Re: 955H cat

Posted by Billy NY on April 08, 2015 at 07:24:48 from (104.228.35.235):

In Reply to: 955H cat posted by sparktrician on April 08, 2015 at 06:36:00:

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.

This post was edited by Billy NY at 07:30:09 04/08/15 2 times.

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