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Posted by fixerupper on November 09, 2006 at 07:42:22 from (206.72.37.149):
In Reply to: Tractor Abuse! posted by Allan In NE on November 09, 2006 at 05:13:40:
Yep! People turn up the pump on a tractor and then brag about how much it can pull and all they did was write a check out to buy the thing in the first place. They had nothing to do with designing or building that machine, but they sure can brag about it. The people I work with bought a used truck with a 3406 Cat that the previous owner bragged about being able to pull so well after it was turned up. We replaced it's cracked pistons and sleeves last spring. Well, I know five of them were cracked, the sixth one was beat to death by the valves that were hammered through it. Then we turned the pump down 2 1/2 turns. And then there was the---- well, you know.... Jim
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