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roadrunner61443

06-22-2004 22:50:05

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I have wanted a dozer to use around the farm for years. I would like to have a Cat or JD, but they are out of my price range. I keep seeing Mitsubishi dozers that are fairly priced. Has anyone had a good or bad experience with the Mitsubishi, is it a good dozer or a piece of foreign junk with expensive parts?

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roadrunner61443

06-23-2004 20:31:40

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

Sorry guys I haven't got back with you. I have been busy working on a Puckett Brothers grader for my son-in-law. What I'm looking for is something the size of a JD 350 or 450 with a 6-way blade. I said Cat and JD, but it could be a Case, AC or International, not hung up on one brand. As for price, I would hope I could find something under $8,000.00.

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dirthog

06-24-2004 03:44:48

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Re: Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-23-2004 20:31:40

Whatever you buy make sure it has the 6 way blade you were talking about. Also make sure it has a torque converter type trans.
I could be wrong but I've heard that special tools are needed to perform repairs on the cats and jd's.
I was looking at the small american dozers that Kurt mentioned, they look pretty good, but they were a bit to much like a "toy" for me to buy, but one of them might be perfect for you.
By the way I paid 10500 for my 350 Case this spring. It has a fairly new undercarraige, so I paid a little more then some of the others I was looking at.
Look around for awhile before you buy, what I did was let my friendly local machinary dealer know I was in the market for a dozer. Everytime he took one in on trade or whatever he called and I checked them out. It took about 5 months but he finally got the dozer I now own, you know how it goes, only driven to church on sundays by a little old lady..... ..lol.

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lookingfordozer

03-22-2005 19:39:22

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Re: Re: Re: Dozer in reply to dirthog, 06-24-2004 03:44:48

I am considering buying a case 350, i am a small builder and want to do my own finish grading. I have a 40hp loader/tractor so i thought this would be a good compliment. I am also looking at the komatsu d2. any comments or suggestions on the case 350? how is your working (dirthog)
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brian

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Robert in W. Mi

06-23-2004 19:28:11

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

Who do you think makes the D-3,4-and 5's for CAT????? ??? (low drives) Well, Mitsubishi does!! Just be carefull you don't buy a grey market one, as they can be hard to get parts for.

My vote goes to a Case 450 for a less expensive smaller older dozer!! Has the older JD's beat all to heck!!!

Robert

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roadrunner61443

06-23-2004 22:34:19

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Re: Re: Dozer in reply to Robert in W. Mi, 06-23-2004 19:28:11

Well, you learn something new ever day. If I decide to buy a used Mitsubishi, how can I tell it's not a gray market Mitsubishi and what is the Cat D-3 and 4 under the Mitsubishi nametag?

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Robert in W. Mi

06-24-2004 08:01:32

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Re: Re: Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-23-2004 22:34:19

Get the serial number and ask a Mitsu dealer, they will tell you instantly if it's grey market or not. They don't like to supply parts for grey market tractors, so.....

I'm not sure i understand your second question???

Go to the "crawler forum", read it for a while, and you will soon see what brand of older dozers are holding up best.

Robert

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KURT (mi)

06-23-2004 17:50:41

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

Go to www.struckcorp.com This is a company that makes small dozers and front end loaders, if I remember right you can get a new 25HP dozer (all USA made) for about $13K, with a Kohler engine. I dont know how much you want to spend but I would seriously think about a Struck crawler for $13K vs. a utility tractor for the same money.

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06-23-2004 16:20:04

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

Do not know about the construction equipment, but Toro uses Mitsubishi in some of their big lawn equipment and man are they proud of their parts for the engine, not a bad engine, just pricy. Do not know if that is Toro or Mitsubishi.
What are you looking for and what do you call expensive??

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ron

06-23-2004 07:11:53

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

ever considered an allis. i bought one around 6 months ago for 4500.00. it is a hd16 with cable blade. runs great. been clearing land with it.

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kyhayman

06-23-2004 05:00:49

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

I was in the same boat you are, wanted a dozer, seemed to always see jobs I needed to use one for. A few years ago I rented one, got a 550G Deere for a little over a thousand a week (pretty cheap considering repair costs). Got a lot of stuff done and learned a lot. Mainly that it was the wrong size for me to own, I needed something smaller for every day and something bigger every so often. I bought a skid loader (65 hp) with tracks (got it for $6000, really good 1845C Case plus $700 for tracks and spacers). I can do more with it than I can with a dozer (never realized how much I needed the skid loader, stacked 100 round bales perfectly in the barn yesterday in a little over an hour). Then, when I get enough jobs saved up for a really big dozer I go rent one.

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dirthog

06-23-2004 13:58:11

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Re: Re: Dozer in reply to kyhayman, 06-23-2004 05:00:49

Yeah, one of my next toys is gonna be a skidsteer. I just wanted a dozer, around here literally every other house has a skidsteer. I'm in the middle of bluestone country and everyone has a skidsteer. Whats nice about the dozer is that I've been able to keep it busy about one day a week on small jobs. It's paying for it's self, where a skidsteer wouldnt cause nobody will hire you out cause everyone has a buddy to borrow one off of, lol.
One thing that seems strange to me is that I actually enjoy working on the bulldozer, I hate working on everything else.

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dirthog

06-23-2004 03:02:16

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

Don't forget Case, I have a 350 which works great, they usually can be had for less then a jd or cat. Plus it seems real easy to work on.

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George

06-22-2004 23:13:56

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Re: Dozer in reply to roadrunner61443, 06-22-2004 22:50:05

Parts could be a problem. Have a friend who has a Mitsubishi tractor and he needed a rocker arm assembly. Had to be shipped from Japan and took close to eight weeks.

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