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Hahaha! Joe, You're my hero!

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Yay another build!:cool: How many hours have you put on your 850 Joe?

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Awesome operator. You make it look so easy.
What radio are u using is it a dx6i. Can you show me what controls what I can see that the sticks are operating boom swing bucket extra what are you using to move it. Can you show some screen shots of how your mixing your Channels .
Thanks Patrick.

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What???? You've ordered a PC490 already... Man, that's not fair Joe lol
You always get all the good stuff first Ha Ha Ha
Looking forward to the build. Have any plans to modify it any, like a thumb?

John

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T9, hundreds!

Patrick, I use a DX18 with the JD, it has rotary sliders on each side of the radio, left is steering & right is for/rev. The instructions are pretty easy to follow for mixing, master = valves, slave = pump, get your +/-'s in the right order & you're done. I'll use this radio for all previous & future hoes.
left up/dn = boom
left l/r = swing
rht up/dn = stick
rht l/r = bucket
3pos for pump - dn is off, middle is 30%, up is 90% (if I remember correctly)
2pos for coupler
2pos connected to esc for screener
...I'd have to add the X-Plus module to the rx for the other 9chs, if I wanted to add anything more.


No worries John, Fumotec will make you one too, get at 'er! Thank goodness I paid for mine last Sept, with the euro-cdn exchange today it'd 13% more!

I got 5 valves with this 490, so I might consider a thumb, but I've never had a use for one before. Fumotec figured some time this yr he'd come with some attachments, though he didn't say what exactly.

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

lol, I would Joe, but right now my wallet says "oh no you don't!!!"

Question for future reference: does the PC490 have the hydro quick coupler as an option?
John

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

No.

But I hope it's something that Frank considers offering b/c I absolutely luv it on my JD! :cool:

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Thanks for info my next project is going to be a hoe. Will see after I get the fixer done.

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Did you ever get around to fixing the rc4wd hoe?

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

No. That'll be something to tinker with in my soon to be spacious workshop. ;)

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Joe, ship it this way. I'd love to build it and test it for ya.

Ben

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If you didn't live on the other side of the continent in another country Ben, I'd letcha have at 'er. ;)

I got the loose dirt cleaned up & then some more ground soaked up to start digging again. I think I left my garden hose outside, so I came up with another means of slow dripping water, which is with these plastic bowls that I drilled one 1,5mm hole in the bottom & it's working great!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psca357988.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...pse6eb0d33.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps5f8f68ae.jpg

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And a movie of the JD pulling out its biggest rock yet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIE...ature=youtu.be

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

looking good!

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Great video Joe! That was a big rock, how much did it weigh?

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Joe,

I know you are well established on the "Dark Side = Hydra", but it sure looks like a crane would have been handy for that boulder? :p

The soakers look like they work perfectly! Thanks for the video!

Jim

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Awesome Joe!! Now what are you to do when you finally hit bedrock?? lol
Guess it's hydraulic hammer time or some M80's.

Any news on when the PC490 will arrive?

John

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Well dang it Joe. Hopefully I'll get to play with it in person in the future then.

Ben

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Thanx Dean.

The rock was 28lbs (I finally got a scale) and while I was at it I weighed the JD850 too, it was right on 80lbs, full of fuel. :D

A crane Jim? I don't think I hurt the rock (or track hoe) by dragging it. :D Would any of Kerst's cranes be able to lift 30lbs? The ground is crazy unlevel down there and it'd be quite the harness you'd have to rig up too. It'd take all day to swing that boulder outta there, eh?! :D

No worries of bedrock John, not where I live. ;) Frank hasn't spoke up in a week if it's on its way yet.

Well Ben, maybe we do a 5yr anniversary get-together in St Louis, make it a 3day'er this time? ;)

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No problem!

Kerst

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That was a heavy rock Joe. That excavator sure is quite strong.

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

That Deere is very impressive Joe. We could use you and that machine here on the Island. I am quite sure Vancouver Island has more rock than material.

Great demo of the power and size of your machine.

Greg

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Hi Joe

28 lbs way to go some power there.
Good to see some action from you.
Over here in the UK it seams to have rained for months now floods all over the place and my garden is like
a swap would need a boat not a truck to do anything out there at the moment.
Keep well.

Regards
Mark

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Oh...I see you had to deal with a 'pipe line'.

