Gale Hawkins
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- Joined
- Sep 20, 2009
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- Location
- Murray, KY
- Tractor
- 1948 Allis Chambers Model B 1976 265 MF / 1983 JD 310B Backhoe / 1966 Ford 3000 Diesel / 1980 3600 Diesel
Man sorry to here that. Made a trip to GA once and the photos and what I found did not match at all.
I did some looking last night just for the heck of it and realized it was not easy to find small 6 way blade dozers. Not as cheap but it looked like 30 year old reconditioned CAT's might be less risky. It is just is not cheap for parts only if one has to split a dozer.
With the full size BH I would be better off to do the four hour min even at $500 to bunch, smooth up, etc from time to time. Not the same owning one but we only have 15 acres and much of it will be left in woods. If I had a working farm I would look for one or perhaps some old iron tractor with a heavy front blade.
Sounds like you will just have to keep looking and way for something only an hour or two away to pop up.
I did some looking last night just for the heck of it and realized it was not easy to find small 6 way blade dozers. Not as cheap but it looked like 30 year old reconditioned CAT's might be less risky. It is just is not cheap for parts only if one has to split a dozer.
With the full size BH I would be better off to do the four hour min even at $500 to bunch, smooth up, etc from time to time. Not the same owning one but we only have 15 acres and much of it will be left in woods. If I had a working farm I would look for one or perhaps some old iron tractor with a heavy front blade.
Sounds like you will just have to keep looking and way for something only an hour or two away to pop up.