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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/14/24 03:18 PM
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I know Jack You-Know-What about heavy equipment, but I know a properly manly piece of kit when I see it.
That's ridiculously cool, and must have been meant to be.
Congrats ! That's about as manly as it gets!!! Thanks, Scott
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/15/24 01:42 PM
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Houston, we have a problem.
The bearing/hub assembly on the right final drive is damaged and will need to be replaced. I saw it before we started working on it, but I was hoping it wasn't a major ordeal to repair/replace. Now that I've done a bit of research, it looks to be a fairly involved and expensive project.
More to follow, but I think I know why it was free!!!
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/15/24 08:56 PM
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Purely in response to the title...
KILLDOZER
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/15/24 10:01 PM
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I enjoyed the video. I am a FB Marketplace and Craigslist junkie also , can't pass up a good deal.
Yeah, I try to pass on deals if I don't have the space or bandwidth, but this one was too hard to pass up. Thanks
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/15/24 10:02 PM
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Purely in response to the title...
KILLDOZER I do get pissed off at the HOA at times, but not the Killdozer level of pissed off...
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/17/24 06:09 AM
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KILLDOZER I do get pissed off at the HOA at times, but not the Killdozer level of pissed off... GREAT movie !     I wasn't referring to the movie. But the way things are going, the HOA is probably going to be the least of your worries.
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/17/24 08:38 AM
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KILLDOZER I do get pissed off at the HOA at times, but not the Killdozer level of pissed off... GREAT movie ! I wasn't referring to the movie. But the way things are going, the HOA is probably going to be the least of your worries. Yep. It's about to get expensive.
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/17/24 11:54 AM
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the biggest dozer of any worth i have experience with is the JD 450 we used back in my junkyard ownership days. it was bought cheap, although i can't remember why, and it was a learning experience for my partner and i to get it running and working again. and of course we buried it over the tracks in a mud pit doing stupid stuff..............  took us 3 weeks or so to get it out, using several of our other yard vehicles, including an oliver cleetrack baby dozer wannabe and our '46 international winch truck. [which also got buried several times and had to be dug out to continue the original JD dig out]
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/27/24 08:09 AM
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the biggest dozer of any worth i have experience with is the JD 450 we used back in my junkyard ownership days. it was bought cheap, although i can't remember why, and it was a learning experience for my partner and i to get it running and working again. and of course we buried it over the tracks in a mud pit doing stupid stuff.............. took us 3 weeks or so to get it out, using several of our other yard vehicles, including an oliver cleetrack baby dozer wannabe and our '46 international winch truck. [which also got buried several times and had to be dug out to continue the original JD dig out] Sounds like an epic adventure! I almost bought a JD 450 a month or two ago but the owner wanted too much for it.
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Re: Got a Free Caterpillar 977! Now What???
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05/27/24 12:30 PM
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the biggest dozer of any worth i have experience with is the JD 450 we used back in my junkyard ownership days. it was bought cheap, although i can't remember why, and it was a learning experience for my partner and i to get it running and working again. and of course we buried it over the tracks in a mud pit doing stupid stuff.............. took us 3 weeks or so to get it out, using several of our other yard vehicles, including an oliver cleetrack baby dozer wannabe and our '46 international winch truck. [which also got buried several times and had to be dug out to continue the original JD dig out] Sounds like an epic adventure! I almost bought a JD 450 a month or two ago but the owner wanted too much for it. the "adventure" tales that could be told about the junkyard could fill a book ! two guys having fun while running a business, the business location, and some of the hauls [why haul a load unless it's a BIG load........  ] would make a great goofball comedy...........
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Nice video.