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    287B Tracks

    Cat dealers won't tell you this, but you can flip the adjuster 180 degrees and get a little more out of it. Once that's done, your screwed. Time for a new one.
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    TRACKS 287B

    In Texas, the replacements(1 pair) costs $5,800 just for the tracks. The tool to change it is about $300. You need at least 1-2 other people to help you and a forklift would help also, but you don't absolutely have to have the forklift or the tool. Just will take a lot longer. While you have the...
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    mulching head operation

    I have a Cat HM312 on a 287B MTL .When doing first cut, keep the door in the front of the mulcher completely open. If possible chop the tree into as high as possible and lower the arms or curl the bucket arms to chew the lower part of the tree down to the ground. I have found if you cut the tree...
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    mulching head operation

    I have a Cat HM312 on a 287B MTL .When doing first cut, keep the door in the front of the mulcher completely open. If possible chop the tree into as high as possible and lower the arms or curl the bucket arms to chew the lower part of the tree down to the ground. I have found if you cut the tree...
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