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38 -- HEAVY EQUIPMENT SOL 1443IB970095034 POC TERI HUDGINS, fax request to (907)257-2492 Sources are sought for loader attachable rotary snow blower, spool type cutter drum and impeller capable of a clearing rate of 1700 tons per hour. Able to cast snow 20-100 feet. Designed for general to heavy snow removal operations. ROLBA RA-280 or equal. Engine of 260hp, 4 cycle diesel fueled, cummins 6CTA8.3 or equal. Set up with an automatic emergency engine shutdown feature, cold weather start package and block heater. Hydraulic system for operating cutter drive, impeller drive, chute rotation and loading flap. Cutter and impeller drives hydrostaticaly operated, infinitely variable, capable of forward and reverse. Safety pressure relief overflow valves for both cutter and impeller protection. Cutter ribbon diameter of 39''. Impeller diameter of 46''. Cutter ribbon constructed with replaceable cutter knives. Casting Chute to be hydraulically operated casting chute capable of turning 270 degrees. Clearing height when resting on road surface of min 6 feet. Minimum clearing width of 9 feet per single pass. Rotary box shall be equipped with 2 adjustable skid shoes, one mounted on each side of the box, two side box cutter blades no less than 3 feet in length, one braced to each top/front of the box. Replaceable cutting edge at thelower box face. Coupler system--Balderson Quick Connect system or equal required for the rotary unit and the Case W36 loader. Currently Caterpillar 966C is equiped with the Balderson Quick Connect and is the alternate for carrying this new system (0235)

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