Dozer work

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martinaperez

I have a trade offer for a tandem, which I sell for a decent John Deere 450.

I usually rent bulldozers for an average of 3 weeks per season, but mostly I plan to do the work with my crawler flatbed loader. I've been thinking about it ever since my side-turn undercarriage failed this summer, which cost me a lot of money. For those of you who have them, do you think you use them more often than if you had to rent them? I'm a little doubtful whether this will be useful or not.

The undercarriage looks 50% normal, what else should I pay attention to with 3800 hours of work on these small bulldozers?

PaulamaG

Depends on what kind of work you are doing. We have 3 bulldozers, and without them we would be crippled.

Buzzingwab

If the price is alright, I suggest you buy it. You never know where it can be in handy

Andermant

I would advise you to take a professional with you so they take a look at the tractor and check all the systems. If you want to buy a good one, then it’s the only way to be sure the tractor you buy is alright. If it’s not, you can look at some other machinery trade offers online. Big platforms online host dozens of machinery trade offers you might like. All the machinery there is used, and thus you will find much better prices there. It’s better to buy used if you need to use the tractor for commercial work and want to save lots of money. Used ones are usually more than alright and don’t look that good.