Caterpillar Dozers and Scrapers

[steveaki]

Got bits on all over really got the 8L and a 45 tonner on a contract ripping rock out ahead of the crushers for a local private quarry operator in a no blast quarry.
We have a couple of small muck shift at Manchester and Liverpool and were going in to put back 250,000 m3 of soils at Widnes for Kiers.
Plus usual 20 tonners on hire on pipeline jobs in west Cumbria.
How's life in Bishopton is the job going to plan.

[CARLD6R]

Originally Posted by steveaki

2011 D7R LGP nice tractor

very nice id love a d7 but we don't get enough call for them sadly to justify buying one.


its been manic here getting the d6n and trimble all ready, finished today at 3pm shes of out tmrw for her first job.


had a nightmare with it though, centre bearing needed to be a recess bearing so ive had to adapt the base collar to allow for no recess, all sorted now though.





got ripper series 2 d6r to get site ready, d8k transmission fault to investigate, front scraper tyre slow puncture to investigate and then all the farm equipment to prep for harvest, gonna be the busiest year of my life so far for sure.

[steveaki]

Nice looking 6N is it diff steering or clutch? Is the Trimble the full 3D looks expensive.

[CARLD6R]

Originally Posted by steveaki

Nice looking 6N is it diff steering or clutch? Is the Trimble the full 3D looks expensive.

yes mate diff steer all our d6hs, d6rs and d6ns are all diff steer.


the trimble is the latest on the market brand new from sitech dual mast ms992 heads and auto control, full 3d, I couldn't risk second hand gps equipment as I don't know enough about it yet.

[RolyD8k]

got ripper series 2 d6r to get site ready, d8k transmission fault to investigate, front scraper tyre slow puncture to investigate and then all the farm equipment to prep for harvest, gonna be the busiest year of my life so far for sure.[/QUOTE]

well done son,yes o s rape harvest is just round the corner

[bri963]

got ripper series 2 d6r to get site ready, d8k transmission fault to investigate, front scraper tyre slow puncture to investigate and then all the farm equipment to prep for harvest, gonna be the busiest year of my life so far for sure.[/QUOTE]

well done son,yes o s rape harvest is just round the corner[/QUOTE]


Sounds like child slave labour to me, Roly.

Mind you, one or two I've worked for would have been glad if their sons were as keen to step up as your Carl seems to be.

[nicky 5]

Steveaki, I have some D8 dozers and boxes stood near Widnes.Looking for work around Liverpool to Manchester area.Small jobs only required.Not looking for long term jobs.Check out my facebook page.Nick Lamb.
Best regards,
Nicky

[AtlasRob]

Thought I was looking at 3? of your tractor & boxes parked up near Milton Keynes amongst a few bits of other plant as I was ducking and diving around back roads to miss traffic jam on M1 homeward bound on Sat but as I got closer spotted ROME across back of boxes so knew I was wrong

[Traxcavator.]

Maybe AJ Morris Rob

[Pecall]

I know very little about the likes of trimble and what I've heard is a bit mixed. I've been told that the trimble is connected to the blade on dozers and all the op has to do is run backwards and forwards. The trimble will actually do the technical bit for you. How true is this? If this is the case, surely this is taking away the ability of the operator to do his job with skill. However, a degree in computer wizardry would be some use.
I've probably got this totally wrong and I look forward to some colourful descriptions of my intelligence