TOAK, The Thread of All Knowledge Part X
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No, you'll use it to feed yourself!
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Holy smokes. Lou! Looks to be a ton of mud (literally) caked on there! Anyone ever hear of a hose???
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At least 5 years. That's when he bought it. Just glad he dug me a 6' deep trench to work in. Gotta change some hoses, seal the pumps and replace the pan gasket.
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You can't wash out a belly pan. When I worked on the local landfill dozers I would drop the belly pans a few times of year to clean.
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You're lucky Lou for the trench. Was Cat smart enough to put hinges on the pan or was it before they came with hinges.
Heard a few horror stories of HD mechanics getting their hands, fingers, head smashed from falling belly pans full of mud when removing them.
Heard a few horror stories of HD mechanics getting their hands, fingers, head smashed from falling belly pans full of mud when removing them.
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Not hinged but hook and loop. It's a high track D4H. Small pans.
I exploded my thumb on a TD25 when the owner assured me that the pan was hinged and as I took the last bolt out the 1000lb pan full of dirt landed on my thumb. All my thumbs guts blew out the front of my thumb. Nice hole. Looked like a 22 came out of my thumb. I lit up the owner!
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As long as the trench doesn't collapse!