randyp

bigen,,you down here in texas trying to poach some of my oil? randyp

Well spoken GG,,,randy

heh heh,,,If i dont quit tearing stuff up, am gonna need a couple of oil wells pumping on the side! I was gonna get ahead on pond today, started bout daylight, on my second load heard something slightly tinging the radiator fan, killed engine, looked under hood of old R-dumper and both bolts had broken under A/C compressor bracket and it was trying to climb into fan. The same 2 bolts hold water pump housing on too so I was pouring antifreeze. I tied compressor back and nursed in under the only shade tree in pasture for a while, have removed water pump, got one bolt out and will work on other one more tommorrow, its being stubborn. Thats what i get for trying to work on saturday i guess. It was 102 today, not a breeze stirring, if it hadnt been for that lone shade tree, I couldnt have stood it. Oh well, tommorrow is nother day. No rhasler, havent got A/C for excavator yet, gotta make some money first,,,later,,,randy

heh heh,,,you got a good point there GG, i didnt think bout that, you may have saved my life, why, I could have been boiled alive! randy

Have finished vacation, started excavating smallish pond with no-airconditoned yet excavator, am considering sealing cab of excavator up, filling it full of water, and wearing scuba tanks all day in cab to dodge the heat. How long does a tank of air last? I guess i coould run a snorkel out the roof, probably choke on the dust though. It hit 102 here today, am loading dirt, getting off, moving truck 300 ft, dumping, on and on,,,etc,,,later,,randyp

Mark,, looks like I may have to move my "lagoon" business from the pond to the highway,,,randyp

Wish I could stuff that in "Killer B", rob,,,,randy

I have run some of the offroad dump trucks rhasler, thats all, have never owned any volvo equipment. The Volvo excavators have a really good reputation around here, but they are also very pricey. The dump trucks were very tough and powerful, I liked em,,,randy

thas right,,we also stripped with 3 D-10'S, I have pics of them, will load them later and post them. The 9's were used more for road building and end dump support and such, cleaning up around shovels,,etc. randy

heres d9 in coal mine, last one i run fore i retired,,,randyp

I bet you misunderheard him FW, he must have been eating corn bread while he was talking, am almost sure he said "Macks and Koooommmaaatttsssuuusss,,,chomp,,chomp,,(ummm,,,good corn bread),,heh heh,,,randyp

yes, the D8K was a most excellent tractor,,,very strong runner,,randy

heh heh,,I like the tinkering part, but I remember those days when it wasnt tinkering, I was just in a frantic hurry to get the damn thing to crank! Those might have been the good old days, but i wouldnt wanna repeat em,,LOL,,,randy

heh heh,,,yeah,,I hear ya Mark. I think solid state ignition and fuel injection were 2 of the greatest things ever stolen from the captured alien mother ship! I was bout fed up with carbs and points anyway. randy

Well, I do believe thas the first one of those long rascals i ever saw! interesting cab arrangement,,,randy

hey, wassup rhasler,,,naw,,thas just remains of goatee, i bout worried so much i rubbed it all out. When they plugged leak in gulf, and my newfound fortune went belly up, just set me to worrying too much. randy

I used to run all the big cats, but when I struck out on my own, I like Komatsu,,parts cheaper,,easy to work on and stout as an elephant,,,just my 2 cents. In the past few years, cat has had a real problem with electronics and computer programs on their equipment,,,causing lots of shop time,,,randy

Did you get a letter from the highway dept. telling you to bring the dirt back and quit defacing "state property"?,,,randy

heh,,heh,,A guy passed me coming home from church today in an old dodge with a cummins, I swear he had 2 straight stacks coming out of bed behind back window that looked as big round as 55 gallon drums and stuck way up in the air. He had it firewalled, black smoke was rolling, and it was loud! It was just an old junky looking pickup and I think stacks may have outweighed it,,,,randy

I still got my "dwell meter" and points tool bought from Western Auto a long time ago in a galaxy far far away,,,randy

tell barney and andy goober says "hey",,,,randy

I hope i havent seen all im gonna seen fore i quit seening but thats a fine looking truck to be seen in, see what im saying? see u later,,,randyp

Yup,,i do believe it overheated. Its brutally hot here in texas, and have the high humidity to go with it. Heh,,i been soaking that red bandana in the ice water can and just wearing it on top of my head, and trying to quit early. randy