TD18a Track Links

Good evening gentlemen, I've got an old TD18a that needs a set of good track links. Please let me know if you know where I could find a set.

I have already tried the Red Power forum

You could try Berco, they might be able to direct you to a set,if they don"t have any that will fit.Possible some other track might fit from another machine, they would have the crossover information.
LOU

Berco tracks are more expensive than Cat. I wouldn't be surprised if you were quoted $2500+ per side just for the rails. I'd check with some heavy equipment salvage yards for a decent used set or a machine with a bad engine or something but decent rails. You'll probably need sprockets too.

Dave, you have no idea what Berco gets for them, why not get a quote from both instead of saying "Berco tracks are more expensive than Cat". Used tracks with good pins and bushings would cost him just about as much, if they aren't froze from rust,by laying outside in rain,snow or humidity for years and possibly extreme wear from neglectful uninformed prior owner.Try to be helpful instead of perpitrating myths and conjecture,give the guy a place to start,instead of bad information, ie places to look.
LOU

I'd go to the Red Power magazine website and ask there. Those guys live and breath IHC and would know where to go.

And what useful information did you provide Lou? Take your own advice! Sorry Skye, I can't help you.

Whats the matter/ Can't you read? I suggested asking Berco for tracks and or information,
LOU

I have exactly what you need! iffin your serious hunt me down

No, I think you're the one who doesn't know what Berco sells their tracks for. First of all Berco supplies new tracks only. They don't tell you where to find used tracks or who their competition is. Look in the archives on here and you'll see that even some of the owners of track shops have stopped selling Berco because it is too expensive. Cat are known to be expensive and when I priced my undercarriage, Berco was more expensive than Cat from 2 different suppliers. One was quite a bit more. There is no way anyone with half a brain would pay almost new price for used tracks. Maybe you should price out some Berco tracks for a TD18 and see for yourself. I gave my opinion based on fact. I priced Berco and every other undercarriage available here. Berco was the most expensive. The ONLY thing your response was based on was trying to call me out. Contrary to your opinion, there are good used tracks out there. Whether or not there are any to fit the OP's crawler, I don't know but you can't say all used tracks are garbage.

Thanks for the leads, I found a set.

Dave, Are you that paranoid, I posted the answer to the OP for the express intention of helping him find some useful place to look for his track parts. I think your tinfoil hat has too many dents in it and is making you absolutely obnoxious. Just because you had trouble with your Berco dealer,does not mean anything. Guess what? Our Berco dealer was very helpful when it came time for us for our OC46,granted they didn't have anything for that model, but he gave us the name to a Company that had the used JD350 shoes. So just because you had trouble, does not mean everyone operates in your part of the country. Prices change from area to area, due to freight rate and in your case monetary difference in currency. I have better things to do than "to call you out" you have no idea how little I care about your opinion,My post was to the OP way before you even jumped into the discussion. It seems to me YOU are the one who tries to inject your opinion into everything posted from soup to nuts.
Just so I can get this thru your mind, I posted to help the OP not for you to turn this into a pi$$ing match, so grow up Dave.

Another tad of info for you, CAT is always expensive for parts, such as John Deere, IH, any name brand. Berco can get hold of relatively inexpensive undercarriage parts with their crossover books, or at least steer a person to find a replacement. The name of the game is to help as many worthy posters that we can without all this BS dealing with you and your petty discrepancies,like your answers above. Remember, most of the posters are on this side of the line and different areas in the US have some better people to deal with than other places.Just what we found out. You will also notice, we don't interject one line opinions/answers to subjects we know nothing about.Our answers come from past,present experience not conjecture,dealing with the companies we have had in the past.
Lyle Nemi was truly helpful and gave a good answer, why not try to learn from him? So in closing Dave, you don't have to pretend to know everything about everything,as some here know better.
LOU

So you weren't talking to Berco, you were talking to an undercarriage dealer. Big difference! Berco doesn't source cheap undercarriage from anywhere. Cat is expensive and in my experience Berco was even higher in price. That's why I posted what I did. I was trying to save the OP money rather than spend it for him. I also suggested looking at heavy equipment salvage yards. You on the other hand suggested used tracks would cost almost as much as new and used tracks would be garbage anyway. What exactly is this based on? Did you price out any new or used tracks from anywhere? No, you just wanted to run your mouth like always. You really need to get back on your meds. Somebody gives a different opinion than you and then the insults start to fly. Give it a rest already!

