deere 160clc

[Super Steve]

hey guys, im new to the board and had a few questions about a machine me and my dad have been looking into buying. its an 07 john deere 160clc with 347 original hours on it. my question is did these machines come with a switch to go from cat controls to jd? also anybody around these forums run this machine? ups? downs?

ohh and i had a question about machines in general, i was wondering how to tell if it is a gray market machine or an american one? we rented a gray market komatsu once and all the wrighting was in japanese is that the only way to tell?

thanks guys i appreciate the help

[Super Steve]

heres some pics of the 160

[T_S_S]

Ive had some time on the 160clc great machine. How much is the machine going for? What will you guys be using it for? I believe that there should be a switch to change the style of controls. Why not just learn cat controls? (most, not all) machines are cat style controls. I would ask the dealer how much to plumb the machine and add a quick coupler. We have a jcb 160 machine with plumbing and q/c and i must say that we have been able to do so much more work, and work so much more efficently beacause of this. The extra coin that it cost's will more then pay for its self.

[Super Steve]

we are going to be using the machine to dig foundations and trenches ect. we build houses and have been either renting machines or having someone else do all the site work, we have a dozer and backhoe too and have done yards only with those but for digging the cellars nothing beats the excavator. eventually i want to switch from building houses to only doing sitework so when my father goes to retire i will buy all the machines off him and start up my own business (thats the plan... a ways down the road)

as for the controls i want to learn the cat controls but i need it to be set for the deere controls so when i work it will be more effiecnt and safe but i want to learn the other way... not to mention my dad has been using the deere controls for the past 30 years so its kinda hard for him to break the habbit

the machine is goin for 85,000

[Dirtman2007]

Oh that 160 brings back a bad memory for me.
http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/...ere+fire+burnt

[Super Steve]

so what caught on fire the machine? ever find out what from?

scratch that just read the rest of the post... man that sucks

[CascadeScaper]

Gray market Deere's don't exist, they are not sold anywhere else but the US. Hitachi is the global supplier for excavators outside of the US between Deere and Hitachi, it's a deal they have between them in their partnership.

[T_S_S]

$85,000 for that machine with 347 hours looks to be a pretty good deal

[Super Steve]

thats what we thought so we jumped... super tight and clean

[T_S_S]

did you buy her?

[dist3]

Seems like a great buy at that price!

[Super Steve]

yah we bought her... bringin her home next week sometime if we dont get another storm

heres some more...

[johnnymack]

That is a nice machine. I had looked at that machine and was thinking of buying it but i found a cat 318 at the same price with the same hours and year,so i taught the cat was a better deal.

[coopers]

Good buy Super Steve,

That's a beautiful machine. They're smooth machines. The CAT/DEERE control switch is in the engine compartment on the left side. There's a pic of a backhoe and excavator.

[mowzall]

happy new excavator!

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