Nitelite
Senior Member
All of my life I have wanted a bulldozer. I am now 64 years old and the day will finally come. Tomorrow I am going to purchase a Cat D 4 E with a wench and a PAT blade, sweeps, ROPS and screens. It has been sitting inside for 20 years. It was only ran just enough to keep it operational. It has 4500 on the hour meter. The owner and his son bought two of them, just alike, 20 years ago from Weyerhauser. The father never used his and he died just recently. His son, who owns the one just like it just had the lift cylinders rebuilt, one glow plug replaced, the injector pump rebuilt, all fluids checked, oil and filters changed, some hydraulic hoses replaced, and oil samples taken and analyzed. Thompson Machinery did the work on it. UC is 95%. It is only 25 miles from my farm so the haul bill will be minimal and the price for the machine is $15,000. I will take a trusted Cat dozer mechanic with me to operate and confirm the condition of the machine before I pay.
I am in Tennessee and have 35 acres of hills and hollows. Stumps to remove, fence rows to clean out. I also have a 1acre lake to drain and clean out. The lake has about 4 feet of sediment that has accumulated over the last 30 years, below the sediment is a solid rock bottom. I know that a loader would be better for that job but it is what it is. I also have a 50 hp tractor with a loader and will consider buying an old dump truck for that job.
The size of the PAT blade bothers me. It is not very tall and is much wider than the dozer. Is that a problem or am I worrying about nothing. I have never operated before and it could be that it is just a matter of what you start out on and what you get used to.
I also would like to dig up some yellow rock to use in building a retaining wall. Will the PAT blade hold up to digging yellow rock?
I tried to add pictures but I had no success. I think that my pictures are too large. In another post on this forum there is a picture of a d4e that is hooked to a scraper. It was recently bought at an auction. That dozer is exactly like mine.
More after I get it home.
I am in Tennessee and have 35 acres of hills and hollows. Stumps to remove, fence rows to clean out. I also have a 1acre lake to drain and clean out. The lake has about 4 feet of sediment that has accumulated over the last 30 years, below the sediment is a solid rock bottom. I know that a loader would be better for that job but it is what it is. I also have a 50 hp tractor with a loader and will consider buying an old dump truck for that job.
The size of the PAT blade bothers me. It is not very tall and is much wider than the dozer. Is that a problem or am I worrying about nothing. I have never operated before and it could be that it is just a matter of what you start out on and what you get used to.
I also would like to dig up some yellow rock to use in building a retaining wall. Will the PAT blade hold up to digging yellow rock?
I tried to add pictures but I had no success. I think that my pictures are too large. In another post on this forum there is a picture of a d4e that is hooked to a scraper. It was recently bought at an auction. That dozer is exactly like mine.
More after I get it home.
