My good friend has one of those beasts and he loves it uses it all the time hear is a photo of it going for a ride![]()
whats the stats on these beasts??
Good straight looking units, you must be happy with what CCM are going to release in a couple of months
275 horsepower
85000 pounds
Pure brute force!!!
There's a youtube of one went for $5k last year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxOLfF1cNec
Watch out for the steel mill loaders, every bolt on the lower half will be froze solid! The later B models had the 3406 engines where the early ones had the D343 engines.
I like the video " 983 escape plan" brand new loader!
It looks like it has a slag bucket on it and also has reinforced lift arms.[983 youtube vid]
the forestry industry here in Tasmania were mad about these machines for years using them for loading log trucks - a role now taken over by excavators and self-loading trucks.
I watched one work for a couple of hours once and was amazed at their speed and durability. And the engine sounded fantastic. Pity all the ones in Tassie are basically now worn out or scrapped.