Hey thanks. Look at a 24 x 40 or an 18 x 40 for value.
Congrats GI. That thing is a beast. Especially for the money of a used one. Those things have been around long before most it's competition and they have a great reputation. I'd put it up against any $110,000 Cat any day. I always think when I'm pushing with mine and it rolls dirt over the top of the 14" guard sticking up above the bucket that the tracks aren't meant to handle this much force... and why doesn't everybody have a guard extension and mostly why don't they sell buckets like that. Good for you on the low hour tank find. Good to see you busy too.
I really want one of those metal buildings you do. We should talk. I am out growing my place and don't think I'll be here much longer than a couple more years. I want a building I can take with me. I am willing to pour the slab and take a loss when I move but I just need a dang shop bad. 20x30... maybe 30x40. I don't know really. Every time I get fired up and call places they say "oh it'll be 3 to 4 weeks or more" I'm too spontaneous for that.
Fastdirt make sure you give me a shout when you get set for your building. I will cut you a deal on a high quality building. If you could take care of the concrete that would be great. I am 6 weeks behind now on concrete work and it is nothing but rain now. It typically takes about 3 weeks or so for a crew to show up to build the building from the time of order.
The best deal is an 18' wide unit they normally run around 4 to 5 k plus concrete. A nice 24 x 40 runs about 10 k and a 30 x 50 runs 16 to 18 k depending on options.
Put the tank on another move job today. My f550 in 4 wheel drive barely would move it, so the 8 k warn winch was used. First it snapped the cable then it burnt up the winch. That was yesterday. We had to drop 2K for another warn and left the building sitting. We got 25 years out of the warn, best winches made. If we could have found the receipt they would still warranty it. But that was long ago.
The rain set in and the yard turned to slop. Down hill in a low area. The tank didn't let me down and preformed once again.
Dang good machine. I got the straight bar grosser tracks on it and they pull. They will destroy grass in about one pass. They dug in and got this building to a concrete drive so it could be loaded.
Pafarmer you are right about the ride it is rough. I use my machines in the worst conditions and I specifically look for what I consider to be the strongest, meanest thing I can get. I hate computers and plastic and I want something I can put a simple wrench on it to fix it. The case electronics are all shot now and the safeties have been by passed. The tank seems to be running strong and has no issues yet. It will do just like fast dirt said, it will roll.dirt into the cab and it will spin the tracks. I normally use it throttled down just to help.from breaking wood on the buildings. I snapped 4 boards on this one.
The cat machine sounds nice, I love their heavier iron. I feel like there Skids and loaders are not designed to last like the tank was. Cat has the most money and should have made the baddest machine out there sooner. Instead they used plastic and fiber glass rollers and charge 5k to fix just one side of the under carriage. I have seen many rental tl150's with 5000 hrs plus still pounding the pavement.
