RDrancher's Photo Thread

LJH · Jun 9, 2014

Oh man, it hurt to read that one.

All fingers & toes crossed that CASE does right by you.

ShowroomShine · Jun 9, 2014

Wow! I work in sales for a Case CE dealer here in Roanoke VA, and I've never heard of this problem from any of our machines. We leave our open station track machines out all the time.

The Case Product Rep is coming in next week for training, I'll mention it to him and see what he says.

two_bit_score · Jun 9, 2014

RDrancher said:
Thank you Ron. At this point...moral support helps.

Hang in there man. We are praying for you.

Green Power · Jun 9, 2014

Wow, i hope Case pays for the repairs and gives you a FREE rental...

RDrancher · Jun 9, 2014

two_bit_score said:
Hang in there man. We are praying for you.

Thank you for the thought redirection. What was I thinking...God's got this handled!

Who'd a thunk it. Saving a neighbors house from burning on Saturday and my own equipment today. There's a plan...I'm just along for the ride!

two_bit_score · Jun 9, 2014

RDrancher said:
Thank you for the thought redirection. What was I thinking...God's got this handled!

Who'd a thunk it. Saving a neighbors house from burning on Saturday and my own equipment today. There's a plan...I'm just along for the ride!

I see proof every day.

RDrancher · Jun 9, 2014

two_bit_score said:
I see proof every day.

Thanks buddy...really...thanks!

EHargroves · Jun 10, 2014

Hopefully Case will help you fix this one or allow you to trade for one with no known problems. You will be in our thoughts and prayers as we know this is your way you make a living.

PapaPerk · Jun 10, 2014

Sorry to hear of your loss. Is the machine insured? It should be covered for fire.

What a pain. This makes me very wary of Case equipment. Maybe time to unload the beast and move on. 800 hrs is nothing for a skid steer. What a hassle! Hope they make right for you.

dirt ditch · Jun 14, 2014

Been following the thread and a few days have gone by with no news on the skid steer. Hope It's working out well for you RD.

RDrancher · Jun 15, 2014

dirt ditch said:
Been following the thread and a few days have gone by with no news on the skid steer. Hope It's working out well for you RD.

Thanks DD! It's in the hands of Case customer service and the product rep at this point. We'll see what happens.

PapaPerk · Jun 15, 2014

RDrancher said:
Thanks DD! It's in the hands of Case customer service and the product rep at this point. We'll see what happens.

I hope they make it right for u!

murphy1244 · Jun 15, 2014

You back to using your Tractor for work?

RDrancher · Jun 16, 2014

Thanks PapaPerk.

Murph, I'm dealing with CASE today...the dealer is sending a truck with a winch to load it. I have a couple of driveways to do this week with the tractor and then a day of pond work which (at this point) will have to be done with a rental machine. Since purchasing this CTL, I've put more hours on rentals than I have on my own machine.

dirt ditch · Jun 16, 2014

RDrancher said:
Since purchasing this CTL, I've put more hours on rentals than I have on my own machine.

That is too bad. Would never have thought Case would build a machine like that. Really hope they treat you right on this.

RDrancher · Jun 20, 2014

I picked up this job off a driveway referral down the road a ways. Twenty-eight oak stumps removed in 4 hours with a KX71-3. Tree size ranged from 8"-20" or so. FIL Dan brought out his tractor to haul stumps backfill holes and dress things up. The owner had us drop the stumps off a bank into the pond for the fish habitat. I'll be bringing dirt for a building pad here as well. Funny thing is that a neighbor across the street has a Takeuchi excavator and CTL. He was standing in his driveway looking at us like...I live right here! I know how he feels, since it's happened to me too.

two_bit_score · Jun 20, 2014

John, that place sure cleaned up nice. Bet it was pretty ragged before you started with 28 stumps on it.

RDrancher · Jun 20, 2014

two_bit_score said:
John, that place sure cleaned up nice. Bet it was pretty ragged before you started with 28 stumps on it.

Yes it was. The owner told me that another contractor had told him to just bury the stumps under the pad fill. I think that that may have been the neighbor. The last thing you want under a building pad are a bunch of rotting stumps!

RDrancher · Jun 20, 2014

Here's the job that I got the stump job referral from. This one was a referral from around the corner too. The owner hadn't used this driveway for over ten years, but their cars were damaged during our last hailstorm and he wanted access to the carport again. The driveway was tailgated in over twenty years ago and had over a foot of leaves on it. The owner was never happy with the drive since it was all lumpy over ungraded ground. He wanted me to place the new material over the leaves...but I told him that I can't do it that way. After I removed the leaves I found ungraded base with a topping of 3/4" granite. I regraded and placed about 70 tons of concrete washout base and then topped it with a tandem load of 3/4" limestone. I also spread a pup trailer of limestone over the driveway at his rental around the corner.

This jobsite was really muggy with lots of bugs. The owner wanted to leave all of the landscape timbers where they were at, which was a pain. After spending most of the day trying real hard not to hit the fence at the entrance to the driveway the guy had me knock it down! :laughing: