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Jpshostr Senior Enthusiast

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Nice job Cat!!!!

"Was that speed bump ment for me?"  :crazy:

I don't believe you can even feel that from the cab of a Cat 793, or worse yet a 797.  From what I've read its actually fairly common for stuff like this to happen, things get run over pretty often.  When the trucks are going up and down out of the quarry they always drive with the operator on the outside, not in the middle like we drive down the roads since these trucks can and have run into each other, not having the operator in the middle there gives them a good chance at survival when they do collide.

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I had the chance to drive a Cat 763 at the Peoria Proving Grounds.  It was cool.  So high up and yet still stable!  It makes for a bumpy ride.  I didn't try and steer around "pot holes" (1 foot deep craters more like). :crazy::D  It's true, you do have a problem seeing on that side or even on the driver side.  The Cat Challenger 65 ag tractor is a blast to drive.  VERY stable, fast, actually turns on a dime.  I also drove a D6 bulldozer, backhoe, tracked end loader, road grader, articulated dump truck.  WOW it was fun.

Jpshostr Senior Enthusiast

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The Cat Challenger 65 ag tractor is a blast to drive.  VERY stable, fast, actually turns on a dime.  

Those Challengers sure are different than the wheel things, the steering wheel only goes less than a quarter turn!  First time I got in on I went to grab it like a regular tractor, and almost turned the thing into the disk it was hitched too.  I never got real comfortable driving the thing, way too twitchy steering on it.  Those tracked machines are great to drive off road, but you won't be saying its fun once you drive on pavement.  No suspension, no air pressure in the tracks, so every bit of vibration and road jolt is transferred directly to the cab.

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Those tracked machines are great to drive off road, but you won't be saying its fun once you drive on pavement.

Does your tractor have air conditioning and a CD player?   :music:  :D You are right about the sensitive steering and the harder than usual road feel.  I was traveling on mushy mud and VERY hard packed dirt.  I can see the benefits of both.  I drove a backhoe on the same road and it bounced me all around.  I think the HUGE boom on the rear and the huge bucket on front help with the wave like action.  :crazy:  ???

Jpshostr Senior Enthusiast

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Does your tractor have air conditioning and a CD player?  

It ain't shabby, I don't get too tired running it during a few 14-16 hour days.  :crazy:   AM/FM, cassette, air ride seat, climate control (not a big deal anymore).

 

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Z71Adrenaline Enthusiast

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JP, do you ever get tired of the air ride seat?? I can understand how much smoother it is than w/o it but gosh sometimes they get to bouncin and you fell like you're about to fly outta it....

Jpshostr Senior Enthusiast

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JP, do you ever get tired of the air ride seat?? I can understand how much smoother it is than w/o it but gosh sometimes they get to bouncin and you fell like you're about to fly outta it....

Nope, they can be adjusted so many ways that you can always find a good setting for your weight and the conditions.  Back when I only weighed 100lbs it got rough because the lower end of the rating only goes to about 125 or so.

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