broke in... No power, a nightmare to get parts, and just plain ugly... Seriously, parts for that will be a nightmare. At least JD or CAT will have store local, and most local parts stores carry, stock, or can order whatever you need. Kobelco, not so much. A lot of people will give you that look that the sled dog does when you make sound he is not familiar with and turns his head sideways, perks up the ears, and looks at you like you have completely lost it... Ya, that look....We still run two old JD 120 trackhoes. one has about 6k hours, other around 8k. Not the stoutest, but they still crank every time you turn the key and do the job.
Careful, the EPA just loves to take over places or say no building when you have a nice pool of water.
Quote from: JR on April 21, 2015, 02:39:04 PMCareful, the EPA just loves to take over places or say no building when you have a nice pool of water. They are not on my invitation list!We'll be G-T-G
Quote from: Flyin6 on April 21, 2015, 05:42:04 PMQuote from: JR on April 21, 2015, 02:39:04 PMCareful, the EPA just loves to take over places or say no building when you have a nice pool of water. They are not on my invitation list!We'll be G-T-G But but we need the EPA otherwise my taxes would decrease and i wouldn't have nice things like EGR and DPF think of how efficient they could make the farm!
so whats the word in the last 2 wks?
Any update on red?
No shop space yet?
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
lets be honest don. what happened to big red is the same thing that happens to military equipment when it sits for to long. I always made sure that at least once a week I got a road test dispatch and drove it real hard and made sure things got heated up to temp to ensure that I didn't have leaks and that my equipment was ready. speaking of that, not once was any of my equipment down when it came to quals or live fires.sounds like you need to get a road test dispatch for big red and work the rust off her and get her heated up so the seals can set and not leak..........?
Oh boy, let the oil change begin!!!!!!!!
Got ahead of myself...Did the oil change and it's $10,000 attendant side jobs already.She's ready to get scratched up, either by Kintucky briar patches or by my sander turning it OD Green
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Quote from: Flyin6 on June 05, 2015, 09:16:32 AMGot ahead of myself...Did the oil change and it's $10,000 attendant side jobs already.She's ready to get scratched up, either by Kintucky briar patches or by my sander turning it OD GreenI think you need a different color to break up the green. My opinion.
You know, I posted in the wrong thread. Thought you were talking about painting the bumper you just built green. Just ignore the guy behind the computer..
Get some sleep man...
So does the 28k include your mech guy bringing everything up to specs or is that going to be extra on top of the 28k?
A bunch of steel in your last few posts. Heck, even a couple pics of an old guy sleeping in a dozer, then sleeping in track hoe.:)All kidding aside, Don, if you think Ash would not approve (and all of us know that he doesn't) of Mr Kobelco, then why take a chance? I was once told that a smart man listens to those that know more (...in their specific fields) than he. Your money, obviously, and I would guess that thing has your name on it already........You is pretty smart, maybe slightly handsome for a Kentuckian, but more stubborn than a pilot!!