slwbid
Well-Known Member
I need shop manual for cat 311b.
Thanks
Stacy Whetzell
Thanks
Stacy Whetzell
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service manual shop manual for cat 311b
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Nige
Senior Member
Try here. Genuine Cat manuals available online ......... https://servicemanualpro.com/
The other option is places like eBay but people are now realising what these things cost new and so bagging a bargain in terms of price is becoming more uncommon.
The other option is places like eBay but people are now realising what these things cost new and so bagging a bargain in terms of price is becoming more uncommon.
Nige
Senior Member
There is nothing on eBay right now for a 311B, but the Service Manuals that are there are all priced at $500+ which is exactly the same price as a brand new one from ServiceManualPro. As I said before sellers have realised how these manuals are priced and the days of bargains are long gone. To me it seems strange that someone who will invest tens of thousands of dollars in a buying a machine then jibs at paying $500 (less than 5 hours of dealer labour at today's prices) for the manual required to maintain it........go figure.
slwbid
Well-Known Member
I agree about the manuals. worth the money.
My dad and I bought our first dozer used. A d4 cat, 40n series. We bought in 1973. think it was an early 60s year model. We spent $179 on a manual. That was an arm and leg back then. If memory serves, shop time was $20 per hour and that is what we charged for dozing work. It seemed like highway robbery. Was best money we ever spent. we rebuilt the final drive (twice), did a head job, adjusted the oil clutch numerous time, and did all sorts of other work on it, that would have been impossible for use,without the manual. We wore the dozer out 3 times over, and I finally ran it to destruction and sold for scrap iron in 2012. It would have been scrap metal 10 years after we got it, had it not been for the shop manual we bought!
My dad and I bought our first dozer used. A d4 cat, 40n series. We bought in 1973. think it was an early 60s year model. We spent $179 on a manual. That was an arm and leg back then. If memory serves, shop time was $20 per hour and that is what we charged for dozing work. It seemed like highway robbery. Was best money we ever spent. we rebuilt the final drive (twice), did a head job, adjusted the oil clutch numerous time, and did all sorts of other work on it, that would have been impossible for use,without the manual. We wore the dozer out 3 times over, and I finally ran it to destruction and sold for scrap iron in 2012. It would have been scrap metal 10 years after we got it, had it not been for the shop manual we bought!