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Price the D4 Cat! (Please hurry as I have to decide.)
16 years 5 months ago #17681
by jfirebaugh
Hi all!
Well, my second neighbor came through for me and had a friend call who actually keeps his Case backhoe and other equipment basically just 1/2 mile away! The Driver (Chuck) brought over his Peterbuilt bobtail dump and a big heavy Backhoe trailer with air brakes! After I was able to make contact with the seller that we could come Chuck came over to pick me up and we set out at 4 PM!
Everything went real smooth. We arrived at the seller's son's home where the Cat was parked. The D4 started right up and Chuck loaded it on his tilt bed while I did the transaction and received the manuals that came with the machine. Once it was tied down, off we went back down the hill for a bumpy but safe ride home. Once at home Chuck just drove off our street into my side field and reversed the process to unload. I'm paying Chuck $350 for the 44 mile move (88 miles R/T).
One pleasant surprise I got was when the D4 got up on the trailer, I discovered why the lower engine side panels are cut out at the forward mounting pads. The Cat has a skid-plate/rock guard that attaches on those mounting pads and someone got lazy and made cut outs instead of R & R the lower panels to get rock guard attached! I already knew that the lower track guards were the heaver (ribbed) ones, but I missed seeing the oil pan rock guard!
Now I have lots of work, if I have any hope of bringing her to the BSOT in less than two weeks!
John
PS I'll take and post photos tomorrow evening, as I didn't have time today!
Replied by jfirebaugh on topic The deed is done! The D46U is home safely!
Hi all! Well, my second neighbor came through for me and had a friend call who actually keeps his Case backhoe and other equipment basically just 1/2 mile away! The Driver (Chuck) brought over his Peterbuilt bobtail dump and a big heavy Backhoe trailer with air brakes! After I was able to make contact with the seller that we could come Chuck came over to pick me up and we set out at 4 PM!
Everything went real smooth. We arrived at the seller's son's home where the Cat was parked. The D4 started right up and Chuck loaded it on his tilt bed while I did the transaction and received the manuals that came with the machine. Once it was tied down, off we went back down the hill for a bumpy but safe ride home. Once at home Chuck just drove off our street into my side field and reversed the process to unload. I'm paying Chuck $350 for the 44 mile move (88 miles R/T).
One pleasant surprise I got was when the D4 got up on the trailer, I discovered why the lower engine side panels are cut out at the forward mounting pads. The Cat has a skid-plate/rock guard that attaches on those mounting pads and someone got lazy and made cut outs instead of R & R the lower panels to get rock guard attached! I already knew that the lower track guards were the heaver (ribbed) ones, but I missed seeing the oil pan rock guard!
Now I have lots of work, if I have any hope of bringing her to the BSOT in less than two weeks!
John
PS I'll take and post photos tomorrow evening, as I didn't have time today!
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