Dave, your the one who needs his meds.Look at the posting time. I answered first,you came back with your BS.I did talk with Berco,your reading comprehension isn"t getting better.Berco didn't have any track to fit ours,but directed us to a source for used pads.Is that so hard for you to fathom? Berco was cheaper on bolts than J.D.
I never ran my mouth,unlike you who seems it is incessantly going to prove no point.My post was exactly what happened. Grow up Dave, just because you didn"t have a good dealing with Berco,doesn"t mean someone else can have a different outcome.What happened to you doesn"t happen to everyone.
How do you get in my post I said they would cost more when I said "You could try Berco, they might be able to direct you to a set,if they don"t have any that will fit.Possible some other track might fit from another machine, they would have the crossover information.
LOU"
So I didn"t agree with your so called one time "experience" to bad,get over it, people don"t have to agree with you Dave. It"s not insults if its the truth or my opinion.
LOU

If Berco didn't have tracks for your machine, how can you know what Berco costs? Did you price any for a TD18? Cheaper bolts isn't a good comparison. The JD dealer here sells JD branded tracks and also aftermarket tracks. There is a warehouse for the aftermarket here and at least half a dozen local dealers for it. I shopped around and got the best price. You also said used would cost almost as much as new. What is this based on? Cause you said so? My machine has tracks available for it from several manufacturers and I priced them all out. Berco was the most expensive.

Dave,are you really this idiotic, or do you work at it? All I told the OP was to check Berco,you on the other hand you had a bad dealing with your transaction.It doesn't mean the OP will have the same outcome as you.If you can't get over me helping someone find something by offering my knowledge,just ignore my postings.I never said what the cost of the said tracks would be, just give them a call and try them for information.

If you haven't figured it out CAT and IH are 2 different machines,and what you have run into,does not mean the OP will have the same outcome.Or are you that dense to not recognize this fact?

I don't care what you did,as my answer was to the OP,NOT YOU.

Go to a remedial reading class and learn some comprehension reading courses,as it might help you adjust to the way of reading and understanding.It would help everyone here.

"Dave, you have no idea what Berco gets for them, why not get a quote from both instead of saying "Berco tracks are more expensive than Cat". Used tracks with good pins and bushings would cost him just about as much, if they aren't froze from rust,by laying outside in rain,snow or humidity for years and possibly extreme wear from neglectful uninformed prior owner."
This is my comment, and I don't have to tell you jack what it is based on. I guess you think people haven't priced out used track for other machinery,since you are the only one in the whole world who has come up with this original thought. Seeing as I've been using and working earth moving equip longer than you,I know I have had more dealings with more places than you and your Cat.
Learn Dave, I posted exactly what I meant, if you can't get over it,too bad.All it was for was for the OP help,not for you to jump on me for my answer.
Grow up Dave, life does not revolve around you,and nobody has to agree with you at all.
LOU

I didn't have a bad dealing with a Berco dealer and I didn't jump on your answer. People on this very forum that sell undercarriage have also commented that Berco prices have gone up a lot. One of them even commented that he no longer sells Berco because they have gotten too expensive. I posted of my experience pricing undercarriage for comparison, including Berco, but you're the expert when nobody even makes undercarriage for your 50 year old machine. HMMMM! I don't think the OP was looking for new tracks because even the least expensive would still be pricey.

"Used tracks with good pins and bushings would cost him just about as much" As much as what? You'd have a lot more credibility if you had some figures to back up a comment like that. However whenever anyone questions you on how you come with some of your claims and theories, you'll write paragraph after paragraph trying to justify yourself but never actually provide any factual evidence to back anything you say up. That doesn't help anybody.

Dave, I am sure even you can't be that obtuse, look at the posting, you replied to me,not the OP. FACT.
Every time I mention Berco to any one looking for information for track,or undercarriage parts,you jump in with your dealings with them.FACT.
Just because I had a good dealing with them, you feel yours is most important,about your bad experience.FACT

" I don't think the OP was looking for new tracks because even the least expensive would still be pricey"
The first three words of your statement cover it all. "YOU DONT THINK."

I said "You could try Berco, they might be able to direct you to a set,if they don"t have any that will fit."

READING COMPREHENSION DAVE, for your feeble mind, that means,
1. Call Berco
2. ask the for tech dept.
3. tell them the type of machine and what you are looking for.
4.If not avail, ask them for a person of interest who might have something,or of some reputable company who might handle them.

Can you comprehend that Dave, or would you like me to send you a story book with pop up pictures?

All of your nonsense started when you had to try and prove you think your the knowitall. I still stand by my original post Dave,true and accurate,helpful.

It wouldn't matter to you Dave if I took pictures of proof had them notarized and posted them here for all to see. You would continue with your little childish ways of acting all knowing,but in truth, the curtain was pulled on you long ago,by yourself and others.My claims and theories have been documented here on the OC 46,no BS,BS is what you are great at handing out in unfathomable amounts. Sorry Dave I don't hold records on my prior equipment,just in the chance to prove you wrong.

It just gets under your skin when you see my handle posting some answers to other posters.

You are hoping a new poster comes on and befriends you cause most all people you deal with found out about what you are.Keep hoping Dave,maybe one day.Ordinarily people live and learn. You just live.

Dave trying to make you understand is a neverending job, just for proof look at the archives we done more than what you could ever begin to imagine on our Dozer. Thats proof.

LOU