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[Eugen]

Great place to visit for sure, thanks for posting @MattA . Those cabled excavators make me thinks how much harder it was to build big construction before hydraulics.

The Case is quite a sight too!

[Harry]

Matt, the Case traction king is terrific. Harry

[Eugen]

Just as I was going through once more to make sure everything works fine before listing the 446 for sale I notice a small oil leak on the attachment cylinder. The rod is in perfect shape, and it leaks right around it. So off it needs to come so the o-ring can be replaced. Fortunately this is not a big problem and can be fixed easily.

Everything else seems just as before, this Onan starts on the first crank and is strong. It could use a new banana plate maybe but I'm not brave enough to tackle that one.

[Eugen]

One of those times when buying more than you need comes in handy. When I got seals for the 644 cylinders I got extra ones. With new o-ring and wiper seal the leak is no more.


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[Harry]

Banana plate on a 446? I didn’t think it had one! Harry

[Spike188]

Harry is correct, banana plates are only found on 600 series.

[Eugen]

Thank you guys for correcting me. I was calling the neutral switch by the wrong name.

This plastic part is what I was talking about.

[Harry]

The aftermath of my backhoe work. A few times it would hook on a root but all I had to do was curl the bucket and break the roots Harry

[JSinMO]

The aftermath of my backhoe work. A few times it would hook on a root but all I had to do was curl the bucket and break the roots Harry

Im with you Harry! I’m still learning to use my 648 but I was really impressed at how easily it cuts roots!

[Toolslinger]

The curl is the strongest movement I believe. With the overall lightweight of the 6XX series, you learn that keeping the bucket up against the ground, and curling in, or out can move a tremendous amount of weight. I welded a hook on the back of my bucket for pulling stumps. With the bucket curled all the way in, I hook on, and curl out with the bucket still on the ground for support. Rips reasonable stumps right out. Obviously you're not going to pull a 50 year old oak out that way, but I wouldn't want to be under that on a little machine anyway.