Inline6359
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Hopefully this thread garners a little more attention then the last two. I’m really looking for some solid input from you guys. The time has come to do a few things around the house that require a larger machine. As a buy and sell machines on the side as a hobby, I’m looking for a larger machine then I typically deal with (usually 80 size is the limit) because frankly there isn’t one around now to use and flip. (Should have kept my tb175 longer). Anyway my buddy has a Kobelco 115dzr with I believe a geith hydraulic coupler, psm hydraulic thumb, 2 and 4 foot Hendricks buckets. Both need teeth but have been hard surfaced. Machine I believe is around 9500 hours. I’m going to run the case again tomorrow then go look at the Kobelco. Off hand I know the Kobelco has one newer final drive, but the swing brake likes to drift and boom has been welded. I’ll report back with my findings after I run the case. Then the Kobelco with serial on both.
The case is a 9020b, unsure of year, I’ll have to hunt down the serial number, but it has a CNH hydraulic coupler, WBM main pin mount hydraulic thumb, and will be auctioned off with a, I believe 42” digging bucket. Machine has 8900 hours, seems tight, minimal play in the swing bearing, no welds that I saw (I’ll look again) tracks straight, cycle time on the boom and stick seems slower then I’m used to(work mode didn’t seem to change this) minimal blow by, swing brake seems to work good, as does the free swing function. I’m headed back to try to work the finals and hydraulics a little harder, and check out the rest of the cab electronics. A couple questions.
I keep seeing these 9020b’s have more then one tracking speed, how does one activate that? Where are the heater controls? All I see is the fan speeds. Anything else to look for on this machine?
And dammit, is there anyway to get rid of that funky glazing after age that seems to be on all the older case machines?
How about the Kobelco?
Sorry for the long winded post, usually I have no problem deciding if I want a machine, but this size of machine is something new to me. I don’t want stuck with a dud I can’t sell after I’m done. Or a problematic machine nobody wants.
The case is a 9020b, unsure of year, I’ll have to hunt down the serial number, but it has a CNH hydraulic coupler, WBM main pin mount hydraulic thumb, and will be auctioned off with a, I believe 42” digging bucket. Machine has 8900 hours, seems tight, minimal play in the swing bearing, no welds that I saw (I’ll look again) tracks straight, cycle time on the boom and stick seems slower then I’m used to(work mode didn’t seem to change this) minimal blow by, swing brake seems to work good, as does the free swing function. I’m headed back to try to work the finals and hydraulics a little harder, and check out the rest of the cab electronics. A couple questions.
I keep seeing these 9020b’s have more then one tracking speed, how does one activate that? Where are the heater controls? All I see is the fan speeds. Anything else to look for on this machine?
And dammit, is there anyway to get rid of that funky glazing after age that seems to be on all the older case machines?
How about the Kobelco?
Sorry for the long winded post, usually I have no problem deciding if I want a machine, but this size of machine is something new to me. I don’t want stuck with a dud I can’t sell after I’m done. Or a problematic machine nobody wants.
