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    Will RWS STFU about backhoes and their usefulness??????

    Sorry @hagrid , it's a "box and pan" brake, not a "Magic" brake.... ;) :love:
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    Will RWS STFU about backhoes and their usefulness??????

    You just gotta retire "my brother from another mother!!!!" Best "job" I ever had:p:p:p
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    Tips or tricks or just some info

    I'll add one......Sometimes you have to "curse things into place".;)........Trust me, it works:sneaky::giggle:
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    Will RWS STFU about backhoes and their usefulness??????

    Every penny sir!!!! (y) (y) (y) :love: (and I got it on "super saver special" Mr. Smarty pants;).....only 2K.....plus tax🤫🤫)
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    Will RWS STFU about backhoes and their usefulness??????

    Beautiful bends without the interference some brakes encounter. Yes, you need one..... You're welcome 🧐 :unsure:🍻🍻
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    Will RWS STFU about backhoes and their usefulness??????

    I think not sir! usefulness #2,789 ;) 🍻 I have been tripping over this beast for probably 3 (or more) months waiting for the proper window to stuff her in the basement. Well I have been helping my BIL out with some "custom brackets" for a new Durango he is working on. So I fire up the...
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    Sludge found in filter after no start!!

    I don't understand the "how" part, but I know it's true. On a side note though, lice do not like it. Long time ago, in the Marines, a guys kids got lice...He bought all kinds of expensive soaps and crap, nothing worked.........Gunny "T" piped up "Just wash their f''n hair with diesel, shit...
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    Missile silo in Arkansas

    FIFY ;)
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    Houston, we have a problem.........

    Reflections of a Madman: Project "Hydraulic Thumb" is not over, but just some random thoughts/feelings popped into my gourd. 1. I would go the "internal spacer" route again.....I like it....(unless it craps out in a week, then I won't like it 🧐 ) but in the mean-time, "I like it". 2. To...
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    Float not working - front end loader twisted

    I am just "spit ballin" here, but you might consider talking to a local body shop to see if they can straighten it out. I don't know how they do it, but I have seen some pretty twisted up vehicle frames straightened out. Looks pretty bent up to me. 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ I also agree with...
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    Missile silo in Arkansas

    It's pretty cool, but yea, I agree 100% with you sir!
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    So you want to save money on a pump

    Thats the job of the "one eyed" guy with 8 fingers...........back in the alley..... ;)
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    "Drafts" question............

    Thanks all, I tried what y'all said, but something got SNAFU'd apparantly...Oh well, I just re wrote it. Not a super biggie. I was just wondering if there was some "magic folder" somewhere that I could click on. 🤷‍♂️ 🍻
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    Ideas wanted/needed for BH hydraulic Thumb controls.............

    Right now I am hoping to be able to "feather" it a bit. 🤷‍♂️ 🤞
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    Ideas wanted/needed for BH hydraulic Thumb controls.............

    Can you expand on that? I was considering a linear actuator, but I can't solve how they would "return to center". When you say a "hand grip controls" are you talking about something like a "motorcycle throttle" that twists? (or similar)