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To: marcos who wrote (497)	7/8/2000 6:24:00 PM
From: Phil(bullrider)	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5691

marcos, what is 'Cat 416'? darr-rental.com Have fun, Phil

To: marcos who wrote (497)	7/10/2000 11:38:09 PM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5691

I've had this reply window open for a couple of days now, waiting for a chance to reply when I could do so with the (false) appearance that I'm doing so only after having caught up a bit. <g> Nice, Bob - sibob.com; Yes, it is. I love that machine. It reminds me of the older Volvos and BMWs: not much in the way of character, but that's part of the charm, along with the reliability of a rock. Like you, I'm constantly asking myself why on earth I waited so long to get one. And that helped me mention cars a bit. :) reason being that i can make a highly portable [portable because i can get it on my F350 So, you've got a Truck too, eh? I saw an F450 the other day that looked much like my 350. And then found out you can get the same treatment done to a 550. I don't know what other difference there are, though. I'm assuming there's more hauling capacity, but wouldn't think it'd be that much more, since they still use the Navistar 7.3L turbo-diesel. Does anyone know? Just kidding about the Case remark, Oh, I knew you were. Case was my second choice. I looked at the Deere 310 line, but just didn't much care for them. Not for the same money as a Cat 416 anyway. I'd been renting a 416 for a few months when I decided I'd never be able to return it and would, in the very long term, be better off owning one. The one I was renting was fully equipped (as is this Case), with AC, 4WD, cab, extendable stick, etc. Now that I'm used to the Case, I think the only areas that Cat has it beat are operator comfort (by a small margin), visibility past the hood and around the boom (darned handy), and a better return-to-dig setup for the loader. The Cat would return the loader to horizontal on its own by pushing the stick all the way to the left. And drop it to the ground to the float position by pushing all the way forward. Or both at the same time. A major saver of time and effort. The Case will return to float the same way, but you have to get it horizontal yourself, which is a pain. Also, the Cat didn't seem as back-heavy as the Case. I don't dare go up too steep a hill or lift too much with the backhoe without first filling the loader. And the Cat was more powerful at lower speeds, but you usually run these things at full throttle anyway, so it's basically a non-issue. And I don't doubt the Cat would last longer. Much beefier machine. But a suitable used one was hard to find locally, and a new one is about $60k. No thanks. :) Tractor-wise, I've been in the market for a stable-mate for my 1944 2N for a while, and think I've about got my neighbors talked into selling their seldom-used Massey-Ferguson 135. Just the right size. And finally some car content: I still don't have the racecar's new motor put together yet. Not in a big hurry. I'm planning to take it to Hallett (OK) in September, and that'll be it for the year. I'll do a full season with it next year. But I'm taking the 91 Mustang GT to the track next week for a few days of fun. Then again in early September. And possibly October. It's at the muffler shop getting a new setup from the cats back. The car is run so rarely, the old exhaust had rusted and the extra pounding it was taking from the new suspension caused it to lose a lot of exhaust weight once last year. The fun part of that is that it happened early in the weekend. What was left of that side of the exhaust was pointing right at the fuel tank and heating it so much it was losing quite a bit of fuel out the filler. We reduced it a bit by putting a turn-down tip on it. And to see if anyone's read down this far, here's a question: How many folks here own a ring end-gap filer? Took me a while to find one, but I finally did it. And I also found that my ring groove cleaning tool wouldn't fit the grooves on the racecar's Ross pistons. Had to special-order one of those, too. :( Oh, and just when I was most wanting to go ride the KLR650 (which fits very nicely now after getting the lowering kit), they re-graveled the roads out here. That loose gravel is terrifying stuff. And we might have a new addition to "the stable" pretty soon. We'll see. My wife's Durango has to go in for warranty work and she doesn't want to drive my Truck, and I don't want her to, so I took that opportunity to remind her that she always wanted a Mustang convertible and so do I, so I wouldn't have to drive the behemoth everywhere I go. I'm going to be shopping around for a nice used one this week (preferably a 99 or 00 model, but 94 - 98 is a possibility) and see what I can find. It'll have to be a V6, though. Her requirement. And a manual tranny. My requirement. When I bought the racecar, the guy I was buying it from asked me if I wanted to see a picture of his family. Being polite, I told him "Sure!". He whipped out a picture of his 3 Mustangs, including the racecar. I've been envious ever since. :) Bob