Hey guys,
I just bought a couple acres of land I'll be buliding on and was thinking about buying something to help out with putting in the septic, electric, etc. I found an early 70s 580 ck; which I believe is a B, with loader and backhoe. Its the 188 diesel with the 4 speed shuttle. Looking at the pictures on-line it looks really clean and probably has fresh paint. The ad says the brakes need some work, a couple cylinders are leaking, and maybe a few other small leaks; The guy says it runs great overall. The tires look like they're getting a bit low on tread maybe and he said they are getting dry as well. Hoses were replaced as necessary and it has a new hydraulic pump.
My questions are
1. What are the problem areas I should watch out for on these? I was doing some searching around here and didn't see too much that alarmed me.
2. Assuming the brakes have to be redone; roughly how much would the parts be?
3. Are the cylinders easy to rebuild?
4. Are parts readily available all around?
He also has the manuals and service guides for it I believe. I'd try to do all the work I can myself.
He's asking $4,500 for it; does this seem like a reasonable price for what I described above at this point? It sounded like he was going to try holding firm on the price. I'm hoping to check it out this weekend, so any insight provided would be really appreciated.
Thanks everyone
I just bought a couple acres of land I'll be buliding on and was thinking about buying something to help out with putting in the septic, electric, etc. I found an early 70s 580 ck; which I believe is a B, with loader and backhoe. Its the 188 diesel with the 4 speed shuttle. Looking at the pictures on-line it looks really clean and probably has fresh paint. The ad says the brakes need some work, a couple cylinders are leaking, and maybe a few other small leaks; The guy says it runs great overall. The tires look like they're getting a bit low on tread maybe and he said they are getting dry as well. Hoses were replaced as necessary and it has a new hydraulic pump.
My questions are
1. What are the problem areas I should watch out for on these? I was doing some searching around here and didn't see too much that alarmed me.
2. Assuming the brakes have to be redone; roughly how much would the parts be?
3. Are the cylinders easy to rebuild?
4. Are parts readily available all around?
He also has the manuals and service guides for it I believe. I'd try to do all the work I can myself.
He's asking $4,500 for it; does this seem like a reasonable price for what I described above at this point? It sounded like he was going to try holding firm on the price. I'm hoping to check it out this weekend, so any insight provided would be really appreciated.
Thanks everyone