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What's on your Work Bench?

This was last week, Caterpillar IT28G Tool Carrier (5 gallon engine oil and filter, inner and outer air filters, all hydraulic and fuel filters, transmission filter and drain/refill 10 gallon transmission!!!)

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This was yesterday/today, Kobelco 220 Mark IV Track Hoe (8 gallon engine oil and filter, outer air filter, fuel filter (disassemble and clean out Raycor, it was plugged up), removed starter today to replace, weighs at least 50 pounds!!)

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Both way too big/heavy for the work bench LOL!!!!!
 
spankrjs said:
This was last week, Caterpillar IT28G Tool Carrier (5 gallon engine oil and filter, inner and outer air filters, all hydraulic and fuel filters, transmission filter and drain/refill 10 gallon transmission!!!)

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This was yesterday/today, Kobelco 220 Mark IV Track Hoe (8 gallon engine oil and filter, outer air filter, fuel filter (disassemble and clean out Raycor, it was plugged up), removed starter today to replace, weighs at least 50 pounds!!)

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Both way too big/heavy for the work bench LOL!!!!!
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Your personal toys, work, side gig??
 
barrys said:
Your personal toys, work, side gig??
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Work equipment. Been working for the same construction company for about 30 years. I'm usually a project manager, kind of slow right now, I don't like sitting around, so just taking care of a bunch of deferred maintenance/minor repairs.

We used to do a bunch of road/infrastructure work, got out of that in the late 90's. Kept the newest equipment from back then, sporadically use it on small jobs now. Our mechanic retired a few years ago so I try to take care of stuff I can handle/figure out. Cleaning out the old lay down yard, will probably start selling some of this equipment next year.

We have that Cat loader, Kobelco track hoe, three Case 580 K/L back hoe's, a medium sized John Deere dozer, a mid 90's Mack dump truck, a Mack tractor, triple axle Fontaine low boy (big enough to haul that Kobelco), some type of old roller packer, and a Ford tractor. All this stuff mid 90's vintage, so before all the emissions/electronics. I'm not a mechanic, but alot of this stuff is pretty simple to work on/diagnose. It's just the parts are way more heavy/expensive compared to Jeep parts LOL. I spent around $1500 on fluids/filters on that Cat loader, a remanufactured starter for that Kobelco was just shy of $500. The Kobelco has a Cummins inline 6, believe it is a 5.9/12 valve, turbo. The starter I took off was the OEM unit, still had a Cummins tag riveted on it. This equipment is almost 30 years old, but still easily serviceable. I have gotten real good at getting hydraulic hoses made, shame we got rid of our old Weatherhead machine.

Anyway, this stuff is pretty cool, fun to play with. The Kobelco is awesome, really powerful machine. It's made for digging, but can also push over trees like they are nothing, or smash stuff flat, 😆
 
Too big for the bench… Jeep Hauler needed bearings and new electric brakes after two blowouts, second took out the shackle bracket… happy to have helper Trooper reminding to maintain the trailer or enjoy fixing tires in emergency lane with semi passing at 70 plus mph
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I've had that fun as well. The only positive to a roadside blowout is getting equipment to make it less miserable the next time.
 
You remind me of my best mate Goran in Australia. He's been a project manager at Hansen Yunken for 30 years. Between projects he's always playing with company equipment because he can't stand seeing equipment being neglected.
 
What workbench? I’m guessing it will be early next year before I get this mess sorted out and back on the Scrambler. And…I’ve got a 12x12 bay of the barn full and a storage unit with about 30 of those black and yellow tubs… I see a lot of sales and dump runs in the future. 3EBA9104-C039-401A-BBC0-4BBE817B9EB1.jpeg
 
designerRob said:
Please tell us about the art. Very cool. Looks like it's on wood?
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Yes, it’s on wood. A friend of mine has a woodworking business. He paints the wood and then has a laser that basically takes the paint off for the image. He makes some really cool flags with all types of images on them as well. Here is a link to his website.

tandtwoodworks.godaddysites.com

T&T Woodworks, LLC

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Instagram page @tandt_woodworks
 
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These are probably the last 5 of the forever front frame covers that I'll make. Now that Rudy has plastic ones available for 250, and I sell these on here for 250, unless I get requests for them these will be the last ones. The bones in my back don't have much cushion left, and when I use the body grinder to smooth out the welded corners on these, I'm out of commission for a few days. So if anyone else would like one, let me know.
 

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