Cat 305 CR Retread

[Underdog]

Cat 305 CR Retread
I bought this Cat 305CR recently and it needed new tracks. I used Prowler tracks found on ebay. They seem high quality, time will tell. Painted the undercarriage before putting new tracks on.


http://www.prowlertracks.com/index.htm

 

[nzpatch]

wow looks like the sheet metal needs more than a paint?! hope the new tracks give a good run for you.

 

[KSSS]

Let me guess it was a rental machine. How else could someone bang up a zero tail machine like that?

 

[nfc]

What kind of paint did you use?

 

[Underdog]

What kind of paint did you use?

I used NAPA commercial coating paint. I mix my own recipe. Sixteen 16 ounces of MH 101 acrylic hardener to one 1 gallon paint, then reduce with about 10-15% NAPA PCR10 reducer. Usually shoot with a HF 2 quart pressure pot gun set at 8-10 psi pot pressure and 40 to 60 psi air pressure at the gun.

 

[Lee-online]

What did you do to the idlers?

Paint always makes it look alot better.

 

[Underdog]

What did you do to the idlers?

Paint always makes it look alot better.

I removed them and resealed the pistons with new o rings. One side the previous owner had the idler upside down.
And yes it was a rental machine in its younger days, but I bought it right I think.

 

[caver]

Are you happy with this machine? I looked at a used one yesterday to use at my farm.

 

[RCTech9]

The paint & New Tracks make it look great!!!

 

[FUJINAMI1293]

what did those tracks cost and how are they holding up after a year