Challenging restoration or junk??

[Wis Bang]

The engine should be a common industrial power plant but the transmission & drive could be a little harder to find. An old CAT with the pony engine/diesel would be a bit more common though the A/C was around for a long time.

If you could fine one in working condition, a Huber 'maintainer' might be better suited to your needs. It was a smaller tractor based grader w/ a smaller grading blade and a little less blade carriage articulation and the front wheels didn't lean over. It was built to maintain dirt roads and was designed to be easier to manouever and operate compared to a road grader. Graders usually have multiple gear choices forward and reverse and can be difficult to turn around.

 

[Soundguy]

it's free right? then all you have to invest up front is getting it home. from there you can decide what to do with it.

soundguy

 

[Maxfli]

We sell some equipment through Ritchie Brothers auctioneers. They sell a lot of equipment. They have 8 machines (motor graders) not this model that have sold in the last few years. Most were manufactured between 1965 and 1972. An MG100 Looks similar and auctioned for $3250.00 in Novemebr of 2009. The range of auction sales is between $1000.00 and $4000.00. So not much.


RBauction.com

This one shows to have been built in 1972.

 

[Soundguy]

dang.. if going that cheap i'd buy an auction machine and then restore that!

soundguy

 

[crazyal]

The local town has an old grader, don't know the brand. It's the stand up kind with all manual controls, no hydraulics. I bet you had to be a real man to run one of those all day.

 

[Maxfli]

That one was in Houston. I think Ritchie has 26 locations spread around the world mostly in the US. Most locations do at least an Auction each quarter.

 

[firefighter9208]

Right now scrap is $13.00 a hundred here. 85 x 13 = $1105.00 scrap value. I would get it and haul it to a scrap yard.

Chris

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. worst case.. it should cost less than a grand to get home.. so you could make money even if it was a total loss.

soundguy

 

[Qapla]

Not sure what to say about restoring it ... that's your call. However, the scrap weight alone would be worth getting it out of the woods if he is "giving" it to you. :thumbsup:

 

[Johndeere3720]

I would get it, you cant loose anything. :thumbsup: