303 caterpillar cr

barracane

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hello, a friend of mine would like to buy a used caterpillar mini excavator model I think 303 cr or gr, I don't remember well, it's a bit old and worn, the rubber tracks are a bit smooth, a bit of play between the bushing support and the engine connection pins I do not know how to test the machine understand the right degree of wear understand if it is still efficient and establish the right value in relation to the state of conservation of the machine, which tests to perform, to test, evaluate and compare the actual performance of the machine in question, thanks sorry for the I disturb. ps you would understand it or would prefer machines of other brands or models, let me know the comparison with other minis of the same size, thanks.
 
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130 cv OM n100 - Fiat 100EC

motore è l' 8060.04 da 5499cc e 130CV 5 metri cubi portata tonnellate 6
 
barracane

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this old truck should be combined with the small excavator both to transport the same and to be used to transport the waste earth of the excavations, it is a little worn and old, do you think it is suitable, about 5 cubic meters of olume the body about 6 tons of capacity , thanks sorry for the misunderstanding.
 
V8Druid

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this old truck should be combined with the small excavator both to transport the same and to be used to transport the waste earth of the excavations, it is a little worn and old, do you think it is suitable, about 5 cubic meters of olume the body about 6 tons of capacity , thanks sorry for the misunderstanding.
unusual to see a RH drive :unsure: in Europe
 
barracane

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yes it is a very old dated truck, once the trucks were right-hand drive but lacked power steering, the drivers and truckers of big trucks had biceps and big forearms like arm wrestling like boxers. what do you think of the machinery in question. someone advised me not to use the excavator, the truck is evident that it is a boar cart is a wreck, a war wreck, but the money is few the roads that you have to travel are ugly dirt roads are country lanes, I'm afraid for the suspensions and the road layout of the loaded truck, they are mountain roads with curves and bends and steep descents, I think you would have chosen a daf and a volvo as a mini, thanks to your intervention, greetings to all.
 
V8Druid

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Not so unusual in mountainous areas. Better view of the edge of the road when there’s a thousand foot drop off the side.
aye, I can see the logic in that ....... but a hell of a step out the cab !! :oops::oops::oops:
I used to prefer LHD cranes ... viz wasn't so hot, but you always stepped out of it onto the verge/pavement, not the line of traffic bustin' their nuts to get by you when you stopped :LOL: ..
used to have some of each LHD/RHDs .. the 10, 18 and one of the 25s and 30s were RHD. T'other 25, 30 and the 45 were left hookers so you always got a sun tan on each arm, when the sun was out ;):giggle::giggle: ... you just cooked in the Fairy cab - all glass and in the centre of the machine :rolleyes:
 
Bri963

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I remember reading in the old “Truck” magazine in the early 80’s about Swiss hauliers. Saurer used to make max weight four, six and eight wheelers just under seven feet wide and rhd especially for mountain roads. Wish I’d kept all of those old magazines, there were some great articles about unusual haulage jobs.
 
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V8Druid

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I remember reading in the old “Truck” magazine in the early 80’s about Swiss hauliers. Saurer used to make max weight four, six and eight wheelers just under seven feet wide and rhd especially for mountain roads. Wish I’d kept all of those old magazines, there were some great articles about unusual haulage jobs.
most 'conventional' truck cranes were circa 8' 6" wide ... used half shafts from breakers were always too short :( - OE only as a rule. Fortunately I only ever had to buy one
 
V8Druid

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Couldn’t you weld a section in, Gra?:)
LOL :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: .... not in a 42mm shaft propelling 33 tons of 8 wheeler along .... sheared/twisted off clean, at the flange, at a set of lights on a fair old hill .... caused chaos, 'til I got everyone behind me to get out the way so's I could roll it back off the lights :LOL: never even heard it go .... just couldn't pull away :(
 
barracane

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I repeat guys the trucks up to a certain date had the right-hand drive especially the fiat / but they were slow as snails, I don't remember the date, I think the 80s, then with new rules they made the left-hand drive, now the fiat and the OM have merged and built vehicles with the IVECO brand with left-hand drive, but they are more reliable, fast and comfortable, with power steering, even the girls drive them, the fiat om vehicles and other right -hand drive brands were slow noisy uncomfortable to drive without power steering, if you did not have strong arms like arm wrestling you would not have been able to drive them, after a day of work your back and arms were destroyed by fatigue.

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I repeat if we want to take 2 machines and combine them we will just have to take two old worn machines and use them until they are completely worn, we cannot afford the luxury of taking new machines too much money, that's why they sell the fiat truck for little money almost the value of the iron , the excavator seems more reliable but has a certain degree of wear as well, I'm afraid that after a few weeks of work, we now have 40 degrees of heat, I said at these scorching temperatures it will melt under the sun's rays.
 
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yesterday at ten in the morning already 38 degrees, I think it lasts until August 16th. we have to stay in the water for a week, the environment is tropicalizing here in Calabria a big fire has destroyed the aspromonte the pollino, the woods gone up in smoke, a catastrophe, there is an infernal air.
 
barracane

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the aspromonte is on fire the green lung of calabria is burning, the firefighters are insufficient, I think they will mobilize the army, in the summer there were numerous festivals in the various villages of the aspromonte, we ate and drank well there are parties paronali, the heat and the fires the corona virus are boycotting everything unfortunately, in san luca the goat is cooked is a traditional dish, cooked well otherwise instead of giving off perfume, it smells of wild.




 
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you got hungry melts in your mouth, with a good local wine comes down that is a wonder, a good fresh limoncello to digest ... it's all a program. you could reach ecstasy guaranteed nirvana.
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V8Druid

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you got hungry melts in your mouth, with a good local wine comes down that is a wonder, a good fresh limoncello to digest ... it's all a program. you could reach ecstasy guaranteed nirvana.
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I see Sicily was 48+C yesterday .... some bit hot and getting to Death Valley levels ..:(
" If verified, the 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4°C) reading at the Furnace Creek Visitor's Center on Friday, July 9, 2021, would be Earth's highest reliably measured temperature. " :oops:
 
barracane

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look in calabria we are about 38. 42 degrees in Sicily I heard about 47 degrees, it should last until Monday, the woods are all on fire I think the army will intervene the firefighters are insufficient, it is a hellish ecological disaster.

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