PICTURE of YOURSELF THREAD

420God

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I used to be heavily certified in the Caterpillar line - one day while attending class in Peoria as we were headed out to lunch we passed this little dinky Cat excavator on display in front of the training center & one of the Cat employees said disgustedly
"Fuck, next we'll be making lawn mowers" !

Most of the Mech's really Love their BIG machines.
I use to make the buckets and attachments for Cat and other manufactures so I get where they're coming from. The big stuff is really easy to work on.
 

GreatwhiteNorth

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I use to make the buckets and attachments for Cat and other manufactures so I get where they're coming from. The big stuff is really easy to work on.
Here is a non-Caterpillar engine that I had paper on.
Alco 251b-18 - altho this one is in being used in a power generation mode - all of mine were the Marine models ~ 12,024 H/p.

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When something goes wrong on one of these babies, it's usually pretty obvious ! :shock:
 

GreatwhiteNorth

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The first machine to impress me on ear protection..
I just wish I had used hearing protection religiously during my first 10 or so years instead of listening to the oldtimers tell me "Ahh hell, you'll get used to the noise".
Which is true, you get used to screaming engines & turbines as you go deaf !
 

dirtsurfr

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Used to drive this to all the outta town jobs loaded down with wielders and a big crew box full of tools.
No one wanted to follow me because they said I speed ed.
I told them for years to fix the speedo, they never did..
The Boss told me to take off and he'd catch up,..... He turned around 1/2 way thinking I broke down
by then I was in town and almost unloaded and having a shot of whiskey... Ah those were the days ♥♥♥
 

Hydrotech364

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I use to make the buckets and attachments for Cat and other manufactures so I get where they're coming from. The big stuff is really easy to work on.

I rebuild there Hydraulic and Hydrostatic Pumps,transmission's, Motors and Controls.Over 25 years now.They also make the most beautifully Engineered Hydraulic Cylinder's in the Industry.
 

james2500

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let's look in whilst james the wildlife photographer gives his able assistant Flannery a snide and rather stoned look as he zooms in on unsuspecting ground squirrels

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dirtsurfr

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Do you know what all Boom trucks have in common ?

Eventually they all roll over and play dead.
(And sometimes the operator with it)



I spy a Polar bear's hind foot in the foreground. :cool:
I had it up on 2 wheels ,once I forgot to drop the down riggers swung it off to the side and damn near tipped it.
Get it hung up coming over some thing at a slightly over weight pick and....
So many years of construction in just this one job building a state of the art Saw Mill 22 years.
 
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