Nice... the dream of every coal miner-to borrow some equipment and go play!!
We got an excavator about that size, ours is a Komatsu PC1800, it is interesting. It has two 12 liter Cummins engines. Neat design on the hydraulics, all of the case drains on the pumps and motors are filtered, so you can pull the case drain filters, cut them, and inspect for metal, indicating a pump/motor near failure. Only got one machine and it only makes it to the shop once every three months, so I don't get around it much.
I've lived here on The Poor Farm most of my life. Located in western Kansas, where the wind blows - supposedly the Dodge City weather station at the airport has the highest average wind speed in the CONUS. It would be the "sticks" out here if there were any trees, but I like it. I really like the spring - when it is calm, and the smell of the fresh wheat and other plants fill the air with a unique "green" smell. My real love is the fall, when the air is cooling and calm, when you breath the air it is like a drink of cool water. Speaking of cool water, my well produces some mighty good tasting stuff. It is hard water for sure - all the faucets have lime on them, but I'll take it over soft mossy smelling reservoir water from the city any day.
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Oh, I hate to think how that would crush my li'l Skyster.
Yowie!
(BTW....WV: "floggi" how apropos!)
Dude! Was that a Merc Tracer Wagon??? My heart.....
Nice... the dream of every coal miner-to borrow some equipment and go play!!
We got an excavator about that size, ours is a Komatsu PC1800, it is interesting. It has two 12 liter Cummins engines. Neat design on the hydraulics, all of the case drains on the pumps and motors are filtered, so you can pull the case drain filters, cut them, and inspect for metal, indicating a pump/motor near failure. Only got one machine and it only makes it to the shop once every three months, so I don't get around it much.
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