John Canfield
Senior Member
We have a small place in Texas (30 acres) with lots of limestone (and a little topsoil here 'n there!) I need to drive the fence line in my mini-truck, but some of the area is pretty rocky and tough on my rear-end and the truck. I've tried to move some of the largest rocks out of the way with my little 30 horse Kubota loader and box blade, but it's an exercise in futility. I've spent half a day making a 50' path for the truck :Banghead
There is a late 1970s Case 450 with about 300 hours on a frame-out engine overhaul and supposedly good UC and running gear (and a 6-way.) I'll bet I could pick this little guy up for around 10K (or it would be no-deal for me.)
I realize large is good, small is not good when trying to push stuff around, so I'm attempting to do research to determine if the little 450 (~11,000 pounds) would be useful for my intended purpose. Nothing would be worse than getting the 450 and discovering it's only marginally better than my Kubota for moving rock.
Speaking of rock - the limestone rock is mostly loose with zillions of boulders up to maybe three feet in diameter. Many are like icebergs - 90% of the mass is buried.
It would be nice to have a dozer to keep my roads in good condition, but the box blade does an okay job of that - not great, but okay (hmm - maybe the operator?)
I would covet opinions of those with small dozer experience in limestone rock!
Thanks guys,
John
There is a late 1970s Case 450 with about 300 hours on a frame-out engine overhaul and supposedly good UC and running gear (and a 6-way.) I'll bet I could pick this little guy up for around 10K (or it would be no-deal for me.)
I realize large is good, small is not good when trying to push stuff around, so I'm attempting to do research to determine if the little 450 (~11,000 pounds) would be useful for my intended purpose. Nothing would be worse than getting the 450 and discovering it's only marginally better than my Kubota for moving rock.
Speaking of rock - the limestone rock is mostly loose with zillions of boulders up to maybe three feet in diameter. Many are like icebergs - 90% of the mass is buried.
It would be nice to have a dozer to keep my roads in good condition, but the box blade does an okay job of that - not great, but okay (hmm - maybe the operator?)
I would covet opinions of those with small dozer experience in limestone rock!
Thanks guys,
John