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7 years 8 months ago #159544 by Catboy1
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There is a 977 loader for sale near me that I'm going to look at on Thursday. At least they say it's a 977. It's direct drive, I thinks that's a huge plus, isn't it? Were many made that were direct drive? Here are the pics that they sent me. I will get more when I look at it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]65830[/A TTACH]
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7 years 8 months ago #159548 by old-iron-habit
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Unusual to have a winch also on a loader Cat.

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7 years 8 months ago #159550 by Deas Plant.
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Hi, Catboy1.
What you have there seems to be an 'H' model 977, before the 'K' and the 'L' which both had 'walk-through' operator stations. If my memory serves me rightly - which it occasionally still does - the later 'H' models were the first of the powershift 977s. All the 977s that I ever worked on or around were good, powerful, robust, reliable machines.

Just my 0.02.
You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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7 years 8 months ago #159555 by Catboy1
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Hi Deas, would it have the d318 like my 9U?

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7 years 8 months ago #159557 by BobPV15
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My book lists all 977H as power shift, so if direct drive it is a 977 D or E. The E has heavier undercarriage D7 based I think. 100 HP 35,000 lbs for the E 1958 60, and 100 HP 32000 lbs for the D 1955 to 60.

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7 years 8 months ago #159559 by catsilver
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They is not an H model, its an old direct drive 20A series machine, dating back to the 1950's.

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7 years 8 months ago #159564 by catsilver
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A bit more info, the 20A 977 was based on the old U series D6, the early ones even used D6 undercarriage but the later were D7 size, we could do with more pics overall of this machine, unusual to see a towing winch, but I fitted three on Traxcavators during my apprenticeship and someone has gone to the expense of fitting a ROPS on it.

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7 years 8 months ago #159565 by Jason 10/D4
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That looks like a no 6 shovel to me

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7 years 8 months ago #159566 by Deas Plant.
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Hi, Folks.
Like the 'immortal Swishy', eye dew stand 2 bee kee-wreck-ted.

Just my 0.02.
You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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7 years 8 months ago #159567 by catsilver
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Could well be, those of you who know the cockpit better than me will know, the real tell-tale is in the shape of the fuel tank and loader linkage difference.

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