Some old pictures

[mrsops]

My father got bored made me scan some old pictures of some machines and trucks that he use to have from back in the day :laugh:.. Also he was a big gmc guy until he switched to the real thing FORD!! :weightlifter:

[mrsops]

Here's some more... The best is yet to come lol

[mrsops]

My favorite picture here it is the john deere skids lol. Father bought 3 off the lot that day.. And a picture of my dirt sifter

[YellowDogSVC]

I had that same 773. That was the first G series in '01 I think.

[mrsops]

I had that same 773. That was the first G series in '01 I think.

Yeah your right yellow

[Gravel Rat]

That 3500HD crewcab is a rare truck you didn't see very many at all actually never seen one.

Your dad did like his Chevys I see you guys like the white and orange back then too :laugh:

[bobcatexc]

I had that same 773. That was the first G series in '01 I think.

I still have and run that 773G, before that I had the 743 but no fancy cab, mine was a 1984 or 85 looks like that was a 1988.

[Dirtman2007]

looks like someone drove on some wet uncompacted backfill!

[KTM]

Who drove the skid parallel in the over dig? seen a guy get fired for doing that.

[Stick Pro]

That brings back memories of the old 743 days, then they came out with the 53 sieries what a change. Meeting with the bobcat guys on monday, wonder what they will bring for breakfast this time.

[mrsops]

I still have and run that 773G, before that I had the 743 but no fancy cab, mine was a 1984 or 85 looks like that was a 1988.

I have to ask him and find out what year it was... Hes trying to find the picture of his first machine he bought back in 83

[mrsops]

Who drove the skid parallel in the over dig? seen a guy get fired for doing that.

Wish i can tell you that picture is so old my father dont even remember who did it lol

[mrsops]

That brings back memories of the old 743 days, then they came out with the 53 sieries what a change. Meeting with the bobcat guys on monday, wonder what they will bring for breakfast this time.

Maybe they will bring that t320 :laugh:

[mrsops]

That 3500HD crewcab is a rare truck you didn't see very many at all actually never seen one.

Your dad did like his Chevys I see you guys like the white and orange back then too :laugh:

We will always like the white and orange :weightlifter:

[Stick Pro]

They got the 320 sitting there waiting for me. everytime we meet with them the price drops, or they throw something in. It is for sure a buyers market, this machine has been sitting at the dealership for 8 months now, i think they reall want to sell this machine.

[mrsops]

They got the 320 sitting there waiting for me. everytime we meet with them the price drops, or they throw something in. It is for sure a buyers market, this machine has been sitting at the dealership for 8 months now, i think they reall want to sell this machine.

What are they throwing in?

[Stick Pro]

The price has came down 400$ a month cheaper, and they have thrown in a tooth bucket, they are working on a guarantee that the arms will never crack, if and when they do they will replace them.

[Gravel Rat]

We will always like the white and orange :weightlifter:

There is nothing wrong with that. If your having good sucess with BC machines keep using them.

The thing with Bobcat around here is people have the stigma it is a Bobcat we can rent one. Because every rental place rents Bobcat mini excavators, wheeled and tracked skid steers to the public. Why should we pay him to do a job when we can rent the same machine.

You show up with a Cat or John Deere skid steer or mini excavator that stigma isn't there. People see that and think it is different I guess because you can't rent one of that brand :confused:

I think Bobcat skid steers are good they were the first pioneers in the skid loader market.

[mrsops]

There is nothing wrong with that. If your having good sucess with BC machines keep using them.

The thing with Bobcat around here is people have the stigma it is a Bobcat we can rent one. Because every rental place rents Bobcat mini excavators, wheeled and tracked skid steers to the public. Why should we pay him to do a job when we can rent the same machine.

You show up with a Cat or John Deere skid steer or mini excavator that stigma isn't there. People see that and think it is different I guess because you can't rent one of that brand :confused:

I think Bobcat skid steers are good they were the first pioneers in the skid loader market.

Yeah I see what your saying gr.. I must say gravel we have success with bobcat machines if we didn't we wouldn't buy them.. Thing is i always give cat,deere, and i even gave asv a shot last year.. We felt bobcat was better. I'm not biased either because we love the cat 305ccr it was nicer then the 337 so we bought it.. If there was a another skid steer that impressed me more then bobcat skids it would be in my yard..

[Gravel Rat]

You use what ever works the best for you.

