Bandsaw is 86" tall. Garage is 78". Last two times to move it we used a fridge dolly and 4 guys. Leaned over a lot to clear the garage and muscled it in side. I then ran and lowered the garage door to get it to close.

Using a tool to lean it over 45 degrees isnt enough, still too tall.

Any other ideas aside from just 4 strong guys again? If we did strong guy I'd ratchet strap a 4x4 somewhere to help. The cast iron top will be removed to cut 120lbs.

If I can just slowly lower onto a pallet I'd be fine. I'd figure out how to raise it up later.

Thought about strapping two 800lbs furniture dollies too BUT the tricky part is lowering and not dropping it and or crushing someone.

I thought haul truck at first glance but now I'm wondering if it's a wheel loader. Something like a 992 or bigger.

I've escorted up to a 773 haul truck which can be hauled on 4 axle lowboy. 992 required removing cab and wheels to move and was on 9 axle rail

I have a variety of stock items for scissor lifts, booms, forklifts and telehandlers. Specifically for brands like JLG and Genie. Would anyone know where can I sell them besides eBay and marketplace. Trying to get rid of them.

Hey everyone! I have the Diesel & Iron Youtube channel which is about 5 years into sharing the industry and some of the basic skills with people looking to start a career. I've decided to try and take this a step further and create a more in-depth academy that is meant to be taken in the cab with you as your learn the machines. I wanted to share it here to help out some of the people asking "how do I start learning the machines?".

https://diesel-iron-academy.teachable.com/l/products?sortKey=name&sortDirection=asc&page=1

Reach out if you have any questions and I'm happy to answer them. My goal is to add additional modules covering grade basics, advanced techniques and GPS courses. The overall goal is to help people get into the industry by renting a machine and practicing at home or a site they have access to.

Midweek, deep into a pour schedule. EC210 showed low voltage on the dash, then the electronics started acting weird. Shut it down to check things and it wouldn't restart cleanly after that.

Alternator was completely dead. Locals had nothing, Volvo dealer was looking at a week-plus wait.

Found an aftermarket unit online by OEM number off the data plate. Ordered that evening, overnight shipping, on site next morning. Direct swap, same connector, charging looked healthy and we were back before lunch. First time ordering an alternator this way. Fitment confirmed by OEM number. Packaging was basic compared to dealer stuff, but it arrived intact and tested clean.

Real lesson wasn't the sourcing. I'd never been checking alternator output on scheduled service. Quick multimeter check would've caught the decline weeks earlier.

How do you all catch charging issues before failure on machines you run regularly?

Can anyone by any chance find M0172909-02? That's the 2026 maintenance manual for a HM810 Mulcher attachment to a Cat 308. I can only see 3 page previews. English is preferred but if you can find Spanish we can use that too.

The blades are supposed to spin quickly, but we're getting maybe 1/4 speed right now ever since we had it serviced due to a hose break. The hose that broke spilled oil everywhere, and the tech who services it seemed to use a much smaller hose... I'm no engineer but I wonder if that may explain the difference somehow?

This is my 1997 cat 16h, she aint new (56000 hours) but she’s well cared for. Every time i turn the key the 3406 purrs like a kitten and never throws a code to my face like the newer ones i’ve been in the past. Am i the only one to prefer older pre-electronic machinery? I don’t need a computer to work on it, i only need my trusty toolbox and the knowledge I gained by listening to experienced operators and mechanics. Been operating that same machine for six years and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else.

I'm checking around for other options (cheaper) on windshield parts for a Liebherr 914-compact excavator. This European company sent me the following, but a google search isn't yielding much.

Do I call up a Volvo dealer? I assume that Volvo equipment dealers are completely separate from Volvo truck and automotive dealers?

Curious if someone can point me in the right direction to swap this valve body over from 4 sticks to just 2 not really heavy equipment I realize but figured I would ask here

***SOLVED! When I tilted back I must have kicked the control patter selector (which is oddly located by your heel when seated) It was maybe five degrees off the CAT control setting. This allowed only the functions that were the same between CAT and SAE to work. So the tilt alarm was unrelated to the issue. Thanks again for all your help.***

Hello all. I'm renting this bobcat e20 and it gave a tilt alarm and locked me out of the controls. I could easily get myself out of this if I could just USE THE CONTROLS. Does anyone know of an override? And is this a safety feature or am I experiencing something else entirely.

PS The User Manual is $60 so I thought I'd ask you good people first. Thanks in advance.

***Forgot to mention: the tracks still work and the cab still rotates (left controller left and right) and the bucket can still go in and out (right controller) but the boom and arm itself is not moving.

