Deere dozers?

[chevy94]

Just a question, do the deere dozers hold a candle to the cat dozers? or does cat pretty much own the field of dozers.

 

[TRACKHOE71]

i think everybody would agree that 450 -650 deeres are better than the cats , but anything bigger than say D6 cat has everyone beat hands down

 

[surfer-joe]

Deere dozers

I don't know that I would quite agree with TRACKHOE on the smaller Deere's being better than current small Cat's, but they were in fact superior for a long time, till Cat finally realized they had to put some real engineering into their little ones just like they did the big ones.

A lot of the old guys I knew at Cat just didn't have their hearts set on small equipment and untill they left (or died), the little units were sort of like the red-headed step child you know.

Current Deere products up to 650 are still very good in my book, even for the long run. Over that, like TRACKHOE says, Cat rules!

 

[tuney443]

i think everybody would agree that 450 -650 deeres are better than the cats , but anything bigger than say D6 cat has everyone beat hands down

X2---Been a Deere owner forever--just can't kill em--truly unbelievable.Small Cats are'nt close.

 

[chevy94]

so would it be a bad choice to choose say a deere 1050j over a cat d8?

 

[Tigerotor77W]

so would it be a bad choice to choose say a deere 1050j over a cat d8?

Not necessarily. What do you want to do with the dozer?

 

[chevy94]

nothin in particular..i was just curious cause all i see round here are cats

 

[Dozerboy]

Both the 1050 and D8 have there pros and cons it comes down to service IMO.

 

[2004F550]

450-650 go with the deere, D5N and up Cat all the way

 

[345cl]

we had a 550 jd and traded it in for a d5 last year,,its a nice machine the d5 dont get me wrong,,but id take the jd anytime over the cat,,but get into a d6 size and up and cat will go all the way ...