pfi572
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Good production dozer on her . Looks like undercarriage is getting down ?
For your dozer needs
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Good production dozer on her . Looks like undercarriage is getting down ?
SnowJunkie82
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The cosmetics look pretty good. If your going to spend money and time on paint I would suggest waiting until you are ready to sell it. I would however cut the the corks off the tracks. It is unlikely you will need them and they are hard on trailers and typically add stress on the rails, rollers and idlers.
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Looks good
A question Dean, why not a high drive?
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nice machine!!
LBZ
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And having to work on them. I fn hate Komatsu dozers. Most ignorant things I’ve ever touched. At least the newer ones are.
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007sevens
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Good question, Caterpillar is probably the better machine but Komatsu may be cheaper to fix. However The Komatsu is a cheaper machine to buy. The D8's are heavy and expensive to haul around and this makes the D7 sought after and as such they sell on the higher side. The Komatsu is a decent machine for what I need and equivalent to a D7 or maybe a slight bit bigger at a reasonable price.
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007sevens
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lots of bad dealers out there. I have time on my side and if its down for a week or two its not the end of my world. This is just a supplementary machine and not necessary to my operation.
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007sevens
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Why do you say that?? What do they do as manufactures that makes them a PITA
LBZ
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For some reason Komatsu seems to like to place the most common pieces that fail in a place that requires disassembly of half the machine. Especially in cab parts. Changing a joystick in a Cat is much more easy than in a 375 komatsu for instance.
You might be ok with yours as it’s a bit older and it’s not being used as an industrial use machine; so long as the maintenance was kept up. I’ve seen a lot of premature undercarriage failures on komatsu as opposed to other brands. Best of luck with your new toy.
You might be ok with yours as it’s a bit older and it’s not being used as an industrial use machine; so long as the maintenance was kept up. I’ve seen a lot of premature undercarriage failures on komatsu as opposed to other brands. Best of luck with your new toy.
I don't own anything Komatsu, just Takeuchi where SMS took over as dealer. I swear I stock more stocks then them. They keep using the excuse that they just became the dealer (like a year ago). It's a joke. And to order any parts even ground, you have to pay shipping. Never have that at Brandt, Strongco, etc.
Easier if the machine can go down for a bit. Last week I blew a fan belt, called them assuming they'd stock something so minor right? Nope. No part numbers or any information to source otherwise either. And they have a fleet of rental units the same as mine. So I end up having to guess and get it elsewhere, so I end up taking it apart twice because I got the size a bit off. They don't even stock all the regular filters like oil, fuel, hydraulic, etc. Absolutely pathetic. I had considered buying one of their CTL's thinking SMS as a dealer would be an improvement, but it was a massive step down and not a chance will I ever buy another piece of equipment SMS is the dealer for.
As far as Komatsu, I considered their hoe's, but I just couldn't stand how they operated. Ran multiple one's and just hated them so much.
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