Re: Looking to get an old dozer for the farm,need

Posted by RodinNS on November 11, 2005 at 14:39:42 from (142.177.109.226):

In Reply to: Re: Looking to get an old dozer for the farm,need posted by supergrumpy on November 11, 2005 at 07:25:41:

I would agree that there are many good reliable old dozers out there, but i still think one needs to be a good deal more dilligent at checking these things over first, to know what is there. I've got a Cat D4H, which is a nice size machine for my needs, and a good all around farm machine. But in our case, the tranny went; broken planetary. Chains were done at 2500 hours, just before the tranny. tranny was 10 grand, half of which Cat paid, as by their own admission, it should not have failed. The chains were over 5 grand at that time as well. Some can be salvaged and turned....these were past that point.
I would simply advise caution...
On the excavaor.... The big advantage is the efficiency and ease of use, combined with the cleanliness of the piles. It's much easier to tumble and clean stumps and pile them clean for burning with a hydraulic excavator. Piles are tighter, taller, and more compact, and generally burn out clean. That's dependant on a decent operator who pays attention to what he does. It gives the contractor the ability to go in in the summer, stump and pile, and then bugger off. The owner can burn in the fall when it's safe, with no need to have the hoe on site, because there's nothing for it to do. I've poked a few piles with the 4, moved a few live piles too..... It generally takes a good deal more skill on the operator's part to do a quality job with a dozer, and those guys are a dying breed in my area. Ofcourse there's always those guys that are given a top notch excavator, and can't make anything but a mess.... seen them too. I guess the bigest disadvantage to the excavator is the cost. You're not going to get much for under 50 grand. You also need either a thumb or a root rake for the excavator. Although the dozer would need a root rake to be very effective..... Whew. that was windy.....

Rod

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