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Morrisburg Ontario | So we went and looked at the D5M XL and found it to be in excellent condition. The tractor is a 2001 model and has 8690hours on it. We had a local dozer owner operator/friend look it over a few days ago and he said it was in excellent shape. The undercarriage is near new and the motor looks to be in excellent running shape.
Went through the 6-way blade, it is tight and at an idle picks the machine up in all functions. Transmission shifts smoothly, and over the course of the hour I ran it this morning breaking frozen dirt to try it out I got it changing directions smoothly too. STEEP LEARNING CURVE.
The tractor is plumbed for the ripper or winch attachment, as I understand it that is an expensive component and it is already installed.
The blade is 10'8" and has a new center cutting surface. Outer's are wore but still well below the blade itself. When is it time to change those?
Well, we bought the machine. Got a pretty good deal on it I think. Got a very heavy duty pin on root rake thrown in on the deal with teeth on 12" centers. Still need to find some sweeps and rear window screen for the bush work, but we now have the dozer we've been looking for.
Well I took some pics for you all. Here they are.
Warren
Pics are clickable thumbs, click to make bigger
Cab is in great shape!
What a view! LOL
It will really help make land clearing efficient when teamed up with our CX210 excavator.
Edited by farmerknowsbest 3/18/2009 00:36
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Purchased a Cat D5M XL dozer today (pics) 56k friendly
