I'm looking at a Cat D6C, the serial is 10K13187. Looks like that's a '76 or '77 model. It belongs to a long time friend that purchased it 4 years
ago to clean up some property. He hasn't used it 50 hours since he got it... It's been too wet, or he's been too busy. The machine has a
completely new undercarriage and very little usage. There's a root rake, a V blade (shear), and the standard blade in on it now. The hour meter
shows 4500 hours. I'll probably wind up with this dozer, only because he's going to make it too hard to turn down. I need it as well. The best
part is, I'm going to use it on his property for 40-50 hours before I decide if I want it. I only have maybe 400 hours time operating dozers, new
dozers from small to fairly large (1450 Case). So there's gonna be a learning curve with this older machine.
I have a few questions.
Is this model a good dozer?
Is the 3306 a good engine?
Are there any typical problems with this model?
Any info would be appreciated, especially what NOT to do...
What the heck do you do with a V blade?
ago to clean up some property. He hasn't used it 50 hours since he got it... It's been too wet, or he's been too busy. The machine has a
completely new undercarriage and very little usage. There's a root rake, a V blade (shear), and the standard blade in on it now. The hour meter
shows 4500 hours. I'll probably wind up with this dozer, only because he's going to make it too hard to turn down. I need it as well. The best
part is, I'm going to use it on his property for 40-50 hours before I decide if I want it. I only have maybe 400 hours time operating dozers, new
dozers from small to fairly large (1450 Case). So there's gonna be a learning curve with this older machine.
I have a few questions.
Is this model a good dozer?
Is the 3306 a good engine?
Are there any typical problems with this model?
Any info would be appreciated, especially what NOT to do...
What the heck do you do with a V blade?