Some people use nothing but CAT because it is CAT.

Nowwadays there is so much equipment that is made by one manufacture with different colour paint.

I use Ford trucks they work the best for me just the way I'am.

[threeleafllc]

mrsops
hey did you or your dad sell a truck to someone up in Conn.i drive by it every day in farmington. its a dark blue gmc or chevy with a myers plow looks early 90's vintage still has your name on the side..
at least it looks like your name its been sitting in there yard for a long time

Allen

[YellowDogSVC]

I still have and run that 773G, before that I had the 743 but no fancy cab, mine was a 1984 or 85 looks like that was a 1988.

that 773g was a good machine. The first one's had too small of a clean-air filter opening on the cab. They widened it in later years, I think. I had few issues with the machine but traded too soon for an s250. It would have been nice to have kept a lighter machine that could still lift 2k when pushed to it.

[mrsops]

mrsops
hey did you or your dad sell a truck to someone up in Conn.i drive by it every day in farmington. its a dark blue gmc or chevy with a myers plow looks early 90's vintage still has your name on the side..
at least it looks like your name its been sitting in there yard for a long time

Allen

Wow thats amazing i actually sold that truck on ebay about 2 years ago.. Its a 93 black 2 door gmc? I cant belive the guy never took the name off the side of the truck.. He did say he was buying it to use on his property thou so i dont know..

[mrsops]

that 773g was a good machine. The first one's had too small of a clean-air filter opening on the cab. They widened it in later years, I think. I had few issues with the machine but traded too soon for an s250. It would have been nice to have kept a lighter machine that could still lift 2k when pushed to it.

I traded mine in for the s185 in 04.. We had about 2200 hours on it. It was a nice machine. we also had a 763 which was a great grading machine.

[P.Services]

threeleaf get a picture of it!!!!!


mrsops, i have asked you a few times but i dont believe you ever have answered. are you affiliated with some type of large tree service or bucket truck sales? i have always see red and blue bucket trucks for sale with sagona on the side and i do recall seeing some in pictures you posted. they were in the lot next to you???

[mrsops]

threeleaf get a picture of it!!!!!


mrsops, i have asked you a few times but i dont believe you ever have answered. are you affiliated with some type of large tree service or bucket truck sales? i have always see red and blue bucket trucks for sale with sagona on the side and i do recall seeing some in pictures you posted. they were in the lot next to you???

Im sorry picasso have you really asked me a few times? No im not affliated with any tree service. We use to rent out the front of my yard to a tree service. But they didnt have my name on it lol

[P.Services]

yeah but it was always typed along with a hundred other questions i thought you just didnt wana answer that.

[P.Services]

off topic but related to trucks....

im looking at a c6500 chevy, its the perfect truck for me everything i want but now im very concerned with chevy discontinuing the line. they say they will have parts for 10 years but i plan to keep a truck working longer then that. What are your thoughts on that subject? other then keep waiting for a f-750 haha

[mrsops]

off topic but related to trucks....

im looking at a c6500 chevy, its the perfect truck for me everything i want but now im very concerned with chevy discontinuing the line. they say they will have parts for 10 years but i plan to keep a truck working longer then that. What are your thoughts on that subject? other then keep waiting for a f-750 haha

Picasso i know a few guys that are running the c6500 they seem to like them. 10 years i thought it was 7 years? Do you like the f-750

[P.Services]

ohhh yeah dont get me wrong i love the fords. but i found a c6500 set up just the way i want at a screaming deal of a price. i just read 10 years.

[Gravel Rat]

Those old GMCs had a distinctive sound if they had the old 366 gas with the 5spd or even 5+2.

The transmissions howled and the old 366s had a engine roar.

[mrsops]

ohhh yeah dont get me wrong i love the fords. but i found a c6500 set up just the way i want at a screaming deal of a price. i just read 10 years.

I would go for it if you like everything about it.. I feel fords are built heavier and they def look better lol

[P.Services]

i like the look of the chevys. im not worried about any of that though its just the parts supply i worry about.

[P.Services]

Those old GMCs had a distinctive sound if they had the old 366 gas with the 5spd or even 5+2.

The transmissions howled and the old 366s had a engine roar.

ohhh yes i know that howl all to well.

[Gravel Rat]

Here is a vid of the howl

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GVi3AaCnHc&feature=related

I don't know but it was only the old Clark 5spd made that howl.

