jasonharville
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
I see there are some Komatsu dozer enthusiasts/experts on this forum so I have a few questions I hope someone can answer. I'm going to look at a d65 this week and I'm already growing a bit concerned by lack of information and parts availability online. Despite that, I see some positive endorsements on this forum for the D65e-6 series and the price definitely seems like a good deal for the one I'm looking at. I'm going to add some pictures but hoping someone can answer the following questions:
*Can anyone tell the year by the model serial in the picture below?
*I'm seeing some listings online for D65e-6b that claim to be late 80's/early 90's models? Were they really produced that recently? Most D65e's seem to be late 70's to early 80's.
*Will a Komatsu dealer be able to sell me a service manual for this model? I'm not seeing any listed on ebay atm.
*Any typical failure points on these machines I should be looking for when I test drive aside from normal and/or do you spot any major red flags from pics? (yes, I know there are some grousers and rock guards to replace ;-) )
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Excited to be a forum member! I'll defintely be purchasing some iron soon whether its this machine or not!
I see there are some Komatsu dozer enthusiasts/experts on this forum so I have a few questions I hope someone can answer. I'm going to look at a d65 this week and I'm already growing a bit concerned by lack of information and parts availability online. Despite that, I see some positive endorsements on this forum for the D65e-6 series and the price definitely seems like a good deal for the one I'm looking at. I'm going to add some pictures but hoping someone can answer the following questions:
*Can anyone tell the year by the model serial in the picture below?
*I'm seeing some listings online for D65e-6b that claim to be late 80's/early 90's models? Were they really produced that recently? Most D65e's seem to be late 70's to early 80's.
*Will a Komatsu dealer be able to sell me a service manual for this model? I'm not seeing any listed on ebay atm.
*Any typical failure points on these machines I should be looking for when I test drive aside from normal and/or do you spot any major red flags from pics? (yes, I know there are some grousers and rock guards to replace ;-) )
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Excited to be a forum member! I'll defintely be purchasing some iron soon whether its this machine or not!
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