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NW Iowa | How mechanically inclined are you? Do you have a tractor of similar size for a backup? If you can answer yes to both of those and the machine has been taken care of, I wouldn't be afraid of it. Check that it has had the updates done to it, especially the bogeys and the hydraulics. Make sure the drivers still have decent life in them. Find out when the rack and injectors were last gone through. If you are thinking of putting guidance on it, make sure that it tracks straight (within Cat specs). The tranny, cab, and hydraulics are the same as the xx70 series Ford. Parts for those components are readily available from Cat, Ford, and Buehler/Versatile. With some shopping around, you can save some pretty good money. I bought a 45 of the same vintage with right at 11000 hours 3 years ago for a little over 20 grand. Needed new tracks and a bunch of little things. I think that they are at the upper limits of what it is worth,but that just might be me. Compare it to the one that Purple Wave sold on the Dean Equipment auction last month. | |
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Would You buy it? Cat 45
