.RC.
Senior Member
This turned up this week. It is an upgrade from our D4D.
Has air cab that works, it is a PC engine. Has obviously done quite a bit of work. The blade linkages all need work as there is a fair bit of slop. Undercarriage is in quite good order. I would say the SALT links are 70%. Grousers 90%+ and the bottom roller the same. Rippers could do with a line bore but will suffice for the time being.
Strange thing is it has a modern S/N plate attached
New radiator and 90% of the hoses are new. One F/D has had work by the gasket goo around the case and the transmission has a new coat of paint on it so it has been out at some point. Seems to run quite fine. Changes gear nicely. Put a magnet on a stick in the F/D compartments and not even any big chunks of gear teeth, not even any grey fuzz. No major oil leaks. Just a few weeps. One lift ram needs resealing, although sadly the chrome is in excellent condition except for one tiny spot.
Even came with a dent on the muffler. Some of the glass screens have been replaced with perspex which I know will not last long due to scratches, it will soon not be visible to look through.
All in all it seems a decent machine for something ~40 years old and been used. I would have liked something newer quite new was well out of the budget and something from the 2000 period would be full of electronics on their way out. I am of the opinion the D6D would probably be one of the most common older models with the best parts availability, given they were still making a variant of it until just a few years ago.
Has air cab that works, it is a PC engine. Has obviously done quite a bit of work. The blade linkages all need work as there is a fair bit of slop. Undercarriage is in quite good order. I would say the SALT links are 70%. Grousers 90%+ and the bottom roller the same. Rippers could do with a line bore but will suffice for the time being.
Strange thing is it has a modern S/N plate attached
New radiator and 90% of the hoses are new. One F/D has had work by the gasket goo around the case and the transmission has a new coat of paint on it so it has been out at some point. Seems to run quite fine. Changes gear nicely. Put a magnet on a stick in the F/D compartments and not even any big chunks of gear teeth, not even any grey fuzz. No major oil leaks. Just a few weeps. One lift ram needs resealing, although sadly the chrome is in excellent condition except for one tiny spot.
Even came with a dent on the muffler. Some of the glass screens have been replaced with perspex which I know will not last long due to scratches, it will soon not be visible to look through.
All in all it seems a decent machine for something ~40 years old and been used. I would have liked something newer quite new was well out of the budget and something from the 2000 period would be full of electronics on their way out. I am of the opinion the D6D would probably be one of the most common older models with the best parts availability, given they were still making a variant of it until just a few years ago.