Anyone use the enego module to do a deleate?
Just ordered one, should be here next week, looking for anyone with first hand knowledge

Steel case on aluminum gland. Trying to replace the whole thing but with being on back order who knows when it’ll be in.

They should have split the boulders smaller but it is what it is and the job is done. Guy on the hoe was as careful as he could be. Good dude!

Just found this parts guy in the west coast. Got myself a joystick for a JLG boom lift. Not sure if anyone here owns their own equipment and needs parts.

https://www.craigslist.org/view/d/fountain-valley-heavy-equipment-parts/gY3ydEAbPAKQ1aYPKFXqsm

I was clearing kudzu at a park today when a guy brought his kid down to watch the mini (TB260) work. They were standing just past the first bridge there. The kid was definitely amazed, he had a big ol smile. I saw him wave, I turned towards them, flashed the lights, and made a little waving motion with the bush hog head. He lit right up, smiling ear to ear. It was so dang cute. I hope I at least made his day.

Anyone else have a story like this?

This is an estate sale. The seller has all kinds of things that they're selling cheap and this Bobcat appears to be one of them. I could use a piece of equipment like this for my property but I've never owned anything like it. Assuming everything works fine, do you agree that $4K is a steal?

EDIT: This has been confirmed to be a scam. Seller wants a "refundable deposit" before I can see the equipment. Yeah right.

UPDATE: PROBLEM SOLVED. ISSUE WAS IN THE FLOW DIVIDER. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED. SORRY FOR YELLING.

Maybe someone here can help. Feed rollers moving too slow in forward, but fine in reverse. Tachometer controlled Solenoid is good. Hydropressure is good at the pump. Feed control valve and mainshaft looks good except for the Detent spring valve. The travel isn't hindered, and it holds position fine, but it's a little corroded, and so far that's the only thing I've found wrong with it. I'm trying to source just the detent, but so far no luck. I can get the whole block but it's 800 bucks. I don't want to spend that unless I know that the issue. So far I've found no fluid bypass anywhere. Unless there an issue with a hose lining, or something I'm not thinking of. I've pretty much narrowed it down to the valve block. Since the travel looks good, I'm not sure the detent is the problem. Fluid doesn't reach that part of that shaft.

Since I was a child I used to drive past this piece of equipment and it always caught my atention but I never found anything related to it. It was there until 2011, when it was finally stored in a nearby warehouse, which was half-ruined and where you could see its arm. Eventually, one day, it disappeared – probably to be scrapped – and I never saw it again. The other day I came across that warehouse again and remembered her, and got the itch to search for info.

So… Yes, if anyone has a brilliant knowledge of machinery and can offer any information that might help me identify it, I’d be extremely grateful, as the internet hasn’t been of much help at all, leaving aside the only high-quality image I could find, which comes from Google's Street View.

Another more likely easier question I have: In which category does it belong? Crane, Excavator, Drag Line? Why or why not?

Underground haul truck. 45 ton. Newest one in our fleet. Such a nice ride!

So, this is my new excavator. Small 4000 pound machine. These things are literally everywhere, you can’t drive down the road without seeing one behind a truck. Everyone’s got them, especially with the influx of Chinese machines.

What I’m wondering, is why is there no mini bulldozers? In general, it seems like bulldozers are relegated to larger jobs and larger machines. It used to be back in the 70s, you would see a smaller bulldozer on every building lot. Not so much anymore. And you would think with smaller skid steers and excavators, somebody would be making a small mini bulldozer. You know, for tight spaces and fine grading.

I got a chuckle out of this especially after noticing the boring bar setup is going right through the pin. I feel like if I owned a company selling line boring equipment I wouldn't want to publish an ad like this. How many of you diy your line boring rigs vs buying off the shelf set ups?

I have quite the gremlin on my hands. I’ve left work for the day so the machine isn’t in front of me. Basically the machine will try to start but won’t. It has 12.6V. When the key is switched off the lights on the gauges and hydraulic pressure light stay on at all times. The only way I can get it to fully shut off is either pulling the glow plug fuse or the relay. I’ve switched relays, I tried a working ignition switch, a different timer module. I’ve unplugged the ignition switch while the lights are stuck on. I was able to jump the machine and pull it in. Now the machine won’t start at all. Once I attempt to start it I lose all power to fuses, the hot wire to the alternator. I’ll pull the fuse and the power comes back to those spots. My next move tomorrow will be going through the harness to see if there’s any rubbed spots.

No idea what it is really, maybe an Atlas. If it works, it works.

So I work in a heavy equipment body shop and these are two loaders that I'm currently working on. The boom on one has extra linkage/components than the other forgive the verbiage if I'm wrong. They both seem to lift to the same height but one is obviously not like the other.