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The First Excavators – The Otis Shovel
A contributor to the Troy Daily Whig newspaper of Troy, New York state, wrote in the early 1840s,
“It is one of the rare inventions, where genius seems to have worked out for itself an independent field of action, and the benefits flowing from which are destined to be known and felt throughout the civilized world.”
Truer [...]
Advance-Rumely Tractors (OilPull, 6A, DoAll)
Like so many American tractor manufacturers, Advance-Rumely’s roots lay in the 19th century agricultural machinery industry. Unlike some, however, it failed to make the important leap from early heavyweight traction engines to modern, light tractors, and as a result it perished.
Dr. Edward Rumely’s grandfather had set up the business in 1853, producing a variety of [...]
The New Holland 7840 Tractor
Engine: Water-cooled four-cylinder turbo diesel
Capacity: 321 CI (5 Litres)
Transmission: 12 speed (Forward and Reverse)
New Holland’s 40 series was highly successful, and the 75,000th example was built at the group’s plant in Basildon, England, in 1996. Also from that year, it was sold as the Fiat S. series in some European countries, just as the 70 [...]
New Holland 7740
Engine: water cooled, four cylinder turbo diesel
Capacity: 321ci (5.0 litres)
Power: 95 hp
Transmission: 12 speed (Forward and Reverse)
It’s odd that New Holland has become the badge on so many tractors, and lives on today as part of CNH Global, the result of the merger between Case and Fiat/Ford/New Holland. Odd, because Holland itself never built tractors [...]
Used Komatsu PC200, PC 250, WA300, WA320 Loaders For Sale
Featured here in today’s post are two different particular used models of Komatsu loaders – the Komatsu PC200, PC250, WA300, WA320 pre-owned loaders for sale. There are some locations for auctions on all of these loaders, and we’ll post those connections here for you. You can use the links below to see the full lists [...]
Video of Kubota Mini-Excavator in Action
Here is a video of a mini-excavator in action. The operator knows what he is doing to be sure. Very fast and accurate moves.
World-Wide List of Komatsu Dealers
The best way to find a Komatsu dealer or distributor is on Komatsu Global web site, on this page. They have a dealer search function right on the home page of their web site now (which I just noticed) so either place you go, you’ll find a Komatsu dealer “nearest you”, and the ad says.
Komatsu Repair Manuals
Komatsu repair manuals are often sought out online (very often for free download), as the original repair and service manuals for their Komatsu equipment have long gone by the way-side. Often at lPatt we will try and save you some time, by doing the tedious work of finding repair manuals, wiring diagrams, and service manuals [...]
Free Classified Ads for Heavy Duty Machinery
For the first year of our launch time, Lpatt will be providing free advertising to our users and visitors. Any kind of farm equipment, construction equipment is excepted – new or used. To place your free ad(s), all you have to do is email us at support@lpatt.com with a detailed description of what you are [...]
lPatt On Tractors
I will starting lPatt with allot of information on tractors of all kinds. There is a large demand for new and used tractors all the time and it’s only fitting we really move on this for our first visitors. Once again welcome to lPatt.com and if you want to know more about me, and what [...]