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We had a Case front end loader in the gravel pit, nice one bought at a NYS auction, used for loading dump trucks, private pit, and one day a main line broke with a full bucket up over the side of one of our trucks, came down on the side and caved it in, my neighbor who also worked there, did a nice job straightening out the dump body, what a mess though. Seen a lot of hoses burst on excavation equipment over the years, especially backhoes. I remember the recall on D8K caterpillar dozers, specifically the hoses for the blade tilt cylinder, I did not realize it at the time, but when they leaked,burst or sprayed hot fluid out, apparently a few of them went up in smoke or something catastrophic happened, whatever it was it was a big deal, do remember a Cat serviceman coming to the site I was on to change out the lines, thought it was strange for to see a Caterpillar serviceman come looking for this older machine to repair lines that looked fine, we had our own mechanics. Knowing what the consequences were later on, glad he showed up. Must have been something along the lines of that fluid being real hot, when the line was compromised, it sprayed back toward the operators seat and was ignited like torch, been a long time, cant recallt the specifics, but it was no joke though.
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