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    Caterpillar 931 tracked loader

    Nice piece recently seen at an auction place. This is maybe rather a machine for a museum or as exhibit for a machine dealer than for bringit it back to work. We guess even for this machine CAT will still have parts for sale. Inspection of used track type loaders, track type dozers and any...
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    Caterpillar® TA1 & TA2 inspections, what is it good for?

    What for is a TA1 or TA2 required? Is there a better solution for buyers of used Caterpillar machines? Description: The TA-1 is more or less just a visual inspection of equipment and not very useful to evaluate the necessary repairs on a machine. For a TA-2 report are several special tools...
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    diagnostic software questions

    The cheapest way to get a working CAT-ET is buying from China including a refurbished laptop. There are providers on Alibaba selling the same stuff you would purchase from another source for double price. Some CAT dealers might sell "customer versions". It is some kind of "read-only" CAT-ET. To...
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    Why this Caterpillar 972H loader is hard to start?

    Lack of maintenance is shortening machine life time Sometimes we wonder what operators do and how they are trained by employer. Recently we inspected a CAT 972H wheel loader. The air filter element was totally sucked with lime powder. The engine was hard to start and running with low...
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    Scammer websites for used machinery

    Next scammer website detected for used machinery. Do not send any money! We found another website of a scammer. Please do not send any money to these guys! The domain is hosted in China. The UK company AWA does exist but is not a machinery dealer. There are no machines for sale...
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    Faked CAT 140H grader from China

    Self-made "CAT" grader from China. It seems they copy everything. We have been ordered to inspect a Caterpillar 140H grader in Shanghai. After one minute on site we could see already this machine is not a Caterpillar at all. We know about the feature-reduced machines from China for the Asian...
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    What parts where down the quickest on your excavation machinery?

    GET might be the first worn parts. But we have seen several Cat 320s' and 323s' recrently with worn track bushings and rollers due far too tight chaines.The picture is from a 320DL with 3600 hours. It means also it is very much depending on operator and service staff capabilities.
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    Help on Choosing Heavy Equipment

    Manufacturer depends very much on spare parts availability. If you want to go with an excavator Komatsu or CAT should be a good choice. For backhoe loader I would go with a CAT or JCB.
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    Do you know how to start a backhoe loader?

    We thought we know how to start a CAT backhoe loader. Early this year a Mevas Equipment Inspector appraised a caterpillar backhoe loader in the Czech Republik. We had to learn a new lesson. Have a look to our movie at Youtube and I am sure you will smile at least. (The English is not perfect as...
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    Help on Choosing Heavy Equipment

    If I would be in your shoes I would rather start a business in a field where I am already in or where I have some experience. There is probably a much better chance if you buy a service car and offer repairs in the field for contractors. There is a lack of experienced mechanics in many places in...
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    Old Bucyrus Erie crane

    We have inspected this year a nice piece: http://baumaschinengutachten.blogspot.de/2012/03/ruston-bucyrus-crane-inspected.html regards from Germany www.mevas.eu
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    D6R info needed

    Iowan, if you find a unit and you think it is worth the asked money you should look at first to the undercarriage condition. The U/C is 30% of the whole value. Then you should run a stall-test. This way you find a lot of info about condition of engine, torque and transmission. We have seen 6Rs'...
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    O&k- WHEEL LOADER model L15.5 FROM 2002

    This might be difficult to get even here in the country where it was built. I guess it would be necessary to contact a dealer. I could post the question here in a local forum in Germany. Would you be ready to pay for it? regards Wolfgang www.mevas.eu
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    Aftermarket Undercarriage Value

    We inspect about 80 used CAT dozers a year including undercarriage measurement. Most "used" buyers will even not recognize they are buying a non OEM undercarriage except someone tells'em. But when we valuate undercarriage remaining life we always go 10-20% beneath CAT values for non-OEM...
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