Well, I see what the problem is here. The machine is turquoise, and doesn't have any spots on it at all. It needs a paint job!

Hmm... I can just image what words you came up with...

4/11/16

Of course, now; they don't match and is inevitable the other side is going to break just so you can have more fun on another day "off"...

}:>

Shhhhh...... don't say that too loud.... I don't want to be jinxed.

Call me crazy, it maybe rubber is not the best material for treads

Well most pf the smaller excavators use them, the rubber tracks tend to be easier on the surface them steel.

Plus rubber tracks are pretty old tech. There use in the US dates back to the 1940's. The WWII half tracks used them and the last I knew Israel still made new ones for folks that still had half tracks in the arsenal.

http://military-vehicle-photos.com......ws.com/355.jpg

Huh, I learned something today

Tracks are always fun, I prefer the metal tracks, with individual pads and drive chain, easier to put back on when thrown.

except it gnashes all of your fingers and toes off in one fell swoop! Rubber is at least less bitey! Reminds me I should swap my track adjusters.

Hmm... Well they both have their own advantages. I think if I was going to run a rig like this for a living, I would replace the factory tracks with a hybrid track.

Heya Dawg, is that a long term rental, loaner or a new dawg toy?

Well when I priced out renting a machine to stump around Dalmatian Ranch, it was about 6K for one month. The I also figured in what it would cost to rent a machine to stump and do some drainage work at the lake lot.

We decided that buying this one used and selling it when we were done with both projects would be a better deal s long as we don't have too many large scale repairs like this.

The only problem is for stumping she's only a 9 ton machine and I was going to rent something in the 17 ton range so I need to spend more time digging.

Dogs are really good at digging! can bring up some hardface rods and sharpen up the sides of the bucket for root cutting!

I really like the sound of that, chewing on these roots is murder on my teeth.

Have a welder handy?

A new track is a happy track!

And a happy track makes a happy dawg.....