Heavy Equipment Thread

[ippielb]

Seeing as that thread I posted got a bit of attention, thought one could start a thread about heavy equipment. Pictures, posts whatever.

I’m a foreman and finishing grader operator, but I spent 4 years jumping back and forth between track loaders graders and dozers.

This is my 2001 CAT 973c I bought 5 years ago. High hour unit but was taken care of quite well. Only had four issues that weren’t my fault in my time of owning, a carrier roller bearing, the main hydraulic feed line to the valve body, a drive motor seal failed and was pressurizing the final drive, and then pump pressures needed to be set.

Here’s some pictures of it and some jobs I’ve done.

 

[ippielb]

My Allis and Chalmers grader I bought at an auction for $750

The old man I bought it from said it sat in the Bush for 20 years. Drained the fuel tank, new fuel filters. And a boost from my track loader and it fired right up. Screaming jimmy diesel.

 

[ippielb]

And some random pictures from jobs I’ve done at work.

 

[Lunch_Box]

Bought this 2002 Deere 160 excavator when we started to build our house. Seemed to be well taken care of, been good to me over 2 years of use and very handy. Probably end up selling it come next year after our landscaping is complete and no longer have a need for it.

 

[Beer Slayer]

...sure is handy when you know someone with access to heavy equipment.

 

[Hoehand79]

Just some random stuff off the pipeline for you fellas

 

[LUCKY 7]

As a retired heavy duty R.Angus/ Finning partsman this thread will be a good one. The old equipment built the oilsands. D8k's D9G's, 773's 777's. D6c's then D6D's in the bush. Lots of great memories for sure.

 

[Stompin Tom]

 

[pfi572]

1979 North of FSJ poor pic . Old D8K and D7F

Late April north of Fort Nelson heading back in to pull another load out .
24 hours a day and sleeping on cat .
Helicopter would drop use off food . Lol
1981 ish if I remember right

 

[TROLLCAT]

buddy runs this 24ft blade

 

[Mike270412]

...sure is handy when you know someone with access to heavy equipment.

This is way easier than taking fence apart and wrecking the grass.

 

[Stompin Tom]

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buddy runs this 24ft blade

now thats a grader!

 

[Luke The Drifter]

Been wrenching and hanging around heavy equipment since I was 18, got my ticket at 23 and in the last few years got into management (I’m 31 now). I took a service manager position with a rental company last summer and I’m loving every bit of it. I’m still on the tools which makes it a good balance of office work and wrenching.


On of our Volvo A30G’s


Our new Hitachi ZX470 that we just took delivery of.

My dog hanging out with a Cat

 

[niner]

Have a case 9040, hitachi 40, bunch of Jcb 550 and 5508 and some genies. My son loves the little 40.

 

[SnowJunkie82]

That tracked Genie is sweet! Is that an aftermarket track set up?

 

[Pistonbroke]

That tracked Genie is sweet! Is that an aftermarket track set up?

I was gonna say the same thing. that's bloody genius in the muck!

 

[niner]

That tracked Genie is sweet! Is that an aftermarket track set up?

Those are factory tracks. Works amazing. Especially now that Alberta has become zoned a rain forest. We’ve had over 12” of rain already in Ponoka area.

 

[Lunch_Box]

Those are factory tracks. Works amazing. Especially now that Alberta has become zoned a rain forest. We’ve had over 12” of rain already in Ponoka area.

Didn't even realize that was an option, I need to rent Genie to finish up some exterior work on my house and Ill definitely be looking for a unit with tracks.

 

[doorfx]

Mini

 

[Hoehand79]

Can't forget about holidays as we are usually working them ...had lights on my 490 too just never got a picture with them on lol