[MarkS57]

Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

Didn't you already rescue a piece like this in the past year or two , on here ?

Potential Vintage Cat D7 Dozer Rescue - Have I Lost My Freaking Mind???
https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=870928

Originally Posted by b-man

But it’s always good to be prepared…..someday you might need a killdozer and won’t have one handy…..

Yes he did. Didn't keep the D7, we'll see with this one.

Anyway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3y-SRsNPI

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Originally Posted by MarkS57

Yes he did. Didn't keep the D7, we'll see with this one.

Anyway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3y-SRsNPI

I actually never bought the D7. Just got it running and driving again and walked away from the deal. It needed about $25k in parts just to get it to where it could do some real work again and I wasn't interested in signing up for that.

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Sent it down the road. I learned a lot, made a few new friends, gained valuable experience, and broke even. It's all good.

Scott

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

I've done a lot of VW diesel engine stuff, but never laid a finger on one of those monsters.
That really was a lot of good experience Scott.
I've watched quite a bit of Sparkz Recovery YouTubes after seeing yours.

Glad you managed to break even.

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Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin

I've done a lot of VW diesel engine stuff, but never laid a finger on one of those monsters.
That really was a lot of good experience Scott.
I've watched quite a bit of Sparkz Recovery YouTubes after seeing yours.

Glad you managed to break even.

BVZ - If I hadn't broken even, I'd be fine with it, but it was nice to have some $ in my pocket after the 977 departed. Used the funds to get my 20' x 50' shop close to being ready to work.

FYI - I've watched some of the Heavy D Sparks, but prefer Matt at Diesel Creek - https://www.youtube.com/@DieselCreek/videos

Thanks,

Scott

[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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

Great machine for taking down trees. Sounds like you got your money's worth out of it.