Cat 225 pics

[Rockbreaker]

I do agree to about the front window system :drinkup
Easy to use and you got the front completly open that one ( if lucky two)
day in the year when the sun is up and it is good and hot:cool2

And welding of the boom i can remeber we did on the 225 too

 

[RonG]

I got a good thump on the head just one time from that cussed window and I think they were both stored but my head is harder than most and I survived it.I agree that it was my fault as well.
I saw the results of the bottom pin working its way out of the boom on a different machine and the boom layed over on the cab.I ran the machine in the winter with no window before they got it repaired.Ron G

 

[Burnout]

Ha ha boom issues on the 200's, last summer we had a 77 model 245 shipped out to our site when the 330 went down. She only had 4000hrs on the hour meter (that time around). We used that old beast for a week or so until the pin walked 3/4 of the way out of the boom/stick joint and we parked her. The mechanics came out layed the stick down in a sand pile with intentions to fix it. About 2 weeks later they finally hauled the hoe away but left us the stick and bucket in the sand pile. They ended up bringing us an even older nastier 245 that swung all by itself. It took about 2 days for them to bring our 245 back, and both of em got parked side by side and they switched the boom and stick over to the good one. I drove by a couple weeks ago, the spare stick is still laying in a sand pile on that job site.

Everyone on site dispised that 245 but I loved it. That is a quick machine, much faster than a 385 and much more fun to run. That has been dubbed my machine on account no one else will sit in it.

 

[992G]

Also on the early 200 series, while digging if you wanted a little more boom up power, you would press down on both pedals. This turned into a option called the increased lift capacity option on later model 200 series.

 

[wormkiller]

The good ol, not so old days. I spent a little time on these models, what a well thought out cab, lots of stretch room, good grab irons, big space behind seat for lunch pail and the instrument cluster made a good cupholder on top. Was it just me or did a 225blc have the hardest seat bottom? Like the D8h the 225 has to be noted as a "classic" imo. I was lucky to cut my first teeth on my dads 215s and 225.

 

[992G]

Some pics of the front shovel arrangment for the 235 & 245.

 

[Rockbreaker]

231

Great pics 992G:drinkup

Have anyone operated this beaty?
Undercarrige from 235 and top from 225 made the model 229 first and then it was renamed to 231.
Had a V8 engine (3208) About zero tail and long working range.

Was on a job where a contractor had one of these and i think it was a very good machine.
But that is just my :my2c

Found some pics so you can make op your one mind about it

 

[Lashlander]

I've never heard of it.

 

[72V]

229

An outfit I worked for had one set up as a roadbuilder. The only thing I remember about it was the day the 3208 blew up. It was replaced by a 900 Thunderbird.

 

[Lashlander]

I forgot I do have a few pictures of a 225. This is one we used a little in Akutan. The processor owns it and its in really nice shape!

 

[Rockbreaker]

Thanks Lashlander,that seem to be one very well treted 225

Almost as good as the 345 maybe

 

[CAT245ME]

From CAT 245ME

Is ther anybody out there who has pics of this great machines?
Seen around here and its not much of them here.
So if you have pics or stories of the 225 so bring them onopcorn

Well I dont believe it, the 225, my little brother.

Actually there is two of these ol Cats near me, the first is from the late 80's (I think) that sits by a saw mill all painted up & lookin nice.

The second belongs to a small company, this machine is from the 70's cause it has the funny shaped cab on it and is used for rock breaking.

I know one large saw mill has close by has a 235 that is used for clean up around the mill.

And lastly my employer has a 245B ME with the shovel boom on her, I think she has around 25000 hours on the meter and sees everyday use for about 8 months of the year in the quarry.

 

[AtlasRob]

funny shaped cab

The second belongs to a small company, this machine is from the 70's cause it has the funny shaped cab on it and is used for rock breaking.

Did the cab get to be a funny shape due to the rock breaking, in UK we use breakers. :Banghead

Only teasing CAT245ME, my first big seat was a Cat 245 backacter on a muckshifting job, there was another 245 with a shorter arm and boom ( prior to ME spec, were talking 1977 ) and a face shovel, all with the funny shaped cab along with 12 769 trucks.

I got into that 245 from a Poclain 75 (about 18t) and it was like I was in a dragline the bucket was so far away I still remember the tinted windows :cool2

 

[bluemeate]

Some pics of the front shovel arrangment for the 235 & 245.

they make a production scale model of 1 of those for kinda cheap, dont they?

 

[PETE379]

Yes, NZG made a 245 hoe and shovel, didnt have funny cab though, can find on ebay.

 

[928G Boy]

typical 225 operators that theres the only 225 i have ever ran.

 

[Lashlander]

Thats one of them Canadian Coneheads eh?

 

[CascadeScaper]

Good 'ol Canucks, always good for a laugh :drinkup

 

[AtlasRob]

models

Somewhere buried in the loft is a model 245 back scratcher with the funny cab, cant remember if I got the face shovel, think its an NZG, even has spreadable tracks one screw each side, not like the original serious exercise in them days :Banghead. See if I'm allowed to dig them out for a photo shoot. lol

 

[wormkiller]

231's were a hybred 235 bottom/225 house. Used around here at some landfills mainly for the long life on oversized undercarrige. Good for lots of tracking around onsite. BFI owned the one I ran, it was optioned out which made it anice machine in '94. Were all 200's built in Belgium? Every one I've been on seemed to.