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Steve what scale is this? If you are 11 or 12 inches from the center pin to the back of the counter weight I believe that is more than I have on my DEERE. Ed

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14th. from comparing the specs of the Deere 850D 1:1 , Vario comes up a little short , IIRC . the cat 385 is just a hair bigger then the 850D Deere

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Super nice work Steve! Even the oil tank looks awesome. Wow!

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long over do update :o Part of a deal I made a while back . Thats a 2' framing square in the pic . 36" reach without the bucket .

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...pstcamxmqk.jpg

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psnyevmtfx.jpg

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psqbzk4bqo.jpg

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Looks so good, like the tab-hole connections, they will save you a lot of time when putting together parts.
And I know the exitment when recieving package from cutter, then you know IF you made it correct in computer.
Dan