[AT] another adventure

carl gogol cgogol at twcny.rr.com
Mon Oct 25 17:41:49 PDT 2004


Awwsome

Wish you lived a bit closer - that P200-7 has sufficient lifting capacity to 
set 2.5 ton concrete beams or box beams almost 30 feet into the feeder 
stream I want to cross below the beaver dam.  Hot damn!

Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
(2) AC D-14, AC 914H
Simplicity 3112 & 7116
Kubota F-2400
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 7:38 AM
Subject: [AT] another adventure


> Today should be interesting. It may be a long ways from
> becoming an antique tractor but will be used along with my old
> JD stuff to clear the stumps where we will be placing a new home.
> The local heavy equipment dealer is delivering a new Komatsu
> PC-200 excavator to the property this afternoon and it is mine to
> play with for the whole week. If you want to check it out, here
> is the link to the Komatsu excavators. Just scroll down to the
> PC-200 and you can see what it is. Definitely not a toy. You may
> have to paste twice to get that long URL into your browser but
> it will work OK.
>
> http://www.equipmentcentral.com/north_america/new_equipment/machine_list.cfm?machine_type_id=1
>
> I rented it for the week because I get full use of it for
> up to a full 40 hours on the meter before I get into extra charges.
> I counted stumps I have to pull until I got tired of it and quit
> after going over 100. All hardwood and some are over 2 feet wide at
> the top and have about a 10 foot crown. In addition to the stumps,
> if I have time, I am going to dig out where I want the driveway to
> go so I can lay down a bed of heavy crushed stone as a base. I also
> have literally hundreds of large rocks that I would like to move
> from where they are so I can make golf cart trails on the property.
>
> I've been in the seat of excavators before but not this one.
> I have to learn the controls first and then go to work. Should be a
> very interesting week.
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
>
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