Partnership bulldozer. Good or bad idea????

[buickanddeere]

It would be simpler and less trouble to share a wife.

 

[Soundguy]

This may look good on paper but when one of you flips a track y.

and if it is a D69U .. they will walk out of a track when the undercarriage gets worn..

 

[rdbigfarmboy]

sounds like a deal, But you must learn to self repair.
Buy it

 

[Complete Turf Care]

You could form an LLC that each of you own 50% of. Then rent the dozer to yourselves for an agreed upon rate. Repairs are paid by the LLC, and when you sell it, you split whatever is left in the kitty.

Or, you could just take your half of the $6500 and rent a good dozer. No repairs and no hassles with the rental.

 

[PILOON]

I had a 1/2 share in a dozer. we paid $4k, earned $8k with it and sold it for $4k.(and did all our jobs as well)
Only costs were a couple of hoses fuel and oil. But then I'm fairly mechanical and adjusted clutches etc.
I did need to buy extra tooling as dozers tend to have big bolts.
We were lucky.
Advice:
(what we did)
Hired a reputed mechanic to check it out B4 putting $$ on the table. He found problems that I never would have discovered until too late.
The seller paid for repairs and we paid the asking price.

 

[sixdogs]

Couple of very good replies.

You could form an LLC that each of you own 50% of. Then rent the dozer to yourselves for an agreed upon rate. Repairs are paid by the LLC, and when you sell it, you split whatever is left in the kitty.

Or, you could just take your half of the $6500 and rent a good dozer. No repairs and no hassles with the rental.

I had a 1/2 share in a dozer. we paid $4k, earned $8k with it and sold it for $4k.(and did all our jobs as well)
Only costs were a couple of hoses fuel and oil. But then I'm fairly mechanical and adjusted clutches etc.
I did need to buy extra tooling as dozers tend to have big bolts.
We were lucky.
Advice:
(what we did)
Hired a reputed mechanic to check it out B4 putting $$ on the table. He found problems that I never would have discovered until too late.
The seller paid for repairs and we paid the asking price.

 

[Scooby074]

Best to just buy it (assuming its OK) and rent yourself and the dozer to the neighbor. Dozer parts are $$$

 

[Loadstar]

Each of you take a basket of money out of bank. Then switch baskets. Dump on ground and set on fire. Then kick each other in crotch. If you do this and are still friends and laughing co-owning the old dozer will work just fine.

 

[smstonypoint]

It would be simpler and less trouble to share a wife.

Each of you take a basket of money out of bank. Then switch baskets. Dump on ground and set on fire. Then kick each other in crotch. If you do this and are still friends and laughing co-owning the old dozer will work just fine.

:laughing:

Buickanddeere and Loadstar seem to think it would not be a good idea.

Steve

 

[MtnViewRanch]

My only advise is DO NOT PURCHASE IT if you can't work on it yourself. Decide up front that any repair that comes up and will cost x amount of $$$, you just park it and it's done. Other than that, there is a good chance that it will serve both of you well.

Good luck :thumbsup: