Got a call today...

Guy asked if I would travel to a town that's about 2 hours from me. I said possibly, then asked what he had.

2 D9 Cats

A Bronco

and..."a bunch of metal".

I asked what he thought the Cats weighed. He tells me about 9,000, but one is complete, the other is for parts. The weight seemed light from what little I knew about Cat dozers.

I asked how much he wanted for it.

He asked what I'd give for it.

I prefer people throw their number first, but he wouldn't. Went round and round for a bit. Then I said I would have to figure up some numbers and get back to him.

Later I looked up D9 specs, and just as I thought, there is no way I can move this equipment - just too massive. 100,000 plus lbs.* Far too heavy for any trucks and trailers I have access to.

I am thinking about maybe brokering a deal with him where I list it online, and we split the proceeds. Not sure if he would go for that. He wouldn't give me a location until I gave him a price. I didn't think to ask for pics. That would have helped.

One machine was running when he parked it, and the other is being cannibalized from what I understood, but that it could be a running machine again.

At bare minimum I am thinking a lowboy, but I don't know if the running machine will push the dead machine onto a lowboy.

Any other thoughts/suggestions?

I hate telling people I can't help them out, but this very well could be bigger than I can handle.




*Hoss, if you read this, that earlier weight I gave you was way off. I was looking at the wrong D Cat.

Drive one home and pull the other one behind you !!!

Originally Posted by Dumpster Dee

Drive one home and pull the other one behind you !!!

LOL. Specs I found show a top speed of 7 miles an hour.....110 miles away...hmm I think it could work!

Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

What I would do is call a Local Scrap yard in his Area and tell them what you have and ask for a Price. Then Quote him the Price from what the Scrap yard Quoted you. And If he says Deal Take a Trip there and Scope it out And if All is good get on your Cell and call they Yard to come pick it up.

But what do i Know

Closest yard is 1 1/2 hours out. Could still be feasible. Sounds like there is a lot of weight here.

However, I am thinking a yard would have trouble picking up a Cat, unless they have a lowboy and I am not aware of any yards around here that does.

If you could get the one running you would probably make out like a bandit. I would do a little research on equipment auction sites and find out what a non-running D9 sells for, I'm sure you could get more than scrap price for it. Parts for a Cat Dozer are expensive.

That's what I was thinking by brokering it. List it with IronPlanet, Ritchie Bros or some other heavy equipment site.

I'll sleep on it and call the guy tomorrow.

do you have a place to store them for parting?

Originally Posted by bluemeate

do you have a place to store them for parting?

Space wouldn't be an issue. I have a piece of land I would store them on. It's the lack of cash to buy them, plus transport fees.