EddieWalker said:
Larry,
Congrats on the dozer!! And the video was fun to watch.
I know you already bought the new muffler, but next time, you might want to consider an auto muffler on the tail pipe. The muffler on my dozer sells for over $800 and was rusted through. The metal on it is fairl heavy, so I welded up the holes and the put it back in. I have a 3 inch tail pipe and found an inline muffler for $75 that works great!!!
You know the old saying??
The two happiest days of owning a dozer is the day you buy it and the day you sell it!!! I'm looking forward to my next happy day. hahahaha
Eddie
Eddie,
Sorry for the late reply we were posting at the same time and I missed your reply. Thank you for the congratulations on my "new" Dozer.
The price quotes I got for the new muffler were 235.00 to 586.00, guess which one I bought
Yes you must be resourceful in order to "afford" a Dozer -
OEM Parts for this thing are not expensive - they are out of this universe, ridiculous, criminally insane. I have no idea how any parts dealer can state what the price is on anything, and then be able to sleep at night. For instance, I called to get a part# and price for a hydraulic cylinder oil seal kit $197.00 and were talking about 4 or 5 simple o-rings. I about croaked on the spot. I told him I could buy 2 complete cylinders from Surplus Center and still have enough money left over to take him to court for price gouging
The way I figure it, when I am done using the dozer, I can take it apart and sell the pieces one at a time for at least a million, if not more.
I paid 1.22 per pound for this dozer, with the price of steel going the way it is, someday it be worth more as scrap. Either way I'm going to come out ahead.
I have lots of catching up to do with what's been happening with the dozer. I seem to have purchased a dozer small enough for me to maintain, get in & out of the tight spots, yet large enough to get the jobs done that I purchased it for.
I have lots of pictures and more maintenance that was done. Rob (3RRL) came out to visit me. He and I did some serious maintenance - replaced the track rollers. Then we cut about 800' of new road into the side of a hill littered with huge boulders and trees. He and I will tell the story soon.
Stay tuned....
Larry