Im thinking of pulling the trigger on an old 955l for use around the farm. The machine im looking at has had the same owner since 2002 and he kept it in a barn and kept up on the maintenance and has the manual. He put about 700 hours on it. Before he bought it it had new undercarrage and final drives done, so that is all good.
The main issue is he thinks it needs new steering clutches, i dont think it does from his discription though. It has power just fine to the tracks, it just wont turn right. He says when you dig the bucket in and throttle up both tracks spin. Im thinking its just a brake or brake linkage problem. He already tried adjusting the brake but that didnt fix it.
Another issue is that he says it goes through a quart or so of oil if used for 8 hours. It doesnt burn black smoke out the exaust though. Possible leak or slowly burning it? Is some oil consumption ok? Not sure the hours on the motor, he said the meter was broke.
Price is $10,000
The main issue is he thinks it needs new steering clutches, i dont think it does from his discription though. It has power just fine to the tracks, it just wont turn right. He says when you dig the bucket in and throttle up both tracks spin. Im thinking its just a brake or brake linkage problem. He already tried adjusting the brake but that didnt fix it.
Another issue is that he says it goes through a quart or so of oil if used for 8 hours. It doesnt burn black smoke out the exaust though. Possible leak or slowly burning it? Is some oil consumption ok? Not sure the hours on the motor, he said the meter was broke.
Price is $10,000