[threeleafllc]

Wow thats amazing i actually sold that truck on ebay about 2 years ago.. Its a 93 black 2 door gmc? I cant belive the guy never took the name off the side of the truck.. He did say he was buying it to use on his property thou so i dont know..

yah thats the truck ...For some reason it always caught my eye when passing.Its only about 10 min from my shop. next time a go that way ill snap a pic.
I should ask the guy to sell it to me and then i would be cool like you with thoughs nice hand painted letters..

Allen

[mrsops]

yah thats the truck ...For some reason it always caught my eye when passing.Its only about 10 min from my shop. next time a go that way ill snap a pic.
I should ask the guy to sell it to me and then i would be cool like you with thoughs nice hand painted letters..

Allen

Yes you must snap a pic.. Little weird that he never took the name off thou

[threeleafllc]

mrsops
i stopped today and had took some pics but i left my camera in my truck at the shop. i tried to get in touch wit the guy today but no luck..

how has this year been for you so far?

[mrsops]

mrsops
i stopped today and had took some pics but i left my camera in my truck at the shop. i tried to get in touch wit the guy today but no luck..

how has this year been for you so far?

O man i want to see the pics lol.. How did the truck look? we started off the year real busy then it slowed down.. But we are actually booked the whole month of november which is real good we have 2 big jobs where going to start next week

[threeleafllc]

you wanna see pics.Hell i wana buy the thing!!!!lol
it looked to be in fair to poor shape from sitting all these years..
it has been the for almost 2 years i believe..i talked to the guys wife and she told me the he probably wasnts to sell it because they sold off all the land. he really has no use for it...
ill grab the pics from my truck later
o yah if you need some cans for ur lift im me im working on a order for some of ours
Allen

[mrsops]

Was this it?

[threeleafllc]

yah it has a plow now

[mrsops]

yah it has a plow now

Yeah he said he was gonna put a plow on it.. I'm suprised he still has it

[threeleafllc]

yes his wife said he plows the drive and thats it so it never really gets used

[mrsops]

Few more pics...

[Dirtman2007]

Looks like that Ford backhoe is ready for its first job!

[mrsops]

Looks like that Ford backhoe is ready for its first job!

Yeah it was actually chris.. They just got it delivered that day

[Junior M]

Yall had a backhoe back in the day? ;)

[Gravel Rat]

Not many people used the old Ford/Newholland backhoes is that a 555 machine ?

[mrsops]

Yall had a backhoe back in the day? ;)

We sure did junior...

[mrsops]

Not many people used the old Ford/Newholland backhoes is that a 555 machine ?

There was a few around but not many gr.. Im almost positive it was a 555

[Junior M]

Not many people used the old Ford/Newholland backhoes is that a 555 machine ?
Tons of them around here..

[93turbo]

yeah Jr back in the day everybody had a backhoe to do it all with but that was before your time LOL

[Junior M]

yeah Jr back in the day everybody had a backhoe to do it all with but that was before your time LOL
Must still be before my time cause they are still used ALOT here.. ;)

[93turbo]

No I didn't say they still don't have them I meant they had one and maybe a dozer and that was it not a skid steer, mini x, compact tractor and so on. Back when my dad was in the biz he had 2 dump trucks and a 680 case construction king as his main tools but that was also when a contractor could do everything from dig the basement to building the entire house.

[Gravel Rat]

Backhoes were common as mud 20-25 years ago mainly all Case 580s.

The old Fords were not that common but the Ford wheel loaders were common with the highways dept.

Yep back 20 years ago backhoes had the 3 sticks and foot pedals most of them were 2wd.

[Junior M]

No I didn't say they still don't have them I meant they had one and maybe a dozer and that was it not a skid steer, mini x, compact tractor and so on. Back when my dad was in the biz he had 2 dump trucks and a 680 case construction king as his main tools but that was also when a contractor could do everything from dig the basement to building the entire house.

Where I work part time we've got a mini ex, backhoe, compact tractor and a skid.

The mini ex is obviously used for all the excavation. Unless it gets to be a decent sized job, the backhoe might be considered. The tractor is used for clean up and the backhoe is used for pretty much any decent sized grading or excavation job. The only time it's used exclusively is at gas stations connecting wells when they are closer to 8 or 10ft deep.

The skid, well its never used.

