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Originally Posted by catmandoo62
just what do you plan on doing with it.i have an old 1953 d2 cat that i use to landscape around the house and keep my trail thru the woods open.i love the little thing,wouldn't trade it for anything,have to have a rope to start it though,thing weighs like 7000 lbs with blade so hauling is no problem.if your gonna use it to do work i'd stcik with either a jd or cat,jd makes smaller units,like the 455 and cat has the d3,from what i have seen on the komatsu's is the parts are pretty high priced.
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I plan to hire it out with an operator (me) to do brush clearing, lot clearing/prep and light dirt work like farm road improvements and tanks
From my research, I cannot get into a similar CAT that is anywhere near the same condition or hours for less than $25K plus, CAT is muy proud of their parts...a similar track job on a D3 would run almost $10k in comparison to the Komatsu's $3000. A D3 is too heavy for the truck and trailer I have as well.