TO many hours?

[kcook]

How many hours are to many? Looking at a MT-52 for 8500 with 336 hours.

KC

 

[whistlepig]

If it's a diesel with 336 hours it's not even broke in.

 

[radman1]

336 hours is nothing, even if used hard.

 

[brain55]

I agree 336 hours is nothing. For $8500 does it come with any attachments? I sold 5 of these last year at auction, most with over 1000 hours, with trencher attachments, and was only getting $2500. They are pretty good machines, we also had 7 Ditch witch SK500's that we sold at auction also, and got about the same money for them. We kept the 9 DW SK650's we had because they had more power. The main problem with the Bobcat trencher attachment is the digging chains, I always upgraded them to the Ditch Witch 35K chains and teeth, they hold up much better. At one point our company had the largest private fleet of compact track machines in the country with 21 of them. they are very useful. What is going to be you use for it?

Brian

 

[kcook]

JUst a bucket as far as I know. Just around the house and land we own. Moving dirt, mulch, stone (up to basketball size). In the winter moving snow for sure. I think a pallet fork will be a great attachment as well.

KC

 

[kcook]

I also found out it comes with fork attachment and a riding platform. For 1500 he would throw in a broom.

KC

 

[brain55]

Riding platforms are dangerous unless you only operate on flat ground. We took all of ours off. The broom might be a nice attachment, we had one for our large Bobcats.

Brian

 

[kcook]

Riding platforms are dangerous unless you only operate on flat ground. We took all of ours off. The broom might be a nice attachment, we had one for our large Bobcats.

Brian

Thanks for the input, the plateform comes with it and can come off.

KC

 

[Bobcatman]

How many hours are to many? Looking at a MT-52 for 8500 with 336 hours.

KC

mt 52's have been known to have a oil pump problem, they fail to oil the front cylinder when driving up a VERY steep incline, therefore toasting an engine, $5,000 also make sure if you buy a used mt52 it has the cooling upgrade, new hoses and cooling adapters, call your dealer for details.

 

[kcook]

mt 52's have been known to have a oil pump problem, they fail to oil the front cylinder when driving up a VERY steep incline, therefore toasting an engine, $5,000 also make sure if you buy a used mt52 it has the cooling upgrade, new hoses and cooling adapters, call your dealer for details.

Thanks for the info!!!

KC

 

[sparc]

Old thread I know but my question is about a used MT52.

Going to look at one soon with 1700 hours. Asking $8k comes with std 36" bucket.
He also has forks and a snow blade available. Condition looks average for 1700 hours.
Can't really tell what the tracks or undercarriage look like from the one photo.

Is the snow blade hydraulic?

I read a few other posts on here about used MT52s and someone mentioned a cooling upgrade.
How do I know if this has been done. Can I tell by looking at it or do I need to get the serial number
and check with Bobcat?

Anything else to look out for?

I have no experience with tracked equipment so the tracks and undercarriage worries me the most.

If the attachments are Bobcat what's a reasonable price of the package?