I meant that "it must still be before my time" because when things were booming, there were people around here that had nothing but a backhoe, dump and trailer. There is still a guy around here that does. But he's one of the best operators around here and he's been around for 40+ years.

[WillieWonka1850]

I like that old blue GMC 7000! Thumbs Up

What motor did that have an 8.2 Detroit?

[mrsops]

I like that old blue GMC 7000! Thumbs Up

What motor did that have an 8.2 Detroit?

Bringing back an old thread willie lol as For the motor i have no idea :laugh:

[WillieWonka1850]

Bringing back an old thread willie lol as For the motor i have no idea :laugh:
Oh well thats fine :) I really like the color of that old 7000 btw Thumbs Up

I love them old '80s and 90s GMC/Chevy medium duties :cool2:

Especially if they have a 427, 454, or a 200-250hp Diesel :weightlifter:

[mrsops]

Oh well thats fine :)

I love them old '80s and 90s GMC/Chevy medium duties :cool2:

Especially if they have a 427, 454, or a 200-250hp Diesel :weightlifter:

My father used to like the gmc's. But now hes ford all the way

[nedly05]

Oh well thats fine :) I really like the color of that old 7000 btw Thumbs Up

I love them old '80s and 90s GMC/Chevy medium duties :cool2:

Especially if they have a 427, 454, or a 200-250hp Diesel :weightlifter:

The first truck I drove was an old GMC 7000 with a 427 and a 5+2! what a beast that thing was. It was a great truck for tailgate spreading though. I kinda miss it sometimes, a little bit, but not really that much! LOL she was a good ole' truck, she sits out in the field now with grass growing in the box and mice living in the dash!

[hvy 1ton]

Also he was a big gmc guy until he switched to the real thing FORD!! :weightlifter:

Someday you will figure out the bobcat thing too.:laugh:












Sorry, I can't believe in 7 pages no one said anything. I'm curious to see what doosan will do with bobact. I think that took a giant step forward with the e series excavators.


Nedly, too bad you aren't closer. i have an old 3/4 ton jeep truck that is dying for that tall deck. The 401 ventilated itself a while back and have been looking for a 427 to put in it.

[WillieWonka1850]

My father used to like the gmc's. But now hes ford all the way
Back in the '80s and '90s GMC made some great trucks :weightlifter:

I'd take an old GMC/Chevy dump truck any day! :cool2:

But now a days GMC/Chevy is just like meh. Ford is the way to go! :weightlifter: :cool2:

[nedly05]

Nedly, too bad you aren't closer. i have an old 3/4 ton jeep truck that is dying for that tall deck. The 401 ventilated itself a while back and have been looking for a 427 to put in it.

Well...thats part of the reason shes out to pasture, it was getting to costly to keep running it and I think the motor may be set up.

[nedly05]

I dont know Willie, i think I would have to go with the GM, the new ones are pretty cool looking.:)

[WillieWonka1850]

I dont know Willie, i think I would have to go with the GM, the new ones are pretty cool looking.:)
I don't really care for the newer 3500-C5500 models, but I'd still take a newer C6500 or up :cool2:

But I like the older GM medium duties better. Been actually trying to find one for cheap. A guy in Clio (about 5 miles north of me) has an old GMC 7000 ex-fire pumper, 5K miles (thats not a typo either), great shape, looks like its 5 years old, 427 or 454 gas motor, 5+2, chassis cab (no body) and he only wants $1500 for it!

He's got another 7000 in a dump truck, municipal orange (love that color :cool2: ), 8.2 Detroit "fuel pincher" Diesel, automatic, 40k miles, decent shape, has some rust, theres a hole in the drivers side floor but from what I've been told that can be fixed. I'm not sure what he wants for this one but if he wants only $1500 for the other one thats virtually new, he might sell this one for really cheap like maybe $500-$1000 but I'm dreaming :p :laugh:

[WillieWonka1850]

Well...thats part of the reason shes out to pasture, it was getting to costly to keep running it and I think the motor may be set up.
I know I'm digging up an old thread, I'm sorry lol

What do you mean by that, fuel cost or it needing parts?

What was the MPG on that 427? I know the smaller 366 is like 4 lol

[Bleed Green]

mrsops what have you got going on these days?

[mrsops]

mrsops what have you got going on these days?

I have a bunch of rentals going out. Got some nice home owner work as well. Also got 2 city jobs planned in may. And hopefully i get this one job that is in the works but its up for bid to do 25 houses for a builder