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Yeah, the 850 is a lot of fun to use... I've done no hand digging since '11. :D

I see your weather on the news Hofabooz, it's been a crazy world climate since 2010. :eek:

A few snaps of the action lately... cleaning up the last of the previous dig... this screener bucket sure has been a handy tool , I think it's done better than 4 cu/yd.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psd12233c5.jpg

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Lil man made lake. :D ...about 3 gallons dumped at once, hopefully it spreads out horizontally somewhat too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps28a0021e.jpg

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Now I start digging out this small area, its had 4 days of no water & maybe dried somewhat. Then it'll be screening it to pile the fines on the other side of furnance & haul the lumps in behind water heater to dry out for the summer & crush it to fines at the start of next winter. ;)

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Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Hi Joe

Looking good.
If you need any more water just let me know we have plenty to spare in the UK at the moment can always fedex you some.

Regards

Mark

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Preferably I'm hoping for drought this yr, worldwide... prices are getting scary low in recent months, it seems much of the world had record yields last yr... although a lot of my crop ended up in the feed market, quality suffered b/c all the nutrients went into the excessively hi yield.

I dug down about 10 inches, ground started getting too hard. Move all the loose wet dirt back into freshly dug hole, then slide down a small hill to start digging at the lower level.

http://youtu.be/ZTH5c07tfU4

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

If you hang a (tamiya) chain over the opening of the bucket in wet/damp soil, it will help with the sticking. Make sure it goes to the back of the bucket.

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I was going to suggest chains Ben, but I couldn't remember exactly what you did there & yours is the only model I've ever seen had them.

850 going up.... I almost rolled it over :eek:... I don't know what stopped it... just lucky I was!!! (need a 'wipe the brow' smiley) :D

http://youtu.be/tyANyczyojA

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Nice catch Joe, is it my poor eye site or can't you run the tracks the same time as the stick/boom? Hope that ? made sence.

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Wow Joe , that was close!!! Guess you must be livin the good life. Sure brings the pucker factor up real high doesn't it. Did that once inside the Bucyrus Erie factory when they were still in Guelph On. trying to get into they're paint both.

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

I hung it off the top of my bucket through the "eyes". I can take it off easy, has PMD hooks on the ends.

Ben

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Yes I can Kent. ;) There's rotary sliders on each side of the tx, left is steering & right is for/rev. I guess I tend to use the arm more for changing direction just b/c it's quicker. Plus the rotary sliders are real touchy to get perfectly center so the Sabertooth will stay in neutral.

It took my breath away Rob! I won't be trying a stunt like that again without putting my FOOT on a track 1st. ;)

I might weld some D rings on my buckets & try that Ben, thanx for the tip. :cool:

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

That video was cool, scary, and crazy all in one. Nice save!.. Nothing like walking the tight rope with an excavator. Hope the oil didn't spill out of the top nipple of the tank at that extreme angle..
Thanks,
Eddie

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

I topped the hyd tank up just before that to make sure the sump didn't suck air and I put a wadded up tissue over the vent to catch any spill. ;)

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Nice save joe-I wonder if a real excavator could do that? I don't think so. I couldn't tell but did your bucket hit the ground as you were swinging and maybe stopped it from turning over.

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Nope, the bucket was still in the air. I've watched from 1:46 to 1:50 many times trying to figure out what it was that kept it from going over :confused:.... I think it was nothing but dumb luck!

What a wreck if it had gone over... that top is fiberglass and the added accessories - dual screen, air cleaners & exhaust tip are cast in resin, they would have shattered! Also, that vertical spin motor drive, could have done serious damage to that component too.

Stupid Stupid Stupid!!!

That undercarriage is all 5mm steel and is more than half the weight of the entire model.

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I've had this happen a few of times in my cat 307 . What happens , is if the surface is uneven under the tracks 1 side will be in the air . As you swing to the side in the air it'll give a sharp jolt as seen in the vid . Watch the track frame as you swing closely , it took me a few times to see it . It raises your hair a lil when it happens .

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I got my 1st fancy phone Jan 23rd & this morning it was dead! Trip 75miles to the city to exchange it - IPhone5s. I don't have internet without it... :mad:

I think you're onto something there Stevie ;)... though it wasn't a high spot in the track, I purposely spun the tracks @0:45 to get rid of any stones or lumps so the tracks were flat footed & it wouldn't teeter. It was @1:25 when I turned to the left a bit - raising the right track an inch or so up the slope that caused it to slide a bit during the swing... had I turned right it may not have move. Although it's still fluke it didn't tip right over.

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I didn't mean in the track but the ground under . you got a lot of weight on the undercarriage + a long track frame . either way its hairy :eek:

I use to do a bunch of utility trenching on short steep front lots :eek: so glad all that work went away with the housing market .

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Hey Joe, sorry to hear the phone went south, I have to keep mine in an Otter Box type case to keep it alive. Battery life always sucks with poor cell site coverage.
Cheer's, Neil.