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- Thread starter Grantc
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DB2
Senior Member
I’m sorry I forgot you had said that.
Shimmy1
Senior Member
Still sounds a little too good. You'd think something as simple as a linkage problem wouldn't send a machine to the salvage yard....
I'm not trying to pour cold water on you here, lol. We stole a 7G last summer, but a 7H at the same sale brought more than your 9R. Was the machine represented as "non-functioning" for the sale? If so, you might have hit a home run.
Ya I about crapped my pants when I found the likage missing a bolt .it has a spring in the cable on the trans end, so if the pedal isnt connected to pull it back. It fails on.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
I'd say you got a great deal if the other bidders and/or the sellers never noticed the missing bolt! I wonder what kind of service people the owners of the machine had... technicians??? Couldn't find a code for a bolt that fell out!
It is at a really secure facility that is on a island .they didn't allow preview. And a cat mechanic is who told them it was the tranny.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
Exactly, a technician that only knows how to hook up a lap top and read codes. When did you find the missing bolt, before you bid or after? Did you tell the sellers or just fix it and drive it on the trailer? They should be having a serious talk with their Cat Dealer/wanna be mechanic. That bolt potentially cost them half the price of the machine or more. The loaders going for so cheap is another reason to allow previews. People think no preview means there's something majorly wrong with the machines.
I found the bolt missing after I bought it. It was online auction . I think they thought I was gonna cut it up and haul it out. Instead,5 hours of putting the shafts back in and putting the planets back together, and I was loading it on the trailer .I spent 10 times as long jumping through all the hoops to get on the island and go through all the saftey and security stuff just to get it out of there.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
Did they say anything when you were fixing it or drove it on the trailer?
Shimmy1
Senior Member
I know you said a steel mill, but I have to wonder if it is usually this inaccessible at these places? Obviously, management did not care about how things looked on paper, why? Is the mill getting ready to close the doors, or are they making so much bank from contracts that they just don't care? Island location, high security, no preview, this sounds like a government thing to me.
Not really .just kind of a pain in the but, gotta schedule ahead of time the days and times. Give them names that will be there, and get all approved .Had to go down there 5 times to get it all buttoned up and ready to ship back home .
Welder Dave
Senior Member
Well worth the trouble! You could double your money or more pretty easily I think. Like was said, maybe spend 8-10K getting it cleaned up and painted and sell it for over 100K. The loaders sound like an even better deal. Did they run and operate properly?
They drove them outta the gate I was told.
Bit of a larf , they might not have said much but bet they were thinking a bit . Always pays to check the cheap bits first . They may have a box of spare injectors waiting for you phone call . You sure it was a steelmill ? sounds more like a bunny farm .
satkinson
Well-Known Member
Keep it just change engine oil and filter every 200 hrs, we halfed heui failures on c9s when we went on 200 hrs oil changes, it has cost implications but definitely the cheapest way to go in the long run.