Anyone here ever run one? They look like they could do some serious work. I like the fact that they are 4 wheel drive and have a dozer blade in front. A friend of mine ran the power unit pulling roller choppers to knock down brush throughout his 5000 acre ranch down here and he said it was the ultimate heavy equipment driving experience of his life. He said that when he got under load with both roller choppers behind him and full of water, all four tires started to spin and the engine didnt even lug down at all. I'm pretty sure this is the machine he had at his place when I saw it there. He owns 3 oldschool D9's, so he's no stranger to heavy equipment. He told me these were made for the military and are nearly indescructible. I'm looking for a second scraper and found one of these on ebay for 40k. It is a 20 yard machine. Also, there is a site dedicated to these machines called www.clark290m.com They seem to have access to parts and info on these. There's a place down the road from me that has 2 of these machines (just the tractor, no bowl) for dirt cheap. They have cummins engines in them. Any thoughts?
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