Taylortractornut
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- Joined
- Mar 27, 2002
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- Location
- Iuka Mississippi USA
- Tractor
- 3550 Fard Backhoe and a 1948 Farmall Cub,
We have a grey market dealer here that sells Mitsubishi and Komatsu and a few Japanese D3 Cats. We have owned all 3 brands the D20 and 21 and D 31 Komatsu and also the D 3 Cats. Also we owned a BD2G. The D20 and 21 and BD2g are fine smaller dozers Ive done alot of work with them mostly finishing as they are light. I did put a rake on one of the D20p's and did alot of clean up work. If your doing a lot of grubbing or pretty heavy dirt work you need the weight of the D31 Komatsu or D3. Cat. If your looking for a D3 theres some that dont have a decelerator pedal. Youll either have to hand throttle it back down to ease to the pile or other obstacles. Withe the powershift you can just pull it back to reverse with out deceleration but its extra wear on the transmission.
If your not picky about a a six way blade some D3's come with a straight blade with a tilt and they run about 3 to 6 k less than a sixway blade. IH/Dresser made a great machine to The TD8 and TD9 were very good dozers. My father has spread many hundred thousands of tons of material with the TD 8 and 9. You can also pick up a 450 C JD with a shuttle shift and straight blade with a tilt for about 8000 here.
If your not picky about a a six way blade some D3's come with a straight blade with a tilt and they run about 3 to 6 k less than a sixway blade. IH/Dresser made a great machine to The TD8 and TD9 were very good dozers. My father has spread many hundred thousands of tons of material with the TD 8 and 9. You can also pick up a 450 C JD with a shuttle shift and straight blade with a tilt for about 8000 here.