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A lawn mower D11!!!
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That's exactly what I'm talking about, great pics Rowan. Keep them coming guys.
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Wait a minute... Is that blue one set up for hi-rail?
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That 963b reminds me of a old tank with those roller frame guards not my photo, swamp feller bucher  Mini uhd, not my photo  old spreader  used to haul sawcut concrete sections  Custom 3rd extension stick for a ec330blc, this company uses it for precise demolition, not my photo. 
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The blue one definitely has high-rail attachments but I doubt that one could load much with it on rail. More likely used for moving rail cars and loading from a right of way possibly.
The 973C and 973D are representative of a Cat option package for mill work. The 973D is a scarce commodity in its own right. A six month wait currently if you want to order one. This might be a field follow machine pictured.
There are also two 973C series of which I believe less than 50 of the latter exist. I am surprised that the late model wasn't classified as a 973C Series II. The serial numbers do differentiate though. The latter uses a C9 engine as opposed the the 3306 in most 973s. It is as if they have the 973D drive line minus an emissions feature or two. These are very expensive in the used market and due to the economy few were built. If one thought the 973 and 973C were strong, I understand these late 973Cs will further surprise you and I can only imagine what the now 973Ds are like.
I've been told that there are three of these late 973Cs in our market area. Unless one has the serial number or opens the engine compartment or looks at the transmission, you cannot differentiate.
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The hi-rail loader is awesome. Can't imagine exactly what you would need that for, but it's cool.
Funny... I could swear Cat did a brochure for loaders in the 70's that showed one pushing slag, just like that shot.
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just a thought, whatever that 973 is pushing looks HOT, does it not melt the bucket?? sam
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here's some from me  sam liebherr 984 demolition   Hitachi EX1200 demolition 
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samk706 wrote:just a thought, whatever that 973 is pushing looks HOT, does it not melt the bucket??
sam If I'm correct, its slag. Slag is a steel by product. After it cools, they crush it and then you can use it to build roads. Really great stuff. 3O4 crush and run is what we used on our roads in our development. Its the perfect mix of fines and size stuff. Holds up really great. You want more info, talk to dad. He swears by the stuff.
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Took this in Amsterdam a few years back:  PS: the Cat 385CL in Rowan's reply is a Rapid Impact Compaction (RIC) unit, same principle as Deep Dynamic Compaction but with out the crane!
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Thats a funny looking little Kolbelco Demo excavator!
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OK, I know that road breaker one can't possibly be in the US, because there would be lawyers fainting in the street from of the lawsuit possibilities, after they saw zero barricades and/or signage to speak of.
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DPD1 wrote:OK, I know that road breaker one can't possibly be in the US, because there would be lawyers fainting in the street from of the lawsuit possibilities, after they saw zero barricades and/or signage to speak of. Defiantly not in the States, I believe from memory it's in, I want to say Holland, maybe Belgium. The machine carries a special bucket made for taking up old rail lines, hopefully one of the members from across the pond has a better memory than I and can provide a link.
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Cat924Gz wrote:DPD1 wrote:OK, I know that road breaker one can't possibly be in the US, because there would be lawyers fainting in the street from of the lawsuit possibilities, after they saw zero barricades and/or signage to speak of. Defiantly not in the States, I believe from memory it's in, I want to say Holland, maybe Belgium. The machine carries a special bucket made for taking up old rail lines, hopefully one of the members from across the pond has a better memory than I and can provide a link. I believe it was in Germany. It was recently talked about on another forum. They were using the 385 to rip up old street car tracks. The special boom was to stay under the wires over the street. The special bucket had no back so the operator could pry up the track and slide it through the bucket and break a piece of the track off. Here are some more pictures of it. http://www.eberhard.ch/content.php?p...ude=praxis_gal And a video of it is at the bottom of this page, look for the claw ripping through pavement. http://www.eberhardfilmpool.ch/
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TomG wrote:Cat924Gz wrote:DPD1 wrote:OK, I know that road breaker one can't possibly be in the US, because there would be lawyers fainting in the street from of the lawsuit possibilities, after they saw zero barricades and/or signage to speak of. Defiantly not in the States, I believe from memory it's in, I want to say Holland, maybe Belgium. The machine carries a special bucket made for taking up old rail lines, hopefully one of the members from across the pond has a better memory than I and can provide a link. I believe it was in Germany. It was recently talked about on another forum. They were using the 385 to rip up old street car tracks. The special boom was to stay under the wires over the street. The special bucket had no back so the operator could pry up the track and slide it through the bucket and break a piece of the track off. Here are some more pictures of it. http://www.eberhard.ch/content.php?p...ude=praxis_gal And a video of it is at the bottom of this page, look for the claw ripping through pavement. http://www.eberhardfilmpool.ch/ Thanks for the correction Tom and thanks for the video link as well that was awesome!
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TomG wrote:Cat924Gz wrote:DPD1 wrote:OK, I know that road breaker one can't possibly be in the US, because there would be lawyers fainting in the street from of the lawsuit possibilities, after they saw zero barricades and/or signage to speak of. Defiantly not in the States, I believe from memory it's in, I want to say Holland, maybe Belgium. The machine carries a special bucket made for taking up old rail lines, hopefully one of the members from across the pond has a better memory than I and can provide a link. I believe it was in Germany. It was recently talked about on another forum. They were using the 385 to rip up old street car tracks. The special boom was to stay under the wires over the street. The special bucket had no back so the operator could pry up the track and slide it through the bucket and break a piece of the track off. Here are some more pictures of it. http://www.eberhard.ch/content.php?p...ude=praxis_gal And a video of it is at the bottom of this page, look for the claw ripping through pavement. http://www.eberhardfilmpool.ch/ Wow that video is brilliant, and also the other videos there are really good aswell, thanks for the link!
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Cool video... That was fun to watch. But wow... Tear up the whole street just to get the rails out? 'Darn those pesky rails making a straight line down the middle of our street!' lol I kind of like old rails in the street. Looks cool to me. But oh well.
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