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By looking at the slide for the front idler, I would say a link has been removed. It's no where near the end for a cat that old. In my opinion anyhow Mark

I agree, that's around $113 per month just in interest. Totally highway robbery. Don't do it

Rainy day projects. Have an excavator that runs 24 volt system and whenever a battery connection gets dirty or loose, it creates one heck of a big spark and basically burns the posts off of the batteries. Batteries are still good, so I tried my hand at repairing one. Worked out quite well, back in use. Tricky part was keeping the lead melted long enough to pour into the molds.

You can find just about everything you need here. Although it could get real expensive to replace all of those parts. I will have to look at my 10 and see exactly what you are talking about

Great to hear , good job. Persistence pays off for us all

Looks like there's plenty of insulation on them bones though 😁

It's an excavator just like this one on the low boy

Very nice. Good for you

It's all based on supply and demand as is your markets. If a gluten of fir,cedar,pine hit the markets, prices drop. Timber prices change weekly. Pine is in the toilet, won't even cut them right now. If, more acres were turned into corn production in 2025, and more yield per acre as the seed companies are selling, then yes, more product hits the market, prices adjust to that. Forest services are now opening up massive amounts of timber acres to be logged, finally got the tree huggers out of it, too many wild fires, it's time. That will only drive the price of logs down, and in turn building materials, hopefully will reflect that. As for you all, only the "big" operations get those sales, and make it tough for little guys to survive. Feel your pain. As for me, it's the only thing I can do with what I deal with, so some money is better than none. If I can't make ends meet, I will quit, and no, no payment programs for me to suckle off of. Just life

As for your questions, NO, I did not get/take any handout money from any of those support the nation programs, but guessing you might have accepted those payments, even though, if as a farmer, it never stopped you from working. And NO, didn't get one dime from any payroll protection program either. Due to medical situations, I was not able to work, no tax returns to file meant no payments, for about 10 years, I had to survive on savings alone. If you really need to know

Can someone please tell me where I need to sign up, or paperwork I need to fill out to get paid/subsidized to go to work???? No one sends me a check to buy equipment, pay for my fuel to go to my day to day job. Some say they are going broke so "america" can have cheap food, hmmmm, I think those who make those statements are getting "cheap" food then too. They have families to feed, and eat from the stores like the rest of us. I have said this before, if you can't make a living, quit doing what you are doing, or look at your expenses. Some here gripe about the reports, say it's killing their livelihood, yet cash the checks that same agency sends them for their "losses". Now who's living on welfare??? When living in glass houses, one should never throw stones. When logging, the market slumps , I decide to continue, or do something else, never have I been "given" a check for doing what I chose to do. Just my 2 cents on everyone getting/looking for a hand out

If you ask me, I see plenty of new paint, supports bent, yet painted like new, drawbar might, or might not be original, to be honest, no way in my book at saying anything more than a tractor that's been put together like most of ours out here Mark

If that was gravel, A+ on spreading 😂. Feeding trough at no extra expense

My experience, when you rub them out, shine em up, that's when something gets wrecked, or perhaps take off a mirror by a tree you don't see backing up in the dark. Ask me how I know 😂 Mark

Great falls, been there, and through a few times. Let's not forget to famous tiki lounge 😂😂, mermaids included. Missoula, Billings, butte,great falls, all the way to fargo, made a trip or two that way I must say Mark

People's I am with you all, the difference is, I am small scale, work multiple jobs, and not one of them can I go to the government for "bale out money" , just so I can do it again. I have said this before, if you can't make it, do something else, quit buying more and more new equipment waiting for the "peoples" money to carry you through. I don't get subsidized to go to work, no one pays my fuel expenses, not provided me medical, yet one of my many jobs that "pays" my bills provides you all building materials to build your houses, sheds, and barns that blow away in the next wind storm. Of which your insurance covers to replace, ohhh, let's not forget, you have crop insurance, do I have lost wages insurance for anything???? People, we are all in this together, bagger at the local store, up to the seed company rep. If you can't make it, get a new job like the rest of us , quit relying on the govt pay outs. Our taxes would be lower if there wasn't so much bleeding in the system

It's finally done, just need to put the interior back together, seat in place all be good. Color is a hair darker, but considering the paint was sitting in the shop for over 10 years, I'm not going to complain Mark

The Mopar chics have it figured out, if they wanna get anywhere, they have to walk 😂😂

And yet, another atmospheric river is on its way through. Places and roads still flooded from last week. Shall see how this week goes. Pretty bad when the flooding affects the railroads. Last time that happened it was due to certain areas, the rail beds got overly soft, and they derailed 2 trains in the area.

I agree with MT. You all can keep that cold Canadian/arctic weather. Rain has subsided for a cple days, water levels are dropping. Plenty of washed out/closed roads to repair before the snow hits next week

I find it extremely handy, way better than drilling and welding panels like the old days. The upper dent had way too much concave/tension to it, so I had to weld a plate on it to pull it out.

After hours of welding, pulling, and grinding, it's coming along nicely. A skim of mud here and there and be ready to paint in a cple days

Been rained out for a cple weeks now, no frost in the ground, can't log, just makes a muddy mess. So, one shop project after another.

As for the question of where that all goes, well it passes through a dam, and then through my part of the country. As Matt as said, way too warm, way too much water , snow in two weeks they say

While in Alaska this fall at a remote cabin, walked out to the truck one day, found out someone was curious as to what was in my truck. He too was a small one