[Tellyshavilli]

These machines were very popular in the early to mid 70s . We bought a 977 in 1985 redoing the Buffalo small boat harbor construction job , good machine for loading and it had a side dump for pipeline work over the years. Brought it home for a few weeks and used it to cut about 2 miles of trails in my property here ,thankfully the bucket had 1’ teeth on it .I was able to rip up roots brush what not . Also would take just about any trees down that we’re in the way due to its power and weight ,then take about a foot of topsoil out ,very difficult to grade with it since the bucket doesn’t tilt , got rid of it in late 90s. It did its job and became obsolete with all the rubber tired articulating loaders.