Been on plenty of cat hyrdo 953's and newer and I know for a fact these transmissions are much more expensive/hour of use over the older L series they replaced. No hydrostatic system in the world will ever equal or beat the older much more contamination tolerant torque/ps in the dollars/hr economy of use. Posted 18:13 (#39755 - in reply to #39716) Subject: RE: Opinion on a crawler dozer

Still has the Cat scrapers and blades and some d9 push cats Loaders and Hoes were the first and I think a dozer later. He has since started to switch some stuff over to Komatsu as is was standing up just as good with less repair. I used to work for a construction co that bled yellow (cat ). Posted 14:40 (#39732 - in reply to #39525) Subject: RE: Opinion on a crawler dozer You have a very nice tractor, but they are very few and far between.Īnd yes, been TC, Trans, FDs, complete st per hour isn't that much.have to run a lot of hours to afford the upkeep.then there becomes the first rate maintenance, has to be done on schedule or c/h skyrockets. There is also a reason why heavily used equipment doesn't have hydra stat drive.Deere got away from it, so did Cat in their blade tractors, we can only assume NH and Case will follow.IH didn't keep it very long. We will all find out sooner or later, Cat will win out in total cost per hour of operation.There aren't that many Cat owners that should be running Case. With two exceptional midwesterners to deliver itīut it will be hard for someone else to repeat that process. Posted 12:51 (#39716 - in reply to #39676) Subject: RE: Opinion on a crawler dozer I've seen plenty of Cats with huge repair bills, too. Priced a torque/trans/final drive job lately though? Posted 10:11 (#39676 - in reply to #39537) Subject: RE: Opinion on a crawler dozer Blade can be found for 5-6k, depending on style. Posted 00:13 (#39601 - in reply to #39525) Subject: RE: Opinion on a crawler dozerĭ6C w/o blade around 10K. There are so many D6 sized Cats that everybody and their brother are making replacement parts that fit them.Therefore, Cat has to keep their prices in the ballpark, UNLESS, you are unfortunate enough to need something like sheet metal or some other not very fast moving part that is hard to come by.Then the $$$$$ issue changes. Posted 21:46 (#39537 - in reply to #39525) Subject: RE: Opinion on a crawler dozerĭon't buy the case, deere, or komakasie.' What is your opinon and considering a decent undercarraige what would they be worth. I looked at a 1550 case, a 750b deere, a D6D and a 65e komatsu. I want something in the D6c size of any brand where I can get parts. After looking at what a UC would cost I believe it is best to sell as parts machine or buy a machine where I can use the parts I have. I have a 755 loader and the UC is worn out. Posted 21:19 (#39525) Subject: Opinion on a crawler dozer Opinion on a crawler dozer Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1

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