I drove about 500 miles today for 12 hours looking at dozers that I found in my area. I would like to get your thought and ideas and see what others think about my choices. I will only talk about the best ones. But, one I won't get to look at till Wednesday.
The first one is a 1995 Komatsu D31P-16
Pro's Relatively new
price was good $14K
Undercarriage was 80%
Looked good not abused or mistreated.
CON's Smallest of the three
No sweeps or screens
Pyramid pads
It took 3-4 times more effort to turn left
It had oil dripping from the pan at a rate of about 1 drop every 3-4seconds. "He said "I might have over filled it"!
The second was a 1990 Case 850D
PRO's Middle sized of the three
Fairly new
Just rebuilt. All new undercarriage
Salt Rails, Pins and bushings, new pads.
Sweeps and screen, new filters fluids, etc.
Ran and operated fine.
6 month written warranty.
Con's Just rebuilt
Price $25K
The third was a JD 750 I haven't looked at yet The asking price is $18K. He said he has ran it and it ran fine. He said he'd pay to get an oil and hyd. sample done. He said that he wouldn't want to sell me a bad one. But, he said he can't see into the future. I was going to go tomorrow to look at it. But it will be Wednesday now. He said I could come run it all day if I'd like.
I look at the Komatsu and it has some problems. But, I could do a lot of work on it compared to the Case as it's half of the price. On the other had basically the Case is like brand new underneath and it has a warranty. But it cost twice as much. Then the JD 750 is in between. But, like others have said it's a 30 year old Hydrostat.
The Case might have better resale if I decide to sell it later on.
Is there anything else that I might not be thinking about that you might mention.
I know that the price of dozers here, Texas, always seems several thousand dollars more than in other parts of the country.
If you have any comments ideas suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. I want to get the best one I can. Since I don't know that much about them overall I'm trying to bounce my thoughts to everyone. Don't hesitate to comment. I need all of the info I can get.
The first one is a 1995 Komatsu D31P-16
Pro's Relatively new
price was good $14K
Undercarriage was 80%
Looked good not abused or mistreated.
CON's Smallest of the three
No sweeps or screens
Pyramid pads
It took 3-4 times more effort to turn left
It had oil dripping from the pan at a rate of about 1 drop every 3-4seconds. "He said "I might have over filled it"!
The second was a 1990 Case 850D
PRO's Middle sized of the three
Fairly new
Just rebuilt. All new undercarriage
Salt Rails, Pins and bushings, new pads.
Sweeps and screen, new filters fluids, etc.
Ran and operated fine.
6 month written warranty.
Con's Just rebuilt
Price $25K
The third was a JD 750 I haven't looked at yet The asking price is $18K. He said he has ran it and it ran fine. He said he'd pay to get an oil and hyd. sample done. He said that he wouldn't want to sell me a bad one. But, he said he can't see into the future. I was going to go tomorrow to look at it. But it will be Wednesday now. He said I could come run it all day if I'd like.
I look at the Komatsu and it has some problems. But, I could do a lot of work on it compared to the Case as it's half of the price. On the other had basically the Case is like brand new underneath and it has a warranty. But it cost twice as much. Then the JD 750 is in between. But, like others have said it's a 30 year old Hydrostat.
The Case might have better resale if I decide to sell it later on.
Is there anything else that I might not be thinking about that you might mention.
I know that the price of dozers here, Texas, always seems several thousand dollars more than in other parts of the country.
If you have any comments ideas suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. I want to get the best one I can. Since I don't know that much about them overall I'm trying to bounce my thoughts to everyone. Don't hesitate to comment. I need all of the info I can get.