Hi all,
I feel like I'm moving too fast here, but I know these things will disappear if I don't move quickly. I have yet to actually sit in an industrial machine, and it seems irresponsible to jump at the first one, but this checks my boxes: a local 1999 CAT 426 with 3k, 4wd, 4/1 bucket, looks clean. Price is $26k from an equipment dealer. Seems like a good deal, on paper. I think the year makes it a "C", but I also see "C IT" on ads...not sure what the IT is.
That said - I've looked at the forums and I'm confident that CATs are good machines overall, but is there anything specific which I should focus on for this machine? Any concerns about high prices for repair parts (worse than Deere, Case, etc)? Harder/easier to work on? There is a CAT dealer the same distance as every other dealer, so no difference there.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Don
For reference, some other typical options a bit farther away are:
1995 JD 410D 4wd, 6k - $24.5k
2005 NH LB75 4wd, 6k - $26k
I feel like I'm moving too fast here, but I know these things will disappear if I don't move quickly. I have yet to actually sit in an industrial machine, and it seems irresponsible to jump at the first one, but this checks my boxes: a local 1999 CAT 426 with 3k, 4wd, 4/1 bucket, looks clean. Price is $26k from an equipment dealer. Seems like a good deal, on paper. I think the year makes it a "C", but I also see "C IT" on ads...not sure what the IT is.
That said - I've looked at the forums and I'm confident that CATs are good machines overall, but is there anything specific which I should focus on for this machine? Any concerns about high prices for repair parts (worse than Deere, Case, etc)? Harder/easier to work on? There is a CAT dealer the same distance as every other dealer, so no difference there.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Don
For reference, some other typical options a bit farther away are:
1995 JD 410D 4wd, 6k - $24.5k
2005 NH LB75 4wd, 6k - $26k
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