955H cat

Found A 955H cat track loader (pedal steer). Going to look at it in a day or so. Says it runs and operates good, thinks it might need a injector.... Says its a us built one. Undercarriage is decent, he says. Asking $4500. Seems cheap to me... Thoughts?????

Sparktrician ,The 955H cat Is a great machine, and that is a good price.Check out the undercarriage thoroughly,track pins,bottom rail rollers,rear sprockets,top rollers for being worn out,as those are a big expense to replace. As for as the injector,see if he would let you swap the bad one with a good one in the engine to see if the miss changes to the cylinder that you put the bad injector in.That would tell you the piston,valves are ok in the dead cylinder,and the engine would run ok with a different,rebuilt,or a new injector installed.

Saw your other post,( well actually not it was a different one on the crawler forum, maybe that poster will read this LOL !) regarding the D6C. The D6 model from the 9U series to the later D6D series was a well regarded tractor, built on about the same platform with lots of updates over the years. Still seems to be a demand for them, prices reflect that. I've ran several of the D series that followed the C's, nice size, power etc. reliable, one of these would be great for a farm. Local person here with a greenhouse, sunk a bunch of money into a B for his farm, came out nice and is certainly nice to have. They might be the JD 4020's of caterpillar, and they built a lot of these in each series.

955's had the same reputation, ran several of those too. One main difference in these tractors besides the loader or dozer is that the crawler loader has fixed track frames, they don't oscillate, so the dozer would be much better on rough terrain if that is a concern. Many times while on a 955 or 977, I wished I had a dozer on the same site, easier to grade with, or push off a stock pile to loosen up a pile for easier loading. Not really a big deal, both are nice tractors of the era. I have assisted taking a D6D down to the bevel gear compartment, lot of work, not as friendly as the newer high track models.

I ran some of these on the same shift after the newer models we had got low on fuel, we had 2 D6D's totally refurbished, all new U/C etc. They were back up tractors on some jobs, so if you ran low on fuel, you could jump on one of those to finish the overtime, we used the pair to fill a benched 32' cut for a sanitary system, and had 4 scrapers cycling through, and a line of manhole risers in the middle of the cut and or new road. No problem, perfect for the job. The contrast between this era D6 and newer models was definitely quite as bit, as far as operator fatigue and or ergonomics, given the later ones with the newer style controls etc. the whole feel and even production was very different, but that does not take away from these in any way.

The price sounds reasonable, but you had best really look these over carefully and really know what you are getting. Just sharing some experience from an operators view.

We all know these machines are generally obsolete, but that price in my market would NOT be a "decent" undercarriage unless that cylinder needs more than an injector.

I accepted $7500 for my 933, and had two buyers wanting it. Maybe a little under-priced. Undercarriage was decent (certainly not great), and didn't need an injector (or other engine work).

After you inspect it carefully, good luck with it.

Gonna get down to see it maybe today if rain quits. He said the mid quits when you Rev it up. I don't expect a perfect machine for that money, and may be to good to be true, but you never know.... Nothing venture nothing gained.